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EOS

(1) See EOS memory.

(2) (Ethernet Over Sonet/SDH) Transporting Ethernet frames within Sonet/SDH frames. EOS uses "virtual concatenation" to bond SONET channels together to accommodate Ethernet speeds as well as lower-speed channels (DS1, DS2, etc.) that travel as "virtual tributaries" in SONET networks and "virtual containers" in SDH networks. See SONET and VT.

(3) (ETA OS) An early supercomputer operating system from ETA Systems, a spin-off of Control Data. In the 1980s, EOS was compatible with Control Data's VSOS operating system.

(4) (E/OS) (Emulator OS) A Linux-based virtual machine that combined the QEMU and Wine emulators along with the XFree86 version of the X Window windowing system. E/OS originated in 1995 as an open source DOS virtual machine. Although it was expanded in 2000 as a virtual platform for Windows, DOS, Mac, OS/2, BeOS and Linux applications, it was abandoned in 2008.
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Eos

goddess of dawn; announces Helios each morning. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 89]
See: Dawn

Eos

inconsolably weeps for slain son, Memnon. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 1065]
See: Grief
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Eos also continues to support its products with digital and social media campaigns designed to reinforce and expand consumer awareness.
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Michael O'Connell, EOS director, said: "This is a substantial order which we hope will further expand EOS's marketplace.
Under the terms of the agreement, US Helicopter Corporation will provide helicopter service between Manhattan and JFK International Airport for Eos guests travelling to or from London.
EOS also has improved on its Eosint P 700 platform, which doubles productivity by using two lasers simultaneously.
The EOS also features the new lithium-ion battery pack, making it roughly eight ounces lighter than its predecessor, the EOS-1D Mark II N (43.2 ounces), which used a nickel metal hydride pack.
market, Volkswagen has introduced another variant of its Eos convertible coupe (a.k.a., retractable hardtop; see AD & P, September '06 or http://www.autofieldguide.com/articles/090604.html), the 2007 Eos 3.2L, which is equipped with the company's 250-hp, 236 lb.-ft.
The Volkswagen Eos sprang into life and clawed its way up the rocky, rutted mountainside road until we reached the safety of a tarmac road.
L EGEND has it that Eos rises every morning in her phaeton from the depths of the sea to bring daylight to mankind.
Phaeton was the name the German car maker chose for is ultra-luxurious executive saloon and now Eos will grace the boot of VW's first coupe cabriolet.
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