Ravenscar

Meaning

Proper Noun

• coastal village Staintondale (parish) Scarborough (district) North Yorkshire (county) England (constituent country), renamed from Peak in the early 20th century .
• Acronym of [[reliable

Origin

• Recorded as Rauenesere 1312, from Old Norse hrafn + sker, so Peak must have been a later renaming.
  
• The computing term was derived from the name of the village, the location of the 8th International Real-Time Ada Workshop (IRTAW 8).