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go

, I-go
a game for two players in which stones are placed on a board marked with a grid, the object being to capture territory on the board
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Go

(games, application)
A thinking game with an oriental origin estimated to be around 4000 years old. Nowadays, the game is played by millions of people in (most notably) China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. In the Western world the game is practised by a yearly increasing number of players. On the Internet Go players meet, play and talk 24 hours/day on the Internet Go Server (IGS).

http://cwi.nl/~jansteen/go/go.html.

Usenet newsgroup: news:rec.games.go.
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go

(1) (Go) An open source object-oriented programming language from Google. Styled after C/C++, Go was developed in 2007 to solve Google's own problems orchestrating huge datacenters. Often referred to as "Golang," Go was released to the public in 2012.

(2) An on-screen button that is clicked in order to activate a function such as search.

(3) Amazon's automated grocery store. See Amazon Go.

(4) A command used on a BBS or online service to switch the user to a particular forum or section. For example, typing go mac would switch you to a section specializing in Mac computers. Like any command language, one has to know the words to enter. See BBS.
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Go-Ahead will release a trading update today for the period from 30 December 2018 to 5 June 2019.
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The HOPSTA system was successfully trialled by students who used the University of Southampton's bus service, which is operated by the Go-Ahead Group.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan added: "Long-suffering commuters will be shocked to hear Go-Ahead has announced soaring profits, less than 24 hours after Chris Grayling announced a PS20million taxpayers' handout to prop up the franchise."
But Go-Ahead, which also runs London and regional bus networks, said it plans to move ahead with introducing new on-board train supervisors, saying it is a "step in the right direction", despite the move angering unions and triggering several strikes.
We've worked in close partnership with Go-Ahead throughout the development of this innovative technology and it's very exciting to move into the production phase."
Go-Ahead chief executive David Brown said: "We are committed to operating in the rail market and are helping to shape the future of the industry through our involvement in the Government's review of rail franchising.
Currently owned by First London East, part of FirstGroup plc (LSE:FGP), it will transfer to Go-Ahead on 30 March together with around 400 employees.
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