| Austria Austria
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| Andorra Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra (), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven. The people of Andorra are currently listed as having the highest human life expectancy in the world, at an average of 85 years at birth. Andorra is the sixth smallest nation in Europe. Andorra
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| Afghanistan Afghanistan
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| Abstract (law) law, an abstract is a brief statement that contains the most important points of a long legal document or of several related legal papers. Abstract_(law)
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| Antigua and Barbuda Antigua_and_Barbuda
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| Copyright Copyright gives the author of an original work exclusive right for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation, after which time the work is said to enter the public domain. Copyright applies to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete and fixed in a medium. Copyright
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| Copyright Talk:Copyright
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| Encyclopædia Britannica Encyclopædia_Britannica
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| Flywheel energy storage Flywheel energy storage (FES) works by accelerating a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. The energy is converted back by slowing down the flywheel. Most FES systems use electricity to accelerate and decelerate the flywheel, but devices that directly use mechanical energy are being developed. Flywheel_energy_storage
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| Intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) are legal property rights over creations of the mind, both artistic and commercial, and the corresponding fields of law. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; ideas, discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets. Intellectual_property
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| Intellectual property/Archive 1 Talk:Intellectual_property/Archive_1
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| Napster Talk:Napster
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| Nuclear fusion nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fusion is the process by which multiple like-charged atomic nuclei join together to form a heavier nucleus. It is accompanied by the release or absorption of energy, which allows matter to enter a plasma state.The fusion of two nuclei with lower mass than iron (which, along with nickel, has the largest binding energy per nucleon) generally releases energy while the fusion of nuclei heavier than iron absorbs energy; vice-versa for the reverse process, nuclear fission. Nuclear_fusion
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| Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) — essentially identical to Coded OFDM (COFDM) and Discrete multi-tone modulation (DMT) — is a frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) scheme utilized as a digital multi-carrier modulation method. A large number of closely-spaced orthogonal sub-carriers are used to carry data. Orthogonal_frequency-division_multiplexing
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| List of organizations with .INT domain names list of organizations with .INT domain names, in alphabetical order of the second-level domain name. The list is not comprehensive; there are around 130 domains delegated under .INTThese organizations are generally either international intergovernmental organizations established by treaty, or else internet infrastructure databases. Some however (such as the YMCA) do not meet the current requirements to have a .INT registration, but were grandfathered in. List_of_organizations_with_.INT_domain_names
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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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| Economy of Pakistan The economy of Pakistan is the 26th largest economy in the world in terms of purchasing power, and the 47th largest in absolute dollar terms. Pakistan's economy mainly encompasses textiles, chemicals, food processing, agriculture and other industries. In 2005, it was the third fastest growing economy in Asia.The major sectors constituting the mainstay of the economy of the various provinces in Pakistan are believed to be as follows Economy_of_Pakistan
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| Public domain Talk:Public_domain
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| Rubik's Cube Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Ideal Toys in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes have sold worldwide making it the world's top-selling puzzle game. Rubik's_Cube
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| Seafood See alsoFish as food. For the UK band, see Seafood (band). Seafood is any sea animal or plant that is served as food and eaten by humans. Seafoods include seawater animals, such as fish and shellfish (including molluscs and crustaceans). By extension, in North America although not generally in the United Kingdom, the term seafood is also applied to similar animals from fresh water and all edible aquatic animals are collectively referred to as seafood. Seafood
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| South Korea South_Korea
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| Television channel A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video (VSB) and 59.75 MHz for analog audio (FM), or 55.31 MHz for digital ATSC (8VSB). Channels may be shared by many different television stations or cable-distributed channels depending on the location and service provider. Television_channel
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| Tarragon Tarragon
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| Thermobaric weapon Thermobaric weapons distinguish themselves from conventional explosive weapons by using atmospheric oxygen, instead of carrying an oxidizer in their explosives. They are also called high-impulse thermobaric weapons (HITs), fuel-air explosives (FAE or FAX) or sometimes fuel-air munitions, heat and pressure weapons, or vacuum bombs. Thermobaric_weapon
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| Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (; born July 3, 1962), better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. Tom_Cruise
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| World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty, abbreviated as the WIPO Copyright Treaty, is an international treaty on copyright law adopted by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1996. It provides additional protections for copyright deemed necessary due to advances in information technology since the formation of previous copyright treaties before it. World_Intellectual_Property_Organization_Copyright_Treaty
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| World Intellectual Property Organization World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is one of the 16 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world".WIPO currently has 184 member states, administers 24 international treaties, and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. World_Intellectual_Property_Organization
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| Shaped charge Shaped_charge
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| Invention An invention is a new configuration, composition of matter, device, or process. Some inventions are based on pre-existing models or ideas. Other inventions are radical breakthroughs which may extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience. Inventions that become common in usage are innovations, and may be a major breakthroughs, minor in their impact, or with an effect in between these two extremes. Invention
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| Epigenetics Talk:Epigenetics
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| Xanthine Xanthine (), (3,7-dihydro-purine-2,6-dione), is a purine base found in most body tissues and fluids and in other organisms. A number of mild stimulants are derived from xanthine, including caffeine and theobromine. Xanthine
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| Valve Corporation Valve Corporation is an American video game development company based in Bellevue, Washington, USA that was founded in 1996, and made famous by its first product, Half-Life, which was released in November 1998. Valve_Corporation
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| Bruce Springsteen Bruce_Springsteen
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| ITT Corporation ITT_Corporation
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| United Arab Emirates United_Arab_Emirates
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| Work for hire work made for hire (sometimes abbreviated as work for hire and WFH) is an exception to the general rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally-recognized author of that work. According to copyright law in the United States and certain other copyright jurisdictions, if a work is "made for hire", the employercorporate authorship. The incorporated entity serving as an employer may be a corporation, an organization, or an individual. Work_for_hire
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| Jenna Jameson Jenna_Jameson
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| Software patent Software patent does not have a universally accepted definition. One definition suggested by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure is that a software patent is a "patent on any performance of a computer realised by means of a computer program".There is intense debate over the extent to which software patents should be granted, if at all. Software_patent
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| Plant breeding Plant breeding is the art and science of changing the genetics of plants for the benefit of humankind. Plant breeding can be accomplished through many different techniques ranging from simply selecting plants with desirable characteristics for propagation, to more complex molecular techniques (see cultigen and cultivar).Plant breeding has been practiced for thousands of years, since near the beginning of human civilization. Plant_breeding
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| Pisco Pisco (from Quechua:pisqu, little bird) is a South American liquor distilled from grapes. Developed by Spanish settlers in the sixteenth century, it takes its name from the conical pottery in which it was originally aged, which was also the name of one of the cites where it was producedPisco, in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Pisco
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| Kingston University Kingston_University
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| Technetium Talk:Technetium
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| Anti-copyright Anti-copyright refers to the complete or partial opposition to prevalent copyright laws. Copyright is a branch of intellectual property which affects literary and artistic work. Copyright is known as the author's rights for copies to be only made by the author or with his/her authorisation in form of a license.The classic argument for copyright is the view that granting developers temporary monopolies over their works encourages further development and creativity by giving the developer a source of income. Anti-copyright
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| Crush Crush may refer to Crush, destructive compression as by a crusher Crush or puppy love, an infatuation Cattle crush, a standing stock or cage for restraining livestock for examination or treatment Crush, the initial step of winemaking Crush fetish, a sexual desire for crushing Crushing, a torturous method of execution Connection Reliability Using Stream Handoff (CRUSH), a patent-pending p2p firewall traversal technology Crush
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| Software license agreement Talk:Software_license_agreement
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| Republic of Macedonia/Archive 7 Talk:Republic_of_Macedonia/Archive_7
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| International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI (the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) is the organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is headquartered in London, UK, with regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami and Moscow.Its stated mission is to promote the value of recorded music, safeguard the rights of record producers and expand the commercial uses of recorded music. International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry
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| Copyright law of the European Union copyright law of the European Union has arisen in an attempt to harmonise the differing copyright laws of European Union member states. It consists of a number of Directives, which the member states European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance.Attempts to harmonise copyright law in Europe (and beyond) can be dated to the signature of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works on 9European Economic Community to harmonise copyright laws came with the Copyright_law_of_the_European_Union
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| Copyright Duration Directive (93/98/EEC) Council Directive 93/98/EEC of 29 October 1993 harmonising the term of protection of copyright and certain related rights is a European Union directive in the field of copyright law, made under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome. Copyright_Duration_Directive_(93/98/EEC)
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