English Explanatory Dictionary

Ravenscar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A coastal village in Staintondale parish, North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district, renamed from Peak in the early 20th century (OS grid ref NZ9801).
  2. Acronym of Reliable Ada Verifiable Executive Needed for Scheduling Critical Applications in Real Time.

Word forms

Ravenscar

Etymology

Recorded as Rauenesere 1312, from Old Norse hrafn + sker, so Peak must have been a later renaming. The computing term was derived from the name of the village, the location of the 8th International Real-Time Ada Workshop (IRTAW 8).

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