"Comet" meaning in English

See Comet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. From comet. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Comet
  1. The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus. Categories (topical): Christmas, Fictional characters Coordinate_terms: Blitzen, Cupid, Dancer, Dasher, Donner, Prancer, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Vixen Translations (reindeer of Santa Claus): 彗星 (Huìxīng) (Chinese Mandarin), Komeetta (Finnish), Comète [feminine] (French), Κομήτης (Komítis) [masculine] (Greek), Cometa [feminine] (Italian), コメット (Kometto) (Japanese), Kometek [masculine] (Polish), Cometa [feminine] (Portuguese), Cometa [feminine] (Spanish), Veloz [masculine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Etymology: Coined by software engineer Alex Russell in March 2006. After the Comet brand of cleaning products, as a pun on Ajax, which is also both a Web programming technique and a brand of cleaning products. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Comet
  1. (programming) A web application model in which a long-held HTTP request allows a web server to push data to a browser, without the browser explicitly requesting it. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-Comet-en-name-367XUSy6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 57 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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