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

  Gastropoda \Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach
     + -poda.] (Zool.)
     One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes
     most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and
     fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,
     muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The


     head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See
     {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.]
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     Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:
           ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the
           Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and
           Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the
           Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura,
           including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Language \Lan"guage\, n. [OE. langage, F. langage, fr. L. lingua
     the tongue, hence speech, language; akin to E. tongue. See
     {Tongue}, cf. {Lingual}.]
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     1. Any means of conveying or communicating ideas;
        specifically, human speech; the expression of ideas by the
        voice; sounds, expressive of thought, articulated by the
        organs of the throat and mouth.
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     Note: Language consists in the oral utterance of sounds which
           usage has made the representatives of ideas. When two
           or more persons customarily annex the same sounds to
           the same ideas, the expression of these sounds by one
           person communicates his ideas to another. This is the
           primary sense of language, the use of which is to
           communicate the thoughts of one person to another
           through the organs of hearing. Articulate sounds are
           represented to the eye by letters, marks, or
           characters, which form words.
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     2. The expression of ideas by writing, or any other
        instrumentality.
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     3. The forms of speech, or the methods of expressing ideas,
        peculiar to a particular nation.
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     4. The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an
        individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style.
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              Others for language all their care express. --Pope.
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     5. The inarticulate sounds by which animals inferior to man
        express their feelings or their wants.
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     6. The suggestion, by objects, actions, or conditions, of
        ideas associated therewith; as, the language of flowers.
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              There was . . . language in their very gesture.
                                                    --Shak.
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     7. The vocabulary and phraseology belonging to an art or
        department of knowledge; as, medical language; the
        language of chemistry or theology.
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     8. A race, as distinguished by its speech. [R.]
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              All the people, the nations, and the languages, fell
              down and worshiped the golden image.  --Dan. iii. 7.
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     9. Any system of symbols created for the purpose of
        communicating ideas, emotions, commands, etc., between
        sentient agents.
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     10. Specifically: (computers) Any set of symbols and the
         rules for combining them which are used to specify to a
         computer the actions that it is to take; also referred to
         as a {computer lanugage} or {programming language}; as,
         JAVA is a new and flexible high-level language which has
         achieved popularity very rapidly.
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     Note: Computer languages are classed a low-level if each
           instruction specifies only one operation of the
           computer, or high-level if each instruction may specify
           a complex combination of operations. {Machine language}
           and {assembly language} are low-level computer
           languages. {FORTRAN}, {COBOL} and {C} are high-level
           computer languages. Other computer languages, such as
           JAVA, allow even more complex combinations of low-level
           operations to be performed with a single command. Many
           programs, such as databases, are supplied with special
           languages adapted to manipulate the objects of concern
           for that specific program. These are also high-level
           languages.
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     {Language master}, a teacher of languages. [Obs.]
  
     Syn: Speech; tongue; idiom; dialect; phraseology; diction;
          discourse; conversation; talk.
  
     Usage: {Language}, {Speech}, {Tongue}, {Idiom}, {Dialect}.
            Language is generic, denoting, in its most extended
            use, any mode of conveying ideas; speech is the
            language of articulate sounds; tongue is the
            Anglo-Saxon term for language, esp. for spoken
            language; as, the English tongue. Idiom denotes the
            forms of construction peculiar to a particular
            language; dialects are varieties of expression which
            spring up in different parts of a country among people
            speaking substantially the same language.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Legate \Leg"ate\ (l[e^]g"[asl]t), n. [OE. legat, L. legatus, fr.
     legare to send with a commission or charge, to depute, fr.
     lex, legis, law: cf. F. l['e]gat, It. legato. See {Legal}.]
     1. An ambassador or envoy.
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     2. An ecclesiastic representing the pope and invested with
        the authority of the Holy See.
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     Note: Legates are of three kinds: ({a}) Legates a latere, now
           always cardinals. They are called ordinary or
           extraordinary legates, the former governing provinces,
           and the latter class being sent to foreign countries on
           extraordinary occasions. ({b}) Legati missi, who
           correspond to the ambassadors of temporal governments.
           ({c}) Legati nati, or legates by virtue of their
           office, as the archbishops of Salzburg and Prague.
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     3. (Rom. Hist.)
        (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the
            governor of a province.
        (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Libration \Li*bra"tion\ (l[-i]*br[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. libratio:
     cf. F. libration.]
     1. The act or state of librating. --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that
        of a balance before coming to rest.
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     {Libration of the moon}, any one of those small periodical
        changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively
        to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at
        opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It
        receives different names according to the manner in which
        it takes place; as: {(a)} Libration in longitude, that
        which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic
        orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western
        borders alternately to appear and disappear each month.
        ({b}) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the
        varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the
        spectator, causing the alternate appearance and
        disappearance of either pole. ({c}) Diurnal or parallactic
        libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb,
        at rising and setting, some parts not in the average
        visible hemisphere.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It.
     monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr.
     fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.]
     1. (Zool.)
        (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana,
            including apes, baboons, and lemurs.
        (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs.
        (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such
            as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of
            apes and baboons.
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     Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a})
           {Catarrhines}, or {Simidae}. These have an oblong head,
           with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have
           no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old
           World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebidae}. These have a
           round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the
           nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail
           is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not
           opposable. These are natives of the New World. ({c})
           {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a pointed
           head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern
           Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.
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     2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a
        mischievous child.
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              This is the monkey's own giving out; she is
              persuaded I will marry her.           --Shak.
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     3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very
        heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on
        the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the
        falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
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     4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century.
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     {Monkey boat}. (Naut.)
        (a) A small boat used in docks.
        (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames.
  
     {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a
        swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
  
     {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so
        called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray.
  
     {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast
        for the better display of signals at sea.
  
     {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by
        sailors.
  
     {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about
        six inches above the quarter rail of a ship.
  
     {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.]
  
     {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury.
  
     {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Motion \Mo"tion\, n. [F., fr. L. motio, fr. movere, motum, to
     move. See {Move}.]
     1. The act, process, or state of changing place or position;
        movement; the passing of a body from one place or position
        to another, whether voluntary or involuntary; -- opposed
        to {rest}.
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              Speaking or mute, all comeliness and grace
              attends thee, and each word, each motion, forms.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. Power of, or capacity for, motion.
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              Devoid of sense and motion.           --Milton.
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     3. Direction of movement; course; tendency; as, the motion of
        the planets is from west to east.
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              In our proper motion we ascend.       --Milton.
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     4. Change in the relative position of the parts of anything;
        action of a machine with respect to the relative movement
        of its parts.
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              This is the great wheel to which the clock owes its
              motion.                               --Dr. H. More.
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     5. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or
        impulse to any action; internal activity.
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              Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his
              heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from
              God.                                  --South.
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     6. A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress;
        esp., a formal proposal made in a deliberative assembly;
        as, a motion to adjourn.
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              Yes, I agree, and thank you for your motion. --Shak.
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     7. (Law) An application made to a court or judge orally in
        open court. Its object is to obtain an order or rule
        directing some act to be done in favor of the applicant.
        --Mozley & W.
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     8. (Mus.) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in
        the same part or in groups of parts.
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              The independent motions of different parts sounding
              together constitute counterpoint.     --Grove.
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     Note: Conjunct motion is that by single degrees of the scale.
           Contrary motion is that when parts move in opposite
           directions. Disjunct motion is motion by skips. Oblique
           motion is that when one part is stationary while
           another moves. Similar or direct motion is that when
           parts move in the same direction.
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     9. A puppet show or puppet. [Obs.]
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              What motion's this? the model of Nineveh? --Beau. &
                                                    Fl.
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     Note: Motion, in mechanics, may be simple or compound.
  
     {Simple motions} are: ({a}) straight translation, which, if
        of indefinite duration, must be reciprocating. ({b})
        Simple rotation, which may be either continuous or
        reciprocating, and when reciprocating is called
        oscillating. ({c}) Helical, which, if of indefinite
        duration, must be reciprocating.
  
     {Compound motion} consists of combinations of any of the
        simple motions.
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     {Center of motion}, {Harmonic motion}, etc. See under
        {Center}, {Harmonic}, etc.
  
     {Motion block} (Steam Engine), a crosshead.
  
     {Perpetual motion} (Mech.), an incessant motion conceived to
        be attainable by a machine supplying its own motive forces
        independently of any action from without. According to the
        law of conservation of energy, such perpetual motion is
        impossible, and no device has yet been built that is
        capable of perpetual motion.
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     Syn: See {Movement}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Symbol \Sym"bol\ (s[i^]m"b[o^]l), n. [L. symbolus, symbolum, Gr.
     sy`mbolon a sign by which one knows or infers a thing, from
     symba`llein to throw or put together, to compare; sy`n with +
     ba`llein to throw: cf. F. symbole. Cf. {Emblem}, {Parable}.]
     1. A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything
        which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by
        resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation;
        a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage;
        the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
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              A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it
              represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to
              represent the whole, or a lower form or species used
              as the representative of a higher in the same kind.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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     2. (Math.) Any character used to represent a quantity, an
        operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
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     Note: In crystallography, the symbol of a plane is the
           numerical expression which defines its position
           relatively to the assumed axes.
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     3. (Theol.) An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a
        creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
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     4. [Gr. ? contributions.] That which is thrown into a common
        fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty. [Obs.]
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              They do their work in the days of peace . . . and
              come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.
                                                    --Jer. Taylor.
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     5. Share; allotment. [Obs.]
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              The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all
              appear to receive their symbol.       --Jer. Taylor.
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     6. (Chem.) An abbreviation standing for the name of an
        element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin
        or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with
        a following one; as, {C} for carbon, {Na} for sodium
        (Natrium), {Fe} for iron (Ferrum), {Sn} for tin (Stannum),
        {Sb} for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names
        and symbols under {Element}.
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     Note: In pure and organic chemistry there are symbols not
           only for the elements, but also for their grouping in
           formulas, radicals, or residues, as evidenced by their
           composition, reactions, synthesis, etc. See the diagram
           of {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}.
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     Syn: Emblem; figure; type. See {Emblem}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  higher programming language \higher programming language\ n.
     (Computers)
     A computer programming language with an instruction set
     allowing one instruction to code for several assembly
     language instructions.
  
     Note: The aggregation of several assembly-language
           instructions into one instruction allows much greater
           efficiency in writing computer programs. Most programs
           are now written in some higher programming language,
           such as {BASIC}, {FORTRAN}, {COBOL}, {C}, {C++},
           {PROLOG}, or {JAVA}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  C \C\ (s[=e])
     1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from
        the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the
        sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the
        latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the
        Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C
        was the same letter as the Greek [Gamma], [gamma], and
        came from the Greek alphabet. The Greeks got it from the
        Ph[oe]nicians. The English name of C is from the Latin
        name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French.
        Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other
        sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L.
        acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eager, vinegar; L.
        cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare,
        OF. cerchier, E. search.
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     Note: See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 221-228.
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     2. (Mus.)
        (a) The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which
            has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also,
            the third note of the relative minor scale of the
            same.
        (b) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which
            each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or
            crotchets); for alla breve time it is written ?.
        (c) The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed
            on any line of the staff, shows that line to be middle
            C.
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     3. As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for
        200, etc.
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     {C spring}, a spring in the form of the letter C.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  c
       adj : being ten more than ninety [syn: {hundred}, {a hundred}, {one
             hundred}, {100}]
       n 1: a degree on the Centigrade scale of temperature [syn: {degree
            Centigrade}, {degree Celsius}]
       2: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy
          and universality of the speed of light is recognized by
          defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
          [syn: {speed of light}, {light speed}]
       3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
          nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
          (ribose) [syn: {deoxycytidine monophosphate}]
       4: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine;
          pairs with guanine [syn: {cytosine}]
       5: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in
          three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and
          diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: {carbon}, {atomic
          number 6}]
       6: ten 10s [syn: {hundred}, {100}, {century}, {one C}, {centred}]
       7: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge
          transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn: {coulomb},
           {ampere-second}]
       8: a general-purpose programing language closely associated
          with the UNIX operating system
       9: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
       10: street names for cocaine [syn: {coke}, {blow}, {nose candy},
            {snow}]

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

  C++ /C'-pluhs-pluhs/ n. Designed by Bjarne Stroustrup of AT&T Bell Labs
     as a successor to {C}. Now one of the {languages of choice}, although
     many hackers still grumble that it is the successor to either Algol 68
     or {Ada} (depending on generation), and a prime example of
     {second-system effect}. Almost anything that can be done in any language
     can be done in C++, but it requires a {language lawyer} to know what is
     and what is not legal-- the design is _almost_ too large to hold in even
     hackers' heads. Much of the {cruft} results from C++'s attempt to be
     backward compatible with C. Stroustrup himself has said in his
     retrospective book "The Design and Evolution of C++" (p. 207), "Within
     C++, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get
     out." [Many hackers would now add "Yes, and it's called {Java}" --ESR]
  
  

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

  C n. 1. The third letter of the English alphabet. 2. ASCII 1000011. 3.
     The name of a programming language designed by Dennis Ritchie during the
     early 1970s and immediately used to reimplement {{Unix}}; so called
     because many features derived from an earlier compiler named `B' in
     commemoration of _its_ parent, BCPL. (BCPL was in turn descended from an
     earlier Algol-derived language, CPL.) Before Bjarne Stroustrup settled
     the question by designing {C++}, there was a humorous debate over
     whether C's successor should be named `D' or `P'. C became immensely
     popular outside Bell Labs after about 1980 and is now the dominant
     language in systems and microcomputer applications programming. See also
     {languages of choice}, {indent style}.
  
     C is often described, with a mixture of fondness and disdain varying
     according to the speaker, as "a language that combines all the elegance
     and power of assembly language with all the readability and
     maintainability of assembly language".
  
  

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

  C#
       
           /see sharp/ An {object-oriented} language devised
          and promoted by {Microsoft}, intended to replace {Java}, which
          it strongly resembles.
       
          {(http://csharpindex.com/)}.
       
          (2001-10-04)
       
       

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

  C
       
           A programming language designed by {Dennis Ritchie}
          at {AT&T} {Bell Labs} ca. 1972 for systems programming on the
          {PDP-11} and immediately used to reimplement {Unix}.
       
          It was called "C" because many features derived from an
          earlier compiler named "{B}".  In fact, C was briefly named
          "NB".  B was itself strongly influenced by {BCPL}.  Before
          {Bjarne Stroustrup} settled the question by designing {C++},
          there was a humorous debate over whether C's successor should
          be named "D" or "P" (following B and C in "BCPL").
       
          C is terse, low-level and permissive.  It has a {macro
          preprocessor}, {cpp}.
       
          Partly due to its distribution with {Unix}, C became immensely
          popular outside {Bell Labs} after about 1980 and is now the
          dominant language in systems and {microcomputer} applications
          programming.  It has grown popular due to its simplicity,
          efficiency, and flexibility.  C programs are often easily
          adapted to new environments.
       
          C is often described, with a mixture of fondness and disdain,
          as "a language that combines all the elegance and power of
          {assembly language} with all the readability and
          maintainability of assembly language".
       
          Ritchie's original C, known as {K&R C} after Kernighan and
          Ritchie's book, has been {standard}ised (and simultaneously
          modified) as {ANSI C}.
       
          See also {ACCU}, {ae}, {c68}, {c386}, {C-Interp}, {cxref},
          {dbx}, {dsp56k-gcc}, {dsp56165-gcc}, {gc}, {GCT}, {GNU C},
          {GNU superoptimiser}, {Harvest C}, {malloc}, {mpl},
          {Pthreads}, {ups}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1996-06-01)
       
       

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

  (c)
       
          An {ASCII} rendition of the encircled "c" {copyright} symbol.
          Unfortunately, this rendition is not legally valid, the circle
          must be complete.  The word "copyright" in full is perfectly
          adequate though.
       
          (In {LaTeX} the copyright symbol is written as \copyright).
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-02-03)
       
       

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

  C*
       
           An {object-oriented}, {data-parallel}
          superset of {ANSI C} with synchronous {semantics}, for the
          {Connection Machine}, designed by {Thinking Machines}, 1987.
          C* adds a "domain" data type and a selection statement for
          parallel execution in domains.
       
          An unimplemented language called "{Parallel C}" [which one?]
          influenced the design of {C*}.  {Dataparallel-C} was based on
          {C*}.
       
          Current version: 6.x, as of 1993-07-27.
       
          ["C*: An Extended C Language for Data Parallel Programming",
          J.R. Rose et al, Proc Second Intl Conf on Supercomputing,
          L.P. Kartashev et al eds, May 1987, pp 2-16].
       
          ["C* Programming Manual", Thinking Machines Corp, 1986].
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (2000-11-14)
       
       

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

  C+-
       
           (C More or Less) A subject-oriented language (SOL).
          Each C+- {class} instance, known as a subject, holds hidden
          {members}, known as prejudices, agendas or undeclared
          preferences, which are impervious to outside messages; as well
          as public members, known as boasts or claims.
       
          The following {C} {operators} are overridden as shown:
       
           >    better than
           <    worse than
           >>   way better than
           <<   forget it
           !    not on your life
           ==   comparable, other things being equal
           !==  get a life, guy!
       
          C+- is {strongly typed}, based on stereotyping and
          self-righteous logic.  The {Boolean} {variables} TRUE and
          FALSE (known as constants in other, less realistic languages)
          are supplemented with CREDIBLE and DUBIOUS, which are fuzzier
          than Zadeh's traditional fuzzy categories.  All Booleans can
          be declared with the modifiers strong and weak.  Weak
          implication is said to "preserve deniability" and was added at
          the request of the DoD to ensure compatibility with future
          versions of {Ada}.  Well-formed falsehoods (WFFs) are
          {assignment}-compatible with all Booleans.  What-if and
          why-not interactions are aided by the special conditional
          EVENIFNOT X THEN Y.
       
          C+- supports {information hiding} and, among {friend classes}
          only, rumor sharing.  Borrowing from the {Eiffel} lexicon,
          non-friend classes can be killed by arranging contracts.  Note
          that friendships are {intransitive}, {volatile} and
          non-{Abelian}.
       
          {Operator precedence} rules can be suspended with the
          directive #pragma dwim, known as the "{Do what I mean}"
          {pragma}.
       
          {ANSIfication} will be firmly resisted. C+-'s slogan is "Be
          Your Own Standard."
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1999-06-15)
       
       

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

  C++
       
           One of the most used {object-oriented} languages, a
          superset of {C} developed primarily by {Bjarne Stroustrup}
           at {AT&T} {Bell Laboratories} in 1986.
       
          In C++ a {class} is a user-defined {type}, syntactically a
          {struct} with {member functions}.  {Constructors} and
          {destructors} are member functions called to create or destroy
          {instances}.  A {friend} is a nonmember function that is
          allowed to access the private portion of a class.  C++ allows
          {implicit type conversion}, {function inlining}, {overloading}
          of operators and function names, and {default function
          arguments}.  It has {streams} for I/O and {references}.
       
          C++ 2.0 (May 1989) introduced {multiple inheritance},
          {type-safe linkage}, pointers to members, and {abstract
          classes}.
       
          C++ 2.1 was introduced in ["Annotated C++ Reference Manual",
          B. Stroustrup et al, A-W 1990].
       
          {MS-DOS
          (ftp://grape.ecs.clarkson.edu/pub/msdos/djgpp/djgpp.zip)},
          {Unix ANSI C++
          (ftp://gnu.org/pub/gnu/g++-1.39.0.tar.Z)} - X3J16
          committee. (They're workin' on it).
       
          See also {cfront}, {LEDA}, {uC++}.
       
          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.lang.c++}.
       
          ["The C++ Programming Language", Bjarne Stroustrup, A-W,
          1986].
       
          (1996-06-06)
       
       

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

  C+@
       
          (Formerly Calico).  An {object-oriented language} from {Bell
          Laboratories} which uniformly represents all data as a pointer
          to a self-described object.  C+@ provides {multiple
          inheritance} with {delegation} and with control over which
          {method}s come from which delegated object; and {default
          methodologies}.  It has a simple {syntax} with emphasis on
          graphics.  It was originally used for prototyping of
          telecommunication services.
       
          {Unir Tech} has the exclusive license from Bell Labs to
          distribute C+@.  Unfortunately Unir is owned and operated by
          well-known anti-{IETF} ranter, Jim Fleming, which may have had
          something to do with the language's rapid disappearence from
          the radar screen.
       
          It runs under {SunOS} and compiles to {Vcode}.
       
          E-mail: Jim Vandendorpe .
       
          ["A Dynamic C-Based Object-Oriented System for Unix", S.
          Engelstad et al, IEEE Software 8(3):73-85 (May 1991)].
       
          ["The C+@ Programming Language", J. Fleming, Dr Dobbs J, Oct
          1993, pp.24-32].
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (2002-05-18)
       
       

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

  C-Road, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
     Population (2000):    152
     Housing Units (2000): 79
     Land area (2000):     2.606504 sq. miles (6.750813 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.606504 sq. miles (6.750813 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            17267
     Located within:       California (CA), FIPS 06
     Location:             39.759419 N, 120.583560 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      C-Road, CA
      C-Road
      C, CA
      C
  

















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