Tron
1.
a combining form extracted from electron, used with nouns or combining forms, principally in the names of electron tubes (ignitron; klystron; magnetron) and of devices for accelerating subatomic particles (cosmotron; cyclotron); also, more generally, in the names of any kind of chamber or apparatus used in experiments (biotron).
noun
1.
a public weighing machine
2.
the place where a tron is set up; marketplace
suffix
1.
indicating a vacuum tube: magnetron
2.
indicating an instrument for accelerating atomic or subatomic particles: synchrotron
1. The Real-Time Operating System Nucleus.
2. (TRace ON) A command used when debugging programs written in early line-numbered BASIC that contained GOTO and GOSUB statements.
When the TRON command had been executed, the program ran with a window open indicating the line number being executed at that instant.
The TROFF (an abbreviation for “TRace OFF”) command turned the tracing off.
(2003-02-02)
jargon
(NRL, CMU, probably from the film “Tron”) To become inaccessible except via electronic mail or talk especially when one is normally available via telephone or in person.
Compare spod.
[Jargon File]
(1994-11-03)
Read Also:
- Trona
noun 1. a monoclinic mineral, grayish or yellowish hydrous sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅NaHCO 3 ⋅2H 2 , occurring in dried or partly evaporated lake basins. noun 1. a greyish mineral that consists of hydrated sodium carbonate and occurs in salt deposits. Formula: Na2CO3NaHCO3.2H2O
- Tronc
noun 1. a pool into which waiters, waitresses, hotel workers, etc, pay their tips and into which some managements pay service charges for later distribution to staff by a tronc master, according to agreed percentages
- Trondheim
noun 1. a seaport in central Norway, on Trondheim Fiord. noun 1. a port in central Norway, on Trondheim Fjord (an inlet of the Norwegian Sea): national capital until 1380; seat of the Technical University of Norway. Pop: 154 351 (2004 est) Former name (until the 16th century and from 1930 to 1931) Nidaros
- Trondheim-fiord
noun 1. an inlet of the North Sea, extending into N Norway. 80 miles (129 km) long.
- Trondhjemite
[tron-ye-mahyt] /ˈtrɒn yɛˌmaɪt/ noun, Petrology. 1. a coarse-grained igneous rock composed of quartz, plagioclase feldspar, and a small amount of biotite.