The mature female of bovine animals.

The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

Female of the species cattle. Generally refering to an animal which has had one or more calves.

Committee of the Whole

Conferencing on the Web—a specific type of web-based interaction that allows "conversations" between students and the teacher as well as among students themselves, without the problem of overloading e-mail inboxes.

Conference on the Web, a tool developed by Eric Klavins, Professor Gerald Eisman and colleagues in the Computer Science Department. This web-based conferencing tool, which replaces SFSU's Bulletin Board Service (BBS), can be used to supplement class work, lead and participate in university-wide discussions, conduct committee business, departmental or programmatic business. Lists can be public, open to any interested members of the university community, or private, open only to members of a class, committee or program.

A player with whom one is sharing a buy-in, with the intent to split the result after play. To goCow is to make such an arrangement.

To combine bankrolls to buy into a game. The practice is referred to as "Cowing Up."

This neither refers to an animal that might have strayed into a casino or a profanity. In Poker, "cow" is the player with whom you are sharing a buy-in, with the intention of splitting the result after play. To "go cow" is to make such an arrangement.

subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.

Curse of Womanhood (menstruation)

A magical cloak made from a wolf's skin which gives the wearer increased agility.

A cow promises that good business sense will increase your prosperity.

Council of Watchers

COW is a memory allocation strategy where arrays are copied if they are to be modified.

Copy-on-write. Refers to memory that is mapped by multiple processes provided each process does not attempt to write to it. If a process writes to a page, the page is copied to a process-private location and remapped, leaving the original shared page intact. COW is commonly used by the loader for memory-mapped shared libraries.

A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock.

Cell site on wheels. A mobile site placed at a location to fill in or increase coverage.

Cell on Wheels. A complete mobile base station used to provide cellular coverage where coverage is unavailable. Often used to enhance coverage for special events or as a temporary backup service.

A radioisotope generator system.

A chimney cap; a cowl

a large unpleasant woman

shorthand for Cream-on-White fabric

Crude Oil Washing.

a correct digit in an incorrect position

Term used to describe an income property with a high positive cash flow.

The name some players call the . (See also Q/A 91.)