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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  
       
           grin.  An alternative to smiley.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1998-01-18)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  G
       
          1.  ["G: A Functional Language with Generic Abstract
          Data Types", P.A.G. Bailes, Computer Langs 12(2):69-94
          (1987)].
       
          2.  A language developed at Oregon State
          University in 1988 which combines functional programming,
          object-oriented programming, relational, imperative and
          logic programming (you name it we got it).
       
          ["The Multiparadigm Language G", J. Placer, Computer Langs
          16:235-258(1991)].
       
          3.  The abbreviated form of giga-.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1996-08-12)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  G \G\ (j[=e])
     1. G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a
        vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in
        gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in
        gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
        231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which
           it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is
           also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through
           the French. Etymologically it is most closely related
           to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin
           L. genus, Gr. ?; E. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to
           ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army);
           gall, choler; gust, choose. See C.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mus.) G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or
        model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and
        French. It was also originally used as the treble clef,
        and has gradually changed into the character represented
        in the margin. See Clef. G[sharp] (G sharp) is a tone
        intermediate between G and A.
        [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  {quantifiers" rel="nofollow">G pref.,suff. [SI] See {quantifiers.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  G \G\ (j[=e])
     1. G is the seventh letter of the English alphabet, and a
        vocal consonant. It has two sounds; one simple, as in
        gave, go, gull; the other compound (like that of j), as in
        gem, gin, dingy. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]
        231-6, 155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246.
  
     Note: The form of G is from the Latin, in the alphabet which
           it first appeared as a modified form of C. The name is
           also from the Latin, and probably comes to us through
           the French. Etymologically it is most closely related
           to a c hard, k y, and w; as in corn, grain, kernel; kin
           L. genus, Gr. ?; E. garden, yard; drag, draw; also to
           ch and h; as in get, prehensile; guest, host (an army);
           gall, choler; gust, choose. See C.
  
     2. (Mus.) G is the name of the fifth tone of the natural or
        model scale; -- called also sol by the Italians and
        French. It was also originally used as the treble clef,
        and has gradually changed into the character represented
        in the margin. See Clef. G[sharp] (G sharp) is a tone
        intermediate between G and A.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  g
       n 1: a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a
            kilogram [syn: gram, gramme, gm]
       2: a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
          [syn: guanine]
       3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
          nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
          (ribose) [syn: deoxyguanosine monophosphate]
       4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
          thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, grand,
           thou, yard]
       5: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used
          to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it
          is accelerated [syn: gee, g-force]
       6: a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824)
          bytes or 1024 megabytes [syn: gigabyte, GB]
       7: (physics) the universal constant relating force to mass and
          distance in Newton's law of gravitation [syn: gravitational
          constant, universal gravitational constant, constant
          of gravitation]
       8: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet