lynx
    n 1: a text browser
    2: short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for
       their fur [syn: lynx, catamount]

Lynx \Lynx\ (l[i^][ng]ks), n. [L. lynx, lyncis, Gr. ly`gx; akin
   to AS. lox, G. luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and
   akin to E. light. See Light, n., and cf. Ounce an
   animal.]
   1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of feline animals of
      the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short
      tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears.
      [1913 Webster]

   Note: Among the well-known species are the European lynx
         (Felis borealis); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier
         (Felis Canadensis syn. Lynx lynx); the bay lynx of
         America (Felis rufa), and its western spotted variety
         (var. maculata); and the pardine lynx (Felis pardina)
         of Southern Europe.

   2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations.
      [1913 Webster]

Lynx

   1. A WWW browser from the University of Kansas for use
   on cursor-addressable, character cell terminals or
   terminals emulators under Unix or VMS.  Lynx is a
   product of the Distributed Computing Group within Academic
   Computing Services of The University of Kansas.  Lynx was
   originally developed by Lou Montulli, Michael Grobe and
   Charles Rezac.  Garrett Blythe created DosLynx and later
   joined the Lynx effort as well.  Foteos Macrides ported much
   of Lynx to VMS and is now maintaining it.

   Version: 2.4-FM (1995-10-25).

   <http://cc.ukans.edu/about_lynx/about_lynx.html>.

   Mailing list: lynx[email protected] (send "subscribe
   lynx-dev " in the message body to
   [email protected]).

   (1994-12-07)

   2. Lynx Real-Time Systems.

   (1996-03-25)

LYNX

   A language for large distributed networks, using remote
   procedure calls, developed by the University of Wisconsin
   in 1984.

   ["The Lynx Distributed Programming Language: Motivation,
   Design and Experience", M.L. Scott, Computer Langs 16:209-233
   (1991)].

   (1994-10-12)