Definitions for "GNAT "
Keywords:  culex, midges, mosquito, biting, flies
A blood-sucking dipterous fly, of the genus Culex, undergoing a metamorphosis in water. The females have a proboscis armed with needlelike organs for penetrating the skin of animals. These are wanting in the males. In America they are generally called mosquitoes. See Mosquito.
Any fly resembling a Culex in form or habits; esp., in America, a small biting fly of the genus Simulium and allies, as the buffalo gnat, the black fly, etc.
any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
Keywords:  ada, gcc, gnu, nyu, stood
GNAT is an Ada 95 compiler. It is implemented as a gcc front-end .
The GNU Ada Translator, a free Ada 95 compiler available for a range of platforms. See Chapter 20 for more details.
GNAT is the GNU Ada Compiler based on GCC. Originally its name was an acronym that stood for GNU NYU Ada Translator, but that name no longer applies. The front-end and run-time are written in Ada.
Keywords:  british, usage
British usage