The Collaborative International Dictionary
Carbonite \Car"bon*ite\, n. [Carbon + -ite.]
An explosive consisting essentially of nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate, as that of sodium.
An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulphur, and kieselguhr.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An explosive manufactured from a variety of materials, including nitroglycerine, wood meal and nitrates. 2 An explosive composed of nitrobenzene, saltpetre, sulfur(,) and kieselguhr. 3 A naturally occurring carbonaceous material formed from coal, natural coke.
Wikipedia
Carbonite may refer to:
- Carbonite (explosive), one of the earliest and most successful coal-mining explosives
- Carbonite (ion), an inorganic anion with the chemical formula [CO]
- Carbonite (online backup), an online backup service
- Carbonite, a fictional substance from the film The Empire Strikes Back
Carbonite is an online backup service, available to Windows and Mac users, that backs up documents, e-mails, music, photos, and settings. It is named after carbonite, the fictional substance used to freeze Han Solo in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. It was the first such service to offer unlimited backup space for a fixed price. Previously, all online backup services were priced by the gigabyte; many other vendors have since changed to an unlimited model.
Carbonite offers two separate lines of products: Carbonite Home and Home Office for individuals, families, and one- or two-person businesses; and Carbonite Small Business for businesses with three or more computers.
Carbonite was named "Best Windows Backup Tool" by Lifehacker, "Labs Winner" by PC Pro, "Editor's Choice" by NextAdvisor, Hottest Boston Company by Lead411, but received only "two mice" in a MacWorld review putting it second to last.
Carbonite was one of the earliest and most successful coal-mining explosives. It is made from such ingredients as nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate as that of sodium; also nitrobenzene, saltpeter, sulfur, and diatomaceous earth. Carbonite was invented by Bichel of Schmidt and Bichel.
The term Carbonite can refer to four different things:
- least commonly, an early explosive from Schmidt and Bichel made of sulphuretted tar oil, nitrocumene, and sodium nitrate,
- dynamite made to the specific Carbonite recipe and sold by Schmidt and Bichel under that name, or
- an entire class of spin-offs of the original recipe (Arctic Carbonite, Ammonkarbonit, etc.); their common feature is that the percentage of combustible materials (wood meal or flour starch) is so high that most of the carbon in the reaction is bound into carbon monoxide and the temperature of combustion is relatively low. Some of the safety dynamites are carbonites.
Usage examples of "carbonite".
Their time as members of the Rebel Alliancedouble agents, actually, since they had kept secret their new allegiance to the Rebel causehad been occupied with one significant operation: an attempt to snatch from Boba Fett the carbonite slab with Han Solo frozen inside it, before Fett could deliver the prize to Jabba the Hurt.
Filba had con nections to the interstellar criminal organization, and they had struck a bargain: for a percentage, Black Sun would provide a YT-1300f freighter, with a modified hyperdrive, that could slip past both Republic and Confed blockades and smuggle blocks of carbonite carrying bota to the far corners of the galaxy.
His dealings with Black Sun would have to ceasea major theft was out of the questionbut he could hide a lot of the valuable adaptogen on a ship the size of a MedStar, stack it in blocks of carbonite disguised as something else, and take it back to civilization himself, bold as you please.
His dealings with Black Sun would have to cease—a major theft was out of the question—but he could hide a lot of the valuable adaptogen on a ship the size of a MedStar, stack it in blocks of carbonite disguised as something else, and take it back to civilization himself, bold as you please.