Comet
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. From comet.
Proper noun[edit]
Comet
- The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.
Coordinate terms[edit]
Santa Claus's reindeer
Translations[edit]
reindeer of Santa Claus
Etymology 2[edit]
Coined by software engineer Alex Russell in March 2006. After the Comet brand of cleaning products, as a pun on Ajax, which is also both a Web programming technique and a brand of cleaning products.
Proper noun[edit]
Comet
- (programming) A web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a web server to push data to a browser, without the browser explicitly requesting it.