Twain
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
twain
n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {pair},
{twosome}, {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet},
{distich}, {duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Twain \Twain\ (tw[=a]n), a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS.
tw[=e]gen, masc. See {Two}.]
Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in
poetry and burlesque. "Children twain." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with
him twain. --Matt. v. 41.
[1913 Webster]
{In twain}, in halves; into two parts; asunder.
[1913 Webster]
When old winter split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
{Twain cloud}. (Meteor.) Same as {Cumulo-stratus}.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
TWAIN
<graphics, standard> An {image capture} {API} for {Microsoft
Windows} and {Apple Macintosh} {operating systems} that
enables the user to control a {scanner} or {digital camera}
from {image processing} software.
TWAIN was first released on 1992-02-29 and is currently
ratified at version 2.0 as of 2005-11-28. It is maintained by
the TWAIN Working Group.
Kevin Bier, chairman-emeritus of the TWAIN Working Group and
the one of the original co-author/editors of TWAIN 1.0, chose
the name TWAIN after reading letters by Mark Twain. It was
unofficially considered to mean "toolkit without an important
name."
The word "twain" is an archaic form meaning "two". It appears
in Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the
twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time,
of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was
up-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This led
people to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest to
come up with an expansion. None were selected, but the entry
"Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to haunt
the standard.
The TWAIN Working Group (http://twain.org/).
(2000-02-25)
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Twain, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 87
Housing Units (2000): 57
Land area (2000): 7.419895 sq. miles (19.217440 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 7.419895 sq. miles (19.217440 sq. km)
FIPS code: 80952
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 40.018101 N, 121.048898 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 95984
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Twain, CA
Twain
from
Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date
TWAIN
Mark, an American who wore long white hair, made
after-dinner speeches, received university degrees, and made
people laugh.
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