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  1. Retronym

    Refimprove date August 2008 A retronym is a type of neologism that provides a new name for an object or concept to differentiate the original form or version of it from a more recent form or version. ref cite web accessdate 2010 03 10 publisher Webster s Online Dictionary location http www.websters online dictionary.org title Retronym url http www.websters online dictionary.org definitions retronym?cx partner pub 0939450753529744 3Av0qd01 tdlq&cof FORID 3A9&ie UTF 8&q retronym&sa Search 922 quote A word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate Nobody ever heard of analog clocks until digital clocks became common, so analog clock is a retronym . http www.websters online dictionary.org credits wordnet.html Wordnet . A retronym is a type of neologism coined for an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else, is no longer unique, or is otherwise inappropriate or misleading. The term was coined by Frank Mankiewicz 1 and popularized by William ..., a retronym itself is a neological word coinage consisting of the original noun with a different ... William Safire coauthors title Retronym Watch url http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9E0CEEDB153AF932A35752C1A964958260 ..., the English queen, acquired the retronym Queen Elizabeth I after Queen Elizabeth II was crowned. Evolution ... The term retronym was coined by Frank Mankiewicz in 1980 ref name safire2 cite news first William last Safire authorlink William Safire coauthors title Retronym url http www.nytimes.com 2007 01 07 ... usage they can find of retronym in this column in 1980, which credited Frank Mankiewicz, then president ... with the retronym trade paperback. work New York Times date January 7, 2007 accessdate 2008 07 25 ref ... became the first major dictionary to include the word retronym . ref cite web archiveurl http ... de Retronym es Retr nimo fr R tronymie it Retronimo ja no Retronym pl Retronim pt Retr nimo ro Retronim ru sl Retronim sv Retronym zh ...   more details



  1. Analog watch

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Image analog watch 2.jpg right An analog watch Analog watch is an example of a retronym . It was coined to distinguish analog watches, which had simply been called watches , from newer digital watches see watch and clock . The name refers to the design of the display, regardless of the timekeeping technology used within the watch. A digital watch is one in which the time is displayed as a series of digits, e.g. 13 37 . An analog watch is one in which the display is not digital, but is indicated typically by the continuous motion of two or three rotating pointers or hands pointing to numbers arrayed on a circular dial the hour hand s movement being analogous to the path of the Sun across the sky . See also watch clock DEFAULTSORT Analog Watch Category Watches ...   more details



  1. Acoustic music

    Image Guitar 1.jpg thumb 100px A classical guitar Portal Music Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses musical instrument instrument s which produce sound through entirely Musical acoustics acoustic means, as opposed to Electric instrument electric or Electronic music electronic means. The retronym acoustic music appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such as the electric guitar , electric violin , electronic organ electric organ and synthesizer . ref name Safire 2007 Safire, William, On Language Retronym , New York Times Magazine , January 7, 2007 ref Performers of acoustic music often increase the volume of their output using electronic amplifier s. However, these amplification devices remain separate from the amplified instrument and reproduce its natural sound accurately. Often a microphone is placed in front of an acoustic instrument which is then wired up to an amplifier. Following the increasing popularity of the television show MTV Unplugged during the 1990s , acoustic though in most cases still electrically amplified performances by Musician musical artist s who usually rely on electronic instruments became colloquially referred to as unplugged performances. Writing for Splendid , music reviewer Craig Conley suggests, When music is labeled acoustic, unplugged, or unwired, the assumption seems to be that other types of music are cluttered by Audio technology technology and Overproduction music overproduction and therefore aren t as pure . ref cite web url http www.splendidezine.com reviews aug 16 99 unwired.html title Review Unwired Acoustic Music from around the World accessdate November 17, 2008 last Conley first Craig date August 16, 1999 publisher Splendid ref References reflist music genre stub Category Instrumental and vocal genres de Akustikversion es M sica ac stica fr Musique acoustique it Musica acustica nl Akoestisch instrument ja nn Akustisk musikk pl Muzyka akustyczna pt M sica ac stica simple Acoustic mus ...   more details



  1. Brick and mortar business

    About the eCommerce concept brick and mortar construction Brickwork Brick and mortar B&M refers to a company that possesses a building or store for operations. The name is a metonym derived from the traditional building materials associated with physical buildings bricks and Mortar masonry mortar in contrast with online stores, which have no physical presence. In the jargon of eCommerce , brick and mortar businesses are companies that have a physical presence a physical store and offer face to face consumer experiences. This term is usually used to contrast with a transitory business or an internet only presence, such as an online shop . An example would be the movie rental shop Blockbuster Video , which has physical stores and is in competition with the newer online rental services offered by Netflix . In this sense, the term is also a retronym in that all stores had a physical presence before the advent of the Internet, making such a term unnecessary. A comparable term in the United Kingdom is High Street shops , although the phrase brick s and mortar business is also used. References Wiktionary brick and mortar Reflist DEFAULTSORT Brick And Mortar Business Category Retailing Category Business terms Category Misnomers Business term stub ar cs Kamenn obchod de Brick and Mortar fa fr Brick and mortar it Brick and mortar ja ...   more details



  1. Video (disambiguation)

    selfref For help with video on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia Media help Wiktionary video Video may refer to Video formats Video signal processing equipment Video camera s Video display s Television Video storage media Videotape including videocassettes DVD Video Image ry Motion graphics Footage , motion photography Film Color motion picture film evolution and technology Music video Streaming video Video clip Video Cassette Recorder , referred to informally in some countries simply as a video Common in UK, some Commonwealth countries and other parts of Europe Home video Industry Videoconferencing Titles and names Captain Video and His Video Rangers Video , song from the Ben Folds Five album Ben Folds Five album Video , song by Jeff Lynne. Electronic Products iPod Video , the unofficial name of the 5th generation of the iPod before the iPod Classic retronym and is an MP3 and MP4 player marketed by Apple Inc. disambig de Video es Video desambiguaci n fr Vid o homonymie it Video disambigua sq Video sk Video tr Video ...   more details



  1. Gravity bomb

    Unreferenced date December 2007 Infobox general name Gravity bomb image Mark82Bomb.JPEG caption An unguided 500 lb Mark 82 bomb . A gravity bomb , also known as a free fall bomb , dumb bomb , iron bomb , or unguided bomb , is a conventional aircraft delivered bomb that does not contain a guidance system and hence, simply follows a Ballistics ballistic trajectory . This described all aircraft bombs in general service until the latter half of World War II , and the vast majority until the late 1980s. Then, with the dramatically increased use of precision guided munition s, a retronym was needed to separate smart bombs from free fall bombs. Dumb bomb was used for a time, but many military circles felt it sounded too trite, and eventually gravity bomb gained currency. Previously, they were also referred to as iron bombs . Citation needed date December 2010 Gravity bombs typically use a contact fuze for detonation upon impact. One alternative is a fuze with an altimeter , to cause an air burst at the desired altitude. Retarded bomb Image F 111F dropping high drag bombs.jpg thumb A F 111 dropping Mark 82 bomb s with ballute type retardation systems Mk82AIR BSU49B A special type of gravity bomb is the retarded bomb, which uses a mechanical method of creating increased Drag physics drag , such as a parachute , ballute , or drag inducing petals. These deploy after the ordnance is released, slowing its fall and abbreviating its forward trajectory, giving the aircraft time to get clear of the blast zone when bombing from low altitudes or with nuclear ordnance. However, these bombs are less accurate than conventional free fall bombs. Citation needed date September 2009 See also Constantly computed impact point General purpose bomb Laydown delivery Carpet bombing Category Aerial bombs weapon stub de Freifallbombe lt Laisvakrit bomba ja sl Prosto padajo a letalska bomba ...   more details



  1. Tui

    As a noun, Tui may refer to Tu i or Tui , a title of nobility in Polynesia and some of Melanesia Tui Awards , New Zealand s annual music industry awards Tui beer , a brand of New Zealand beer produced by Tui Breweries Tui bird , a bird endemic to New Zealand Tui, Galicia , a town in Galicia, Pontevedra, Spain HMNZS Tui , the name of two ships that have served in the Royal New Zealand Navy Tui intellectual , a neologism coined by Bertolt Brecht to describe a type of intellectual, as depicted in his play Turandot Tui mine , an abandoned mine in New Zealand Tui Province or Tuy Province , a province in Burkina Faso Tui Regio , a region on Saturn s moon Titan Tui Sports , a 1930s New Zealand aircraft TUI Travel PLC , a European holiday company and airline. As an acronym, TUI may refer to TUI AG Touristik Union International , German tour operator Touro University International , aka TUI University Text user interface , a retronym coined after the invention of Graphical User Interfaces, to distinguish them from text based user interfaces Telephone User Interface , a type of Voice User Interface interaction with computers using voice applied to telephony technology Tangible User Interface , a user interface in which a person interacts with digital information through the physical environment Trapped Under Ice band , an American hardcore music group from Baltimore, Maryland, USA Touch User Interface , a computer pointing technology based upon the sense of touch haptics Turaif Domestic Airport IATA code TUI , a public airport in Turaif, Saudi Arabia Teachers Union of Ireland disambig de Tui es Tui fr Tui ko Tui it TUI nl Tui ja TUI pt Tui desambigua o ru fi Tui t smennyssivu ...   more details



  1. Rectal tenesmus

    SignSymptom infobox Name Rectal tenesmus ICD10 ICD10 R 19 8 r 10 ICD9 ICD9 787.99 Rectal tenesmus Latin , tenes mus you have a mouse is a feeling of incomplete defecation . It is experienced as an inability or difficulty to empty the bowel at defecation. It is frequently painful and may be accompanied by involuntary straining and other gastrointestinal symptoms . Vesical tenesmus is a similar condition, experienced as a feeling of incomplete urination voiding despite the bladder being empty. Often, rectal tenesmus is simply called tenesmus. The term rectal tenesmus is a retronym to distinguish defecation related tenesmus from vesical tenesmus. ref cite web title Wrong Diagnosis url http www.wrongdiagnosis.com sym rectal tenesmus.htm accessdate 2007 07 09 ref Considerations Tenesmus is characterized by a sensation of needing to pass stool, accompanied by pain, cramping, and straining. Despite straining, little stool is passed. Tenesmus is generally associated with inflammatory diseases of the bowel, which may be caused by either infectious or noninfectious conditions. Conditions associated with tenesmus include Irritable bowel syndrome Diverticular disease Inflammatory bowel disease Coeliac disease Pelvic floor dysfunction Prolapsed hemorrhoid Radiation proctitis Rectal gonorrhoea Rectal lymphogranuloma venereum Ulcerative colitis Colorectal cancer Rectal lower GI parasitic infection, particularly Trichuris trichiura whipworm Shigellosis Amebiasis Kidney stone s, when a stone is lodged in the lower ureter ref http emedicine.medscape.com article 456872 overview Nephrolithiasis Acute Renal Colic , Stephen W Leslie. eMedicine. ref See also Encopresis Constipation Fecal incontinence References references External links GPnotebook 181075954 MedlinePlusEncylopedia 003131 disease stub Digestive system and abdomen symptoms and signs Category Diseases and disorders cs Rekt ln tenesmus ru zh ...   more details



  1. Hackers at Large

    Notability date March 2011 unreferenced date November 2010 Image HAL 2001 monolith.jpg thumb right HAL 2001 monolith at the camp site Image HAL 2001 Power Pong.jpg thumb right Bicycle powered game of Pong HAL2001 was a Netherlands Dutch hacker con held at the Universiteit Twente University of Twente near Enschede , The Netherlands in August 2001. This site, which hosts one of Europe s major network operations centers, was unique in allowing the conference to have, at the time, the largest Internet uplink speeds of any conference a fiber optic connection in excess of 1 gigabit per second. The conference never fully utilized the bandwidth maximum bandwidth use was approximately 200 Mb s. The name HAL was primarily due to the film 2001 A Space Odyssey film 2001 A Space Odyssey , in which HAL is the name of the ship s artificial intelligence . The name was retronym ed Hackers At Large . The conference was held primarily outdoors. Logistically speaking, the network structure was quite a feat, with approximately 15 km of category 5 cable for the ethernet backbones, as well as supplying power feeds for the tents computers. There was a technology free zone, The Solaris 1972 film Solaris Sl ckers S lon , named for the 1972 film by Andrei Tarkovsky, which is often thought Who date March 2011 to be the Russian answer to 2001 A Space Odyssey . The only technology permitted in the place was a television, a DVD player running the movie, and a Turkish electric samovar for brewing tea. A fishtank was set aside for drowning mobile phones which rang in the tent it remained empty . This conference was run by Stichting HAL2001, a not for profit organization. See also Previous conference Hacking in Progress Hacking in Progress 1997 Next conferences What the Hack What the Hack 2005 Hacking at Random Hacking at Random 2009 External links Official website http www.hal2001.org compu conference stub fr Hackers At Large Category Hacker conventions ...   more details



  1. Manual focus

    unreferenced date May 2007 In the field of photography , a manual focus camera is one in which the operator has to adjust the Focal length focus of the photographic lens lens by hand. Before the advent of autofocus , all cameras had manually adjusted focusing thus, the term is a retronym . The focus itself may be adjusted in a variety of ways. Larger view camera s and the like slide the lens closer or further from the film plane on rails on smaller cameras, a focus ring on the lens is often rotated to move the lens elements by means of a helical screw. Other systems include levers on the lens or on the camera body. There are a number of ways in which focus may be determined. Simplest is simply using a distance scale and measuring or estimating distance to the subject. Other methods include the rangefinder , which uses triangulation to determine the distance. On other cameras, the photographer examines the focus directly by means of a focusing screen . On the view camera, this ground glass is placed where the film will ultimately go, and is replaced by a sheet of film once focus is correct. Twin lens reflex cameras use two lenses that are mechanically linked, one for focusing and the other to take the photograph. Single lens reflex cameras, meanwhile, use the same objective lens for both purposes, with a mirror to direct the light to either the focusing screen or the film. Focusing screens, in their simplest form, consist of a matte glass or plastic surface on which the image can be focused. Other devices, such as split image prisms or microprisms, can help determine focus. Category Photographic techniques ja ...   more details



  1. Contrastive focus reduplication

    Contrastive focus reduplication also lexical cloning , the double construction is a little studied type of syntactic reduplication found in some languages that indicates the prototype prototypical meaning of the repeated word or phrase, a form of retronym y. The term word word was coined by U.S. writer Paul Dickson in 1982 to describe this. ref name OxfordCompanion cite book title The Oxford Companion to the English Language edition last first coauthors year 1992 publisher Oxford University Press id ISBN 0 19 214183 X pages p. 1127 ref The first part of the reduplicant bears contrastive intonational stress. Examples unreferenced section date November 2010 cable television cable television vs. Network television television television . e book e book vs. book book book . Freelance work vs. Employment work work . References references Dray, Nancy. 1987 . Doubles and modifiers in English. Unpublished M.A. thesis, University of Chicago . Ghomeshi, Jila Jackendoff, Ray Rosen, Nicole & Russell, Kevin. 2004 . Contrastive focus reduplication in English the salad salad paper . Natural Language & Linguistic Theory , 22 , 307 357. See also http home.cc.umanitoba.ca krussll redup corpus.html Corpus of English contrastive focus reduplications started from this article Horn, Laurence. 1993 . Economy and redundancy in a dualistic model of natural language. In S. Shore & M. Vilkuna Eds. , SKY 1993 Yearbook of the Linguistic Association of Finland pp. 31 72 . Wierzbicka, Anna. 1991 . Cross cultural pragmatics The semantics of human interaction . Berlin Mouton de Gruyter. External links http itre.cis.upenn.edu myl languagelog archives 004591.html Contrastive focus reduplication in Zits Language Log Category Reduplication Category Sociolinguistics ...   more details



  1. Snail (disambiguation)

    Wiktionarypar snail TOCright Snail may refer to Animals Gastropoda Snail , one of almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda which have coiled shells Cone snail or cone shell family Conidae , one of the predatory marine snails found in coral reefs Snail racing , the sport of racing snails against each other Fish Snail darter , a small up to 9 cm long fish native to waters of East Tennessee Birds Snail Kite , Rostrhamus sociabilis , a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae Hydroid polyps Snail fur , Hydractinia echinata , a covering of predatory hydroid polyps on the outside of old snail shells where the snail has died Speed or pace Snail mail , a derogatory retronym used to refer to letters and packages carried by conventional postal delivery services. Snail s pace, at a very slow pace or speed Computer games Snails game , a shooting game by PDAMill for the Pocket PC. Snail Maze , a 1986 video game by Sega, part of the Sega Master System. Music Snail , a song by The Smashing Pumpkins from their 1991 album Gish . Snails The Format album , an EP by The Format . Other Gary SpongeBob SquarePants Gary the Snail , a character in the Nickelodeon animated 1999 TV series SpongeBob SquarePants The Snail , a painting by Henri Matisse from 1953 A slang term for the power source of some rotary snowplow s. A spiral shaped cam , used in striking clock s and other mechanisms. disambig de Schnecke eo Heliko apartigilo it Chiocciola disambigua ru ...   more details



  1. The Bowmans

    The Bowmans is an episode of the BBC television situation comedy programme Hancock s Half Hour Hancock , the final BBC series featuring Tony Hancock , first broadcast on 2 June 1961. Written by Galton and Simpson Ray Galto and Galton and Simpson Alan Simpson , the title is a retronym , the episodes were not originally identified separately. Outline and background Hancock plays an actor in a radio serial called The Bowmans , a parody of The Archers . Hancock plays Joshua Merriweather, a parody of the soap opera s country bumpkin Walter Gabriel. He annoys the other actors and producers so much they kill off his character, only to find the audience hold the character in greater affection than they had thought. Hancock has difficulties finding new work, but the BBC are forced to resurrect his character in The Merriweathers by discovering a long lost twin brother, with Hancock s involvement resuming under his exorbitant terms. In his produced script a substantial portion of the village fall down a disused mine shaft. The supporting cast includes Patrick Cargill as the producer, Peter Glaze as an animal impersonator and Brian Oulton as the actor portraying the patriarch of the Bowmans family. The programme is clearly a parody of the killing of Grace Archer in September 1955. It bears a few similarities to the play and film The Killing of Sister George , a better known parody of the incident. External links http www.tv.com hancocks half hour the bowmans episode 71648 summary.html summary of the episode DEFAULTSORT Bowmans, The Category BBC television programmes UK tv prog stub ...   more details



  1. Surface mail

    File Fedexgroundtruck.jpg thumb Surface mail is transported via truck, rail, and ship, rather than by plane, as in this FedEx Ground truck. Surface mail , also known as sea mail , is mail that is transported by land and sea along the surface of the earth , rather than by air, as in airmail . Surface mail is significantly cheaper and slower than airmail, and thus is preferred for large or heavy, non urgent items it is primarily used for packages, not letters. History The term surface mail arose as a retronym retrospective term , following the development of airmail a term was needed to describe traditional mail, for which purpose surface mail was coined. A more recent example of the same process is the term snail mail to refer to physical mail, be it transported by surface or air , following the development of e mail . ref Cognitive English grammar, by G nter Radden, Ren Dirven, http books.google.com books?id lx7UAniLfJwC&pg PA4&dq surface 20mail p. 4 ref By country United States On May 14th, 2007, the United States Postal Service eliminated international surface mail as part of its cost cutting measures. ref http www.usps.com mailpro 2007 janfeb page6.htm USPS International Mail Frequently Asked Questions . Retrieved 10 October 2007. Wayback url http www.usps.com mailpro 2007 janfeb page6.htm Bot retrieved archive date 20070929150924 ref See also Parcel post Surface transport References reflist External links http www.royalmail.com portal rm jump2?mediaId 400037&catId 400033 Royal Mail Surface Mail Category Postal system Category Philatelic terminology ...   more details



  1. Single channel per carrier

    or more remote sites. This uses time division multiplexing TDM . It is a retronym of sorts, as it was the only ...   more details



  1. Commonwealth Liberal Party

    Infobox Australian Political Party party name Commonwealth Liberal Party party logo party wikicolourid Commonwealth Liberal leader Joseph Cook deputy foundation 1909 predecessor Free Trade Party , br Protectionist Party dissolution 1916 successor Nationalist Party of Australia ideology Liberalism , Conservatism position Centre right international for the modern Liberal Party of Australia Liberal Party of Australia The Commonwealth Liberal Party CLP, also known as The Fusion , or the Deakinite Liberal Party was a political movement active in Australia from 1909 to 1916, shortly after federation . In 1909 Alfred Deakin , the leader of the Protectionist Party merged with the Anti Socialist Party of Joseph Cook to form the CLP on a shared platform of opposing the Australian Labor Party . It was defeated by Labor at its first election held in Australian federal election, 1910 1910 . Under a new leader, Joseph Cook , the party defeated Labor in Australian federal election, 1913 1913 by a single seat, but in Australian federal election, 1914 1914 Cook called early elections and was defeated. In 1916 the Commonwealth Liberal Party merged with the National Labor Party , created a few months earlier by Billy Hughes and other pro conscription ist Labor MPs to form the Nationalist Party of Australia . The Commonwealth Liberal Party is often referred to by the retronym the Deakinite Liberal Party in order to distinguish it from the modern Liberal Party of Australia . Leaders Alfred Deakin 1909 13 Joseph Cook 1913 16 See also Commonscat Commonwealth Liberal Party Liberalism in Australia References http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A080275b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography Alfred Deakin http www.adb.online.anu.edu.au biogs A080108b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography Joseph Cook Image AlfredDeakin.jpeg left 100px thumb Alfred Deakin , Prime Minister of Australia 1903 1904, 1905 1908 Protectionist Party , 1909 1910 CLP Image JosephCookPEO.jpg right 100px thumb Joseph Co ...   more details



  1. Retroactive nomenclature

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  1. Snail mail

    Refimprove date September 2010 Snail mail or smail from snail mail is a dysphemism dysphemistic retronym named after the snail with its slow speed used to refer to letters and wiktionary missive missives carried by conventional mail postal delivery services . The phrase refers to the lag time between dispatch of a letter and its receipt, versus the virtually instantaneous dispatch and delivery of its electronic equivalent, e mail . It is also known, more neutrally, as paper mail , postal mail , land mail , or simply mail . An earlier term of the same type is surface mail , coined retrospectively after the development of airmail . ref Cognitive English grammar, by G nter Radden, Ren Dirven, http books.google.com books?id lx7UAniLfJwC&pg PA4&dq surface 20mail p. 4 ref Snail mail is also a term used in reference to pen pal penpalling . Snail mail penpals are those penpals that communicate with one another through the postal system, rather than on the internet which is becoming the more common medium. Some online groups also use paper mail through regular gift or craft hot topics. In some countries, services are available to print and deliver emails to those unable to receive email, like people with no computers or internet access. Similar terminology was used in the 1840s to contrast the already operating postal mail with the new telegraph . The Philadelphia North American stated The markets will no longer be dependent upon snail paced mails . ref Howe, Daniel Walker, What Hath God Wrought The Transformation of America, 1815 1848 , Oxford University Press, 2007. ref Use of the term snail mail pre dates the 1970 reference below. It was actually used by the U.S. Post Office in magazine advertising in the mid to late 1960s to encourage use of zip codes. Ads for zip code use appeared in many issues of LOOK , Life , and, Saturday Evening Post magazines and displayed a caricature of a large snail outfitted as a letter carrier, with the term Snail Mail in bold lettering. An early ...   more details



  1. Classic

    other designs were also available an example of a retronym . Coca Cola Classic is the name used ...   more details



  1. Direct-attached storage

    Unreferenced date June 2008 Direct attached storage DAS refers to a data storage device digital storage system directly attached to a Server computing server or workstation , without a storage area network storage network in between. It is a retronym , mainly used to differentiate non computer network networked storage from Storage area network SAN and Network attached storage NAS . Image removed as this one did not accurately reflect a DAS scenario Features A typical DAS system is made of a data storage device for example disk enclosure enclosure s holding a number of hard disk drive s connected directly to a computer through a host bus adapter HBA . Between those two points there is no network device like hub, switch, or router , and this is the main characteristic of DAS. The main Protocol computing protocol s used for DAS connections are ATA , SATA , eSATA ref http www.serialata.org technology esata.asp ref , SCSI , Serial Attached SCSI SAS , and Fibre Channel . Storage features common to SAN, DAS and NAS Most functions found in modern storage do not depend on whether the storage is attached directly to servers DAS , or via a network SAN and NAS . A DAS device can be shared between multiple computers, as long as it provides multiple interfaces ports that allow concurrent and direct access. This way it can be used in computer cluster s. In fact, most SAN attachable storage devices or NAS devices can be easily used as DAS devices &ndash all that is needed is to disconnect their ports from the data network and connect one or more ports directly to a computer with a plain one to one cable . More advanced DAS devices, like SAN and NAS, can offer fault tolerant design in many areas controller redundancy, cooling redundancy, and storage fault tolerance patterns known as RAID . Some DAS systems provide embedded disk array controller s to offload RAID processing from the server s host bus adaptor HBA . Basic DAS devices do not have such features. A DAS can, like SAN or N ...   more details



  1. MAMP

    and retronym s appeared for other combinations of operating system, web server, database, and software ...   more details



  1. List of retronyms

    name safire2 cite news first William last Safire authorlink William Safire coauthors title Retronym ... coauthors title Retronym Watch url http query.nytimes.com gst fullpage.html?res 9E0CEEDB153AF932A35752C1A964958260 ... retronym for the original console. Soap Bar soap The common cake of soap used in the tub or shower .... The retronym black powder was coined in the late 19th century to differentiate it from the newly ..., now the retronym is used to distinguish it from color television, which is now more commonly referred ... Land Pattern is a retronym for the oldest models applied when the later Short Land Pattern variety ... of its usage by the British Army. Clarify date January 2011 in what sense it is retronym, per wikiepdia ... the original series of the classic sitcom from the 80s sequel, The New Leave It To Beaver . This retronym ... of a retronym officially coined by a product s manufacturer . Command & Conquer Tiberian ... services. Wireline is clearly another retronym. Lead acid car battery Before other battery chemical ... for the retronym was the more precise Electronic Fuel Injection , which employed more sensors. Mechanical ... and accompanying digital zoom necessitated this retronym, describing the analog method of achieving ... Pararescue jumper The term Pararescue jumper is a retronym of the initials PJ , which were used ... copies acquired this retronym. Occasionally extended to the copying devices i.e., paper copiers ... Not itself a retronym, but in need of some. In the UK a video is a VCR or a VHS tape and to video is to record ...   more details



  1. Pogue

    source, the modern military vernacular has turned pogue into a retronym backronym . Pogue is now described ...   more details



  1. The First Barbarians: Live from Kilburn

    italic title Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The First Barbarians Live from Kilburn Cover Type Live album Artist Ronnie Wood Released 22 October 2007 Recorded 14 July 1974 Genre Rock music Rock Label Wooden Records Producer Last album Ronnie Wood Anthology The Essential Crossexion br 2006 This album The First Barbarians Live from Kilburn br 2007 Next album I Feel Like Playing br 2010 The First Barbarians Live from Kilburn is a concert album plus DVD by Ronnie Wood and band. The material was recorded and filmed in July 1974 at one of two performances at London s Gaumont State Cinema Kilburn Gaumont State Theatre to promote Wood s album I ve Got My Own Album to Do . ref name kilburn Cite document title liner notes to The First Barbarians Live from Kilburn publisher Wooden Records date October 2007 postscript None ref ref name mclagan2000p226 cite book last McLagan first Ian title All the Rage revised edition publisher Pan Books year 2000 isbn 0 330 37637 X pages pg. 226 ref At the time of the concert the band was billed as Woody and Friends. ref name kilburn The name First Barbarians is a retronym referring to The New Barbarians band The New Barbarians , the band Wood put together for a six week tour in 1979, whose lineup included three of the musicians who played at the July 1974 Kilburn gigs Wood, Keith Richards and Ian McLagan . Track listing CD Intro instrumental Am I Grooving You Bert Russell Jeff Barry Cancel Everything Ronnie Wood Mystifies Me Wood with Rod Stewart sharing vocals Take a Look at the Guy Wood with Rod Stewart vocals Act Together Jagger Richards Shirley Wood Forever Wood Sure the One You Need Jagger Richards Keith Richards on lead vocals I Can t Stand the Rain song I Can t Stand the Rain Don Bryant Ann Peebles Bernard Miller Crotch Music Willie Weeks instrumental I Can Feel the Fire Wood DVD Intro Am I Grooving You Cancel Everything If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody Rudy Clark with Rod Stewart sharing vocals Mystifies Me Tak ...   more details



  1. Arpitania

    Arpitania Arpitan and Italian Arpitania , French Arpitanie refers to the lands where the Arpitan Arpitan language is spoken or used to be the prevalent idiom ref http www.arpitania.eu index.php?option com content&view article&id 47&Itemid 34 did you say arpitan? on Arpitania.eu ref , but Arpitania is not a country or a nation. Arpitania and Arpitan Language are retronym s. They were neologisms from the 20th century. It was initially used for the Alps Alpine regions where Arpitan was spoken. The name was popularised by Mouvement Harpitanya , a left wing political grouping in Aosta Valley in 1970s. ref http arpitania.forumactif.com CAFE ARPITAN c1 L euroregion Arpitanie f1 La nation Arpitane J Harriet 1974 t581.htm La nation arpitane ref In 1990s, the term lost its particular political context ref http blog.regionleman.com public Arpitanie Histoire Arpitanie 24heures.pdf Nos anc tres les Arpitans , 24 Heures, Lausanne, 2 May 2009 ref . However, the use of the word Arpitania indicates a common cultural heritage and a regional identity beyond linguistic limitations. ref Aliance Cultut la Arpitana, Fribourg Switzerland and Rochetaill e France , http aca.arpitania.eu. ref Inhabitants of the region, whether they are actual speakers of the language or not, are named as Arpitans . ref Les Alpes et leurs noms de lieux, 6000 ans d histoire ? Les appellations d origine pr indo europ enne., Paul Louis Rousset, 1988, ISBN 2 901193 02 1 ref ref Les mots de la montagne autour du Mont Blanc, Hubert Bessat et Claudette Germi, Ed. Ellug, Programme Rh ne Alpes, Recherches en Sciences Humaines, 1991, ISBN 2 902709 68 4 . ref Geography File Arpitan francoprovencal map.jpg thumb 480px right Map of Arpitania , the Arpitan Language Area in Arpitan Language . The inset illustrates two isolated towns in the Celle di San Vito in Foggia Apulia region of southern Italy where, Arpitan is also spoken. Arpitania is composed of France Savoy , Dauphin , Is re , a big part of the Rh ne d partement R ...   more details




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