AMANDA

"AMANDA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be lovable".

Date "AMANDA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Amanda A functional programming language derived mostly from Miranda with some small changes. Amanda was written by Dick Bruin and implemented on MS-DOS and NeXT. It is available as an interperator only. (1998-04-27). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Literature	Amanda the impersonation of love in Thomson's Spring, is Miss Young, afterwards married to Admiral Campbell. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Amanda, or the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver is a computer archiving tool that is able to backup data via a network. It uses a client server model and includes:

the backup server and client itself
a tape server
an index server

All three servers do not necessarily need to run on the one machine.

Amanda was developed by the University of Maryland and is released under the GNU General Public License. It is provided without warranties and for no cost. Amanda runs on almost any Unix system, including open source systems.

External Links

See www.amanda.org
Using AMANDA to backup vfat filesystems.
Online Chapter on AMANDA written by John R. Jackson, an active member of the Amanda development team.
AMANDA FAQ-o-matic.
AMANDA users mailing list.

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.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
AMANDA	English	Antarctic Muon and Neutrino Detector Array	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Uh, Amanda Hugginkiss? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) I don't know about you, but I really believe that there's one person out there, and for me it's gotta be Amanda. (Can't Hardly Wait; writing credit: Deborah Kaplan; Harry Elfont) Amanda mentioned you had a dark side. (When Harry Met Sally...; writing credit: Nora Ephron) Amanda, I'm looking for someone to teach the Sex Ed Class. (The Faculty; writing credit: Richard Carpenter)
Movie/TV Titles	Folle Amanda (1974) Amanda Fallon (1972) Wie werde ich Amanda los? (1915) Up Against Amanda (2000) The Amanda Show (1999)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Amanda (reference) Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story (Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Books) (reference) Amanda Pig and Her Best Friend Lollipop (Easy-To-Read/Level 2) (reference) Amanda Pig, Schoolgirl (Puffin Easy-To-Read Level 2) (reference) Amanda Rose (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Amanda. Credit: Library of Congress.		Portrait of Amanda Seldes (Mrs. Gilbert). Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"AMANDA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "AMANDA" is used about 470 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	470	12,586

The following table summarizes the usage of "AMANDA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Amanda	First name Female	404,000	40
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

"AMANDA" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be lovable".

The following table summarizes names related to "AMANDA."
Name	Gender	Language	Related Name
Amanda	Female	English	N/A
Amandine	Female	English	Amanda
Mandi	Female	English	Amanda
Mandy	Female	English	Amanda
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

1. Amanda, OH (village, FIPS 1630)
Location: 39.65038 N, 82.74326 W
Population (1990): 729 (284 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 43102
Country: USA

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Expression: AMANDA

Expression using "AMANDA": Amanda Park. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AMANDA

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.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
amanda perez	6,713	amanda detmer	196
amanda bynes	4,854	amanda tapping nude	191
amanda please.com	2,609	amanda holden	166
amanda	2,398	amanda perez picture	157
amanda please	1,047	amanda cam	145
amanda tapping	899	amanda swisten	139
amanda peet	821	amanda coetzer	136
amanda bynes nude	719	amanda prez	124
amanda com please	596	amanda schull	119
amanda lyrics perez	483	amanda perze	119
amanda marshall	478	amanda blake	119
amanda bynes pic	475	amanda peet nude	113
amanda show	473	amanda bynes nude pic	109
amanda bynes picture	393	amanda church	104
amanda angel perez	336	amanda marcum	102
amanda angel lyrics perez	279	amanda lear	101
amanda lexx	250	amanda pay	98
amanda bines	247	amanda pleas.com	95
amanda bynes naked	209	amanda angel by lyrics perez	95
amanda perez.com	200	amanda com	90
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Misspellings: AMANDA

Misspellings
	"AMANDA" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abanda, Adande, Afandy, Ahmado, Ajanta, Alahdal, Alauda, amada, Amado, Amadu, Amadyah, Amanada, Amande, Amandla, amando, Amandor, Amandus, Amanoddin, Amant, Amanya, Ameda, Amelda, Amhadu, Ammond, Amund, Anada, Anadac, Anandan, Anandi, Anands, Anania, Ananta, Anyanya, Arandar, Avanda, Awada, Baganda, Bavandra, Hamand, Kamanda, Malandra, Mamand, Manandhar, Maungdaw, Nalanda, Osmunda, Samangan, Sanandaj. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: AMANDA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-m-n"
	-1 letter: adman, daman.
	-2 letters: damn, mana, nada.
	-3 letters: ama, ana, and, dam, mad, man, nam.
	-4 letters: aa, ad, am, an, ma, na.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-m-n"
	+1 letter: adamant, mandala.
	+2 letters: adamance, adamancy, adamants, adynamia, empanada, mandalas, tamandua.
	+3 letters: adamances, adamantly, adenomata, adynamias, dalmatian, empanadas, mandatary, tamanduas.
	+4 letters: adamancies, adamantine, amantadine, anagrammed, barramunda, calamander, dalmatians, mandragora, salamander.
	+5 letters: academician, amantadines, barramundas, calamanders, madrigalian, mandarinate, mandataries, mandragoras, salamanders.
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