Commodore vs. Atari

Commodorenoun

A naval officer holding a rank between captain and rear admiral.

Commodorenoun

(nautical) A (temporary) commander over a collection of ships who is not an admiral.

Commodorenoun

(nautical) The leading ship in a fleet of merchantmen.

Commodorenoun

(nautical) The president of a yacht club.

Commodorenoun

(nautical) A yacht-club president's vessel in a regatta.

Commodorenoun

A commodore admiral.

Commodorenoun

A rear admiral (lower half).

Commodorenoun

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Parasarpa.

Commodorenoun

An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.

Commodorenoun

A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.

Commodorenoun

A title given by courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club.

Commodorenoun

A familiar for the flagship, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.

Commodorenoun

a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

Atarinoun

(game of go) A move that threatens the immediate capture of one or more stones. In chess, the closest equivalent words would be check, where a king is under attack from one or more pieces and pawns, or the state of being en prise, when a piece or pawn is undefended and can be taken without recapture.

Atari

Atari () is a brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972, currently by French publisher Atari SA, through a subsidiary named Atari Interactive. The original Atari, Inc., founded in Sunnyvale, California, in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, was a pioneer in arcade games, home video game consoles and home computers.