Alternative spelling of Li-Lo (“Lindsay Lohan”). [(informal) Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), American actress and singer.]
Used in a Sentence
lilo
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for lilo.
Editorial note
Possibly a historical artifact; fish was created in a time when the controversies surrounding lilo were fresh in memory and lilo was still boss.
Examples13
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
Alternative spelling of Li-Lo (“Lindsay Lohan”). [(informal) Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), American actress and singer.]
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lilo gathered in one view.
(UK, South Africa) An inflatable air mattress.
(road transport) Acronym of left in, left out, a type of three-way road intersection.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lilo.
noun
Alternative spelling of Li-Lo (“Lindsay Lohan”). [(informal) Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), American actress and singer.]
noun
(UK, South Africa) An inflatable air mattress.
adjective
(road transport) Acronym of left in, left out, a type of three-way road intersection.
adjective
(computing) last in last out (see FIFO)
Example sentences
Possibly a historical artifact; fish was created in a time when the controversies surrounding lilo were fresh in memory and lilo was still boss.
Rob Levin, lilo (founder) of FreeNode, was another person lost to a hit and run accident while he was riding his bike.
Reminds me of the joyful early days of moving from grub to lilo.
This is why Slackware still comes with Lilo by default: it works, so they never switched to Grub (though Grub can be used and is actually also an available package on the installation DVD: the choice is always yours).
Yes, things went downhill from there (I liked Lilo and Stitch).
Might be obvious, but that should be "moving from lilo to grub", not the other way around...
Grub was (is) more fragile due to being more complex -- but at least the grub shell gives more information than lilo failing at "LI"...
So there's a trade-off there, and I agree, it's not entirely clear much was gained from moving off of Lilo...
No need to patch the kernel - I did this many years ago (before the age of initramfs) by simply passing “init=/usr/bin/emacs” on the kernel command line (in lilo, which was what was used at the time).
Quote examples
Might be obvious, but that should be "moving from lilo to grub", not the other way around...
Grub was (is) more fragile due to being more complex -- but at least the grub shell gives more information than lilo failing at "LI"...
No need to patch the kernel - I did this many years ago (before the age of initramfs) by simply passing “init=/usr/bin/emacs” on the kernel command line (in lilo, which was what was used at the time).
Proper noun examples
So there's a trade-off there, and I agree, it's not entirely clear much was gained from moving off of Lilo...
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lilo in a sentence?
Possibly a historical artifact; fish was created in a time when the controversies surrounding lilo were fresh in memory and lilo was still boss.
What does lilo mean?
Alternative spelling of Li-Lo (“Lindsay Lohan”). [(informal) Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), American actress and singer.]
What part of speech is lilo?
lilo is commonly used as noun, adjective.