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boa

any large nonvenomous snake of the family Boidae, most of which occur in Central and South America and the Caribbean. They have vestigial hind limbs and kill their prey by constriction
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boa

[′bō·ə]
(vertebrate zoology)
Any large, nonvenomous snake of the family Boidae in the order Squamata.
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[IBM] Any one of the fat cables that lurk under the floor in a dinosaur pen. Possibly so called because they display a ferocious life of their own when you try to lay them straight and flat after they have been coiled for some time. It is rumored within IBM that channel cables for the 370 are limited to 200 feet because beyond that length the boas get dangerous --- and it is worth noting that one of the major cable makers uses the trademark "Anaconda".
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POA

(Portable Object Adapter) In CORBA, it refers to the part of the ORB responsible for managing server-side operations. POA policies are set to allocate and deallocate resources, to determine how long object instances are maintained and to deal with system failures. The POA replaces the Basic Object Adapter (BOA), CORBA's first object adapter. See instance.
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Boa

 

the common boa constrictor (Constrictor constrictor), a snake of the constrictor family. The boa measures up to four m long. The color of its scales is very beautiful and variable, with a metallic sheen. The boa is distributed in tropical America, where it lives in forests, on the ground, and in trees. It feeds on small birds and animals, hunting them mostly at night. Like all constrictors, the boa crushes its prey with loops of its body. The skin of the boa is highly prized for its beautiful pattern. (It goes into the manufacture of handbags, briefcases, and other goods.)

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A BOA spokesman said: "Lord Moynihan has decided that he is going to step down as chairman of the BOA once a successor is elected to the position later this year."
"Our office has even had a call from a member of the BOA medical team who has also expressed surprise at the organisation's decision to go public with the request.
"As the BOA program matures, more and more communities are developing cooperative plans to guide future development," said NPCR executive director Jody Kass.
Howman said the BOA had a deadline of May 18 to change their bylaw or face being reported to the International Olympic Committee for remaining "non-compliant" with the world anti-doping code.
The BOA are to challenge the decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that the lifetime ban is "non-compliant" with their code.
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