Gabriel

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Gabriel
    n 1: (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Gabriel

   <language> A graphical {DSP} language for {simulation} and
   real systems.

   ["A Design Tool for Hardware and Software for Multiprocessor
   DSP Systems," E.A.  Lee, E. Goei, J. Bier & S. Bhattacharya,
   DSP Systems, Proc ISCAS-89, 1989].

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-12-23)

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

gabriel

   /gay'bree-*l/ (After {Richard Gabriel}) An unnecessary (in the
   opinion of the opponent) stalling tactic, e.g. tying one's
   shoelaces or combing one's hair repeatedly, asking the time,
   etc.  Also used to refer to the perpetrator of such tactics.
   Also, "pulling a Gabriel", "Gabriel mode".

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1999-10-12)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

GABRIEL
       GAteway and BRIdge to Europe's national Libraries

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Gabriel
champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel
who was sent to Daniel (8:16) to explain the vision of the ram
and the he-goat, and to communicate the prediction of the
seventy weeks (Dan. 9:21-27).

  He announced also the birth of John the Baptist (Luke 1:11),
and of the Messiah (26). He describes himself in the words, "I
am Gabriel, who stand in the presence of God" (1:19).

from Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)

Gabriel, God is my strength

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

GABRIEL

A., trumpeter.  Entered history at an early date as
the agent for the Garden of Eden.  Compelled the Adam family to
move. Historians claim he will again be in Who's Who when St.
Peter (see him) makes the inventory.  Ambition:  Larger lungs.
Recreation:  Aviation.

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