Av n 1: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August) [syn: {Ab}, {Av}]
Av \Av\ n. 1. the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August). Syn: Ab [WordNet 1.5]
avatar av 1. <chat, virtual reality> An {image} representing a user in a multi-user {virtual reality} (or VR-like, in the case of {Palace}) space. 2. (CMU, Tektronix) {root}, {superuser}. There are quite a few {Unix} computers on which the name of the superuser account is "avatar" rather than "root". This quirk was originated by a {CMU} hacker who disliked the term "superuser", and was propagated through an ex-CMU hacker at {Tektronix}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-09-14)