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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Opus  \O"pus\,  n.;  pl  {Opera}.  [L.  See  {Opera}.] 
  A  work  specif.  (Mus.),  a  musical  composition. 
 
  Note:  Each  composition,  or  set  of  pieces,  as  the  composer  may 
  choose  is  called  an  opus,  and  they  are  numbered  in  the 
  order  of  their  issue.  (Often  abbrev.  to  op.) 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  opus 
  n  :  a  musical  work  that  has  been  created;  "the  composition  is 
  written  in  four  movements"  [syn:  {musical  composition},  {composition}, 
  {piece},  {piece  of  music}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Opus 
 
    A  {Honeywell}  {operating  system}  promised 
  as  a  sop  to  customers  after  canning  {Multics}  in  1985.  Opus 
  was  to  provide  everything  Multics  had  and  more  plus  total 
  compatibility  with  the  {Level  6}/{DPS6}  operating  system. 
 
  Opus"  was  a  code  name  the  system  was  officially  named  VS3 
  (short  for  HVS  R3  or  Honeywell  Virtual  System  Release  Three). 
  It  was  to  run  on  the  {DPS6-plus}  hardware  known  internally  as 
  the  MRX  and  HRX,  and  be  all  things  to  all  people. 
 
  The  hardware  was  a  dud  (though  it  did  run  the  native  DPS6 
  software  just  fine),  and  the  goal  was  shall  we  say 
  ambitious.  The  effort  was  cancelled  by  {Bull}  in  1987,  in 
  favor  of  another  project  going  on  in  France.




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