Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dinosaur
n 1: any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the
Mesozoic era
From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]:
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 1998 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}.
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