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CALIBAN

\kˈalɪbən], \kˈalɪbən], \k_ˈa_l_ɪ_b_ə_n]\

Definitions of CALIBAN

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A declarative annotation language for controlling thepartitioning and placement of the evaluation of expressions ina distributed functional language. Designed by Paul Kelly, Imperial College.["Functional Programming for Loosely-coupled Multiprocessors",P. Kelly, Pitman/MIT Press, 1989].

1985 - The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
By Denis Howe

kal'i-ban, n. a man of beastly nature, from the monster in Shakespeare's Tempest.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Man of degraded bestial nature.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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