Oz

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oz.
       n : a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16
           drams or 28.349 grams [syn: {ounce}]

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



  oz
       
          An old Australian {top-level domain} and network which got
          incorporated into the current one.  The former Australian
          {domain}s .oz, .edu and .com are now .oz.au, .edu.au and
          .com.au.
       
          (1994-10-04)
       
       

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

  Oz
       
          An {object-oriented} {concurrent} {constraint} language from
          the {University of Saarbrucken}.  Oz is based on {constraint
          communication}, a new form of {asynchronous} communication
          using {logic variable}s.  Partial information about the values
          of variables is imposed concurrently and incrementally.
          Supports {higher order} programming and object-orientation
          including {multiple inheritance}.
       
          {(ftp:duck.dfki.uni-sb.de/pub/papers)}.
       
          ["Object-Oriented Concurrent Constraint Programming in Oz",
          G. Smolka et al].