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ALCOR

Date "ALCOR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references)


Specialty Definition: ALCOR

DomainDefinition

Computing

ALCOR A subset of ALGOL. [Sammet 1969, p. 180]. (1995-04-18). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Alcor

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alcor."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: ALCOR

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ALCOR

EnglishARPA Lincoln Coherent Observable RadarN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Commercial Usage: ALCOR

DomainTitle

Books

  • Alonso Fernâandez de Madrid, Arcediano del Alcor y la "Silva Palentina" Luis Antonio Arroyo (reference)

  • Inventario de los archivos municipales de Casariche, Coria del Râio, El Pedroso, Tocina, Mairena del Alcor y Puebla del Râio (reference)

  • Los Coloquios de Alcor : 2. Ciclo de Informaciâon y Opiniâon Pâublica (reference)

  • Persona, cultura y familia en los medios de comunicaciâon : coloquios de Alcor IV (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: ALCOR

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

It belongs to a Russian distributor Alcor and handles a large portfolio, which includes Lancaster, Interparfum, Myrugia, Moris, Jean Patou, Yohji Yamamoto, Versace, Marbet, Lolita Lempika and Sisley. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expression: ALCOR

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "ALCOR": Mizar-alcor.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: ALCOR

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

alcor

43

alcor mizar

4

alcor micro

3

alcor extension foundation life

3

alcor inc

2

el viso del alcor

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: ALCOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: carol, claro, coral.

Words within the letters "a-c-l-o-r"

-1 letter: arco, calo, carl, coal, cola, loca, oral, orca.

-2 letters: arc, car, col, cor, lac, lar, oar, oca, ora, orc, roc.

-3 letters: al, ar, la, lo, or.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-l-o-r"
 

+1 letter: calory, caroli, carols, choral, clamor, claros, coaler, collar, corals, corral, lorica, ocular, oracle, recoal.

 

+2 letters: acerola, armlock, cajoler, caldron, caloric, calorie, caloyer, caltrop, caporal, caracol, cariole, carload, caroled, caroler, carolus, carpool, chloral, cholera, chorale, chorals, chordal, choreal, chorial, clamors, clamour, clangor, clarion, claroes, coalers, coalier, collard, collars, copular, coracle, cordial, corneal, cornual, corolla, coronal, corrals, coryzal, courlan, crayola, earlock, escolar, jocular, lavrock, locater, locator, lockram, locular, loricae, oarlock, ocellar, oculars, oracles, oscular, recoals, scholar, scrotal, solacer, trochal, warlock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ALCOR


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 43 4F 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-..    -.-.    ---    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01000011 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#67 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 0043 004F 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3546374952

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Expressions
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Abbreviations
7. Acronyms
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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