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the burundi national defence force (french: force de défense nationale burundaise, or fdnb) is the state military organisation responsible for the defence of burundi. a general staff (état-major général) commands the armed forces, consisting of a joint staff (état-major inter-armes); a training staff (état-major de la ... |
burundi's relations with its neighbours have often been affected by security concerns. hundreds of thousands of burundian refugees have at various times crossed to neighboring rwanda, tanzania, and the democratic republic of the congo. hundreds of thousands of burundians are in neighboring countries as a result of the ... |
the bosporus or bosphorus strait ( ; , ; , colloquially ) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in istanbul in northwestern turkey that connects the black sea to the sea of marmara. it forms part of the continental boundary between asia and europe, and divides turkey by separating anat... |
brussels ( or ; ), officially the brussels-capital region (; ), is a region of belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the city of brussels, which is the capital of belgium. the brussels-capital region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the french community of belgium and the... |
be or be may refer to: linguistics to be, the english copular verb be (cyrillic), a letter of the cyrillic alphabet be (interjection), in several languages be languages or ong be, a pair of languages of northern hainan province, china black english, or african-american vernacular english, an english dialect be – iso 63... |
a bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped. bell may also refer to: sound and music bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small bell effect, a musical technique cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal signals bell, ... |
nokia bell labs, originally named bell telephone laboratories (1925–1984), then at&t bell laboratories (1984–1996) and bell labs innovations (1996–2007), is an american industrial research and scientific development company owned by finnish company nokia. it is headquartered in murray hill, new jersey, and operates a g... |
bjarne stroustrup (; ; born 30 december 1950) is a computer scientist, most notable for the invention and development of the c++ programming language. stroustrup served as a visiting professor of computer science at columbia university in the city of new york beginning in 2014, where he has been a full professor since ... |
the brain (or encephalon) is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals. the brain is the largest cluster of neurons in the body and is typically located in the head, usually near organs for special senses such as vision, hearing and olfaction. it is the mos... |
byzantium () or byzantion () was an ancient greek city in classical antiquity that became known as constantinople in late antiquity and istanbul today. the greek name byzantion and its latinization byzantium continued to be used as a name of constantinople sporadically and to varying degrees during the thousand year ex... |
biotics describe living or once living components of a community; for example organisms, such as animals and plants. biotic may refer to: life, the condition of living organisms biology, the study of life biotic material, which is derived from living organisms biotic components in ecology biotic potential, an organism'... |
the berlin wall (, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled west berlin of the federal republic of germany (frg; west germany) from 1961 to 1989, separating it from east berlin and the german democratic republic (gdr; east germany). construction of the berlin wall was commenced by the government of the gdr on 13... |
bass ( ) (also called bottom end) describes tones of low (also called "deep") frequency, pitch and range from 16 to 250 hz (c0 to middle c4) and bass instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range c2-c4. they belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles. since produci... |
uk bass, also called bass music, is club music that emerged in the united kingdom during the mid-2000s under the influence of diverse genres such as house, grime, dubstep, uk garage, r&b, and uk funky. the term "uk bass" came into use as artists began ambiguously blending the sounds of these defined genres while mainta... |
a burning glass or burning lens is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun's rays onto a small area, heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface. burning mirrors achieve a similar effect by using reflecting surfaces to focus the light. they were used in 18th-century chemical studi... |
the battle of adrianople (378 ce), in which gothic rebels defeated the eastern roman empire, was the main battle of the gothic war (376–382). battle of adrianople may also refer to: battle of adrianople (324), a battle in which constantine the great defeated licinius in a roman civil war siege of adrianople (378), an u... |
a beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. a common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. more modern examples include a variety of radio beacons that can be read on radio d... |
bhangra () is a type of non-traditional music of punjab originating in britain, specifically southall. it is a type of upbeat popular music associated with the punjabi diaspora in britain. the style has its origins in the folk music of punjab as well as western pop music of the 1970s and 1980s. prior to this musical fu... |
beastie boys were an american hip hop/rap rock group from new york city, formed in 1981. the group was composed of michael "mike d" diamond (vocals, drums), adam "mca" yauch (vocals, bass), and adam "ad-rock" horovitz (vocals, guitar, programming). beastie boys were formed out of members of experimental hardcore punk b... |
the british isles are a group of islands in the north atlantic ocean off the north-western coast of continental europe, consisting of the islands of great britain, ireland, the isle of man, the inner and outer hebrides, the northern isles (orkney and shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands. they have a total a... |
basque (; ) is a language spoken by basques and others of the basque country, a region that straddles the westernmost pyrenees in adjacent parts of northern spain and southwestern france. linguistically, basque is a language isolate (unrelated to any other existing languages). the basques are indigenous to, and primari... |
björn kristian ulvæus (; born 25 april 1945) is a swedish musician, singer, songwriter, and producer best known as a member of the musical group abba. he is also the co-composer of the musicals chess, kristina från duvemåla, and mamma mia! he co-produced the films mamma mia! and mamma mia! here we go again with fellow ... |
göran bror benny andersson (; born 16 december 1946) is a swedish musician, composer and producer best known as a member of the pop group abba and co-composer of the musicals chess, kristina från duvemåla, and mamma mia! for the 2008 film version of mamma mia! and its 2018 sequel, mamma mia! here we go again, he worked... |
bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (pans). in the most widely used mode, transmission power is limited to 2.5 milliwatts, giving it a very short range of up to . it employs uhf... |
the bluetooth special interest group (bluetooth sig) is the standards organization that oversees the development of bluetooth standards and the licensing of the bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. the sig is a not-for-profit, non-stock corporation founded in september 1998. the sig is headquartered ... |
boney m. were a german vocal group that specializes in disco and funk, created by german record producer frank farian, who was the group's primary songwriter. originally based in west germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were liz mitchell and marcia barrett from jamaica, maizie williams fr... |
britain most often refers to: the united kingdom, a sovereign state in europe comprising the island of great britain, the north-eastern part of the island of ireland and many smaller islands great britain, the largest island in: the united kingdom; the british isles archipelago; and europe. britain may also refer to: p... |
blade runner is a 1982 science fiction film directed by ridley scott, and written by hampton fancher and david peoples. starring harrison ford, rutger hauer, sean young, and edward james olmos, it is an adaptation of philip k. dick's 1968 novel do androids dream of electric sheep? the film is set in a dystopian future ... |
william henry gates iii (born october 28, 1955) is an american business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and writer best known for co-founding the software giant microsoft, along with his childhood friend paul allen. during his career at microsoft, gates held the positions of chairman, chief executive officer (ceo), ... |
bourbon may refer to: food and drink bourbon whiskey, an american whiskey made using a corn-based mash bourbon barrel aged beer, a type of beer aged in bourbon barrels bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit a beer produced by brasseries de bourbon bourbon chicken, a dish made with bourbon whiskey bourbon coffee,... |
the belgian blue (, , both literally meaning "belgian white-blue") is a breed of beef cattle from belgium. it may also be known as the , or (literally "fat buttocks" in dutch). alternative names for this breed include belgian blue-white; belgian white and blue pied; belgian white blue; blue; and blue belgian. the belgi... |
boron is a chemical element with the symbol b and atomic number 5. in its crystalline form it is a brittle, dark, lustrous metalloid; in its amorphous form it is a brown powder. as the lightest element of the boron group it has three valence electrons for forming covalent bonds, resulting in many compounds such as bori... |
bromine is a chemical element with the symbol br and atomic number 35. it is a volatile red-brown liquid at room temperature that evaporates readily to form a similarly coloured vapour. its properties are intermediate between those of chlorine and iodine. isolated independently by two chemists, carl jacob löwig (in 182... |
barium is a chemical element with the symbol ba and atomic number 56. it is the fifth element in group 2 and is a soft, silvery alkaline earth metal. because of its high chemical reactivity, barium is never found in nature as a free element. the most common minerals of barium are baryte (barium sulfate, baso4) and with... |
berkelium is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the symbol bk and atomic number 97. it is a member of the actinide and transuranium element series. it is named after the city of berkeley, california, the location of the lawrence berkeley national laboratory (then the university of california radiation labo... |
bauxite is a sedimentary rock with a relatively high aluminium content. it is the world's main source of aluminium and gallium. bauxite consists mostly of the aluminium minerals gibbsite (al(oh)3), boehmite (γ-alo(oh)) and diaspore (α-alo(oh)), mixed with the two iron oxides goethite (feo(oh)) and haematite (fe2o3), th... |
bavaria ( ; ), officially the free state of bavaria ( ; ), is a state in the south-east of germany. with an area of , bavaria is the largest german state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of germany. with over 13 million inhabitants, it is the second largest german state in terms of popula... |
brandenburg (; ; polabian: branibor ), officially the state of brandenburg (german: land brandenburg; low german: land brannenborg; ), is a state in the northeast of germany bordering the states of mecklenburg-vorpommern, lower saxony, saxony-anhalt, and saxony, as well as the country of poland. with an area of 29,480 ... |
the bundestag (, "federal diet") is the german federal parliament. it is the only federal representative body that is directly elected by the german people, comparable to the united states house of representatives or the house of commons of the united kingdom. the bundestag was established by title iii of the basic law... |
bundesrat is a german word that means federal council and may refer to: federal council (austria) bundesrat of germany federal council (switzerland) bundesrat (german empire) |
bayerische motoren werke ag, abbreviated as bmw (), is a german multinational manufacturer of luxury vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in munich, bavaria, germany. the company was founded in 1916 as a manufacturer of aircraft engines, which it produced from 1917 to 1918 and again from 1933 to 1945. automobiles are... |
bisexuality better known as bisexual, in human sexuality, describes a person that is sexually attracted to persons of both the same sex and persons of the opposite sex. bisexual may also refer to: bisexual characteristics, having an ambiguous sexual identity (e.g. epicenity or androgyny) a bisexual flower (monoicy), in... |
bornholm () is a danish island in the baltic sea, to the east of the rest of denmark, south of sweden, northeast of germany and north of poland. strategically located, bornholm has been fought over for centuries. it has usually been ruled by denmark, but also by sweden and by lübeck. the ruin of hammershus, at the nort... |
a bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. bay, bays or baying may also refer to: places china bay county or baicheng county, aksu prefecture, xinjiang uyghur autonomous region france bay, haute-saône, a commune philippines bay, laguna, a municipality bay river somalia bay, somalia united kingdom moreca... |
a book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. it can also be a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound toge... |
the b-52 is an american strategic bomber aircraft. b-52 or b52 may also refer to: the b-52's, an american new wave band the b-52's (album) b52 (new york city bus), a bus line in brooklyn, new york b52 (chess opening), a chess opening based on the sicilian defence b-52 (cocktail) b-52 (hairstyle) or beehive, a hairstyle... |
bal keshav thackeray (; 23 january 1926 – 17 november 2012) also known as balasaheb thackeray, was an indian politician who founded the shiv sena, a right-wing pro-marathi and hindu nationalist party active mainly in the state of maharashtra. thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the english-lang... |
bse may refer to: medicine bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as mad cow disease, a neurodegenerative disease of cattle breast self-examination stock exchanges bahrain stock exchange, bahrain baku stock exchange, azerbaijan barbados stock exchange beijing stock exchange, china bombay stock exchange, mumbai, i... |
bille august (born 9 november 1948) is a danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer of film and television. in a career spanning over four decades, he has been the recipient of numerous accolades, making him one of the most acclaimed contemporary danish filmmakers. august's 1987 film pelle the conqueror won the... |
body may refer to: in science physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space body (biology), the physical material of an organism body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animals human body, the entire structure of a human organism dead body, cadaver, or corp... |
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