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  2. CLU (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    It was the first language to offer type-safe bounded parameterized types, using where clauses to express constraints on actual type arguments. Unlike in languages with template-based generics, a use of such a data abstraction can be type-checked without access to the implementation of the abstraction.

  3. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/January 2006 ...

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    A couple sources I have give the origin for Hindi's साबुन (sābun) as coming from Arabic. Platt's dictionary is one and has some abbreviations that I can't find an explanation for that may indicate an earlier source. See here. So that may indicate a common origin for the words or just that Hindi got the word through Arabic. It's not hard to believe the Spanish word came through ...

  4. Radioisotope thermoelectric generator - Wikipedia

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    A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), or radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity by the Seebeck effect.

  5. Theatrical smoke and fog - Wikipedia

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    A fan placed at the top of the container directs the fog where it is needed, creating a rolling fog that lies low to the ground. As the submerged dry ice cools the water, the amount and duration of fog produced will be reduced, requiring "rest" periods to reheat the water.

  6. Cryptanalysis of the Enigma - Wikipedia

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    The mechanism of the Enigma consisted of a keyboard connected to a battery and a current entry plate or wheel (German: Eintrittswalze), at the right hand end of the scrambler (usually via a plugboard in the military versions). [10] This contained a set of 26 contacts that made electrical connection with the set of 26 spring-loaded pins on the right hand rotor. The internal wiring of the core ...

  7. List of Nancy Drew books - Wikipedia

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    The Nancy Drew Cookbook: Clues to Good Cooking (1973) Nancy Drew Picture Book: Mystery of the Lost Dogs (1977) Nancy Drew Picture Book: The Secret of the Twin Puppets (1977) The Nancy Drew Sleuth Book: Clues to Good Sleuthing (1979) Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Super Sleuths (1981) Nancy Drew Ghost Stories (1983) Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: Super Sleuths #2 (1984) Nancy Drew and the Hardy ...

  8. Password Plus and Super Password - Wikipedia

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    Password Plus and Super Password aired on NBC, and were taped on Stage 3 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. Password Plus was a Mark Goodson - Bill Todman Production and Super Password was a Mark Goodson Production. Password Plus aired from January 8, 1979, to March 26, 1982, for 801 episodes.

  9. The New York Times - Wikipedia

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    The New York Times was established in 1851 as the New-York Daily Times by New-York Tribune journalists Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones. [6] The Times experienced significant circulation, particularly among conservatives; New-York Tribune publisher Horace Greeley praised the Times. [7] During the American Civil War, Times correspondents gathered information directly from Confederate ...