dinosaur

6 definitions found

dinosaur - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dinosaur \Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ?
     terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.)
     One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and
     deinosaurian.]
     [1913 Webster]

dinosaur - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dinosaur
      n 1: any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the
           Mesozoic era

dinosaur - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  dinosaur
  
     1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
     Used especially of old minicomputers and mainframes, in
     contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines.
  
     In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared
     the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with
     a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily
     fluids through it".  IBM was not amused.
  
     Compare big iron; see also dinosaurs mating.
  
     2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

dinosaur - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  dinosaur
   n.
  
     1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used
     especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer
     microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1998 Unix
     EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive
  IBM
     display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its
     bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare big iron;
  see
     also mainframe.
  
     2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
  

dinosaur - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Dinosaur, CO (town, FIPS 20495)
    Location: 40.24156 N, 109.00804 W
    Population (1990): 324 (157 housing units)
    Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 81610

dinosaur - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  78 Moby Thesaurus words for "dinosaur":
     alligator, ammonite, ankylosaur, archaeohippus, archaeotherium,
     archelon, arthrodiran, aurochs, bothriolepis, brachiosaur,
     brontops, brontothere, coccostean, coelodont, compsognathus,
     coryphodon, cotylosaur, creodont, crocodile, crocodilian,
     crossopterygian, cynodictis, diatryma, dimetrodon, dinichthyid,
     dinothere, diplodocus, duck-billed dinosaur, edaphosaurid,
     elasmosaur, elephant, eryopsid, eurypterid, gator, giant sloth,
     glyptodont, hadrosaur, hippo, hippopotamus, jumbo, leviathan,
     lizard, mammoth, mastodon, monster, palaeodictyopteron,
     palaeoniscid, palaeophis, palaeosaur, palaeospondylus, pelycosaur,
     phytosaur, plesiosaur, protoceratops, protylopus, pteranodon,
     pteraspid, pterichthys, pterodactyl, pterosaur, reptile, reptilian,
     saurian, sauropod, scelidosaur, smilodon, terrapin, titanosaur,
     tortoise, trachodon, triceratops, trilobite, turtle, tyrannosaur,
     uintathere, urus, whale, woolly mammoth