gnome

n. one of a number of small creatures that live in the earth and guard its treasures, goblin, dwarf (Folklore)

GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is an international effort to build a complete desktop environment—the graphical user interface which sits on top of a computer operating system—entirely from free software. This goal includes creating software development frameworks, selecting application software for the desktop, and working on the programs which manage application launching, file handling, and window and task management.
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A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean free lifestyle.The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus. It is often claimed to descend from the Greek gnosis, "knowledge", but more likely comes from genomos "earth-dweller", in which case the omission of e is, as the OED calls it, a blunder. It is also possible that Paracelsus simply made the word up.Paracelsus includes gnomes in his list of elementals, as earth elementals. He describes them as two spans high, and very taciturn.
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Gnome et Rhône was a major French aircraft engine manufacturer. Between 1914 and 1918 they produced 25,000 of their 9-cylinder Delta and Le Rhône 110 hp (81 kW) rotary designs, while another 75,000 were produced by various licensees, powering the majority of aircraft in the first half of the war on both sides of the conflict. In the post-war era they started a new design series originally based on the Bristol Jupiter, but evolving into the excellent 1,000 hp-class (750 kW) Gnome-Rhône 14K Mistral Major radial, which was likewise licensed and used around the world during World War II. They were nationalized as a part of Snecma in 1949, but the brand lived on for a time as the manufacturer of motorcycles.
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n. gnome, one of a number of small creatures that live in the earth and guard its treasures, goblin, dwarf (Folklore)

n. gnome, one of a number of small creatures that live in the earth and guard its treasures, dwarf (Folklore)

(n.)
An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc.
  

(n.)
A small owl (Glaucidium gnoma) of the Western United States.
  

(n.)
A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance.
  

(n.)
A brief reflection or maxim.