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Gemini

Gemini

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A simple internet system for reading and publishing plain text via gemini:// URLs
  • proper noun
  • Texting
translation icon : protocolo Gemini
  • Since I started using the Gemini protocol, I have found it easier to read and publish online content.

Examples

  • Many people enjoy browsing websites using the Gemini protocol for its simplicity.

  • The Gemini ecosystem allows users to create and share documents without heavy loading times.

  • Compare this to the Gemini project.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Project Gemini played a vital role in developing the techniques used in NASA's historic Apollo moon landings.

  • Each of the two 8-meter Gemini telescopes costs $88 million with instruments; the annual operating budget will be $11 million, including new instruments and modifications.

    Academic text (1996)
  • A fascination with space has gripped the imaginations of Americans both young and old ever since the glory days of Apollo and Gemini.

    Blog text (23)
  • NOAO is also a leader in Gemini, a multinational effort to build a pair of 8-meter telescopes, one for each hemisphere.

    Academic text (1996)

Compounds

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A US space program in 1965 and 1966 that sends people into orbit to test ways for Apollo Moon missions

United States space project that sent people into Earth's orbit in 1965 and 1966 to prepare for Moon missions

A zodiac sign shown as two twins for people born in late May or June

Surface Forms

Gemini main

Etymology

Gemini used for the protocol is a modern name that many people connect to the Latin gemini, meaning 'twins'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the protocol as a small, simple 'twin' to the big web, focused on easy publishing and reading.