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 Definitions of condom  [ˈkɒn dəm, ˈkʌn-]  

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Definition of 'condom' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) condom
a thin sheath, usu. of rubber, worn over the penis during sexual intercourse to prevent conception or sexually transmitted disease.

Etymology:  (1700–10; of obscure orig.)

Definition of 'condom' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic
contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse


Definition of 'condom' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) condom
a rubber covering for the penis


Definitions of 'condom' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  condom
1. The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk — and can even fatally frustrate insertion.

2. The protective cladding on a light pipe.

3. keyboard condom: A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against dust and programming fluid without impeding typing.

4. elephant condom: the plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit.

5. n. obs. A dummy directory /usr/tmp/sh, created to foil the Great Worm by exploiting a portability bug in one of its parts. So named in the title of a comp.risks article by Gene Spafford during the Worm crisis, and again in the text of The Internet Worm Program: An Analysis, Purdue Technical Report CSD-TR-823.



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