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Meaning of AEOLUS

Pronunciation:  'eeulus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  god of the winds in ancient mythology
 
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 See Also: Greek deity

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\[AE]"o*lus\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr. & Rom. Myth.)
The god of the winds.
 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

A concurrent language with atomic transactions.

["Rationale for the Design of Aeolus", C. Wilkes et al, Proc IEEE 1986 Intl Conf Comp Lang, IEEE 1986, pp.107-122].

 

 

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