Meaning of DINOSAUR
| Pronunciation: | | 'dInu`sor
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| Matching Terms: | | dinosaur pen, Dinosauria, dinosaurs mating
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| | Definition: | | 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] |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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