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- Ada Lovelace (5406 bytes)
3: ...mechanical general-purpose computer, the [[analytical engine]].
6: ...s Augusta who encouraged Byron to marry to avoid scandal, and he reluctantly chose Annabella. On [[Jan...
15: ...d correspondence between Lovelace and Babbage indicate that he wrote all of the programs in the notes ...
17: ... being bled to death by her physicians; she had [[cancer]] of the [[uterus]]. She left two sons and a ...
25: ...olitically sensitive space in the canon of historical figures in [[computer science]], and therefore t... - Computer painting (690 bytes)
10: ...pedia article. See ''[[How to draw a diagram with Microsoft Word]]'' for a tutorial. - Washington (20186 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]] |
36: ...k force numbered about 3.1 million. Residents are called "Washingtonians" (emphasis on the third sylla...
38: ...ten called simply '''D.C.''', and the state often called '''Washington State'''.
45: ...r their [[totem pole]]s and their ornately carved canoes and masks. Prominent among their industries w...
47: ... on the Washington coast was by [[Spain|Spanish]] Captain [[Don Bruno de Heceta]] in [[1775]] on board... - 2006 (7939 bytes)
5: | align="center" colspan=2 | <small>'''[[Decades]]:'''</small> <br> [[1970s]] [[1980s]] [[1990...
11: ...mmon year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It has been designated:
12: ...'International Year of [[Deserts]] and [[Desertification]]''
21: ...uirement of television stations in the US to broadcast analog signals are lifted.
23: * [[January 1]] - 30 Cities across the [[Canada|Canadian]] Province of [[Quebec]] will be reconstitu... - Bat (disambiguation) (977 bytes)
1: '''Bat''' can refer to:
7: * [[The Bat!]], an [[e-mail]] client for [[Microsoft Windows]].
9: * ".bat", the filetype extension for [[Microsoft Windows]] [[batch file]]s.
14: '''Bats''' can refer to:
16: * [[Bats (language)|Bats]], a [[Caucasus|Caucasian]] people and their language. - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
2: ...tured by [[Apple Computer]], Inc. of [[Cupertino, California]], [[USA]].
4: ...evolutionary event in computing, as the Macintosh came out in a time when most computers used [[operat...
7: ...led the System Software or "System", officially became known as the Macintosh Operating System ([[Mac ...
12: ...s, a [[desktop]], etc. This metaphor is sometimes called the WIMP model for '''W'''indows, '''I'''cons...
20: ...of a program's code from its resources to allow localization, etc. - Computer (32773 bytes)
1: ...r case|tower]] of a [[personal computer]] (specifically a [[Power Mac G5]]).]]
3: ...given appropriate input data, then it can automatically solve the problem or predict the behavior of t...
4: ...e theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[computer science]].'''
8: ...antum particles or any other well-understood physical phenomenon. Although computers have been built ...
10: ...ed is mapped as closely as possible onto the physical phenomena being exploited. For example, electro... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
19: [[16-bit application]] --
34: [[32-bit application]] --
102: [[America Online]] --
113: [[Arithmetic and logical unit]] --
156: [[Cache]] -- - Airline (29546 bytes)
1: ...b|right|250px|Photography of Air Kenya, Kenya Africa. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com...
2: ...viding [[aviation]] services to passengers and/or cargo. It owns or [[lease]]s [[airliner]]s with whic...
7: ...rplanes in various types. Airline services can be categorized as being intercontinental, intracontinen...
11: ...rmit greater freedom, in steps that are usually decades apart. This pattern has not been completed for...
13: ...s, it depends on other things: business needs for cargo shipments, business passenger demand, leisure ... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
1: ...'' is the 77th day of the year in the [[Gregorian calendar]] (78th in [[leap year]]s). There are 288 d...
3: {{MarchCalendar}}
6: ...enate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and proclaims [[Caligula]] emperor.
11: *[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parliament]] repeals...
12: *[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[Will... - Hinduism (49198 bytes)
6: ...e ancient [[Indo-Aryan]] [[Vedic]] culture and is called by Time Almanac "the oldest religion." It is ...
8: ...ps the Hindu spirit of unity in diversity is best captured in a line from the ancient [[Rig Veda]]:
15: ...ance for different beliefs since temporal systems cannot claim sole understanding of the one [[transce...
17: ...]], [[pantheism]], [[panentheism]] (alternatively called [[monistic theism]] by some scholars), strict...
19: ...ated traditional Hindu beliefs that aver devotees can invoke God in whatever form a devotee prefers (t... - Computer keyboard (4428 bytes)
3: ...aracters engraved or printed on the keys; in most cases, each press of a key corresponds to a single w...
7: ...yboard presses are conveyed by radio to a small local receiver, which is connected to the computer.]]
9: ...es, but specialised keyboard layouts for mathematical, accounting, or computer-programming use do exis...
11: A standard keyboard is physically quite large, as each key must remain large eno...
13: ...ssible to reassign these keys (such as converting CapsLock into another Shift), though it may be more ... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
1: ...p the ball and transfer movement.<br>'''3:''' Optical encoding disks include light holes.<br>'''4:''' ...
3: ...ce on which it sits. The mouse's 2D motion is typically translated into the motion of a [[cursor]] on ...
5: ... can be mouse like. In popular usage, the plural can be either ''mice'' or ''mouses''. See [[English...
13: ...n or nose --- but ultimately, the mouse won out because of its simplicity and convenience.
15: ...November 17]], [[1970]] for a ''"X-Y Position Indicator For A Display System"''. At the time, Engelba... - Modem (21628 bytes)
1: ...information. The goal is to produce a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce t...
3: ...s and 0s' of a personal computer into sounds that can be transmitted over the [[telephone line]]s of P...
5: ...ations]], "radio modems" transmit [[serial communications|repeating frames of data]] at very high data...
7: ... light into electronic digital data streams. Optical modems routinely have data rates in excess of a ...
9: Modems can be used over any means of transmitting analog si... - April Fool's Day (15510 bytes)
1: ... and other [[practical joke]]s of varying sophistication, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullibl...
9: ...e tradition. These people became the object of so-called 'fool's errands' and tests of gullibility.
15: ... advent of the [[Internet]] as a worldwide communications medium has also assisted the pranksters in t...
19: ...d, including the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame and the Cavaliers Stadium.
22: ... [http://songzilla.blogspot.com/2005/04/confirmed-cassette-prosecutions-fbi.html] are rarely true, tho... - Computer display (4276 bytes)
1: ...ation mechanism". Computer displays are sometimes called heads, especially when talking about how many...
6: * [[Cathode ray tube]] (CRT)
7: ...ve TV and computer bands ([[SVGA]], [[PAL]], [[SECAM]]; [[NTSC]]).
11: ...dern CRT display has considerable flexibility: it can often handle all [[Resolution#Video_monitors|res...
15: ... because of the similarity to their electromechanical predecessors. - Theodore Roosevelt (35706 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
15: | party=[[Republican party]]
20: ... is usually thought of as one of the [[Great American Presidents|greatest U.S. Presidents]].
24: ==Childhood and education==
25: ...e)|Georgia]] and had [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] sympathies. - Widow Spiders (5670 bytes)
2: ...lackWidowSpider.jpeg|200px|Black Widow spider]] | caption = Black Widow spider}}
15: ...mbers of the group. Envenomation by these spiders can be fatal to children and ill or infirm adults. O...
17: ... Spiders]]''. The false widow spiders are significantly less harmful to humans.
19: ...world except for Antarctica. In some areas in Africa this Genus receives the generic name "button spid...
21: ...t ordinarily intrusion by any large creature will cause these spiders to flee. - Drawing (17083 bytes)
2: ... or imagined scene or [[abstract]]ion, or, in the case of [[automatic drawing]], may have much to do w...
5: ...e usually, the mixing is optical rather than chemical: colors are overlaid (also known as ''glazing'')...
10: ...dia (e.g., "[[watercolor]] pencils") exist, which can be drawn with like ordinary pencils, then moiste...
29: ...paper sometimes sold as individual sheets. Papers can vary in texture, hue, acidity, and strength when...
33: ....) Virtually any implement that will leave a mark can also be employed for drawing. However specially ... - Flight simulator (9712 bytes)
2: ...icas]] mounted on [[hydraulic]] (or electromechanical) actuators, controlled by state of the art [[com...
8: Because powered flight is hazardous to attempt untrain...
10: ...rainer]], which in [[1930]] just simulated mechanical motions, but was later enhanced to include instr...
13: ...f [[1941]] was a massive structure 45 ft high and capable of accommodating an entire [[bomber]] crew l...
15: ...ng an actual model of the terrain, and "flying" a camera over it to mimic the position of the aircraft...
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