connected

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The first tentative explanation of the origin of hallo connected the English word with French au loup, au loup, the cry heard in the chase for setting dogs on the wolf.

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  1. adjective Joined or fastened together.
  2. adjective Mathematics Not decomposable into two disjoint nonempty open sets.
  3. adjective Mathematics Having a continuous path between any two points. Used of a curve, set, or surface.

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  • With another three billion people connected, they want to be part of the conversation. —  Jan Chipchase on our mobile phones
  • Even when not actively working I've been in this heavily-connected, always-on worldwide community of people that are available 24 / 7 through a newsgroup, blog, and now, God help me through the wonders of twitter, right in my pocket. —  Brain Frieze
  • "If you ticket or arrest a person who's well-connected, and you have a police chief with no civil service (protection), that means the mayor and the council will have power over him, unlimited power," said Sgt. David Greenwood, president of the Mandeville Fraternal Order of Police.
  • In Spring 2006 the team began work on a new browser prototype built on top of WebKit designed for broadband-connected, always-on, web applications such as Gmail or Google Maps. —  Niall Kennedy's Weblog
  • It does not matter whether the 3-phase motor is star connected or Delta connected, the method is the same:
 

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