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3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Edison n : American inventor (1847-1931) [syn: {Edison}, {Thomas Edison}, {Thomas Alva Edison}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Edison, GA (city, FIPS 26448) Location: 31.56072 N, 84.73807 W Population (1990): 1182 (482 housing units) Area: 6.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 31746 Edison, NE (village, FIPS 14520) Location: 40.27759 N, 99.77569 W Population (1990): 148 (104 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68936 Edison, NJ (CDP, FIPS 20260) Location: 40.52877 N, 74.36929 W Population (1990): 88680 (32832 housing units) Area: 78.2 sq km (land), 1.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 08817, 08820, 08837 Edison, OH (village, FIPS 24598) Location: 40.55806 N, 82.86355 W Population (1990): 488 (163 housing units) Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43320 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: Edison 1. (Named after the American inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931)) A simplified Pascal by Per Brinch Hansen with {modules} and {concurrency} (cobegin/coend). ["Edison - A Multiprocessor Language", P. Brinch Hansen, CS Dept, USC, Sep 1980]. ["Programming a Personal Computer", Brinch Hansen, P-H 1977]. 2. A language which adds an {OPS5}-like {rete}-based {production system} system to {C}. It is implemented as a {C} {preprocessor}. ["Edison, A Unix and C Friendly Rete Based Production System", B. Thirion SIGPLAN Notices 27(1):75-84 (Jan 1992)]. (1994-12-08)
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