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stratus

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stratus: see cloud cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air.

Formation of Clouds



Clouds are formed when air containing water vapor is cooled below a critical temperature called the dew point and the resulting moisture condenses into
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Stratus

(Stratus Technologies, Maynard, MA, www.stratus.com) A manufacturer of fault-tolerant computers founded in 1980. It supports both the VOS and FTX Unix operating systems on its XA/R line of i860-based systems. Its earlier XA/2000 line was Motorola 68K based. The next line of systems, dubbed the Continuum series, uses HP's PA-RISC architecture.

stratus
a grey layer cloud
stratus [′strad·əs]
(meteorology)
A principal cloud type in the form of a gray layer with a rather uniform base; a stratus does not usually produce precipitation, but when it does occur it is in the form of minute particles, such as drizzle, ice crystals, or snow grains.
(company)Stratus - One of the leading manufacturers of fault-tolerant computer systems. While virtually all of Stratus' core hardware and software is sold into the financial services, telecommunications, travel and transportation, and gaming these markets, a broad range of middleware and applications are developed and marketed by Stratus, its subsidiaries, and third party partners.

Yearly sales $609M, profits $43.5M (1996).

http://stratus,com.


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