Aids - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Aids :  (noun)

1: a serious (often fatal) disease of the immune system transmitted through blood products especially by sexual contact or contaminated needles [syn: AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome]

Based on WordNet 2.0

AIDS, Engl. law. Formerly they were certain sums of money granted by the tenant to his lord in times of difficulty and distress, but, as usual in such cases, what was received as a gratuity by the rich and powerful from the weak and poor, was soon claimed as a matter of right; andAids : became a species of tax to be paid by the tenant to his lord, in these cases: 1. To ransom the lord's person, when taken prisoner; 2. To make the lord's eldest son a knight; 3. To marry the lord's eldest daughter, by giving her a suitable portion. The first of these remained uncertain; the other two were fixed by act of parliament at twenty shillings each being the supposed twentieth part of a knight's fee, 2 Bl. Com. 64.

Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:

Aids : 

/aydz/ A* Infected Disk Syndrome ("A*" is a glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple Computer), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe SEX.

See virus, worm, Trojan horse, virgin.

[{Jargon File]

(1995-04-13)



Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:

Aids :  Automatic Installation and Diagnostic Service





Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:

Aids : /aydz/ n. Short for A* Infected Disk Syndrome (`A*' is a glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple or Amiga), this condition is quite often the result of practicing unsafe SEX. See virus, worm, Trojan horse, virgin.

Based on Jargon File : [Hackers_Dictionary]:

Aids :  AIDS: Disease due to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.



Based on Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [Hackers_Dictionary]:

Example Usage of Aids

_miw: @stephenconroy You're a filthy filtering bastard cunt and I hope you get Aids, MESOTHELIOMA, LEPROSY AND MALARIA #nocleanfeed
KarenBakker: net aan het bellen met @jolienjootjuh komt er pure terror-Aids uit mijn bek zetten ze is nu een mondkapje aan het fabriceren voor straks
moskito: Antes eram os vegetais. Agora nem peixe da pra comprar no Nacional. A @cintialoureiro comprou um salmão que veio com Aids.
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