Oboe

oboe
    n 1: a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical
         bore and a double-reed mouthpiece [syn: {oboe}, {hautboy},
         {hautbois}]
    

Hautboy \Haut"boy\ (h[=o]"boi), n. [F. hautbois, lit., high
   wood; haut high + bois wood. So called on account of its high
   tone. See {Haughty}, {Bush}; and cf. {Oboe}.]
   1. (Mus.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and
      similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone.
      Now more commonly called {oboe}. See Illust. of {Oboe}.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Bot.) A sort of strawberry ({Fragaria elatior}).
      [1913 Webster]
    

Oboe \O"boe\, n. [It., fr. F. hautbois. See {Hautboy}.] (Mus.)
   One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra,
   yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality
   of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more
   slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Oboe d'amore} [It., lit., oboe of love], and {Oboe di
   caccia} [It., lit., oboe of the chase], are names of obsolete
      modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of
      Bach and Handel.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Object-code Buffer Overrun Evaluator
OBOE

   <security, programming, tool> (OBOE) A tool by R. Banfi,
   D. Bruschi, and E. Rosti for the automatic detection of
   {buffer overflow} {vulnerabilities} in {object code}.  OBOE
   can be applied to {operating system} components as well as
   ordinary {application programs}.  It was designed for the
   {system administrator} to identify vulnerable programs before
   they are exploited.  Being automatic, OBOE can be run as a
   {background process} for the analysis of all potentially
   insecure programs installed on a {Unix} system.  It runs on
   {HP-UX}, {Linux}, and {Sun} {Solaris}.

   (http://idea.sec.dsi.unimi.it/research.html).

   (2003-10-25)
    

105 Moby Thesaurus words for "oboe":
      English horn, Pandean pipe, aulos, basset horn, basset oboe,
      bassoon, block flute, bombard, bourdon, cello, claribel, clarinet,
      clarion, concert flute, contrabassoon, contrafagotto, cornet,
      cornopean, cromorna, cromorne, cymbel, diapason, double bassoon,
      double reed, dulciana, fife, fipple flute, flageolet, flute,
      flute stop, foundation stop, fourniture, gamba, gedeckt, gemshorn,
      harmonic flute, hautboy, heckelphone, hornpipe, hybrid stop,
      koppel flute, larigot, licorice stick, melodia, mixture, musette,
      mutation stop, nazard, oaten reed, oboe da caccia, ocarina, octave,
      organ stop, panpipe, penny-whistle, piccolo, pipe, plein jeu,
      pommer, posaune, principal, quint, quintaten, rank, ranket,
      recorder, reed, reed instrument, reed stop, register, rohr flute,
      sax, saxophone, sesquialtera, shawm, single reed,
      single-reed instrument, sonorophone, spitz flute, stop,
      stopped diapason, stopped flute, string diapason, string stop,
      sweet potato, syrinx, tabor pipe, tenoroon, tierce, tin-whistle,
      tremolo, trombone, trumpet, twelfth, unda maris, vibrato, viola,
      voix celeste, vox angelica, vox humana, whistle, woods, woodwind,
      woodwind choir, woodwind instrument