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Isis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Isis : (noun)
1: Egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of Geb; sister and
wife of Osiris [syn: Isis]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Isis : \I"sis\, n. [L., the goddess Isis, fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians.
She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister
and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the
goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of
their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art
of agriculture.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family
Isid[ae], composed of joints of white, stony coral,
alternating with flexible, horny joints. See
Gorgoniacea.
3. (Astron.) One of the asteroids.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Isis :
1. A toolkit for implementing fault-tolerant distributed
systems, developed at Cornell and now available commercially
2. A dialect of JOSS.
[Sammet 1969, p. 217].
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Isis : ??? (OS, Intel)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Isis : Industrial Signature Interopeability Specification (cryptography)
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Isis : Intermediate System to Intermediate System [protocol / routing] (OSI,
RFC 1195), "IS-IS"
Based on Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [Acronyms_Dictionary]:
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Example Usage of Isis |
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ariefman: Isis: Hazrat Isa berkata, “Setelah Tuhan, wanitalah yang patut kau hargai dan muliakan. Diri… http://goo.gl/fb/WiLh |
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IsisDazs: I just became the happiest Isis within a world-radius. totally just queened out a megabunch... /girly squeal seriously |
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MiriamvDijk: Isis gaat naar oma. Met Lief en Liva kerstinkopen doen. Tijd over? Uitverkoop! Als we thuis komen: schoon huis. |
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