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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Boa \Bo"a\, n.; pl {Boas} . [L. boa a kind of water serpent.
Perh. fr bos an ox.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of large American serpents, including
the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico ({B.
imperator}), and the chevalier boa of Peru ({B. eques}).
Note: The name is also applied to related genera; as the
dog-headed boa ({Xiphosoma caninum}).
2. A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its
resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
boa
n 1: a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur [syn: {feather
boa}]
2: any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial
hind limbs
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
boa [IBM] n. Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the
floor in a {dinosaur pen}. Possibly so called because they display a
ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight and flat
after they have been coiled for some time. It is rumored within IBM
that channel cables for the 370 are limited to 200 feet because beyond
that length the boas get dangerous -- and it is worth noting that one
of the major cable makers uses the trademark `Anaconda'.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
boa
[IBM] Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor in a
{dinosaur pen}. Possibly so called because they display a
ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight
and flat after they have been coiled for some time. It is
rumored within IBM that channel cables for the 370 are limited
to 200 feet because beyond that length the boas get dangerous
--- and it is worth noting that one of the major cable makers
uses the trademark "Anaconda".
[{Jargon File}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]:
BOA
Basic Object Adapter
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