In 1996, the struggling NeXT company beat out Be Inc.'s BeOS in its bid to sell its operating system to Apple. Apple purchased Steve Jobs' company, NeXT on December 10, 1996, and its NeXTstep operating system.
Home Â» Carbohydrate. Definition. noun, plural: carbohydrates. Any of the group of organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in the ratio of 1:2:1, hence the general formula: Cn (H2O) n. Examples include sugar, starch, cellulose and gums.
Medical Definition of complex carbohydrate. : a polysaccharide (as starch or cellulose) consisting of usually hundreds or thousands of monosaccharide units; also : a food (as rice or pasta) composed primarily of such polysaccharides.