Node vs Wizard - What's the difference?
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A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
(astronomy) The point where the orbit of a planet, as viewed from the Sun, intersects the ecliptic. The ascending and descending nodes refer respectively to the points where the planet moves from S to N and N to S. The respective symbols are .
(botany) A stem node.
(computer networking) A computer or other device attached to a network.
(engineering) The point at which the lines of a funicular machine meet from different angular directions; -- called also knot.
(geometry) The point at which a curve crosses itself, being a double point of the curve. See Crunode, and Acnode.
(graph theory) A vertex or a leaf in a graph of a network, or other element in a data structure.
(medicine) A hard concretion or incrustation which forms upon bones attacked with rheumatism, gout, or syphilis; sometimes also, a swelling in the neighborhood of a joint.
(physics) A point along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude.
(rare) The knot, intrigue, or plot of a piece.
(technical) A hole in the gnomon of a sundial, through which passes the ray of light which marks the hour of the day, the parallels of the Sun's declination, his place in the ecliptic, etc.
The word of interest in a KWIC, surrounded by left and right cotexts.
One who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.
* Dryden
One who is especially skilled or unusually talented in a particular field.
(computing) A computer program or script used to simplify complex operations, often for an inexperienced user.
(Internet) One of the administrators of a multi-user dungeon.
* 1997 , Philip Agre, Douglas Schuler, Reinventing technology, rediscovering community (page 153)
* 1997 , Sara Kiesler, Culture of the Internet (page 132)
(obsolete) A wise man; a sage.
* Milton
(slang) an older male virgin, particularly one over 30 years of age
(slang, dated, British) Fine, superb (originally RAF slang).
* 1942 , Quentin James Reynolds, Only the Stars are Neutral
* 1943 , Howard Macy Coffin, Walter Leslie River, Malta Story
As an abbreviation node
is .As a noun wizard is
one who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices.As an adjective wizard is
(slang|dated|british) fine, superb (originally raf slang).As a verb wizard is
to practice wizardry.node
English
(wikipedia node)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* acnode * crunode * hardware node * leaf-node * tacnodeSynonyms
* (computer networking) host * (graph theory) vertexSee also
* neurodeAnagrams
* ----wizard
English
Noun
(en noun)- The wily wizard must be caught.
- He was a financial wizard , capable of predicting the movements of the stock markets.
- Use the "Add Network Connection" wizard to connect to a network in a series of simple steps.
- Wizards , in general, have a very different experience of mudding than other players. Because of their palpable and extensive extra powers over other players, and because of their special role in MUD society, they are frequently treated differently
- It is certainly easy to believe the stories I hear of MUD wizards who demand deference and severely punish those who transgress
- See how from far upon the eastern road / The star-led wizards [Magi] haste with odours sweet!
Synonyms
* (in magic) conjurer, mage, magician, magic user, mystic, sorcerer, warlock, witch * (one very skilled or talented) genius, expert, prodigy; see also * (in computing) assistantCoordinate terms
* wizardessDerived terms
* (l)See also
* illusionist * necromancerAdjective
(-)- "We had a wizard show," the young leader of an Australian squadron said, trying to keep the excitement out of his voice.
- But he was a wizard flyer, that boy.