linda

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Definition of linda in English English dictionary

A female given name

When I go to sleep / I never count sheep / I count all the charms about Linda.

very popular in the U.S. around 1950

{i} female first name; family name; city in central California (USA); daughter of Danaus who was worshipped on Rhodes (Greek Mythology); coordination language which is implemented as a subroutine library for a certain base language (Computers)

Parallel programming language based on a Virtual Shared Memory Model Combines the coordination language of Linda with the programming languages of C (C-Linda) and Fortran (F-Linda) to offer a parallel application development environment from Scientific Computing Associates, Inc

Related Terms

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Hyphenation

Lin·da

Turkish pronunciation

lîndı

Pronunciation

/ˈləndə/ /ˈlɪndə/

Etymology

() Latinized short form of Germanic compound names ending in -lind(e)"tender, soft", such as Sieglinde and Dietlinde; later associated with Spanish linda "beautiful". The name became known through 19th century literature and the opera Linda di Chamounix (1842).