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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Developer \De*vel"op*er\, noun
1. One who, or that which, develops.
2. (Photog.) A chemical bath or reagent used in developing photographs.
Note: By the action of the developer, the latent image on a photographic plate or film, not perceptible to the eye after exposure in the camera, is developed and becomes visible. [1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Dyeing) A reagent used to produce an ingrain color by its action upon some substance on the fiber. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
4. a corporation or individual who finances or organizes a real estate development[5]. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
developer
noun
1: someone who develops real estate (especially someone who prepares a site for residential or commercial use)
2: photographic equipment consisting of a chemical solution for developing film
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "developer": a, architect, contriver, designer, deviser, enterpriser, entrepreneur, fixer, fixing bath, framer, hypo, organizer, planner, processing solution, projector, promoter, short-stop, short-stop bath, sodium hyposulfite, sodium thiosulfate, soup, stop bath, strategian, strategist, tactician
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
developer {programmer}
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