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American video game designer and programmer (born 1954)
David Crane (born 1954) is an American video game designer and programmer. He is the co-founder of Activision, which he formed with former Atari co-workers
David_Crane_(programmer)
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popular sitcom Friends David Crane (programmer) (born 1953), video game designer, programmer and co-founder of Activision David W. Crane (born 1959), American
David_Crane
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the sitcom Friends David Crane (programmer) (born 1953), video game designer, programmer and co-founder of Activision David W. Crane (born 1959), American
Crane_(surname)
1982 video game
Pitfall! is a 1982 platform video game developed by David Crane and published by Activision for the Atari 2600. The player controls Pitfall Harry, who
Pitfall!
1984 video game
Pitfall II: Lost Caverns is a 1984 platform video game developed by David Crane and published by Activision for the Atari 2600. The player controls Pitfall
Pitfall_II:_Lost_Caverns
1978 video game
Outlaw is a 1978 shooter video game developed at Atari by David Crane. The game has a Western setting, where one or two players either aim at targets
Outlaw_(1978_video_game)
1989 NES video game
programmed by David Crane. Licensed by Nintendo in the summer of 1989, development began and was completed in an intense six-week period. Crane has described
A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia
A_Boy_and_His_Blob:_Trouble_on_Blobolonia
1984 video game
by Activision based on the film of the same name. It was designed by David Crane and released for several home computer platforms in 1984, and later for
Ghostbusters (1984 video game)
Ghostbusters_(1984_video_game)
1982 video game
Grand Prix is a racing video game designed and programmed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1982. The player races along
Grand_Prix_(video_game)
Videogaming & retrogaming event and non-profit organisation
panel presentations by industry alumni such as Nolan Bushnell, David Crane (programmer), Garry Kitchen, Joseph C. Decuir, Howard Scott Warshaw, Jennell
Portland_Retro_Gaming_Expo
Museum in Iowa, US
Year Name Description 2015 David Bishop Programmer and vice-president of Namco America 2017 David Crane Programmer and co-founder of Activision 2019 Reggie
International Video Game Hall of Fame
International_Video_Game_Hall_of_Fame
1980 video game
Fishing Derby is a fishing video game written by David Crane for the Atari Video Computer System (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982) and published by
Fishing_Derby
1992 video game
David Crane's Amazing Tennis is a 1992 tennis video game published by Absolute Entertainment for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis
David_Crane's_Amazing_Tennis
American video game player
game and were unable to achieve better than a 5.54. The game's programmer David Crane would later confirm that he had a vague recollection of programming
Todd_Rogers_(gamer)
1980 video game
racing video game for the Atari Video Computer System. It was designed by David Crane and is one of the first video games released by Activision. The objective
Dragster_(video_game)
1983 video game
The Activision Decathlon is a sports video game written by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and published by Activision in 1983. It was ported to the Atari
The_Activision_Decathlon
1979 video game
Slot Machine is a 1979 video game written by David Crane for the Atari VCS (renamed to the Atari 2600 in 1982) and published by Atari, Inc. Along with
Slot_Machine_(video_game)
1990 video game
castle. The Rescue of Princess Blobette was designed and programmed by David Crane, who also created the original NES game. The Rescue of Princess Blobette
The Rescue of Princess Blobette
The_Rescue_of_Princess_Blobette
1991 video game
art Developer Imagineering Publisher Acclaim Entertainment Designers David Crane Mark Klein Barry Marx Artist Mike Sullivan Composer Mark Van Hecke Series
Bart Simpson's Escape from Camp Deadly
Bart_Simpson's_Escape_from_Camp_Deadly
1994 video game
Entertainment Designers Dan Kitchen David Crane Programmers Jason Benham (lead programming and design) Andy Rogers Bill Jannott David Lubar Composers Dan Foliart
Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit!
Home_Improvement:_Power_Tool_Pursuit!
1981 video game
for the Atari VCS console (renamed to Atari 2600 in 1982). Designed by David Crane, one of Activision's co-founders, it places players in control of flying
Laser_Blast
1986 video game
to Save the Earth Developer Activision Publisher Activision Designer David Crane Platform Commodore 64 Release NA: 1986 Genre Action role-playing Mode
Transformers: The Battle to Save the Earth
Transformers:_The_Battle_to_Save_the_Earth
2015 video game
Interactive Entertainment. The game's story follows undercover agent Kyle Crane who is sent to infiltrate a quarantine zone in a fictional Middle Eastern
Dying_Light
American video game designer
Garry Kitchen (born August 18, 1955) is a video game designer, programmer, and executive best known for his work at Activision during the early years of
Garry_Kitchen
(three titles). Three of the games in the top 24 were programmed by David Crane, three by Howard Scott Warshaw, three by Rob Fulop, and two by Bradley
List of best-selling Atari 2600 video games
List_of_best-selling_Atari_2600_video_games
American video game designer and programmer
implementation of chess, a feat many other programmers considered impossible for the system. He and his co-workers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, and Alan Miller became
Bob_Whitehead
guest programmer from 4 May 2024) Jan 10: Lily Allen (repeat of guest programmer from 21 Oct 2006) Jan 18: Keith Urban (repeat of guest programmer from
List of Rage guest programmers
List_of_Rage_guest_programmers
1981 video game
developed by David Crane for Activision. Following disputes with the company Atari, Inc. over pay, several programmers including Crane left the company
Freeway_(video_game)
2021 browser game
attempts for people to solve than if they start with words such as "slate", "crane", and "trace". Computer algorithms can consistently solve the puzzle within
Wordle
American video game publishing company
after his brief stint at Hasbro, David Crane had joined the company. While the company was based in New Jersey, David Crane worked out of his home on the
Absolute_Entertainment
1982 simulation video game demo
Blinds is a simulation video game developed by Activision co-founders David Crane and Bob Whitehead for the Atari 2600. The game simulates the raising
Venetian_Blinds_(video_game)
Cubicolor Owners". Atari Compendium. Retrieved September 26, 2025. Talbot, David, ed. (April 1983). "Pac-Man Kills Kids, Self: Video Horrors". Mother Jones
List_of_Atari_2600_games
American video game publisher
four programmers (Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead), had produced games that had accounted for 60% of Atari's sales. Crane, Kaplan
Activision
1992 video game
Elite Systems MotiveTime (SNES) Publishers Kemco DTMC (SNES) Programmer Mark Crane Artist David Percival Composer Mark Cooksey Platforms Game Boy, Super NES
Dr._Franken
American musician (born 1992)
metalcore band from Westerville, Ohio, formed in 2005 as a synth player and programmer when he was 14 and a freshman in high school. He joined the group after
Caleb_Shomo
1982 video game
show off the impressive background starfield effect to Activision programmers David Crane and Bob Whitehead. The starfield effect uses a bug in the Atari
Cosmic_Ark
American actress and former model (born 1971)
older brother, Andy, and a younger brother, Sean, who work as a computer programmer and potter, respectively. When Moynahan was around seven years old, her
Bridget_Moynahan
American video game designer and programmer
year with Atari. In late 1979, Miller left Atari with three other programmers, David Crane, Larry Kaplan and Bob Whitehead. They were disillusioned and disappointed
Alan_Miller_(game_designer)
2024 simulation video game
ambulance, cropdusting, mountain rescue, skydiving, commercial aviation, aerial crane construction, outsize cargo transport with the Airbus Beluga, arctic cargo
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_2024
2011 American film directed by David Frankel
each set out to achieve a Big Year: Brad Harris, a 36-year-old computer programmer based in Baltimore; Stu Preissler, founder and CEO of a New York company
The_Big_Year
1977 video game
which she did. An Atari 2600 port was developed by then-Atari employee David Crane. It uses solid bricks rather than round rocks. Instead of visible point
Canyon_Bomber
1987 video game
1987[citation needed] by Activision. It was written by Absolute co-founder David Crane,[failed verification], creator of the hugely successful Pitfall! (1982)
Skate_Boardin'
Unreleased video game
polish." In October 2019, Chris Perkins stated that Visionary Realms' Lead Programmer Daniel Krenn had left the company and was replaced by Kyle Olsen, who
Pantheon:_Rise_of_the_Fallen
1993 video game
Publisher Absolute Entertainment Producers David Crane Alex DeMeo Designers David Crane Alex DeMeo Programmers SNES Jason Benham Bill Jannott Ron Roberts
Toys_(video_game)
Name list
Irving (1927–2014), Canadian geologist Francis Irving (born 1974), British programmer and activist for freedom of information George S. Irving, (1922–2016)
Irving_(name)
1991 video game
NA: CSG Imagesoft EU: Elite Systems JP: Epic/Sony Records Programmer Mark Crane Artist David Percival Composer Mark Cooksey Series Dragon's Lair Platform
Dragon's_Lair:_The_Legend
American politician
Steve C. Tanner is an American politician and former programmer who is currently serving as a Republican member of the Idaho House of Representatives from
Steve_Tanner_(politician)
1989 video game
Luoto & Johnson 1989, pp. 25–27. Luoto & Johnson 1989, pp. iv–vi. Luoto, David; Greg Johnson (1989). Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula (Cluebook)
Starflight 2: Trade Routes of the Cloud Nebula
Starflight_2:_Trade_Routes_of_the_Cloud_Nebula
game programmer David Lubin (1849–1919), Polish merchant David Lubinski, American professor David Lucchino (born 1969), American entrepreneur David Lunceford
List of people with given name David
List_of_people_with_given_name_David
2013 video game
currently working at the "Business Office" under corrupt interim mayor Ichabod Crane (Roger L. Jackson), aided by Snow White (Erin Yvette) and the Magic Mirror
The_Wolf_Among_Us
Home video game console
careful timing required to sync the code to the screen on the part of the programmer was labeled "racing the beam"; the actual game logic runs when the television
Atari_2600
from physically transforming into the characters. Series co-creator and programmer Ed Boon admitted in turn that he felt Shinnok was not imposing enough
Characters of the Mortal Kombat series
Characters_of_the_Mortal_Kombat_series
to encourage more traditionally trained artists into a then computer programmer driven industry. After graduating Saint Martin's School of Art, Hulin
David_Hulin
American rock singer (1964–2011)
him to Creative Engineering, Inc. in Orlando. Lane worked there as a programmer of the animatronic character Dook LaRue, the drummer for The Rock-afire
Jani_Lane
American businessman
had made the game business successful. Activision co-founder and programmer David Crane was also critical of Davis: "Bruce Davis' biggest mistake was treating
Bruce Davis (video game industry)
Bruce_Davis_(video_game_industry)
American business executive (1928–2017)
David Crane recalls that Kassar responded, "You are no more important to that game than the guy on the assembly line who puts it together." Crane and
Ray_Kassar
Irish actor (born 1976)
also made an uncredited cameo as programmer Edward Dillinger Jr., son of original Tron antagonist Ed Dillinger (David Warner) in Tron: Legacy. In 2011
Cillian_Murphy
Act of playing a video game as quickly as possible
game and were unable to achieve better than a 5.54. The game's programmer David Crane would later confirm that he had a vague recollection of programming
Speedrunning
Non-profit youth organization for American girls
from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2018. Cook, David C. (2005). Mothers of Influence. Cook Communications Ministries. ISBN 978-1-56292-368-6
Girl_Scouts_of_the_USA
2010 Joseph Kuzniar, retired aerospace engineer Tony Pombo, computer programmer Amy Cox Political parties Ohio Democratic Party Organizations Vote Common
2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio
2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Ohio
1975 video game
microprocessor-based arcade game". David Crane developed the game Outlaw (1978), which was based on the Midway version of Gun Fight. Crane said the game was influenced
Gun_Fight
American actor and comedian (1932–2005)
aerospace firm, Lockheed, handling the liaison between the engineers and the programmers who were mapping out lunar eclipses for Polaris and Titan missile projects
Pat_Morita
American technologist and entrepreneur
war began. Schiffmann is Jewish. He lives in San Francisco, California. Crane, Brent (March 23, 2020). "The High Schooler Who Became a COVID-19 Watchdog"
Avi_Schiffmann
1991 video game
Interactive Entertainment Designers Dan Kitchen Roger Booth Barry Marx Programmers David Crane Garry Kitchen Shen Jian Long Chung S. Lau Mark Morris Henry C.
The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World
The_Simpsons:_Bart_vs._the_World
American singer and actress (born 1946)
You", released in early 1964 under the name Bonnie Jo Mason. Many radio programmers rejected the song, mistaking Cher's deep contralto for a male voice and
Cher
puzzles and rescue his girlfriend. Hollywood Zap! (1986) – Directed by David Cohen. A bored clerk decides to quit his job and travel to Hollywood, California
List of films based on video games
List_of_films_based_on_video_games
Thought experiment on artificial intelligence
by Margaret Boden, Tim Crane, Daniel Dennett, Jerry Fodor, Stevan Harnad, Hans Moravec, and Georges Rey, among others. David Cole calls this the "externalist"
Chinese_room
2006 American TV series or program
a loser who enjoys viciously beating his wife. Jesse and officer Molly Crane try to convince Mrs. Snyder to leave her husband and she eventually does
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
Jesse_Stone:_Death_in_Paradise
1981 action game
Alan Miller and David Crane had all previously worked at Atari, Inc. They believed Atari undervalued its programmers, leading Crane and Miller to leave
Kaboom!_(video_game)
convicted murderer and arsonist Cleve Moler, 86, mathematician and computer programmer (MATLAB, MathWorks) Tom Moore, 81, football player (The Citadel Bulldogs)
2026 deaths in the United States
2026_deaths_in_the_United_States
Crane, appears in Gotham, portrayed by Dorothea Harahan. In addition to being the mother of Jonathan Crane, this version is the wife of Gerald Crane who
List of DC Comics characters: K
List_of_DC_Comics_characters:_K
actor, director and screenwriter. Shutaro Iida, 52, Japanese video game programmer (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow, Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin) and director
Deaths_in_February_2026
1983 US video gaming economic recession
competitors to penetrate the market. However, Activision co-founder David Crane observed that several of these companies were supported by venture capitalists
Video_game_crash_of_1983
2022 video game
Light game called Dying Light: The Beast, featuring the return of Kyle Crane, the protagonist of the first game. The Beast has quickly become the most-wishlisted
Dying_Light_2
2014 video game
2014, and worldwide in November 2015. Gameplay consisted of playing arcade crane-like games in hopes of acquiring badges, the game's main collectable. Badges
Nintendo_Badge_Arcade
American actor (1907–1998)
Most of his assignments consisted of short B movies, also known as "programmers," which required brief two- to three-week shooting schedules. Actors
Robert_Young_(actor)
Electronics. Crane, Indiana. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2024. "Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract" (PDF). Crane, Indiana: NSWC Crane. 4 February
List of military electronics of the United States: M–Z
List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States:_M–Z
black hole taken by the Event Horizon Telescope Larry DeMar (B.S. 1979) – programmer for Williams, co-creator of Defender and Robotron: 2084, and founder of
List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni
List_of_Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology_alumni
Fictional protagonist of Tomb Raider
from the model, but added back for subsequent iterations. Gavin Rummery, programmer on the first two Tomb Raider games, explained: "It had been dropped from
Lara_Croft
Historical centralized version control system
Retrieved June 30, 2010. David Thomas; Andrew Hunt (2003). Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS. The Pragmatic Programmers. ISBN 0-9745140-0-4. Jennifer
Concurrent_Versions_System
American homicide suspect (born 1998)
university's first game development club, which aimed to connect artists, programmers, and creatives passionate about video games. In a 2018 interview, Mangione
Luigi_Mangione
Maskin – Autobiography". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2011. "David M. Lee – Autobiography". Nobel Foundation. January 20, 1931. Retrieved January
List of Harvard University people
List_of_Harvard_University_people
2015 video game
Abberline (Sam Crane) of the Metropolitan Police Service (known for his investigation of Jack the Ripper); and Queen Victoria (Ellen David). Additionally
Assassin's_Creed_Syndicate
Magfest 2012, Rolfe confirmed that he would review E.T. in the film. E.T. programmer, Howard Scott Warshaw, also makes an appearance in the film. The film
List of Angry Video Game Nerd episodes
List_of_Angry_Video_Game_Nerd_episodes
2007 American action film directed by Len Wiseman
learns that Bowman and Gabriel once worked together for the DOD as chief programmer. Gabriel warned the department about weaknesses that made America's network
Live_Free_or_Die_Hard
bipolar disorder in 2001." Sean Costello, American blues musician. Vincent Crane, keyboard player of Atomic Rooster. Paul Dalio, American writer, director
List of people with bipolar disorder
List_of_people_with_bipolar_disorder
Network that allows computers to share resources and communicate with each other
Corbató, F. J.; et al. (1963). The Compatible Time-Sharing System A Programmer's Guide] (PDF). MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-03008-3. Archived (PDF) from
Computer_network
guy." Jerry "Deep" Wang (portrayed by Ken Jeong) is a paranoid software programmer and conspiracy theorist who stalks Sam at work. Jerry then gives Sam information
List of Transformers film series cast and characters
List_of_Transformers_film_series_cast_and_characters
Sights and sounds of Earth, encoded in a time capsule in interstellar space
Ann Druyan's Ultimate Mix Tape". NPR. Retrieved May 23, 2020. Morrison, David; Samz, Jane (1980). Voyage to Jupiter (PDF). Washington, D.C.: NASA Scientific
Contents of the Voyager Golden Record
Contents_of_the_Voyager_Golden_Record
time he graduated from college at age 21, he had become quite a computer programmer and started to develop computer viruses in his spare time. When one of
List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters
List_of_G.I._Joe:_A_Real_American_Hero_characters
Communications, and internal policies led to the departure of four key programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead, who went and formed
History of video game consoles
History_of_video_game_consoles
November 22, 2022. Harrelson, Sarah (January 18, 2023). "Meet The Computer Programmer-Turned-Collector Reframing the Role of 'Women's Work'". Cultured magazine
List of Stanford University alumni
List_of_Stanford_University_alumni
1960s–1980s American film movement
A Magnificent Obsession – 2004 documentary about the troubled life of programmer Jerry Harvey and his California-based movie channel that aired director's
New_Hollywood
Commercial service for proxied Internet access
applied by Chinese police in the widely publicized case involving a Chinese programmer who was penalized on grounds he used an unapproved international connection
VPN_service
American comedy-drama television series (1977–1981)
California, family with eight children (from oldest to youngest: 22-year-old David, 21-year-old Mary, 20-year-old Joanie, 19-year-old Susan, 18-year-old Nancy
Eight_Is_Enough
artist, hanging Klára Dán von Neumann (1963), Hungarian-American computer programmer, drowning Bruno Niedziela (1962), American football player Masa Niemi
List_of_suicides_(1900–1999)
Use of a GPU for computations typically assigned to CPUs
and Accelerator. These were followed by Nvidia's CUDA, which allowed programmers to ignore the underlying graphical concepts in favor of more common high-performance
General-purpose computing on graphics processing units
General-purpose_computing_on_graphics_processing_units
2009 video game
historian and analyst Shaun Hastings (Danny Wallace) and technician Rebecca Crane (Eliza Schneider). They have constructed their own Animus, which they intend
Assassin's_Creed_II
Female given name
Gurney (1908–2002), American mathematician, statistician, and computer programmer Margaret Jarman Hagood (1907–1963), statistician, sociologist and demographer
Margaret
Norwegian terrorist (born 1979)
Behring moved back to Oslo with Anders and his elder half-sister. Gibson, David (28 July 2011). "Is Anders Breivik a 'Christian' terrorist?". Times Union
Anders_Behring_Breivik
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
Boy/Male
Australian, Finnish
Form of David
Male
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese form of Hebrew David, DAVI means "beloved."
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Lancashire)
English (chiefly Lancashire) : from Middle English cranke ‘lively’, ‘lusty’, ‘vigorous’, hence a nickname for a cheerful, boisterous, or cocky person.English : nickname from cranuc, a diminutive of Middle English cran ‘crane’ (see Crane).Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Kranke, from Low German Kraneke ‘crane’, applied to someone thought to resemble the bird in some way, or a nickname for a poor physical specimen, from Middle High German kranc ‘sickly’, ‘ailing’.
Male
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew David, DOVID means "beloved."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, Hebrew, Irish
Cherished; Beloved; Variant of David Beloved; Diminutive of David
Male
Polish
Polish form of Hebrew David, DAWID means "beloved."
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Latin, Swedish
Beloved; Feminine of David; Friend; Darling
Boy/Male
Australian, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Swiss
Italian Form of David; Beloved; Dear One
Male
English
 English pet form of Hebrew David, DAVIE means "beloved." Compare with another form of Davie.
Male
Norse
Old Norse form of Hebrew David, DAVIÃ means "beloved."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Crane.Dutch : variant of Krane.
Girl/Female
English
Beloved. Feminine of David.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Hebrew David, DAVIDE means "beloved."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Feminie of David
Male
English
(דָּוִד, דָּוִיד) Hebrew name DAVID means "beloved." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Jesse. David was the second king of Israel and father of King Solomon. As a youth he killed a giant named Goliath with his slingshot.Â
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, from Hebrew David, DAVIS means "beloved."
Female
English
(דָוִידָה) Feminine form of Hebrew David, DAVIDA means "beloved."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname, most likely for a tall, thin man with long legs, from Middle English cran ‘crane’ (the bird), Old English cran, cron. The term included the heron until the introduction of a separate word for the latter in the 14th century.Dutch : variant spelling of Krane.English translation of German Krahn or Kranich.The American writer Stephen Crane (1871–1900) was named for a NJ ancestor who was a delegate to the Continental Congress. He was descended from a Stephen Crane who, coming probably from England or Wales, settled at Elizabethtown, NJ, as early as 1665.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish
Son of David; David's Son; Dear One; Beloved
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, English, Hebrew
Beloved; Feminine Form of David
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
Fire; Lord Shiva
Boy/Male
English
From the Settlement on the Bluff
Boy/Male
Indian, Malayalam
A Charrecter of Epics
Girl/Female
Hindu
Another name of Parvati, The earth
Girl/Female
Hindu
Auspicious day in punjab, The day of the full Moon in the month of vaishakh
Boy/Male
French American Greek Arthurian Legend
Surname or Lastname
English
English : perhaps a variant spelling of Gallon.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Galin.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Lover, Paramour
Girl/Female
Indian, Marathi
Moksha
Boy/Male
Hindu
Pleasant, The Tulsi plant
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
DAVID CRANE-PROGRAMMER
n.
A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the aesthetic craze.
v. i.
to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap.
n.
A lance or dart made of cane.
v. t.
To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up.
v. t.
To beat with a cane.
v. t.
To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.
v. t.
To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.
n.
See Crare.
imp. & p. p.
of Crane
n.
A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit.
n.
A traveling crane. See under Crane.
n.
A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.
n.
Alt. of Crane
n.
A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick.
v. t.
To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
v. t. & i.
To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
n.
To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
v. t.
To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.