distort

v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or

story [syn: {falsify}, {garble}, {warp}]

2: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn: {twist}]

[ant: {untwist}]

3: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform}, {wring}]

4: distort; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this

case" [syn: {color}]

5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was

deformed by leprosy" [syn: {deform}, {strain}]

6: spoil the appearance of; "The vandals disfigured the statue"

[syn: {disfigure}]

history

1. A record of previous user inputs (e.g. to

a {command interpreter}) which can be re-entered without

re-typing them. The major improvement of the {C shell} (csh)

over the {Bourne shell} (sh) was the addition of a command

history. This was still inferior to the history mechanism on

{VMS} which allowed you to recall previous commands as the

current input line. You could then edit the command using

cursor motion, insert and delete. These sort of history

editing facilities are available under {tcsh} and {GNU Emacs}.

2. {The history of computing

(http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/index.html)}.

3. See {Usenet} newsgroups {news:soc.history} and

{news:alt.history} for discussion of the history of the world.

(1995-04-05)