FOSSIL

adj. of or pertaining to a fossil; of or pertaining to a prehistoric age; old, ancient; out-of-date

n. prehistoric plant or animal remains which have been preserved in the Earth's crust; old-fashioned person, something old and outdated

For other uses of the term, see Fossil (disambiguation) FOSSIL is a standard for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under the DOS operating system. FOSSIL is an acronym for Fido Opus Seadog Standard Interface Layer.A "FOSSIL" driver is simply a communications device driver. They exist because in the early days of Fidonet, computer hardware was very diverse and there were no standards on how software was to communicate with the serial interface hardware. Initial development of FidoBBS only worked on a specific type of machine. Before FidoBBS could start spreading, it was seen that a uniform method of communicating with serial interface hardware was needed if the software was going to be used on other machines. This need was also apparent for other communications based software. The FOSSIL specification was born so as to provide this uniform method. Software using the FOSSIL standard could communicate using the same interrupt functions no matter what hardware it was running on.
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Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record. The study of fossils across geological time, how they were formed, and the evolutionary relationships between taxa (phylogeny) are some of the most important functions of the science of paleontology.
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Noun
1. someone whose style is out of fashion
(synonym) dodo, fogy, fogey
(hypernym) oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
(classification) colloquialism
2. the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
(hypernym) remains
(hyponym) fucoid
(derivation) fossilize, fossilise
Adjective
1. characteristic of a fossil

n. fossil, prehistoric plant or animal remains which have been preserved in the Earth's crust, old-fashioned person, something old and outdated, fuddy-duddy, person

adj. fossil, of or pertaining to a fossil; of or pertaining to a prehistoric age; old, ancient; out-of-date

n. fossil, prehistoric plant or animal remains which have been preserved in the Earth's crust