Developer

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Developer \De*vel"op*er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, develops.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Photog.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing
        photographs.


  
     Note: By the action of the developer, the latent image on a
           photographic plate or film, not perceptible to the eye
           after exposure in the camera, is developed and becomes
           visible.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     3. (Dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its
        action upon some substance on the fiber.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     4. a corporation or individual who finances or organizes a
        real estate development[5].
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  developer
       n 1: someone who develops real estate (especially someone who
            prepares a site for residential or commercial use)
       2: photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for
          developing film

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "developer":
     a, architect, contriver, designer, deviser, enterpriser,
     entrepreneur, fixer, fixing bath, framer, hypo, organizer, planner,
     processing solution, projector, promoter, short-stop,
     short-stop bath, sodium hyposulfite, sodium thiosulfate, soup,
     stop bath, strategian, strategist, tactician
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  developer
       
          {programmer}