Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Eden \E"den\, n. [Heb. [=e]den delight, pleasure; also, a place
of pleasure, Eden.]
The garden where Adam and Eve first dwelt; hence, a
delightful region or residence.
Source : WordNet®
eden
n 1: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: {paradise},
{nirvana}, {heaven}, {promised land}, {Shangri-la}]
2: a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the
Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit
from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were
driven from their paradise (the fall of man) [syn: {Garden
of Eden}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Eden
A concurrent, {object-oriented}, distributed {operating
system} and language, based on {remote procedure call}. It
has both {synchronous} and {asynchronous} {message passing}.
["The Eden System: A Technical Review", G. Almes et al, IEEE
Trans Soft Eng SE-11(1):43-59 (Jan 1985)].