Define the word Z"Z" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Z \Z\ (z[=e]; in England commonly, and in America sometimes,
z[e^]d; formerly, also, [i^]z"z[e^]rd)
Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet,
is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z,
which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a
Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian.
Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as
in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. ?, L. yugum; E. zealous,
jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 273, 274.
[1913 Webster]
"Z" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
Z
n 1: the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the
Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the
end"--Revelation [syn: omega]
2: the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z
zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee";
"he doesn't know A from izzard" [syn: zee, zed, ezed,
izzard]
"z" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
Z++
An object-oriented extension of Z.
["Z++, an Object-Oriented Extension to Z", Lano, Z User
Workshop, Oxford 1990, Springer Workshops in Computing, 1991,
pp.151-172].
(1995-04-22)
"z" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
Z
/zed/ 1. (After Zermelo-Frankel set theory) A specification language developed by the
Programming Research Group at Oxford University around 1980.
Z is used for describing and modelling computing systems. It
is based on axiomatic set theory and first order predicate logic. Z is written using many non-ASCII symbols. It was
used in the IBM CICS project.
See also Z++.
["Understanding Z", J.M. Spivey, Cambridge U Press 1988].
2. A stack-based, complex arithmetic
simulation language from ZOLA Technologies.
(1995-08-11)
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