8  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  SOS  \SOS\ 
  The  letters  signified  by  the  signal  (  .  .  .  ---  .  .  .  ) 
  prescribed  by  the  International  Radiotelegraphic  Convention 
  of  1912  for  use  by  ships  in  distress. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  SOS 
  n  :  an  internationally  recognized  distress  signal  in  radio  code 
  [syn:  {SOS}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  SOS  /S-O-S/  n.,obs.  An  infamously  {losing}  text  editor.  Once, 
  back  in  the  1960s,  when  a  text  editor  was  needed  for  the  PDP-6,  a 
  hacker  crufted  together  a  {quick-and-dirty}  `stopgap  editor'  to  be  used 
  until  a  better  one  was  written.  Unfortunately,  the  old  one  was  never 
  really  discarded  when  new  ones  came  along  SOS  is  a  descendant  (`Son 
  of  Stopgap')  of  that  editor,  and  many  PDP-10  users  gained  the  dubious 
  pleasure  of  its  acquaintance.  Since  then  other  programs  similar  in  style 
  to  SOS  have  been  written,  notably  the  early  font  editor  BILOS  /bye'lohs/, 
  the  Brother-In-Law  Of  Stopgap  (the  alternate  expansion  `Bastard  Issue, 
  Loins  of  Stopgap'  has  been  proposed). 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  SOS 
 
  1.  {Scheme  Object  System}. 
 
  2.  An  infamously  {losing}  text  editor.  Once,  back  in  the 
  1960s,  when  a  text  editor  was  needed  for  the  {PDP-6},  a  hacker 
  crufted  together  a  {quick-and-dirty}  "stopgap  editor"  to  be 
  used  until  a  better  one  was  written.  Unfortunately,  the  old 
  one  was  never  really  discarded  when  new  ones  (in  particular, 
  {TECO})  came  along  SOS  is  a  descendant  ("Son  of  Stopgap")  of 
  that  editor,  and  many  {PDP-10}  users  gained  the  dubious 
  pleasure  of  its  acquaintance.  Since  then  other  programs 
  similar  in  style  to  SOS  have  been  written,  notably  the  early 
  font  editor  BILOS  /bye'lohs/,  the  Brother-In-Law  Of  Stopgap 
  (the  alternate  expansion  "Bastard  Issue,  Loins  of  Stopgap"  has 
  been  proposed). 
 
  3.  The  {PDP-10}  instruction  to  decrease  a  value.  Oppose 
  {AOS}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SOS 
  Share  Operating  System  OS 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SOS 
  Standards  and  Open  Systems 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SOS 
  Symbolic  Operating  System  OS 
 
 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  SOS 
  Support  On  Site 
 
 

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