aesop

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Aesop
    n 1: Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)

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

An Evolutionary System for On-line Programming
AESOP

   <database> (AESOP) An early interactive {query system} on the
   {IBM 1800} using a {light pen}.

   ["AESOP: A Final Report: A Prototype Interactive Information
   Control System", J.K. Summers et al, in Information System
   Science and Technology, D. Walker ed, 1967].

   [Sammet 1969, p. 703].

   (1995-04-04)

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

AESOP

novelist, nature faker.  Little is known of his
childhood except that he was fond of dogs and played with the
cat. Later he made animals his life's study.  A. discovered the
zoological principal that a turtle can run faster than a
rabbit, and that foxes never eat sour grapes.  Publications:
Fables; the book has had a good sale.  Address:  Greece.
Clubs:  Zoological Societies.

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