English Dictionary
chronic
adj 1: (medicine) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized
by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic
shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid" [ant: {acute}]
2: having a habit of long standing; "a chronic smoker" [syn: {confirmed},
{habitual}, {inveterate(a)}]
English Computing Dictionary
CONIC
["Dynamic Configuration for Distributed Systems", J. Kramer et
al, IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-11(4):424-436 (Apr 1985)].