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| Cannibalism Cannibalism (from Spanish Caníbalis, the Caribs) is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh of other humans. Cannibalism | |
| Chlorine Chlorine (, from the Greek word 'χλωρóς' (khlôros, meaning 'pale green'), is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl. It is a halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17 (formerly VII, VIIa, or VIIb). As the chloride ion, which is part of common salt and other compounds, it is abundant in nature and necessary to most forms of life, including humans. Chlorine | |
| Charles Babbage Charles Babbage, FRS (26 December 1791 – 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer. Parts of his uncompleted mechanisms are on display in the London Science Museum. Charles_Babbage | |
| Channel Tunnel Channel_Tunnel | |
| Cryptanalysis Cryptanalysis (from the Greek kryptós, "hidden", and analýein, "to loosen" or "to untie") is the study of methods for obtaining the meaning of encrypted information, without access to the secret information which is normally required to do so. Typically, this involves finding a secret key. In non-technical language, this is the practice of codebreaking or cracking the code, although these phrases also have a specialised technical meaning (see code). Cryptanalysis | |
| Chuck D Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960 in Roosevelt, New York), better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the late 1980s as the leader of the rap group, Public Enemy. Chuck_D | |
| Chariots of Fire Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British film written by Colin Welland and directed by Hugh Hudson. It is based on the true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture.The title is a reference to the line, "Bring me my chariot of fire," from the William Blake poem adapted into the hymn Jerusalem. Chariots_of_Fire | |
| Cornwall/Archive 3 Talk:Cornwall/Archive_3 | |
| Conscription Conscription (also known as "The Draft", the "Call-up" or "National service") is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by an established authority. It is most often used in the specific sense of government policies that require citizens to serve in the armed forces. Conscription | |
| Counting-out game Counting-out_game | |
| Chinese language Chinese or the Sinitic language(s) (汉语/漢語, pinyin:Hànyǔ; 华语/華語, Huáyǔ; or 中文, Zhōngwén) is a language family consisting of languages mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages. Chinese_language | |
| History of China Chinese civilization originated in various city-states along the Yellow River () valley in the Neolithic era. The written history of China begins with the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1550BCE - ca. 1046 BCE). Turtle shells with ancient Chinese writing from the Shang Dynasty have been carbon dated to as early as 1500 BCE. History_of_China | |
| Clement Attlee Clement_Attlee | |
| Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event The Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event, which occurred approximately (Ma), was a large-scale mass extinction of animal and plant species in a geologically short period of time. Widely known as the K–T extinction event, it is associated with a geological signature known as the K–T boundary, usually a thin band of sedimentation found in various parts of the world. Cretaceous–Tertiary_extinction_event | |
| C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. and known to his friends and family as Jack, was an Irish novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist. He is also known for his fiction, especially The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia and The Space Trilogy.Lewis was a close friend of J. C._S._Lewis | |
| Confucius Talk:Confucius | |
| Craig Charles Craig Charles (born 11 July 1964, Liverpool) is an English actor, stand up comedian, author, poet, radio and television presenter and former professional footballer, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. He is currently appearing as Lloyd Mullaney in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street. Craig_Charles | |
| Foreign relations of the Czech Republic Until the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the foreign policy of Czechoslovakia had followed that of the Soviet Union. Since the revolution and the subsequent mutually-agreed peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia the Czechs have made integration with Western institutions their chief foreign policy objective. This goal was rapidly met with great success, the nation joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004, and as of January 2009 holds the Presidency of the European Union. Foreign_relations_of_the_Czech_Republic | |
| Continuity Irish Republican Army The Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that emerged from a split in the Provisional IRA in 1986. It considers itself a direct continuation of the Irish Republican Army (the army of the unilaterally-declared 1919–1922 Irish Republic) that fought in the Irish War of Independence; as such, its supporters regard it as the national army of the Irish Republic occupying all 32 counties of the island of Ireland. Continuity_Irish_Republican_Army | |
| Council of Europe The Council of Europe () is the oldest international organisation working towards European integration, having been founded in 1949. It has a particular emphasis on legal standards, human rights, democratic development, the rule of law and cultural co-operation. Council_of_Europe | |
| Cardiff Cardiff (, ) is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. Cardiff | |
| Capital punishment Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the killing of a person by judicial process for retribution, general deterrence, and incapacitation. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. capital originates from Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head" (Latin caput). Hence, a capital crime was originally one punished by the severing of the head. Capital_punishment | |
| Cheers Cheers is an American situation comedy television series that ran for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993. It was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with CBS Television Studios for NBC, having been created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. Cheers | |
| Cycling Cycling, also known as biking, is the use of bicycles, or – less commonly – unicycles, tricycles, quadricycles and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles (HPVs) as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport. It is done on roads and paths, across open country or even over snow and ice (icebiking). Cycling | |
| Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland,_Ohio | |
| Church of England The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the oldest among the communion's thirty-eight independent national and regional churches. The Church also extends to the Isle of Man via the Diocese of Sodor and Man, while the Channel Islands form part of the Diocese of Winchester, and a number of Anglican communities in continental Europe, the former Soviet Union, Turkey and Morocco are formed into the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe. Church_of_England | |
| Comet A comet is a Small Solar System Body that orbits the Sun. When close enough to the Sun, a comet exhibits a visible coma (fuzzy "atmosphere"), and sometimes a tail, both because of the effects of solar radiation upon the comet's nucleus. Comet nuclei are themselves loose collections of ice, dust and small rocky particles, ranging from a few kilometers to tens of kilometers across. Comet | |
| Capoeira Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that combines elements of martial arts, games, music, and dance. It was created in Brazil by slaves brought from Africa, especially from present day Angola some time after the 16th century. It was developed in the regions known as Bahia, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro. Capoeira | |
| Carbon sink carbon sink is a natural or manmade reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period.The main natural sinks are Absorption of carbon dioxide by the oceans Photosynthesis by plants and algae The main manmade sinks are Landfills Carbon capture and storage proposals Carbon_sink | |
| Traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine, also known as TCM (), includes a range of traditional medical practices originating in China. Although well accepted in the mainstream of medical care throughout East Asia, it is considered an alternative medical system in much of the western world. Traditional_Chinese_medicine | |
| Politics of the Comoros Politics of the Union of the Comoros takes place in a framework of a federal presidential republic, whereby the President of the Comoros is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.As of 2008, Comoros and Mauritania are considered by US-based organization Freedom House as the only real “electoral democracies” of the Arab World. Politics_of_the_Comoros | |
| Computer worm A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program. It uses a network to send copies of itself to other nodes (computers on the network) and it may do so without any user intervention. Unlike a virus, it does not need to attach itself to an existing program. Worms almost always cause at least some harm to the network, if only by consuming bandwidth, whereas viruses almost always corrupt or devour files on a targeted computer. Computer_worm | |
| Common Era Common Era, abbreviated as CE, is a designation for the calendar system most commonly used world-wide for numbering the year part of the date. The numbering of years using Common Era notation is identical to the numbering used with Anno Domini (BC/AD) notation, being the current year in both notations and neither using a year zero. Common_Era | |
| Chechnya Chechnya | |
| Chechnya Talk:Chechnya | |
| Chernobyl Chernobyl (as transliterated from the , ), or Chornobyl (as transliterated from , ), is a city in northern Ukraine, in the Kiev Oblast (province) near the border with Belarus. Chernobyl | |
| Charles Darwin Talk:Charles_Darwin | |
| Cornish language For the Cornish-English dialect see West Country dialects and List of Cornish dialect words.The Cornish language (in CornishKernewek or Kernowek) is one of the Brythonic group of Celtic languages. The language continued to function as a community language in parts of Cornwall until the late 18th century, and a process to revive the language was started in the early 20th century, continuing to this day with some success. Cornish_language | |
| Claudius Claudius | |
| Colossus computer The Colossus machines were electronic computing devices used by British codebreakers to read encrypted German messages during World War II. These were the world's first programmable, digital, electronic, computing devices. They used vacuum tubes (thermionic valves) to perform the calculations.Colossus was designed by engineer Tommy Flowers with input from Allen Coombs, Sid Broadhurst and Bill Chandler at the Post Office Research Station, Dollis Hill to solve a problem posed by mathematician Max Newman at Bletchley Park. Colossus_computer | |
| Cosmic ray Talk:Cosmic_ray | |
| Civilization A civilization is a society or culture group normally defined as a complex society characterized by the practice of agriculture and settlement in towns and cities. Compared with other cultures, members of a civilization are commonly organized into a diverse division of labor and an intricate social hierarchy. Civilization | |
| Claude Debussy Achille-Claude Debussy () (August 22, 1862 French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he is considered one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions. Debussy is not only among the most important of all French composers; he was also a central figure in European music at the turn of the twentieth century. Claude_Debussy | |
| Cultural imperialism Talk:Cultural_imperialism | |
| Colossus computer Talk:Colossus_computer | |
| Blue Jam Blue Jam was an ambient radio comedy programme created and directed by Chris Morris. It aired on BBC Radio 1 in the early hours of the morning from 1997 to 1999.The programme gained cult status due to its unique mix of surreal monologue, music, synthesised voices, heavily edited broadcasts and recurring sketches. Blue_Jam | |
| Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began transmissions on 2 November 1982. Although commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in 1993. Channel_4 | |
| Chloramphenicol Chloramphenicol is a bacteriostatic antimicrobial originally derived from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae, isolated by David Gottlieb, and introduced into clinical practice in 1949.It was the first antibiotic to be manufactured synthetically on a large scale. Chloramphenicol | |
| Cheddar Cheddar is a large village and civil parish in the district of Sedgemoor in the English county of Somerset. It is situated on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills north-west of Wells.Cheddar Gorge is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom and includes several show caves. Cheddar | |
| Compact Disc A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio. The CD, available on the market since October 1982, remains the standard physical medium for sale of commercial audio recordings to the present day.Standard CDs have a diameter of 120Mini CD has various diameters ranging from 60 to 80 Compact_Disc |
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