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  • superjanet — An initiative started in 1989, under the Computer Board, with the aim of developing of a national broadband network to support UK higher education and research. The preparatory work culminated in 1992 with the award of a contract worth 18M pounds to British Telecom to provide networking services over a four year period that extends to March 1997. The BT contract will provide a national network with two components: a high speed, configurable bandwidth network serving up to 16 sites, initially using PDH to be replaced with SDH, and a high speed switched data service (SMDS) serving 50 or more sites. The primary role of the PDH/SDH component will be to support the development and deployment of an ATM network. These components will be complemented by several high performance Metropolitan Area Networks each serving several closely located sites. The aim is to provide, within the first year of the project, a pervasive network capable of supporting a large and diverse user community. The network has two parts, an IP data network and an ATM network, both operating at 34Mbit/s. Early in August 1993 the pilot IP network was transferred to full service and was configured to provide a trunk network for JIPS, the JANET IP Service. In November 1993 work was well advanced on the next phase which aims to extend SuperJANET to a large number of sites. The pilot four site ATM network will be extended to serve twelve sites and will expand the scope of the video network. The principal vehicle used for the expansion of the data network will be the SMDS service provided by BT. Most of the work associated with the development of this phase is expected to be completed by the end of March 1994.
  • superpaint — (graphics)   A pioneering graphics program and framebuffer computer system developed by Richard Shoup at Xerox PARC. Design started in 1972 and the system produced its first stable image in April 1973. SuperPaint was one of the first computers used for creative work, video editing and animation, all which would become major sections within the entertainment industry and major components of industrial design. SuperPaint had a graphical user interface and could capture images from video input or combine them with digital data. SuperPaint was the first program with features such as changing hue, saturation and value, a colour palette, custom polygons and lines, virtual paintbrushes and pencils, auto-filling of images and anti-aliasing.
  • supersmart — exceptionally smart
  • superstate — a state or a governing power presiding over states subordinated to it.
  • supplanted — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • supplanter — to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like.
  • supplicate — to pray humbly; make humble and earnest entreaty or petition.
  • sweat-shop — a shop employing workers at low wages, for long hours, and under poor conditions.
  • sweatpants — loose-fitting pants of soft, absorbent fabric, as cotton jersey, usually with a drawstring at the waist and close-fitting or elastic cuffs at the ankles, commonly worn during athletic activity for warmth or to induce sweating.
  • sweepstake — a sweepstakes.
  • sympathies — harmony of or agreement in feeling, as between persons or on the part of one person with respect to another.
  • sympathise — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • sympathize — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
  • tablespoon — a spoon larger than a teaspoon or a dessert spoon, used in serving food at the table and as a standard measuring unit in recipes.
  • take shape — the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure.
  • take steps — a movement made by lifting the foot and setting it down again in a new position, accompanied by a shifting of the weight of the body in the direction of the new position, as in walking, running, or dancing.
  • tape grass — a freshwater plant, Vallisneria spiralis, that has long, ribbonlike leaves and grows under water.
  • taperstick — a candlestick designed to hold tapers.
  • tapescript — a recording of the spoken word on tape or a transcript of this
  • tapestried — furnished or covered with tapestries.
  • tapis vert — an unbroken expanse of lawn used as a major element of a landscape design.
  • team sport — a sport in which teams play against each other
  • tear strip — a strip or string that is pulled to open a can, box, candy wrapper, etc.
  • ted spread — the difference in value between three-month futures contracts for Treasury bills and for Eurodollars, used to gauge the willingness of banks to lend money
  • teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
  • tenantship — the state of being a tenant
  • test paper — the paper bearing a student's answers on an examination.
  • tetrapolis — a conglomeration of four cities
  • tetraspore — one of the four asexual spores produced within a tetrasporangium.
  • text-speak — a form of written language as used in text messages and other digital communications, characterized by many abbreviations and typically not following standard grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
  • the pamirs — a mountainous area of central Asia, mainly in Tajikistan and partly in Kyrgyzstan, extending into China and Afghanistan: consists of a complex of high ranges, from which the Tian Shan projects to the north, the Kunlun and Karakoram to the east, and the Hindu Kush to the west; Ismoil Somoni (formerly Communism Peak) is situated in the Tajik Pamirs. Highest peak: Kongur Shan, 7719 m (25 326 ft)
  • the pampas — vast plain of S South America, extending from the Atlantic across central Argentina to the Andes
  • the papers — newspapers
  • thesprotia — an ancient coastal district in SW Epirus.
  • time stamp — a device for stamping the date and time of day that letters, packages, etc., are received or mailed.
  • time-lapse — done by means of time-lapse photography: a time-lapse study of the blooming of a flower.
  • time-stamp — a device for stamping the date and time of day that letters, packages, etc., are received or mailed.
  • tipsy cake — a kind of trifle made from a sponge cake soaked with white wine or sherry and decorated with almonds and crystallized fruit
  • toothpaste — a dentifrice in the form of paste.
  • tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
  • transpired — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transpires — to occur; happen; take place.
  • transputer — A transputer is a type of fast powerful microchip.
  • transshape — to change shape
  • trap house — a shelter from which the clay pigeons are released in trapshooting.
  • trapessing — to walk over; tramp: to traipse the fields.
  • trappiness — the state of being trappy
  • trash heap — a heap of rubbish or garbage
  • trespasser — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
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