From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
hobbit
n 1: an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with
hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
Hobbit
A Scheme to C compiler by Tanel Tammet
. Hobbit attempts to retain most of
the original Scheme program structure, making the output C
program readable and modifiable. Hobbit is written in Scheme
and is able to self-compile. Hobbit release 1 works together
with the scm release scm4b3. Future releases of scm and
hobbit will be coordinated.
ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/scm/hobbit2.tar.Z)">(ftp://altdorf.ai.mit.edu/archive/scm/hobbit2.tar.Z).
(1993-04-25)
2. The non-{ITS name of (*Hobbit*), master of
lasers.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
hobbit
High order bit. The most significant bit (of a byte). Also
known as the meta bit or high bit.
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