Doris
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Doris can mean several things:
- The Vocalist of the Polish band Babayaga Ojo.
- In Greek mythology, Doris ("bountiful") was an Oceanid, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. She was married to Nereus and their fifty daughters were called the Nereids.
- In geography and history, Doris was the region in central Greece in which the Dorians had their traditional homeland.
- In geodesy, DORIS is a Doppler satellite tracking system developed for precise orbit determination and precise ground location. The International DORIS Service [1] is an international service which provides a support, through DORIS data and products, to geodetic, geophysical, and other research and operational activities.
- In geography and history, Doris was a region of Asia Minor inhabited by Dorians.
- In naval history, Doris was a French coastal submarine of the Sirène class. At 00.14 hours on 9 May 1940, the Doris (CdC Favreul) was torpedoed and sunk North West off the Dutch Coast, 30 miles from Den Helder, by the German submarine U-9.
- Doris is the name for computer software that allows script-driven generation of OpenGL views using C++, GLUT, GLUI, and Lua. Hosted at SourceForge since 2001.
- Doris is also microbrowser product developed by a small Finland-based company, Anygraaf, for Symbian operating system.
- Doris was a Swedish pop group between 1966 and a few years into the 1970s.
- Finally, in British rhyming slang, Doris is a mild insult on a par with 'pansy' (from Doris Day meaning gay).
- A Postman's wife, generally, as In How is your Doris today? My Doris made some pies. Not someone you would take to the pub
