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2,380 | # Accelerated Graphics Port
## Connector pinout {#connector_pinout}
The AGP connector contains almost all PCI signals, plus several additions. The connector has 66 contacts on each side, although 4 are removed for each keying notch. Pin 1 is closest to the I/O bracket, and the B and A sides are as in the table, looki... | 604 | Accelerated Graphics Port | 7 |
2,381 | # Andreas Aagesen
**Andreas Aagesen** (5 August 1826 -- 26 October 1879) was a Danish jurist.
## Biography
Aagesen was educated for the law at Christianshavn and Copenhagen, and interrupted his studies in 1848 to take part in the First Schleswig War, in which he served as the leader of a reserve battalion.
In 1855 ... | 150 | Andreas Aagesen | 0 |
2,383 | # Alois Alzheimer
**Alois Alzheimer** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɑː|l|t|s|h|aɪ|m|ər}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|AHLTS|hy|mər}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPAc-en|USalso|ˈ|ɑː|l|t|s|-|,_|ˈ|ɑː|l|t|s|-}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|AHLTS|-|,_|AHLTS|-}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPA|de|ˈaːlɔɪs ˈʔaltshaɪmɐ|lang}}`{=mediawiki}; 14 June 1864 -- 19 December 1915) ... | 491 | Alois Alzheimer | 0 |
2,383 | # Alois Alzheimer
## Career
### Auguste Deter {#auguste_deter}
In 1901, Alzheimer observed a patient at the Frankfurt asylum named Auguste Deter. The 51-year-old patient had strange behavioral symptoms, including a loss of short-term memory; she became his obsession over the coming years. Auguste Deter was a victim o... | 570 | Alois Alzheimer | 1 |
2,383 | # Alois Alzheimer
## Contemporaries
American Solomon Carter Fuller gave a report similar to that of Alzheimer at a lecture five months before Alzheimer. Oskar Fischer was a fellow German psychiatrist, twelve years Alzheimer\'s junior, who reported twelve cases of senile dementia in 1907 around the time that Alzheimer... | 145 | Alois Alzheimer | 2 |
2,389 | # Auger effect
The **Auger effect** (`{{IPAc-en|oʊ|ˈ|ʒ|eɪ}}`{=mediawiki}; `{{IPA|fr|ˈ/o.ʒe/}}`{=mediawiki}) or **Meitner-Auger effect** is a physical phenomenon in which atoms eject electrons. It occurs when an inner-shell vacancy in an atom is filled by an electron, releasing energy that causes the emission of anothe... | 458 | Auger effect | 0 |
2,392 | # Anode
An **anode** usually is an electrode of a polarized electrical device through which conventional current enters the device. This contrasts with a cathode, which is usually an electrode of the device through which conventional current leaves the device. A common mnemonic is ACID, for \"anode current into device... | 539 | Anode | 0 |
2,392 | # Anode
## Examples
The polarity of voltage on an anode with respect to an associated cathode varies depending on the device type and on its operating mode. In the following examples, the anode is negative in a device that provides power, and positive in a device that consumes power:
In a discharging battery or galv... | 296 | Anode | 1 |
2,392 | # Anode
## Etymology
The word was coined in 1834 from the Greek ἄνοδος (*anodos*), \'ascent\', by William Whewell, who had been consulted by Michael Faraday over some new names needed to complete a paper on the recently discovered process of electrolysis. In that paper Faraday explained that when an electrolytic cell... | 829 | Anode | 2 |
2,392 | # Anode
## Vacuum tube anode {#vacuum_tube_anode}
In electronic vacuum devices such as a cathode-ray tube, the anode is the positively charged electron collector. In a tube, the anode is a charged positive plate that collects the electrons emitted by the cathode through electric attraction. It also accelerates the fl... | 640 | Anode | 3 |
2,395 | # April 11
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2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
**Ann Noreen Widdecombe** `{{Post-nominals|country=GBR|DSG}}`{=mediawiki} (born 4 October 1947) is a British politician and television personality who has been Reform UK\'s Immigration and Justice spokesperson since 2023. Originally a member of the Conservative Party, she was Member of Parliament (MP)... | 573 | Ann Widdecombe | 0 |
2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
## Political career {#political_career}
In 1974, Widdecombe was personal assistant to Michael Ancram in the February and October general elections of that year. From 1976 to 1978, Widdecombe was a councillor on Runnymede District Council in Surrey.
She contested the seat of Burnley in Lancashire in ... | 463 | Ann Widdecombe | 1 |
2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
## Political career {#political_career}
### Leadership contest and backbenches {#leadership_contest_and_backbenches}
During the 2001 Conservative leadership election, she could not find sufficient support amongst Conservative MPs for her leadership candidacy. She first supported Michael Ancram, who w... | 771 | Ann Widdecombe | 2 |
2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
## Political views {#political_views}
### Social issues {#social_issues}
As an MP, Widdecombe expressed socially conservative views, including opposition to abortion; it was understood during her time in frontline politics that she would not become Health Secretary as long as this involved responsib... | 871 | Ann Widdecombe | 3 |
2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
## Controversies
In 2009, she partially defended Carol Thatcher\'s use of the racial slur \'golliwog\' on *Any Questions?*, saying: \"There is a generation to whom a golliwog is merely a toy, a generation which was much endeared by its golliwogs which grew up with them on jam jars \... and there is a... | 401 | Ann Widdecombe | 4 |
2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
## Media work and appearances {#media_work_and_appearances}
In 2002 she took part in the ITV programme *Celebrity Fit Club*. Also in 2002 she took part in a Louis Theroux television documentary, depicting her life, both in and out of politics. In March 2004 she briefly became *The Guardian* newspaper... | 907 | Ann Widdecombe | 5 |
2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
## Personal life and family {#personal_life_and_family}
Until her retirement following the 2010 general election, Widdecombe divided her time between her two homes -- one in London and one in the countryside village of Sutton Valence, Kent, in her constituency. She sold both upon retiring at the next... | 662 | Ann Widdecombe | 6 |
2,422 | # Ann Widdecombe
## Selected publications {#selected_publications}
### Fiction
- 2000: *The Clematis Tree*. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson `{{ISBN|0-297-64572-2}}`{=mediawiki}
- 2002: *An Act of Treachery*. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson `{{ISBN|0-297-64573-0}}`{=mediawiki}
- 2005: *Father Figure*. London: Weide... | 89 | Ann Widdecombe | 7 |
2,427 | # Alexandrine
**Alexandrine** is a name used for several distinct types of verse line with related metrical structures, most of which are ultimately derived from the classical French alexandrine. The line\'s name derives from its use in the Medieval French *Roman d\'Alexandre* of 1170, although it had already been use... | 535 | Alexandrine | 0 |
2,427 | # Alexandrine
## English
In English verse, \"alexandrine\" is typically used to mean \"iambic hexameter\":
`× / × / × / ¦ × / × / × / (×)`\
\
`/=`*`ictus`*`, a strong syllabic position; ×=`*`nonictus`*\
`¦=often a mandatory or predominant caesura, but depends upon the author`
Whereas the French alexandrine is sylla... | 374 | Alexandrine | 1 |
2,427 | # Alexandrine
## Other languages {#other_languages}
### Spanish
The Spanish *verso alejandrino* is a line of 7+7 syllables, probably developed in imitation of the French alexandrine. Its structure is:
`o o o o o S o | o o o o o S o`
It was used beginning about 1200 for *mester de clerecía* (clerical verse), typica... | 556 | Alexandrine | 2 |
2,433 | # Alberto Giacometti
**Alberto Giacometti** (`{{IPAc-en|ˌ|dʒ|æ|k|ə|ˈ|m|ɛ|t|i}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPAc-en|USalso|ˌ|dʒ|ɑː|k|-}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPA|it|alˈbɛrto dʒakoˈmetti|lang}}`{=mediawiki}; 10 October 1901 -- 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker, who was one of the most important s... | 420 | Alberto Giacometti | 0 |
2,433 | # Alberto Giacometti
## Career
thumb\|upright 1.5\|Giacometti at work. In 1922, he moved to Paris to study under the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, an associate of Rodin. It was there that Giacometti experimented with Cubism and Surrealism and came to be regarded as one of the leading Surrealist sculptors. Among his ass... | 280 | Alberto Giacometti | 1 |
2,433 | # Alberto Giacometti
## Later years {#later_years}
In 1958 Giacometti was asked to create a monumental sculpture for the Chase Manhattan Bank building in New York, which was beginning construction. Although he had for many years \"harbored an ambition to create work for a public square\", he \"had never set foot in N... | 335 | Alberto Giacometti | 2 |
2,433 | # Alberto Giacometti
## Artistic analysis {#artistic_analysis}
thumb\|upright 1.5\|Alberto Giacometti\
Photo by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Regarding Giacometti\'s sculptural technique and according to the Metropolitan Museum of Art: \"The rough, eroded, heavily worked surfaces of Three Men Walking (II), 1949, typify his ... | 737 | Alberto Giacometti | 3 |
2,433 | # Alberto Giacometti
## Legacy
### Exhibitions
Giacometti\'s work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including the High Museum of Art, Atlanta (1970); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2007--2008); Pushkin Museum, Moscow *\"The Studio of Alberto Giacometti: Collection of the Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacome... | 903 | Alberto Giacometti | 4 |
2,439 | # Anthem
An **anthem** is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work (still frequently seen in Sacred Harp and o... | 709 | Anthem | 0 |
2,439 | # Anthem
## Types
The word \"anthem\" is commonly used to describe any celebratory song or composition for a distinct group, as in national anthems. Further, some songs are artistically styled as anthems, whether or not they are used as such, including Marilyn Manson\'s \"Irresponsible Hate Anthem\", Silverchair\'s \... | 395 | Anthem | 1 |
2,439 | # Anthem
## Types
### Shared anthems {#shared_anthems}
Although anthems are used to distinguish states and territories, there are instances of shared anthems. \"Nkosi Sikelel\' iAfrika\" became a pan-African liberation anthem and was later adopted as the national anthem of five countries in Africa including Zambia, T... | 632 | Anthem | 2 |
2,439 | # Anthem
## Types
### For parts of states {#for_parts_of_states}
Some countries, such as the former Soviet Union, Spain, and the United Kingdom, among others, are held to be unions of several \"nations\" by various definitions. Each of the different \"nations\" may have their own anthem and these songs may or may not... | 495 | Anthem | 3 |
2,439 | # Anthem
## Types
### For parts of states {#for_parts_of_states}
#### Soviet Union {#soviet_union}
Fourteen of the fifteen constituent states of the Soviet Union had their own official song which was used at events connected to that region, and also written and sung in that region\'s own language. The Russian Soviet ... | 851 | Anthem | 4 |
2,439 | # Anthem
## Types
### For parts of states {#for_parts_of_states}
#### United States {#united_states}
Although the United States has \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" as its official national anthem, all except two of its constituent states and territories also have their own regional anthem (referred to by most US states ... | 848 | Anthem | 5 |
2,439 | # Anthem
## Types
### Global anthem {#global_anthem}
Various artists have created \"Earth anthems\" for the entire planet, typically extolling the ideas of planetary consciousness. Though UNESCO have praised the idea of a global anthem, the United Nations has never adopted an official song | 44 | Anthem | 6 |
2,443 | # Acceleration
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thumb\|upright=1.4\|Drag racing is a sport in which specially-built vehicles compete to be the fastest to accelerate from a standing start.
In mechanics, **acceleration** ... | 390 | Acceleration | 0 |
2,443 | # Acceleration
## Definition and properties {#definition_and_properties}
### Average acceleration {#average_acceleration}
An object\'s average acceleration over a period of time is its change in velocity, $\Delta \mathbf{v}$, divided by the duration of the period, $\Delta t$. Mathematically, $\bar{\mathbf{a}} = \fra... | 663 | Acceleration | 1 |
2,443 | # Acceleration
## Special cases {#special_cases}
### Uniform acceleration {#uniform_acceleration}
*Uniform* or *constant* acceleration is a type of motion in which the velocity of an object changes by an equal amount in every equal time period.
A frequently cited example of uniform acceleration is that of an object... | 733 | Acceleration | 2 |
2,443 | # Acceleration
## Coordinate systems {#coordinate_systems}
In multi-dimensional Cartesian coordinate systems, acceleration is broken up into components that correspond with each dimensional axis of the coordinate system. In a two-dimensional system, where there is an x-axis and a y-axis, corresponding acceleration co... | 264 | Acceleration | 3 |
2,447 | # Anton Chekhov
thumb\|upright=.8\|Portrait of Anton Chekhov by Isaac Levitan (1886)
**Anton Pavlovich Chekhov**`{{Family name footnote|Pavlovich|Chekhov|lang=Eastern Slavic}}`{=mediawiki} (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɛ|k|ɒ|f}}`{=mediawiki}; ; 29 January 1860 -- 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, wide... | 263 | Anton Chekhov | 0 |
2,447 | # Anton Chekhov
## Biography
### Childhood
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on the feast day of St. Anthony the Great (17 January Old Style) 29 January 1860 in Taganrog, a commercial port city on the Sea of Azov -- on Politseyskaya (Police) street, later renamed Chekhova street -- in southern Russia. He was the thir... | 596 | Anton Chekhov | 1 |
2,447 | # Anton Chekhov
## Biography
### Early writings {#early_writings}
Chekhov then assumed responsibility for the whole family. To support them and to pay his tuition fees, he wrote daily short, humorous sketches and vignettes of contemporary Russian life, many under pseudonyms such as \"Antosha Chekhonte\" (Антоша Чехон... | 422 | Anton Chekhov | 2 |
2,447 | # Anton Chekhov
## Biography
### Turning points {#turning_points}
In 1887, exhausted from overwork and ill health, Chekhov took a trip to Ukraine, which reawakened him to the beauty of the steppe. On his return, he began the novella-length short story \"*The Steppe*\", which he called \"something rather odd and much ... | 1,116 | Anton Chekhov | 3 |
2,447 | # Anton Chekhov
## Biography
### Yalta
In March 1897, Chekhov suffered a major haemorrhage of the lungs while on a visit to Moscow. With great difficulty he was persuaded to enter a clinic, where doctors diagnosed tuberculosis on the upper part of his lungs and ordered a change in his manner of life.
After his fathe... | 702 | Anton Chekhov | 4 |
2,447 | # Anton Chekhov
## Legacy
A few months before he died, Chekhov told the writer Ivan Bunin that he thought people might go on reading his writings for seven years. \"Why seven?\", asked Bunin. \"Well, seven and a half\", Chekhov replied. \"That\'s not bad. I\'ve got six years to live.\" Chekhov\'s posthumous reputatio... | 864 | Anton Chekhov | 5 |
2,447 | # Anton Chekhov
## Legacy
### Influence on dramatic arts {#influence_on_dramatic_arts}
In the United States, Chekhov\'s reputation began its rise slightly later, partly through the influence of Stanislavski\'s system of acting, with its notion of subtext: \"Chekhov often expressed his thought not in speeches\", wrote... | 505 | Anton Chekhov | 6 |
2,448 | # Action Against Hunger
**Action Against Hunger** (*Action Contre La Faim - ACF*) is a global humanitarian organization which originated in France and is committed to ending world hunger. The organization helps malnourished children and provides communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger... | 722 | Action Against Hunger | 0 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
**Anal sex** or **anal intercourse** principally means the insertion and thrusting of the erect penis into a person\'s anus, or anus and rectum, for sexual pleasure. Other forms of anal sex include anal fingering, the use of sex toys, anilingus, and pegging. Although *anal sex* most commonly means penile`{{... | 389 | Anal sex | 0 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
## Anatomy and stimulation {#anatomy_and_stimulation}
The abundance of nerve endings in the anal region and rectum can make anal sex pleasurable for men and women. The internal and external sphincter muscles control the opening and closing of the anus; these muscles, which are sensitive membranes made up o... | 671 | Anal sex | 1 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
## Male to female {#male_to_female}
### Behaviors and views {#behaviors_and_views}
The anal sphincters are usually tighter than the pelvic muscles of the vagina, which can enhance the sexual pleasure for the inserting male during male-to-female anal intercourse because of the pressure applied to the penis... | 453 | Anal sex | 2 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
## Male to female {#male_to_female}
### Prevalence
Because most research on anal intercourse addresses men who have sex with men, little data exists on the prevalence of anal intercourse among heterosexual couples. In Kimberly R. McBride\'s 2010 clinical review on heterosexual anal intercourse and other fo... | 485 | Anal sex | 3 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
## Male to male {#male_to_male}
### Behaviors and views {#behaviors_and_views_1}
Anal sex has been commonly associated with male homosexuality. However, not all homosexual men engage in anal sex. Oral sex and mutual masturbation are more common than anal stimulation among men in sexual relationships with ... | 797 | Anal sex | 4 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
## Health risks {#health_risks}
### General risks {#general_risks}
Anal sex can expose its participants to two principal dangers which are infections due to the high number of infectious microorganisms not found elsewhere on the body, and physical damage to the anus and rectum due to their fragility. Unpr... | 972 | Anal sex | 5 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
## Cultural views {#cultural_views}
### General
Different cultures have had different views on anal sex throughout human history, with some cultures more positive about the activity than others. Historically, anal sex has been restricted or condemned, especially with regard to religious beliefs; it has al... | 1,310 | Anal sex | 6 |
2,460 | # Anal sex
## Other animals {#other_animals}
As a form of non-reproductive sexual behavior in animals, anal sex has been observed in a few other primates, both in captivity and in the wild | 33 | Anal sex | 7 |
2,476 | # Abae
**Abae** (*Ἄβαι*, **Abai**) was an ancient town in the northeastern corner of ancient Phocis, in Greece, near the frontiers of the Opuntian Locrians, said to have been built by the Argive Abas, son of Lynceus and Hypermnestra, and grandson of Danaus. This bit of legend suggests an origin or at least an existenc... | 288 | Abae | 0 |
2,476 | # Abae
## Oracle
Despite destruction of the town, the oracle was still consulted, e.g. by the Thebans before the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BCE. The temple, along with the village of the same name, may have escaped destruction during the Third Sacred War (355--346 BCE), due to the respect given to the inhabitants; howe... | 364 | Abae | 1 |
2,483 | # April 21
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2,487 | # Amazonite
**Amazonite**, also known as **amazonstone**, is a green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline. Its chemical formula is KAlSi~3~O~8~, which is polymorphic to orthoclase.
Its name is taken from that of the Amazon River, from which green stones were formerly obtained, ... | 609 | Amazonite | 0 |
2,487 | # Amazonite
## Gallery
<File:Microcline-Quartz-Albite-48224.jpg%7CDeep> robins-egg blue color amazonite crystal on smoky quartz and albite, from Teller County, Colorado. Size: 3.4 x. <File:Amazonite>, quartz 300-3-7927.JPG\|Amazonite crystal on smoky quartz, from Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado <File:Microcline-... | 141 | Amazonite | 1 |
2,490 | # Ambrosius Bosschaert
**Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder** (18 January 1573 -- 1621) was a Flemish-born Dutch still life painter and art dealer. He is recognised as one of the earliest painters who created floral still lifes as an independent genre. He founded a dynasty of painters who continued his style of floral and... | 497 | Ambrosius Bosschaert | 0 |
2,499 | # Asynchronous Transfer Mode
**Asynchronous Transfer Mode** (**ATM**) is a telecommunications standard defined by the American National Standards Institute and International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T, formerly CCITT) for digital transmission of multiple types of traffic. A... | 336 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | 0 |
2,499 | # Asynchronous Transfer Mode
## Protocol architecture {#protocol_architecture}
To minimize queuing delay and packet delay variation (PDV), all ATM cells are the same small size. Reduction of PDV is particularly important when carrying voice traffic, because the conversion of digitized voice into an analog audio signa... | 407 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | 1 |
2,499 | # Asynchronous Transfer Mode
## Protocol architecture {#protocol_architecture}
### Cell structure {#cell_structure}
An ATM cell consists of a 5-byte header and a 48-byte payload. ATM defines two different cell formats: user--network interface (UNI) and network--network interface (NNI). Most ATM links use UNI cell for... | 983 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | 2 |
2,499 | # Asynchronous Transfer Mode
## Virtual circuits {#virtual_circuits}
An ATM network must establish a connection before two parties can send cells to each other. This is called a virtual circuit (VC). It can be a permanent virtual circuit (PVC), which is created administratively on the end points, or a switched virtua... | 647 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | 3 |
2,499 | # Asynchronous Transfer Mode
## Traffic engineering {#traffic_engineering}
Another key ATM concept involves the traffic contract. When an ATM circuit is set up each switch on the circuit is informed of the traffic class of the connection. ATM traffic contracts form part of the mechanism by which quality of service (Q... | 612 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | 4 |
2,499 | # Asynchronous Transfer Mode
## Deployment
ATM became popular with telephone companies and many computer makers in the 1990s. However, even by the end of the decade, the better price--performance ratio of Internet Protocol-based products was competing with ATM technology for integrating real-time and bursty network t... | 296 | Asynchronous Transfer Mode | 5 |
2,500 | # Anus
In mammals, invertebrates and most fish, the **anus** (`{{plural form}}`{=mediawiki}: **anuses** or **ani**; from Latin, \'ring\' or \'circle\') is the external body orifice at the *exit* end of the digestive tract (bowel), i.e. the opposite end from the mouth. Its function is to facilitate the expulsion of was... | 478 | Anus | 0 |
2,502 | # Acantharia
The **Acantharia** are a group of radiolarian protozoa, distinguished mainly by their strontium sulfate skeletons. Acantharians are heterotrophic marine microplankton that range in size from about 200 microns in diameter up to several millimeters. Some acantharians have photosynthetic endosymbionts and he... | 843 | Acantharia | 0 |
2,502 | # Acantharia
## Life cycle {#life_cycle}
Adults are usually multinucleated. Earlier diverging clades are able to shed their spines and form cysts, which are often referred to as reproductive cysts. Reproduction is thought to take place by formation of swarmer cells (formerly referred to as \"spores\"), which may be f... | 169 | Acantharia | 1 |
2,506 | # Asynchronous communication
In telecommunications, **asynchronous communication** is transmission of data, generally without the use of an external clock signal, where data can be transmitted intermittently rather than in a steady stream. Any timing required to recover data from the communication symbols is encoded w... | 433 | Asynchronous communication | 0 |
2,519 | # Adelaide of Italy
**Adelaide of Italy** (*Adelheid*; 931 -- 16 December 999 AD), also called **Adelaide of Burgundy**, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962. She was the first empress designated *consors regni*, denoting a \"... | 603 | Adelaide of Italy | 0 |
2,519 | # Adelaide of Italy
## Life
### Holy Roman Empress {#holy_roman_empress}
Adelaide accompanied her husband on his second expedition to Italy to subdue the revolt of Berengar II and to protect Pope John XII. In Rome, Otto the Great was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on 2 February 962 by Pope John XII. Breaking new ground, ... | 1,177 | Adelaide of Italy | 1 |
2,519 | # Adelaide of Italy
## Life
### Later years {#later_years}
Adelaide resigned as regent when Otto III was declared to be of the legal majority in 995. From then on, she devoted herself exclusively to her works of charity, in particular to the foundation and restoration of religious houses, i.e. monasteries, churches a... | 379 | Adelaide of Italy | 2 |
2,519 | # Adelaide of Italy
## Historiography and cultural depictions {#historiography_and_cultural_depictions}
### Historiography
Adelaide was one of the most important and powerful medieval female rulers. Historically, as empress and saint, she has been described as powerful, with both male attributes (like strength, just... | 429 | Adelaide of Italy | 3 |
2,526 | # Agostino Carracci
**Agostino Carracci** (`{{IPAc-en|k|ə|ˈ|r|ɑː|tʃ|i}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|kə|RAH|chee}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPAc-en|UKalso|k|ə|ˈ|r|æ|t|ʃ|i}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|kə|RATCH|ee}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{IPA|it|aɡoˈstiːno karˈrattʃi|lang}}`{=mediawiki}; also **Caracci**; 16 August 1557 -- 22 March 1602) was... | 741 | Agostino Carracci | 0 |
2,529 | # Alexandra
**Alexandra** (*Ἀλεξάνδρα*) is a female given name of Greek origin. It is the first attested form of its variants, including Alexander (*Ἀλέξανδρος*, *Aléxandros*). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb *ἀλέξειν* (*alexein*; meaning \'to defend\') and *ἀνήρ* (*anēr*; GEN *ἀνδρός*, *andro... | 329 | Alexandra | 0 |
2,529 | # Alexandra
## People with the name {#people_with_the_name}
### Royalty
- Alexandra of Russia (disambiguation), various grand duchesses and royal consorts
- Empress Alexandra (disambiguation), various empresses
- Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) (1872--1918), last empress consort of Russia by marriage ... | 2,159 | Alexandra | 1 |
2,529 | # Alexandra
## People with the name {#people_with_the_name}
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- Alexandra Obolentseva (born 2001), Russian chess player
- Alexandra Ocles (born 1979), Ecuadorian educator and politician
- Alexandra Oliver (born 1970), Canadian poet
- Alexandra Olsson (born 1998), Finnish ha... | 786 | Alexandra | 2 |
2,529 | # Alexandra
## People with the name {#people_with_the_name}
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- Alexandra Techet, American marine engineer
- Alexandra Tegleva (1894--1955), Russian nursemaid
- Alexandra Tessier (born 1993), Canadian rugby player
- Alexandra Thein (born 1963), German politician
- Alexand... | 644 | Alexandra | 3 |
2,529 | # Alexandra
## Fictional characters {#fictional_characters}
- Princess Alexandra, a character in *The Swan*, played by Grace Kelly
- Alexandra, a character from the game *Mystic Defender*
- Alexandra, *Nikita* character
- Alexandra, the main antagonist in *The Wildwood Chronicles*
- Alexandra the Royal Baby... | 312 | Alexandra | 4 |
2,536 | # Articolo 31
**Articolo 31** is a band from Milan, Italy, formed in 1990 by J-Ax and DJ Jad, combining hip hop, funk, pop and traditional Italian musical forms. They are one of the most popular Italian hip hop groups.
## Band history {#band_history}
Articolo 31 were formed by rapper J-Ax (real name Alessandro Aleot... | 371 | Articolo 31 | 0 |
2,546 | # Automated theorem proving
**Automated theorem proving** (also known as **ATP** or **automated deduction**) is a subfield of automated reasoning and mathematical logic dealing with proving mathematical theorems by computer programs. Automated reasoning over mathematical proof was a major motivating factor for the dev... | 818 | Automated theorem proving | 0 |
2,546 | # Automated theorem proving
## Related problems {#related_problems}
A simpler, but related, problem is *proof verification*, where an existing proof for a theorem is certified valid. For this, it is generally required that each individual proof step can be verified by a primitive recursive function or program, and he... | 491 | Automated theorem proving | 1 |
2,546 | # Automated theorem proving
## First-order theorem proving {#first_order_theorem_proving}
In the late 1960s agencies funding research in automated deduction began to emphasize the need for practical applications. One of the first fruitful areas was that of program verification whereby first-order theorem provers were... | 372 | Automated theorem proving | 2 |
2,551 | # Astronomical year numbering
**Astronomical year numbering** is based on AD/CE year numbering, but follows normal decimal integer numbering more strictly. Thus, it has a year 0; the years before that are designated with negative numbers and the years after that are designated with positive numbers. Astronomers use th... | 277 | Astronomical year numbering | 0 |
2,551 | # Astronomical year numbering
## Usage of the year zero {#usage_of_the_year_zero}
In his Rudolphine Tables (1627), Johannes Kepler used a prototype of year zero which he labeled *Christi* (Christ\'s) between years labeled *Ante Christum* (Before Christ) and *Post Christum* (After Christ) on the mean motion tables for... | 570 | Astronomical year numbering | 1 |
2,552 | # Adam of Bremen
**Adam of Bremen** (*Adamus Bremensis*; *Adam von Bremen*; before 1050 -- 12 October 1081/1085) was a German medieval chronicler. He lived and worked in the second half of the eleventh century. Adam is most famous for his chronicle *Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum* (*Deeds of Bishops of the ... | 325 | Adam of Bremen | 0 |
2,559 | # Arapaoa Island
**Arapaoa Island** (formerly spelled **Arapawa Island**) is the second-largest island in the Marlborough Sounds, at the north-east tip of the South Island of New Zealand. The island has a land area of 75 km². Queen Charlotte Sound defines its western side, while to the south lies Tory Channel, which i... | 656 | Arapaoa Island | 0 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
**Arthur Phillip** (11 October 1738 -- 31 August 1814) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales.
Phillip was educated at Greenwich Hospital School from June 1751 until December 1753. He then became an apprentice on the whaling ship *Fortune*. ... | 537 | Arthur Phillip | 0 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Early life {#early_life}
Arthur Phillip was born on 11 October 1738, in the Parish of All Hallows, in Bread Street, London. He was the son of Jacob Phillip, an immigrant from Frankfurt, who by various accounts was a language teacher, a merchant vessel owner, a merchant captain, or a common seaman.... | 312 | Arthur Phillip | 1 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Early maritime career {#early_maritime_career}
### Whaling and merchant expeditions {#whaling_and_merchant_expeditions}
In April 1754 *Fortune* headed out to hunt whales near Svalbard in the Barents Sea. As an apprentice Phillip\'s responsibilities included stripping blubber from whale carcasses ... | 683 | Arthur Phillip | 2 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Early maritime career {#early_maritime_career}
### Recommissioned into Royal Navy {#recommissioned_into_royal_navy}
In 1778, with Britain again at war, Phillip was recalled to Royal Navy service and on 9 October was appointed first lieutenant of the 74-gun `{{HMS|Alexander|1778|6}}`{=mediawiki} as... | 511 | Arthur Phillip | 3 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Colonial service {#colonial_service}
Lord Sandwich, together with the president of the Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks, the scientist who had accompanied Lieutenant James Cook on his 1770 voyage, was advocating the establishment of a British colony in Botany Bay, New South Wales. Banks accepted an... | 965 | Arthur Phillip | 4 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Colonial service {#colonial_service}
### Governor of New South Wales {#governor_of_new_south_wales}
When Phillip was appointed as governor-designate of the colony and began to plan the expedition, he requested that the convicts that were being sent be trained; only twelve carpenters and a few men ... | 644 | Arthur Phillip | 5 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Colonial service {#colonial_service}
### Military personnel in colony {#military_personnel_in_colony}
The main challenge for order and harmony in the settlement came not from the convicts secured there on terms of good behaviour, but from the attitude of officers from the New South Wales Marine Co... | 411 | Arthur Phillip | 6 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Colonial service {#colonial_service}
### Relations with indigenous peoples {#relations_with_indigenous_peoples}
Phillip\'s official orders with regard to Aboriginal people were to \"conciliate their affections\", to \"live in amity and kindness with them\", and to punish anyone who should \"wanton... | 484 | Arthur Phillip | 7 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Later life and death {#later_life_and_death}
Phillip\'s estranged wife, Charlott, died 3 August 1792 and was buried in St Beuno\'s Churchyard, Llanycil, Bala, Merionethshire. Phillip, a resident in Marylebone, married Isabella Whitehead of Bath in St Marylebone Parish Church, in the Church of Engl... | 350 | Arthur Phillip | 8 |
2,563 | # Arthur Phillip
## Legacy
A number of places in Australia bear Phillip\'s name, including Port Phillip, Phillip Island (Victoria), Phillip Island (Norfolk Island), Phillip Street in the Sydney central business district, and St Phillip\'s Church, Sydney.
A monument to Phillip in Bath Abbey Church was unveiled in 193... | 430 | Arthur Phillip | 9 |
2,573 | # Angus, Scotland
**Angus** (*Angus*; *Aonghas*) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence... | 551 | Angus, Scotland | 0 |
2,573 | # Angus, Scotland
## History
### Administrative history {#administrative_history}
Angus was one of the ancient provinces of Scotland, under the authority of the Mormaer or Earl of Angus. From at least the thirteenth century the area formed the basis for a shire (the area administered by a sheriff) based in Forfar: th... | 899 | Angus, Scotland | 1 |
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