Words starting with convergencez
Maybe these words will be useful:
- convergence — The convergence of different ideas, groups, or societies is the process by which they stop being different and become more similar.
- convergence zone — a zone where tectonic plates collide, typified by earthquakes, mountain formation, and volcanic activity
- convergences — Plural form of convergence.
- convergency — an act or instance of converging.
- convergent technologies — (company) A company formed by a small group of people who left Intel Corporation in 1979. Convergent Technologies' first product was the IWS (Integrated Workstation) based on the Intel 8086, which ran Convergent Technologies Operating System - their first operating system. Unisys bought Convergent Technologies in 1988.
- convergent technologies operating system — (operating system) (CTOS, BTOS, STARSYS) /see-toss/ A modular, message-passing, multi-process based operating system. Companies which have licensed CTOS include Burroughs (BTOS) and Bull (STARSYS). The largest customer was Unisys, with whom Convergent Technologies merged to become one company in 1988. CTOS now has over 800,000 users worldwide. CTOS runs on Intel Pentium computers, and can run concurrently with Microsoft Windows NT. For some reason, CTOS is no longer marketted to new customers, although there is a support comittment for existing customers until 2001. Major customers include Police Forces, Banks, and Airlines.
- convergent — (of two or more lines, paths, etc) moving towards or meeting at some common point
- convergent boundary — a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.