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1. Argus
   HMS Argus was an unarmoured British aircraft carrier built in 1914 as the Italian liner SS Conte Rosso and purchased by the Royal Navy in 1916 under the Emergency War programme and completed as an aircraft carrier in 1918. HMS Argus had a displacement of 15775 tons unladen and carried a complement o...
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2. argus
   [n] - (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes 2. [n] - large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
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3. Argus
   In Greek mythology, a giant with 100 eyes. When he was killed by Hermes, Hera transplanted his eyes into the tail of her favourite bird, the peacock. Argus was the son of Arestor. He was surnamed...
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4. Argus
   NC-135A project [US]
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5. argus
   a space platform(SPAS)and earth observation payload(ARGUS)designed and sponsored by European Space Agency(ESA)to be launched by the space shuttle in the mid 1980`s Category: News-systems and communications
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6. Argus
   Ar'gus noun [ Latin Argus , Greek ....] 1. (Myth.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock's tail. 2. One very vigi...
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7. argus
   <radiobiology> Two-beam, 5-terawatt Nd-glass laser system used at Livermore (LLNL) for inertial-confinement fusion research from 1976 to 1981. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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8. argus
   argus pheasant noun large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant
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9. Argus
   noun (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes
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10. Argus
    • (n.) One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful. • (n.) A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacock`s tail. • (n.) A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus)...
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11. Argus
    the first true aircraft carrier. Construction of the Argus began in 1914, and initially it was an Italian liner; it was purchased in 1916 by the ... [2 related articles]
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12. Argus
    figure in Greek legend described variously as the son of Inachus, Agenor, or Arestor or as an aboriginal hero (autochthon). His byname derives from ... [1 related articles]
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13. Argus
    Argus is a Greek boy name. The meaning of the name is `bright, watchful ` Where is it used? The name Argus is mainly used In Greek Mythology (Latinized) . The name Argus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Argus seems to be unique!
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14. ARGUS
    A process on the VAX which logs off interactive users if the account has been idle for a certain length of time.
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15. Argus
    (language) A successor to CLU, from LCS at MIT. Argus supports distributed programming through guardians (like monitors, but can be created dynamically) and atomic actions (indivisible activity). It also has cobegin and coend. ['Argus Reference Manual', B. Liskov et al., TR-400, MIT/LCS, 1987]. ['...
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16. ARGUS
    A process on the VAX which logs off interactive users if the account has been idle for a certain length of time.
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17. Argus
    Argus (är'gus) or Argos (är'gos, –gus) , in Greek mythology. 1. Many-eyed monster, also called Panoptes. He guarded Io after she had been changed into a heifer. After Hermes slew the monster, Hera took his eyes and placed them in the tail of her bird, the peacock. 2. Builder ...
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18. Argus
    In Greek mythology the Argus was a beast and son of Arestor with a hundred eyes of which he could only close two at a time. He was placed by Juno to guard Io, whom Jupiter had changed into a heifer. But Mercury, who was sent to carry her off, managed to surprise and kill Argus whereupon Juno transfe...
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19. Argus
    In Greek mythology, a giant with 100 eyes. When he was killed by Hermes, Hera transplanted his eyes into the tail of her favourite bird, the peacock
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20. Argus
    (bird) The `Argus` is a type of bird in the family Phasianidae and is closely related to pheasants and peafowl. It has hundreds or thousands of tiny white spots on its plumage pattern, and thus its naming might have been in reference to the mythical hundred-eyed giant argus or Argus Panoptes....
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21. Argus
    (automobile) The `Argus` was a German automobile manufactured by Internationale Automobilzentrale KG Jeannin & Co from 1902 to 1904, then Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft Jeannin & Co from 1904 to 1906, and then Argus Motoren-Gesellschaft m.b.H. from November 1906 to 1945. The company was f...
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22. Argus
    (camera company) `Argus` is an American maker of cameras and photographic products, founded in 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Argus originated as a subsidiary of the International Radio Corporation (IRC), founded by Charles Verschoor. Its best-known product was the C3 rangefinder camera, which ...
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23. Argus
    (comics) image= --> `Argus` is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared during the Bloodlines crossover event in Flash Annual v2, #6 (1993), and was created by Mark Waid and publisher = Dorling Kindersley | place = London | year = 2008 | isbn = 0-7566-4119-5-->--...
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24. Argus
    (video game) `Argus` is a vertically scrolling shoot `em up arcade game released by NMK in 1986, licensed to Jaleco. One controls a fighter jet and shoot enemies in the air and on the ground, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance levels. One button is used to shoot missiles a...
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25. Argus
    (TV series) `Argus` was a Norwegian debate show hosted by Mona Høiness, that aired on TV3. In the summer of 1993 Høiness threatened to quit her job as a host in protest of TV3 airing the show Bikini, an American show featuring scantily-clad women on a podium surrounded by ...
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