lone

adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we

met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone

skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a

tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary

traveler" [syn: {alone(p)}, {lone(a)}, {lonely(a)}, {solitary}]

2: characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life;

"the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";

"a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary disposition" [syn: {eremitic},

{lone(a)}, {solitary}]

3: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the

lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an

only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a

solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the

sky" [syn: {lone(a)}, {lonesome(a)}, {only(a)}, {sole(a)},

{solitary(a)}]

clone

1. An exact copy of a product, made legally or

illegally, from {documentation} or by {reverse engineering},

and usually cheaper.

E.g. "PC clone": a PC-BUS/{ISA}, {EISA}, {VESA}, or {PCI}

compatible {x86}-based {microcomputer} (this use is sometimes

misspelled "klone" or "PClone"). These invariably have much more

bang per buck than the {IB PCM} they resemble.

E.g. "Unix clone": An {operating system} designed to deliver a

{Unix}-like environment without Unix licence fees or with

additional "mission-critical" features such as support for

{real-time} programming.

2. A {clonebot}.

[{Jargon File}]

(2000-06-15)