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7 definitions for dinosaur From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
dinosaur
n : any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic
era
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
78 Moby Thesaurus words for "dinosaur":
alligator, ammonite, ankylosaur, archaeohippus, archaeotherium,
archelon, arthrodiran, aurochs, bothriolepis, brachiosaur,
brontops, brontothere, coccostean, coelodont, compsognathus,
coryphodon, cotylosaur, creodont, crocodile, crocodilian,
crossopterygian, cynodictis, diatryma, dimetrodon, dinichthyid,
dinothere, diplodocus, duck-billed dinosaur, edaphosaurid,
elasmosaur, elephant, eryopsid, eurypterid, gator, giant sloth,
glyptodont, hadrosaur, hippo, hippopotamus, jumbo, leviathan,
lizard, mammoth, mastodon, monster, palaeodictyopteron,
palaeoniscid, palaeophis, palaeosaur, palaeospondylus, pelycosaur,
phytosaur, plesiosaur, protoceratops, protylopus, pteranodon,
pteraspid, pterichthys, pterodactyl, pterosaur, reptile, reptilian,
saurian, sauropod, scelidosaur, smilodon, terrapin, titanosaur,
tortoise, trachodon, triceratops, trilobite, turtle, tyrannosaur,
uintathere, urus, whale, woolly mammoth
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
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 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 mainframe. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
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]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
Dinosaur, CO (town, FIPS 20495)
Location: 40.24156 N, 109.00804 W
Population (1990): 324 (157 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 81610
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
Dinosaur, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 319
Housing Units (2000): 156
Land area (2000): 0.795669 sq. miles (2.060772 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.795669 sq. miles (2.060772 sq. km)
FIPS code: 20495
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.241560 N, 109.008747 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81610
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Dinosaur, CO
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