ALL meanings of archimedes
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A a - noun archimedes ?287–212 bc, Greek mathematician and physicist of Syracuse, noted for his work in geometry, hydrostatics, and mechanics 3
- noun archimedes a walled plain in the NE quadrant of the moon, about 80 km in diameter 3
- noun archimedes 287?-212 b.c.; Gr. mathematician & inventor, born in Syracuse (Sicily) 3
- noun Definition of archimedes in Technology (computer) A family of microcomputers produced by Acorn Computers, Cambridge, UK. The Archimedes, launched in June 1987, was the first RISC based personal computer (predating Apple Computer's Power Mac by some seven years). It uses the Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) processor and includes Acorn's multitasking operating system and graphical user interface, RISC OS on ROM, along with an interpreter for Acorn's enhanced BASIC, BASIC V. The Archimedes was designed as the successor to Acorn's sucessful BBC Microcomputer series and includes some backward compatibility and a 6502 emulator. Several utilities are included free on disk (later in ROM) such as a text editor, paint and draw programs. Software emulators are also available for the IBM PC as well as add-on Intel processor cards. There have been several series of Archimedes: A300, A400, A3000, A5000, A4000 and RISC PC. See also Crisis Software, Warm Silence Software. 1
- noun archimedes 287?–212 b.c, Greek mathematician, physicist, and inventor: discovered the principles of specific gravity and of the lever. 1