vulcan

Noun
Synonyms: Vulcan

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek HephaestusSynonyms: Vulcan
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Vulcan \Vul"can\, n. [L. Vulcanus, Volcanus: cf. Skr. ulk[=a] a firebrand, meteor. Cf. Volcano.] (Rom. Myth.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

VULCAN

1.<database> A version of JPLDIS ported to CP/M by Wayne Ratliff around 1980. VULCAN evolved into dBASE II.

2.<database> The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler sold by RSPI with their Emerald Bay product. [Same as 1?]

3.<language> An early string manipulation language.

["VULCAN - A String Handling Language with Dynamic Storage Control", E.P. Storm et al, Proc FJCC 37, AFIPS, Fall 1970].

4.<language> A concurrent object-oriented logic programming language implemented as a preprocessor for FCP by Kahn et al at Xerox PARC.

["Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming, A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987].

(2004-09-01)

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