Comet

Etymology 1
First attested in the 1823 poem “”. From.

Proper noun

 * 1) The fifth reindeer of Santa Claus.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: Comète
 * Greek:
 * Italian: Cometa
 * Japanese: コメット
 * Polish: Kometek
 * Portuguese: Cometa
 * Spanish: Cometa, Veloz

Etymology 2
Coined by software engineer Alex Russell in March 2006. After the brand of cleaning products, as a pun on, which is also both a Web programming technique and a brand of cleaning products.

Proper noun

 * 1)  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.