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crayon [n]

1)	writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing

Synonyms :

wax_crayon

See Also:

writing_implement

crayon [v]

1)	write, draw, or trace with a crayon

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draw

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

1. Someone who works on Cray supercomputers. More specifically, it implies a programmer, probably of the CDC ilk, probably male, and almost certainly wearing a tie (irrespective of gender). Systems types who have a Unix background tend not to be described as crayons.

2. A computron that participates only in number crunching.

3. A unit of computational power equal to that of a single Cray-1. There is a standard joke about this usage that derives from an old Crayola crayon promotional gimmick: When you buy 64 crayons you get a free sharpener.

[Jargon File]

(1994-10-13)

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