meaning of argus

1. A fabulous being of antiquity, said to have had a hundred eyes, who has placed by Juno to guard Io. His eyes were transplanted to the peacocks tail.
2. One very vigilant; a guardian always watchful.
3. A genus of East Indian pheasants. The common species (A. giganteus) is remarkable for the great length and beauty of the wing and tail feathers of the male. The species A. Grayi inhabits Borneo.
4. A species of shell (Cypraea argus), beautifully variegated with spots resembling those in a peacocks tail.
5. Argus A successor to CLU, from LCS at MIT. Argus supports distributed programming through guardians like monitors, but can be created dynamically and atomic actions indivisible activity. It also has cobegin and coend. ["Argus Reference Manual", B. Liskov et al. , TR-400, MIT/LCS, 1987]. ["Guardians and Actions: Linguistic Support for Robust, Distributed Programs", B. Liskov mit. edu> et al, TOPLAS 53:381-404 1983].
6. large brilliantly patterned East Indian pheasant

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