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arbiter a person empowered to judge in a dispute; referee; arbitrator arbiter [′är·bəd·ər] (computer science) A computer unit that determines the priority sequence in which two or more processor inputs are connected to a single functional unit such as a multiplier or memory. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Thus it may be known that the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be in peace or in peril. The end of the day is the time to gaze at the kingly face of the Westerly Weather, who is the arbiter of ships' destinies. In peace, from their want of confidence in each other, they will entrust the guardianship of the state to mercenaries and their general, who will be an arbiter between them, and sometimes become master of both, which happened at Larissa, when Simos and the Aleuadae had the chief power. |
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