Kermit
English
Etymology
Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata (“son of Dermot”). Popularised in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor).
Computing sense named after the Sesame Street character, but later provided with a backronym ("KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY").
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːmɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɝmɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt
- Hyphenation: Ker‧mit
Proper noun
Kermit
- (chiefly US) A male given name from Manx.
- The puppet Kermit the Frog, host of The Muppet Show and a frequent character in Sesame Street, originally performed by creator Jim Henson.
- (computing) An asynchronous file transfer protocol, often used for communication between different types of minicomputer or mainframe.
- A city, the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, named after Kermit Roosevelt.
- A town in West Virginia, named after Kermit Roosevelt.
Further reading
Kermit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Kermit the Frog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Kermit (protocol) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia