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esoteric name

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esoteric name [es·ə′ter·ik ′nām]
(computer science)
A symbolic name that is chosen in a computer program to designate a collection of devices.


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That way, all the pre-election hoopla would carry datelines from cities with esoteric names, getting them heaped in with all the foreign news on pages that readers in this country mostly try to avoid in the first place.
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On page 65 the authors mention "Muhammad, or the alternative form Ahmed"--the esoteric name now spelled completely differently--and on the next page we read: "It has a rhyme which incorporates the names of the Prophet, Ahmada or Muhammada.
 
 
 
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