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3768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundestag | Bundestag | The Bundestag (, "Federal Diet") is the German federal parliament. It is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the German people. It is comparable to the United States House of Representatives or the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Bundestag was established by Title III of the Bas... |
3769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesrat | Bundesrat | Bundesrat is a German word that means federal council and may refer to:
Federal Council (Austria)
Bundesrat of Germany
Federal Council (Switzerland)
Bundesrat (German Empire)
da:Forbundsrådet
no:Forbundsrådet
ru:Бундесрат
sv:Förbundsrådet |
3772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW | BMW | Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, commonly referred to as BMW (), is a German multinational corporate manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. The corporation was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 until 1918 and again from 193... |
3774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisexual%20%28disambiguation%29 | Bisexual (disambiguation) | Bisexual, in human sexuality, describes a person that is sexually attracted to persons of every gender identity.
Bisexual may also refer to:
Bisexual characteristics, having an ambiguous sexual identity (e.g. epicenity or androgyny)
A bisexual flower, in botany, one that possesses both male (pollen-producing) and fema... |
3776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornholm | Bornholm | Bornholm (; Bornholmsk: Borrinjholm [bɔʁːiɲˈhɔlm]; ) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Occupying an area of , the island had a total population of 39,545 on 1 January 2022.
Among Bornholm's chief industrial activities ar... |
3777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20%28disambiguation%29 | Bay (disambiguation) | A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides.
Bay, Bays or baying may also refer to:
Places
China
Bay County or Baicheng County, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
France
Bay, Haute-Saône, a commune
Philippines
Bay, Laguna, a municipality
Bay River
Somalia
Bay, Somalia
Unite... |
3778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book | Book | A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is codex (plural, codices). In the history of hand-held physical suppor... |
3779 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B52%20%28disambiguation%29 | B52 (disambiguation) | The B-52 is an American strategic bomber aircraft.
B-52 or B52 may also refer to:
The B-52's, an American new wave band
The B-52's (album)
B52 (New York City bus), a bus line in Brooklyn, New York
B52 (chess opening), a chess opening based on the Sicilian Defence
B-52 (cocktail)
B-52 (hairstyle) or beehive, a ha... |
3780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bal%20Thackeray | Bal Thackeray | Bal Keshav Thackeray (; 23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), was an Indian politician who founded the Shiv Sena, a right-wing pro-Marathi and Hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of Maharashtra.
Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English-language daily, The Free Press Journa... |
3784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSE | BSE | BSE may refer to:
Medicine
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, a neurodegenerative disease of cattle
Breast self-examination
Stock exchanges
Bahrain Stock Exchange, Bahrain
Baku Stock Exchange, Azerbaijan
Barbados Stock Exchange
Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India
Boston Stock Exc... |
3785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bille%20August | Bille August | Bille August (born 9 November 1948) is a Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. In a career spanning over four decades, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, making him one of the most acclaimed contemporary Danish filmmakers.
August's 1987 film Pelle the Conqueror won t... |
3788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body | Body | Body may refer to:
In science
Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space
Body (biology), the physical material of an organism
Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animals
Human body, the entire structure of a human organism
Dead body, cadaver, o... |
3789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitola | Bitola | Bitola (; ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. The city stands at an important junction connecting the south of the A... |
3793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Bosworth%20Field | Battle of Bosworth Field | The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on Monday 22 August 1485, the battle was won by an alliance of Lancastrians and disaffecte... |
3794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassicaceae | Brassicaceae | Brassicaceae () or Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economically important family of flowering plants commonly known as the mustards, the crucifers, or the cabbage family. Most are herbaceous plants, some shrubs, with simple, although sometimes deeply incised, alternatingly set leaves without stipules or in leaf ros... |
3797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball%20statistics | Baseball statistics | Baseball statistics play an important role in evaluating the progress of a player or team.
Since the flow of a baseball game has natural breaks to it, and normally players act individually rather than performing in clusters, the sport lends itself to easy record-keeping and statistics. Statistics have been kept for pr... |
3800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%20bat | At bat | In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is a batter's turn batting against a pitcher. An at bat is different from a plate appearance. A batter is credited with a plate appearance regardless of what happens during their turn at bat, but a batter is credited with an at bat only if that plate appearance does not have o... |
3801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned%20run | Earned run | In baseball, an earned run is any run that was fully enabled by the offensive team's production in the face of competent play from the defensive team. Conversely, an unearned run is a run that would not have been scored without the aid of an error or a passed ball committed by the defense.
An unearned run counts ju... |
3802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base%20on%20balls | Base on balls | A base on balls (BB), also known as a walk, occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, and further detail is given in 6.08(a... |
3805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Major%20League%20Baseball%20career%20total%20bases%20leaders | List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders | In baseball statistics, total bases (TB) is the number of bases a player has gained with hits. It is a weighted sum for which the weight value is 1 for a single, 2 for a double, 3 for a triple and 4 for a home run. Only bases attained from hits count toward this total. Reaching base by other means (such as a base on ba... |
3806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit%20by%20pitch | Hit by pitch | In baseball, hit by pitch (HBP) is an event in which a batter or his clothing or equipment (other than his bat) is struck directly by a pitch from the pitcher; the batter is called a hit batsman (HB). A hit batsman is awarded first base, provided that (in the plate umpire's judgment) he made an honest effort to avoid t... |
30559476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treis%20Volakous | Treis Volakous | Treis Volakous (, "three rocks") are rocks close to the southern coast of Crete in the Libyan Sea. They fall within the administration of the municipality of Sfakia, in Chania regional unit.
See also
List of islands of Greece
Landforms of Chania (regional unit)
Uninhabited islands of Crete
Mediterranean islands
Islan... |
3807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit%20%28baseball%29 | Hit (baseball) | In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), also called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches or passes first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice.
Scoring a hit
To achieve a hit, the batter must reach first base before an... |
3808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-base%20percentage | On-base percentage | In baseball statistics, on-base percentage (OBP), also known as on-base average/OBA, measures how frequently a batter reaches base. It is the ratio of the batter's times-on-base (TOB) (the sum of hits, walks, and times hit by pitch) to their number of plate appearances. OBP does not credit the batter for reaching base ... |
3809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice%20fly | Sacrifice fly | In baseball, a sacrifice fly (sometimes abbreviated to sac fly) is defined by Rule 9.08(d):
"Score a sacrifice fly when, before two are out, the batter hits a ball in flight handled by an outfielder or an infielder running in the outfield in fair or foul territory that
is caught, and a run scores after the catch, or
... |
3810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-base%20plus%20slugging | On-base plus slugging | On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, are represented. An OPS of .800 or higher in Major League Baseball puts the pl... |
3811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen%20base | Stolen base | In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base to which he is not entitled and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner. The umpires determine whether the runner is safe or out at the next base, but the official scorer rules on the question of credit ... |
3812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate%20appearance | Plate appearance | In baseball statistics, a player is credited with a plate appearance (denoted by PA) each time he completes a turn batting. Under Rule 5.04(c) of the Official Baseball Rules, a player completes a turn batting when he is put out or becomes a runner. This happens when he strikes out or is declared out before reaching fir... |
3814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games%20played | Games played | Games played (GP) is a statistic used in team sports to indicate the total number of games in which a player has participated (in any capacity); the statistic is generally applied irrespective of whatever portion of the game is contested.
Baseball
In baseball, the statistic applies to players, who prior to a game, are... |
3817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie%20Down%20Productions | Boogie Down Productions | Boogie Down Productions (BDP) was a hip hop group, originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, five months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the South Bronx section ... |
3821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-coded%20decimal | Binary-coded decimal | In computing and electronic systems, binary-coded decimal (BCD) is a class of binary encodings of decimal numbers where each digit is represented by a fixed number of bits, usually four or eight. Sometimes, special bit patterns are used for a sign or other indications (e.g. error or overflow).
In byte-oriented systems... |
3822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCD | BCD | BCD may refer to:
Computing
Binary-coded decimal, a representation of decimal digits in binary
BCD (character encoding), a 6-bit superset of binary-coded decimal derived from the binary encoding of the same name
Boot Configuration Data, the configuration data required to boot Microsoft Windows Vista and later
Bipo... |
3823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary | Binary | Binary may refer to:
Science and technology
Mathematics
Binary number, a representation of numbers using only two digits (0 and 1)
Binary function, a function that takes two arguments
Binary operation, a mathematical operation that takes two arguments
Binary relation, a relation involving two elements
Binary-co... |
3826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumin%20Qaghan | Bumin Qaghan | Bumin Qaghan (, also known as Illig Qaghan (Chinese: 伊利可汗, Pinyin: Yīlì Kèhán, Wade–Giles: i-li k'o-han) or Yamï Qaghan (, died 552 AD) was the founder of the Turkic Khaganate. He was the eldest son of Ashina Tuwu (吐務 / 吐务). He was the chieftain of the Turks under the sovereignty of Rouran Khaganate. He is also mention... |
3827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilge%20Qaghan | Bilge Qaghan | Bilge Qaghan (; ; 683 – 25 November 734) was the fourth Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate. His accomplishments were described in the Orkhon inscriptions.
Names
As was the custom, his personal name and the name after assuming the title Qaghan were different. His personal name was recorded in Chinese characters as ... |
3832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus | Bauhaus | The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. The school became famous for its approach to design, which attempted to unify the principles of mass production with individual artistic vision and strove to combin... |
3833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf | Beowulf | Beowulf (; ) is an Old English epic poem in the tradition of Germanic heroic legend consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important and most often translated works of Old English literature. The date of composition is a matter of contention among scholars; the only certain dating is for the man... |
3836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barb%20Wire | Barb Wire | Barb Wire was a superhero published by Comics Greatest World, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics. The character first appeared in Comics' Greatest World: Steel Harbor in 1993. The original Barb Wire series published nine issues between 1994 and 1995 and was followed by a four-issue miniseries in 1996. A reboot was publish... |
3837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing%20Saddles | Blazing Saddles | Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, the film was written by Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and draft. The film received generally positive reviews from crit... |
3838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Sterling | Bruce Sterling | Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science-fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
Sterling's first science-fiction story, Man-Made Self, was sold in 1976. He is the author of sc... |
3840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%20abscess | Brain abscess | Brain abscess (or cerebral abscess) is an abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material, coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess, infection of paranasal sinuses, infection of the mastoid air cells of the temporal bone, epidural abscess) or remote (lung, heart, kidney etc.) infectious sourc... |
3845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte%20Bardot | Brigitte Bardot | Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot ( ; ; born 28 September 1934), often referred to by her initials B.B., is a French animal rights activist and former actress, singer and model. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the late 1950s and 1960s... |
3846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo | Banjo | The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by African Americans in the United States. The banjo is frequently ass... |
3850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball | Baseball | Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams, of nine players each, that take turns batting and fielding. The game proceeds when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball which a player on the batting team tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting ... |
3851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball%20positions | Baseball positions | In the sport of baseball, each of the nine players on a team is assigned a particular fielding position when it is their turn to play defense. Each position conventionally has an associated number, for use in scorekeeping by the official scorer: 1 (pitcher), 2 (catcher), 3 (first baseman), 4 (second baseman), 5 (third ... |
3856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20baseball%20in%20the%20United%20States | History of baseball in the United States | The history of baseball in the United States dates to the 18th century, when boys and amateur enthusiasts played a baseball-like game by their own informal rules using homemade equipment. The popularity of the sport grew and amateur men's ball clubs were formed in the 1830–50s. Semi-professional baseball clubs followed... |
3858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major%20League%20Baseball%20Most%20Valuable%20Player%20Award | Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award | The Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award (MVP) is an annual Major League Baseball (MLB) award given to one outstanding player in the American League and one in the National League. Since 1931, it has been awarded by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). Until 2020, the winners received the K... |
3859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major%20League%20Baseball%20Rookie%20of%20the%20Year%20Award | Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award | In Major League Baseball, the Rookie of the Year Award is given annually to two outstanding rookie players, one each for the American League (AL) and National League (NL), as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA, which se... |
3860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20League%20Championship%20Series | National League Championship Series | The National League Championship Series (NLCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. It is contested by the winners of the two National League (NL) Division Series. The winner of the NLCS wins the NL pennant and... |
3861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20League%20Championship%20Series | American League Championship Series | The American League Championship Series (ALCS) is a best-of-seven playoff and one of two League Championship Series comprising the penultimate round of Major League Baseball's (MLB) postseason. It is contested by the winners of the two American League (AL) Division Series. The winner of the ALCS wins the AL pennant and... |
3862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20League%20Division%20Series | American League Division Series | In Major League Baseball, the American League Division Series (ALDS) determines which two teams from the American League will advance to the American League Championship Series. The Division Series consists of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and the winner of the wild-card play-off.
Histo... |
3863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20League%20Division%20Series | National League Division Series | In Major League Baseball, the National League Division Series (NLDS) determines which two teams from the National League will advance to the National League Championship Series. The Division Series consists of two best-of-five series, featuring the three division winners and the winner of the wild-card play-off.
Histo... |
3864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20World%20Series | 2001 World Series | The 2001 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2001 season. The 97th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the three-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New Yo... |
3865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903%20World%20Series | 1903 World Series | The 1903 World Series was the first modern World Series to be played in Major League Baseball. It matched the American League (AL) champion Boston Americans against the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to three, winning the last four. The firs... |
3866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetongue%20disease | Bluetongue disease | Bluetongue disease is a noncontagious, insect-borne, viral disease of ruminants, mainly sheep and less frequently cattle, yaks, goats, buffalo, deer, dromedaries, and antelope. It is caused by Bluetongue virus (BTV). The virus is transmitted by the midges Culicoides imicola, Culicoides variipennis, and other culicoids... |
3869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Perens | Bruce Perens | Bruce Perens (born around 1958) is an American computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement. He created The Open Source Definition and published the first formal announcement and manifesto of open source. He co-founded the Open Source Initiative (OSI) with Eric S. Raymond. Today, he is a partner at OS... |
3870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundle%20theory | Bundle theory | Bundle theory, originated by the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume, is the ontological theory about objecthood in which an object consists only of a collection (bundle) of properties, relations or tropes.
According to bundle theory, an object consists of its properties and nothing more; thus, there cannot b... |
3873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Montgomery | Bernard Montgomery | Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War.
Montgomery first saw action in the F... |
3874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman%20Boerhaave | Herman Boerhaave | Herman Boerhaave (, 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as "the father of physiology," along with Venetian physician Sa... |
3875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli | Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli... |
3876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial%20distribution | Binomial distribution | In probability theory and statistics, the binomial distribution with parameters n and p is the discrete probability distribution of the number of successes in a sequence of n independent experiments, each asking a yes–no question, and each with its own Boolean-valued outcome: success (with probability p) or failure (wi... |
3878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biostatistics | Biostatistics | Biostatistics (also known as biometry) are the development and application of statistical methods to a wide range of topics in biology. It encompasses the design of biological experiments, the collection and analysis of data from those experiments and the interpretation of the results.
History
Biostatistics and Genet... |
3912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20major%20biblical%20figures | List of major biblical figures | The Bible is a canonical collection of texts considered sacred in Judaism or Christianity. Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books. Christian Bibles range from the sixty-si... |
3914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20%26%20Irish%20Lions | British & Irish Lions | The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Lions are a test side and most often select players who have already played for their national team, although they can pick uncapped players who are eligible for any of the... |
3916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20guitar | Bass guitar | The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses. Since the mid-1950s, the... |
3921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball | Basketball | Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the cour... |
3926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish%20%28disambiguation%29 | Blowfish (disambiguation) | Blowfish are species of fish in the family Tetraodontidae.
Blowfish may also refer to:
Porcupinefish, belonging to the family Diodontidae
Blowfish (cipher), an encryption algorithm
Blowfish (company), an American erotic goods supplier
The Blowfish, a satirical newspaper at Brandeis University
Lexington County Bl... |
3928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball | Ball | A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but can sometimes be ovoid) with various uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for simpler activities, such as catch or juggling. Balls made from hard-wearing... |
3931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20relation | Binary relation | In mathematics, a binary relation associates elements of one set, called the domain, with elements of another set, called the codomain. A binary relation over sets and is a new set of ordered pairs consisting of elements in and in . It is a generalization of the more widely understood idea of a mathematical func... |
3933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille | Braille | Braille ( ; Braille: ⠃⠗⠇; ) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are blind, deafblind or who have low vision. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone devices. Braille can be written us... |
3936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille%20Day | Bastille Day | Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In French, it is formally called (; "French National Celebration"), and legally (; "the 14th of July").
The French National Day is the anniversary of the Storming of the Bastil... |
3940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowfish%20%28cipher%29 | Blowfish (cipher) | Blowfish is a symmetric-key block cipher, designed in 1993 by Bruce Schneier and included in many cipher suites and encryption products. Blowfish provides a good encryption rate in software, and no effective cryptanalysis of it has been found to date. However, the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) now receives more at... |
3942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijection | Bijection | In mathematics, a bijection, also known as a bijective function, one-to-one correspondence, or invertible function, is a function between the elements of two sets, where each element of one set is paired with exactly one element of the other set, and each element of the other set is paired with exactly one element of t... |
3943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20function | Binary function | In mathematics, a binary function (also called bivariate function, or function of two variables) is a function that takes two inputs.
Precisely stated, a function is binary if there exists sets such that
where is the Cartesian product of and
Alternative definitions
Set-theoretically, a binary function can be rep... |
3947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Velvet%20%28film%29 | Blue Velvet (film) | Blue Velvet is a 1986 neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by David Lynch. Blending psychological horror with film noir, the film stars Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern, and is named after the 1951 song of the same name. The film concerns a young college student who, re... |
3948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20operation | Binary operation | In mathematics, a binary operation or dyadic operation is a rule for combining two elements (called operands) to produce another element. More formally, a binary operation is an operation of arity two.
More specifically, a binary operation on a set is an operation whose two domains and the codomain are the same set. ... |
3950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagpipes | Bagpipes | Bagpipes are a woodwind instrument using enclosed reeds fed from a constant reservoir of air in the form of a bag. The Scottish Great Highland bagpipes are the best known examples in the Anglophone world, but people have played bagpipes for centuries throughout large parts of Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia, arou... |
3952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedrock%20Records | Bedrock Records | Bedrock Records is an English record label for trance, progressive house and techno started by Nick Muir and John Digweed. Its name comes from a long running and successful club night held in Hastings and also at Heaven nightclub, London - both also called Bedrock. Bedrock Records has released many singles from artists... |
3954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry | Biochemistry | Biochemistry or biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and metabolism. Over the last decades of the 20th century, biochemistry has be... |
3956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton | Badminton | Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side). Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on ... |
3957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque | Baroque | The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1740s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including the Iberian Peninsula it continued, together with new styles, until the first decade ... |
3959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20algebra%20%28structure%29 | Boolean algebra (structure) | In abstract algebra, a Boolean algebra or Boolean lattice is a complemented distributive lattice. This type of algebraic structure captures essential properties of both set operations and logic operations. A Boolean algebra can be seen as a generalization of a power set algebra or a field of sets, or its elements can b... |
3960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank%20of%20Italy | Bank of Italy | The Bank of Italy (Italian: Banca d'Italia), (), is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks. It is located in Palazzo Koch, via Nazionale, Rome. The bank's current governor is Ignazio Visco, who took the office on 1 November 2011.
Functions
After the charge of monetary and exchange r... |
3962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British | British | British may refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
Britishness, the British identity and common culture
British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more bro... |
3963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beachcomber%20%28pen%20name%29 | Beachcomber (pen name) | Beachcomber is a nom de plume that has been used by several journalists writing a long-running humorous column on the Daily Express. It was originated in 1917 by Major John Bernard Arbuthnot MVO as his signature on the column, titled 'By the Way'. The name Beachcomber was then passed to D. B. Wyndham Lewis in 1919 and,... |
3965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Joy | Bill Joy | William Nelson Joy (born November 8, 1954) is an American computer engineer and venture capitalist. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 along with Scott McNealy, Vinod Khosla, and Andy Bechtolsheim, and served as Chief Scientist and CTO at the company until 2003.
He played an integral role in the early development ... |
3967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth%20%28signal%20processing%29 | Bandwidth (signal processing) | Bandwidth is the difference between the upper and lower frequencies in a continuous band of frequencies. It is typically measured in hertz, and depending on context, may specifically refer to passband bandwidth or baseband bandwidth. Passband bandwidth is the difference between the upper and lower cutoff frequencies o... |
3968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva | Bodhisattva | In Buddhism, a bodhisattva ( ) is any person who is on the path towards Buddhahood.
In the Early Buddhist schools as well as modern Theravada Buddhism, a bodhisattva (Pali: bodhisatta) refers to anyone who has made a resolution to become a Buddha and has also received a confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha ... |
3969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham%20Palace | Buckingham Palace | Buckingham Palace () is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people at times of national rejoicing and mourning.... |
3970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Airways | British Airways | British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main hub at Heathrow Airport.
The airline is the second largest UK based carrier, based on fleet size and passengers carried, behind easyJet. In January 2011 BA merged with Iberia, creating the Inte... |
3973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle | Bicycle | A bicycle, also called a pedal cycle, bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered assisted, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A is called a cyclist, or bicyclist.
Bicycles were introduced in the 19th century in Europe. By the early 21st century, mo... |
3974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopolymer | Biopolymer | Biopolymers are natural polymers produced by the cells of living organisms. Biopolymers consist of monomeric units that are covalently bonded to form larger molecules. There are three main classes of biopolymers, classified according to the monomers used and the structure of the biopolymer formed: polynucleotides, poly... |
3975 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20United%20Kingdom%20general%20election | 2001 United Kingdom general election | The 2001 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 7 June 2001, four years after the previous election on 1 May 1997, to elect 659 members to the House of Commons. The governing Labour Party was re-elected to serve a second term in government with another landslide victory, returning 412 members of Parliamen... |
3978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20of%20Mormon | Book of Mormon | The Book of Mormon is a religious text of the Latter Day Saint movement, which, according to Latter Day Saint theology, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from 600 BC to AD 421 and during an interlude dated by the text to the unspecified time of the Tower of Babel. It was first pu... |
3979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists | Baptists | Baptists form a major branch of Evangelical Christianity distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before Go... |
3981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackjack | Blackjack | Blackjack (formerly Black Jack and Vingt-Un) is a casino banking game. The most widely played casino banking game in the world, it uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as Twenty-One. This family of card games also includes the British game of Pontoon and the European ga... |
3982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicarbonate | Bicarbonate | In inorganic chemistry, bicarbonate (IUPAC-recommended nomenclature: hydrogencarbonate) is an intermediate form in the deprotonation of carbonic acid. It is a polyatomic anion with the chemical formula .
Bicarbonate serves a crucial biochemical role in the physiological pH buffering system.
The term "bicarbonate" was... |
3984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie%20Federko | Bernie Federko | Bernard Allan Federko (born May 12, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre of Ukrainian ancestry who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League from 1976 through 1990.
Playing career
Federko began playing hockey at a young age in his home town of Foam Lake, Saskatchewan. He was captain of... |
3985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%2C%20New%20York | Buffalo, New York | Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is next to the Canadian border with Southern Ontario. With a population of 278,349 according to the 2020 census, Buffalo is the 76th-largest city in ... |
3986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Franklin | Benjamin Franklin | Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United... |
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