Drac
Encyclopedia
Drac, from the Latin
draco, is the word for dragon
or devil
in several languages, such as Catalan
and Romanian
.
Drac or DRAC may also refer to:
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
draco, is the word for dragon
Dragon
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...
or devil
Devil
The Devil is believed in many religions and cultures to be a powerful, supernatural entity that is the personification of evil and the enemy of God and humankind. The nature of the role varies greatly...
in several languages, such as Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...
and Romanian
Romanian language
Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
.
Drac or DRAC may also refer to:
- Drac, abbreviation for the orchid genus DraculaDracula orchidThe orchid genus Dracula, abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species. The strange name Dracula, literally means "little dragon", referring to the strange aspect of the two long spurs of the sepals. They were once included in the genus Masdevallia, but became a separate...
- Drac, nickname of the trans-Neptunian object
- DracsDracsDracs are a fictional extraterrestrial reptilian humanoid species from the works of author Barry B. Longyear, most notably Enemy Mine. Their homeworld is called Dracon. They have claws and their bodies and heads are covered with plates of various sizes, and they can swim...
, alien species in Barry B. Longyear's The Enemy Papers trilogy - Drac RiverDrac RiverThe Drac is a 130 km long river in southeastern France, left tributary of the Isère. It is formed by the confluence of the Drac Noir and the Drac Blanc, that both rise in the southern part of the Massif des Écrins. It flows through several reservoirs, including the Lac de Monteynard-Avignonet....
, waterway in France, tributary of the Isère - Le Drac, dragon-like beast that, according to French folklore, terrorised the town of Beaucaire, France
- DRAC (Dynamic Relay Authorization Control), daemon that dynamically updates a relay authorization map for sendmailSendmailSendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and -delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol used for email transport over the Internet....
- Dell DRAC (Dell Remote Access Controller), remote access card available in many models of Dell servers
- Direction régionale des affaires culturellesDirection régionale des affaires culturellesA Direction régionale des Affaires culturelles is a service of the French Minister of Culture on each region of France...
, French regional heritage service