Definitions for DEC
dec

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. December, Decnoun

   the last (12th) month of the year

2. declination, celestial latitude, decnoun

   (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere

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1. dec

   Dec is an abbreviation that can refer to: 1) December - the 12th and final month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. 2) Decimal - a number system based on ten. 3) Decade - a period of 10 years. 4) Deci - a metric prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of tenth. 5) Declination - a term used in astronomy representing the distance of a celestial body north or south of the celestial equator. 6) Decision - a choice made between two or more alternatives. The exact meaning typically depends on the context in which the abbreviation is used.

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1. DEC

   n. Commonly used abbreviation for Digital Equipment Corporation, later deprecated by DEC itself in favor of “Digital” and now entirely obsolete following the buyout by Compaq. Before the killer micro revolution of the late 1980s, hackerdom was closely symbiotic with DEC's pioneering timesharing machines. The first of the group of cultures described by this lexicon nucleated around the PDP-1 (see TMRC). Subsequently, the PDP-6, PDP-10, PDP-20, PDP-11 and VAX were all foci of large and important hackerdoms, and DEC machines long dominated the ARPANET and Internet machine population. DEC was the technological leader of the minicomputer era (roughly 1967 to 1987), but its failure to embrace microcomputers and Unix early cost it heavily in profits and prestige after silicon got cheap. Nevertheless, the microprocessor design tradition owes a major debt to the PDP-11 instruction set, and every one of the major general-purpose microcomputer OSs so far (CP/M, MS-DOS, Unix, OS/2, Windows NT) was either genetically descended from a DEC OS, or incubated on DEC hardware, or both. Accordingly, DEC was for many years still regarded with a certain wry affection even among many hackers too young to have grown up on DEC machines.

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1. DEC

   What does DEC stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the DEC acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DEC

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dec is ranked #25295 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Dec surname appeared 979 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dec.
   
   96.1% or 941 total occurrences were White.
   1.2% or 12 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.1% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 10 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.5% or 5 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Gregorian Calendar Month
   • Angular Distance
   • Astronomy

Anagrams for DEC »

1. CDE

2. CED

3. ECD

4. EDC

How to pronounce DEC?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say DEC in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DEC in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DEC in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DEC in a Sentence

1. Hannah Cunliffe:

   There is lots of negative news from China, North Korea and indeed almost all of the emerging markets... After last year's good performance we were bound to see a pull-back. Companies will remain cautious in their outlook when they present Oct – Dec 2015 earnings, the Nikkei will trade below its 2015 high for most of this year.

2. Stergios Pitsiorlas:

   We had some delays with the concession agreements so we moved the date to Dec. 3, investors have been notified.

3. Tito Rutaremara:

   We would wish it to take place on Dec. 18 but, you know, demanding is different from getting.

4. Marine Corps spokesperson:

   Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller is no longer on active duty and was separated from the service on Dec. 24, 2021, out of respect for the privacy rights afforded uniformed service members, we have nothing further to add regarding his status or the characterization of his service in the Marine Corps.

5. Spokesman Walter De Gregorio:

   The executive committee today... decided that, yes, we are going to play in November and December and, yes, the final is going to be played on Dec. 18, it's a Sunday and it's also the national day of Qatar and, in principle, we try to play in 28 days.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DEC
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Dec
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html