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slingshot

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  slingshot 
  n  :  Y-shaped  stick  with  elastic  between  the  arms;  used  to  propel 
  small  stones  [syn:  {catapult},  {sling}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Slingshot 
 
  business,  tool,  product,  protocol>  A  {real  time} 
  financial  server  for  the  {Internet}. 
 
  Slingshot  allows  the  delivery  of  real  time  market  data  across 
  the  {Internet}  and  private  {intranets}  quickly,  cheaply  and 
  securely.  The  first  beta-test  version  was  released  free  to 
  the  Internet  on  6  August  1996.  Slingshot  allows  any  financial 
  institution,  regardless  of  size,  to  publish  their  rates  and 
  associated  information  to  a  global  audience  using  standard 
  Internet  protocols  and  software.  The  {real-time}  data  can  be 
  seamlessly  integrated  into  any  standard  {World-Wide  Web} 
  application  and  thus  combined  with  static  text,  database 
  queries  and  even  audio  and  video  objects,  to  create  services. 
 
  The  Slingshot  protocol  enables  the  delivery  of  other  forms  of 
  real  time  data  over  the  Internet,  thus  making  Slingshot  useful 
  in  industries  as  varied  as  manufacturing,  betting,  telemetry, 
  weather,  transport  and  medicine. 
 
  {Home  (http://www.slingshot.ie)}. 
 
  E-mail:  John  Slattery  . 
 
  (1997-05-19)




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