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vulcan |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vulcan \Vul"can\, n. [L. Vulcanus Volcanus: cf Skr. ulk[=a] a firebrand, meteor. Cf {Volcano}.] (Rom. Myth.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Heph[ae]stus. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Vulcan n : (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus [syn: {Vulcan}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Vulcan, MI Zip code(s): 49892 Vulcan, MO Zip code(s): 63675 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: VULCAN 1. Wayne Ratliff ca 1980. CP/M port of JPLDIS which evolved into dBASE II 2. The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler sold by RSPI with their Emerald Bay product. [same as 1?] 3. Early string manipulation language. "VULCAN - A String Handling Language with Dynamic Storage Control", E.P. Storm et al Proc FJCC 37, AFIPS (Fall 1970). 4. Kahn et al Xerox PARC. Concurrent object orientation and logic programming. An object-oriented preprocessor for FCP. "Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming, A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987.
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