SQUID

SQUID

A SQUID is a very sensitive magnetometer used to measure extremely subtle magnetic fields, based on superconducting loops containing Josephson junctions.

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Squid

Squid is a proxy server and web cache daemon. It has a wide variety of uses, from speeding up a web server by caching repeated requests; to caching web, DNS and other computer network lookups for a group of people sharing network resources; to aiding security by filtering traffic. Although primarily used for HTTP and FTP, Squid includes limited support for several other protocols including TLS, SSL, Internet Gopher and HTTPS.

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squid

Noun

  1. Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
  2. A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
  3. A sailor in the Navy.
  4. A quid; one pound sterling.
    Can you lend me five squid? I feel like a bacon sarnie.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A motorcyclist characterized by lack of riding gear, reckless/careless/unsafe riding, especially of sport bikers.


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