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johann adam weishaupt (; 6 february 1748 – 18 november 1830) was a german philosopher, professor of civil law and later canon law, and founder of the illuminati. early life adam weishaupt was born on 6 february 1748 in ingolstadt in the electorate of bavaria. weishaupt's father johann georg weishaupt (1717–1753) died w... |
the acorn electron (nicknamed the elk inside acorn and beyond) was a lower-cost alternative to the bbc micro educational/home computer, also developed by acorn computers ltd, to provide many of the features of that more expensive machine at a price more competitive with that of the zx spectrum. it had 32 kilobytes of r... |
a fire upon the deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by american writer vernor vinge. it is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling usenet. a fire upon the deep won the hugo award in 1993, sharing it with ... |
aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight–capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere. the british royal aeronautical society identifies the aspects of "aeronautical art, science and engineering" and "the professio... |
the lumière brothers (, ; ), auguste marie louis nicolas lumière (19 october 1862 – 10 april 1954) and louis jean lumière (5 october 1864 – 6 june 1948), were french manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places t... |
the acts of the apostles (, práxeis apostólōn; ) is the fifth book of the new testament; it tells of the founding of the christian church and the spread of its message to the roman empire. acts and the gospel of luke make up a two-part work, luke–acts, by the same anonymous author. traditionally, the author is believed... |
assyria (neo-assyrian cuneiform: , romanized:māt aššur) was a major ancient mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century bc to the 14th century bc, then to a territorial state, and eventually an empire from the 14th century bc to the 7th century bc. spanning from the early bronze age to... |
abijah ( ) is a biblical hebrew unisex name which means "my father is yah". the hebrew form also occurs in the bible. old testament characters women abijah, who married king ahaz of judah. she is also called abi. her father's name was zechariah; she was the mother of king hezekiah a wife of hezron, one of the grandchil... |
ark or ark may refer to: biblical narratives and religion hebrew word teva noah's ark, a massive vessel said to have been built to save the world's animals from a flood ark of bulrushes, the boat of the infant moses hebrew aron ark of the covenant, chest for the tablets of the ten commandments torah ark, a cabinet used... |
in aphasia (sometimes called dysphasia), a person may be unable to comprehend or unable to formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. the major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0.4% in the global north. aphasia can a... |
the aorta ( ; : aortas or aortae) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart, branching upwards immediately after, and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits at the aortic bifurcation into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries). the aorta distrib... |
abimelech (also spelled abimelek or avimelech; ) was the generic name given to all philistine kings in the hebrew bible from the time of abraham through king david. in the book of judges, abimelech, son of gideon, of the tribe of manasseh, is proclaimed king of shechem after the death of his father. etymology the name ... |
andrew "tridge" tridgell (born 28 february 1967) is an australian computer programmer. he is the author of and a contributor to the samba file server, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm. he has analysed complex proprietary protocols and algorithms, to allow compatible free and open source software implementations. ... |
applesoft basic is a dialect of microsoft basic, developed by marc mcdonald and ric weiland, supplied with the apple ii series of computers. it supersedes integer basic and is the basic in rom in all apple ii series computers after the original apple ii model. it is also referred to as fp basic (from floating point) be... |
asterix or the adventures of asterix ( or , "asterix the gaul") is a bande dessinée comic book series about a village of indomitable gaulish warriors who adventure around the world and fight the roman republic, with the aid of a magic potion, during the era of julius caesar, in an ahistorical telling of the time after ... |
the arizona cardinals are a professional american football team based in the phoenix metropolitan area. the cardinals compete in the national football league (nfl) as a member of the national football conference (nfc) west division, and play their home games at state farm stadium in glendale, a suburb northwest of phoe... |
the atlanta falcons are a professional american football team based in atlanta. the falcons compete in the national football league (nfl) as a member club of the league's national football conference (nfc) south division. the falcons were founded on june 30, 1965, and joined the nfl in 1966 as an expansion team, after ... |
heathenry is a modern pagan new religious movement that has been active in the united states since at least the early 1970s. although the term "heathenry" is often employed to cover the entire religious movement, different heathen groups within the united states often prefer the term "ásatrú" or "odinism" as self-desig... |
an ansible is a category of fictional devices or technology capable of near-instantaneous or faster-than-light communication. it can send and receive messages to and from a corresponding device over any distance or obstacle whatsoever with no delay, even between star systems. as a name for such a device, the word "ansi... |
adalbert of prague (, , , , ; 95623 april 997), known in the czech republic, poland and slovakia by his birth name vojtěch (), was a czech missionary and christian saint. he was the bishop of prague and a missionary to the hungarians, poles, and prussians, who was martyred in his efforts to convert the baltic prussians... |
ælfheah ( – 19 april 1012), more commonly known today as alphege, was an anglo-saxon bishop of winchester, later archbishop of canterbury. he became an anchorite before being elected abbot of bath abbey. his reputation for piety and sanctity led to his promotion to the episcopate and, eventually, to his becoming archbi... |
in mathematics, an associative algebra a over a commutative ring (often a field) k is a ring a together with a ring homomorphism from k into the center of a. this is thus an algebraic structure with an addition, a multiplication, and a scalar multiplication (the multiplication by the image by the ring homomorphism of a... |
in mathematics, the axiom of regularity (also known as the axiom of foundation) is an axiom of zermelo–fraenkel set theory that states that every non-empty set a contains an element that is disjoint from a. in first-order logic, the axiom reads: the axiom of regularity together with the axiom of pairing implies that no... |
aix (advanced interactive executive, pronounced ,) is a series of proprietary unix operating systems developed and sold by ibm for several of its computer platforms. background originally released for the ibm rt pc risc workstation in 1986, aix has supported a wide variety of hardware platforms, including the ibm rs/60... |
appletalk is a discontinued proprietary suite of networking protocols developed by apple computer for their macintosh computers. appletalk includes a number of features that allow local area networks to be connected with no prior setup or the need for a centralized router or server of any sort. connected appletalk-equi... |
the apple ii series (trademarked with square brackets as "apple ][" and rendered on later models as "apple //") is a family of home computers, one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products, designed primarily by steve wozniak, manufactured by apple computer (now apple inc.), and launched in 19... |
the apple iii (styled as apple ///) is a business-oriented personal computer produced by apple computer and released in 1980. running the apple sos operating system, it was intended as the successor to the apple ii series, but was largely considered a failure in the market. it was designed to provide key features busin... |
in computer science, an avl tree (named after inventors adelson-velsky and landis) is a self-balancing binary search tree. in an avl tree, the heights of the two child subtrees of any node differ by at most one; if at any time they differ by more than one, rebalancing is done to restore this property. lookup, insertion... |
in organic chemistry, hydrocarbons (compounds composed solely of carbon and hydrogen) are divided into two classes: aromatic compounds and aliphatic compounds (; g. aleiphar, fat, oil). aliphatic compounds can be saturated (in which all the c-c bonds are single requiring the structure to be completed, or 'saturated', b... |
astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. different cultures have employed forms of astrology since at least the 2nd millennium... |
abyssinia is a historical name for the ethiopian empire. abyssinia may also refer to: arts and media abyssinia, a theatrical show by bert williams abyssinia (musical), a show first staged in 1987 abyssinia (1906 musical), 1906 broadway musical by will marion cook, bert williams, jesse a. shipp, and alex rogers "abyssin... |
in mathematics, an algebraic extension is a field extension such that every element of the larger field is algebraic over the smaller field ; that is, every element of is a root of a non-zero polynomial with coefficients in . a field extension that is not algebraic, is said to be transcendental, and must contain transc... |
angela maria "ani" difranco (; born september 23, 1970) is an american-canadian singer-songwriter. she has released more than 20 albums. difranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip hop and jazz. she has released all her albums on her... |
an arene, or aromatic hydrocarbon, is a hydrocarbon with alternating double and single bonds between carbon atoms forming rings. arene may also refer to: arene (gastropod), a genus of marine snails in the family areneidae arene (mythology), the wife of aphareus and mother of idas and lynceus in greek mythology arene, e... |
the arizona diamondbacks (colloquially the d-backs) are an american professional baseball team based in phoenix, arizona. the diamondbacks compete in major league baseball (mlb) as a member of the national league (nl) west division. the franchise was established on march 9, 1995, and began play in 1998 as an expansion ... |
aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art. aesthetics examines the philosophy of aesthetic value, which is determined by critical judgements of artistic taste; thus, the function of aesthetics is th... |
the ark of the covenant, also known as the ark of the testimony or the ark of god, is an artifact believed to be the most sacred relic of the israelites, which is described as a wooden chest, covered in pure gold, with an elaborately designed lid called the mercy seat. according to the book of exodus, the ark contained... |
the angles (, ; ) were one of the main germanic peoples who settled in great britain in the post-roman period. they founded several kingdoms of the heptarchy in anglo-saxon england. their name is the root of the name england ("land of ængle"). according to tacitus, writing around 100 ad, a people known as angles (angli... |
the aster ct-80 is a 1982 personal computer developed by the small dutch company mcp (later renamed to aster computers), was sold in its first incarnation as a kit for hobbyists. later it was sold ready to use. it consisted of several eurocard pcb's with din 41612 connectors, and a backplane all based on a 19-inch rack... |
arthur wellesley may refer to: arthur wellesley, 1st duke of wellington (1769–1852), anglo-irish soldier and british prime minister arthur wellesley, 2nd duke of wellington (1807–1884), british soldier and nobleman arthur wellesley, 4th duke of wellington (1849–1934), british soldier and nobleman arthur wellesley, 5th ... |
these are lists of animated television series. animated television series are television programs produced by means of animation. animated series produced for theaters are not included in this lists; for those, see list of animated short film series. these lists include compilation series of theatrical shorts such as t... |
the atlanta braves are an american professional baseball team based in the atlanta metropolitan area. the braves compete in major league baseball (mlb) as a member club of the national league (nl) east division. the braves were founded in boston, massachusetts, in 1871, as the boston red stockings. the club was known b... |
the atari st is a line of personal computers from atari corporation and the successor to the atari 8-bit family. the initial model, the atari 520st, had limited release in april–june 1985 and was widely available in july. it was the first personal computer with a bitmapped color gui, using a version of digital research... |
the following is a list of current and past, non-classified notable artificial intelligence projects. specialized projects brain-inspired blue brain project, an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. google brain, a deep learning project part of googl... |
aaliyah dana haughton ( ; january 16, 1979 – august 25, 2001) was an american singer and actress. she has been credited with helping to redefine contemporary r&b, pop, and hip hop, earning her the nicknames the "princess of r&b" and "queen of urban pop". born in brooklyn and raised in detroit, she first gained recognit... |
armour (commonwealth english) or armor (american english; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or from a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g. cycling, const... |
an armoured fighting vehicle (british english) or armored fighting vehicle (american english) (afv) is an armed combat vehicle protected by armour, generally combining operational mobility with offensive and defensive capabilities. afvs can be wheeled or tracked. examples of afvs are tanks, armoured cars, assault guns,... |
anton drexler (13 june 1884 – 24 february 1942) was a german far-right political agitator for the völkisch movement in the 1920s. he founded the pan-german and anti-semitic german workers' party (dap), the antecedent of the nazi party (nsdap). drexler mentored his successor in the nsdap, adolf hitler, during his early ... |
all quiet on the western front () is a novel by erich maria remarque, a german veteran of world war i. the book describes the german soldiers' extreme physical and mental trauma during the war as well as the detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home from the war. the novel was first published in no... |
african americans, also known as afro-americans or black americans, are an ethnic group consisting of americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the black racial groups of africa. the term "african american" generally denotes descendants of enslaved africans who are from the united states. while some black im... |
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