Used in a Sentence

hercules

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hercules.

Editorial note

If you ever want to run Z/390 there's the Hercules emulator shipped with most Linux distributions.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hercules gathered in one view.

noun

A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

noun

A Hercules beetle.

noun

A man with Herculean attributes.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hercules.

Example sentences

1

If you ever want to run Z/390 there's the Hercules emulator shipped with most Linux distributions.

2

Simutronics also had a few other attempts at gaming experiences with a Hercules and Xena knockoff, a detective game, etc.

3

You can run MTS yourself today using Hercules under Windows, Mac OS X, or Unix.

4

When Hercules cleaned out the Augean stables, he wasn't then obligated to refill them.

5

It's reasonable to assume the AN-225 benefited significantly from material advances (like not being made of wood) that the H-4 Hercules didn't have.

6

I know Hercules probably did other stuff, but I guess I think monochrome whenever I think about it, heh.

7

IBM apparently turned it's jaundiced legal eye towards Hercules at one point.

8

S., it's still possible to pick up an M35A2 on the cheap (like ~$2000 cheap), and they'll run just about any fuel (multi-fuel Hercules diesel FTW), and are almost indestructible by normal means.

9

You can run many classical machines in emulators like Hercules now.

10

Heh, I've got the opposite - a very fast machine for it's day - 386DX 40Mhz but with Hercules (mono graphics chip).

11

A company called PSI had this idea in the early 2000s, and built a binary translation layer much faster than Hercules which ran z/OS on Itanium.

12

Is the camera filming from the HC-130 Hercules airplane?

Quote examples

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The one I learned was the sign being derived from the Pillars of Hercules (two vertical bars) with a banner (the "S") wrapped around it, reading "[non] plus ultra", as adopted by Charles V for the Spanish coat of arms and later stamped on the reverse of Spanish dollar coins.

Proper noun examples

1

You can mess with Fedora / Debian images for that architecture on your desktop using Hercules.

2

I once started porting Hercules, the mainframe emulator, so I could have a fully functional 370 series mainframe in my Nokia E62 phone.

3

Was it the old VGA/Hercules combination?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hercules in a sentence?

If you ever want to run Z/390 there's the Hercules emulator shipped with most Linux distributions.

What does hercules mean?

A city in Contra Costa County, California, United States.

What part of speech is hercules?

hercules is commonly used as noun.