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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Kermit |
Post & Telecom | A terminal program and file transfer protocol developed at Columbia University and available for a variety of computers, from PCs to mainframes. Kermit can be used to download files from a remote system to your home computer. It is distinguished by its ability to transfer files over Telnet and other connections that would corrupt a binary transfer; it is often available as a UNIX command. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Developed at Columbia University in 1981 to allow students to use removable media to hold mainframe files and use remote terminals with the DEC-20 machines. This developed into having the same software package on every computer, all based on the DEC-20 Kermit. MS-DOS Kermit was developed in the same year.
Kermit is also the first name of the muppet Kermit the Frog.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Kermit."
"KERMIT" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a freeman", "lacking envy". |
Crosswords: KERMIT |
| Specialty definitions using "KERMIT": file transfer ♦ MacBinary ♦ Small-C. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "KERMIT" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (kermit). |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
KERMIT | English | Kl-10 Error-free Reciprocal Micro Interconnect over Tty lines | Computer - Computer - Computer - (KDE) |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You know what? We're kind of like Kermit and Miss Piggy, too, aren't we? (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Kermit, are you busy? (The Muppet Show; writing credit: Joseph A. Bailey; Jack Burns) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Kermit's Swamp Years: The Real Story Behind Kermit the Frog's Early Years (2002) | |
Song Titles | Rainbow Connection (performing artist: Kermit the Frog) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt with others in Africa. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (with gun) posed, full-length portrait, on 1926 hunting expedition, in Afghanistan or India. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Kermit Roosevelt, full-length, on horseback, right profile. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, three-quarter length portrait, seated on bench, facing right] / Chartran, Washington. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "KERMIT" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 92.31% of the time. "KERMIT" is used about 26 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) | 92.31% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.69% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 26 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "KERMIT" 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 |
| Kermit | First name Male | 13,000 | 588 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "KERMIT" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a freeman", "lacking envy". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "KERMIT." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Kermit | Male | English | Diarmaid |
| Dermot | Male | Irish | Diarmaid |
| Diarmaid | Male | Irish | N/A |
| Diarmuid | Male | Irish | Diarmaid |
| Diarmaid | Male | Irish Mythology | N/A |
| Diarmad | Male | Scottish | Diarmaid |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Kermit, TX (city, FIPS 39004) 2. Kermit, WV (town, FIPS 43300) |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "KERMIT": kermit-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "KERMIT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Chinese | 柯密 . (various references) | ||||||||||
French | kermit. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Kermit. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ermitkay Kermit. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"KERMIT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Kamet, Karmi, Karmuta, Kemi, Kenmir, Keramat, Keramik, Kerim, Kerioth, Kerma, Kermey, Kerrith, Kersik, Kremnitz, Sermatt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-k-m-r-t" | |
-1 letter: kiter, merit, miter, mitre, remit, timer, trike. | |
-2 letters: emir, emit, item, keir, kier, kite, merk, mike, mire, mirk, mite, rime, rite, term, tier, tike, time, tire, trek, trim. | |
-3 letters: ire, irk, kir, kit, met, mir, rei, rem, ret, rim, tie. | |
-4 letters: em, er, et, it, me, mi, re, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-k-m-r-t" | |
+1 letter: mirkest. | |
+2 letters: mirkiest, mistaker, murkiest, tidemark, timework. | |
+3 letters: kilometer, marketing, misstrike, mistakers, motorbike, smirkiest, tidemarks, timeworks, tumorlike. | |
+4 letters: antimarket, antismoker, buttermilk, dekametric, kerygmatic, kilometers, kimberlite, marketings, meterstick, ministroke, misstrikes, motorbiked, motorbikes, musketries, printmaker, samarskite, shirtmaker, timberwork, timekeeper, timeworker. | |
+5 letters: alkalimeter, alkalimetry, antismokers, buttermilks, computernik, embarkation, hucksterism, kimberlites, metersticks, miniskirted, ministrokes, misstricken, printmakers, remarketing, samarskites, shirtmakers, timberworks, timekeepers, timeworkers, trumpetlike. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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