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8653 | Ducati | | defunct = <!-- -->
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Claudio Domenicali (CEO)
| industry = Motorcycle manufacturing
| products = Motorcycle
| production = 61,562 units (2022)
| services | revenue €731 million (2016)
| operating_income | net_income
| assets | equity
| num_employees | owner Audi AG
| parent = ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducati | 2025-04-05T18:28:43.708718 |
8654 | Data General Nova | thumb|A Nova system (beige and yellow, center bottom) and a cartridge hard disk system (opened, below Nova) in a mostly empty rack mount
thumb|288px|right|A Nova 1200, mid-right, processed the images generated by the EMI-Scanner, the world's first commercially available CT scanner.
The Nova is a series of 16-bit minico... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General_Nova | 2025-04-05T18:28:43.779392 |
8659 | Protestant Church in the Netherlands | | associations =
| separations = (newly organized denominations; refused to participate in the merger)
| congregations = 1,487
| members 1.4 million (7.9% of the population)
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
The Protestant Church in the Netherlands (, abbreviated PKN) is the largest Protestant denomination in the Nether... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Church_in_the_Netherlands | 2025-04-05T18:28:43.825601 |
8660 | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | | founded_date =
| founded_place |separated_from| headquarters = Indianapolis, Indiana
| associations =
| full_communion =
| area = United States and Canada
| congregations = 3,624
| members 277,864 (2022)
| footnotes | website
}}
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a mainline Protestant Christian denomi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Church_(Disciples_of_Christ) | 2025-04-05T18:28:43.857230 |
8662 | David Rice Atchison | | birth_place = Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Gower, Missouri, U.S.
| resting_place= Greenlawn Cemetery, Plattsburg, Missouri, U.S.
| party = Democratic
| alma_mater = Transylvania University
| profession =
| signature = David Rice Atchison Signature.svg
| allegiance = |}}
| branch = Missou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison | 2025-04-05T18:28:43.888757 |
8663 | Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit | | death_place = The Hague, Dutch Republic
| residence | field Physics (thermometry)
| work_institutions | alma_mater
| known_for = Precision thermometry<br />Alcohol thermometer<br />Mercury-in-glass thermometer<br />Fahrenheit scale<br />Fahrenheit hydrometer
| influences | influenced
| prizes | footnotes
| signatu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gabriel_Fahrenheit | 2025-04-05T18:28:43.907678 |
8664 | Freescale DragonBall | thumb|Motorola DragonBall EZ Microprocessor
Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor's DragonBall, or MC68328, is a microcontroller design based on the famous 68000 core, but implemented as an all-in-one low-power system for handheld computer use. It is supported by μClinux. It was designed by Motorola in Hong Kong and releas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freescale_DragonBall | 2025-04-05T18:28:43.927268 |
8667 | Double-slit experiment | In modern physics, the double-slit experiment demonstrates that light and matter can exhibit behavior of both classical particles and classical waves. This type of experiment was first performed by Thomas Young in 1801, as a demonstration of the wave behavior of visible light. In 1927, Davisson and Germer and, independ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-slit_experiment | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.023768 |
8668 | Dan Bricklin | | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (SB)<br>Harvard University (MBA)
| known_for = VisiCalc<br>wikiCalc
}}
Daniel Singer Bricklin (born July 16, 1951) is an American businessman and engineer who is the co-creator, with Bob Frankston, of VisiCalc, the fir... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bricklin | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.049443 |
8674 | DECT | -->
| native_name_lang = <!-- ISO 639-1 code e.g. "fr" for French. If more than one, use inside native_name items instead -->
| status | year_started <!-- -->
| first_published <!-- -->
| version | version_date
| preview | preview_date
| organization = ETSI, DECT Forum
| committee | series
| editors | authors
| bas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECT | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.099169 |
8676 | Dhyana | Dhyana may refer to:
Meditative practices in Indian religions
Dhyana in Buddhism (Pāli: jhāna)
Dhyana in Hinduism
Jain Dhyāna, see Jain meditation
Other
Dhyana, a work by British composer John Tavener (1944–2013)
Dhyana (MaYaN album), 2018
Hygon Dhyana, a x86 compatible microprocessor
Vidya Pradeep, also Dhyana, I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhyana | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.124425 |
8677 | December 30 | Events
Pre-1600
*534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
*999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushing defeat on the allied armies of Leinster and Dublin near Lyons Hill in Ireland.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_30 | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.164695 |
8678 | Donn | thumb|250px|Bull Rock, off the southwest coast of Ireland, is often identified with Teach Duinn (the House of Donn)
In Irish mythology, Donn ("the dark one", from ) is an ancestor of the Gaels and is believed to have been a god of the dead. Donn is said to dwell in Tech Duinn (the "house of Donn" or "house of the dark... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.187565 |
8681 | Data compression ratio | Data compression ratio, also known as compression power, is a measurement of the relative reduction in size of data representation produced by a data compression algorithm. It is typically expressed as the division of uncompressed size by compressed size.
Definition
Data compression ratio is defined as the ratio betwe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression_ratio | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.194365 |
8683 | Disc jockey | DJ Robert Hood]]
at MAGMA festival 2006, in Tenerife, Spain]]
, consisting of three CDJs (top), three turntables for vinyl records and a DJ mixer]]
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_jockey | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.243399 |
8687 | Detroit | | image_flag = Flag of Detroit.svg
| flag_size = 110px
| image_seal = Seal of Detroit (B&W).svg
| seal_size = 90px
| image_blank_emblem = Logo of Detroit, Michigan.svg
| blank_emblem_type = Logo
| blank_emblem_size = 100
| blank_emblem_alt | blank_emblem_link The Spirit of Detroit
| etymology = (strait)
| nicknames = T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.409627 |
8688 | Deccan Traps | thumb|right|The Western Ghats at Matheran in Maharashtra
thumb|Oblique satellite view of the Deccan Traps
thumb|upright=1.25|Map of the Deccan Traps
The Deccan Traps are a large igneous province of west-central India (17–24°N, 73–74°E). They are one of the largest volcanic features on Earth, taking the form of a large... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Traps | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.465383 |
8690 | Don't ask, don't tell | }}
"'''Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT''') was the official United States policy on military service of homosexual people. Instituted during the Clinton administration, the policy was issued under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 on December 21, 1993, and was in effect from February 28, 1994, until September 20, 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_ask,_don't_tell | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.529955 |
8691 | Divination | }}
, Cameroon, attempts to tell the future by interpreting the changes in position of various objects as caused by a freshwater crab through the practice of nggàm.]]
Divination (|to foresee, foretell, predict, prophesy}}) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic ritual or pract... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.553690 |
8693 | Diets of Nuremberg | The Diets of Nuremberg, also called the Imperial Diets of Nuremberg, took place at different times between the Middle Ages and the 17th century.
The first Diet of Nuremberg, in 1211, elected the future emperor Frederick II of Hohenstaufen as German king.
At the Diet of 1356 the Emperor Charles IV issued the Golden Bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diets_of_Nuremberg | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.556772 |
8695 | Dr. Strangelove | Dr. Strangelove (play)}}
| based_on =
<small>(pseudonym of Peter George)</small>
| starring =
| music = Laurie Johnson
| cinematography = Gilbert Taylor
| editing = Anthony Harvey
| studio = Hawk Films
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| released = <!-- Release date in both the UK and US -->
| runtime 94 minutes
| c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.597774 |
8697 | DNA ligase | DNA ligase is a type of enzyme that facilitates the joining of DNA strands together by catalyzing the formation of a phosphodiester bond. It plays a role in repairing single-strand breaks in duplex DNA in living organisms, but some forms (such as DNA ligase IV) may specifically repair double-strand breaks (i.e. a break... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_ligase | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.637410 |
8699 | Dewey Decimal Classification | The Dewey Decimal System (novel)}}
bookshelf in Hong Kong classified using the New Classification Scheme for Chinese Libraries, an adaptation of the Dewey Classification scheme]]
The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) (Dewey pronounced: /do-e/), colloquially known as the Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.659169 |
8702 | Duḥkha | |bn-Latn=duḥkhô
|si
|si-Latn=dukkha satyaya
|ka=ದುಃಖ
|ka-Latn=Duḥkha
|en=suffering, unhappiness, pain, unsatisfactoriness, unease, stress
|bo=སྡུག་བསྔལ།
|bo-Latn=Wylie: sdug bsngal;<br/>THL: dukngal
|zh=苦
|zh-Latn=kǔ
|ja=苦
|ja-Latn=ku
|km=ទុក្ខ
|km-Latn=tŭkkh
|ko=고<br />苦
|ko-Latn=ko
|vi=苦<br />khổ<br />災害<br/>Bất toại... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duḥkha | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.684117 |
8703 | Darwin Awards | The Darwin Awards}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Humor
| owner = Wendy Northcutt
| launch_date =
}}
The Darwin Awards are a rhetorical tongue-in-cheek honor that originated in Usenet newsgroup discussions around 1985. They recognize individuals who have supposedly contributed to human evolution by selecting themselve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Awards | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.697130 |
8704 | Outline of dance | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dance:
Dance – human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. Choreography is the art of making dances, and the person who does this is called a choreographer. Definitions of what co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_dance | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.722978 |
8706 | DCM | DCM may refer to:
Science and technology
Dichloromethane, a common solvent in organic chemistry
Deep chlorophyll maximum, subsurface maximum in the concentration of chlorophyll
Dynamic causal modelling, a method for the interpretation of functional neuroimaging data
Docking Cargo Module, A Russian module of the In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCM | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.726006 |
8707 | DKW | | fate = merged into Auto Union in 1932, marque defunct 1969
| successor = Auto Union AG (1932–1969)<br />Audi NSU Auto Union AG (1969–1985)<br />Audi AG (1985–present)
| location = Zschopau, Germany (1916–1932)<br />Chemnitz (1932–1949)<br />Ingolstadt (1949–1969)
| industry = Automotive
| key_people Dr Jørgen Skafte ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DKW | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.740211 |
8708 | Doctor Syn | Doctor Syn (film)}}
The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. The first book, Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh was published in 1915. The story idea came from legendary coastal smuggling in the 18th century around well-known Romney Marsh, where brandy an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Syn | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.751994 |
8709 | Dhrystone | Dhrystone is a synthetic computing benchmark program developed in 1984 by Reinhold P. Weicker intended to be representative of system (integer) programming. The Dhrystone grew to become representative of general processor (CPU) performance. The name "Dhrystone" is a pun on a different benchmark algorithm called Whetsto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhrystone | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.756647 |
8713 | Dave Winer | | birth_place = Queens, New York City, U.S.
| known_for =
| education = Bronx High School of Science
| alma_mater = Tulane University <small>(BA)</small><br>University of Wisconsin-Madison <small>(MS)</small>
| module =
}}
Dave Winer (born May 2, 1955, in Queens, New York City) is an American software developer, ent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Winer | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.808302 |
8714 | December 10 | <!-- Do not add birthday code. -->
Events
Pre-1600
*1317 – The Nyköping Banquet: King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers, dukes Valdemar and Erik, who are subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
*1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XI... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_10 | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.876537 |
8715 | Taiko | | names = , drum
| image = Miya Daiko drum - Taiko drums.jpg
| image_capt = A , one of many types of
| alt = Photo of a barrel-shaped , with a fastened cloth hanging down from the drum head.
| background = percussion
| classification = unpitched percussion
| developed = Unknown; archaeological evidence shows usage on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiko | 2025-04-05T18:28:44.969853 |
8716 | Dolly Parton | | birth_place = Pittman Center, Tennessee, U.S.
| spouse
| relatives =
| occupation =
| years_active = 1962–present
| awards = Full list
| module
| instruments =
| discography =
| label
}}
| website =
| signature = Dolly Parton Signature.png
}}
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_Parton | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.050690 |
8717 | Diprotodon | | image = Diprotodon australis skeleton 1.JPG
| image_caption = Diprotodon skeleton cast, MNHN, Paris
| image2 = Diprotodon (Diprotodon optatum).png
| image2_caption = Illustration of a female Diprotodon with joey and sulphur-crested cockatoo
| taxon = Diprotodon
| authority | type_species Diprotodon optatum
| type_spe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprotodon | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.126127 |
8718 | Dirk Benedict | | birth_place = Helena, Montana, U.S.
| alma_mater = Whitman College
| known_for = The A-Team<br>Battlestar Galactica
| occupation =
| years_active = 1972–present
| spouse
| children = 3
| signature = Dirk Benedict (signature).png
| website =
}}
Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner; March 1, 1945) is an American film... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Benedict | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.145151 |
8724 | Doppler effect | caused by motion of the source.]]
thumb|upright=1.2|An animation illustrating how the Doppler effect causes a car engine or siren to sound higher in pitch when it is approaching than when it is receding. The red circles represent sound waves.
The Doppler effect (also Doppler shift) is the change in the frequency of a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.163313 |
8727 | ΔT (timekeeping) | <!-- cf. https://www.cnmoc.usff.navy.mil/Organization/United-States-Naval-Observatory/Earth-Orientation-Department/USNO-Earth-Orientation-Products/Long-term-Delta-T/ -->
In precise timekeeping, 'ΔT (Delta T, delta-T, deltaT, or DT''''') is a measure of the cumulative effect of the departure of the Earth's rotation per... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ΔT_(timekeeping) | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.175605 |
8728 | December 22 | Events
Pre-1600
*AD 69 – Vespasian is proclaimed Emperor of Rome; his predecessor, Vitellius, attempts to abdicate but is captured and killed at the Gemonian stairs.
* 401 – Pope Innocent I is elected, the only pope to succeed his father in the office.
* 856 – Damghan earthquake: An earthquake near th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_22 | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.229637 |
8729 | David Deutsch | | image = David Deutsch.jpg
| image_size | landscape yes
| caption = <!--David Deutsch in 2017-->
| birth_date
| birth_place = Haifa, Israel
| birth_name = David Elieser Deutsch
| death_date | death_place
| residence | citizenship
| nationality | fields Theoretical physics<br />Quantum information science
| workplac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Deutsch | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.242662 |
8730 | Volkssturm | | command_structure = Nazi Party
| commander5 = Heinrich Himmler (Military training and equipment)<br />Martin Bormann (Administration and indoctrination)
| start_date = 18 October 1944
| disbanded = 8 May 1945
}}
The (, ) was a levée en masse national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkssturm | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.294289 |
8731 | Director's cut | In public use, a '''director's cut''' is the director's preferred version of a film (or video game, television episode, music video, commercial, etc.). It is generally considered a marketing term to represent the version of a film the director prefers, and is usually used as contrast to a theatrical release where the d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director's_cut | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.309158 |
8733 | Digital video | Digital video is an electronic representation of moving visual images (video) in the form of encoded digital data. This is in contrast to analog video, which represents moving visual images in the form of analog signals. Digital video comprises a series of digital images displayed in rapid succession, usually at 24, 25... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_video | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.337052 |
8735 | BIND | Bind}}
| latest release version = 9.18.35 (ESV) & 9.20.7 (Stable)
| latest release date
| latest preview version = 9.21.6
| latest preview date
| operating system = Linux, NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, macOS
| genre = DNS server
| license Mozilla Public License
}}
BIND () is a suite of software for interacting with the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIND | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.345552 |
8736 | Djbdns | | latest release version = 1.05
| latest release date =
| latest preview version | latest preview date
| operating system = Unix-like
| platform | genre DNS server
| license = Public domain
| website =
}}
The djbdns software package is a DNS implementation. It was created by Daniel J. Bernstein in response to his fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djbdns | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.351571 |
8741 | Dylan (programming language) | | designer | developer Open Source Community Apple Computer, Harlequin, Carnegie Mellon University
| latest release version = 2022.1
| latest release date =
| typing = Strong, gradual
| scope | programming language
| platform = IA-32, x86-64
| operating system = Cross-platform
| license | file ext dylan, lid
| file f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_(programming_language) | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.358732 |
8742 | Dublin Core | thumb|140px|Logo of DCMI, maintenance agency for Dublin Core Terms
The Dublin Core vocabulary, also known as the Dublin Core Metadata Terms (DCMT), is a general purpose metadata vocabulary for describing resources of any type. It was first developed for describing web content in the early days of the World Wide Web. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Core | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.377212 |
8743 | Document Object Model | | version = DOM4
| version_date =
| preview | preview_date
| organization = World Wide Web Consortium, WHATWG
| committee | editors
| authors | base_standards [https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/ WHATWG DOM Living Standard]<br />[https://www.w3.org/TR/dom/ W3C DOM4]
| related_standards | abbreviation DOM
| domain | license... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.386448 |
8745 | Design pattern | A design pattern is the re-usable form of a solution to a design problem. The idea was introduced by the architect Christopher Alexander and has been adapted for various other disciplines, particularly software engineering.
Details
An organized collection of design patterns that relate to a particular field is call... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_pattern | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.392079 |
8748 | N,N-Dimethyltryptamine | | INN = Dimethyltryptamine
| image = DMT.svg
| image_class = skin-invert-image
| width = 200
| image2 = Dimethyltryptamine molecule ball.png
| image_class2 = bg-transparenT
| width2 = 170
<!--Physiological data-->| receptors = At least 13 receptors (e.g., serotonin, sigma, trace amine-associated)
| precursor = Tryptop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N,N-Dimethyltryptamine | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.553301 |
8750 | Da capo | thumb|A contrived example of D.C. al Fine. Use of Da Capo prevents the need to write out extra measures, often many more than in this example. The notes are played as: G A B B C, G A B C, low-C|340x340px
Da capo ( , , ; often abbreviated as D.C.) is an Italian musical term that means "from the beginning" (literally, "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_capo | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.559536 |
8751 | Dominatrix | thumb|Phyllis and Aristotle, a fictional tale written in the 13th century, as depicted by artist Giovanni Buonconsiglio in the early 1500s
A dominatrix ( ; or dominatrices ), or domme, is a woman who takes the dominant role in BDSM activities. The BDSM practice is called female dominance, or femdom. A dominatrix can b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominatrix | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.614319 |
8752 | Flag of Denmark | | Proportion 28:37 national is red with a white Nordic cross, which means that the cross extends to the edges of the flag and that the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
A banner with a white-on-red cross is attested as having been used by the kings of Denmark since the 14th century. An origin le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Denmark | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.631598 |
8753 | Dharma | Dharma (; , ) is a key concept in various Indian religions. The term dharma doesn't have a single, clear translation and conveys a multifaceted idea. Etymologically, it comes from the Sanskrit dhr-, meaning to hold or to support, thus referring to law that sustains things—from one's life to society, and to the Universe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.670078 |
8756 | Daniel Dennett | | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Portland, Maine, U.S.
| school_tradition
| institutions = Tufts University
| main_interests
| notable_ideas Heterophenomenology<br />Intentional stance<br />Intuition pump<br />Multiple drafts model<br />Greedy reductionism<br />Cartesian the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Dennett | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.723986 |
8757 | Darwin's Dangerous Idea | | published = 1995 (Simon & Schuster)
| media_type = Print (hardcoverpaperback)
| pages = 586
| isbn = 978-0-684-80290-9
| isbn_note (hardcover)<br /> (paperback)
}}
'''''Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life''''' is a 1995 book by the philosopher Daniel Dennett, in which the author looks at some... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin's_Dangerous_Idea | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.735719 |
8758 | Douglas Hofstadter | | birth_place = New York City, US
| death_date = <!-- (death date then birth date) -->
| death_place | fields Cognitive science<br />Philosophy of mind<br />Artificial intelligence<br />Physics
| workplaces = Indiana University<br /> Stanford University <br />University of Oregon <br />University of Michigan
| educatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Hofstadter | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.756270 |
8765 | Dahomey | –)<br>Bottom: Flag of Ghezo (1818–1858)
| image_coat = Coat of arms of Béhanzin.svg
| symbol_type = Coat of arms (–)
| image_map = Royaume du Danhomè 1894.svg
| image_map_caption = The Kingdom of Dahomey around 1894, superimposed on a map of the modern-day Republic of Benin, in the region of West Africa.
| status = Kin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahomey | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.799298 |
8767 | Dragoon | , ]]
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback. While their use goes back to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragoon | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.836812 |
8768 | Dulcimer | |background = string
|classification = *Plucked string instruments
*Strucked string instruments
|developed = Antiquity
|musicians = *List of Appalachian dulcimer players
*List of hammered dulcimer players
}}
The term dulcimer refers to two families of musical string instruments.
Hammered dulcimers
The word dulcimer or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulcimer | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.841353 |
8769 | Dutch West India Company | | defunct
| location_city | location_country
| location | locations 5 (Amsterdam, Hoorn, Rotterdam, Groningen and Middelburg)
| area_served | key_people Heeren XIX
| industry | services
| revenue | operating_income
| net_income | assets
| equity | owner
| num_employees | parent
| divisions | subsid
| footnotes ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.856881 |
8771 | Dyula language | Diola language}}
| states = Burkina Faso, Mali, Ivory Coast
| ethnicity = Dyula
| speakers = L1: million
| date = 2012–2021
| ref = e27
| speakers2 L2: million (2012–2013) At the same time, however, a process of ethnogenesis across the centuries led to some communities in modern towns like Bobo-Dioulasso, Odienné and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyula_language | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.871872 |
8774 | Desi Arnaz | | birth_place = Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
| death_date =
| death_place = Del Mar, California, U.S.
| occupation =
| years_active = 1936–1982
| party = Republican
| spouse |}}
| parents = Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Alberni II
| children =
| module
}}
Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.923586 |
8777 | DNA virus | thumb|upright=1.2|Orthopoxvirus particles
A DNA virus is a virus that has a genome made of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that is replicated by a DNA polymerase. They can be divided between those that have two strands of DNA in their genome, called double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses, and those that have one strand of DNA... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA_virus | 2025-04-05T18:28:45.948585 |
8778 | Daniel Ortega | | birth_place = La Libertad, Chontales, Nicaragua
| spouse =
| children = 8 (7 with Rosario Murillo and 1 with Leticia Herrera)
| relatives = Humberto Ortega (brother)<br />Camilo Ortega (brother)<br />Xiomara Blandino (daughter-in-law)
| term_start2 = 10 January 2007
| term_end2 = 18 February 2025
| term_start3 = 10 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ortega | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.010840 |
8779 | Destroyer | Nanchang of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)]]
, the lead ship of her class of Sejong the Great-class destroyer of the Republic of Korea Navy]]
s]]
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.071845 |
8781 | Dorothy Parker | | birth_name = Dorothy Rothschild
| birth_date
| birth_place = Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date
| death_place = New York City, U.S.
| resting_place = Woodlawn Cemetery
| occupation =
| genre = Poetry, satire, short stories, criticism, essays
| movement = American modernism
| notableworks = Enough Rope, Sun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.114095 |
8783 | Dylan Thomas | | birth_place = Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
| death_date
| death_place = New York City, US
| resting_place = Laugharne, Wales, United Kingdom
| occupation =
| spouse =
| children = 3, including Aeronwy
| relatives = Gordon Thomas (cousin)
}}
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Thomas | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.182154 |
8785 | Fern Hill | "Fern Hill" (1945) is a poem by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, first published in Horizon magazine in October 1945, with its first book publication in 1946 as the last poem in Deaths and Entrances.
Creation
Thomas had started writing Fern Hill in New Quay, Cardiganshire, where he lived from 4 September 1944 to July 1945... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern_Hill | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.191277 |
8786 | David Bowie | | birth_place = London, England<!--Only city names (no boroughs or neighbourhoods).-->
| death_date
| death_place = New York City, US<!-- Per MOS:U.S., "the use or non-use of periods (full stops) should also be consistent with other country abbreviations in the same article (thus 'the US, UK, and USSR', not 'the U.S.,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bowie | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.369762 |
8788 | Daisy cutter | Daisy cutter may refer to:
Daisy cutter (fuse), a type of fuse designed to detonate an aerial bomb at or above ground level
BLU-82, a type of bomb nicknamed Daisy Cutter in Vietnam
In cricket, a ball that bounces multiple times before reaching the batsman
A rarely used term for a sharply struck ground ball in base... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_cutter | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.374179 |
8791 | Dennis Hopper | | birth_place = Dodge City, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| burial_place = Jesús Nazareno Cemetery, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, U.S.
| alma_mater = Actors Studio
| works = Filmography
| occupation =
| years_active = 1954–2010
| spouse =
*
*
*
* }}
}}
| children = 4, in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hopper | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.419057 |
8795 | Detroit Red Wings | | media_affiliates = FanDuel Sports Network Detroit<br />97.1 The Ticket
| owner = Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
| general_manager = Steve Yzerman
| head_coach = Todd McLellan
| captain = Dylan Larkin
| minor_league_affiliates = Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)<br />Toledo Walleye (ECHL)
| stanley_cups = 11 (1935–36, 1936–37, 1942–... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Red_Wings | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.568754 |
8796 | Demiurge | In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge () (sometimes spelled as demiurg) is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. Various sects of Gnostics adopted the term demiurge. Although a fashioner, the demiurge is n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demiurge | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.592829 |
8798 | Doubravka of Bohemia | Doubravka of Bohemia, Dobrawa (, ; ca. 940/45 – 977) was a Bohemian princess of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.
She was the daughter of Boleslaus I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, whose wife may have been the mysterious Biagota.
According to earlier sources, Doubravka urged her husband Mieszk... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubravka_of_Bohemia | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.600430 |
8799 | D. B. Cooper | ()
| status = Missing / Unidentified
| alias = Dan Cooper
| known_for = Hijacking a Boeing 727 and parachuting from the plane midflight before disappearing
| criminal_charge = Air piracy and violation of the Hobbs Act
| capture_status = Fugitive, believed dead
| conviction_status = At large, likely deceased
| wanted_by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.707567 |
8805 | Distributism | }}
Distributism is an economic theory asserting that the world's productive assets should be widely owned rather than concentrated. It has influenced Anglo Christian Democratic movements, and has been recognized as one of many influences on the social market economy.
Distributism views laissez-faire capitalism and st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.731526 |
8807 | Dehydroepiandrosterone | | CASNo = 53-43-0
| ChEBI_Ref =
| ChEBI = 28689
| ChEMBL_Ref =
| ChEMBL = 90593
| ChemSpiderID_Ref =
| ChemSpiderID = 5670
| DrugBank_Ref =
| DrugBank = DB01708
| PubChem = 5881
| StdInChI_Ref =
| StdInChI = 1S/C19H28O2/c1-18-9-7-13(20)11-12(18)3-4-14-15-5-6-17(21)19(15,2)10-8-16(14)18/h3,13-16,20H,4-11H2,1-2H3/t1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehydroepiandrosterone | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.756951 |
8811 | Discrete Fourier transform | and the discrete Fourier transform.Left: A continuous function (top) and its Fourier transform (bottom).Center-left: Periodic summation of the original function (top). Fourier transform (bottom) is zero except at discrete points. The inverse transform is a sum of sinusoids called Fourier series. Center-right: Original ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete_Fourier_transform | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.819997 |
8815 | Dual polyhedron | thumb|right|upright=1.35|The dual of a cube is an octahedron. Vertices of one correspond to faces of the other, and edges correspond to each other.
In geometry, every polyhedron is associated with a second dual structure, where the vertices of one correspond to the faces of the other, and the edges between pairs of ve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_polyhedron | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.836795 |
8816 | Double bass | The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched chordophone in the modern symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions such as the octobass). It has four or five strings, and its construction is in between that of the gamba an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.920613 |
8817 | Deicide (band) | | associated_acts =
| website | current_members * Steve Asheim
* Glen Benton
* Kevin Quirion
* Taylor Nordberg
| past_members = * Eric Hoffman
* Brian Hoffman
* Ralph Santolla
* Jack Owen
* Mark English
* Chris Cannella
}}
Deicide is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida. Formed in 1987 by drummer/composer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deicide_(band) | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.946391 |
8822 | Daniel Williamson | Daniel Williamson may refer to:
Danny Williamson (footballer) (born 1973), former English footballer
A DJ, stage name LTJ Bukem
Daniel Alexander Williamson (1823–1903), British artist
Dan Williamson, New Zealand rower | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Williamson | 2025-04-05T18:28:46.950961 |
8824 | Division of labour | thumb|Visiting a Nail Factory by Léonard Defrance (18th century) |266x266pxThe division of labour is the separation of the tasks in any economic system or organisation so that participants may specialise (specialisation). Individuals, organisations, and nations are endowed with or acquire specialised capabilities, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_labour | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.007061 |
8826 | Davy lamp | The Davy lamp is a safety lamp used in flammable atmospheres, invented in 1815 by Sir Humphry Davy. It consists of a wick lamp with the flame enclosed inside a mesh screen. It was created for use in coal mines, to reduce the danger of explosions due to the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_lamp | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.018012 |
8827 | Docklands Light Railway | 7.2%
| chief_executive | headquarters Endeavour Square, E20
| website =
| began_operation
| notrack = 2
| track_gauge
| minimum_radius_of_curvature
| el
| average_speed | top_speed (Maximum Speed Capable)
* (Regular Operational Speed)
}}
| map_name = Transport for London
| map =
| map_state = collapsed
| alt | c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.104688 |
8828 | Dundee | | settlement_type = City, lieutenancy and council area
| image_skyline
| imagesize | image_alt
| image_caption | image_flag Dundee City Flag.png
| flag_alt | flag_link
| image_shield = CoA of Dundee ext.svg
| shield_alt | shield_link
| image_blank_emblem | blank_emblem_size
| blank_emblem_type | blank_emblem_link ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.271152 |
8829 | Do Not Adjust Your Set | | starring =
| narrated | opentheme
| endtheme | country United Kingdom
| language = English
| network = ITV
| first_aired
| last_aired
| num_series = 2
| num_episodes = 29
| company =
| location =
| related = At Last the 1948 Show (1967)
}}
Do Not Adjust Your Set is a British television series produced origina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Adjust_Your_Set | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.287086 |
8832 | West Memphis Three | The West Memphis Three are three freed men convicted as teenagers of the 1993 murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, United States. Damien Echols was sentenced to death, Jessie Misskelley Jr. to life imprisonment plus two 20-year sentences, and Jason Baldwin to life imprisonment. During the trial, the prosecu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.352319 |
8833 | Donald Dewar | | office1 = Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland
| 1blankname1 = UK party leader
| 1namedata1 = Tony Blair
| term_start1 = 7 May 1999
| term_end1 = 11 October 2000
| predecessor1 = Position established
| successor1 = Henry McLeish
| office2 = Secretary of State for Scotland
| primeminister2 = Tony Blair
| term_start2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Dewar | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.383496 |
8835 | Digimon | , that allowed the popularization of Digimon in Japan.]]
The Digimon franchise began as a series of virtual pets created by WiZ and Bandai, intended as a masculine counterpart to the more female-oriented Tamagotchi pets. It was released in June 1997 short for Digital Monster. This device shows to players a virtual pet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.415062 |
8837 | David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty | | death_date
| birth_place = Stapeley, Cheshire, England
| death_place = London, England
| image = Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty.jpg
| nickname | allegiance United Kingdom
| branch = Royal Navy
| serviceyears = 1884–1927
| rank = Admiral of the Fleet
| commands = First Sea Lord (1919–27)<br/>Grand Fleet (1916–... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Beatty,_1st_Earl_Beatty | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.442498 |
8838 | Dictum of Kenilworth | The Dictum of Kenilworth (), issued on 31 October 1266, was a pronouncement designed to reconcile the rebels of the Second Barons' War with the royal government of England. After the baronial victory at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, Simon de Montfort took control of royal government, but at the Battle of Evesham the nex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictum_of_Kenilworth | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.453513 |
8839 | London Docklands | thumb|upright=1.4|Modern Docklands, showing Canary Wharf
thumb|upright=1.4|Map of the Docklands
London Docklands is an area of London encompassing the city’s former docks. It is located in inner east and southeast London, in the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Newham and Greenwich. The docks were forme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Docklands | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.467538 |
8840 | Diesel multiple unit | thumb|right|A JNR Class KiHa40 in use for Erimo Express service, Hokkaido, Japan
thumb|right|An IE 29000 Class diesel multiple unit on a western commuter service at Dublin Connolly Rail station, Ireland
thumb|right|A British Rail Class 185 diesel hydraulic multiple unit operated by TransPennine Express at Manchester P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.555406 |
8843 | Donald A. Wollheim | |birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
|occupation =
|period 1934–1990 Martin Pearson, and Darrell G. Raynor. A founding member of the Futurians, he was a leading influence on science fiction development and fandom in the 20th-century United States.Prof... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_A._Wollheim | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.573322 |
8844 | Digital cinema | thumb|upright=1.2|Stadium seating in a digital cinema theater
Digital cinema is the digital technology used within the film industry to distribute or project motion pictures as opposed to the historical use of reels of motion picture film, such as 35 mm film. Whereas film reels have to be shipped to movie theaters, a d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_cinema | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.629159 |
8845 | Democratic Progressive Party | | native_name_lang = zh-Hant-TW
| logo = DPP-Taiwan.svg
| logo_size = 150
| colorcode =
| leader | predecessor Tangwai
| chairperson = Lai Ching-te
| secretary_general = Lin Yu-chang
| foundation
| ideology
| Anti-communism
| Anti-imperialism<!-- -->
}}
| headquarters <br />Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan<br /... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.672456 |
8846 | Datura | Datura is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as '''devil's trumpets or mad apple' (not to be confused with angel's trumpets, which are placed in the closely re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.703566 |
8847 | Commutator subgroup | In mathematics, more specifically in abstract algebra, the commutator subgroup or derived subgroup of a group is the subgroup generated by all the commutators of the group.
The commutator subgroup is important because it is the smallest normal subgroup such that the quotient group of the original group by this subgrou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutator_subgroup | 2025-04-05T18:28:47.740506 |
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