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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | SC/MP (Nicknamed "Scamp") A typical 8-bit microprocessor from National Semiconductor released in April 1976. It was intended for control applications (a simple BASIC in a 2.5K ROM was added to one version). It featured 16 bit addressing, with 12 address lines and 4 lines borrowed from the data bus (it was common to borrow lines from the data bus for addressing). Internally, it included three index registers (P1 to P3) and two 8-bit general-purpose registers. It had a PC, but no stack pointer or subroutine instructions (though they could be emulated with index registers). During interrupts, the PC was saved in P3. It was meant for embedded control, and these features were omitted for cost reasons. It was also bit serial internally to keep it cheap. The unique feature was the ability to completely share a system bus with other processors. Most processors of the time assumed they were the only ones accessing memory or I/O devices. Multiple SC/MPs could be hooked up to the bus, as well as other intelligent devices, such as DMA controllers. A control line (ENOUT (Enable Out) to ENIN) could be chained along the processors to allow cooperative processing. This was very advanced for the time, compared to other CPUs. In addition to I/O ports like the Intel 8080, the SC/MP also had instructions and one pin for serial input and one for output. (1994-11-16). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
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 |
SCMP | English | South China Morning Post | Publishing & Graphic Arts |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Hong Kong | The sudden departure from the SCMP in November 2000 of its long-time China observer Willy Wo-lap Lam continued to be described by human rights organizations as an example of media self-censorship related to a media owner's commercial interests in China. (references) |
Hong Kong | The Hong Kong Journalists Association noted in its annual report on press freedom that the SCMP since Lam's departure had continued to report on sensitive China issues, but lamented the paper's "cessation" of reporting on internal political maneuvering within the top Chinese leadership and the possible effect that this reporting gap might have on both the mainland and Hong Kong. (references) | |
Hong Kong | Three newspapers, however, refused to print the advertisement; one based its refusal on the grounds that the advertisement was "defamatory of the Central Government." In October the South China Morning Post's (SCMP) new English-language competitor, the Hong Kong iMail, abruptly dropped a satirical comic strip, which had found new life after having been dropped by the SCMP in 1995 after it implicated then-PRC Premier Li Peng in the sale of organs from executed prisoners. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scmp | 103 |
hong kong scmp | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "c-m-p-s" | |
+1 letter: camps, comps, scamp. | |
+2 letters: campos, campus, champs, chimps, chomps, chumps, clamps, clomps, clumps, compos, compts, cramps, crimps, crumps, scampi, scamps, scrimp. | |
+3 letters: campers, coempts, compass, compels, compose, compost, comsymp, copalms, cuprums, decamps, encamps, impacts, madcaps, miscopy, mobcaps, mockups, mudcaps, plasmic, pomaces, psalmic, pumices, scamped, scamper, schlump, scrimps, scrimpy, spermic. | |
+4 letters: apomicts, camphols, camphors, campiest, campings, campions, campongs, campsite, campused, campuses, capsicum, capsomer, champacs, champaks, champers, chompers, chumship, clampers, clumpish, compacts, compares, comparts, compeers, compends, comperes, competes, compiles, complies, complins, complots, comports, composed, composer, composes, composts, compotes, compress, comprise, computes, comsymps, corpsman, corpsmen, crampits, crampons, crimpers, crimples, crumpets, crumples, empirics, emplaces, escapism, matchups, mesocarp, midspace, mispatch, misplace, misprice, misspace, mudpacks, myoscope, oilcamps, pacifism, panicums, parecism, pemicans, polemics, pumicers, sapremic, scampers, scampies, scamping, scampish, schlumps, scrimped, scrimper, scrimpit, semplice, spaceman, spacemen, specimen, spectrum, speculum, sphygmic, spiculum, unclamps, upclimbs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 4D 50 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. -- .--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01001101 01010000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C M P |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 004D 0050 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53374750 |
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