Definitions for "Aegis"
The Navy's advanced, fast reaction, high firepower, shipboard anti-air warfare area defense system (Note: Aegis is the Greek word for "shield").
The aegis is the shield of Zeus (originally a "goat-skin"), which thunders when he shakes it. Athena also bore the aegis, often tasseled and with the head of Medusa affixed, its petrifying power still intact. This divine shield afforded safety and security and so to be under the aegis of an individual or of an institution is to be favored with protection, sponsorship, or patronage.
Animal skin worn with a slit for the head, with the head of the animal, usually a goat, on the breast.
kindly endorsement and guidance; "the tournament was held under the auspices of the city council"
a combat system deployed on Ticonderoga class cruisers and Arleigh Burke class destroyers. Aegis is an integrated system for detecting threats and launching and guiding missiles to negate those threats. Its major components include the SPY1 radar, a command and control element, and launching and guidance elements for missiles.
Aegis (Trey Rollins) is a fictional African American superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. He was created in 1999, first appearing in New Warriors (vol. 2) #0. He then joined the second version of the New Warriors.
armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass
The concept of doing something "under someone's ægis" means doing something under protection of a powerful, knowledgeable, or benevolent source. The word ægis is identified with protection by a strong force with its roots in Classical mythology, specifically Greek myth adopted by the Romans; there are parallels in Norse mythology, and in Egyptian, where the Greek word aegis is applied by extension.
Aegis is a transaction-based software configuration management system. It provides a framework within which a team of developers may work on many changes to a program independently, and Aegis coordinates integrating these changes back into the master sour
AEW/Ground environment Integration System
In computing, Aegis is a software change management system first released in 1991. It supports a strongly test-driven development workflow on top of any number of different underlying revision control systems, such as RCS or SCCS.
Aegis is Windows Server software used along with Microsoft SQL Server by Gravity Corporation to run the official Ragnarok Online game servers. It was originally developed for exclusive use within Gravity and Gravity subsidiaries, but has been leaked within its lifetime, purportedly by several teams who compromised official computers which contained AEGIS binaries.
The AIDS Education Global Information System, the largest web site in the world dedicated to HIV/AIDS, is a vast network of information sources, updated hourly. (Go to AIDS Links to connect to web sites for this and related services and organizations.)
Aegis Public Safety Suite is a type of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) software used by emergency services in the United States. It is published by New World Systems and contains modules for CAD, Records and NCIC.
Alliance of Ewriters of GateKeepers International Society
Electronically Generated Information Service - an automated link between the MHRA and the pharmaceutical industry for exchange of information on adverse drug reactions. A subscription service. Available to regulatory authorities free of charge.