On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 14:17, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Once upon a time John Summerfield said... > > Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > >Will gnome-terminal ever return to being performant? > > According to dictionary.com, > > 1 entry found for performant?. > > > > Main Entry: performant > > Function: noun > > Definition: a performer > > Etymology: based on informant, etc. > > I have seen this word used in the past in a similar context and guessed > what it meant, but you prompted me to look it up in a bunch of online > dictionaries. > > Apart from what you found, I found it nowhere but > dictionary.cambridge.org in the french/english dictionary, where it had > this definition: > > performant(e) adj (appareil, technique) high-performance; (entreprise, > industrie, produit) successful; (cadre, manager) effective Hi Ben, perhaps this is another word for wordnet? (This is the third submission in two days - kind of funny really.) tia zen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
