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Tor
(The Onion Router) The largest implementation of onion routing, which is a method for transmitting data anonymously over the Internet. Run by volunteers, there are approximately a thousand Tor proxy servers on the Internet that provide the routing paths. Tor can be used by any TCP application that supports a SOCKS proxy server. In addition, there are Firefox bundles that include Tor and a modified Firefox application. For more information, visit www.torproject.org. See onion routing.
tor
1. a high hill, esp a bare rocky one
2. Chiefly southwestern Brit a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill
tor [tȯr]
(geography)
An isolated, rough pinnacle or rocky peak.
(mechanics)
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Then Sir Brian de les Isles and Grummore Grummorsum, knights of the castle, encountered with Sir Aglovale and Sir Tor, and Sir Tor smote down Sir Grummore Grummorsum to the earth.
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