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Apache
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- 1 The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
- 2 A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
- 3 Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite. informal
"This list is necessary so Apache can set the right HTTP headers when a certain file is requested."
- 1 Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
"Away up at the sources of the Gila, where the pines and cedars stand and where creeks and valleys are found, is a part of the Apache land."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster. alt-of
- 3 the language of the Apache wordnet
- 4 A person belonging to an Apache people.
- 5 a Parisian gangster wordnet
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- 6 A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. historical
"But the brain, and the agility, and the muscles that had coped with the mighty strength and cruel craftiness of Terkoz and Numa in the fastness of their savage jungle were not to be so easily subdued as these apaches of Paris had believed."
- 7 any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma wordnet
- 8 AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
Etymology
From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.
From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.
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