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6794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Shoemaker%E2%80%93Levy%209 | Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 | Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 (formally designated D/1993 F2) broke apart in July 1992 and collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects. This generated a large amount of coverage in the popular media, and the comet was closely observed by a... |
6796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres%20Brewery | Ceres Brewery | The Ceres Brewery was a beer and soft drink producing facility in Århus, Denmark, that operated from 1856 until 2008. Although the brewery was closed by its owner Royal Unibrew the Ceres brand continues, with the product brewed at other facilities. The area where the brewery stood is being redeveloped for residential a... |
6799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL | COBOL | COBOL (; an acronym for "common business-oriented language") is a compiled English-like computer programming language designed for business use. It is an imperative, procedural and, since 2002, object-oriented language. COBOL is primarily used in business, finance, and administrative systems for companies and governmen... |
6801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crew | Crew | A crew is a body or a class of people who work at a common activity, generally in a structured or hierarchical organization. A location in which a crew works is called a crewyard or a workyard. The word has nautical resonances: the tasks involved in operating a ship, particularly a sailing ship, providing numerous spec... |
6803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCD | CCD | CCD may refer to:
Science and technology
Charge-coupled device, an electronic light sensor used in various devices including digital cameras
.ccd, the filename extension for CloneCD's CD image file
Carbonate compensation depth, a property of oceans
Colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon involving the abrupt disap... |
6804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge-coupled%20device | Charge-coupled device | A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a camera for astrophotography that is mainly used for imaging deep-sky objects and it contains an array of linked, or coupled, capacitors. CCD cameras for astrophotography are often available in both monochrome and one-shot colour versions. Under the control of an external circuit, each... |
6806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20memory | Computer memory | In computing, memory is a device or system that is used to store information for immediate use in a computer or related computer hardware and digital electronic devices. The term memory is often synonymous with the term primary storage or main memory. An archaic synonym for memory is store.
Computer memory operates at... |
6809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC | CDC | CDC may refer to:
Organizations
Government
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the national public health agency of the United States
Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a South Korean agency
Taiwan Centers for Disease Control
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Civil Defence ... |
6811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centers%20for%20Disease%20Control%20and%20Prevention | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The agency's main goal is the protection of public health and safety through... |
6813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrasekhar%20limit | Chandrasekhar limit | The Chandrasekhar limit () is the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star. The currently accepted value of the Chandrasekhar limit is about ().
White dwarfs resist gravitational collapse primarily through electron degeneracy pressure, compared to main sequence stars, which resist collapse through thermal pressure. ... |
6814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregationalist%20polity | Congregationalist polity | Congregationalist polity, or congregational polity, often known as congregationalism, is a system of ecclesiastical polity in which every local church (congregation) is independent, ecclesiastically sovereign, or "autonomous". Its first articulation in writing is the Cambridge Platform of 1648 in New England.
Major Pr... |
6816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry | Cavalry | Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, screening, and skirmishing in many armies, or as heavy... |
6818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric%20acid%20cycle | Citric acid cycle | The citric acid cycle (CAC) – also known as the TCA cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle) or the Krebs cycle – is a series of chemical reactions to release stored energy through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. The Krebs cycle is used by organisms that respire (as opposed to organi... |
6821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20engineering%20vehicle | Military engineering vehicle | A military engineering vehicle is a vehicle built for the construction work or for the transportation of combat engineers on the battlefield. These vehicles may be modified civilian equipment (such as the armoured bulldozers that many nations field) or purpose-built military vehicles (such as the AVRE). The first appea... |
6822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia | Catalonia | Catalonia (; ; Aranese Occitan: Catalonha ; ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran), lies on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the south of the Pyrenees mountain range. Catalonia consists of four provinces: ... |
6823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantinos%20Kanaris | Konstantinos Kanaris | Konstantinos Kanaris (, ; c. 17901877), also anglicised as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris, was a Greek admiral, Prime Minister, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence.
Biography
Early life
Konstantinos Kanaris was born and grew up on the island of Psara, close to the island of Chios, in the Aegean. The exact yea... |
6824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Sagan | Carl Sagan | Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on extraterrestrial life, including experimental demonstration of the production of... |
6827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban%20Missile%20Crisis | Cuban Missile Crisis | The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962 (), the Caribbean Crisis (), or the Missile Scare, was a 1-month, 4 day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union which escalated into an international crisis when American deployments of missiles in It... |
6828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquilegia | Aquilegia | Aquilegia (common names: granny's bonnet, columbine) is a genus of about 60–70 species of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals of their flowers.
Etymology
The genus name Aquilegia is derived from the Latin wor... |
6829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache%20%28computing%29 | Cache (computing) | In computing, a cache ( ) is a hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere. A cache hit occurs when the requested data can be found in a cache, whi... |
6830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus%2C%20Indiana | Columbus, Indiana | Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 50,474 at the 2020 census. The relatively small city has provided a unique place for noted Modern architecture and public art, commissioning numerous works since the mid-20th century; the annual program Exhibit ... |
6834 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20computer%20scientists | List of computer scientists | This is a list of computer scientists, people who do work in computer science, in particular researchers and authors.
Some persons notable as programmers are included here because they work in research as well as program. A few of these people pre-date the invention of the digital computer; they are now regarded as co... |
6839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction%20kinetics%20in%20uniform%20supersonic%20flow | Reaction kinetics in uniform supersonic flow | Reaction kinetics in uniform supersonic flow (, CRESU ) is an experiment investigating chemical reactions taking place at very low temperatures.
The technique involves the expansion of a gas or mixture of gases through a de Laval nozzle from a high pressure reservoir into a vacuum chamber. As it expands, the nozzle co... |
6840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygwin | Cygwin | Cygwin ( ) is a POSIX-compatible programming and runtime environment that runs natively on Microsoft Windows. Under Cygwin, source code designed for Unix-like operating systems may be compiled with minimal modification and executed.
The Cygwin installation directory has a directory layout that is similar to the root f... |
6845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth | Corinth | Corinth ( ; , ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality of Corinth, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. It is the capital of Corinthia.
I... |
6846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossae | Colossae | Colossae (; Greek: Κολοσσαί) was an ancient city of Phrygia in Asia Minor, and one of the most celebrated cities of southern Anatolia (modern Turkey). The Epistle to the Colossians, an early Christian text which identifies its author as Paul the Apostle, is addressed to the church in Colossae. A significant city from ... |
6848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge%20of%20the%20Goddess | Charge of the Goddess | The Charge of the Goddess (or Charge of the Star Goddess) is an inspirational text often used in the neopagan religion of Wicca. The Charge of the Goddess is recited during most rituals in which the Wiccan priest/priestess is expected to represent, and/or embody, the Goddess within the sacred circle, and is often spoke... |
6849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy%20Young | Cy Young | Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered the major leagues in 1890 with the National League's Cleveland Spiders and pitc... |
6851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation%20Street | Coronation Street | Coronation Street is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 1960. The programme centres around Coronation Street: a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford.
Originally broadcast twice weekly, the series began airing six times a week in ... |
6852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula | Caligula | Caligula (; 31 August 12 – 24 January 41), formally known as Gaius (Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 to 41. The son of the popular Roman general Germanicus and Augustus's granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, Caligula was born into the first ruling family of the Roman Empire, ... |
6854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%E2%80%93Turing%20thesis | Church–Turing thesis | In computability theory, the Church–Turing thesis (also known as computability thesis, the Turing–Church thesis, the Church–Turing conjecture, Church's thesis, Church's conjecture, and Turing's thesis) is a thesis about the nature of computable functions. It states that a function on the natural numbers can be calcula... |
6856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky%20%28surname%29 | Chomsky (surname) | Chomsky (, , , , , "from (Vyoska) / (nearby Brest, now Belarus)") is a surname of Slavic origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Alejandro Chomski (born 1968), Argentine film director and screenwriter
Aviva Chomsky (born 1957), American historian
Carol (Schatz) Chomsky (1930–2008), American linguist and w... |
6857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20multitasking | Computer multitasking | In computing, multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks (also known as processes) over a certain period of time. New tasks can interrupt already started ones before they finish, instead of waiting for them to end. As a result, a computer executes segments of multiple tasks in an interleaved manner, wh... |
6859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiang%20Kai-shek | Chiang Kai-shek | Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and romanized via Mandarin as Chiang Chieh-shih and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China from 1928 until 1949 in mainland China and then i... |
6863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression%20ratio | Compression ratio | The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values.
A fundamental specification for such engines, it is measured two ways: the static compression ratio, calculated based on the relative volumes of the combust... |
6865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordat%20of%20Worms | Concordat of Worms | The Concordat of Worms (; ) was an agreement between the Catholic Church and the Holy Roman Empire which regulated the procedure for the appointment of bishops and abbots in the Empire. Signed on 23 September 1122 in the German city of Worms by Pope Callixtus II and Emperor Henry V, the agreement set an end to the Inve... |
6867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context-free%20language | Context-free language | In formal language theory, a context-free language (CFL) is a language generated by a context-free grammar (CFG).
Context-free languages have many applications in programming languages, in particular, most arithmetic expressions are generated by context-free grammars.
Background
Context-free grammar
Different cont... |
6868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caffeine | Caffeine | Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class. There are several known mechanisms of action to explain the effects of caffeine. The most prominent is that it reversibly blocks the action of adenosine on its receptors and consequently prevents the onset of drowsiness induced by adenos... |
6874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyc | Cyc | Cyc (pronounced ) is a long-term artificial intelligence project that aims to assemble a comprehensive ontology and knowledge base that spans the basic concepts and rules about how the world works. Hoping to capture common sense knowledge, Cyc focuses on implicit knowledge that other AI platforms may take for granted.... |
6876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE | CE | CE, Ce, ce, or variants may refer to:
Business
CE marking (stylized ), a mandatory administrative marking asserting conformity with relevant standards, applied certain products offered for sale within the European Economic Area;
Customer equity, the total combined customer lifetime values of all of the company's cu... |
6878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Valderrama | Carlos Valderrama | Carlos Alberto Valderrama Palacio (Colombian Spanish: ; born 2 September 1961), also known as El Pibe ("The Kid"), is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A creative playmaker, he is regarded as one of the best Colombian footballers of all time, and by some as Colombia's gre... |
6880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%20salad | Caesar salad | A Caesar salad (also spelled Cesar and Cesare) is a green salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with lemon juice (or lime juice), olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, Dijon mustard, Parmesan cheese, and black pepper.
In its original form, this salad was prepared and served tableside.
Histo... |
6881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia%20Beaux | Cecilia Beaux | Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942) was an American society portraitist, whose subjects included First Lady Edith Roosevelt, Admiral Sir David Beatty and Georges Clemenceau.
Trained in Philadelphia, she went on to study in Paris, strongly influenced by two classical painters Tony Robert-Fleury and William... |
6882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler | Chrysler | Chrysler (; officially FCA US)is one of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of Dutch-domiciled automotive company Stellantis. In addition to the Chrysler brand, Stellantis North America sells vehicles worldwide under the D... |
6883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20London | City of London | The City of London is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the historic centre and the primary central business district (CBD) of London. It constituted most of London from its settlement by the Romans in the 1st century AD to the Middle Ages, but the modern city named London has since ... |
6884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoris | Clitoris | The clitoris ( or ) is a female sex organ present in mammals, ostriches and a limited number of other animals. In humans, the visible portion – the glans – is at the front junction of the labia minora (inner lips), above the opening of the urethra. Unlike the penis, the male homologue (equivalent) to the clitoris, it u... |
6886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago | Chicago | Chicago ( , ), officially the City of Chicago, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the third-most populous city in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwestern United States a... |
6887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrix%206x86 | Cyrix 6x86 | The Cyrix 6x86 (codename M1) is a sixth-generation, 32-bit x86 microprocessor designed by Cyrix and manufactured by IBM and SGS-Thomson. It was originally released in 1996.
Architecture
The 6x86 is superscalar and superpipelined and performs register renaming, speculative execution, out-of-order execution, and data d... |
6888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon%20classification | Colon classification | Colon classification (CC) is a library classification system developed by Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan. It was an early faceted (or analytico-synthetic) classification system. The first edition of colon classification was published in 1933, followed by six more editions. It is especially used in libraries in India.
I... |
6889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census | Census | A census is the procedure of systematically calculating, acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include the census of agriculture, and other censuses such as the traditional ... |
6896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20chemistry | Outline of chemistry | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to chemistry:
Chemistry is the science of atomic matter (matter that is composed of chemical elements), especially its chemical reactions, but also including its properties, structure, composition, behavior, and changes as they relate to the chemica... |
6901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20critical%20theory | Outline of critical theory | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to critical theory:
Critical theory – the examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different origins and histories: one originating in... |
6902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotswolds | Cotswolds | The Cotswolds ( , ) is an area in south-central England, along rolling hills that rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale.
The area is defined by the bedrock of Jurassic limestone that creates a type of grassland habitat rare in the UK and that is quarried f... |
6903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.C.%20ChievoVerona | A.C. ChievoVerona | Associazione Calcio ChievoVerona, commonly referred to as ChievoVerona or simply Chievo , is a former professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 4,500 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a bakery product company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani C... |
6904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context%20switch | Context switch | In computing, a context switch is the process of storing the state of a process or thread, so that it can be restored and resume execution at a later point. This allows multiple processes to share a single central processing unit (CPU), and is an essential feature of a multitasking operating system.
The precise meanin... |
6905 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic | Carnatic | Carnatic most often refers to:
Carnatic region, Southern India
Carnatic music, the classical music of Southern India
Carnatic may also refer to:
Carnatic Wars, a series of military conflicts in India during the 18th century
, a Bangor-class minesweeper of the Royal Indian Navy, that served in World War II
, a 74-gun t... |
6907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra | Chakra | Chakras (, ; ; ) are various focal points used in a variety of ancient meditation practices, collectively denominated as Tantra, or the esoteric or inner traditions of Hinduism.
The idea behind Chakra is found in the early traditions of Hinduism. Beliefs differ between the Indian religions, with many Buddhist texts c... |
6910 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloning | Cloning | Cloning is the process of producing individual organisms with identical or virtually identical DNA, either by natural or artificial means. In nature, some organisms produce clones through asexual reproduction. In the field of biotechnology, cloning is the process of creating cloned organisms (copies) of cells and of DN... |
6911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulose | Cellulose | Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units. Cellulose is an important structural component of the primary cell wall of green plants, many forms of algae and the oomycetes. Some species of bacteri... |
6913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortez | Cortez | Cortez may refer to:
Places
United States
Cortez, California, an unincorporated community in Merced County
Cortez, Colorado, a city and county seat of Montezuma County
Cortez, Florida, a census-designated place
Cortez, Nevada, ghost town
Cortez, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
Elsewhere
Sea of Cortez... |
6916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colony | Colony | In political science, a colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule. Though dominated by the foreign colonizers, colonies remain separate from the administration of the original country of the colonizers, the metropolitan state (or "mother country").
This administrative colonial separation makes colonies ne... |
6918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20%28optical%20phenomenon%29 | Rod (optical phenomenon) | In cryptozoology and ufology, "rods" (also known as "skyfish", "air rods", or "solar entities") are elongated visual artifacts appearing in photographic images and video recordings.
Some paranormal proponents claim them to be extraterrestrial lifeforms, extradimensional creatures, or very small UFOs. However, these a... |
6920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column | Column | A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. The term column applies especially to a large round support (the shaft of the... |
6921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmilla | Carmilla | Carmilla is an 1872 Gothic novella by Irish author Sheridan Le Fanu and one of the early works of vampire fiction, predating Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) by 26 years. First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), the story is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later reve... |
6922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clitoridectomy | Clitoridectomy | Clitoridectomy or clitorectomy is the surgical removal, reduction, or partial removal of the clitoris. It is rarely used as a therapeutic medical procedure, such as when cancer has developed in or spread to the clitoris. It is often performed on intersex newborns. Commonly, non-medical removal of the clitoris is perfor... |
6924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal | Cabal | A cabal is a group of people who are united in some close design, usually to promote their private views or interests in an ideology, a state, or another community, often by intrigue and usually unbeknownst to those who are outside their group. The use of this term usually carries negative connotations of political pur... |
6925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytochrome | Cytochrome | Cytochromes are redox-active proteins containing a heme, with a central Fe atom at its core, as a cofactor. They are involved in electron transport chain and redox catalysis. They are classified according to the type of heme and its mode of binding. Four varieties are recognized by the International Union of Biochemist... |
6927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowded%20House | Crowded House | Crowded House are a rock band, formed in Melbourne Australia in 1985. Its founding members were New Zealander Neil Finn (vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter) and Australians Paul Hester (drums) and Nick Seymour (bass). Later band members included Neil Finn's brother, Tim Finn, and Americans Mark Hart and Matt Sherr... |
6928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colette | Colette | Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also known as a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best remembered for her 1944 novella Gigi, which was the basis for the 1958 film and the 1973 stage production of the ... |
6932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Alston | Charles Alston | Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an American painter, sculptor, illustrator, muralist and teacher who lived and worked in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem. Alston was active in the Harlem Renaissance; Alston was the first African-American supervisor for the Works Progress Administra... |
6933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatin | Chromatin | Chromatin is a complex of DNA and protein found in eukaryotic cells. The primary function is to package long DNA molecules into more compact, denser structures. This prevents the strands from becoming tangled and also plays important roles in reinforcing the DNA during cell division, preventing DNA damage, and regulati... |
6934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condition%20number | Condition number | In the field of numerical analysis, the condition number of a function measures how much the output value of the function can change for a small change in the input argument. This is used to measure how sensitive a function is to changes or errors in the input, and how much error in the output results from an error in ... |
6936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar%20cheese | Cheddar cheese | Cheddar cheese (or simply cheddar) is a relatively hard, off-white (or orange if colourings such as annatto are added), sometimes sharp-tasting, natural cheese. Cheddar originates from the English village of Cheddar in Somerset.
Cheeses in the style are produced all over the world, though cheddar cheese has no protect... |
6938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20order | Classical order | An order in architecture is a certain assemblage of parts subject to uniform established proportions, regulated by the office that each part has to perform.
Coming down to the present from Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman civilization, the architectural orders are the styles of classical architecture, each distinguished... |
6941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Kapp | Colin Kapp | Derek Ivor Colin Kapp (3 April 1928 – 3 August 2007), Known as Colin Kapp, was a British science fiction author best known for his stories about the Unorthodox Engineers.
As an electronic engineer, he began his career with Mullard Electronics then specialised in electroplating techniques, eventually becoming a freelan... |
6942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20of%20Aragon | Catherine of Aragon | Catherine of Aragon (; 16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536) was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until their annulment on 23 May 1533. She was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother, Arthur, Prince of Wales.
The daughter of Isabella I of... |
6943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode%20ray | Cathode ray | Cathode rays (electron beam or e-beam) are streams of electrons observed in discharge tubes. If an evacuated glass tube is equipped with two electrodes and a voltage is applied, glass behind the positive electrode is observed to glow, due to electrons emitted from the cathode (the electrode connected to the negative te... |
6944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathode | Cathode | A cathode is the electrode from which a conventional current leaves a polarized electrical device. This definition can be recalled by using the mnemonic CCD for Cathode Current Departs. A conventional current describes the direction in which positive charges move. Electrons have a negative electrical charge, so the mov... |
6945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrominance | Chrominance | Chrominance (chroma or C for short) is the signal used in video systems to convey the color information of the picture, separately from the accompanying luma signal (or Y' for short). Chrominance is usually represented as two color-difference components: U = B′ − Y′ (blue − luma) and V = R′ − Y′ (red − luma). Each of ... |
6946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality%20%28disambiguation%29 | Chirality (disambiguation) | Chirality (handedness) is a property of asymmetry.
Chirality may also refer to:
Chirality (chemistry), a property of molecules having a non-superimposable mirror image
Chirality (electromagnetism), an electromagnetic propagation in chiral media
Chirality (mathematics), the property of a figure not being identical ... |
6947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus | Campus | A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like settings.
A modern campus is a collection of buildings and grounds that belon... |
6948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbow | Crossbow | A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long firearm. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels. A person who s... |
6949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbamazepine | Carbamazepine | Carbamazepine (CBZ), sold under the trade name Tegretol among others, is an anticonvulsant medication used primarily in the treatment of epilepsy and neuropathic pain. It is used as an adjunctive treatment in schizophrenia along with other medications and as a second-line agent in bipolar disorder. Carbamazepine appear... |
6951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCIR | CCIR | CCIR is a four-letter abbreviation that may stand for:
California Coalition for Immigration Reform, a California political advocacy group for immigration reduction
Campaign for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, a Washington, DC organization for immigrant rights
Canadian Centre for Investigative Reporting, produces tho... |
6955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcedonian%20Definition | Chalcedonian Definition | The Chalcedonian Definition (also called the Chalcedonian Creed or the Definition of Chalcedon) is a declaration of Christ's nature, adopted at the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451. Chalcedon was an early centre of Christianity located in Asia Minor (modern Turkey). The council was the fourth of the ecumenical councils ... |
6956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation%20law | Conservation law | In physics, a conservation law states that a particular measurable property of an isolated physical system does not change as the system evolves over time. Exact conservation laws include conservation of mass and energy, conservation of linear momentum, conservation of angular momentum, and conservation of electric cha... |
6959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord | Chord | Chord may refer to:
Chord (music), an aggregate of musical pitches sounded simultaneously
Guitar chord a chord played on a guitar, which has a particular tuning
Chord (geometry), a line segment joining two points on a curve
Chord (astronomy), a line crossing a foreground astronomical object during an occultation ... |
6960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car%20Talk | Car Talk | Car Talk is a radio talk show that was broadcast weekly on National Public Radio (NPR) stations and elsewhere. Its subjects were automobiles and automotive repair, often discussed humorously. It was hosted by brothers Tom and Ray Magliozzi, known also as Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers. The show won a Peabody Awa... |
6962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council%20of%20Chalcedon | Council of Chalcedon | The Council of Chalcedon (; ; , Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos) was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian church, convoked by Emperor Marcian. The council convened in Chalcedon, Bithynia (modern day Kadıköy, Turkey) from 8 October to 1 November 451. The council, attended by 520 bishops or their representatives, was t... |
6963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20football | Canadian football | Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area (end zone).
In Canada, the term "football" may refer to Canadian football and ... |
6966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20calendar | Chinese calendar | The traditional Chinese calendar (also known as the Agricultural Calendar [農曆; 农历; Nónglì; 'farming calendar'], Former Calendar [舊曆; 旧历; Jiùlì], Traditional Calendar [老曆; 老历; Lǎolì], is a lunisolar calendar which identifies years, months, and days according to astronomical phenomena. In China, it is defined by the Chin... |
6968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer%20relationship%20management | Customer relationship management | Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
CRM systems compile data from a range of different communication channels, including a company's website, telep... |
6970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck-a-luck | Chuck-a-luck | Chuck-a-luck, also known as birdcage, is a game of chance played with three dice. It is derived from grand hazard and both can be considered a variant of sic bo, which is a popular casino game, although chuck-a-luck is more of a carnival game than a true casino game. The game is sometimes used as a fundraiser for chari... |
6972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chipmunk | Chipmunk | Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of the family Sciuridae. Chipmunks are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.
Taxonomy and systematics
Chipmunks may be classified either as a single genus, Tamias, or as three genera: Tamias, of which the eastern chipm... |
6974 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20music | Computer music | Computer music is the application of computing technology in music composition, to help human composers create new music or to have computers independently create music, such as with algorithmic composition programs. It includes the theory and application of new and existing computer software technologies and basic asp... |
6978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept | Concept | Concepts are defined as abstract ideas. They are understood to be the fundamental building blocks of the concept behind principles, thoughts and beliefs.
They play an important role in all aspects of cognition. As such, concepts are studied by several disciplines, such as linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, and th... |
6979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20Cycle | Cell Cycle | Cell Cycle is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of cell biology. It was established in 2002 with Mikhail V. Blagosklonny (Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center) as founding editor-in-chief. Originally published bimonthly, it is now published biweekly.
Abstracting and indexing
The jour... |
6982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20classical%20music%20competitions | List of classical music competitions | European Classical music has long relied on music competitions to provide a public forum that identifies the strongest players and contributes to the establishment of their professional careers. This is a list of current competitions in classical music, with each competition and reference link given only once. Many off... |
6984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Powell | Colin Powell | Colin Luther Powell ( ; April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African-American Secretary of State. He served as the 16th United States national security... |
6985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll | Chlorophyll | Chlorophyll (also chlorophyl) is any of several related green pigments found in the mesosomes of cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants. Its name is derived from the Greek words , ("pale green") and , ("leaf"). Chlorophyll is essential in photosynthesis, allowing plants to absorb energy from light.... |
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