Defenestration vs Exclusion - What's the difference?
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The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window.
* 1905 , Rossiter Johnson (Ed.), The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 , pages 62–75,
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* 2004 , Carleton, Paul D, Concepts: a prototheist quest for science-minded skeptics of Catholic, and other Christian, Jewish, & Muslim backgrounds . Page 359. [http://books.google.com/books?id=_27TPPS9W-4C&pg=PA359&dq=%22self-defenestration%22&lr=&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22self-defenestration%22&f=false]
(British) High profile removal of a person from an organization.
* 2005 , Sunday Times , September 4
(neologism, humorous) The act of removing the (Microsoft Windows) operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
* 1998 , "Dorian Bliss", He's dead, Jim'' (on Internet newsgroup ''rec.humor.oracle.d )
* 1999 , Graham Lea, "Stunned MS vows to fight on for freedom," , [http://www.theregister.co.uk/1999/11/06/stunned_ms_vows_to_fight/]:
* 2002 , Jon Kilburn, Palm Programming in Basic , Springer, ISBN 9781893115491,
* 2004 February 12, Paul Murphy, "
* 2005 , December 1, Braue D, Gray P, Colquhoun L, Douglas J-V. Leaders of the pack. MIS Australia , [http://www.misweb.com/magarticle.asp?doc_id=25322&rgid=2&listed_months=0]
The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
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(obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out.
* 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , III.6:
An item not covered by an insurance policy.
As nouns the difference between defenestration and exclusion
is that defenestration is the act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window while exclusion is the act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.defenestration
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(en noun)- The "Defenestration " at Prague (A.D. 1618). ... The imperial Austrian Councillors are thrown out of the window of the castle of Hradschin by the enraged Bohemian Deputies
- "15. About to die anyway - On September 11, 2001 when NYC's Twin Towers were impacted...some occupants trapped above the inferno facing certain death instead jumped from windows to their certain death (self defenestration )."
- Be that as it may, his defenestration was coldly abrupt, and in his place, the Football Association resurrected a veteran manager and former England star in Joe Mercer for seven games.
- Defenestration might be an option too. May I recommend Linux?
- It's defenestration day in Redmond today.
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- No defenestration here. Ask questions about all aspects of Windows programming, get help on Microsoft technologies covered in Apress books, or provide feedback on any Apress Windows book.
What Does Linux Cost?, on LinuxInsider :
- What's needed is defenestration -- throwing out the Windows mindset along with Microsoft's licenses and software -- but
- "...defenestration is starting to be linked to the throwing out of Windows software."
exclusion
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- For the exclusion of animals is not merely passive like that of eggs, nor the total action of delivery to be imputed unto the mother, but the first attempt beginneth from the infant [...].