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Classic

(1) A moniker applied to the original version of a product, typically hardware. For example, the first iPod with the click wheel became known as the classic model after the iPod touch was released.

(2) A programming interface (API) in the PowerPC versions of the Mac OS X operating system that provided compatibility with earlier Mac OS 9 applications. Originally called the "Blue Box," Classic was dropped in the Intel versions of OS X and later for the PowerPC with the Version 10.5 (Leopard) of OS X. See Blue Box.

(3) A Mac or Mac operating system prior to Mac OS X. See Mac OS.

(4) A streamlined remake of the original "hi-rise" Macintosh. The Classic came out in 1990, six years after the first Macintosh was introduced. See Macintosh and Macintosh models - early.

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Horse racing

a. any of the five principal races for three-year-old horses in Britain, namely the One Thousand Guineas, Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, Oaks, and Saint Leger

b. a race equivalent to any of these in other countries

(jargon)

classic - An adjective used before or after a noun to describe the original version of something, especially if the original is considered to be better.

Examples include "Star Trek Classic" - the original TV series as opposed to the films, ST The Next Generation or any of the other spin-offs and follow-ups; or "PC Classic" - IBM's ISA-bus computers as opposed to the PS/2 series.

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No references found	Far greater, we think, than the charm of poems strictly classic in interest, such as the "Praise of Dionysus," exquisite as that is, is the charm of those pieces in which, so to speak, he transforms, by a kind of colour-change, classic forms and associations into those--say The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context Yet it remains true that Hesiod's distinctive title to a high place in Greek literature lies in the very fact of his freedom form classic form, and his grave, and yet child-like, outlook upon his world. Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context The navigation of his craft must have engrossed all the Roman's attention in the calm of a summer's day (he would choose his weather), when the single row of long sweeps (the galley would be a light one, not a trireme) could fall in easy cadence upon a sheet of water like plate-glass, reflecting faithfully the classic form of his vessel and the contour of the lonely shores close on his left hand. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context	class library class limits class mark Class Master Class Mentor class method class NP problems class of service Class Oriented Ring Associated Language class P ballast class P problems Class Ranks class S modulator Class Struggle Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850 class switch class variable class, social class-A door class-B door class-C door class-D door class-E door Class-Relation Method Classes, Social classic classic botulism classic box Classic C classic car classic epidemic typhus Classic Revival Classic-Ada classical classical approximation Classical architecture classical attenuation classical canonical matrix classical conductivity theory Classical Dance Classical Economics Classical Education Classical Electrodynamics classical electron radius classical field theory Classical German Philosophy Classical IP classical Kuiper Belt object classical logic Classical Mechanics Classical order	Classe Classé Classé Classe d'Intégration Scolaire Classe Préparatoire à l'Apprentissage Classe Préparatoire Intégrée classed classed classed classed classed classed Classement Rationnel Moderne classes classes classes classes classes classes Classes of Mutual Fund Shares Classes of Mutual Fund Shares Classes of Option Classes of Options Classes of supply Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles Classes Without Quizzes Classes, Social CLASSH CLASSI Classible classic Classic (disambiguation) Classic (disambiguation) Classic (disambiguation) Classic (disambiguation) Classic American Cream Ale Classic Amiga Preservation Society Classic and Antique Bicycle Exchange Classic and Historic Automobile Club of Caboolture Classic and Vintage Motorcycle Association Classic and Vintage Racing Dinghy Association Classic AntiNeutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Classic architecture Classic architecture Classic Army Classic Arts Showcase Classic ASP classic atypical mole syndrome Classic BattleTech Classic Beer Style Series Classic Biphasic Pulmonary Blastoma classic blues Classic Bobtail classic botulism classic box Classic British Bike Club eV Classic British Quality Charter Classic British Welcome Classic Buffalo Horn Howler

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Far greater, we think, than the charm of poems strictly classic in interest, such as the "Praise of Dionysus," exquisite as that is, is the charm of those pieces in which, so to speak, he transforms, by a kind of colour-change, classic forms and associations into those--say

The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context

Yet it remains true that Hesiod's distinctive title to a high place in Greek literature lies in the very fact of his freedom form classic form, and his grave, and yet child-like, outlook upon his world.

Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context

The navigation of his craft must have engrossed all the Roman's attention in the calm of a summer's day (he would choose his weather), when the single row of long sweeps (the galley would be a light one, not a trireme) could fall in easy cadence upon a sheet of water like plate-glass, reflecting faithfully the classic form of his vessel and the contour of the lonely shores close on his left hand.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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