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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Triton  \Tri"ton\,  n.  [L.,  fr  Gr.?.]  (Gr.  Myth.) 
  A  fabled  sea  demigod,  the  son  of  Neptune  and  Amphitrite  and 
  the  trumpeter  of  Neptune.  He  is  represented  by  poets  and 
  painters  as  having  the  upper  part  of  his  body  like  that  of  a 
  man,  and  the  lower  part  like  that  of  a  fish.  He  often  has  a 
  trumpet  made  of  a  shell. 
 
  Have  sight  of  Proteus  rising  from  the  sea,  Or  hear  old 
  Triton  blow  his  wreathed  horn.  --Wordsworth. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  many  species  of  marine  gastropods 
  belonging  to  {Triton}  and  allied  genera,  having  a  stout 
  spiral  shell,  often  handsomely  colored  and  ornamented  with 
  prominent  varices.  Some  of  the  species  are  among  the 
  largest  of  all  gastropods.  Called  also  {trumpet  shell}, 
  and  {sea  trumpet}. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  aquatic 
  salamanders.  The  common  European  species  are 
  {Hemisalamandra  cristata},  {Molge  palmata},  and  {M. 
  alpestris},  a  red-bellied  species  common  in  Switzerland. 
  The  most  common  species  of  the  United  States  is 
  {Diemyctylus  viridescens}.  See  Illust.  under  {Salamander}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Triton 
  n  1:  a  sea  god;  son  of  Poseidon  [syn:  {Triton}] 
  2:  tropical  marine  gastropods  having  beautifully  colored  spiral 
  shells 
  3:  small  usually  bright-colored  semiaquatic  salamanders  of 
  North  America  and  Europe  and  North  Asia  [syn:  {newt}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Triton 
 
    {Intel}'s  {Pentium}  {core}  logic  {chip  set}.  In 
  addition  to  the  traditional  features,  this  chip  set  supports: 
  {EDO  DRAM}  to  increase  the  {bandwidth}  of  the  {DRAM} 
  interface;  "{pipelined}  {burst  SRAM}"  for  a  cheaper,  faster 
  {second  level  cache};  "{bus  master}  {IDE}"  control  logic  to 
  reduce  processor  load;  a  plug  and  play  port  for  easy 
  implementation  of  functions  such  as  audio. 
 
  The  Triton  I  chipset  (official  name  82430FX)  consists  of  4 
  chips:  one  82437FX  TSC  (Triton  Sysetm  Controller),  two  82438FX 
  TDP  (Triton  Data  Path),  and  one  82371FB  PIIX  (PCI  IDE 
  Xcellerator).  It  supports  {PB  Cache},  {EDO  DRAM},  and  a 
  maximum  {PCI}  and  memory  burst  data  transfer  rate  of  100 
  {megabytes}  per  second 
 
  There  are  also  {Moble  Triton}  (82430MX),  {Triton  II} 
  (82430HX),  and  the  {Triton  VX}  (82430VX)  chip  sets. 
 
  {Introduction 
  (http://www.asus.com.tw/Products/TB/triton-intro.html)}. 
 
  (1996-04-03)




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