English Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN TERM?
term
n 1: a word or expression used for some particular thing; "he
learned many medical terms"
2: a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school
before the end of term"
3: (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of
an agreement; "the contract set out the conditons of the
lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" [syn: {condition}]
4: any distinct quantity contained in a polynomial; "the
general term of an algebraic equation of the n-th degree"
5: one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition;
"the major term of a syllogism must occur twice"
6: the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a
healthy baby born at full term" [syn: {full term}]
v : name formally or designate with a term
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English Computing Dictionary
◊ XTERM
xterm
A {terminal emulator} program for the {X
Window System}. A user can have many different invocations of
xterm running at once on the same display, each of which
provides independent input and output for the process running
in it (normally a {shell}).
(1996-08-23)