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Ruby - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ruby : adj : having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent
of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
[syn: red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby-red,
scarlet]
(noun)
1: a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished
and is valued as a precious gem
2: a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a
gemstone and in lasers
3: a deep and vivid red [syn: crimson, deep red]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ruby : \Ru"by\, a.
Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ruby : \Ru"by\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rubied; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rubying.]
To make red; to redden. [R.] --Pope.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ruby : \Ru"by\, n.; pl. Rubies. [F. rubis (cf. Pr. robi), LL.
rubinus, robinus, fr. L. rubeus red, reddish, akin to ruber.
See Rouge, red.]
1. (Min.) A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes
verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and
hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of
corundum.
Note: Besides the true or Oriental ruby above defined, there
are the balas ruby, or ruby spinel, a red variety of
spinel, and the rock ruby, a red variety of garnet.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ruby :
1. A relational language designed by Jones and M. Sheeran in
1986 for describing and designing circuits (a hardware
description language). Ruby programs denote binary
relations and programs are built-up inductively from
primitive relations using a pre-defined set of relational
operators. Ruby programs also have a geometric
interpretation as networks of primitive relations connected by
wires, which is important when layout is considered in circuit
design.
Ruby has been continually developed since 1986, and has been
used to design many different kinds of circuits, including
systolic arrays, butterfly networks and arithmetic
circuits.
ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/misc/ruby/)">(ftp://ftp.cs.chalmers.se/pub/misc/ruby/).
E-mail: .
["Ruby - A Language of Relations and Higher-Order Functions",
M. Sheeran, Proc 3rd Banff Workshop on Hardware Verification,
Springer 1990].
(1994-10-27)
2. One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov
algorithms, used in Higman's report (below). The other
languages are Brilliant, Diamond, Nonpareil, and
Pearl.
["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for
the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI
170, U London (1968)].
(1994-10-27)
3. A fully object oriented interpreted scripting
language by Yukihiro Matsumoto .
Similar in scope to Perl and Python, Ruby has high-level
data types, automatic memory management, dynamic typing,
a module system, exceptions, and a rich standard library.
Other features are CLU-style iterators for loop
abstraction, singleton classes/{methods} and lexical
closures.
In Ruby, everything is an object, including the basic data
types. For example, the number 1 is an instance of class
Fixnum.
Current version (stable): 1.6.7, as of 2002-03-01.
http://www.ruby-lang.org/)">Ruby Home (http://www.ruby-lang.org/).
http://www.rubycentral.com/)">Ruby Central (http://www.rubycentral.com/).
["Programming Ruby - The Pragmatic Programmer's Guide", David
Thomas, Andrew Hunt, Yukihiro Matsumoto pub. Addison Wesley
2000].
(2002-06-19)
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Ruby, AK (city, FIPS 65590)
Location: 64.71757 N, 155.52066 W
Population (1990): 170 (92 housing units)
Area: 19.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 99768
Ruby, MI
Zip code(s): 48049
Ruby, SC (town, FIPS 62080)
Location: 34.74414 N, 80.17974 W
Population (1990): 300 (148 housing units)
Area: 8.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 29741
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Ruby : (Heb. peninim), only in plural (Lam. 4:7). The ruby was one of
the stones in the high priest's breastplate (Ex. 28:17). A
comparison is made between the value of wisdom and rubies (Job
28:18; Prov. 3:15; 8:11). The price of a virtuous woman is said
to be "far above rubies" (Prov. 31:10). The exact meaning of the
Hebrew word is uncertain. Some render it "red coral;" others,
"pearl" or "mother-of-pearl."
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Example Usage of Ruby |
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