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dinosaur
(mass) | dinosaur
- dinosaurus |
dinosaur
(encz) | dinosaur,dinosaurus n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dinosaur
(gcide) | Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ?
terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and
deinosaurian.]
[1913 Webster] |
dinosaur
(wn) | dinosaur
n 1: any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the
Mesozoic era |
dinosaur
(foldoc) | dinosaur
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
Used especially of old minicomputers and mainframes, in
contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines.
In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared
the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with
a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily
fluids through it". IBM was not amused.
Compare big iron; see also dinosaurs mating.
2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
[Jargon File]
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dinosaur
(jargon) | dinosaur
n.
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used
especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer
microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1998 Unix EXPO,
Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display
with a grazing dinosaur “with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids
through it”. IBM was not amused. Compare big iron; see also mainframe.
2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
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dinosaurus
(msas) | dinosaurus
- dinosaur |
dinosaurus
(msasasci) | dinosaurus
- dinosaur |
dinosaurs
(encz) | dinosaurs,dinosauři n: Zdeněk Brož |
duck-billed dinosaur
(encz) | duck-billed dinosaur, n: |
green dinosaur
(encz) | green dinosaur, n: |
horned dinosaur
(encz) | horned dinosaur, n: |
ornithischian dinosaur
(encz) | ornithischian dinosaur, n: |
ornithopod dinosaur
(encz) | ornithopod dinosaur, n: |
saurischian dinosaur
(encz) | saurischian dinosaur, n: |
sauropod dinosaur
(encz) | sauropod dinosaur, n: |
theropod dinosaur
(encz) | theropod dinosaur, n: |
dinosaurus
(czen) | dinosaurus,dinosaurn: Zdeněk Brož |
Dinosaur
(gcide) | Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ?
terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and
deinosaurian.]
[1913 Webster] |
Dinosauria
(gcide) | Dinosauria \Di`no*sau"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ?
lizard.] (Paleon.)
An order of extinct mesozoic reptiles, mostly of large size
(whence the name). Notwithstanding their size, they present
birdlike characters in the skeleton, esp. in the pelvis and
hind limbs. Some walked on their three-toed hind feet, thus
producing the large "bird tracks," so-called, of mesozoic
sandstones; others were five-toed and quadrupedal. See
Illust. of Compsognathus, also Illustration of Dinosaur in
Appendix. Dinothere |
Dinosaurian
(gcide) | Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ?
terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and
deinosaurian.]
[1913 Webster] |
armored dinosaur
(wn) | armored dinosaur
n 1: dinosaurs having bony armour |
bird-footed dinosaur
(wn) | bird-footed dinosaur
n 1: any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to
Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on
strong hind legs [syn: theropod, theropod dinosaur,
bird-footed dinosaur] |
bone-headed dinosaur
(wn) | bone-headed dinosaur
n 1: bipedal herbivorous dinosaurs with bony crowns |
duck-billed dinosaur
(wn) | duck-billed dinosaur
n 1: any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs
having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have
been partly aquatic [syn: hadrosaur, hadrosaurus,
duck-billed dinosaur] |
green dinosaur
(wn) | green dinosaur
n 1: a living fossil or so-called `green dinosaur'; genus or
subfamily of primitive nut-bearing trees thought to have
died out 50 million years ago; a single specimen found in
1994 on Mount Bartle Frere in eastern Australia; not yet
officially named [syn: Bartle Frere, {genus Bartle-
Frere}, green dinosaur] |
horned dinosaur
(wn) | horned dinosaur
n 1: any of several four-footed herbivorous dinosaurs with
enormous beaked skulls; of the late Cretaceous in North
America and Mongolia [syn: ceratopsian, {horned
dinosaur}] |
ornithischian dinosaur
(wn) | ornithischian dinosaur
n 1: herbivorous dinosaur with a pelvis like that of a bird
[syn: ornithischian, ornithischian dinosaur] |
ornithopod dinosaur
(wn) | ornithopod dinosaur
n 1: bipedal herbivorous dinosaur [syn: ornithopod,
ornithopod dinosaur] |
saurischian dinosaur
(wn) | saurischian dinosaur
n 1: herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur having a three-pronged
pelvis like that of a crocodile [syn: saurischian,
saurischian dinosaur] |
sauropod dinosaur
(wn) | sauropod dinosaur
n 1: very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and
Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and
five-toed limbs; largest known land animal [syn:
sauropod, sauropod dinosaur] |
theropod dinosaur
(wn) | theropod dinosaur
n 1: any of numerous carnivorous dinosaurs of the Triassic to
Cretaceous with short forelimbs that walked or ran on
strong hind legs [syn: theropod, theropod dinosaur,
bird-footed dinosaur] |
dinosaur pen
(foldoc) | dinosaur pen
A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised
flooring, special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air
conditioning, and a side order of Halon fire extinguishers.
See boa.
(1995-11-17)
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dinosaurs mating
(foldoc) | dinosaurs mating
The activity said to occur when yet another {big
iron} merger or buy-out occurs; reflects a perception by
hackers that these signal another stage in the long, slow
dying of the mainframe industry. Also described as
"elephants mating": lots of noise and action at a high level,
with an eventual outcome in the somewhat distant future.
In its glory days of the 1960s, it was "IBM and the Seven
Dwarves": Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric,
Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac. Early on, RCA sold
out to Univac and GE also sold out, and it was "IBM and the
BUNCH" (an acronym for Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data,
and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought out by Bull.
Univac in turn merged with Sperry to form Sperry/Univac,
which was later merged (although the employees of Sperry
called it a hostile takeover) with Burroughs to form Unisys
in 1986 (this was when the phrase "dinosaurs mating" was
coined). In 1991 AT&T absorbed NCR, only to spit it out
again in 1996. Unisys bought Convergent Technologies in
1988 and later others.
More such earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem
inevitable.
[More dates?]
[Jargon File]
(1998-07-10)
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dinosaur pen
(jargon) | dinosaur pen
n.
A traditional mainframe computer room complete with raised flooring,
special power, its own ultra-heavy-duty air conditioning, and a side order
of Halon fire extinguishers. See boa.
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dinosaurs mating
(jargon) | dinosaurs mating
n.
Said to occur when yet another big iron merger or buyout occurs;
originally reflected a perception by hackers that these signal another
stage in the long, slow dying of the mainframe industry. In the mainframe
industry's glory days of the 1960s, it was ‘IBM and the Seven Dwarfs’:
Burroughs, Control Data, General Electric, Honeywell, NCR, RCA, and Univac.
RCA and GE sold out early, and it was ‘IBM and the Bunch’ (Burroughs,
Univac, NCR, Control Data, and Honeywell) for a while. Honeywell was bought
out by Bull; Burroughs merged with Univac to form Unisys (in 1984 — this
was when the phrase dinosaurs mating was coined); and in 1991 AT&T absorbed
NCR (but spat it back out a few years later). Control Data still exists but
is no longer in the mainframe business. In similar wave of dinosaur-matings
as the PC business began to consolidate after 1995, Digital Equipment was
bought by Compaq which was bought by Hewlett-Packard. More such
earth-shaking unions of doomed giants seem inevitable.
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