article_id uint64 0 271k | page_id uint64 1 1.29M | revision_id uint64 25 10.5M | title stringlengths 1 250 | timestamp stringdate 2013-03-10 09:09:55 2026-10-01 21:30:28 | md stringlengths 14 588k | warnings listlengths 0 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1,200 | 4,639 | 532,461 | GNU General Public License | 2026-06-14T06:30:31Z | The **GNU General Public License** (**GPL**) is a computer software copyleft license. This license lets the user of the software use a program in many of the same ways as if it were public domain. They can use it, change it, and copy it. They can also sell or give away copies of the program with or without any changes ... | [] |
1,201 | 4,642 | 1,521,690 | Square | 2024-10-30T01:48:18Z | A **square** is a shape with four equal sides and four corners that are all right angles (90 degrees). The diagonals of a square also cross at right angles. The angle between any diagonal and a side of a square is 45 degrees. A square has rotational symmetry of four. It has four lines of regular symmetry. A square with... | [] |
1,202 | 4,645 | 9,337,803 | Computer hardware | 2024-02-02T18:14:12Z | **Computer hardware** or **hardware** means the physical parts that make up a computer.
Some examples are:
- Central processing unit (CPU)
- Random-access memory (RAM)
- Power supply unit (PSU)
- Motherboard
- Graphics processing unit (GPU)
- Network card
- Peripheral equipment
- Modem
- USB flash drive
- Ha... | [] |
1,203 | 4,646 | 103,847 | Meat | 2026-08-08T21:21:30Z | **Meat** is animal flesh which is used for food. Most often, it is used to describe skeletal muscles and fats that are found with it. Types of meats include beef, veal from cattle, pork, ham, bacon from pigs, mutton from sheep, venison from deer, fish, insects, poultry from chickens, ducks, turkeys. The word meat is al... | [] |
1,204 | 4,647 | 248,920 | Anders Celsius | 2026-09-22T21:17:50Z | **Anders Celsius** (27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744) was a Swedish astronomer. Celsius was born in Uppsala in Sweden. Much of his work was in what was later called Geodesy.
He is more famous for developing the Celsius temperature scale when he worked on meteorology (a science about weather conditions). It later bec... | [] |
1,205 | 4,648 | 693,482 | Tuvalu | 2026-07-30T04:41:18Z | **Tuvalu** is a small island country in the Pacific Ocean. In the past, it was the **Ellice Islands**. It was part of Gilbert and Ellice Islands with Kiribati. It is a monarchy.
Tuvalu is getting smaller. If the sea level keeps rising at the same rate, this country will be covered by water in about 50 years.
The most... | [] |
1,206 | 4,649 | 1,661,361 | Java | 2025-09-14T14:28:16Z | **Java** (Jawa) is one of the Sunda Islands of Indonesia.
The area is 132,000 square km. It is the world's 13th largest island. Around 140 million people live there, which is half the people in Indonesia and more than on any other island in the world. Most of them speak the Javanese language and many also speak othe... | [] |
1,207 | 4,651 | 17,988 | James Watt | 2026-04-18T22:29:02Z | **James Watt** (19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819) was a Scottish mathematician and engineer. He did not invent the first steam engine, but he did modify it to work better. There were other patented steam engines (such as the Savery and Newcomen steam engines) in use by the time Watt started his work on them. His major ... | [] |
1,208 | 4,652 | 1,011,873 | 1267 | 2025-10-09T14:24:14Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1267{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1267{{/Year article header}}
## Events
### By topic
#### War and politics
- February 16 – King Afonso III of Portugal and King Alfonso X of Castile sign the Badajoz Convention, figuring out the border between the Kingdom of Por... | [] |
1,209 | 4,653 | 1,870,985 | Michelangelo | 2026-09-12T09:00:28Z | **Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni** (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known as **Michelangelo**, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer. Along with Leonardo da Vinci, he is often called a "Renaissance Man" which means that he had great talent in many areas.
Michelangel... | [] |
1,210 | 4,654 | 693,482 | Leonardo da Vinci | 2026-07-26T16:33:48Z | **Leonardo Da Vinci** (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath who lived during the Renaissance. He is famous for his paintings. He was also a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and writer. Leonardo wanted to know everything about nature, and w... | [] |
1,211 | 4,655 | 1,011,873 | 1844 | 2025-07-05T15:29:26Z | {{#Year article header}}1844{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 27 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
## New Books
- *The Luck of Barry Lyndon* by William Makepeace Thackeray
## Births
- May 22 – Mary Cassatt, American artist (d. 1926)
- July 4 – Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (d.... | [] |
1,212 | 4,656 | 5,295 | 1902 | 2026-03-04T00:13:05Z | **1902** (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- July 11 – Arthur Balfour becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- September 1 – A Trip to the Moon, the first science fiction movie, premières.
- Marie and... | [] |
1,213 | 4,657 | 1,744,518 | 1895 | 2026-02-10T04:22:28Z | {{#Year article header}}1895{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Roentgen discovers X-rays
- Marconi invents the wireless telegraph
- China and Japan sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki
- José Paulino Gomes was born on 4 August
## Births
### January
### February
### March
in march of 1895 the english invaded the Aust... | [] |
1,214 | 4,658 | 1,011,873 | 1796 | 2025-07-05T15:29:13Z | {{#Year article header}}1796{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- An English doctor invents a vaccination against smallpox.
## Births
- January 7-Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales
- July 26 - George Catlin, American painter
- December 27 – Mirza Ghalib, poet of Urdu
| [] |
1,215 | 4,659 | 10,491,956 | 1879 | 2025-09-02T20:07:18Z | **1879** (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
- Rutherford B. Hayes State of the Union Address.
- The Anglo-Zulu War took place.
## Births
- March 14 – Albert Eins... | [] |
1,216 | 4,660 | 1,727,852 | 1769 | 2026-03-06T06:19:10Z | **1769** (MDCCLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- James Watt invents an engine driven by steam
## Births
- August 15 – Napoleon
| [] |
1,217 | 4,662 | 1,011,873 | 1885 | 2025-07-05T13:44:06Z | {{#Year article header}}1885{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Benz builds the first single-cylinder engine for car.
- John K Starley creates the first genuine bicycle, the Rover.
- John Boyd Dunlop invents the pneumatic tire.
- W.S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan's *The Mikado*
- *The Times* reports that "A lady well k... | [] |
1,218 | 4,663 | 1,011,873 | 1837 | 2025-07-05T15:29:17Z | {{#Year article header}}1837{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Samuel Morse invents the electric telegraph.
- Michigan becomes the 26th state.
Births
March 18 - Grover Cleveland, twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States (d. 1908)
| [] |
1,219 | 4,665 | 532,461 | Platinum | 2025-10-26T07:56:47Z | **Platinum** is a chemical element. It has symbol **Pt** and atomic number 78. Platinum is a soft, heavy, white metal. It is a precious metal and a transition metal. Its name comes from the Spanish word platina meaning "little silver".
Platinum is part of the platinum group of elements. It is on group 10 in the period... | [] |
1,220 | 4,666 | 16,695 | List of rock types | 2023-11-13T22:06:13Z | ## List
Sorted by name; initial letter means Igneous, Sedimentary or Metamorphic rocks.
### A
> I Andesite – an intermediate volcanic rock
>
> M Anthracite – a form of hard coal
### B
> S Banded iron formation – a fine grained chemical sedimentary rock composed of iron oxide minerals
>
> S Bauxite – the main ore ... | [] |
1,221 | 4,667 | 68,157 | List of minerals | 2016-08-20T09:54:50Z | This is a **list of minerals**.
\_\_NOTOC\_\_
{{compactTOC}}
## A
- Abelsonite
- Abernathyite
- Abenakiite-(Ce)
- Abswurmbachite
- Abhurite
- Actinolite
- Acuminite
- Agate a variety of quartz
- Alabaster a variety of gypsum or calcite-rich rock
- Albite
- Alexandrite a variety of chrysoberyl
- Alforsite
- Allingite... | [] |
1,222 | 4,668 | 1,505,746 | Mineral | 2024-08-13T03:38:14Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="redirect3"><div data-arg>Mineral</div><div data-arg>For the town in the US state of Virginia, see Mineral, Virginia</div></template>
**Minerals** are substances that are formed naturally in the Earth. Minerals vary in composition, from pure elements and simple salts t... | [] |
1,223 | 4,669 | 1,127,554 | Craft | 2023-04-27T17:05:57Z | **Craft** or **handicraft** is about making things with one's own hands and skills. The different types of crafts can be put in groups according to the material being used. In the Middle Ages the most common materials were metal, wood or clay.
A craftsman is a person who has the knowledge and skills of a craft. When ... | [] |
1,224 | 4,678 | 1,588,353 | Kim Jong-il | 2026-02-27T13:48:10Z | **Kim Jong-il**, birth name **Yuri Irsenovich Kim** (according to the Soviet Union's records) (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="korean"><div data-arg data-name="hangul">김정일</div><div data-arg data-name="hanja">金正日</div></template>, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was the Supreme Leader of Democr... | [] |
1,225 | 4,679 | 1,810,777 | Silver | 2026-08-15T21:59:04Z | **Silver** (symbol **Ag**) is a chemical element. In chemistry, silver is element 47, a transition metal. It has an atomic weight of 107.86 a.m.u. Its symbol is Ag, from the Latin word for silver, *argentum*.
## Properties
### Physical properties
Silver is a soft metal. It is also a precious metal. When it is used i... | [] |
1,226 | 4,681 | 1,720,429 | Pope | 2026-01-02T08:35:29Z | The **Pope** is the head of the Roman Catholic Church in religious contexts and, politically, the head of state or sovereign of the Vatican City State, formerly the Papal States. The 2025 papal conclave elected Leo XIV.
The Pope is elected by Cardinals. While any Catholic male in good standing with the church is consi... | [] |
1,227 | 4,685 | 1,734,355 | San Andreas Fault | 2026-06-03T08:39:51Z | The **San Andreas Fault** is a right-moving ('dextral') strike-slip fault. It marks the boundary between the North American Plate on the east and the Pacific Plate on the west. The fault was the cause of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It first appeared about 20 million years ago.
The San Andreas Fault is a zone s... | [] |
1,228 | 4,689 | 68,157 | Void (astronomy) | 2023-08-25T13:41:10Z | In astronomy, **voids** are the empty spaces between filaments. Filaments and voids are the largest-scale structures in the Universe. There are no or few galaxies in voids. Most voids have a diameter of 11 to 150 Mpc.
Especially large voids are the empty spaces without many superclusters.
These voids are sometimes ca... | [] |
1,229 | 4,690 | 1,652,218 | Computer mouse | 2025-08-25T04:29:17Z | A **computer mouse** is an input device which is used with a computer or a laptop. For the mice most commonly used today, moving that mouse along a flat surface can move the cursor to different items on the screen.
## Buttons
Items can be moved or selected by pushing the mouse buttons (called clicking).
Today's mou... | [] |
1,230 | 4,693 | 1,823,278 | Metallurgy | 2026-08-17T22:25:03Z | **Metallurgy** is the study of metals. Alloys (mixtures of metals) are also studied. There are two main branches of Metallurgy. They are physical and chemical metallurgy. A Metallurgist is individual who researches, manufactures and develops metal items that range from car parts to semiconductors.
Metallurgists and M... | [] |
1,231 | 4,700 | 532,461 | Fixed-wing aircraft | 2026-04-05T18:22:25Z | A **fixed-wing aircraft** is a kind of aircraft. An aircraft is a machine that can fly, but is heavier than air. Fixed-wing aircraft are sometimes called **airplanes**, **aeroplanes** or sometimes just "planes". All fixed-wing aircraft have wings that use forward airspeed to generate lift but faster than trains (stea... | [] |
1,232 | 4,701 | 1,872,640 | Aircraft | 2026-09-15T07:40:20Z | An **aircraft** is a flying machine.
The word *aircraft* originally meant airships and balloons. It comes from the words *air* and *craft*, a term from boating as were many early aviation words.
There are many different kinds of aircraft.
Some aircraft keep in the sky by moving air over their wings. Examples are a... | [] |
1,233 | 4,702 | 86,802 | Victoria, British Columbia | 2026-03-10T06:03:28Z | **Victoria** is the capital city of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is named after Queen Victoria. Around 400,000 people live in the Victoria area. Many people work for the government or in tourism. It is warmer than other Canadian cities in the winter and so many Canadians move there when they retire.
Vi... | [] |
1,234 | 4,705 | 1,011,873 | Suez Canal | 2024-10-29T13:02:14Z | The **Suez Canal** (Arabic: قناة السويس, *Qanā al-Suways*, French: *Le Canal de Suez*) is a canal in Egypt. It lies west of the Sinai Peninsula. The canal is 163 km long (101 miles) and, at its narrowest point, 200 m wide (656 ft). It runs between Port Said (*Būr Sa'īd*) on the Mediterranean Sea, and Suez (*al-Suways*)... | [] |
1,235 | 4,706 | 1,574,923 | Canal | 2025-02-04T13:17:18Z | A **canal** is a waterway made by humans. For many centuries, canals have been built as a way of transporting heavy goods in barges or boats. Canals often connect lakes, rivers, or oceans. The Panama Canal is a famous canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. Many canals are reinforced with clay or... | [] |
1,236 | 4,707 | 572,554 | Mars (mythology) | 2025-10-23T15:49:49Z | **Mars** is the god of war in Roman mythology. Mars is the son of Juno and Jupiter. Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus, and also Cupid. The planet Mars and the month March are named after him. He was the god of war, murder, and bloodshed. His Greek name is Ares. He tried many times to start wars between the gods.
... | [] |
1,237 | 4,708 | 1,773,816 | Cessna | 2026-08-31T14:02:42Z | **Cessna** is a company that makes airplanes. The company is named for their founder, Clyde Cessna. They are in Wichita, Kansas in the United States. They make small aircraft that can hold 2 to 4 people and in the last decades, they have built several models of business jets.
## Cessna aircraft
- Cessna 172
- Cessna... | [] |
1,238 | 4,710 | 1,686,699 | Clothing | 2026-08-14T14:58:02Z | **Clothing** are items used to cover the human body. Humans are the only animals that wear clothing. During the many thousands of years between losing body hair and learning to make clothes, humans were naked. Some native people in hot places continue to be naked in everyday life.
Clothing is worn where the human bod... | [] |
1,239 | 4,711 | 1,475,106 | Shoe | 2025-06-24T20:30:04Z | A **shoe** is a type of footwear. It is an item of clothing. You can wear them outside. Shoes come in pairs, with one shoe for each foot. People usually wear shoes in public. They are worn for hygiene, style, and comfort. While there are some shoes that don't need socks to wear, shoes are usually worn with socks.
Shoe... | [] |
1,240 | 4,712 | 1,477,024 | Footwear | 2025-09-30T04:45:10Z | **Footwear** is an item of clothing made by humans that covers and protects the foot, including the soles of the feet. Footwear allows people to walk on rough surfaces such as gravel roads without hurting their feet. Some types of footwear such as boots help to keep people's feet dry, or help to keep people's feet warm... | [] |
1,241 | 4,713 | 70,336 | Café | 2026-04-10T16:40:05Z | A **café** is a type of restaurant which typically serves coffee and tea, in addition to light refreshments such as baked goods or snacks. The term "café" comes from the French word meaning "coffee".
A café setting is known as a casual social environment where you can find people reading the provided newspapers and ma... | [] |
1,242 | 4,714 | 1,802,647 | Jazz | 2026-05-12T17:13:09Z | **Jazz** is a type of music which was invented in the United States. Jazz music combines African-American music with European music. Jazz first became popular in the 1910s. Some common jazz instruments include the saxophone, trumpet, guitar, piano, double bass, and drums.
## Definition
It is difficult to give an exac... | [] |
1,243 | 4,715 | 1,674,404 | Coffee | 2026-08-10T17:46:20Z | **Coffee** is a caffeinated drink prepared from roasted coffee beans. It's also a plant (**Coffea**) and the name of the drink that is made from this plant. The coffee plant is a bush or tree that can grow up to ten meters (about 32 feet) high, but is usually cut shorter. Coffee plants originally grew in Ethiopia, and ... | [] |
1,244 | 4,716 | 1,694,418 | Beef | 2026-01-11T21:16:15Z | **Beef** is a type of meat that comes from cattle. Beef can be cooked in many ways; cuts are usually used for steak, which can be cooked to many levels of doneness. Trimmings are usually ground or minced, like most hamburgers. Beef has protein, iron, and vitamin B12. High consumption of beef or other kinds of meat is l... | [] |
1,245 | 4,717 | 1,578,079 | Hyaena | 2026-08-12T21:45:21Z | **Hyaenas** (sometimes ***Hyenas***) are mammals. They are the family **Hyaenidae**, in the order Carnivora. They live in Africa, and in west and south Asia. In the past they had a much wider distribution. Now there are two subfamilies with four species.
With only four species, it is the fourth-smallest family in the ... | [] |
1,246 | 4,718 | 10,451,941 | Table salt | 2025-08-12T07:54:58Z | **Table salt** is a mineral composed mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl). This is a chemical compound, one of many salts. Salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite.
When salt (sodium chloride) is mixed with water, the salt dissolves into the water, creating a saline solution. Salt ... | [] |
1,247 | 4,719 | 693,482 | Silk | 2026-08-03T13:43:32Z | **Silk** is a natural fibre made by the silk worm to form their cocoon. Silk fibres are very strong, yet soft, and so are often used to make cloth.
The cloth from silk can be made into rugs, bedding, or can be used to write or paint on. In the past, silk was used to make parachutes. The practice of growing silkworms ... | [] |
1,248 | 4,726 | 121,204 | The Beatles | 2026-08-30T16:13:45Z | **The Beatles** were an English pop/rock band, started in Liverpool, England in 1960. The members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Most people say they are the most successful and influential band in the history of popular music. The group were a main part of the creation of 1960s cou... | [] |
1,249 | 4,733 | 532,461 | Reincarnation | 2026-04-26T05:27:54Z | **Reincarnation** is the name of the idea that people are born again in another body after they die and this cycle continues over many lifetimes. Rebirth or "transmigration" is the preferred term for those believers who do not believe in eternal souls. Many Hindus, Jains, Celtic pagans, Buddhists, and people who follo... | [] |
1,250 | 4,738 | 1,365,979 | EBay | 2024-12-20T21:11:09Z | **eBay** is a website. It is a place for online auctions. Anybody can sell almost anything they want there. People can buy many things there as well.
People have to send what they sell themselves, usually using mail. Some items may be collected by the buyer such as items to large or heavy to post. Buyers can transfer ... | [] |
1,251 | 4,739 | 1,801,713 | Gerhard Schröder | 2026-05-11T00:49:28Z | **Gerhard Schröder** was Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005.
## Life
He was born on 7 April 1944 in Mossenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.
After school he learned retail sales in a Lemgo from 1958 to 1961.
After that he made his abitur (highest school exam in Germany) in Bielefeld. Then he studied law in Göttingen.... | [] |
1,252 | 4,740 | 28,880 | Melbourne | 2026-01-27T13:38:49Z | **Melbourne** (Narrm) is the second-largest city in Australia. It is the capital of Victoria, a state in the south-east of Australia. The population of Melbourne was just over five million in 2020.
"Melbourne" is an ambiguous name. The local **City of Melbourne** is quite small, as the City of London is. But the metro... | [] |
1,253 | 4,742 | 5,295 | Canberra | 2025-09-25T01:34:10Z | **Canberra** is the capital city of Australia. There are 403,468 people who live there. It does not belong to a state but it is in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
Canberra was started in 1913 and in the middle of the city is Lake Burley-Griffin. This lake was created especially for the city. There was a compet... | [] |
1,254 | 4,743 | 1,720,120 | Sydney | 2026-09-05T18:20:22Z | **Sydney** (Gadi, also Warrang) is a city on the east coast of Australia which is the capital city of New South Wales. About five and a half million people live in Sydney which makes it the biggest city in both Australia and Oceania.
Sydney started in 1788, when the Captain Arthur Phillip brought the First Fleet to s... | [] |
1,255 | 4,746 | 9,705,043 | Greenhouse effect | 2024-08-16T01:49:59Z | The **greenhouse effect** occurs when certain gases in the Earth's atmosphere (the air around the Earth) trap infrared radiation. This makes the planet become warmer, similar to the way a greenhouse becomes warmer.
The most important greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are: water vapor, carbon dioxide(CO~2~), and ... | [] |
1,256 | 4,753 | 1,011,873 | Ionizing radiation | 2024-05-11T11:48:26Z | **Ionizing radiation** is a process in physics where something sends out particles or waves that can ionize an atom or molecule through atomic interactions.
The strength of ionizing radiation depends on the energy of the individual particles or waves, and not a function of the number of particles or waves present. Th... | [] |
1,257 | 4,757 | 70,336 | Click | 2022-04-11T20:30:47Z | **Click** is an onomatopoeia.
- Some languages, such as Xhosa language use click consonants.
- Pressing the button on a computer mouse sometimes is called a "mouse click".
| [] |
1,258 | 4,759 | 1,850,734 | Buzz Aldrin | 2026-08-06T17:39:44Z | Dr. **Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr.**, retired Colonel (born January 20, 1930) is an American pilot and astronaut. He was one of the Apollo 11 astronauts and the second person to have ever walked on the moon.
## Early life
Aldrin was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He earned a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the... | [] |
1,259 | 4,760 | 693,482 | Tuberculosis | 2026-07-26T15:14:46Z | **Tuberculosis (TB)** is an infectious disease caused by bacteria. In the past, people called it **consumption** or the **white death**.
TB is caused by several types of mycobacteria, usually *Mycobacterium tuberculosis*. The disease usually attacks the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body.
## How it... | [] |
1,260 | 4,761 | 821,211 | American (word) | 2024-09-05T20:31:00Z | The word **American** is used to mean a person or a thing from the United States or any country in the Americas - North America, Central America, and South America. In English, the most common use of this word is to mean a person or a thing from the United States.
Even though the islands in the Caribbean Sea are close... | [] |
1,261 | 4,772 | 1,475,106 | Grain | 2026-02-24T17:28:47Z | **Grain** is the seeds of some special kinds of grass. The main types of commercial grain crops are cereals. People grow different kinds of grain as food. The different kinds of grain are among the most important foods in the world.
Some kinds of grain are:
- Barley
- Maize *or Indian corn (or simply as "corn")*
- M... | [] |
1,262 | 4,774 | 1,812,932 | Clause | 2026-05-29T21:59:26Z | A **clause** is a part of a sentence. Each clause is made up of a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what happens in a sentence). Each predicate has only one main verb.
*I love you* is a sentence that has only one clause. *I love you and I will always love you* is a sentence that has two clau... | [] |
1,263 | 4,775 | 40,117 | Marxism | 2026-07-26T17:11:36Z | **Marxism** is the name for a set of political and economic ideas.
The basic ideas are that:
- The world is split into multiple classes (groups) of people. The two main classes are the working class and the capitalist, or ruling, class. The working class is exploited by the ruling class.
- There is a class conflict ,... | [] |
1,264 | 4,779 | 640,235 | Sacred | 2023-06-20T10:27:07Z | The words **sacred** or **holy** are sometimes used interchangeably and are often misunderstood to mean "important" or "special" instead of "set apart" and "pure."
According to Websters 1828 Dictionary (the more accurate definition given the spiritual context- Christian and beyond), sacred means "...separated from th... | [] |
1,265 | 4,781 | 888,555 | Zürich | 2026-02-03T08:38:47Z | **Zürich** or **Zurich** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-de"><div data-arg data-name="link">yes</div><div data-arg>Zürich</div></template> <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-de"><div data-arg>ˈt͡syːrɪç</div><div data-arg></div></template>; Swiss German: *Züri* \[ˈt͡syɾi\])... | [] |
1,266 | 4,782 | 16,695 | Translation | 2024-09-10T19:13:05Z | **Translation** means to copy writing or speech from one language into a different language.
The people who do translation are called translators. A translator who is copying a book into another language may use a language dictionary to find out how a word is written in another language. A translator who works with th... | [] |
1,267 | 4,783 | 1,253,815 | Astronaut | 2024-07-09T21:29:15Z | An **astronaut** or **cosmonaut** is a person who goes into outer space. The Soviet Union and countries that it controlled used the word cosmonaut. Western countries including the United States said astronaut. Astronauts are also called "taikonauts" in China or "spationaute" in France.
The first person to go into spac... | [] |
1,268 | 4,788 | 103,847 | Hacker | 2026-01-06T14:32:15Z | A **hacker** is someone who tries to get into another person's computer using computer software. The computer software could be Trojan horse programs, computer viruses, and worms. It used to mean someone who likes to do new things with computers. The correct name for a person doing these illegal things was *cracker*, ... | [] |
1,269 | 4,790 | 70,336 | Broadcasting | 2025-06-18T00:54:54Z | In communications, such as radio and television, **broadcasting** means sending information such as television shows or music electronically to a large audience. The information is sent through the air in radio waves, through a wire, or by a communications satellite, and then the television viewers or radio listeners ... | [] |
1,270 | 4,793 | 532,461 | Socialism | 2026-09-12T16:16:18Z | **Socialism** is an economic system in which industries are owned by workers rather than by private businesses. It is different from capitalism, where private actors, like business owners and shareholders, own the means of production. The state can also act as a capitalist by owning the means of production and by direc... | [] |
1,271 | 4,794 | 1,452,189 | Leninism | 2026-10-01T10:42:54Z | **Leninism** is a way of thinking about how the communist party should be organized. It says it should be a dictatorship of the proletariat (meaning the working class holds the power).
Some historians say that Leninism is one of the first steps towards socialism (where the workers own the factories and other means of... | [] |
1,272 | 4,796 | 9,412,158 | Bolshevik | 2024-03-13T20:21:22Z | **Bolshevik** was a Russian communist in the early 20th century. They are also called the Bolshevik Communists. The majority of the Russian Social Democratic Workers Party was a Marxist political party.
At the party congress in 1903, members disagreed with each other. The party divided into two groups, the Bolshevik... | [] |
1,273 | 4,797 | 532,461 | Saddam Hussein | 2026-09-25T20:31:42Z | **Saddam Hussein** (Arabic: {{#Text}}صِدَامُ حُسَيْنٍ{{/Text}}; April 28, 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who was the fifth president of Iraq, from July 1979 to April 2003. He was 58th and 61st prime minister of Iraq, serving respectively from July 1979 to March 1991 and from May 1994... | [] |
1,274 | 4,804 | 314,522 | List of traditional star names | 2024-05-03T21:28:41Z | This is a **list of traditional names for stars**, mostly from Arabic and Latin.
To find out more about any of these stars, look them up in the SIMBAD international database:
- [SIMBAD online](http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/sim-fid.pl)
## A
{\| class\="wikitable"
\|- bgcolor\="\#BBBBFF"
! Proper Name !! Other
\|-
\|A... | [] |
1,275 | 4,805 | 1,685,821 | List of tectonic plates | 2025-11-02T04:46:24Z | This is a list of the biggest **tectonic plates** on Earth. Including small ones, there are about a hundred tectonic plates. These are only few of them.
## Primary plates
These seven plates make up most of the seven continents, and the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
- African plate
- Antarctic plate
- Indo-Australian... | [] |
1,276 | 4,806 | 935,234 | List of oil fields | 2022-07-07T16:21:38Z | This **list of oil fields** includes major fields of the past and present.
(Amounts in parentheses are estimated reserves, in barrels.)
- China
- Daqing Field, Heilongjiang (40 billion)
- Brazil
- Campos Basin
- Iran
- Aghajari Field (14 billion)
- Ahwaz Field (17 billion)
- Gachsaran Field (15 bil... | [] |
1,277 | 4,807 | 1,685,295 | Anarchism | 2025-10-31T22:23:11Z | **Anarchism** is an idea and philosophy that says no one should be forced into any kind of hierarchy. For example, anarchism says that the government and capitalism are harmful and not needed. It also says that people's actions should never be forced by other people. It is usually described as a libertarian type of soc... | [] |
1,278 | 4,809 | 1,011,873 | List of countries by area | 2026-01-24T00:43:57Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Pie chart"><div data-arg data-name="caption">The top 10 largest countries occupy more than half of the world's pure land.</div><div data-arg data-name="other">yes</div><div data-arg data-name="label1">Russia</div><div data-arg data-name="value1">12.6</div><div data-ar... | [] |
1,279 | 4,810 | 1,862,266 | List of countries by continents | 2026-08-27T04:55:16Z | This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories of the world by continents.
- By **UN association**:
- The 193 members of the United Nations (UN)
- The 2 General Assembly Observer States, Vatican City (sometimes Holy See) and Palestine
- By **other states**:
- De facto states with disputed s... | [] |
1,280 | 4,812 | 532,461 | List of countries and dependencies by population | 2026-09-23T05:42:35Z | This is a **list of countries and dependencies by population**. It includes sovereign states, inhabited dependent territories and in some cases, constituent countries of sovereign states, with the list being primarily based on the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. For instance the United Kingdom is considered a single entity. I... | [] |
1,281 | 4,813 | 1,055,265 | List of oil-producing nations | 2021-04-22T01:17:18Z | This is a partial list of states that extract crude oil from oil wells.
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Sudan
- Equatorial Guinea
- Asia
- China
- Russia
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Europe
- Bulgaria
- North Sea oil:
- United Kingdom
- Norway
- Denmark
- Ireland
- North America
... | [] |
1,282 | 4,817 | 22,027 | Forests in the United Kingdom | 2014-03-19T07:15:23Z | This is a list of **forests in the United Kingdom**.
## England
### Cumbria
- Whinfell Forest - Center Parcs
### Derbyshire
- Darwin Forest
### Hampshire
- New Forest
### Norfolk
- Thetford Forest
### Nottinghamshire
- Sherwood Forest
### Staffordshire
- Cannock Chase
### Sussex
- Ashdown Forest
### War... | [] |
1,283 | 4,818 | 1,313,241 | List of prime numbers | 2025-03-08T06:44:53Z | This page contains a list of the first 120 prime numbers. It also contains lists of the first few prime numbers of different kinds.
## First 120 prime numbers
{\| class\="wikitable"
\|- align\=center
\|2 \|\|3 \|\|5 \|\|7 \|\|11 \|\|13 \|\|17 \|\| 19 \|\|23 \|\|29 \|\|31 \|\|37\|\|41 \|\|43 \|\|47 \|\|53 \|\|59 \|\|6... | [] |
1,284 | 4,819 | 1,432,882 | List of publishers | 2024-03-16T14:45:35Z | This is a **list of publishers** in English.
## A
- Anvil Press Poetry
- Arcade Publishing
- Ardis Books Homepage
- Athlone Books
- Atlas Press
## B
- Basic Books
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Bison Books
- Black Sparrow Books
- Bloodaxe Books
- Bloomsbury.com - Home page
- Borzoi Reader Classics
#... | [] |
1,285 | 4,821 | 1,604,351 | ΜCLinux | 2025-05-19T22:35:57Z | **µCLinux** {{#IPA2}}'mu.'si.'lınʊks{{/IPA2}} is an operating system for small computers inside integrated circuits (chips). The system is based on the Linux operating system in many ways. Apart from the rather big size of Linux, µCLinux is much smaller and not as packed with features as Linux. It finds uses in many pl... | [] |
1,286 | 4,822 | 1,839,204 | UNIX | 2026-07-16T16:42:37Z | **UNIX** is a computer operating system. It was first developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Douglas McIlroy, and others created it. It was written in assembly language. In 1972, the UNIX code was rewritten with the new C programming language. The UNIX operating system is a multiuser and multipro... | [] |
1,287 | 4,826 | 1,865,063 | Signature | 2026-09-01T11:21:41Z | A **signature** is a special way that people write their name to let others know that they understand or approve of something that was written. A signature is often used to sign a contract, a cheque, a petition or a treaty.
When it comes to signature's there are many ways to write a signature, and signatures may look ... | [] |
1,288 | 4,828 | 1,626,716 | Cocoa | 2026-07-26T02:02:01Z | **Cocoa** is the seed of the cacao tree. The seed contains a lot of fat and is used to produce cocoa butter. Cocoa butter is then used to produce chocolate. The cocoa which is used to make chocolate is a fine powder.
## History
Chocolate and cocoa are made from the beans of the cacao tree. The tree might have first c... | [] |
1,289 | 4,831 | 314,522 | Ivory Coast | 2025-04-25T13:33:56Z | **Ivory Coast** or **Côte d'Ivoire**, officially the **Republic of Côte d'Ivoire**, is a country in West Africa.
The capital of Côte d'Ivoire is Yamoussoukro but its biggest city is Abidjan. Other cities can be found at List of cities in Côte d'Ivoire.
## Geography
It borders the Gulf of Guinea to the south and five... | [] |
1,290 | 4,834 | 86,802 | Luke McCormick | 2025-02-13T03:19:26Z | **Luke McCormick** (born 15 August 1983) is a former English football player. He was born in Coventry, England. He is a goalkeeper. He plays for the English football team Swindon Town.
In the 2003–04 season, McCormick played when Romain Larrieu could not. Larrieu injured his knee. McCormick played instead. Plymouth Ar... | [] |
1,291 | 4,841 | 1,496,809 | God paradox | 2025-09-23T08:18:01Z | The **God paradox** is an idea in philosophy. This idea is explained here:
> *If God is able to do anything, may this mean He is able to make a mountain heavier than He is able to lift?*
This is a paradox because:
- If God is able to make a mountain heavier than He is able to lift, then there may be something He is ... | [] |
1,292 | 4,843 | 40,117 | Libertarianism | 2025-12-25T22:18:00Z | **Libertarianism** is a political stance generally known as about the idea of individual liberties, responsibility/self-ownership, and free choice. It says the government should have less control over the lives of its citizens and should let them be responsible for themselves without the involvement of the government. ... | [] |
1,293 | 4,853 | 103,847 | Auction | 2024-08-16T19:32:04Z | An **auction** is a method by which goods or services can be sold and bought. In an auction, the price of an item is not fixed in advance. People wanting to buy the item say how much they are willing to pay for it. This is called their *bid*. In each round, the bids are evaluated. If certain criteria are met, the aucti... | [] |
1,294 | 4,860 | 1,876,967 | Hong Kong | 2026-09-22T03:02:10Z | **Hong Kong** (IPAC: ˌhɒŋˈkɒŋ; 香港, Hong Kong Cantonese: <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-yue"><div data-arg>hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ</div><div data-arg></div><div data-arg>Yue-heung1gong2.ogg</div></template>, literally "Fragrant Port"), officially **The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of The People's... | [] |
1,295 | 4,862 | 1,430,335 | Blitzkrieg | 2026-01-12T14:12:38Z | **Blitzkrieg** is a German word that means "lightning war" and refers to the high speed of a lightning bolt.
In *blitzkrieg*, the attacking motorized infantry armies move quickly and are helped by tanks and aircraft. Slower-moving enemy units are overrun or surrounded and often captured with little fighting. The slowe... | [] |
1,296 | 4,863 | 1,734,355 | Tank | 2026-05-16T02:10:39Z | A **tank** is an armored fighting vehicle, typically armed with a gun mounted on a gun turret and a few machine guns.
A tank is covered in thick armour to protect it from enemy weapons. Tanks have tracks that wrap around its wheels to spread out its weight and let it cross rough terrain. Most tanks have a powerful gu... | [] |
1,297 | 4,864 | 532,461 | Edinburgh | 2026-04-05T05:00:57Z | **Edinburgh** (Scottish Gaelic: *Dùn Èideann*) is the capital city and second largest city in Scotland. Edinburgh lies on the east coast, where the River Forth flows into the sea.
The central part is Edinburgh Castle, at the top of a steep hill. The castle has a military display every year, called a *tattoo*, where s... | [] |
1,298 | 4,866 | 103,847 | Head of state | 2026-03-03T21:24:54Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="multiple image"><div data-arg data-name="perrow">3</div><div data-arg data-name="total_width">300</div><div data-arg data-name="image1">Emmanuel_Macron_in_2019.jpg</div><div data-arg data-name="link1">Emmanuel Macron</div><div data-arg data-name="image2">Prabowo Subia... | [] |
1,299 | 4,868 | 145,727 | Vladimir Lenin | 2026-02-26T10:21:08Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="family name hatnote"><div data-arg>Ilyich</div><div data-arg>Ulyanov</div><div data-arg data-name="lang">Eastern Slavic</div></template>
**Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov** (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as **Vladimir Lenin**, was a Russian revolutionary, ... | [] |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.