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Definition Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Interface Definition Language
(IDL) 1. An OSF standard for defining RPC stubs.
[Details?]
2. Part of an effort by Project DOE at SunSoft, Inc. to integrate distributed object technology into the Solaris operating system. IDL provides the standard interface between objects, and is the base mechanism for object interaction.
The Object Management Group's CORBA 1.1 (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) specifies the interface between objects. IDL (Interface Definition Language) is the base mechanism for object interaction.
The SunSoft OMG IDL CFE (Compiler Front End) version 1.2 provides a complete framework for building CORBA 1.1-compliant preprocessors for OMG IDL. To use it you write a back-end. A complete compiler of IDL would translate IDL into client side and server side routines for remote communication in the same manner as Sun's current RPCL compiler. The IDL compiler front end allows integration of new back ends which can translate IDL to various programming languages.
Several companies including Sunsoft are building back ends to the CFE which translate IDL into target languages, e.g. Pascal or C++, in the context of planned CORBA-compliant products. IDL requires C++ 2.1.
Not to be confused with any of the other IDLs.
E-mail: idl-cfe@sun.com.
ftp://omg.org/pub/omg_idl_cfe.tar.Z, ftp://omg.org/pub/OMG_IDL_CFE_1.2/.
Telephone: Mache Creeger, SunSoft, Inc. +1 (415) 336 5884.
(1993-05-04)
(IDL) 1. An OSF standard for defining RPC stubs.
[Details?]
2. Part of an effort by Project DOE at SunSoft, Inc. to integrate distributed object technology into the Solaris operating system. IDL provides the standard interface between objects, and is the base mechanism for object interaction.
The Object Management Group's CORBA 1.1 (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) specifies the interface between objects. IDL (Interface Definition Language) is the base mechanism for object interaction.
The SunSoft OMG IDL CFE (Compiler Front End) version 1.2 provides a complete framework for building CORBA 1.1-compliant preprocessors for OMG IDL. To use it you write a back-end. A complete compiler of IDL would translate IDL into client side and server side routines for remote communication in the same manner as Sun's current RPCL compiler. The IDL compiler front end allows integration of new back ends which can translate IDL to various programming languages.
Several companies including Sunsoft are building back ends to the CFE which translate IDL into target languages, e.g. Pascal or C++, in the context of planned CORBA-compliant products. IDL requires C++ 2.1.
Not to be confused with any of the other IDLs.
E-mail: idl-cfe@sun.com.
ftp://omg.org/pub/omg_idl_cfe.tar.Z, ftp://omg.org/pub/OMG_IDL_CFE_1.2/.
Telephone: Mache Creeger, SunSoft, Inc. +1 (415) 336 5884.
(1993-05-04)
| Noman's Java(TM) Glossary |
definition
A declaration that reserves storage (for data) or provides implementation (for methods). See also declaration.
A declaration that reserves storage (for data) or provides implementation (for methods). See also declaration.
Definition Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Definition
(n.)
The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
(n.)
Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
(n.)
Description; sort.
(n.)
An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
(n.)
Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
(n.)
The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
(n.)
Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
(n.)
Description; sort.
(n.)
An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
(n.)
Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.
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definition
Noun
1. a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
(hypernym) explanation, account
(hyponym) contextual definition
(derivation) define
2. clarity of outline; "exercise had give his muscles superior definition"
(hypernym) distinctness, sharpness
(derivation) define, delineate
Noun
1. a concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase or symbol
(hypernym) explanation, account
(hyponym) contextual definition
(derivation) define
2. clarity of outline; "exercise had give his muscles superior definition"
(hypernym) distinctness, sharpness
(derivation) define, delineate
| hEnglish - advanced version |
definition
definition
\def`i*ni"tion\ (?), n. [l. definitio: cf. f. définition.]
1. the act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
2. act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition. definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for.
3. description; sort. [r.] "a new creature of another definition." taylor.
4. (logic) an exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
5. (opt.) distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
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definition
\def`i*ni"tion\ (?), n. [l. definitio: cf. f. définition.]
1. the act of defining; determination of the limits; as, a telescope accurate in definition.
2. act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition. definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for.
3. description; sort. [r.] "a new creature of another definition." taylor.
4. (logic) an exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.
5. (opt.) distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail.
similar words(7)
document type definition
vienna definition language
system v interface definition
vienna definition method
interface definition language
recursive definition
systems analysis definition
Definition Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Telecommunication Standard Terms |
definition
A figure of merit for image quality. (188 ) Note: In an image, definition is usually expressed in terms of the smallest resolvable element, such as lines per inch, or pels per square inch.
A figure of merit for image quality. (188 ) Note: In an image, definition is usually expressed in terms of the smallest resolvable element, such as lines per inch, or pels per square inch.
| Abbreviation Airbus A340 |
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Definition
Definition
| RF Electronics |
Definition
Distinctness or clarity of detail (synonymous with resolution). Clarity of audio transmission and reception making possible the aural identification of various musical units in an orchestra.
Distinctness or clarity of detail (synonymous with resolution). Clarity of audio transmission and reception making possible the aural identification of various musical units in an orchestra.
Definition Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Definition
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Definition Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Bodybuilding Jargon |
definition
term to describe when muscular groups are separate from one another as occurs in individuals with low bodyfat.
term to describe when muscular groups are separate from one another as occurs in individuals with low bodyfat.
Definition Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Kant Glossary |
DEFINITION
[L:141] "A definition is a sufficiently distinct and delimited [precise] concept". Definitions are the sole "logically complete and perfect" concepts, and are opposed to exposition and description as "means of developing the logical perfection of cognition". Types of definitions distinguished by Kant include analytic, synthetic, nominal, and real. Kant holds that empirical concepts cannot be defined because their synthesis "can never be complete, for in experience ever new characteristics of the concept can be discovered".
[L:141] "A definition is a sufficiently distinct and delimited [precise] concept". Definitions are the sole "logically complete and perfect" concepts, and are opposed to exposition and description as "means of developing the logical perfection of cognition". Types of definitions distinguished by Kant include analytic, synthetic, nominal, and real. Kant holds that empirical concepts cannot be defined because their synthesis "can never be complete, for in experience ever new characteristics of the concept can be discovered".
Definition Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Definition
A definition is a statement of the meaning of a term, word or phrase. The term to be defined is known as the definiendum (Latin: that which is to be defined). The words which define it are known as the definiens (Latin: that which is doing the defining).
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