Re: Interview question - filestream

From: Paul Nicholls (paul-nicholls_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/11/03 

Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:43:59 +1100

I know it includes spiders and ticks, but technically they aren't insects...

"Ndi" <Ndi_at_Ndi_dot_ro> wrote in message
news:3fb0642a@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > By definition, an insect is a class of 6 legged arthropod with a body
> > segmented into 3 part; head, thorax and abdomen, so a centipede is not
> > an insect.
>
> Actually, by definition, an insect is:
>
> "
> 1a. Any of numerous usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta,
> having an adult stage characterized by three pairs of legs and a body
> segmented into head, thorax, and abdomen and usually having two pairs of
> wings. Insects include the flies, crickets, mosquitoes, beetles,
> butterflies, and bees.
>
> b. Any of various similar arthropod animals, such as spiders,
> ***centipedes***, or ticks.
> "
>
> Source: The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
> Edition. 2000
>
> --
> Andrei "Ndi" Dobrin
> Brainbench MVP
> www.Brainbench.com
>
>

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