Wiki Incorrect?
Joachim Nilsson
joachim.nilsson at vmlinux.org
Tue Oct 4 10:22:26 BST 2005
On Tue, 2005-10-04 at 03:03 -0400, James Blackwell wrote:
> Earlier today I came up with a better term than "distributed". The word
> was so blindingly obvious that I didn't bother to write it down.
Let's see now, English is not my mother tounge, but here goes.
"The Wordsworth Reference":
distributed; see tribe
tribe; a race. From tribu, 'a tribe', a crude form of tribus.
Said to have been of the _three_ original families in Rome.
"Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary":
distribute: (1) separate something into parts and give a share
to each person (in the tribe?) or thing: "In a co-operative
profits are distributed among the work-force."
"The demonstrators distributed leaflets to passers-by."
(2) spead something; scatter; place at different parts:
"Baggage loaded onto an aircraft must be evenly distributed."
Hmmm, was the word you were looking for:
Co-operative,
Shared,
Scattered
Just a random note, boring day at work - release day.
Best regards
/Jocke
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