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Pic

Definition: Pic

Pic

Noun

1. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location".

2. A picture of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "pic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references)

Etymology: Pic \Pic\, noun. [Compare to the French expression pic.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Pic

DomainDefinition

Computing

PIC 1. programmable interrupt controller. 2. A graphics language by Brian Kernighan, for textually describing pictures with troff. [Featured in "More Programming Pearls", Jon Bentley]. ["PIC - A Language for Typesetting Graphics", B.W. Kernighan, Soft Prac & Exp 12(1):1-21 (Jan 1982)]. ["PIC - A Graphics Language for Typesetting, Revised User Manual", Bell Labs TR 116, Dec 1984]. (1994-10-28) 3. personal intelligent communicator. (2001-04-30). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Slang

Describing a position. Source: Ted. Definition: (P)erson(I)n (C)harge. Context: Describes a manager or front-end manager who has the authority to make descision regarding customer service and other problems. Social Source: 29th and Willamette Price Chopper employees. . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

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

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Specialty Definition: PIC

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

PIC may stand for:

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PIC microcontroller

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

PIC, is a family of RISC microcontrollers made by Microchip Technology, derived from the PIC1650 originally developed by General Instrument's Microelectronics Division.

Microchip Technology does not use PIC as an acronym (in fact they call their chips PICmicros). It is generally regarded that PIC stands for Peripheral Interface Controller, General Instruments' original designation of the PIC1650.

The original PIC was built to be used with GI's new 16-bit CPU, the CP1600. While generally a good CPU, the CP1600 had poor I/O performance, and the 8-bit PIC was developed in 1975 to improve performance of the overall system by offloading I/O tasks from the CPU. The PIC used simple microcode stored in ROM to perform its tasks, and although the term wasn't used at the time, it is a RISC design that runs one instruction per cycle.

In 1985 GI spun off their microelectronics division, and the new ownership cancelled almost everything — which by this time was mostly out-of-date. The PIC, however, was upgraded with EPROM to produce a programmable channel controller, and today a huge variety of PICs are available with various on-board peripherals (serial communication modules, UARTs, motor control kernels, etc.) and program memory from 512 words to 32kwords and more (a "word" is one assembly language instruction, varying from 12-to-16 bits depending on the specific PICmicro family)

Coding for PICs

PICs use a RISC instruction set, which varies in length from about 35 instructions for the low-end PICs to about 70 instructions for the high-end PICs. Microchip provides a free IDE package called MPLAB, that also includes a software simulator as well as an assembler.

Third parties make C compilers for PICs. For the high-end 18F series, Microchip also sells a "C18" compiler. An open-source Pascal compiler, JAL, has also been released.

Programming PICs

Devices called "programmers" are traditionally used to get program code into the target PIC. Most PICs that Microchip sells nowadays have ICSP (In Circuit Serial Programming) and/or LVP (Low Voltage Programming) capabilities, allowing the PIC to be programmed while it is sitting in the target circuit.

Bit-Size

The bit size of PICs is a source of much confusion. All PICs handle data in 8-bit chunks, so they should be called 8-bit microcontrollers. But unlike most CPUs PICs use a Harvard architecture, so the size of an instruction can be different. In fact different PIC families uses different instruction sizes, which makes it a challenge to compare the code size of PICs to other microcontrollers. For example, say a microcontroller has 6144 bytes of program memory --- for a 12-bit PIC, this works out to 4096 words (or assembly instructions); for a 16-bit PIC, this is 3072 words.

Modern PICs

The old PROM and EPROM PICs are now gradually replaced by chips with Flash memory. Likewise the original 12-bit instruction set of the PIC1650 and its direct descendants has been superceded by 14-bit and 16-bit instruction sets. Microchip still sells OTP (one-time-programmable, or EPROM) and UV-eraseable (EEPROM) versions of most of its PICs for legacy support, or volume orders.

Features

Current PICs offer a wide range of inbuilt hardware, such as:

PICs on the internet

PICs are well-documented on the internet, mainly for two reasons. First some popular consumer products (pay-TV, playstation) used PICs as part of their security system, which attracted the attention of crackerss. Second the (now obsolete, see PIC16F84) PIC16C84 was the first widely available microcontroller that could easily be re-programmed by hobbyists.

PIC clones

Every now and then there are companies that offer cheap and/or enhanced PIC versions. Most seem to disappear quite soon. Scenix (formerly Ubicom) seems to avoid this fate and produces PIC clones that run much faster than the originals.

Wireless PICs

The rfPIC microcontroller devices integrate the power of Microchip´s PICmicro devices with UHF wireless communication capabilities for low power RF applications. The devices offer small package outline and low external component count to fit the most space-constrained applications.

dsPICs (digital signal processing)

dsPICs are Microchip's newest family, scheduled to enter mass production in late 2003. These will be Microchip's first inherent 16-bit (data) microcontrollers. They build up on the PICs existing strengths by offering hardware MAC (multiply-and-accumulate), barrel shifting, bit reversing, 16-bit x 16-bit multiplication and other such operations common in digital signal processing algorithms.

See also: Microbot

External Links

Microchip Ubicom PIClist (PIC mailing list) page with links to the original PIC1650 documents Scenix

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Pic

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

PIC

DanishController for prioriterede afbrydelserComputing, Electrical Engineering

PIC

DutchVoorafgaande geinformeerde toestemmingEnvironment, Chemical Industry

PIC

EnglishPresidential Inaugural CommitteeN/A

PIC

FrenchProgramme d'initiatives communautairesN/A

PIC

GermanIntegrierte Schaltung für grosse LeistungComputing

PIC

ItalianAssenso preliminare in conoscenza di causaEnvironment, Chemical Industry

PIC

PortuguesePrévia informação e consentimentoFood & Agriculture, Environment

PIC

SpanishPunto de llamadaPost & Telecom

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

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Synonyms: Pic

Synonyms: exposure (n), film (n), flick (n), motion picture (n), movie (n), moving picture (n), photo (n), photograph (n), picture (n), picture show (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Pic

Specialty definitions using "pic": BacbucPIC response, primary interexchange carrierTLAs. (references)
Etymologies containing "pic": Pitch. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Pic" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (hack, peak, pickaxe, Pike, pinnacle, woodpecker), Portuguese (prior informed consent, prior informed consent(PIC), Priority Interrupt Controller), Romanian (a wee bit, atom, bead, bit, crumb, dash, drop, jot, pennyworth, pick, spark, spot, sprinkle, touch, whit), Scottish (pitch).

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Modern Usage: Pic

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Nic et Pic (1971)

Pic et pic et colegram (1971)

Nic and Pic (1975)

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

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Commercial Usage: Pic

DomainTitle

References

  • PIC International Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • PIC Basic: Programming and Projects (reference)

  • PIC'n Techniques, PIC Microcontroller Applications Guide (reference)

  • Pic'N Up Pace: An Intermediate Guide to Using Pic 16 17 Microcontrollers from Square 1 (reference)

  • Programming PIC Microcontrollers with PICBASIC (reference)

  • Satori in Paris and Pic (B-541) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

  

High Tech

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

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Photo Album: Pic

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Station Pic at west end of Picara Point Building party off of WHITING. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

[man looking into a microscope - plague pic - New Orleans?]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The pic nic on the fourth of July "A day to be remembered" / / painted by Lilly M. Spencer ; engraved by Saml. Hollyer & J. Rogers. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: Pic
 

"Taking a pic" by Tina Lorien
Commentary: "Unfortunately I blew it using a low reso. - but I really somehow love this pict."
"A boy's face" by Gabor Bognar
Commentary: "Hello. This is my first photo taken a boy :) It's a funny pic."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Pic

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Poland hopes to join PIC, which action would then pave the way for GMP certification, but until then exporting to the EU remains difficult. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

Those who are interviewed (and refused) by the PIC at Sheremetyevo-2 generally are referred to the UNHCR, which received 43 such cases during the year. (references)

Human Rights

Mozambique

In 2000 the Chairwoman of the LDH stated that a police contact warned her of police threats on her life following her appearance in a televised debate in which she made remarks critical of the PIC. (references)

Mozambique

Under the law, the maximum preventive imprisonment is 48 hours, during which time a detainee has the right to have his case reviewed by judicial authorities, after which he can be detained up to another 60 days while the case is investigated by the PIC. (references)

Political Economy

Mozambique

The PIC, PRM, and PIR legally are under the control of the civilian Government; however, at times local police have acted in contravention of the guidelines established by the civilian authorities. (references)

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

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Usage Frequency: Pic

"Pic" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.12% of the time. "Pic" is used about 165 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)92.12%15225,494
Unclassified Items7.27%12101,599
Noun (proper)0.61%1339,140
                    Total100.00%165N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Pic

CountryName
United Kingdom

PIC International Plc

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Pic

Expression using "pic": PIC response. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "pic": pic-nic, pic-ture.

Ending with "pic": bio-pic, Xy-pic.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pic

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
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

free pic

14,458

belly pic

947

pic

11,978

adult pic

931

nude pic

9,812

ashanti pic

925

pic post

5,683

2 2 fast furious pic

916

britney spears pic

2,900

family pic

910

hidden camera pic

2,755

pregnancy pic

856

lesbian pic

2,395

face pic.com

847

priceless pic

2,075

free mature pic

831

free lesbian pic

2,009

demi moore pic

795

hunter pic

1,999

justin timberlake pic

791

charlotte good pic

1,441

jewel pic

788

preteen pic

1,399

camel toe pic

781

pic playboy torrie wilson

1,393

hulk pic

771

50 cent pic

1,217

rurouni kenshin pic

768

rate my pic

1,159

j lo pic

754

inuyasha pic

1,128

beyonce pic

754

adult sex pic

1,112

free daily pic

710

lil kim pic

1,110

ghost pic

702

b2k pic

1,055

duff hilary pic

697

britney spears nude pic

1,010

face pic

688
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Pic

Language Translations for "pic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏سينما (cinema), ‏صور (characterize, depict, describe, film, paint, photo, picture, portray, shoot, snap, take, typify). (various references)

   

Danish

  

primary interexchange carrier response (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier), PIC response (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

antwoord op verzoek (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

keskustenvälinen kantoaaltovaste (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

απόκριση PIC (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier), απόκριση πρωτεύοντος διακεντρικού φορέα (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

fénykép (photo, photograph, photographic, pinup, pix, snapshot). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

icpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

resposta PIC (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

portadora primaria de intercambio (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier), respuesta PIC (PIC response, primary interexchange carrier). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tavla (board, canvas, painting, picture, table, tablet), film (cine, cine film, film, flick, flicks, motion picture, movie, moving picture, picture, scum), bild (depiction, effigy, figure, frame, image, photo, picture, reflection). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Pic

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

RM:Cumissiun d'instituziuns politicas. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: Pic

Derivations

Words beginning with "pic": pica, picacho, picachos, picador, picadores, picadors, pical, picaninnies, picaninny, picante, picara, picaras, picaresque, picaresques, picaro, picaroon, picarooned, picarooning, picaroons, picaros, picas, picayune, picayunes, picayunish, piccalilli, piccalillis, piccolo, piccoloist, piccoloists, piccolos, pice, piceous, piciform, pick, pickaback, pickabacked, pickabacking, pickabacks, pickadil, pickadils, pickaninnies, pickaninny, pickaroon, pickaroons, pickax, pickaxe, pickaxed, pickaxes, pickaxing, picked, pickeer. (additional references)

Words ending with "pic": adipic, adrenocorticotropic, allotropic, allotypic, amblyopic, ametropic, anisometropic, anisotropic, anthropic, antientropic, apocopic, arthroscopic, ascocarpic, aspic, atopic, atypic, biopic, biotypic, bronchoscopic, cryoscopic, cystoscopic, deuteranopic, diageotropic, diplopic, ecotypic, ectopic, endoscopic, entopic, entropic, epic, eurytopic, fluoroscopic, gastroscopic, genotypic, geotropic, gonadotropic, gyroscopic, hagioscopic, heliotropic, hermatypic, heterotopic, heterotypic, holotypic, hydropic, hydrotropic, hygroscopic, hypermetropic, hyperopic, hypnopompic, inotropic, isentropic. (additional references)

Words containing "pic": abapical, allotypically, allspice, allspices, ampicillin, ampicillins, anisotropically, anthropical, apical, apically, apicals, apices, apiculate, apiculi, apicultural, apiculture, apicultures, apiculturist, apiculturists, apiculus, archetypical, aruspices, aspics, atypical, atypicalities, atypicality, atypically, auspice, auspices, auspicious, auspiciously, auspiciousness, auspiciousnesses, biopics, chloropicrin, chloropicrins, conspicuities, conspicuity, conspicuous, conspicuously, conspicuousness, conspicuousnesses, coppice, coppiced, coppices, coppicing, counterpicket, counterpicketed, counterpicketing, counterpickets, depict. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "Pic"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "pic" (pronounced pi"k)
3p i" khandpick, pick, spic.
2-i" kbrick, chick, click, Crick, Dick, flick, Hick, kick, lick, Mick, Nick, nonstick, prick, quick, realpolitik, Rick, schtick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, stick, Strick, thick, tic, tick, trick, Wick.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Pic

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-i-p"

-1 letter: pi.

 Words containing the letters "c-i-p"
 

+1 letter: chip, clip, epic, pica, pice, pick, pics, pyic, spic.

 

+2 letters: aspic, campi, carpi, chimp, chips, chirp, clips, clipt, crimp, cripe, crisp, cupid, epics, optic, panic, pical, picas, picks, picky, picot, picul, piece, pinch, pisco, pitch, plica, price, prick, pricy, pubic, pudic, pyric, scrip, sepic, spica, spice, spick, spics, spicy, topic, typic.

 

+3 letters: adipic, apical, apices, apiece, apneic, aspics, atopic, atypic, biceps, biopic, bipack, caliph, capias, capita, caplin, capric, capris, capsid, catnip, ceriph, chimps, chippy, chirps, chirpy, chopin, cipher, clypei, copied, copier, copies, coping, cowpie, crimps, crimpy, cripes, crisps, crispy, cupids, cupric, cuspid, cuspis, depict, epical, haptic, hiccup, hypnic, icecap, impact, incept, inclip, ipecac, kickup, myopic, octopi, oilcup, optics, orphic, pacify, pacing, painch, panics, pectic, pectin, pelvic, pencil, peptic, phasic, phatic, phobic, phonic, photic, phylic, physic, pianic, picara, picaro, pickax, picked, picker, picket, pickle, pickup, picnic, picots, picric, piculs, pieced, piecer, pieces, pierce, pincer, pionic, piracy, piscos, pitchy, placid, plaice, plicae, plical, poetic, police, policy, precis, priced, pricer, prices, pricey, pricks, pricky, prince, psocid, ptotic, public, pumice, pyemic, pyknic, recipe, scampi, scrimp, scrips, script, scyphi, septic, specie, spicae, spicas, spiced, spicer, spices, spicey, spicks, splice, tipcat, topics, tropic, unclip, unpick, upcoil, uptick, wicopy.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Company Usage
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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