sire

n 1: a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and

authority

2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"

[syn: {forefather}, {father}]

3: male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such

as a horse

v : make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father

children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get},

{engender}, {father}, {mother}, {generate}, {bring forth}]

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.

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(1999-10-14)