SOS
\sˈɒs], \sˈɒs], \s_ˈɒ_s]\
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The letters signified by the signal ( . . . -- . . . ) prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912 for use by ships in distress.
By Oddity Software
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The letters signified by the signal ( . . . -- . . . ) prescribed by the International Radiotelegraphic Convention of 1912 for use by ships in distress.
By Noah Webster.
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1. Scheme Object System.2. An infamously losing text editor. Once, back in the1960s, when a text editor was needed for the PDP-6, a hackercrufted together a quick-and-dirty "stopgap editor" to beused until a better one was written. Unfortunately, the oldone was never really discarded when new ones (in particular,TECO) came along. SOS is a descendant ("Son of Stopgap") ofthat editor, and many PDP-10 users gained the dubiouspleasure of its acquaintance. Since then other programssimilar in style to SOS have been written, notably the earlyfont editor BILOS /bye'lohs/, the Brother-In-Law Of Stopgap(the alternate expansion "Bastard Issue, Loins of Stopgap" hasbeen proposed).3. The PDP-10 instruction to decrease a value. OpposeAOS.
By Denis Howe
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].