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silo |
5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Silo \Si"lo\, n. [F.] A pit or vat for packing away green fodder for winter use so as to exclude air and outside moisture. See {Ensilage}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: silo n 1: a cylindrical tower used for storing silage 2: an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Silo, OK (town, FIPS 67550) Location: 34.03505 N, 96.47536 W Population (1990): 249 (98 housing units) Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: silo n. The FIFO input-character buffer in an RS-232 line card. So called from {DEC} terminology used on DH and DZ line cards for the VAX and PDP-11, presumably because it was a storage space for fungible stuff that went in at the top and came out at the bottom. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: silo The {FIFO} input-character buffer in an {EIA-232} serial line card. So called from {DEC} terminology used on DH and DZ line cards for the {VAX} and {PDP-11}, presumably because it was a storage space for fungible stuff that went in at the top and came out at the bottom.
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