English Dictionary
◊ SUAVE
suave
adj 1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: {debonair},
{debonaire}, {debonnaire}]
2: smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of
sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so
important a personage"; "the hostess averted a
confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change
of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a
smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate
men...smugly convinced of their respectability" Ezra
Pound [syn: {politic}, {smooth}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN SAVE?
SAVE
An {assembler} for the {Burroughs 220} by Melvin Conway (see
{Conway's Law}). The name "SAVE" didn't stand for anything,
it was just that you lost fewer card decks and listings
because they all had SAVE written on them.
(1995-01-16)