sir

n 1: term of address for a man

2: (British) a title used before the name of knight or baronet

[syn: {Sir}]

SIR

1. An early system on the {IBM 650}.

[Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].

2. Serial Infrared. An {infrared} {standard} from

{IrDA}, part of {IrDA Data}. SIR supports {asynchronous}

communications at 9600 bps - 115.2 Kbps, at a distance of up

to 1 metre.

[Reference?]

(1999-10-14)