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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: News \News\, n [From New cf F. nounelles News ?s plural in form but is commonly used with a singular verb.] 1. A report of recent occurences information of something that has lately taken place or of something before unknown; fresh tindings; recent intelligence. Evil news rides post while good news baits. --Milton. 2. Something strange or newly happened. It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. --L'Estrange. 3. A bearer of news a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.] There cometh a news thither with his horse. --Pepys. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: news n 1: new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: {intelligence}, {tidings}, {word}] 2: new information of any kind "it was news to me" 3: a program devoted to news "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night" [syn: {news program}, {news show}] 4: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated" 5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn: {newsworthiness}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ n. [acronym; the `Network Window System'] The road not taken in window systems, an elegant {{PostScript}}-based environment that would almost certainly have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been {proprietary} to Sun Microsystems There is a lesson here that too many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from Usenet news (the {netnews} software). From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ {Network extensible Window System}. Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from {news} (the {netnews} software). [{Jargon File}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: news See {netnews}. From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: NEWS Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: NEWS Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), NeWS"
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