Massachusetts Institute of Technology

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    n 1: an engineering university in Cambridge [syn: {Massachusetts
         Institute of Technology}, {MIT}]

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

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT

   (MIT) An independent, coeducational university located in
   Cambridge, MA, USA.  Its best-known computer-related labs are
   the {Artificial Intelligence Lab}, the {Lab for Computer
   Science} and the Media Lab.  It is also known for its {hacks}
   or practical jokes, such as The Great Dome Police Car Hack
   (http://the-tech.mit.edu/Bulletins/hack.html).  Resident
   computer {hackers} include {Richard Stallman}, {Gerald
   Sussman} and {Tom Knight}.

   See also {6.001}.

   (http://web.mit.edu/).