Q

3 definitions found

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

  Q \Q\ (k[=u]),
     the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, has but one
     sound (that of k), and is always followed by u, the two
     letters together being sounded like kw, except in some words
     in which the u is silent. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect]
     249. Q is not found in Anglo-Saxon, cw being used instead of


     qu; as in cwic, quick; cwen, queen. The name (k[=u]) is from
     the French ku, which is from the Latin name of the same
     letter; its form is from the Latin, which derived it, through
     a Greek alphabet, from the Ph[oe]nician, the ultimate origin
     being Egyptian.
     [1913 Webster] Etymologically, q or qu is most nearly related
     to a (ch, tch), p, q, and wh; as in cud, quid, L. equus,
     ecus, horse, Gr. ?, whence E. equine, hippic; L. quod which,
     E. what; L. aquila, E. eaqle; E. kitchen, OE. kichene, AS.
     cycene, L. coquina.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Q
       n : the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet

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

  Q
       
           A very {high level language} by Per Bothner based
          on {lazy} generalised sequences.  Q has {lexical scope}, and
          some support for {logic programming}[?] and {constraint}
          programming.  The language includes small subsets of {Common
          Lisp} and {Scheme}.
       
          Q was a test-bed for programming language ideas.  Where {APL}
          uses {arrays} for looping, Q uses generalised sequences which
          may be infinite and may be stored or calculated on demand.  It
          has {macros}, {primitives} to run programs, and an
          {interactive} command language.
       
          Q is implemented in {C++}, and comes with an {interpreter},
          {compiler} framework, libraries, and documentation.  It runs
          on {Linux} and {SUN-4} and should work on any 32-bit {Unix}.
       
          Latest version: 1, as of 1993-06-07.  Development stopped in
          1994.
       
          {Home (http://kelso.bothner.com/~per/software/#Q )}.
       
          E-mail: Per Bothner .
       
          (2000-05-22)