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lemon henry "blind lemon" jefferson (september 24, 1893 – december 19, 1929) was an american blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. he was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "father of the texas blues". due mainly to his high-pitched voice and the originality of his gui... |
are japanese supernatural beings that are said to devour nightmares. according to legend, they were created by the spare pieces that were left over when the gods finished creating all other animals. they have a long history in japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in manga and anime. the japanese t... |
edward teach (alternatively spelled edward thatch, – 22 november 1718), better known as blackbeard, was an english pirate who operated around the west indies and the eastern coast of britain's north american colonies. little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during queen an... |
bugzilla is a web-based general-purpose bug tracking system and testing tool originally developed and used by the mozilla project, and licensed under the mozilla public license. released as open-source software by netscape communications in 1998, it has been adopted by a variety of organizations for use as a bug tracki... |
bangor or city of bangor may refer to: places australia bangor, new south wales bangor, tasmania canada bangor, nova scotia bangor, saskatchewan bangor, prince edward island united kingdom northern ireland bangor, county down bangor railway station (northern ireland) bangor (northern ireland parliament constituency), b... |
a ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. ballads derive from the medieval french chanson balladée or ballade, which were originally "dance songs". ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and song of britain and ireland from the late middle ages until the 19th century. they wer... |
blue öyster cult ( ; sometimes abbreviated böc or boc) is an american rock band formed on long island in stony brook, new york, in 1967. the band has sold 25 million records worldwide, including 7 million in the united states. the band's fusion of hard rock with psychedelia, and penchant for occult, fantastical and ton... |
battery park city is a mainly residential planned community and neighborhood on the west side of the southern tip of the island of manhattan in new york city. it is bounded by the hudson river on the west, the hudson river shoreline on the north and south, and the west side highway on the east. the neighborhood is name... |
bacterial vaginosis (bv) is an infection of the vagina caused by excessive growth of bacteria. common symptoms include increased vaginal discharge that often smells like fish. the discharge is usually white or gray in color. burning with urination may occur. itching is uncommon. occasionally, there may be no symptoms. ... |
allan huber "bud" selig (; born july 30, 1934) is an american baseball executive who currently serves as the commissioner emeritus of baseball. previously, he served as the ninth commissioner of baseball from 1998 to 2015. he initially served as de facto acting commissioner beginning in 1992 in his capacity as chairman... |
a bison (: bison) is a large bovine in the genus bison (greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe bovini. two extant and numerous extinct species are recognised. of the two surviving species, the american bison, b. bison, found only in north america, is the more numerous. although colloquially referred to as a buffalo... |
in particle physics, a baryon is a type of composite subatomic particle which contains an odd number of valence quarks (at least 3). baryons belong to the hadron family of particles; hadrons are composed of quarks. baryons are also classified as fermions because they have half-integer spin. the name "baryon", introduce... |
a braille embosser is an impact printer that renders text as tactile braille cells. using braille translation software, a document or digital text can be embossed with relative ease. this makes braille production efficient and cost-effective. braille translation software may be free and open-sourced or paid. blind user... |
basic role-playing (brp) is a tabletop role-playing game which originated in the runequest fantasy role-playing game. chaosium released the brp standalone booklet in 1980 in the boxed set release of the second edition of runequest. greg stafford and lynn willis are credited as the authors. chaosium used the percentile ... |
in cryptography, a block cipher is a deterministic algorithm that operates on fixed-length groups of bits, called blocks. block ciphers are the elementary building blocks of many cryptographic protocols. they are ubiquitous in the storage and exchange of data, where such data is secured and authenticated via encryption... |
wireless broadband is a telecommunications technology that provides high-speed wireless internet access or computer networking access over a wide area. the term encompasses both fixed and mobile broadband. the term broadband originally the word "broadband" had a technical meaning, but became a marketing term for any ki... |
björn rune borg (; born 6 june 1956) is a swedish former world no. 1 tennis player. between 1974 and 1981, he became the first man in the open era to win 11 grand slam singles titles with six at the french open and five consecutively at wimbledon. borg won four consecutive french open titles (1978–81) and is 6–0 in fre... |
the booch method is a method for object-oriented software development. it is composed of an object modeling language, an iterative object-oriented development process, and a set of recommended practices. the method was authored by grady booch when he was working for rational software (acquired by ibm), published in 199... |
the battle of the nile (also known as the battle of aboukir bay; ) was a major naval battle fought between the british royal navy and the navy of the french republic at aboukir bay on the mediterranean coast off the nile delta of egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of august 1798. the battle was the climax of a naval campaig... |
barnabas (; ; ), born joseph () or joses (), was according to tradition an early christian, one of the prominent christian disciples in jerusalem. according to acts 4:36, barnabas was a cypriot jew. named an apostle in acts 14:14, he and paul the apostle undertook missionary journeys together and defended gentile conve... |
birka (birca in medieval sources), on the island of björkö (lit. "birch island") in present-day sweden, was an important viking age trading center which handled goods from scandinavia as well as many parts of the european continent and the orient. björkö is located in lake mälaren, 30 kilometers west of contemporary st... |
beta-lactamases (β-lactamases) are enzymes () produced by bacteria that provide multi-resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillins, cephalosporins, cephamycins, monobactams and carbapenems (ertapenem), although carbapenems are relatively resistant to beta-lactamase. beta-lactamase provides antibiotic resis... |
burhānuddīn rabbānī (persian: ; 20 september 1940 – 20 september 2011) was an afghan politician and teacher who served as president of afghanistan from 1992 to 1996, and again from november to december 2001 (in exile from 1996 to 2001). born in the badakhshan province, rabbani studied at kabul university and worked the... |
the boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by boeing commercial airplanes in the united states between 1968 and 2023. after introducing the 707 in october 1958, pan am wanted a jet times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%. in 1965, joe sutter left the 737 development progra... |
the battle of agincourt ( ; ) was an english victory in the hundred years' war. it took place on 25 october 1415 (saint crispin's day) near azincourt, in northern france. the unexpected english victory against the numerically superior french army boosted english morale and prestige, crippled france, and started a new p... |
burgundian can refer to any of the following: someone or something from burgundy. burgundians, an east germanic tribe, who first appear in history in south east europe. later burgundians colonised the area of gaul that is now known as burgundy (french bourgogne) the old burgundian language (germanic), an east germanic ... |
the bronze age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 bc to 1200 bc, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. the bronze age is the second principal period of the three-age system proposed in 1836 by christian jürgensen tho... |
the bbc news channel is a british free-to-air public broadcast television news channel owned and operated by the bbc. the channel is based at and broadcasts from broadcasting house in the west end of london from which it is anchored during british daytime, with overnight broadcasts anchored from washington, d.c. and si... |
william edgar oddie (born 7 july 1941) is an english actor, artist, birder, comedian, conservationist, musician, songwriter, television presenter and writer. he was a member of comedy trio the goodies. a birder since his childhood in quinton, birmingham, oddie has established a reputation as a naturalist, conservationi... |
broadway () is a road in the u.s. state of new york. broadway runs from state street at bowling green for through the borough of manhattan and through the bronx, exiting north from new york city to run an additional through the westchester county municipalities of yonkers, hastings-on-hudson, dobbs ferry, irvington, an... |
the bilinear transform (also known as tustin's method, after arnold tustin) is used in digital signal processing and discrete-time control theory to transform continuous-time system representations to discrete-time and vice versa. the bilinear transform is a special case of a conformal mapping (namely, a möbius transfo... |
brian anthony boitano (born october 22, 1963) is an american figure skater from sunnyvale, california. he is the 1988 olympic champion, the 1986 and 1988 world champion, and the 1985–1988 u.s. national champion. he turned professional following the 1988 season. under new rules by the isu, he returned to competition in ... |
this is a list of political scandals in the united kingdom in chronological order. scandals implicating political figures or governments of the uk, often reported in the mass media, have long had repercussions for their popularity. issues in political scandals have included alleged or proven financial and sexual matter... |
bombardier inc. () is a canadian business jet manufacturer. headquartered in montreal, the company was founded in 1942 by joseph-armand bombardier to market his snowmobiles and became one of the world's biggest producers of aircraft and trains. in the 1970s and 1980s, the company diversified into public transport vehic... |
the break key (or the symbol ⎉) of a computer keyboard refers to breaking a telegraph circuit and originated with 19th century practice. in modern usage, the key has no well-defined purpose, but while this is the case, it can be used by software for miscellaneous tasks, such as to switch between multiple login sessions... |
a bogie ( ) (or truck in north american english) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles. bogies take various forms in various modes of transport. a bogie may remain normally attached (as on many railroad cars and semi-trailers) or be quickly de... |
british steel was a major british steel producer. it originated from the nationalised british steel corporation (bsc), formed in 1967, which was privatised as a public limited company, british steel plc, in 1988. it was once a constituent of the ftse 100 index. the company merged with koninklijke hoogovens to form coru... |
bt group plc (trading as bt and formerly british telecom) is a british multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in london, england. it has operations in around 180 countries and is the largest provider of fixed-line, broadband and mobile services in the uk, and also provides subscription televisio... |
balmoral castle () is a large estate house in aberdeenshire, scotland, and a residence of the british royal family. it is near the village of crathie, west of ballater and west of aberdeen. the estate and its original castle were bought from the farquharson family in 1852 by prince albert, the husband of queen victoria... |
breton ( , ; or in morbihan) is a southwestern brittonic language of the celtic language group spoken in brittany, part of modern-day france. it is the only celtic language still widely in use on the european mainland, albeit as a member of the insular branch instead of the continental grouping. breton was brought from... |
in archaeology, a broch is an iron age drystone hollow-walled structure found in scotland. brochs belong to the classification "complex atlantic roundhouse" devised by scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. brochs are roundhouse buildings found throughout atlantic scotland. the word broch is derived from the lowland sco... |
william edward crystal (born march 14, 1948) is an american actor, comedian, and filmmaker. crystal is known as a standup comedian, and for his film and stage roles. crystal has received numerous accolades, including six primetime emmy awards and a tony award as well as nominations for three grammy awards and three gol... |
a black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light and other electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape it. the theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole. the boundary of no escape is called the ev... |
in nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron), transforming into an isobar of that nuclide. for example, beta decay of a neutron transforms it into a proton by the emission of an electron accompanied by an a... |
blitzkrieg ( , ; from 'lightning' + 'war') or bewegungskrieg is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, together with artillery, air assault and close air support, with intent to ... |
the beano (formerly the beano comic, also known as beano) is a british anthology comic magazine created by scottish publishing company dc thomson. its first issue was published on 30 july 1938, and it published its 4000th issue in august 2019. popular and well-known comic strips and characters include dennis the menace... |
bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily apoidea. they are currently considered a clade, called anthophila. there are ... |
the basques ( or ; ; ; ) are a southwestern european ethnic group, characterised by the basque language, a common culture and shared genetic ancestry to the ancient vascones and aquitanians. basques are indigenous to, and primarily inhabit, an area traditionally known as the basque country ()—a region that is located a... |
blot may refer to: surname guillaume blot (born 1985), french racing cyclist harold w. blot (born 1938), served as united states deputy chief of staff for aviation jean-françois joseph blot (1781–1857), french soldier and politician yvan blot (1948–2018), french conservative political figure, founder and president of t... |
bookkeeping is the recording of financial transactions, and is part of the process of accounting in business and other organizations. it involves preparing source documents for all transactions, operations, and other events of a business. transactions include purchases, sales, receipts and payments by an individual per... |
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