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Real name: Steven Gibson maintainer of WikiWikis at: http://www.superant.com/cgi-bin/smalllinux.pl Small Linux Wiki http://slencyclopedia.berlios.de/ SuperLinux Encyclopedia of Linux Links http://linudent.sourceforge.net/wiki/ LinuDent Dental Software Project ---- Welcome, Steven! It seems we've received the sincerest form of flattery! :-) --LMS

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Super

The word super has several meanings:

Prefix

First known as a prefix, meaning "above", "beyond", "on top", "besides", super- has a long history in the English language and has since evolved into a useful adjective and expletive as well. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the use of ''super-'' evolved as follows: :A certain number of important Latin compounds, chiefly verbs, belong to the classical period, but the great majority are of later date, and many are recorded first from Christian writing. As a living prefix in English ''super-'' first appears about the middle of the 15th c.; it became frequent in Elizabethan times, and the 17th c. it was very widely used. In more recent times, it has been extensively introduced into the nomenclature of chemistry and other sciences as a correlation to ''sub-''. Words with "super" as a prefix include:

superscript

supersonic

supercentenarian

Gasoline

In Australia and New Zealand, as well as in continental Europe, ''Super'' was the name for a number of years commonly given to leaded high octane petrol (gasoline). Originally the name denoted premium leaded petrol, as opposed to Standard, which was non-premium leaded petrol. However, with the introduction of unleaded petrol in the early 1980s, Standard petrol was discontinued, leaving only Super, which then became a synonym for leaded petrol in general. This continued until the late 1990s, when leaded petrol began to be eliminated in favour of various different blends of unleaded petrol contain special additives for use with leaded vehicles. The name of these blends varies from oil company to oil company.

Building superintendent

In the United States, the word ''super'' is common shorthand for a building superintendent, an employee of the landlord who usually lives on-premises and handles minor repairs. See janitor for more on these duties. The super may also accept deliveries for tenants, and represent the landlord

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Super

A dictionary definition. Can this be an article? Otherwise, delete. -- Sam :I agree, I've added it to Wikipedia:Votes for deletion. --Camembert 00:16 Oct 26, 2002 (UTC) ::I'd love it if it could become more; but I can't see it! -- Sam What do you think of it now, Sam and Cam? Ortolan88 :Yep, it's shaping up very nicely, thanks to you and others. I didn't want to add it to the deletion page (I hardly ever ask for things to be deleted unless they're nonsense of the "hi, my name is dave" variety), but like Sam, I couldn't see how it could get much bigger. I'm glad to be proved wrong :) I'll remove my vote for deletion. --Camembert

Terminology (Super vs. Hyper)

Recently, in RC, I've been studying articles talking about 2 similar phrases that differ only in that one uses super and the other hyper. "Super" is Latin for "above" and "hyper" is Greek for "over". How are these terms interchangeable

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