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Look up: Aegis

  1. Aegis
    a sash or breastplate worn by Athena or Zeus that may bear the head of a gorgon; the aegis was made from goat skin and its name is derived from the ancient Greek word for goat, aisk.
    Found on http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glo

  2. Aegis
    A small leather cloak, or sometimes a shield, with the head or mask of Medusa (a gorgoneion) mounted on it.
    Found on http://www.forumancientcoins.com/

  3. aegis
    In Greek mythology, originally the shield of Zeus, symbolic of the storm cloud associated with him. In later representations of the goddess Athena, the aegis is commonly shown as a protective animal...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. AEGIS
    Airborne Early warning / Ground environment Integration Segment
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  5. AEGIS
    Advanced anti-missile and anti-aircraft system fitted to a number of USN ships
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  6. AEGIS
    AIDS Education Global Information Service
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20895

  7. aegis
    A shield or protective armor; applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also A shield; a protection. ... Origin: L. Aegis, fr. Gr. A goat skin, a shield, goat, or fr. To rush. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. Aegis
    • (n.) A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. aegis
    in ancient Greece, leather cloak or breastplate generally associated with Zeus, the king of the gods, and thus thought to possess supernatural power. ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/22

  10. Aegis
    (programming, tool) A CASE tool for project change management written by Peter Miller, with minor contributions by a few others. Aegis is licensed using the GNU GPL but is not a GNU project. Aegis Home (http://aegis.sourceforge.net/). (2005-03-24)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Aegis

  11. AEGIS
    (operating system) A Unix variant that was used on Apollo workstations before Apollo was bought by Hewlett Packard. AEGIS has some advantages over standard BSD or System V Unix. It includes faster file access and a richer command set; there are commands to find out which process is running on a par...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/AEGIS

  12. aegis
    • kindly endorsement and guidance
    • armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass

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  13. aegis
    aegis (ē'jis) , in Greek mythology, weapon of Zeus and Athena. It possessed the power to terrify and disperse the enemy or to protect friends. The aegis was usually described as a garment made of goatskin slung over the shoulder or as a piece of armor. The aegis of Athena was a breastplate...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08025

  14. Aegis
    In Roman mythology, the aegis was a shield which Jupiter gave to Minerva.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. Aegis
    (management software) `Aegis` is a software change management system first released in 1991. It supports a strongly test-driven development workflow on top of any number of different underlying revision control systems, such as RCS or SCCS. The Aegis testing model predates the sort of test-dr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis

  16. Aegis
    (disambiguation) In Greek mythology, `aegis` is the shield used by the Greek god Zeus. `Aegis` may also refer to: Organizations: Corporations : Computing : Geography : Media : Comics and animation : Music : Publications : Video games : Literature : Medicine : Military technology : Organizations : Products : Role-playing games : Science :
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis

  17. AEGIS
    (Ragnarok Online) `AEGIS` is Windows Server software used along with Microsoft SQL Server by Gravity Corporation to run the official Ragnarok Online game servers. It was originally developed for exclusive use within Gravity and Gravity subsidiaries, but has been leaked within its lifetime, pu...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEGIS

  18. Aegis
    (comics) ``For the cosmic entity who also went by the same name, see Aegis (Lady of All Sorrows) image= --> `Aegis` (`Trey Rollins`) is a fictional African American superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created in 1999, first appearing in New Warriors vol. 2, #0. He then join...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis

  19. AEGIS
    (astronomy) `AEGIS`, or the `All-Wavelength Extended Groth Strip International Survey`, is a multi-wavelength astronomical survey of a patch of the sky with low extinction and zodiacal scattering. The purpose of the survey is to study the physical processes and evolution of galaxies at redshi...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AEGIS



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12 February 2012

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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