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CAR(Computer-Assisted Retrieval) Systems that use the computer to keep track of text documents or records stored on paper or on microform. The computer is used to derive the location of a requested item, which must be manually retrieved from a shelf, bin, or microform. See also char. car 1. a. a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine b. (as modifier): car coat 2. Brit a railway vehicle for passengers only, such as a sleeping car or buffet car 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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Tess soon perceived as she walked in the flock, sometimes with this one, sometimes with that, that the fresh night air was producing staggerings and serpentine courses among then men who had partaken too freely; some of the more careless women also were wandering in their gait--to wit, a dark virago, Car Darch, dubbed Queen of Spades, till lately a favourite of d'Urberville's; Nancy, her sister, nicknamed the Queen of Diamonds; and the young married woman who had already tumbled down. Its car touched a clump of trees, and the black figure that had been struggling in the ropes fell back, or jumped back, into the car. The car had come to a standstill before a white gate, in front of which was stationed a British soldier, with drawn bayonet. |
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