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

  SOS \SOS\
     The letters signified by the signal ( . . . --- . . . )
     prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention
     of 1912 for use by ships in distress.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  SOS
       n : an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code

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

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "SOS":
     Klaxon, Mayday, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock,
     alarm signal, alarum, alert, all clear, beacon, blinking light,
     burglar alarm, buzzer, crostarie, fiery cross, fire alarm,
     fire bell, fire flag, five-minute gun, flashing light, fog bell,
     fog signal, foghorn, gale warning, hooter, horn, hue and cry,
     hurricane warning, lighthouse, note of alarm, occulting light,
     police whistle, signal of distress, siren, small-craft warning,
     still alarm, storm cone, storm flag, storm warning, tocsin,
     two-minute gun, upside-down flag, whistle
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SOS
       Share Operating System (OS)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SOS
       Sophisticated Opearting System (OS, Apple)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SOS
       Standards and Open Systems
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SOS
       Support On Site
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SOS
       Symbolic Operating System (OS)
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  SOS /S-O-S/ n.,obs. An infamously {losing} text editor. Once, back in
     the 1960s, when a text editor was needed for the PDP-6, a hacker crufted
     together a {quick-and-dirty} `stopgap editor' to be used until a better
     one was written. Unfortunately, the old one was never really discarded
     when new ones came along. SOS is a descendant (`Son of Stopgap') of that
     editor, and many PDP-10 users gained the dubious pleasure of its
     acquaintance. Since then other programs similar in style to SOS have
     been written, notably the early font editor BILOS /bye'lohs/, the
     Brother-In-Law Of Stopgap (the alternate expansion `Bastard Issue, Loins
     of Stopgap' has been proposed).
  
  

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

  SOS
       
          1. {Scheme Object System}.
       
          2. An infamously {losing} text editor.  Once, back in the
          1960s, when a text editor was needed for the {PDP-6}, a hacker
          crufted together a {quick-and-dirty} "stopgap editor" to be
          used until a better one was written.  Unfortunately, the old
          one was never really discarded when new ones (in particular,
          {TECO}) came along.  SOS is a descendant ("Son of Stopgap") of
          that editor, and many {PDP-10} users gained the dubious
          pleasure of its acquaintance.  Since then other programs
          similar in style to SOS have been written, notably the early
          font editor BILOS /bye'lohs/, the Brother-In-Law Of Stopgap
          (the alternate expansion "Bastard Issue, Loins of Stopgap" has
          been proposed).
       
          3. The {PDP-10} instruction to decrease a value.  Oppose
          {AOS}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

















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