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| Visual Basic .NET Visual Basic (VB), formerly called Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET), is an object-oriented computer language that can be viewed as an evolution of Microsoft's Visual Basic (VB) implemented on the Microsoft .NET Framework. Visual_Basic_.NET | |
| Second Superpower "Second Superpower" is a term used to conceptualize a global civil society as a world force comparable to or counterbalancing the United States. The term originates from a 2003 New York Times article which described world public opinion as one of two superpowers. Second_Superpower | |
| 1984 (advertisement) "1984" is an American television commercial which introduced the Macintosh personal computer for the first time. It is now considered a watershed event and a masterpiece in advertising. It was directed by Ridley Scott, conceived by Steve Hayden, Brent Thomas and Lee Clow at Chiat/Day, Venice, and produced by New York production company Fairbanks Films. 1984_(advertisement) | |
| Karakoram Karakoram is a large mountain range spanning the borders between India, Pakistan, and China, located in the regions of Gilgit, Ladakh, and Baltistan. It is one of the Greater Ranges of Asia, often considered together with the Himalaya, but not technically part of that range.The Karakoram is home to more than sixty peaks above 7,000m (22,960 ft), including K2, the second highest peak of the world (8,611 m, 28,251 ft). Karakoram | |
| Image use policy/copyright Wikipedia_talk:Image_use_policy/copyright | |
| Rootkit A rootkit is a software system that consists of a program or combination of several programs designed to hide or obscure the fact that a system has been compromised. Contrary to what its name may imply, a rootkit does not grant a user administrator privileges, as it requires prior access to execute and tamper with system files and processes. Rootkit | |
| Fox News Channel/Archive 8 Talk:Fox_News_Channel/Archive_8 | |
| Automated Transfer Vehicle Automated_Transfer_Vehicle | |
| Climate change Talk:Climate_change | |
| Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and are the third installments of the Pokémon series of role-playing games, developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. The games were first released in Japan in late 2002 and later released to the rest of the world in 2003 (North America, Australia, and Europe). Pokémon_Ruby_and_Sapphire | |
| Microsoft Windows CE Windows CE (also known officially as Windows Embedded Compact post version 6.0 , and sometimes abbreviated WinCE) is Microsoft's operating system for minimalistic computers and embedded systems. Windows CE is a distinctly different operating system and kernel, rather than a trimmed-down version of desktop Windows. It is not to be confused with Windows XP Embedded which is NT-based. Windows CE is supported on Intel x86 and compatibles, MIPS, ARM, and Hitachi SuperH processors. Microsoft_Windows_CE | |
| CAPTCHA A CAPTCHA or Captcha () is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to ensure that the response is not generated by a computer. The process usually involves one computer (a server) CAPTCHA | |
| Military robot Artificial Soldier redirects here. For the album by industrial group Front Line Assembly, see Artificial SoldierMilitary robots are autonomous or remote-controlled devices designed for military applications. Military_robot | |
| Cross-site scripting Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications which allow code injection by malicious web users into the web pages viewed by other users. Examples of such code include HTML code and client-side scripts. Cross-site_scripting | |
| Traffic shaping Traffic shaping (also known as "packet shaping") is the control of computer network traffic in order to optimize or guarantee performance, lower latency, and/or increase usable bandwidth by delaying packets that meet certain criteria. More specifically, traffic shaping is any action on a set of packets (often called a stream or a flow) which imposes additional delay on those packets such that they conform to some predetermined constraint (a contract or traffic profile). Traffic_shaping | |
| Toaster toaster is typically a small electric kitchen appliance designed to toast multiple types of bread products. A typical modern two-slice toaster draws anywhere between 600 and 1200 W and makes toast in 1 to 3 minutes. There are also non-electrical toasters that can be used to toast bread products over an open fire or flame. Toaster | |
| X86-64 x86-64 is a superset of the x86 instruction set architecture. Therefore, x86-64 processors can run existing 32-bit or 16-bit x86 programs without sacrificing speed or compatibility, and in addition, they support new programs written in an extended instruction set, which features a 64-bit address space and other capabilities.The x86-64 specification was designed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), who have since renamed it AMD64. X86-64 | |
| Obscene Publications Acts obscenity laws known as the Obscene Publications Acts have governed what can be published in England and Wales. The classic definition of criminal obscenity is if it "tends to deprave and corrupt," stated in 1868 by John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge.There have been several Acts of Parliament of this name Obscene Publications Act 1857 Obscene Publications Act 1959 Obscene Publications Act 1964 Obscene_Publications_Acts | |
| Gartner Gartner, Inc. () is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001. Gartner | |
| Internet in the People's Republic of China The first connection of the mainland of the People's Republic of China with the Internet was established on September 20, 1987 between ICA Beijing and Karlsruhe University in Germany, under the leadership of Prof. Werner Zorn and Prof. Wang Yunfeng. Since then the Internet in China has grown to host the largest base of net users in the world. In the past decade, the Internet has emerged as a new cultural phenomenon in mainland China, much like in the West. Internet_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China | |
| Scott McNealy Scott McNealy (b. November 13 1954, Columbus, Indiana) is the Chairman of Sun Microsystems, the computer technology company he co-founded in 1982 along with Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Andy Bechtolsheim. Sun Microsystems, along with companies such as Silicon Graphics, 3Com, and Oracle Corporation, was part of a wave of successful startup companies in California's Silicon Valley during the early and mid-1980s. Scott_McNealy | |
| Data General Talk:Data_General | |
| Qualcomm Qualcomm () is a wireless telecommunications research and development company, as well as the largest fabless chip supplier in the world, based in San Diego, California. Qualcomm | |
| Premier Election Solutions Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold Election Systems, Inc. (DESI) is a subsidiary of Diebold that makes and sells voting machines. Another subsidiary selling electronic voting systems in Brazil is Diebold-Procomp. Premier_Election_Solutions | |
| Scientology controversies Since the Church of Scientology's inception in 1954, numerous Scientologists have been involved in scandals, at times serving prison sentences for crimes, such as those committed in Operation Snow White. While some mainstream media outlets have publicized alleged abuses, representatives of the church have claimed to be under attack by critics who misrepresent the church's intentions in order to fulfill a nefarious agenda. Scientology_controversies | |
| Xeon The Xeon is a brand of multiprocessing- or multi-socket-capable x86 microprocessors from Intel Corporation targeted at the non-consumer server, workstation and embedded system markets. Xeon | |
| World Summit on the Information Society World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a pair of United Nations-sponsored conferences about information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis. One of its chief aims was to bridge the so-called global digital divide separating rich countries from poor countries by spreading access to the Internet in the developing world. The conferences established 17 May as World Information Society Day. World_Summit_on_the_Information_Society | |
| Dock (Mac OS X) The Dock is a prominent feature of the graphical user interface of Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system, which is used to launch applications, and switch between running applications. The dock is also a prominent feature of Mac OS X's predecessor NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP operating systems. Apple applied for a patent for the dock in 1999, after nine years Apple was granted that patent in October 2008. Dock_(Mac_OS_X) | |
| Seven dirty words The seven dirty words are seven English-language words that comedian George Carlin first listed in 1972 in his monologue "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television". At the time, the words were considered highly inappropriate and unsuitable for broadcast on the public airwaves in the United States, whether radio or television. Seven_dirty_words | |
| August 2003 August 2003 January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December August_2003 | |
| Ageplay Talk:Ageplay | |
| Stile Project Stile Project is a website founded by a Canadian writer and webmaster Jonathan Biderman who writes under the alias Jay Stile. Stile Project has grown into a large network of counter-culture, amateur adult entertainment and current-events sites, forums, and more, collectively called stileNET. Stile_Project | |
| Google bomb Google bomb and Googlewashing refer to practices intended to influence the ranking of particular pages, in results returned by the Google search engine.A Google bomb (or "link bomb") is Internet slang for a certain kind of attempt to raise the ranking of a given page in results from a Google search, often with humorous or political intentions. search-rank algorithm could rank a page higher if enough other sites linked to that page using similar anchor text (linking text such as "miserable failure"); Google_bomb | |
| I-mode NTT DoCoMo's i-mode is a wireless internet service popular in Japan. Unlike WAP, i-mode encompasses a wider variety of internet standards, including web access, e-mail and the packet-switched network that delivers the data. i-mode users have access to various services such as e-mail, sports results, weather forecast, games, financial services and ticket booking. Content is provided by specialized services, typically from the mobile carrier, which allows them to have tighter control over billing. I-mode | |
| Criticisms Wikipedia:Criticisms | |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is the national government body for scientific research in Australia. It was founded in 1926 originally as the Advisory Council of Science and Industry.Research highlights include the invention of atomic absorption spectroscopy, development of the first polymer banknote, invention of the insect repellent in Aerogard and the introduction of a series of biological controls into Australia, such as the introduction of Myxomatosis and Rabbit calicivirus which causes rabbit haemorrhagic disease for the control of rabbit populations. Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation | |
| DARPA Grand Challenge DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for driverless cars, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense. Congress has authorized DARPA to award cash prizes to further DARPA’s mission to sponsor revolutionary, high-payoff research that bridges the gap between fundamental discoveries and their use for national security. DARPA_Grand_Challenge | |
| Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About Things_My_Girlfriend_and_I_Have_Argued_About | |
| N-Gage N-Gage | |
| Infogrames Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) () is an international French holding company headquartered in Villeurbanne, Lyon, France. It is the owner of Atari, Inc., headquartered in New York City, and Atari Europe. It was founded in 1983 by Bruno Bonnell and Christophe Sapet using the proceeds from an introductory computer book. Through its subsidiaries, Infogrames produces, publishes and distributes interactive games for all major video game consoles and computer game platforms. Infogrames | |
| Stile Project Talk:Stile_Project | |
| Northeast Blackout of 2003 Talk:Northeast_Blackout_of_2003 | |
| Windows Update Windows Update is a service provided by Microsoft that provides updates for the Microsoft Windows operating system and its installed components. An optional feature provides updates for other Microsoft Windows software, such as Microsoft Office, Windows Live applications, and Microsoft Expression. Windows_Update | |
| Comcast Comcast Corporation ( and ) is a company founded in 1963 that provides cable television, Internet service and residential telephone service in the United States. Comcast | |
| Escape sequence Talk:Escape_sequence | |
| Missing Wikipedians Wikipedia:Missing_Wikipedians | |
| Royalties Royalties (sometimes, running royalties, or private sector taxes) are usage-based payments made by one party (the "licensee") to another (the "licensor") for ongoing use of an asset, sometimes an intellectual property (IP) right.Royalties can be determined as a percentage of gross or net sales derived from use of the asset or a fixed price per unit sold. Royalties | |
| Text messaging Text messaging, or texting is a colloquial term referring to the exchange of brief written messages between mobile phones, over cellular networks. While the term most often refers to messages sent using the Short Message Service (SMS), it has been extended to include messages containing image, video, and sound content, such as MMS messages. Individual messages are referred to as "text messages" or "texts". Text_messaging | |
| Pipex Pipex was the UK's first commercial ISP in the UK and in 2007 Pipex was the sixth largest ISPs in the UK. Pipex | |
| Jim Gray (computer scientist) James Nicholas "Jim" Gray (born 1944, lost at sea January 28, 2007) was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in 1998 "for seminal contributions to database and transaction processing research and technical leadership in system implementation." Jim_Gray_(computer_scientist) |
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