Banner : adj : unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the company"
(noun)
1: long strip of cloth for decoration or advertising [syn: streamer]
2: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn: streamer]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Banner : \Ban"ner\, n. [OE. banere, OF. baniere, F. banni[`e]re,
bandi[`e]re, fr. LL. baniera, banderia, fr. bandum banner,
fr. OHG. bant band, strip of cloth; cf. bindan to bind, Goth.
bandwa, bandwo, a sign. See Band, n.]
1. A kind of flag attached to a spear or pike by a
crosspiece, and used by a chief as his standard in battle.
Hang out our banners on the outward walls. --Shak.
2. A large piece of silk or other cloth, with a device or
motto, extended on a crosspiece, and borne in a
procession, or suspended in some conspicuous place.
3. Any flag or standard; as, the star-spangled banner.
Banner fish (Zo["o]l.), a large fish of the genus
Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad
bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species ({H.
Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Banner :
1. The title page added to printouts by most print spoolers.
Typically includes user or account ID information in very
large character-graphics capitals. Also called a "burst
page", because it indicates where to burst (tear apart)
fanfold paper to separate one user's printout from the next.
2. A similar printout generated (typically on multiple pages
of fan-fold paper) from user-specified text, e.g. by a program
such as Unix's "banner".
3. splash screen.
[{Jargon File]
(1994-11-28)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Banner, IL (village, FIPS 3571)
Location: 40.51469 N, 89.91043 W
Population (1990): 160 (74 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Banner, KY
Zip code(s): 41603
Banner, MS
Zip code(s): 38913
Banner, WY
Zip code(s): 82832
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Banner : n. 1. The title page added to printouts by most print spoolers
(see spool). Typically includes user or account ID information in very
large character-graphics capitals. Also called a `burst page', because
it indicates where to burst (tear apart) fanfold paper to separate one
user's printout from the next. 2. A similar printout generated
(typically on multiple pages of fan-fold paper) from user-specified
text, e.g., by a program such as Unix's `banner({1,6)'. 3. On
interactive software, a first screen containing a logo and/or author
credits and/or a copyright notice. This is probably now the commonest
sense.
Based on Jargon File : [Hackers_Dictionary]:
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Banner : (1.) The flag or banner of the larger kind, serving for three
tribes marching together. These standards, of which there were
four, were worked with embroidery and beautifully ornamented
(Num. 1:52; 2:2, 3, 10, 18, 25; Cant. 2:4; 6:4, 10).
(2.) The flag borne by each separate tribe, of a smaller form.
Probably it bore on it the name of the tribe to which it
belonged, or some distinguishing device (Num. 2:2,34).
(3.) A lofty signal-flag, not carried about, but stationary.
It was usually erected on a mountain or other lofty place. As
soon as it was seen the war-trumpets were blown (Ps. 60:4; Isa.
5:26; 11:12; 13:2; 18:3; 30:17; Jer. 4:6 21; Ezek. 27:7).
(4.) A "sign of fire" (Jer. 6:1) was sometimes used as a
signal.
The banners and ensigns of the Roman army had idolatrous
images upon them, and hence they are called the "abomination of
desolation" (q.v.). The principal Roman standard, however, was
an eagle. (See Matt. 24:28; Luke 17:37, where the Jewish nation
is compared to a dead body, which the eagles gather together to
devour.)
God's setting up or giving a banner (Ps. 20:5; 60:4; Cant.
2:4) imports his presence and protection and aid extended to his
people.
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Banner :
A headline that extends across the page or screen.
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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