[dahy-nuh-sawr] Pronunciation Key | 1. | any chiefly terrestrial, herbivorous or carnivorous reptile of the extinct orders Saurischia and Ornithischia, from the Mesozoic Era, certain species of which are the largest known land animals. |
| 2. | something that is unwieldy in size, anachronistically outmoded, or unable to adapt to change: The old steel mill was a dinosaur that cost the company millions to operate. |
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(dī'nə-sôr') Pronunciation Key
n.
[New Latin Dīnosauria, group name, from Dīnosaurus, former genus name : Greek deinos, monstrous + Greek sauros, lizard.] di'no·sau'ric (-sôr'ĭk) adj. |
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dinosaur
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| any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era |
| dinosaur
(dī'nə-sôr') Pronunciation Key
Any of various extinct reptiles of the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia that flourished during the Mesozoic Era. Dinosaurs were carnivorous or herbivorous, dwelled mostly on land, and varied from the size of a small dog to the largest land animals that ever lived. One group of dinosaurs evolved into birds. See more at ornithischian, saurischian. See Note at bird.
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dinosaur
1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minicomputers and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines.
In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused.
Compare big iron; see also dinosaurs mating.
2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
[The Jargon File]
dinosaur
n.1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power. Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines. In a famous quote from the 1988 Unix EXPO, Bill Joy compared the liquid-cooled mainframe in the massive IBM display with a grazing dinosaur "with a truck outside pumping its bodily fluids through it". IBM was not amused. Compare big iron; see also mainframe.
2. [IBM] A very conservative user; a zipperhead.
Dinosaur, CO (town, FIPS 20495) Location: 40.24156 N, 109.00804 W
Population (1990): 324 (157 housing units)
Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 81610
Dinosaur
Di"no*saur\, Dinosaurian \Di`no*sau"ri*an\, n. [Gr. ? terrible + ? lizard.] (Paleon.) One of the Dinosauria. [Written also deinosaur, and deinosaurian.]Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.











