Easter

n 1: a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ;

celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon

after the vernal equinox [syn: {Easter}]

2: a wind from the east [syn: {east wind}, {easterly}]

hamster

1. ({Fairchild}) A particularly slick little piece of code

that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The

image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel.

2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a

receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable.

3. (UK) Any item of hardware made by {Amstrad}, a company

famous for its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles.

[{Jargon File}]

(1995-02-16)