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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
-ed \-ed\ The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ED
noun: impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis [syn: {erectile dysfunction}, {male erecticle dysfunction}]
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
ed n. "ed is the standard text editor." Line taken from original the {Unix} manual page on ed, an ancient line-oriented editor that is by now used only by a few {Real Programmer}s, and even then only for batch operations. The original line is sometimes uttered near the beginning of an emacs vs. vi holy war on {Usenet}, with the (vain) hope to quench the discussion before it really takes off. Often followed by a standard text describing the many virtues of ed (such as the small memory {footprint} on a Timex Sinclair, and the consistent (because nearly non-existent) user interface).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
ed (editor) {Unix}'s {line editor}. Ed is rarely used by humans since even {vi} is better. {Unix manual page}: ed(1). (1999-03-01)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Ed witness, a word not found in the original Hebrew, nor in the LXX. and Vulgate, but added by the translators in the Authorized Version, also in the Revised Version, of Josh. 22:34. The words are literally rendered: "And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad named the altar. It is a witness between us that Jehovah is God." This great altar stood probably on the east side of the Jordan, in the land of Gilead, "over against the land of Canaan." After the division of the Promised Land, the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, on returning to their own settlements on the east of Jordan (Josh. 22:1-6), erected a great altar, which they affirmed, in answer to the challenge of the other tribes, was not for sacrifice, but only as a witness ('Ed) or testimony to future generations that they still retained the same interest in the nation as the other tribes.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Ed, witness
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
ED End Delimiter (FDDI, Token Ring)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
ED Enhanced Density
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