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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ?
terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
One of the Dinosauria. [Written also {deinosaur}, and
{deinosaurian}.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dinosaur
n : any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic
era
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dinosaur, CO (town, FIPS 20495)
Location: 40.24156 N, 109.00804 W
Population (1990): 324 (157 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 81610
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [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 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 {mainframe}. 2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a {zipperhead}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
dinosaur
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
Used especially of old {minicomputer}s and {mainframe}s, 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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