Month 3 – Word of the day 5
Ramadan
means
- the ninth month of the Muslim calendar.
- the daily fast that is rigidly enjoined from dawn until sunset during this month.
The word originated from Arabic, literally: the hot month, from ramad dryness.
Ramadan
means
The word originated from Arabic, literally: the hot month, from ramad dryness.
“Black box” means The “black box” isn’t black. It is orange. Before airlines made that color standard for their flight recorders, some Boeings used a yellow sphere, and the British had a gizmo called the Red Egg. So, why is it called “black”? One explanation goes this way: In 1939, an aviation engineer named Francois…
VPN means . virtual private network: a system or technology that uses a public network, usually the Internet, to transmit encrypted data between a private network and a remote authorized user. or a network that uses the internet to transfer information using secure methods.
Flimflam means deception or swindle or nonsensical or insincere talk. “pseudo-intellectual flimflam” a confidence trick. “flimflams perpetrated against us by our elected officials” The agent won’t fall for his flimflam.
Secede means withdraw To achieve a goal, and to follow after, is succeed.
We begin with the second month today for ‘Word of the day’ series. Wi-Fi means a brand name certifying that a device or other product is compatible with a set of broadband wireless networking standards. It has originated from the word ‘Wireless’.The term was invented by the marketing departments of wi-fi equipment manufacturers. It is short for…
Today’s word Hoi Polloi means the common people or the masses. The word has Greek origins, where it translates as “the many”.