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Look up: os

  1. OS
    see "Operating System"
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/A8

  2. OS
    OS is an abbreviation for Oculus Sinister (left eye); Operating System; Ordinary Seaman; Out of Stock
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/N3

  3. OS
    Operating system / Open Source / Ordnance Survey, details ...
    Found on http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/o/index.

  4. os
    [n] - a mouth or mouthlike opening
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. OS
    Operating System
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/ikind_babel/bab

  6. OS
    (CONTROL SYSTEMS GLOSSARY) An OS is an abbreviation for an Operating System which is the basic computer system which makes all computers function.
    Found on http://www.instrument-net.co.uk/control_

  7. OS
    Operating System - see above
    Found on http://www.archivemag.co.uk/

  8. OS
    Operating system.
    Found on http://www.micro2000uk.co.uk/hardware_gl

  9. OS
    Operating System: historically, the minimal set of software needed to manage a device's hardware capability and share it between application programs. Practically, "OS" is now used to mean all software including kernel, device drivers, comms, graphics, data management, GUI framework, system shell application, and utility applications. This would de…
    Found on http://www.free-poly-ringtones.co.uk/glo

  10. OS
    An operating system (OS) is the software that manages the sharing of the resources of a computer. An operating system processes raw system data and user input, and responds by allocating and managing tasks and internal system resources as a service to users and programs of the system.
    Found on http://www.somersetwebservices.co.uk/glo

  11. OS
    Open Source - computer software source code that is released under an open-source license or to the public domain. Open source licenses include the GNU General Public License. Popular open-source software includes: Firefox, Apache, PHP, Mozilla and the Linux kernel.
    Found on http://www.solarcentury.com/knowledge_ba

  12. OS
    1. operating system. 2. [obsolete, ITS], an output spy. See "OS and JEDGAR". 3. (operating system) An operating system from IBM for their System/360 line of hardware announced in 1964. OS was planned with several flavours that were supposed to be compatible. OS was late, memory hungry and not able to reach the marketing objectives of IBM for the…
    Found on

  13. Os
    A bone. A mouth or mouth like opening
    Found on http://www.dwp.gov.uk/medical/med_condit

  14. Os
    Os: Two Latin words used in medicine that have different meanings and pronunciations. 1. The mouth: a. The upper opening of the digestive tract. b. Any opening or aperture in the body. The o in os meaning mouth or opening is pronounced as in hope. The genitive form of os is oris from which comes the word oral. 2. Bone, as in the os sacrum. The o in …
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  15. Os
    Os noun ; plural Ossa . [ Latin ] A bone.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/36

  16. Os
    Os noun ; plural Ora . [ Latin ] A mouth; an opening; an entrance.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/36

  17. Os
    Os noun ; plural Osar . [ Swedish ås ridge, chain of hills, plural åsar .] (Geol.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/36

  18. os
    Origin: Sw. As ridge, chain of hills, pl. Asar. ... <geology> One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc, supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?o

  19. OS
    #redirect os OS the band hailing from Bloomington Indiana did not originally start out as a band. It started out with pure thought on everything we know as right and wrong. In essence, man is flawed with the ability to only see, feel, understand, and reflect on what he can percieve. This is fine and all for the continuation of the human race as a species, but to understand anything outside of man is impossible. .or is it... From this point on ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS

  20. OS
    #redirect os OS the band hailing from Bloomington Indiana did not originally start out as a band. It started out with pure thought on everything we know as right and wrong. In essence, man is flawed with the ability to only see, feel, understand, and reflect on what he can percieve. This is fine and all for the continuation of the human race as a species, but to understand anything outside of man is impossible. .or is it... From this point on ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS

  21. OS
    abbreviation for Latin o´culus sinis´ter (left eye).
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  22. Os
    osmium.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  23. os
    (os) Latin word meaning mouth or opening. In anatomy, it is used for any body orifice. the mouth. external os of uterus , os externum uteri the external opening of the uterine cervix into the vagina.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  24. os
    (os) Latin word meaning bone; a term used in anatomy.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  25. Os
    • (n.) A mouth; an opening; an entrance. • (n.) One of the ridges of sand or gravel found in Sweden, etc., supposed by some to be of marine origin, but probably formed by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar. • (n.) A bone.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

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1 December 2008

This day in history:
On the 1st of December 1990 British and French teams achieved the first historic breakthrough under the Channel, in the service tunnel, 22.3 km from the UK and 15.6 km from France. The Channel Tunnel is regarded by many people as one of the most remarkable construction achievements ever; indeed some might say as one of the wonders of the world. However, as much of it is underground, with only the two terminals at either end being obviously connected to the project, it is now difficult to visualise the scale of the project. read more

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