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strongarm


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  strong-arm 
  adj  :  impelled  by  physical  force  especially  against  resistance; 
  "forcible  entry";  "a  real  cop  would  get  physical"; 
  "strong-arm  tactics"  [syn:  {forcible},  {physical}] 
  v  1:  handle  roughly;  "He  was  strong-armed  by  the  policemen" 
  2:  be  bossy  towards;  "Her  big  brother  always  bullied  her  when 
  she  was  young"  [syn:  {bully},  {browbeat},  {bullyrag},  {ballyrag}, 
  {boss  around},  {hector},  {push  around}] 
  3:  use  physical  force  against;  "They  strong-armed  me  when  I 
  left  the  restaurant" 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  StrongARM 
 
    A  collaborative  project  between  {Digital  Equipment 
  Corporation}  and  {Advanced  RISC  Machines}  Ltd.  (ARM)  announced 
  on  1995-02-06  licensing  the  {ARM}  {RISC}  architecture  to 
  {Digital  Semiconductor}  for  the  development  of 
  high-performance,  low  power  {microprocessors}. 
 
  The  StrongARM  family  of  32-bit  RISC  products  developed  under 
  the  agreement  are  faster  versions  of  the  existing  ARM 
  processors  with  a  somewhat  different  {instruction  set}.  They 
  are  targetted  at  applications  such  as  next-generation 
  {personal  digital  assistants}  with  improved  user  interfaces 
  and  communications;  {interactive  television}  and  set-top 
  products;  video  games  and  {multimedia}  {edutainment}  systems 
  with  realistic  imaging,  motion  and  sound;  and  digital  imaging, 
  including  low  cost  digital  image  capture  and  photo-quality 
  scanning  and  printing. 
 
  The  StrongARM  family  has  limited  software  compatibility  with 
  the  {ARM6},  {ARM7}  and  {ARM8}  families  due  to  its  separate 
  {caches}  for  data  and  instructions  which  causes 
  {self-modifying  code}  to  fail 
 
  The  {SA-110}  is  the  first  member  of  the  family. 
 
  (1998-09-07)