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3 definitions for cray From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Crare \Crare\ (kr?r), n. [OF. craier, creer, croyer, ship of
war, LL. craiera, creyera, perh. from G. krieger warrior, or
D. krijger.]
A slow unwieldy trading vessel. [Obs.] [Written also
crayer, cray, and craie.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Cray \Cray\ (kr[=a]), Crayer \Cray"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
See Crare. [Obs.]
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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
cray /kray/ n. 1. (properly, capitalized) One of the line of
supercomputers designed by Cray Research. 2. Any supercomputer at all.
3. The canonical number-crunching machine.
The term is actually the lowercased last name of Seymour Cray, a noted
computer architect and co-founder of the company. Numerous vivid legends
surround him, some true and some admittedly invented by Cray Research
brass to shape their corporate culture and image.
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