A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war
A corvette is a small fast warship that is used to protect other ships from attack. Fast naval vessel smaller than a frigate. In the 18th-19th century corvettes were three-masted ships with square rigging and carried about 20 guns on the top deck. Often used to send dispatches within a battle fleet, they also escorted merchant ships. Early U.S. corvettes won distinction in the War of 1812. They disappeared as a class after the shift to steam power in the mid-19th century, but in World War II the term was applied to small armed vessels that served as escorts for convoys. Modern corvettes, usually displacing 500-1,000 tons (454-900 metric tons) and armed with missiles, torpedoes, and machine guns, perform antisubmarine, antiaircraft, and coastal-patrol duties in small navies
the old code name for AMD's mobile Athlon processor It will be available in the second half of 2000 and contain 256KB of on-die L2 and will also feature PowerNow! The mobile version of the Thunderbird The new code name is Palomino