SAMBA is a collection of free software developed to provide Microsoft file system services from UNIX file servers More information about the on-going SAMBA project may be found at the SAMBA home page
A samba is a lively Brazilian dance. a fast dance from Brazil, or the type of music played for this dance. Ballroom dance of Brazilian origin, popularized in the U.S. and Europe in the 1940s. Danced to music in 4 4 time with a syncopated rhythm, the dance is characterized by simple forward and backward steps and tilting, rocking body movements. In Brazil an older African type of samba is also danced in circles or double lines as a group dance. For decades the samba has dominated Brazilian popular music
The word "samba" means "to rub navels together" The Portuguese imported many slaves from Angola and Congo into Brazil in the 16th century, who in turn brought their dances such as the Catarete, the Embolada and the Batuque These dances were considered sinful by the Europeans as they involved the touching of navels The Embolada is about a cow with balls on its horns for safety, and became a term meaning 'foolish'
Acronym for Sub-Antarctic Motions in the Brazil Basin, a component of the WOCE float program aimed at describing the absolute general circulation of the Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) as it spreads northward at about 800 m depth in the Brazil Basin During the SAMBA experiment a total of 100 MARVOR floats were launched between February 1994 and December 1998 at 800 30 dbar in the Brazil Basin [http: //www ifremer fr/lpo/samba/]
A syncopated, smooth dance style which was invented in the late 1800s as part of Brazil's carnaval celebrations Carnaval sambas were typically performed by large percussion ensembles, and were an expression of Brazil's West African heritage Later on, in the 1920s and '30s, samba became increasingly complex, as writers such as Ary Barroso transformed it into a pop style, blending African rhythms with European melodies Out of fashion during the bossa nova craze of the late 1950s and early '60s, samba had a resurgence of popularity in the 1970s, typified by popular singers such as Clara Nunes, Beth Carvalho and Alcione
This Brazilian dance was first introduced in 1917 but was finally adopted by Brazilian society in 1930 as a ballroom dance It is sometimes referred to as a Samba, Carioca, a Baion or a Batucado The difference is mostly in the tempo played since the steps in all three dance are very similar The style is to bounce steadily and smoothly in 2/4 meter They say that the Samba was introduced in the United States in 1939 by the late Carmen Miranda
large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood
Samba is an open-source implementation of Microsoft's SMB/CIFS protocol for file and printer sharing Samba lets Linux computer masquerade as Windows NT or 2000 servers, offer better performance and stability at a cheaper price