Silo

7 definitions found

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

  Silo \Si"lo\, n. [F.]
     A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so
     as to exclude air and outside moisture. See {Ensilage}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  silo
       n 1: a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
       2: military installation consisting of an underground structure
          where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired

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

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "silo":
     Mark, bazooka, calliope, crib, elevator, garner, grain bin,
     grain elevator, granary, hayloft, haymow, hayrick, hedgehog,
     launch pad, launching pad, launching platform, launching tube,
     mousetrap, mow, projector
  
  

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

  silo n. The FIFO input-character buffer in an RS-232 line card. So
     called from {DEC} terminology used on DH and DZ line cards for the VAX
     and PDP-11, presumably because it was a storage space for fungible stuff
     that went in at the top and came out at the bottom.
  
  

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

  silo
       
          The {FIFO} input-character buffer in an {EIA-232} serial line
          card.  So called from {DEC} terminology used on DH and DZ line
          cards for the {VAX} and {PDP-11}, presumably because it was a
          storage space for fungible stuff that went in at the top and
          came out at the bottom.
       
       

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

  Silo, OK (town, FIPS 67550)
    Location: 34.03505 N, 96.47536 W
    Population (1990): 249 (98 housing units)
    Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

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

  Silo, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    282
     Housing Units (2000): 114
     Land area (2000):     0.520196 sq. miles (1.347302 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.520196 sq. miles (1.347302 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            67550
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             34.037219 N, 96.475645 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Silo, OK
      Silo