gabriel

5 definitions found

gabriel - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gabriel
      n 1: (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God

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

  Gabriel
  
     <language> A graphical DSP language for simulation and
     real systems.
  
     ["A Design Tool for Hardware and Software for Multiprocessor
     DSP Systems," E.A.  Lee, E. Goei, J. Bier & S. Bhattacharya,
     DSP Systems, Proc ISCAS-89, 1989].
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-12-23)
  

  gabriel
  
     /gay'bree-*l/ (After Richard Gabriel) An unnecessary (in the
     opinion of the opponent) stalling tactic, e.g. tying one's
     shoelaces or combing one's hair repeatedly, asking the time,
     etc.  Also used to refer to the perpetrator of such tactics.
     Also, "pulling a Gabriel", "Gabriel mode".
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1999-10-12)
  

gabriel - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  GABRIEL
         GAteway and BRIdge to Europe's national Libraries
         

gabriel - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Gabriel
  champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel
  who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram
  and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the
  seventy weeks (Dan. 9:21-27).
  
    He announced also the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:11),
  and of the Messiah (26). He describes himself in the words, "I
  am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God" (1:19).