dragon

n 1: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as

breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes

wings [syn: {firedrake}]

2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: {tartar}]

3: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of

gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of

the body [syn: {flying dragon}, {flying lizard}]

DRAGON

1. An {Esprit} project aimed at providing effective support to

{reuse} in {real-time} distributed {Ada} {application

program}s.

2. An implementation language used by {BTI Computer Systems}.

E-mail: Pat Helland .

[{Jargon File}]

(1994-12-08)