grandfather's father

  • 1Grandfather-father-son backup — refers to the most common rotation scheme for rotating backup media. Originally designed for tape back up, it works well for any hierarchical backup strategy. The basic method is to define three sets of backups, such as daily, weekly and monthly …

    Wikipedia

  • 2Grandfather — Grand fa ther, n. A father s or mother s father; an ancestor immediately after the father or mother in lineal ascent. [1913 Webster] {Grandfather longlegs}. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3Grandfather longlegs — Grandfather Grand fa ther, n. A father s or mother s father; an ancestor immediately after the father or mother in lineal ascent. [1913 Webster] {Grandfather longlegs}. (Zo[ o]l.) See {Daddy longlegs}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4Grandfather-Father-Son Backup — (en français « grand père père fils »), est une méthode de rotation de sauvegarde de données utilisée assez couramment. Utilisée à l origine pour les sauvegardes sur bande magnétique, elle fonctionne pour n importe quelle sauvegarde… …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 5grandfather — early 15c., from GRAND (Cf. grand) (adj.) + FATHER (Cf. father), probably on analogy of Fr. grand père. Replaced GRANDSIRE (Cf. grandsire) and O.E. ealdefæder. Grandfather clause originally (1900) referred to exemptions from post Reconstruction… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6grandfather — [grand′fä΄thər, gran′fä΄thər] n. 1. the father of one s father or mother: also a term of respectful familiarity to any elderly man 2. a male ancestor; forefather vt. Informal to exempt (an activity, practice, person, etc.) from a new law or… …

    English World dictionary

  • 7Father Knows Worst — «Father Knows Worst» «Папа знает хуже» Эпизод «Симпсонов» …

    Википедия

  • 8grandfather — ► NOUN 1) the father of one s father or mother. 2) a founder or originator …

    English terms dictionary

  • 9Grandfather Mountain — Infobox Mountain Name = Grandfather Mountain Photo = Grandfather Mountain.jpg Caption = Elevation = 5,964 feet (1,818 metres) Range = Appalachian Mountains Location = North Carolina, USA Prominence = 2,444 feet (745 meters) Coordinates =… …

    Wikipedia

  • 10Grandfather Stories — Infobox Book name = Grandfather Stories title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of hardback Book of the Month Club edition author = Samuel Hopkins Adams illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series =… …

    Wikipedia