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Easter eggs — Eggs have been linked to Easter for centuries throughout Europe, partly to symbolize new life, and partly because of their seasonal abundance; they must not be eaten during Lent, so those not used for hatching were available, preserved or… … A Dictionary of English folklore
Easter Eggs — [dt. »Ostereier«], normalerweise unsichtbare Teile eines Anwendungsprogramms, in denen sich deren Programmierer auf mehr oder weniger scherzhafte Weise dargestellt haben. Solche versteckten »Ostereier« finden sich in einem großen Teil der… … Universal-Lexikon
Easter eggs in Microsoft products — Some of Microsoft s early products included hidden Easter eggs. Microsoft formally stopped including Easter eggs in its programs as part of its Trustworthy Computing Initiative in 2002.[1] Contents 1 Microsoft Bear 2 Microsoft Bunny … Wikipedia
Easter egg — Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with… … Wikipedia
Easter Egg — (engl. für „Osterei“) ist ein Begriff für eine versteckte und undokumentierte Besonderheit in Medien und Computerprogrammen. Formen sind beispielsweise der Gagscreen einer Software oder Geheimlevel eines Computerspiels. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Easter — • Includes information on the feast and customs Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Easter Easter † … Catholic encyclopedia
Easter Egg — En informatique, un easter egg (locution anglaise, littéralement « œuf de Pâques ») est une fonction cachée au sein d un programme (animation, jeu, message, etc.) accessible à partir d un mot clé ou d une combinaison de touches et de… … Wikipédia en Français
Easter egg — Easter eggs N COUNT An Easter egg is an egg made of chocolate that is given as a present at Easter. In some countries, Easter eggs are hidden and children then look for them … English dictionary
Easter — Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[ a]sterm[ … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Easter dues — Easter Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
