[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

triton \tri"ton\ trimac"to^n, n. l., fr. gr. tri`twn.
   gr. myth.
   a fabled sea demigod, the son of neptune and amphitrite, and
   the trumpeter of neptune. he is represented by poets and
   painters as having the upper part of his body like that of a
   man, and the lower part like that of a fish. he often has a
   trumpet made of a shell.
   1913 webster

         have sight of proteus rising from the sea,
         or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.
                                                  --wordsworth.
   1913 webster

   2. zool. any one of many species of marine gastropods
      belonging to triton and allied genera, having a stout
      spiral shell, often handsomely colored and ornamented with
      prominent varices. some of the species are among the
      largest of all gastropods. called also trumpet shell,
      and sea trumpet.
      1913 webster

   3. zool. any one of numerous species of aquatic
      salamanders. the common european species are
      hemisalamandra cristata, molge palmata, and molge
      alpestris, a red-bellied species common in switzerland.
      the most common species of the united states is
      diemyctylus viridescens. see illust. under salamander.
      1913 webster
see also:
triton trumpet shell sea trumpet hemisalamandra cristata molge palmata molge alpestris 
diemyctylus viridescens salamander 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

triton
     n 1: greek mythology a sea god; son of poseidon
     2: tropical marine gastropods having beautifully colored spiral
        shells
     3: small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of
        north america and europe and northern asia syn: newt
see also:
newt 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

32 moby thesaurus words for "triton":
   davy, davy jones, dylan, neptune, nereid, nereus, oceanid, oceanus,
   poseidon, thetis, varuna, fresh-water nymph, kelpie, limniad,
   man fish, mermaid, merman, naiad, nix, nixie, ocean nymph,
   sea devil, sea god, sea nymph, sea-maid, sea-maiden, seaman, siren,
   undine, water god, water spirit, water sprite

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

triton
     
         intel's pentium core logic chip set.  in
        addition to the traditional features, this chip set supports:
        edo dram to increase the bandwidth of the dram
        interface; "pipelined burst sram" for a cheaper, faster
        second level cache; "bus master ide" control logic to
        reduce processor load; a plug and play port for easy
        implementation of functions such as audio.
     
        the triton i chipset official name 82430fx consists of 4
        chips: one 82437fx tsc triton sysetm controller, two 82438fx
        tdp triton data path, and one 82371fb piix pci ide
        xcellerator.  it supports pb cache, edo dram, and a
        maximum pci and memory burst data transfer rate of 100
        megabytes per second.
     
        there are also moble triton 82430mx, triton ii
        82430hx, and the triton vx 82430vx chip sets.
     
        introduction
        http://www.asus.com.tw/products/tb/triton-intro.html.
     
        1996-04-03
     
     
see also:
intel pentium core chip set edo dram bandwidth 
dram pipelined burst sram second level cache bus master 
ide pb cache pci megabytes moble triton 
triton ii triton vx lt;introductiongt; 

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