EPIC

  1. (initialism) .  (computing) Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing.
  2. (initialism) .  (electronics) Etched and Polycrystalline carried IC.
  3. (initialism) .  (electronics) Epitaxial Integrated Circuit.
  4. (initialism) .  (legal) Estates and Protected Individuals Code.
  5. Noun.  An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity or demigod (heroic epic) or other legendary or traditional hero.
  6. Noun.  A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.
  7. Adjective.  Of, or relating to, an epic.
  8. Adjective.  Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character .
  9. Adjective.  (context, colloquial) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary; extraordinary, momentous, great.

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