Aegis

6 definitions found

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

  aegis \ae"gis\ ([=e]"j[i^]s), n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. a'igi`s a
     goat skin, a shield, a'i`x goat, or fr. 'ai`:ssw to rush.]
     A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the
     shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A
     shield; a protection.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aegis
       n 1: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held
            under the auspices of the city council" [syn: {auspices},
             {protection}]
       2: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a
          cuirass [syn: {breastplate}, {egis}]

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

  107 Moby Thesaurus words for "aegis":
     abetment, advocacy, arm guard, armament, armor, auspices, backing,
     backstop, bard, beaver, brassard, breastplate, buckler, buffer,
     bulletproof vest, bulwark, bumper, care, championship, charity,
     coif, contraceptive, copyright, corselet, countenance,
     crash helmet, cuirass, cushion, dashboard, dodger, encouragement,
     face mask, favor, fender, finger guard, foot guard, fosterage,
     fuse, gas mask, gauntlet, goggles, goodwill, governor, guard,
     guardrail, guidance, habergeon, hand guard, handrail, hard hat,
     hauberk, headpiece, helm, helmet, insulation, interest, interlock,
     jamb, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, life preserver,
     lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, lorica, mail, mask,
     mudguard, nasal, nose guard, pad, padding, palladium, patent,
     patronage, pilot, plate, preventive, prophylactic, protection,
     protective clothing, protective umbrella, rondel, safeguard,
     safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes,
     safety switch, safety valve, screen, seat belt, seconding,
     security, shield, shin guard, sponsorship, sun helmet, sympathy,
     tutelage, umbrella, visor, ward, windscreen, windshield
  
  

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

  AEGIS
       Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System
       
       

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

  Aegis
       
           A {CASE} tool for project change
          management, from the {GNU} project.
       
          (1995-03-27)
       
       

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

  AEGIS
       
           A {Unix} variant that was used on {Apollo}
          {workstations} before Apollo was bought by {Hewlett Packard}.
          AEGIS has some advantages over standard {BSD} or {System V}
          Unix.  It includes faster file access and a richer command
          set; there are commands to find out which {process} is running
          on a particular node, which process is locking a particular
          file, etc.
       
          (1997-02-25)