Slingshot

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  slingshot
       n : a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic
           between the arms; used to propel small stones [syn: {sling},
            {catapult}]

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



  Slingshot
       
           {CSK
          Software}'s {real time} financial server for the {Internet}.
       
          Slingshot allows the delivery of real time market data across
          the {Internet} and private {intranets} quickly, cheaply and
          securely.  The first beta-test version was released free to
          the Internet on 6 August 1996.  Slingshot allows any financial
          institution, regardless of size, to publish their rates and
          associated information to a global audience using standard
          Internet protocols and software.  The {real-time} data can be
          seamlessly integrated into any standard {World-Wide Web}
          application and thus combined with static text, database
          queries and even audio and video objects, to create services.
       
          The Slingshot protocol enables the delivery of other forms of
          real time data over the Internet, thus making Slingshot useful
          in industries as varied as manufacturing, betting, telemetry,
          weather, transport and medicine.
       
          Version 2's improved protocol minimises the required
          {bandwidth} and can go through {firewalls}, {proxies}, and
          {virus scanners}, making Slingshot real-time data accessible
          everywhere where normal web access is possible.
       
          (2003-05-13)