имя существительное [литературно-книжное] 1) два предмета Например: in twain — надвое; пополам 2) два человека, двое Синоним(ы): pair, couple 3) [диалектное] близнец
(Technology Without An Interesting [Important] Name) спецификация (технология) TWAIN программный интерфейс (API) для приложений, работающих со сканерами, разработанный фирмами Aldus, Caere, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak и Logitech Смотри также: scanner
двойка, пара Например: in twain — парно, парами
двойка, пара (структура из двух элементов)
biographical name Mark — see Clemens
I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English twēgen — more at two archaic two II. pronoun two; especially two fathoms Example: mark twain III. noun 1. two 2. couple, pair
An image capture API for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems that enables the user to control a scanner or digital camera from image processing software. TWAIN was first released on 1992-02-29 and is currently ratified at version 2.0 as of 2005-11-28. It is maintained by the TWAIN Working Group. Kevin Bier, chairman-emeritus of the TWAIN Working Group and the one of the original co-author/editors of TWAIN 1.0, chose the name TWAIN after reading letters by Mark Twain. It was unofficially considered to mean "toolkit without an important name." The word "twain" is an archaic form meaning "two". It appears in Kipling's "The Ballad of East and West" - "...and never the twain shall meet...", reflecting the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers. It was up-cased to TWAIN to make it more distinctive. This led people to believe it was an acronym, and then to a contest to come up with an expansion. None were selected, but the entry "Technology Without An Interesting Name" continues to haunt the standard.