From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Bel
n 1: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
[syn: Bel, B]
2: Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad
including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bel \Bel\, n.
The Babylonian name of the god known among the Hebrews as
Baal. See Baal. --Baruch vi. 41.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bel \Bel\ (b[e^]l), n. [Hind., fr. Skr. bilva.]
A thorny rutaceous tree ({[AE]gle marmelos}) of India, and
its aromatic, orange-like fruit; -- called also {Bengal
quince}, golden apple, wood apple. The fruit is used
medicinally, and the rind yields a perfume and a yellow dye.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bel \Bel\ (b[e^]l), n. [from Alexander Graham Bell.]
a unit of sound intensity equal to ten decibels.
[PJC]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
bell
beep
BEL
control-G
g-bell
<character> ASCII 7, ASCII mnemonic "BEL", the {character
code} which prodces a standard audibile warning from the
computer or terminal. In the teletype days it really was a
bell, since the advent of the VDU it is more likely to be a
sound sample (e.g. the sound of a bell) played through a
loudspeaker.
Also called "G-bell", because it is typed as Control-G.
The term "beep" is preferred among some microcomputer
hobbyists.
Compare feep, visible bell.
(1997-04-08)