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singularity

(1) See technology singularity.

(2) (Singularity) An experimental operating system from Microsoft for the x86 platform written almost entirely in C#, a .NET managed code language. Released in 2007, Singularity is a non-Windows research project.

Like Windows, there is only one address space, but for security and crash protection, it runs each OS or application process in an environment called a "software-isolated process" (SIP). Unlike other OS architectures, SIPs and the interprocess communications between them are analyzed for compliance at compile time. In addition, when a program is installed, it must include a manifest of its actions that comply with certain rules. For more information, visit http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity.

singularity [‚siŋ·gyə′lar·əd·ē]
(mathematics)
A point where a function of real or complex variables is not differentiable or analytic. Also known as singular point of a function.
(meteorology)
A characteristic meteorological condition which tends to occur on or near a specific calendar date more frequently than chance would indicate; an example is the January thaw.
(relativity)
A region of space-time where one or more components of the Riemann curvature tensor becomes infinite.


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Even had it been under commonplace circumstances, it would have made me a trifle thoughtful; but in the first place was the singularity of an educated man living on this unknown little island, and coupled with that the extraordinary nature of his luggage.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
Haredale, my dear friend, pardon me if I think you are not sufficiently impressed with its singularity.
Barnaby Rudge - A Tale Of The Riots Of 'Eighty by Dickens, Charles View in context
There will be nothing singular in his case; and it is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct.
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