Strong-arm

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strong-arm
       adj : impelled by physical force especially against resistance;
             "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical";
             "strong-arm tactics" [syn: {forcible}, {physical}]
       v 1: handle roughly; "He was strong-armed by the policemen"
       2: be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when


          she was young" [syn: {bully}, {browbeat}, {bullyrag}, {ballyrag},
           {boss around}, {hector}, {push around}]
       3: use physical force against; "They strong-armed me when I
          left the restaurant"

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

  StrongARM
       
           A collaborative project between {Digital Equipment
          Corporation} and {Advanced RISC Machines} Ltd. (ARM) announced
          on 1995-02-06 licensing the {ARM} {RISC} architecture to
          {Digital Semiconductor} for the development of
          high-performance, low power {microprocessors}.
       
          The StrongARM family of 32-bit RISC products developed under
          the agreement are faster versions of the existing ARM
          processors with a somewhat different {instruction set}.  They
          are targetted at applications such as next-generation
          {personal digital assistants} with improved user interfaces
          and communications; {interactive television} and set-top
          products; video games and {multimedia} {edutainment} systems
          with realistic imaging, motion and sound; and digital imaging,
          including low cost digital image capture and photo-quality
          scanning and printing.
       
          The StrongARM family has limited software compatibility with
          the {ARM6}, {ARM7} and {ARM8} families due to its separate
          {caches} for data and instructions which causes
          {self-modifying code} to fail.
       
          The {SA-110} is the first member of the family.
       
          (1998-09-07)