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twain |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Twain \Twain\, a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS tw[=e]gen, masc. See {Two}.] Two -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque. ``Children twain.'' --Chaucer. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. --Matt. v. 41. {In twain}, in halves; into two parts asunder. When old winder split the rocks in twain. --Dryden. {Twain cloud}. (Meteor.) Same as {Cumulo-stratus}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: twain n : two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {doubleton}, {pair}, {twosome}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet}, {distich}, {duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Twain, CA Zip code(s): 95984 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: TWAINAn {image capture} {API} for {Microsoft Windows} and {Apple Macintosh} {operating systems}. The standard was first released in 1992, and is currently ratified at version 1.9 as of January 2000. TWAIN is typically used as an interface between {image processing} software and a {scanner} or {digital camera}. The word TWAIN is from Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None were selected, but the entry "Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to haunt the standard. {Home (http://www.twain.org/)}. (2000-02-25) From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: TWAIN Technology Without An Important Name
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