What (who) is Amoeba - definition
Amoeba
1. <operating system> A distributed operating system
developed by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and others of {Vrije
Universiteit, Amsterdam}. Amoeba is only available under
licence from the VUA, but is free of charge and includes all
source, binaries and documentation.
http://am.cs.vu.nl/.
[Features? ]
2. <computer, abuse> A derogatory term for Commodore's
Amiga personal computer.
[Jargon File ]
(1997-05-07)
Amoeba
·noun A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. ·see Rhizopoda.
amoeba
[?'mi:b?]
(US also ameba)
¦ noun (plural amoebas or amoebae -bi:) a single-celled animal which catches food and moves about by extending finger-like projections of protoplasm. [Phylum Rhizopoda.]
Derivatives
amoebic adjective
amoeboid adjective
Origin
C19: mod. L., from Gk amoibe 'change, alternation'.
Wikipedia
Amoeba
An amoeba (; less commonly spelled ameba or amœba; plural am(o)ebas or am(o)ebae ),"Amoeba" at Oxforddictionaries.com often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism which has the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods.
Pronunciation examples for Amoeba
1. >>Anjali: Amoeba.
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2. So we're the amoebas
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3. is your brain-eating amoeba.
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4. you don't have a young amoeba and an old amoeba.
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5. of this amoeba robot.
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Examples of use of Amoeba
1. In one case, an amoeba dissolved within an hour of eating a single violacein–producing bacterium.
2. David Evans has tried to learn as much as possible about the amoeba over the past month.
3. He also cited stores like Amoeba in California – vast second–hand record warehouses which brought fun back to browsing.
4. And they have failed to challenge the amoeba–like force that seems to smother large parts of the educational establishment.
5. Some drugs have stopped the amoeba in lab experiments, but people who have been attacked rarely survive, Beach said.