Edison,

8 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Edison
       n : United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph
           and incandescent electric light and the microphone and
           the Kinetoscope (1847-1931) [syn: {Thomas Edison}, {Thomas
           Alva Edison}]



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

  Edison
       
          1. (Named after the American inventor Thomas Edison
          (1847-1931))
       
          A simplified Pascal by Per Brinch Hansen with {modules} and
          {concurrency} (cobegin/coend).
       
          ["Edison - A Multiprocessor Language", P. Brinch Hansen, CS
          Dept, USC, Sep 1980].
       
          ["Programming a Personal Computer", Brinch Hansen, P-H 1977].
       
          2. A language which adds an {OPS5}-like {rete}-based
          {production system} system to {C}.  It is implemented as a {C}
          {preprocessor}.
       
          ["Edison, A Unix and C Friendly Rete Based Production System",
          B. Thirion, SIGPLAN Notices 27(1):75-84 (Jan 1992)].
       
          (1994-12-08)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Edison, GA (city, FIPS 26448)
    Location: 31.56072 N, 84.73807 W
    Population (1990): 1182 (482 housing units)
    Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 31746
  Edison, NE (village, FIPS 14520)
    Location: 40.27759 N, 99.77569 W
    Population (1990): 148 (104 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 68936
  Edison, NJ (CDP, FIPS 20260)
    Location: 40.52877 N, 74.36929 W
    Population (1990): 88680 (32832 housing units)
    Area: 78.2 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 08817, 08820, 08837
  Edison, OH (village, FIPS 24598)
    Location: 40.55806 N, 82.86355 W
    Population (1990): 488 (163 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 43320

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Edison, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
     Population (2000):    154
     Housing Units (2000): 89
     Land area (2000):     0.259090 sq. miles (0.671039 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.259090 sq. miles (0.671039 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            14520
     Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
     Location:             40.277599 N, 99.776088 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     68936
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Edison, NE
      Edison
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Edison, NJ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Jersey
     Population (2000):    97687
     Housing Units (2000): 36018
     Land area (2000):     30.122032 sq. miles (78.015701 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.567558 sq. miles (1.469968 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    30.689590 sq. miles (79.485669 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            20260
     Located within:       New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
     Location:             40.538204 N, 74.378585 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     08817 08820 08837
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Edison, NJ
      Edison
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Edison, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
     Population (2000):    437
     Housing Units (2000): 178
     Land area (2000):     0.288213 sq. miles (0.746468 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.288213 sq. miles (0.746468 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            24598
     Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
     Location:             40.558114 N, 82.863455 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     43320
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Edison, OH
      Edison
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Edison, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
     Population (2000):    1340
     Housing Units (2000): 584
     Land area (2000):     2.326986 sq. miles (6.026866 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.326986 sq. miles (6.026866 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            26448
     Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
     Location:             31.560891 N, 84.737984 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     31746
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Edison, GA
      Edison
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Edison, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
     Population (2000):    133
     Housing Units (2000): 55
     Land area (2000):     0.584842 sq. miles (1.514735 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.584842 sq. miles (1.514735 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            20680
     Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
     Location:             48.562531 N, 122.436514 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Edison, WA
      Edison