English Dictionary
◊ STORM
storm
n 1: a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on
the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and
lightening [syn: {violent storm}]
2: a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had
characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was
only a tempest in a teapot" [syn: {tempest}]
3: a direct and violent assault on a stronghold
v 1: behave violently, as if in a great rage [syn: {ramp}, {rage}]
2: take by force; "Storm the fort" [syn: {force}]
3: rain, hail, or snow hard and be very windy, often with
thunder or lightning; "It was storming all last night"
4: blow hard; "It was storming all night"
5: attack by storm; attack suddenly [syn: {surprise}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN STORE?
store
[probably from "main store"] In some varieties of Commonwealth
hackish, the preferred synonym for {core}. Thus, "bringing a
program into store" means not that one is returning
shrink-wrapped software but that a program is being {swap}ped
in.
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