单词 | quotron |
释义 | Quotronn. Originally and chiefly U.S. Now chiefly historical. (The name of) a computer system which provides current stock quotations; the service provided by this. Frequently attributive.A proprietary name in the United States. ΚΠ 1960 Kansas City (Missouri) Times 7 Sept. 18/7 (advt.) See the Quotron. Actual demonstration of the amazing new ‘electronic brain’ for brokers. 1987 Financial Rev. 20 Oct. 40/5 They might as well pass a rule banning quotrons. 1989 P. Lynch One Up on Wall St. 270 I could give you a much longer list of smaller and lesser-known public companies whose blips have disappeared from the Quotron forever. 2001 Money (Nexis) Aug. 18 There were people shouting orders with animated gestures, others talking confidently on the phone, clicking away at their Quotron machines. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1960 |
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