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data encryption
data encryption the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign governments. It is also now used ...
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Artemas
Artemas , companion of Paul, mentioned in his Letter to Titus.
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Titus
Titus in the Bible, early Christian, a missionary and friend of St. Paul. According to later tradition he was a bishop in Crete.
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Linus Benedict Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds 1969-, Finnish computer software engineer. A member of Finland's Swedish-speaking minority, he attended the Univ. of Helsinki (M.S., 1996), where he also taught. In the early 1990s he began working on a Unix-like operating system for personal computers built with Intel micro...
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Titus
Titus (Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus) , AD 39-AD 81, Roman emperor (AD 79-AD 81). Son of Emperor Vespasian, Titus was closely associated with his father in military campaigns, and after AD 71 he acted as coruler with the emperor. He served in Britain and in Germany and captured and destroyed J...
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Justus
Justus in the Bible. 1 Surname of Joseph Barsabas . 2 or Titus Justus, Corinthian host of St. Paul. 3 Jesus Justus: see Jesus 2.
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crucible
crucible vessel in which a substance is heated to a high temperature, as for fusing or calcining. The necessary properties of a crucible are that it maintain its mechanical strength and rigidity at high temperatures and that it not react in an undesirable way with its contents. Porcelain , iron, a...
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optician
optician filler of prescriptions for and dispenser of corrective lenses. An optician may grind lenses as instructed by the prescription of an optometrist (see optometry ) or ophthalmologist (see ophthalmology ) or transcribe the instructions for laboratory mechanics. The optician also fits and ad...
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Sir Titus Salt
Sir Titus Salt 1803-76, English textile manufacturer and inventor. He invented a machine for making worsted from coarse wool and a process for spinning and weaving alpaca. In 1851 he started to build, on the Aire River, extensive textile works and a model manufacturing town, called Saltaire, in whi...
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Epimenides
Epimenides , fl. 6th cent.? BC, Cretan prophet and miracle worker. According to one story, he was called to Athens to purify the city after the murder of Cylon on the Acropolis. Many poems, oracles, and sayings were attributed to him (Titus 1.12 is supposed to contain one of these).
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