About Proteus

Proteus... what does it mean ?

proteus \Pro"te*us\, n. [L., Gr. ?.]

1. (Class. Myth.) A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A genus of aquatic eel-shaped amphibians found in caves in Austria. They have permanent external gills as well as lungs. The eyes are small and the legs are weak.
(b) A changeable protozoan; an am[oe]ba.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

proteus

1: (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will [syn: Proteus]
2: type genus of the Proteidae [syn: Proteus, genus Proteus]

WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]

proteus

An extensible language, the core of PARSEC.

["The Design of a Minimal Expandable Computer Language", J.R. Bell, PhD Thesis, CS, Stanford University (Dec 1968)].
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13Jul98) [foldoc]