pilot

pilot, person responsible for safe navigation of a ship or airplane. A ship's pilot is an individual possessing local knowledge of coastal waters. Usually licensed by public authority (in the United States, by the U.S. Coast Guard), he is taken on board to conduct a ship to or from port. The airplane pilot, in contrast to the ship's pilot, has overall command of the craft, which is operated, generally, with the assistance of a copilot. Before an airplane pilot can be licensed in the United States, he must clock a prescribed amount of solo flying experience and pass a series of tests given by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

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PILOT

(1) (Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching) A high-level programming language used to generate question-and-answer courseware. A version that incorporated turtle graphics ran on Atari computers.

(2) (Pilot Software, Cambridge, MA, www.pilotsoftware.com) A corporate provider of business analytics solutions whose technologies included PilotWorks Suite, a business intelligence product with more than 15 years of development, and Pilot Hit List, which is software for Web site reporting and analysis. In early 2007, Hit List was acquired by Web analytics company Marketwave, and shortly thereafter, Pilot itself was acquired by SAP.

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pilot

1. 

a. a person who is qualified to operate an aircraft or spacecraft in flight

b. (as modifier): pilot error

2. 

a. a person who is qualified to steer or guide a ship into or out of a port, river mouth, etc.

b. (as modifier): a pilot ship

3. a person who steers a ship

4. Machinery a guide, often consisting of a tongue or dowel, used to assist in joining two mating parts together

5. Machinery a plug gauge for measuring an internal diameter

6. Films a colour test strip accompanying black-and-white rushes from colour originals

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Pilot,

the Mr. Gray successfully carries out many assignments for the rebels and thwarts the British [Am. Lit.: Cooper The Pilot]

See : Rebellion

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PILOT - Programmed Inquiry Learning Or Teaching. CAI language, many versions. "Guide to 8080 PILOT", J. Starkweather, Dr Dobb's J (Apr 1977).