PRESTO - Definition

Pronunciation:		'prestow
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adv] suddenly; "Presto! begone! 'tis here again"- Swift [adv] (music) at a very fast tempo (faster than allegro) [adj] (of tempo) very fast

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	Synonyms:	fast


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pres"to\, adv. [It. or Sp. presto quick, quickly. See {Prest}, a.] 1. Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly. Presto! begone! 'tis here again. --Swift. 2. (Mus.) Quickly; rapidly; -- a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.

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Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	A parallel language for shared-memory multiprocessors, built on top of C++ by Bershad et al, U Washington 1987. PRESTO provides classes for threads and spinlocks as well as Mesa-style monitors and condition variables. . E-mail: <[email protected]>. ["PRESTO: A Kernel for Parallel Programming Environments", B.N. Bershad et al, U Wash CS TR, Jan 1987].

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