vulcan

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vulcan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 Hephaestus.
     [1913 Webster]

vulcan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Vulcan
      n 1: (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working;
           counterpart of Greek Hephaestus

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

  VULCAN
  
     1. <database> A version of JPLDIS ported to CP/M by Wayne
     Ratliff around 1980.  VULCAN evolved into dBASE II.
  
     2. <database> The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler
     sold by RSPI with their Emerald Bay product.  [Same as 1?]
  
     3. <language> An 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. <language> A concurrent object-oriented logic programming
      language implemented as a preprocessor for
     FCP by Kahn et al at Xerox PARC.
  
     ["Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in
     Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming,
     A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987].
  
     (2004-09-01)
  

vulcan - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Vulcan, MI
    Zip code(s): 49892
  Vulcan, MO
    Zip code(s): 63675

vulcan - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "Vulcan":
     Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Ate,
     Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cupid, Cybele, Demeter,
     Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother,
     Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen,
     Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur,
     Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kore,
     Kronos, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus,
     Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa,
     Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina,
     Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Wayland, Zeus,
     farrier, forger, metalworker, smith