actor - English dictionary definition

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1. Actor  One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.
2. Actor  A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
3. Actor  An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
4. Actor  One who institutes a suit; plaintiff or complainant.
5. Actor   Actor An object-oriented language for Microsoft Windows written by Charles Duff of the Whitewater Group ca. 1986. It has Pascal/C-like syntax. Uses a token-threaded interpreter. Early binding is an option. ["Actor Does More than Windows", E.R. Tello, Dr Dobb's J 131:114-125 Jan 1988].
6. actor   actor 1. In object-oriented programming, an object which exists as a concurrent process. 2. In Chorus, the unit of resource allocation.
7. actor  a theatrical performer