Kermit

== English == === Etymology === Variant of English and Manx Kermode, cognate with Irish Mac Diarmata and Scots Gaelic McDiarmid (“son of Dermot”). Popularized in the US by the naming of Kermit Roosevelt (after a Manx ancestor). The computing sense is named after the Sesame Street character, but later provided with a backronym ("KL10 Error-Free Reciprocal Microprocessor Interchange over TTY"). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːmɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɝmɪt/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt Hyphenation: Ker‧mit === Proper noun === Kermit (chiefly US) A male given name from Manx. The puppet Kermit the Frog, host of The Muppet Show and a frequent character in Sesame Street, originally performed by creator Jim Henson. (computing) An asynchronous file transfer protocol, often used for communication between different types of minicomputer or mainframe. A city, the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, named after Kermit Roosevelt. A town in Mingo County, West Virginia, named after Kermit Roosevelt. ==== Derived terms ==== Kermit the Frog === Further reading === Kermit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Kermit the Frog on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Kermit (protocol) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia