psi

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Definitions of psi word

abbreviation Technical meaning of PSI Portable Scheme Interpreter 3
noun plural psi the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet (Ψ, ψ). 1
noun plural psi the group of consonant sounds represented by this letter. 1
noun psi any purportedly psychic phenomenon, as psychokinesis, telepathy, clairvoyance, or the like. 1
noun psi Greek letter 1
noun Definition of psi in Technology (PSI) A portable scheme interpreter by Ozan Yigit <[email protected]>, David Keldsen and Pontus Hedman that includes a simple DAG compiler and a virtual machine. It can be used as an integrated extension interpreter in other systems and allows easy addition of new primitives. There are some unique debugging and tracing facilities. Acceptable performance results from a fairly straight-forward implementation. Continuations are fully and portably supported and perform well. PSI is based on the simple compilers and virtual machine in Kent Dbyvig's thesis. The pre-release version conforms to R4RS with a number of useful extensions. 1

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

1350-1400; Middle English < Greek pseî

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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