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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buggane] | [TOKENS: 828]
Contents Buggane In Manx folklore, a buggane (or boagane) was a huge ogre-like creature native to the Isle of Man. Some[who?] have considered them akin to the Scandinavian troll. Manx folklore A shapeshifter, the buggane is generally described as a malevolent being that can appear as a large black calf or human with ea...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Tat_literature] | [TOKENS: 3527]
Contents Judeo-Tat literature Hebrew Judeo-Aramaic Judeo-Arabic Other Jewish diaspora languages Jewish folklore Jewish poetry Judeo-Tat literature is the literature of the Mountain Jews in the Juhuri language. History Judeo-Tat literature is rich in folklore. The most popular narrators of folklore at the beginning of t...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonian] | [TOKENS: 392]
Contents Tonian The Tonian (from Ancient Greek: τόνος, romanized: tónos, meaning "stretch") is the first geologic period of the Neoproterozoic Era. It lasted from 1000 to 720 Mya (million years ago). Instead of being based on stratigraphy, these dates are defined by the ICS based on radiometric chronometry. The Tonian ...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_Empires] | [TOKENS: 10179]
Contents Middle Eastern empires Middle East empires have existed in the Middle East region at various periods between 3000 BCE and 1924 CE; they have been instrumental in the spreading of ideas, technology, and religions within Middle East territories and to outlying territories. Since the 7th century CE, all Middle Ea...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#cite_note-BillingtonRidge2001j2-106] | [TOKENS: 17273]
Contents United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the sout...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth] | [TOKENS: 7161]
Contents Myth Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society. For scholars, this is totally different from the ordinary sense of the term myth, meaning a belief that is not true, as the veracity of a piece of folklore is entirely irrelevant to determining whethe...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iran] | [TOKENS: 23608]
Contents History of Iran The history of Iran (also known as Persia) is intertwined with Greater Iran, which is a region encompassing all of the areas that have witnessed significant settlement or influence by the Iranian peoples and the Iranian languages – chiefly the Persians and the Persian language. Central to this ...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#cite_ref-402] | [TOKENS: 12858]
Contents Minecraft Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. Following its initial public alpha release in 2009, it was formally released in 2011 for personal computers. The game has since been ported to numerous platforms, including mobile devices and various video game consoles. In Minecr...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars#cite_note-Lin,_An-115] | [TOKENS: 11899]
Contents Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", for its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous atmosphere that is primarily carbon dioxide (CO2). At the average surface level the atmospheric pressure is a few thousandths of Earth's, atmospher...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Islamic_Arabia] | [TOKENS: 14124]
Contents Pre-Islamic Arabia The era of pre-Islamic Arabia encompasses human history in all parts of the Arabian Peninsula before the spread of Islam beginning in 610 CE. During the prehistoric period, humans first migrate and settle into the peninsula. In the early first millennium BC, writing and recorded history are ...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-player_video_game] | [TOKENS: 1077]
Contents Single-player video game A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the gameplay. Video games in general can feature several game modes, including single-player modes designed to be played by a single player in addition to multi-player modes. Most modern ...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_bullet] | [TOKENS: 1039]
Contents Silver bullet In folklore, a silver bullet is often one of the few weapons that are effective against a werewolf, vampire, witch, or other supernatural being. The term silver bullet is also a metaphor for a simple, seemingly magical, solution to a difficult problem: for example, penicillin c. 1930 was a "silve...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minecraft#cite_ref-403] | [TOKENS: 12858]
Contents Minecraft Minecraft is a sandbox game developed and published by Mojang Studios. Following its initial public alpha release in 2009, it was formally released in 2011 for personal computers. The game has since been ported to numerous platforms, including mobile devices and various video game consoles. In Minecr...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POV-Ray] | [TOKENS: 1685]
Contents POV-Ray The Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer, most commonly acronymed as POV-Ray, is a cross-platform ray-tracing program that generates images from a text-based scene description. It was originally based on DKBTrace, written by David Kirk Buck and Aaron A. Collins for Amiga computers. There are also influence...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer#cite_note-ieee-118] | [TOKENS: 10628]
Contents Computer A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs, which enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term compute...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water] | [TOKENS: 15420]
Contents Water Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula H2O. It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless,[c] and nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans and the fluids of all known living organisms, in which it acts as a solvent. Water, being a ...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lod#cite_ref-:6_37-0] | [TOKENS: 4733]
Contents Lod Lod (Hebrew: לוד, fully vocalized: לֹד), also known as Lydda (Ancient Greek: Λύδδα) and Lidd (Arabic: اللِّدّ, romanized: al-Lidd, or اللُّدّ, al-Ludd), is a city 15 km (9+1⁄2 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv and 40 km (25 mi) northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lo...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_degree] | [TOKENS: 63]
Glossary of graph theory This is a glossary of graph theory. Graph theory is the study of graphs, systems of nodes or vertices connected in pairs by lines or edges. Symbols A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W See also References
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerhouse_(programming_language)] | [TOKENS: 1318]
Contents PowerHouse (programming language) PowerHouse is a byte-compiled fourth-generation programming language (or 4GL) originally produced by Quasar Corporation (later renamed Cognos Incorporated) for the Hewlett-Packard HP3000 mini-computer, as well as Data General and DEC VAX/VMS systems. It was initially composed ...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeigh2018189-156] | [TOKENS: 10728]
Contents PlayStation (console) The PlayStation[a] (codenamed PSX, abbreviated as PS, and retroactively PS1 or PS one) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in Japan on 3 December 1994, followed by North America on 9 September 1995, Europe on 29 September 199...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza_pyramid_complex] | [TOKENS: 4526]
Contents Giza pyramid complex The Giza pyramid complex (also called the Giza necropolis) in Egypt is home to the Great Pyramid, the pyramid of Khafre, and the pyramid of Menkaure, along with their associated pyramid complexes and the Great Sphinx. All were built during the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of ancient E...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Game_Plus] | [TOKENS: 609]
Contents New Game Plus New Game Plus, also known as New Game+, NG+, or hero mode, is an unlockable video game mode available in some video game titles that allows the player to restart the game's story with all or some of the items or experience gained in the first playthrough. New Game Plus modes are typically unlocke...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gromia_sphaerica] | [TOKENS: 489]
Contents Gromia sphaerica Gromia sphaerica is a large spherical testate amoeba, a single-celled eukaryotic organism and the largest of its genus, Gromia. The genus itself contains about 13 known species, 3 of which were discovered as late as 2005. It was discovered in 2000, along the Oman margin of the Arabian Sea, at ...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_system] | [TOKENS: 4155]
Contents Planetary system A planetary system consists of a set of non-stellar bodies which are gravitationally bound to and in orbit of a star or star system. Generally speaking, such systems will include planets, and may include other objects such as dwarf planets, asteroids, natural satellites, meteoroids, comets, pl...
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[SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_color_palettes] | [TOKENS: 1369]
Contents List of color palettes The following is a list that contains color palettes for notable computer graphics, terminals and video game consoles. Only a simulated image using a palette and its name are given. Main articles are linked from the name of each palette, test charts, sample colours, simulated images, and...
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