ALL meanings of aegis
ae·gis
A a - noun aegis sponsorship or protection; auspices (esp in the phrase under the aegis of) 3
- noun aegis the shield of Zeus, often represented in art as a goatskin 3
- noun aegis a shield borne by Zeus and, later, by his daughter Athena and occasionally by Apollo 3
- noun aegis a protection 3
- noun aegis sponsorship; auspices 3
- noun aegis Classical Mythology. the shield or breastplate of Zeus or Athena, bearing at its center the head of the Gorgon. 1
- noun aegis protection; support: under the imperial aegis. 1
- noun aegis sponsorship; auspices: a debate under the aegis of the League of Women Voters. 1
- noun Technical meaning of aegis (programming, tool) A CASE tool for project change management written by Peter Miller, with minor contributions by a few others. Aegis is licensed using the GNU GPL but is not a GNU project. 1
- noun aegis The protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization. 1
- noun aegis protection 1
- noun Definition of aegis in Technology (operating system) A Unix variant that was used on Apollo workstations before Apollo was bought by Hewlett Packard. AEGIS has some advantages over standard BSD or System V Unix. It includes faster file access and a richer command set; there are commands to find out which process is running on a particular node, which process is locking a particular file, etc. 1
- noun aegis A mythological shield associated with Zeus and Athena shown as a short cloak consisting of a goatskin. The aegis of Athena is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. The aegis is more an emblem of protection and power than an actual military shield. 0
- noun aegis Protection, guidance. Usually used as ‘under the aegis’ because of its origin as protection of the shield of Athena. 0
- noun aegis Endorsement. 0
- noun aegis Sponsorship. 0