classic

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

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classic

(jargon)

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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classic

(1) A moniker applied to the original or earlier 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) An earlier Mac programming interface (API). See Classic Environment.

(3) A remake of the first Macintosh personal computer. See Mac Classic.

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The final and most comprehensive upgrade option is only available on 2.2-litre TDCi models produced from 2012 model year onwards and is only available direct from Land Rover Classic.

New upgrade kits for older Defender models

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LAND ROVER BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO OLDER DEFENDERS

PASSION FOR POWER CLASSIC MOTOR SHOW If power performance cars are more your thing then be sure to enter your chance of winning two family tickets for the famous Passion for Power Classic Motor Show over the weekend of August 17-18 at Tatton Park, Knutsford.

Win tickets to two incredible auto shows; WIN TICKETS FOR THE CLASSIC AMERICAN STARS AND STRIPES AND PASSION FOR POWER MOTOR SHOW

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Classic Albums Live Brings The Beatles' "White Album" to the Prairie Center Stage

For those who want to still experience the classic game, they will have to leverage the games that come with Switch Online.

Nintendo warns NES Classic, SNES Classic will be 'gone' once sold out

Owners of classic cars produced before 1980 can register until 18:00 on August 22.

Baku to hold retro cars exhibition

The organisers, who have concentrated on longer events in the past marathon rallies, were planning to hold their first Mini Classic event this year.A total of eight competitive stages were planned for in the Safaricom 4G-sponsored Mini Classic Rally.

Why the Mini Classic Rally was postponed

According to a Twitter post made today by Nintendo of America, the company made sure NES Classic and SNES Classic Edition stocks will last until the end of the year.

Nintendo re-releasing NES Classic retro console by June

'The success of the 8th edition was, however, blighted by the sad news that one of East Africa's Safari Classic rally's greatest icons, JS Vohra had passed away on his way to watch the marathon rally.

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The first Jaguar D-type to be assembled by Jaguar Classic, an engineering prototype, will make its world debut at the Salon Retromobile show in Paris.

JAGUAR RESTARTS PRODUCTION OF LEGENDARY D-TYPE RACE CAR