List of computer term etymologies - Biocrawler(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compiler is an application that compiles (programming language source code into the computer's machine language).
The source of the name is claimed to be three-fold: first, that it is used to "go-for" information; second, that it does so through a menu of links analogous to gopher holes; and third, that the mascot of the protocol authors' organization, the University of Minnesota, is Goldy the Gopher.
It was named after swing, a style of dance bandjazz that was popularized in the 1930s and unexpectedly revived in the 1990s.
Internet Band Register - offers the opportunity for bands, groups, orchestras and artists to register their names and to search the database to see if their name or proposed name is already in use.
Rubber Band - a repository for bandnames and their etymologies.
Monosyllabic Bands - ongoing accumulation of one word, one syllable names for bands.
A list of names found in French and Provencal novels of the middle ages.
However, the lists are not accurate and contain names that are inappropriate to the cultures they claim to represent as well as, in some cases, including names of non-Humans.
Unfortunately, while some of the names are correct for our period, a lot are not, and her etymologies are frequently incorrect.
Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., compiler is an application that compiles programming language code into the computer's machine language.
The source of the name is claimed to be three-fold: first, that it "goes-fer" information; second, that it does so through a web of menu items analogous to gopher holes; and third, that the mascot of the University of Minnesota is the Golden Gophers.
It was named after swing, a style of dance bandjazz that was popularized in the 1930s and unexpectly revived in the 1990s.
Watch now as the band forms the football of love and expresses its desire for the women of the west coast.
A small band of freedom fighters are surrounded on all sides by the forces of Crimson and Navy Blue.
When we left you 3 weeks ago, the rumpled and dejected band was huddling for survival, while their fearless leader Elrod Snidley was off in California being chased by a mob of fast blond women with big cans of slim-fast.
Founder of the GNU project Richard Stallman liked the name because of the humour associated with its pronunciation and was also influenced by the song The Gnu Song [4], by Flanders and Swann which is a song sung by a gnu.
The name used to describe four bits, which is half an octet (8 bits, the size of a byte in most computers).
Lerdorf currently insists the name should not be thought of as standing for anything, for he selected "Personal Home Page" as the name when he did not forsee PHP evolving into a general-purpose programming language.
Avathar name of the land between the southern Pelóri and the Sea, where Ungoliant dwelt; said to be "not Elvish" in WJ:404 and must be thought of as an adaption from Valarin; on the other hand, MR:284 states that it is "ancient Quenya" and offers the interpretation "The Shadows".
turcildi a name of the Númenóreans (LR:47, 56; SD:246).
The Etymologies gives Turindo as the Quenya form of this name; Túrin seems to be properly the Sindarin form, though it fits Quenya style well enough and Nienor used it in a Quenya sentence (near the end of ch.
Another story says that there was a flsmith named "Masamune", and his sword was so sharp that you could drive it into the ground in a lake, and leaves that floated by would float around the Masamune due to its holy power.
Character Names: Rydia is supposedly named after the legendary country of Lydia (the names are the same in Japanese), which was the richest in the world in its day and the first to use coins as money.
Vandole - The name of the old Empire (and also the name of the Emperor in Secret of Mana), it may be a corruption of the word "Vandal," the tribe of Germanic people who overran Gaul, Spain, and northern Africa in the 4th and 5th centuries and sacked Rome in 455.
Such names characteristically spread through colonization (as may be seen from the fact that Avalon occurs in the New World as well), and it may be interesting to note that Abella was believed to have been a Greek colony.
The one linguist with name recognition throughout the educated lay public is Chomsky; but what the educated lay public is interes- ted in, language-wise, isn't what Chomsky's interested in.
A big advantage of a list for postgraduates is that it provides the opportunity to ask questions away from the minefield of the academic high ground.
Muse's Muse, The - A place to connect with other songwriters on the Web, containing relevant links, sample songs, songwriting surveys, classifieds, songwriting organizations and more.
Music Industry Contacts Page - Listing of major label AandR reps and Producers.
SongLink International - monthly tipsheet magazine for music publishers and songwriterslisting which artists around the world are looking for new songs to record.
www.songwriting.cc /bandnames.htm (410 words)
List of People By Name Quotes @ CaptureClients.com (Capture Clients)(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
List of People By Name in the News
They had gone through a list of people and it...
Every person for whom there is a quotation page should be listed here, ordered by last name unless they don't have one.
08-06-2004 12:29 PM It's ironic that a company named "Heaven blesses hard work", is responsible for millions of people setting on their asses for hours and hours a week playing their games.
Apple is named after "Apple Records", the label of Steve Jobs' favorite band, The Beatles.
Hotmail -- Founder JackSmith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world.
