[brawd-wey] 
| 1. | a street in New York City, famous for its theaters, restaurants, and bright lights. |
| 2. | the theater district located on or near this street, esp. as the center of the professional or commercial theater in the U.S. |
| 3. | (of a play, theatrical performance, etc.) pertaining to, suitable for, or produced in the commercial theater, esp. on Broadway: a Broadway show. |
| 4. | acting or working on Broadway: a Broadway producer; a Broadway star. |
| 5. | characteristic of or frequenting the theater district on Broadway. |
| 6. | garish; tawdry. |
Broad·way (brôd'wā')
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The central group of theaters presenting live drama in New York City. Many of them are located on or adjacent to the street called Broadway in Manhattan.
A street in Manhattan, in New York City, that passes through Times Square.
Note: Broadway is known for its theaters. (See also under “Fine Arts.”)
Note: It is sometimes called the “Great White Way” because of its bright lights.
Broadway standard, operating system
A standard which the X Consortium is currently (January 1997) developing and plans to release soon as an open standard. A prime goal is to be more bandwidth-efficient and easier to develop for (and to port) than the X Window System, which has been widely described as over-sized, over-featured, over-engineered and incredibly over-complicated.
(http://x.org/consortium/broadway.html).
(1997-05-15)