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[New Latin -carpium, from Greek -karpion, from karpos, fruit.]

The common name for a number of cypriniform fishes of the family Cyprinidae. The carp (Cyprinus carpio) is closely related to the goldfish (Crassius auratus). The fish originated in China, where for centuries it was raised for food. It was imported into the United States from Europe, where it also has been raised for years as a source of food.

The carp has pharyngeal teeth and a suckerlike mouth. A very long dorsal fin is preceded by a strong spine. The swim bladder of the carp is associated with a group of small bones at the anterior end, the Weberian ossicles. This structural modification enables the carp to perceive sound quite well. See also Cypriniformes.

(Cache Array Routing Protocol) A protocol from Microsoft that is used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. CARP allows arrays of cache servers to be used and managed as a single entity, which avoids redundancy and supports failover and load balancing. See ICP and proxy server.

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