Definitions for "Tor "
High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
A rocky outcropping found among the moors of Dartmoor, such as seen in this photo of Staple Tor.
Large outcrop of bedrock. In granite country tors are typically round boulders.
A key regulatory protein that processes biochemical signals necessary for a cell to progress from the G1 phase to the S phase.
Target of Rapamycin. TOR is a protein in the signaling pathway involving the TSC proteins. TOR sends signals to the nucleus of a cell and to the protein synthesis machinery to tell the cell to take up more nutrients, to make more proteins, and to grow. TOR is also a drug target for the drug Rapamycin.
See Target of Rapamycin.
Keywords:  kubert, caveman, maurer, joe, reprinted
Tor is a comic book drawn by Joe Kubert and written by Norman Maurer about a caveman named Tor who battles dinosaurs and other monsters. It was originally published by St. John Publications, later reprinted with new material by DC Comics, and then continued by other publishers.
Keywords:  beast
Keywords:  mdash, eff, naval, foundation, november
Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. It provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy.
Tor (The Onion Router) is a free software implementation of second-generation onion routing — a system enabling its users to communicate anonymously on the Internet. Originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory, Tor became an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) project in late 2004. The EFF supported Tor financially until November 2005 http://tor.eff.org/people.html, and continues to provide web hosting for the project.
Keywords:  onar, thor, strongest, worship, gods
Thor, Þór, Ðonar, Þonar. The strongest of the gods, the most well-known and most important in worship.
Keywords:  turret, tower
A tower; a turret.
definition:“Tor” is a goal in football. A “Tor” is also the massive entrance to a castle residence, the ruins of which can be found scattered throughout Germany's villages.
Keywords:  ree, collector, swap, meet, trade
Trade-o-ree, a collector's swap meet.
Keywords:  vtcw, technical, vehicle, word, code
Technical Operating Report VTCW Vehicle Time Code Word
Terminal Owning Region. A term associated with a CICS region which provides terminal management on behalf of other CICS regions in the same or different operating systems environment.
Keywords:  'silicon, see
see 'SILICON TOR'
Keywords:  reference, terms
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