Word of the Day — Archive Page #16
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August 2, 2024
74% 26% #112 votesWhat does foudroyant mean?
- foudroyant(Adjective)
- Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
August 1, 2024
71% 29% #83 votesWhat does metonymy mean?
- metonymy(noun)
- substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
July 31, 2024
88% 13% #77 votesWhat does doppelgänger mean?
- doppelganger(noun)
- a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart
July 30, 2024
53% 47% #115 votesWhat does pluribus mean?
- Pluribus
- The Pluribus multiprocessor was an early multi-processor computer designed by BBN for use as a packet switch in the ARPANET. Its design later influenced the BBN Butterfly computer. The Pluribus had its beginnings in 1972 when the need for a second-generation interface message processor (IMP) became apparent. At that time, the BBN had already installed IMPs at more than thirty-five ARPANET sites. These IMPs were Honeywell 316 and 516 minicomputers. The network was growing rapidly in several dimensions: number of nodes, hosts, and terminals; volume of traffic; and geographic coverage (including plans, now realized, for satellite extensions to Europe and Hawaii). A goal was established to design a modular machine which, at its lower end, would be smaller and less expensive than the 316's and 516's while being expandable in capacity to provide ten times the bandwidth of, and capable of servicing five times as many input-output (I/O) devices as, the 516. Related goals included greater memory addressing capability and increased reliability. The designers decided on a multiprocessor approach because of its promising potential for modularity, for cost per performance advantages, for reliability, and because the IMP packet switch algorithms were clearly suitable for parallel processing by independent processors.
July 29, 2024
59% 41% #79 votesWhat does glabrous mean?
- glabrous(adj)
- having no hair or similar growth; smooth
July 28, 2024
63% 37% #142 votesWhat does heliolatry mean?
- heliolatry, sun-worship(noun)
- the worship of the sun
July 27, 2024
54% 46% #124 votesWhat does incontrovertible mean?
- incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive(adj)
- impossible to deny or disprove
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