Edison
    n 1: United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph
         and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the
         Kinetoscope (1847-1931) [syn: Edison, Thomas Edison,
         Thomas Alva Edison]

Edison

   1. (Named after the American inventor Thomas Edison
   (1847-1931))

   A simplified Pascal by Per Brinch Hansen with modules and
   concurrency (cobegin/coend).

   ["Edison - A Multiprocessor Language", P. Brinch Hansen, CS
   Dept, USC, Sep 1980].

   ["Programming a Personal Computer", Brinch Hansen, P-H 1977].

   2. A language which adds an OPS5-like rete-based
   production system system to C.  It is implemented as a C
   preprocessor.

   ["Edison, A Unix and C Friendly Rete Based Production System",
   B. Thirion, SIGPLAN Notices 27(1):75-84 (Jan 1992)].

   (1994-12-08)

Edison, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
   Population (2000):    154
   Housing Units (2000): 89
   Land area (2000):     0.259090 sq. miles (0.671039 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.259090 sq. miles (0.671039 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            14520
   Located within:       Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
   Location:             40.277599 N, 99.776088 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     68936
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Edison, NE
    Edison

Edison, NJ -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New Jersey
   Population (2000):    97687
   Housing Units (2000): 36018
   Land area (2000):     30.122032 sq. miles (78.015701 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.567558 sq. miles (1.469968 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    30.689590 sq. miles (79.485669 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            20260
   Located within:       New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
   Location:             40.538204 N, 74.378585 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     08817 08820 08837
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Edison, NJ
    Edison

Edison, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
   Population (2000):    437
   Housing Units (2000): 178
   Land area (2000):     0.288213 sq. miles (0.746468 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.288213 sq. miles (0.746468 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            24598
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             40.558114 N, 82.863455 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     43320
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Edison, OH
    Edison

Edison, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
   Population (2000):    1340
   Housing Units (2000): 584
   Land area (2000):     2.326986 sq. miles (6.026866 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2.326986 sq. miles (6.026866 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            26448
   Located within:       Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
   Location:             31.560891 N, 84.737984 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     31746
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Edison, GA
    Edison

Edison, WA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Washington
   Population (2000):    133
   Housing Units (2000): 55
   Land area (2000):     0.584842 sq. miles (1.514735 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.584842 sq. miles (1.514735 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            20680
   Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
   Location:             48.562531 N, 122.436514 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Edison, WA
    Edison