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Unix operating system
The Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as Berkeley Unix, is a discontinued Unix operating system developed and distributed by the Computer
Berkeley Software Distribution
Berkeley_Software_Distribution
The history of the Berkeley Software Distribution began in the 1970s when University of California, Berkeley received a copy of Unix. Professors and students
History of the Berkeley Software Distribution
History_of_the_Berkeley_Software_Distribution
Type of free software license
requirements. The original BSD license was used for its namesake, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), a Unix-like operating system. The original version has
BSD_licenses
American software company
January 1992. The name was chosen for its similarity to BSD ("Berkeley Software Distribution"), the source of its primary product, specifically 4.3BSD Networking
Berkeley_Software_Design
1992 lawsuit in the United States
Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The suit has its roots at the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley,
UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. v. Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
UNIX_System_Laboratories,_Inc._v._Berkeley_Software_Design,_Inc.
from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) series of UNIX variants developed (originally by Bill Joy) at the University of California, Berkeley, Department
List_of_BSD_operating_systems
Inter-process communication API
with Berkeley sockets, but they are also known as BSD sockets, acknowledging the first implementation in the Berkeley Software Distribution. Berkeley sockets
Berkeley_sockets
Keyboard-oriented text editor
two programs. Joy's ex 1.1 was released as part of the first Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix release in March 1978. It was not until version 2
Vi_(text_editor)
Software projects developed at universities
Research) Berkeley Software Distribution – Unix operating system distribution (UC Berkeley) Berkeley sockets – networking API from BSD (UC Berkeley) Cambridge
List of software developed at universities
List_of_software_developed_at_universities
1980 video game
users in part due to its inclusion in the fourth release of the Berkeley Software Distribution. It inspired programmers to develop a number of similar titles
Rogue_(video_game)
Focusing on what is irrelevant but easy to understand
Parkinson's example; it was popularized in the Berkeley Software Distribution community by the Danish software developer Poul-Henning Kamp in 1999 and, due
Law_of_triviality
License with minimal restrictions
license, a permissive free-software license. The term was presented by computer scientist and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) contributor Marshall
Permissive_software_license
Re-implementation of ex/vi
systems. It was originally distributed as part of the Fourth Berkeley Software Distribution (4BSD). Due to licensing disputes between AT&T and the Computer
Nvi
Research group at University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley acquired a UNIX source license from AT&T in 1974. His group started to modify UNIX, and distributed their version as the Berkeley Software Distribution
Computer Systems Research Group
Computer_Systems_Research_Group
American software engineer (born 1959)
an American software engineer and one of the key people in the history of Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix and open-source software. In 1986, Bostic
Keith Bostic (software engineer)
Keith_Bostic_(software_engineer)
1979 minicomputer operating system
released in 1979, was the last Bell Laboratories release to see widespread distribution before the commercialization of Unix by AT&T Corporation in the early
Version_7_Unix
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up BSD in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. BSD is the Berkeley Software Distribution, a free Unix-like operating system, and numerous variants. BSD
BSD_(disambiguation)
Software licensed to be freely used, modified and distributed
the term "free software" had already been used loosely in the past and other permissive software like the Berkeley Software Distribution released in 1978
Free_software
DARPA project for very large integration of semiconductors
projects in modern computer history. Its offspring include Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix, the reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor
VLSI_Project
Unix-like operating system
developed and sold by Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDi) and designed to be a Unix for 386-based PCs. It was built off the Net/2 distribution of BSD, to which
BSD/OS
Topics referred to by the same term
system Berkeley Software Distribution, a Unix operating system Berkeley (film), a 2005 drama directed by Bobby Roth Berkeley Hundred or Berkeley Plantation
Berkeley
Line-oriented text editor
the processor. The editor became ex and got included in the Berkeley Software Distribution. Later, ex was enhanced to support full-screen editing via a
Ex_(text_editor)
DNS server software
BIND is for Berkeley Internet Name Domain, from a technical paper published in 1984. It was first released with Berkeley Software Distribution 4.3BSD. Versions
BIND
Computer programming book by Richard Stevens
the two popular families of the Unix operating system, the Berkeley Software Distribution (in particular 4.3 BSD and 386BSD) and AT&T's UNIX System V
Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment
Advanced_Programming_in_the_Unix_Environment
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
and open-source Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The first version was released in 1993 developed from
FreeBSD
vi editor and curses from the Berkeley Software Distribution of Unix developed at the University of California, Berkeley Computer Systems Research Group
History_of_Unix
Lossless compression algorithm
the SAM Coupé, and released under a combination of software licenses: Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser
Deflate
Software licensed to ensure source code usage rights
proprietary software, such as Berkeley Software Distribution, TeX, and the X Window System. As free software developed, the Free Software Foundation began
Open-source_software
Free content license used by the MirOS project
The MirOS Licence is a free content licence (for software and other free cultural works such as graphical, literal, musical, etc.) originated at The MirOS
MirOS_Licence
Linux distribution
original UNICOS was based on UNIX System V Release 2, and had many Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) features (e.g., computer networking and file system enhancements)
UNICOS
terminal was a controlling terminal), "start" and "stop" characters (used for software flow control), an "end of file" character (acting like a carriage return
Seventh Edition Unix terminal interface
Seventh_Edition_Unix_terminal_interface
Legal instrument governing software
scientific collaboration: the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), named after the University of California, Berkeley in 1978. Copyleft licenses (also
Software_license
Operating system
Userland GNU Default user interface Command-line interface License Free software (FreeBSD License, FreeBSD Documentation License) Official website pacbsd
PacBSD
Software license allowing source code to be used, modified, and shared
University of California, Berkeley created the first open-source license when they began distributing their Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) operating system
Open-source_license
Public university in Berkeley, California
1935. Berkeley RISC – David Patterson leads ARPA's VLSI project of microprocessor design 1980–1984. Berkeley UNIX/Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) –
University of California, Berkeley
University_of_California,_Berkeley
Suite of remote-access utilities
incorporated the r-commands into their Unix operating system, the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). The r-commands premiered in BSD v4.1. Among the programs
Berkeley_r-commands
free/open-source software. For a narrative explaining the overall development, see the related history of free and open-source software. The Achievements
Timeline of free and open-source software
Timeline_of_free_and_open-source_software
Operating system
DYNIX (DYNamic UnIX) was a Unix-like operating system developed by Sequent Computer Systems, based on 4.2BSD and modified to run on Intel-based symmetric
DYNIX
Overview of and topical guide to free software
Berkeley Software Distribution Free and open-source software packages (by type) Comparison of free off-line GPS software Comparison of free software for
Outline_of_free_software
headers. BerkNet, the Berkeley Network, was written by Eric Schmidt in 1978 and included first in the Second Berkeley Software Distribution. It provided support
History_of_email
Unix-like operating systems based on or descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) series of Unix variant options. The three most notable
Comparison of BSD operating systems
Comparison_of_BSD_operating_systems
Free and open-source Unix-like operating system
free and open-source Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). It was the first open-source BSD descendant officially
NetBSD
Desktop environment for X Window System
as systems derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) in general, but it has been ported to various Linux distributions. Created in 2012 by Ken
Lumina_(desktop_environment)
File system used by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems
blocks they referred to caused thrashing. Marshall Kirk McKusick, then a Berkeley graduate student, optimized the V7 FS layout to create BSD 4.2's FFS (Fast
Unix_File_System
American software company
Sleepycat Software, Inc. was the software company primarily responsible for maintaining the Berkeley DB packages from 1996 to 2006. Berkeley DB is freely-licensed
Sleepycat_Software
Fictional character
generic mascot of BSD operating systems. The BSD Daemon is named after software daemons, a class of long-running computer programs in Unix-like operating
BSD_Daemon
securelevel is a security mechanism in *BSD kernels, which can optionally restrict certain capabilities. Securelevel is controlled by the sysctl variable
Securelevel
American computer technology company
founded in 1991 as Berkeley Software Design, Inc. (BSDI, later BSDi) by Rick Adams and members of the University of California, Berkeley Computer Systems
IXsystems
Connection between computers or programs
compiled for another POSIX conformant operating system. Linux and Berkeley Software Distribution are examples of operating systems that implement the POSIX APIs
API
American computer programmer (born 1958)
dungeon-crawling video game Rogue, for his contributions to the original Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) version of Unix, for his books and articles about C and
Ken_Arnold
Unix command
that records a terminal session. It dates back to the 1979 3.0 Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). A script session is captured in file name typescript
Script_(Unix)
Operating system from Sun Microsystems
SunOS is a Unix-branded operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems from 1982 until the mid-1990s
SunOS
Series of discontinued Unix operating systems by DEC
to concentrate on working with the University of California, Berkeley's 4BSD. Berkeley's Bill Joy came to New Hampshire to work with Shannon and Stettner
Ultrix
projects of software, algorithms, video games, and other digital works that are freely available for use, modification, and distribution without copyright
List of public domain projects
List_of_public_domain_projects
Object-oriented application programming interface specification
(GUI) applications and was designed to be platform-independent, allowing software to run across multiple operating systems, including NeXTSTEP, Windows NT
OpenStep
Computer operating system
several years and so the code and the distribution procedure have succumbed to software rot. The distribution always required an AT&T source license
MacMach
Free and open-source operating system
(VKE), tunneling all packets to the host's tap interface. Third-party software is available on DragonFly as binary packages via pkgng or from a native
DragonFly_BSD
Engineering school of the University of California, Berkeley
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute (SLMath) Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Berkeley Lower Extremity Exoskeleton (BLEEX) Multigate device
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
UC_Berkeley_College_of_Engineering
Unix-like operating system
free code from Net/2. Jolitz also claims that 386BSD was the base of Berkeley Software Design (BSDi)'s commercial BSD/386. 386BSD was short-lived as disagreements
386BSD
Line of workstation and server computer systems
system. Some PA-RISC-based models are able to run NeXTSTEP. Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix was ported to the HP 9000 as HPBSD; the resulting
HP_9000
Computer operating system
over its own operating system, which could then be used in free software distributions such as GNU-Darwin. On July 25, 2006, the OpenDarwin team announced
Darwin_(operating_system)
Independent software derived from existing software
during the origins of Lucid Emacs (now XEmacs) (1991) or the Berkeley Software Distributions (BSDs) (1993–1994), Russ Nelson used the term shattering in
Fork_(software_development)
Approach to maintaining file system
Soft updates is an approach to maintaining file system metadata integrity in the event of a crash or power outage. Soft updates work by tracking and enforcing
Soft_updates
Discontinued Unix-like operating system
Lites is a discontinued Unix-like operating system, based on 4.4BSD and the Mach microkernel. Specifically, Lites is a multi-threaded server and emulation
Lites
Printing subsystem of BSD operating system
The Berkeley printing system is one of several standard architectures for printing on the Unix platform. It originated in 2.10BSD,[citation needed] and
Berkeley_printing_system
Topics referred to by the same term
of Transmission Control Protocol 4.3BSD-Tahoe, a release of Berkeley Software Distribution Unix Tahoe-LAFS (Tahoe Least-Authority File Store), a distributed
Tahoe_(disambiguation)
Unix shell
California, Berkeley in the late 1970s. It has been widely distributed, beginning with the 2BSD release of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) which
C_shell
Linux distribution
Gentoo's software distribution and package management system. The original design was based on the ports system used by the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD)
Gentoo_Linux
Operating system
ended up working on MirOS BSD for a while. Unlike the three major BSD distributions, MirOS BSD supports only the x86 and SPARC architectures. MirOS BSD
MirOS_BSD
software — Avionics software Backward compatibility — BASIC — BCPL — Berkeley Software Distribution — Beta test — Boolean logic — Business software C
Index of software engineering articles
Index_of_software_engineering_articles
Computer programming language
platforms, including Windows, Linux, Unix variants, several Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) descendants, macOS, Windows CE, Symbian, iOS, Android
Harbour (programming language)
Harbour_(programming_language)
American computer engineer (born 1954)
a Fellow of the Computer History Museum for his work on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix system and the co-founding of Sun Microsystems. In
Bill_Joy
Nonprofit foundation
and libraries; from SecureWare secure core components; from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) the computer networking stack; and a new virtual memory
Open_Software_Foundation
Unix-like operating system from the Soviet era
operating system developed in the Soviet Union. It is derived from Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) Unix. DEMOS's development was initiated in the Kurchatov
DEMOS
Pseudo file system in the Berkeley Software Distribution
In the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) and its descendants, kernfs is a pseudo file system that provides access to information on the currently running
Kernfs_(BSD)
Operating system
OpenBSD is a security-focused, free software, Unix-like operating system based on the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). Theo de Raadt created OpenBSD
OpenBSD
Software that manages computer hardware resources
successful were AT&T's System V and the University of California's Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). To increase compatibility, the IEEE released the POSIX
Operating_system
American computer programmer and author
implemented on a large number of operating systems, initially Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) and Unix, but later others including Windows and Mac OS
Mike_Muuss
alternating between Europe and North America, from 2004–2015 Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) operating system (DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD)
List_of_free-software_events
Unix-like software that manages kernel attributes
sysctl is a software mechanism in some Unix-like operating systems that reads and modifies the attributes of the system kernel such as its version number
Sysctl
Memory map - POSIX-compliant system call
mmap and associated system calls were designed as part of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) version of Unix. Their API was already described in the
Mmap
BSD Auth, is an authentication framework and software API employed by OpenBSD and accompanying software such as OpenSSH. It originated with BSD/OS, and
BSD_Authentication
Operating system from NeXT Computer
first commercial software distribution catalog to collectively manage encryption and provide digital rights for application software and digital media
NeXTSTEP
Network scheduler for Berkeley Software Distribution
ALTQ (ALTernate Queueing) is the network scheduler for Berkeley Software Distribution. ALTQ provides queueing disciplines, and other components related
ALTQ
Linux distribution
is an early Linux distribution developed by Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated, a company founded by Adam J. Richter in Berkeley, California. Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X
American computer scientist known for Unix (born 1943)
own system, known as the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). In early 1976, Thompson wrote the initial version of Berkeley Pascal at the Computer Science
Ken_Thompson
Short-lived transport protocol port for IP communications
automatically within a predefined range of port numbers by the IP stack software of a computer operating system. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
Ephemeral_port
Operating system that behaves similarly to Unix
List of Unix-like systems Berkeley Software Distribution Linux kernel and Linux distribution List of Linux distributions List of Unix commands List of
Unix-like
Lisp programming language system
Berkeley (UC Berkeley, UCB) by Professor Richard Fateman and several students, based largely on Maclisp and distributed with the Berkeley Software Distribution
Franz_Lisp
Software-based endpoint of network communications
are based on Berkeley sockets (1983), and other stacks such as Winsock (1991). The Berkeley sockets API in the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) originated
Network_socket
American computer company, 1982–2010
students, founded Sun Microsystems. Bill Joy of Berkeley, a primary developer of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), joined soon after and is counted as
Sun_Microsystems
Research Unix Comparison of BSD operating systems History of the Berkeley Software Distribution List of BSD operating systems POSIX Single UNIX Specification
List_of_Unix_systems
Core of a computer operating system
this are the Linux kernel in the many distributions of GNU, IBM AIX, as well as the Berkeley Software Distribution variant kernels such as FreeBSD, DragonFly
Kernel_(operating_system)
American computer scientist known for Unix (1941–2011)
interview from 1999, Ritchie clarified that he saw Linux and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) operating systems as a continuation of the basis of the
Dennis_Ritchie
Computer network protocol
Table Maintenance Protocol (RTMP), and the IP RIP. The 1982 Berkeley Software Distribution of the UNIX operating system implemented RIP in the routed daemon
Routing_Information_Protocol
BSD-based package management
systems, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, as a simple method of installing software or creating binary packages. They are usually the base of a package management
Ports_collection
Early wide area network developed by Erik Schmidt
1200 bit/s in the initial system. Its software implementation shipped with the Berkeley Software Distribution from version 2.0 onwards. It consisted
Berknet
National laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Interface (MPI) for communication. It is developed under a modified Berkeley Software Distribution license. MultiThreaded Graph Library (MTGL) is a collection
Sandia_National_Laboratories
Operative System
Another Completely Heuristic Operating System, or Nachos, is instructional software for teaching undergraduate, and potentially graduate level operating systems
Not Another Completely Heuristic Operating System
Not_Another_Completely_Heuristic_Operating_System
Version 7 Unix of 1979. A very similar version was found in Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) and was inherited into OpenBSD and probably Solaris. On
Diff3
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Girl/Female
British, English
Pale-skinned; Dark
Boy/Male
English
From the light meadow; from the dark meadow.
Surname or Lastname
Americanized spelling of Swiss German Bürki, or an altered spelling of Berke (see Berke 2).Possibly an Americanized spelling of Hungarian Berki, a habitational name from a village called Berki, in Pest county, or a topographic name from berek ‘marsh wi
Americanized spelling of Swiss German Bürki, or an altered spelling of Berke (see Berke 2).Possibly an Americanized spelling of Hungarian Berki, a habitational name from a village called Berki, in Pest county, or a topographic name from berek ‘marsh with groves’.English : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Berkeley in Gloucestershire, named in Old English with be(o)rc ‘birch’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Scottish Barclay.Jewish (American) : assimilated form of Berkowitz.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon Irish English Shakespearean
From the birch meadow.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Byerly.Americanized spelling of German Beyerle.
Surname or Lastname
Altered form of Swiss and South German Bürkle, Bürkli (see Burkle).English
Altered form of Swiss and South German Bürkle, Bürkli (see Burkle).English : variant of Berkeley.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, Irish
From the Birch Tree Meadow; Place Name; Where Birches Grow
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of the various places, in Kent, Oxfordshire, and Sussex, named Beckley, from the Old English byname Becca (see Beck 4) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.Altered spelling of the South German and Swiss topographic names Bächle, Bächli (see Bach 1).Richard Beckley was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Burley.Probably an altered spelling of Swiss German Beerli, from a short form of the Germanic personal name Berilo, from Old High German bero ‘bear’.Possibly an Anglicized spelling of French Berlet, from a diminutive of Berle, a topographic name from Old French berle ‘water parsnip’ (of Celtic origin, compare Welsh berur, Gaelic biorar ‘watercress’), or perhaps an occupational name for a grower of the plant.
Boy/Male
Scottish
From Berkeley.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Berkeley.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : assimilated form of Berkowitz.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English
From the Dark Meadow; Pale Meadow
Boy/Male
English
Birch valley; birch tree meadow.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place in Cheshire named Bulkeley, from Old English bulluc ‘bullock’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.Peter Bulkeley (1583–1659), Puritan divine, who came from Bedfordshire, England, was a founder of Concord, MA, in 1636.
Boy/Male
English Irish
The birch tree meadow. Also see Barclay and Burke.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Beeley in Derbyshire, which is named with the Old English personal names Bēage (female) or Bēga (male) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Christian, English, Irish
From the Birch Tree Meadow; Place Name; Where Birches Grow
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English
From the Birch Tree Meadow; Place Name; Where Birches Grow
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly West Yorkshire and Lancashire)
English (mainly West Yorkshire and Lancashire) : from any of several places so named in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Cumbria, and elsewhere (see Blakely).
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Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Who Bestows Grain
Boy/Male
Tamil
Vallur | வாலà¯à®²à¯à®°
A cluster of blossoms
Girl/Female
British, English, Greek
Important
Girl/Female
English American
Meadow of ash trees.
Boy/Male
Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Victory of Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
Celtic Gaelic Irish
From tbe white river.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Like Rudra i.e. Hanuman, Shree Ganesh
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Light
Girl/Female
Indian
Light, Another name of Hazrat Fatima Zahra
Boy/Male
Hindu
The Lord of Goddess Lakshmi
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n.
A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor. In popular usage, the term is often employed to indicate any lawless, revolutionary social scheme. See Communism, Fourierism, Saint-Simonianism, forms of socialism.
n.
The study or description of the geographical distribution of animals.
a.
Of or relating to Bishop Berkeley or his system of idealism; as, Berkeleian philosophy.
n.
The doctrine that external bodies may be reduced to mind and ideas in a mind; any doctrine opposed to materialism or phenomenalism, esp. a system that maintains the immateriality of the soul; idealism; esp., Bishop Berkeley's theory of idealism.
n.
The science of water, its properties, phenomena, and distribution over the earth's surface.
a.
Of or pertaining to rain; descriptive of the distribution of rain, or of rainy regions.
n.
Disposition; distribution; management.
n.
The arrangement or distribution of nerves, as in the leaves of a plant or the wings of an insect; nervation.
n.
A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
n.
An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.
n.
The branch of physical science which treats of the geographical distribution of rain.
n.
That part of biology which relates to the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct.
a.
Of or pertaining to distribution.
n.
The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution of an estate among heirs or children.
n.
A chart or graphic representation of the average distribution of rain over the surface of the earth.
n.
A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.).
v. t.
To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
n.
The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.
n.
The law of likeness; similarity of structure; regularity in form and arrangement; orderly and similar distribution of parts, such that an animal may be divided into parts which are structurally symmetrical.
n.
A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance; esp., a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, and the rest of tickets are blanks. Fig. : An affair of chance.