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6-letter words that end in c

  • hygric — of or relating to moisture.
  • hymnic — Of, or relating to hymns.
  • hypnic — relating to or inducing sleep
  • iambic — Prosody. pertaining to the iamb. consisting of or employing an iamb or iambs.
  • iatric — of or relating to a physician or medicine; medical.
  • ibm pc — (computer)   International Business Machines Personal Computer. IBM PCs and compatible models from other vendors are the most widely used computer systems in the world. They are typically single user personal computers, although they have been adapted into multi-user models for special applications. Note: "IBM PC" is used in this dictionary to denote IBM and compatible personal computers, and to distinguish these from other personal computers, though the phrase "PC" is often used elsewhere, by those who know no better, to mean "IBM PC or compatible". There are hundreds of models of IBM compatible computers. They are based on Intel's microprocessors: Intel 8086, Intel 8088, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 or Pentium. The models of IBM's first-generation Personal Computer (PC) series have names: IBM PC, IBM PC XT, IBM PC AT, Convertible and Portable. The models of its second generation, the Personal System/2 (PS/2), are known by model number: Model 25, Model 30. Within each series, the models are also commonly referenced by their CPU clock rate. All IBM personal computers are software compatible with each other in general, but not every program will work in every machine. Some programs are time sensitive to a particular speed class. Older programs will not take advantage of newer higher-resolution display standards. The speed of the CPU (microprocessor) is the most significant factor in machine performance. It is determined by its clock rate and the number of bits it can process internally. It is also determined by the number of bits it transfers across its data bus. The second major performance factor is the speed of the hard disk. Although IBM sells printers for PCs, most printers will work with them. As with display hardware, the software vendor must support a wide variety of printers. Each program must be installed with the appropriate printer driver. The original 1981 IBM PC's keyboard was severely criticised by typists for its non-standard placement of the return and left shift keys. In 1984, IBM corrected this on its AT keyboard, but shortened the backspace key, making it harder to reach. In 1987, it introduced its Enhanced keyboard, which relocated all the function keys and placed the control key in an awkward location for touch typists. The escape key was relocated to the opposite side of the keyboard. By relocating the function keys, IBM made it impossible for software vendors to use them intelligently. What's easy to reach on one keyboard is difficult on the other, and vice versa. To the touch typist, these deficiencies are maddening. An "IBM PC compatible" may have a keyboard which does not recognize every key combination a true IBM PC does, e.g. shifted cursor keys. In addition, the "compatible" vendors sometimes use proprietary keyboard interfaces, preventing you from replacing the keyboard. The 1981 PC had 360K floppy disks. In 1984, IBM introduced the 1.2 megabyte floppy disk along with its AT model. Although often used as backup storage, the high density floppy is not often used for interchangeability. In 1986, IBM introduced the 720K 3.5" microfloppy disk on its Convertible laptop computer. It introduced the 1.44 megabyte double density version with the PS/2 line. These disk drives can be added to existing PCs. Fixed, non-removable, hard disks for IBM compatibles are available with storage capacities from 20 to over 600 megabytes. If a hard disk is added that is not compatible with the existing disk controller, a new controller board must be plugged in. However, one disk's internal standard does not conflict with another, since all programs and data must be copied onto it to begin with. Removable hard disks that hold at least 20 megabytes are also available. When a new peripheral device, such as a monitor or scanner, is added to an IBM compatible, a corresponding, new controller board must be plugged into an expansion slot (in the bus) in order to electronically control its operation. The PC and XT had eight-bit busses; the AT had a 16-bit bus. 16-bit boards will not fit into 8-bit slots, but 8-bit boards will fit into 16-bit slots. Intel 80286 and Intel 80386 computers provide both 8-bit and 16-bit slots, while the 386s also have proprietary 32-bit memory slots. The bus in high-end models of the PS/2 line is called "Micro Channel". EISA is a non-IBM rival to Micro Channel. The original IBM PC came with BASIC in ROM. Later, Basic and BasicA were distributed on floppy but ran and referenced routines in ROM. IBM PC and PS/2 models PC range **Under DOS, RAM is expanded beyond 1M with normal "extended" memory and a memory management program. See also BIOS, display standard.
  • iconic — of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
  • ikonic — Alternative form of iconic.
  • illiac — Assembly language for the ILLIAC computer. Listed in CACM 2(5):16, (May 1959) p.16.
  • imbolc — an ancient Celtic festival associated with the goddess Brigit, held on Feb 1 or 2 to mark the beginning of spring. It is also celebrated by modern pagans
  • imidic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to imides or to imidic acids.
  • ionarc — Indian Ocean National Association for Regional Cooperation
  • ipecac — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
  • irda-c — IrDA Control
  • irenic — tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.
  • iridic — of or containing iridium, especially in the tetravalent state.
  • iritic — inflammation of the iris of the eye.
  • ironic — using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; containing or exemplifying irony: an ironic novel; an ironic remark.
  • isotac — a line drawn on a map connecting all points where ice starts to melt at approximately the same period in spring.
  • italic — designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.: These words are in italic type.
  • judaic — of or relating to Judaism: the Judaic idea of justice.
  • k of c — Knight (or Knights) of Columbus
  • kaonic — of or relating to a kaon
  • karmic — Hinduism, Buddhism. action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation: in Hinduism one of the means of reaching Brahman. Compare bhakti (def 1), jnana.
  • keltic — Celt.
  • kymric — Cymric
  • lactic — of, relating to, or obtained from milk.
  • lambic — A strong, sweet Belgian beer.
  • lauric — of or derived from lauric acid.
  • lentic — pertaining to or living in still water.
  • lesbic — relating to lesbians
  • lettic — of or relating to the Letts or their language.
  • limbic — pertaining to or of the nature of a limbus or border; marginal.
  • limnic — Of or pertaining to fresh water; freshwater.
  • lipoic — Of or pertaining to lipoic acid and its derivatives, the lipoates.
  • lithic — pertaining to or consisting of stone.
  • lompoc — a city in SW California.
  • lubric — lubricous.
  • luetic — syphilitic.
  • malbec — a black grape originally grown in the Bordeaux region of France and now in Argentina and Chile, used for making wine
  • maleic — (chemistry) of, or relating to maleic acid or its derivatives.
  • malloc — C's standard library routine for storage allocation. It takes the number of bytes required and returns a pointer to a block of that size. Storage is allocated from a heap which lies after the end of the program and data areas. Memory allocated with malloc must be freed explicitly using the "free" routine before it can be re-used.
  • maniac — Mathematical Analyzer, Numerical Integrator and Computer
  • manioc — cassava.
  • mantic — of or relating to divination.
  • mastic — Also called mastic tree, lentisk. a small Mediterranean tree, Pistacia lentiscus, of the cashew family, that is the source of an aromatic resin used in making varnish and adhesives.
  • matric — (South Africa) The final year of high school. (from 20th c.).
  • mbasic — Microsoft BASIC.
  • metric — software metric
  • micmac — a member of a North American Indian people now living mostly in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
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