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  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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