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Whiptail
Whiptail can refer to: * Fish: ** A common name for Blue grenadier, a species of fish in the genus ''Macruronus'' ** Whiptail catfish, a common name for the genus of fish ''Rineloricaria'' * A wide variety of long-tailed, New World lizard species from several genera in the Teiidae family; also known as racerunners and jungle runners. **'' Ameiva'' - jungle runners **''Aspidoscelis'' - northern whiptails **''Cnemidophorus'' - southern whiptails **'' Kentropyx'' - spurred whiptails * Whiptail (company), a company that builds solid-state data storage systems * Whiptail (plant disorder) * " Whiptail", a 1998 Hugo Award-nominated science fiction short story by Robert Reed * Whiptail (comics), a series of recurring adversaries in the comic book series ''Dynamo 5'' * Whiptail (software), in Unix-like shell scripting, a dialog replacement using Newt A newt is a salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae. The terrestrial juvenile phase is called an eft. Unlike other members of the fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiptail (company)
Whiptail Technologies LLC, was previously a privately held company that builds Computer data storage, data storage systems out of solid-state drive components. Whiptail designed and commercialized the use of NAND flash memory as a replacement for hard disk drives in large-scale storage systems. The company is named after the whiptail racerunner, a fast lizard species indigenous to the southwestern United States. On October 29, 2013, Whiptail was acquired by Cisco Systems for approximately US $415M. ''Cisco Press Release'' History Headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey, with offices in San Jose, California, and London, United Kingdom, Whiptail was founded in 2009 by Edward T Rebholz CEO and (now CTO) James Candelaria. Early investors included Ignition Partners, RRE Ventures and Spring Mountain Capital. In January 2012, Series B funding was reported as "more than $10 million." In December 2012, Whiptail announced a $31 million funding round. Ignition Partners led the Series C finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo 5
Dynamo 5 is a comic book superhero team created by writer Jay Faerber and artist Mahmud A. Asrar, which appears in an eponymous series published by Image Comics. The team first appeared in ''Dynamo 5'' #1 (Jan. 2007). The monthly series ended with issue #25 (Oct. 2009). The team later appeared in a 2010 miniseries, ''Dynamo 5: Sins of the Father'', and the one-shot (comics), one-shot ''Dynamo 5 Holiday Special 2010'' (Dec. 2010). ''Dynamo 5'' is a Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Noble Causes'', a previous comic book series created by Faerber set in the Image Universe, which also explores the dynamics of a superhero family. Publication history ''Dynamo 5'' is a Spin-off (media), spin-off of ''Noble Causes'', another comic book series created by Faerber and published by Image Comics, which likewise explores the dynamics of a superhero family. Faerber created ''Dynamo 5'' with the intent of making it more action-driven. The team is composed of five young men and women, each of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California City Whiptails
The California City Whiptails were a professional baseball team based in California City, California that began play in 2017. They were a member of the Pecos League, an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with MLB or Minor League Baseball Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National Le .... The Whiptails played in the Pecos League from 2017 to 2019, and folded following the 2019 season. The team was originally planned to return in 2021, however, due to the Pecos League revising the divisions, the team will not return. References External links * Pecos League website Pecos League teams Professional baseball teams in California Baseball teams established in 2016 2016 establishments in California Defunct independent baseball league teams Sports in Kern County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newt (programming Library)
Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget-based user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, checkboxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, scrollbars, etc., to text user interfaces. This package also contains the shared library needed by programs built with newt, as well as a CLI application whiptail, which provides the most commonly used features of dialog. Newt is based on the slang library. It abbreviates from ''Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit''. Overview Newt was originally designed for use in the install code of Red Hat Linux and is written mostly focusing on clear interface, simplicity and small footprint. Because of that, unlike most recent GUI engines, it does not use an event-driven architecture. Windows must be created and destroyed as a stack (the order of discarding is the exact opposite to that of creation). The top level window is always modal. Many behaviours, such as widget traversal order, are difficult or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cnemidophorus
''Cnemidophorus'' is a genus of lizards in the family Teiidae. Species in the genus ''Cnemidophorus'' are commonly referred to as whiptail lizards or racerunners. The genus is native to South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Taxonomy Reeder et al. (2002) re-examined the nomenclature for the genus ''Cnemidophorus'' (''sensu lato'') and split it into the two genera ''Aspidoscelis'' and ''Cnemidophorus'' (''sensu stricto''). A further split by Harvey et al. (2012) added the genera ''Ameivula'' and '' Contomastix''. Etymology The name ''Cnemidophorus'' literally means "greave-wearing", from the Ancient Greek ' (combining form of ', "greave", a leg armor) and ' ("bearer"). Reproduction In some of the ''Cnemidophorus'' species, there are no males, and they reproduce through parthenogenesis. This is well known in bees and aphids, but is very rare in vertebrates. Those species without males are now known to originate through hybridization, or interspecific breeding. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Reed (author)
Robert David Reed (born October 9, 1956 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a Hugo Award-winning American science fiction author. He has a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the Nebraska Wesleyan University. Reed is an "extraordinarily prolific" genre short-fiction writer with "Alone" being his 200th professional sale. His work regularly appears in ''Asimov's'', ''Fantasy & Science Fiction'', and ''Sci Fiction''. He has also published eleven novels. , Reed lived in Lincoln, Nebraska with his wife and daughter. Awards * "Mudpuppies" (1986) (First Writers of the Future Grand Prize winner) * ''la Voie terrestre'' (1994), the French translation of ''Down the Bright Way'' (1991) ( Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for foreign novel) * "Decency" (1996) (''Asimov's Science Fiction'' reader poll, short story) * "Marrow" (1997) ('' Science Fiction Age'' reader poll, novella) * "She Sees My Monsters Now" (2002) (''Asimov's Science Fiction'' reader poll, short story) * "A Billion Eves" (2006): Hugo Award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiptail Catfish
Whiptail catfish (''Dasyloricaria filamentosa'') is a species of armored catfish endemic to Colombia where it is found in the Magdalena River basin and is suspected to also occur in the Catatumbo River. This species grows to a length of SL. ''D. filamentosa'' is found in the aquarium An aquarium (: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. fishkeeping, Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aquati ... trade. References * filamentosa Catfish of South America Freshwater fish of Colombia Endemic fauna of Colombia Magdalena River Taxa named by Franz Steindachner Fish described in 1878 {{Loricariinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspidoscelis
''Aspidoscelis'' is a genus of whiptail lizards in the family Teiidae. Taxonomy The nomenclature for the genus ''Aspidoscelis'' was published by T.W. Reeder et al. in 2002. Many species that were formerly included in the genus '' Cnemidophorus'' are now considered ''Aspidoscelis'' based upon divergent characters between the two groups. Etymology The name ''Aspidoscelis'' literally means "shield-leg", from the Ancient Greek ("shield") and ("leg"). Species The following species are recognized as being valid. *'' Aspidoscelis angusticeps'' – Yucatán whiptail *'' Aspidoscelis arizonae'' – Arizona striped whiptail *''Aspidoscelis burti'' – canyon spotted whiptail *'' Aspidoscelis calidipes'' – Tepalcatepec Valley whiptail *'' Aspidoscelis carmenensis'' – Carmen Island whiptail *''Aspidoscelis ceralbensis'' – Cerralvo Island whiptail *''Aspidoscelis communis'' – Colima giant whiptail *''Aspidoscelis costatus'' – western Mexico whiptail lizard *''Aspidos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Year's Best SF 4
''Year's Best SF 4'' is a science fiction anthology, edited by David G. Hartwell, that was published in 1999. It is the fourth in the Year's Best SF series. Contents The book itself, as well as each of the stories, has a short introduction by the editor. * Alexander Jablokov: "Market Report" (First published in ''Asimov's Science Fiction'', 1998) *Gregory Benford: "A Dance to Strange Musics" (First published in ''Science Fiction Age'', 1998) *Norman Spinrad: "The Year of the Mouse" (First published in ''Asimov's'', 1998) * Mary Soon Lee: "The Day Before They Came" (First published in '' Interzone'', 1998) * Rob Chilson: "This Side of Independence" (First published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (''F&SF''), 1998) * Stephen Baxter: " The Twelfth Album" (First published in ''Interzone'', 1998) *Ted Chiang: "Story of Your Life" (First published in '' Starlight 2'', 1998) *Robert Reed: "Whiptail" (First published in ''Asimov's'', 1998) * Mary Rosenblum: "The Eye of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Grenadier
The blue grenadier (also known as hoki, blue hake, New Zealand whiptail, or whiptail hake, ''Macruronus novaezelandiae'') is a Merlucciidae, merluccid hake of the family (biology), family Merlucciidae found around southern Australia (continent), Australia and New Zealand, as well as off both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of South America from Peru to Brazil at depths of between . It feeds in midwater on small squids, crustaceans, and fish. Its length is between . It is a slender, silvery fish similar in appearance to the Silver gemfish, gemfish. The meat of the fish is white and almost always sold in fillets; culinarily it is considered a whitefish (fisheries term), whitefish. Commercial use Australian supermarkets have many hoki products, mainly in pre-packaged processed foods. Often the manufactured meat result is manufactured into a fish cutlet shape and then battered or crumbed to further give a good fresh look. The hoki is one of the species used in McDonald's Filet-O-Fish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teiidae
Teiidae is a family of lacertoidean lizards native to the Americas. Members of this family are generally known as whiptails or racerunners; however, tegus also belong to this family. Teiidae is sister to the Gymnophthalmidae, Gymnopthalmidae, and both families comprise the Teiioidea. The Teiidae includes several Parthenogenesis, parthenogenic species – a mode of clonal reproduction. Presently, the Teiidae consists of approximately 150 species in eighteen genus, genera. Morphology and behavior Teiids can be distinguished from other lizards by the following characteristics: large rectangular scale (zoology), scales that form distinct transverse rows Anatomical terms of location#Dorsal and ventral, ventrally and generally small granular scale (zoology), scales Dorsum (anatomy), dorsally, head scales that are separate from the skull bones, and teeth that are solid at the base and "glued" to the jaw bones. Additionally, all teiids have a forked, snake-like tongue. They all possess we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ameiva
''Ameiva'', commonly called jungle-runners, is a genus of whiptail lizards that belongs to the family Teiidae. Geographic range Member species of the genus ''Ameiva'' are found in South America, Central America and the Caribbean (West Indies). Their major habitat in four regions of Brazil include: Caatinga, Cerrado, the Amazonian rain forest, and the Amazonian savanna. Additionally, ''Ameiva ameiva'' has been introduced to Florida in the United States. Species Sourced from "The Reptile Database". The Reptile Database. http://www.reptile-database.org. '''': A binomial authori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
