merlin

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merlin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Merlin \Mer"lin\, n. [OE. merlion, F. ['e]merillon; cf. OHG.
     smirl, G. schmerl; prob. fr. L. merula blackbird. Cf.
     Merle.] (Zool.)
     A small European falcon (Falco columbarius, syn. Falco lithofalco
     , or Falco aesalon). In North America called
     also pigeon hawk.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

merlin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Merlin
      n 1: (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's
           advisor
      2: small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with
         black-barred tail; used in falconry [syn: pigeon hawk,
         merlin, Falco columbarius]

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

  OS/2
  Merlin
  Warp
  
     /O S too/ IBM and Microsoft's successor to the MS-DOS
     operating system for Intel 80286 and Intel 80386-based
     microprocessors.  It is proof that they couldn't get it
     right the second time either.  Often called "Half-an-OS".  The
     design was so baroque, and the implementation of 1.x so bad,
     that 3 years after introduction you could still count the
     major application programs shipping for it on the fingers of
     two hands, in unary.  Later versions improved somewhat, and
     informed hackers now rate them superior to Microsoft Windows
     , which isn't saying much.  See second-system effect
     .
  
     On an Intel 80386 or better, OS/2 can multitask between
     existing MS-DOS applications.  OS/2 is strong on
     connectivity and the provision of robust virtual machines.
     It can support Microsoft Windows programs in addition to its
     own native applications.  It also supports the Presentation Manager
      graphical user interface.
  
     OS/2 supports hybrid multiprocessing (HMP), which provides
     some elements of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), using
     add-on IBM software called MP/2.  OS/2 SMP was planned for
     release in late 1993.
  
     After OS/2 1.x the IBM and Microsoft partnership split.
     IBM continued to develop OS/2 2.0, while Microsoft developed
     what was originally intended to be OS/2 3.0 into Windows NT.
     In October 1994, IBM released version OS/2 3.0 (known as
     "Warp") but it is only distantly related to Windows NT.
     This version raised the limit on RAM from 16MB to 1GB (like
     Windows NT).
  
     IBM introduced networking with "OS/2 Warp Connect", the first
     multi-user version.  OS/2 Warp 4.0 ("Merlin") is a network operating system
     .
  
     (http://mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html).
  
     [Dates?]
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1995-07-20)
  

merlin - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Merlin, OR
    Zip code(s): 97532