| source : web1913 |
AEgis \[AE]"gis\, n. [L. aegis, fr. Gr. ? a goat skin, a shield,
? goat, or fr. ? to rush.]
A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the
shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A
shield; a protection.
| source : wn |
aegis
n 1: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held
under the auspices of the city council" [syn: {auspices},
{protection}]
2: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a
cuirass [syn: {breastplate}, {egis}]
| source : foldoc |
AEGIS
<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.
(1997-02-25)
| source : foldoc |
Aegis
<programming, tool> A {CASE} tool for project change
management, from the {GNU} project.
(1995-03-27)
| source : vera |
AEGIS
Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System