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echo: moscow_oklahoma
to: Aleksej R. Serdyukov
from: Danny Ceppa
date: 2003-12-10 01:17:28
subject: Churchill

-> On 09 Dec 03  06:06:34, Aleksej R. Serdyukov got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: Churchill

 DC>> What is "lockage"?  
 ARS>> м. lock, sluice; flood gate; проходить через
 ARS>> ~ы go* through the locks.
 
 DC> That makes a bit more sense.  But, just what does that have to 
 DC> do with computers?  

 ARS> Eh... I didn't think of that...
 ARS> There is one more meaning: "difference of levels in the place where
 ARS> lockages are". 

The problem I am having is that I have heard the word "lockages", 
let alone used it.  

I just checked, though.  One definition is about the building of 
a lock on a canal.  The other is about the collection of a fee 
for going through that lock.  




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