| Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box. With his companions, he explores time and space, solving problems, facing monsters and righting wrongs. Doctor_Who
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| Non-disclosure agreement non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement, confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement, is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential materials or knowledge the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to. Non-disclosure_agreement
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| Patent A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Patent
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| Radar Radar is an object detection system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify the range, altitude, direction, or speed of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. The term RADAR was coined in 1941 as an acronym for radio detection and ranging. The term has since entered the English language as a standard word, radar, losing the capitalization. Radar was originally called RDF ( Radar
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| TARDIS TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) is a time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who.A product of Time Lord technology, a properly maintained and piloted TARDIS can transport its occupants to any point in time and space. TARDIS
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| Air Ministry Air Ministry was formerly a department of the British Government with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force. It was under the political authority of the Secretary of State for Air. Air_Ministry
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| East India Company Talk:East_India_Company
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| Perpetual motion [[ Perpetual_motion
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| His Master's Voice His Master's Voice is a famous trademark in the music business, and for many years was the name of a large record label. The name was coined in 1899 as the title of a painting of the dog Nipper listening to a wind-up gramophone. In the original painting, the dog was listening to a cylinder phonograph. His_Master's_Voice
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| The Drifters The Drifters are a long-lived African-American doo wop/R&B vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1962, though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today. They were originally formed by Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & the Dominoes) in 1953. The_Drifters
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| Ambisonics Ambisonics (not to be confused with ambiophonics) is a series of recording and replay techniques using multichannel mixing technology that can be used live or in the studio. By encoding and decoding sound information on a number of channels, a 2-dimensional ("planar", or horizontal-only) or 3-dimensional ("periphonic", or full-sphere) sound field can be presented. Ambisonics
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| Columbia Graphophone Company The Columbia Graphophone Company was one of the earliest gramophone companies in the United Kingdom. Columbia_Graphophone_Company
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| Software patents under the European Patent Convention The patentability of software, computer programs and computer-implemented inventions under the European Patent Convention (EPC) is the extent to which subject matter in these fields is patentable under the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of October 5, 1973. The subject also includes the question of whether European patents granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) in these fields (sometimes called "software patents") are regarded as valid by national courts. Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention
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| Police box A police box is a telephone kiosk or callbox located in a public place for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. Unlike an ordinary callbox, it has its telephone handset mounted on the outside, and the interior of the box is, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers. Police_box
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| Certification mark certification mark on a commercial product indicates five things The existence of a legal follow-up or product certification agreement between the manufacturer of a product and an organisation with national accreditation for both testing and certification, Legal evidence that the product was successfully tested in accordance with a nationally accredited standard, Legal assurance the accredited certification organization has ensured that the item that was successfully tested and is identical to that which is being offered for sale, Legal assurance that the successful test has resulted in a certification listing, which is considered public information, which sets out the tolerances and conditions of use for the certified product, to enable compliance with the law through listing and approval use and compliance, Legal assurance that the manufacturer is being regularly audited by the certification organisation to ensure t Certification_mark
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| Proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions The Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions (Commission proposal COM(2000)0199, procedure number 2002/0047/COD) was a proposal for a European Union (EU) directive aimed to harmonise national patent laws and practices concerning the granting of patents for computer-implemented inventions, provided they meet certain criteria. Proposed_directive_on_the_patentability_of_computer-implemented_inventions
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| Non-free Crown copyright Template_talk:Non-free_Crown_copyright
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| List of software patents This is a categorized list of notable patents and patent applications involving computer programs, often labelled software patents. The patents are listed according to their effective filing date (i.e. priority date if a priority is claimed or filing date otherwise).Software patents cover a wide range of topics and there is therefore important debate about whether such subject-matter should be excluded from patent protection. List_of_software_patents
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| Software patents under the European Patent Convention Talk:Software_patents_under_the_European_Patent_Convention
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| Gerovital Gerovital H3 (or procaine hydrochloride and products known as GH3 and other variants which may or may not be identical to Gerovital H3) is a controversial preparation developed during the 1950s and promoted by its advocates as an effective anti-aging treatment. Gerovital
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