 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aegis
noun
1: kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held
under the auspices of the city council" [syn: {auspices},
{protection}]
2: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a
cuirass [syn: {breastplate}, {egis}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
AEgis \[AE]"gis\, noun [L. aegis, fr. Gr. ? a goat skin, a shield,
? goat, or fr. ? to rush.]
A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the
shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A
shield; a protection.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
107 Moby Thesaurus words for "aegis":
abetment, advocacy, arm guard, armament, armor, auspices, backing,
backstop, bard, beaver, brassard, breastplate, buckler, buffer,
bulletproof vest, bulwark, bumper, care, championship, charity,
coif, contraceptive, copyright, corselet, countenance,
crash helmet, cuirass, cushion, dashboard, dodger, encouragement,
face mask, favor, fender, finger guard, foot guard, fosterage,
fuse, gas mask, gauntlet, goggles, goodwill, governor, guard,
guardrail, guidance, habergeon, hand guard, handrail, hard hat,
hauberk, headpiece, helm, helmet, insulation, interest, interlock,
jamb, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, life preserver,
lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, lorica, mail, mask,
mudguard, nasal, nose guard, pad, padding, palladium, patent,
patronage, pilot, plate, preventive, prophylactic, protection,
protective clothing, protective umbrella, rondel, safeguard,
safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes,
safety switch, safety valve, screen, seat belt, seconding,
security, shield, shin guard, sponsorship, sun helmet, sympathy,
tutelage, umbrella, visor, ward, windscreen, windshield
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Aegis
A {CASE} tool for project change
management, from the {GNU} project.
(1995-03-27)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
AEGIS
A {Unix} variant that was used on {Apollo}
{workstations} before Apollo was bought by {Hewlett Packard}.
AEGIS has some advantages over standard {BSD} or {System V}
Unix. It includes faster file access and a richer command
set; there are commands to find out which {process} is running
on a particular node, which process is locking a particular
file, etc.
(1997-02-25)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
AEGIS
Advanced Electronic Guidance and Instrumentation System
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