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- Computer (32773 bytes)
45: **[[Laptop|Laptop computer]]
54: ...tor integrated circuits]] (silicon chips) were adopted and have been the mainstay of computing technol...
56: This description of implementation technologies is not exhausti...
58: ...is is presently in its early stages. With the exception of [[quantum computer]]s, the implementation t...
67: ...s, such as the [[decimal|decimal system]]. The adoption of binary resulted in simplified designs for i... - List of computing topics (15876 bytes)
90: [[Acceptance, Test Or Launch Language]] --
111: [[AppleScript]] --
211: [[Cryptanalysis]] --
212: [[Cryptography]] --
246: [[ECMAScript]] (aka JavaScript) -- - Halloween (18290 bytes)
24: ...till is used, but emigrants to America quickly adopted the pumpkin because it is much larger and easie...
33: ...lloween is often marked by pranks such as soaping windows, egging houses or stringing toilet paper through ...
35: ...w]] or [[film|movie]]. In [[2001]], after the [[September 11 attacks]], for example, costumes of [[fir...
53: ...or injuries, but many parents were under the assumption that the practice was common. At the peak of t...
86: ...irits of children who had died before they were baptized), and fled in terror. Children carry the punk... - History of astronomy (13532 bytes)
22: [[Brahmagupta]] (598-668) was the head of the astronomical obs...
24: ... continuing the mathematical tradition of Brahmagupta. He wrote the ''[[Siddhantasiromani]]'' which co...
46: ... and the compilation of the first star catalog. [[Ptolemy]] later referred to this work in his importa...
52: ...allowed him to calculate the obliquity of the ecliptic, also known as the tilt of the Earth's axis rel...
81: == New windows into the Cosmos open == - Ogg (4373 bytes)
17: ...tion of the drain on future resources. At its inception the Ogg project was thought to be somewhat amb...
19: ...http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/vorbis-dev/2004-September/017693.html 1.1.2].
30: ...]]: a text codec designed to embed subtitles or captions
33: ...]]: based upon [http://on2.com/ On2]'s [[VP3]] adapted to the Ogg framework, [[digital multiplex hiera...
43: ...g Format]] with its [[Windows Media Audio]] and [[Windows Media Video]] codecs - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ...ols) with the built environment (material tables, windows, roofs, paths) through the necessities of life (f...
4: ...t.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ancient Architecture of Egypt.]]
5: ...] theories were popular in the mid-1990s and attempted to "read" architectural elements as an autonomo...
9: ...lism]]. [[Postmodern]] historical narratives attempt to address such issues but the scope of the subje...
19: *[[Ancient Egyptian architecture]] - Photography (18493 bytes)
7: ...ng, this produces an image whose contents are acceptably sharp, bright and composed to achieve the obj...
17: ... the lens will allow greater control over the [[depth of field]].
20: ...e interest of scientists and artists from its inception. Scientists have used its capacity to make acc...
36: ...tented this process, which greatly limited its adoption. He spent the rest of his life in lawsuits def...
61: ...e colored emulsions. Most modern color films, except Kodachrome, are based on technology developed for... - March 18 (10594 bytes)
39: *[[1989]] - In [[Egypt]], a 4,400-year-old [[mummy]] is found in the [[G...
41: *[[1992]] - [[Microsoft]] ships [[Windows 3.x|Windows 3.1]].
75: *[[1927]] - [[George Plimpton]], writer (d. [[2003]])
112: *[[1965]] - King [[Farouk I of Egypt]] (b. [[1920]]) - Quran (41479 bytes)
6: ...an consists of [[114 (number)|114]] [[sura]]s (chapters) with a total of 6,236 [[ayat]] (verses; the e...
14: ...r Muhammad. Only five [[pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions]] survive.)
24: ...an mixes narrative, exhortation, and legal prescription. The suras frequently combine all these modes,...
52: ...women aught of that which ye have given them; except (in the case) when both fear that they may not be...
58: Every chapter but one is preceded by the words ''[[basmala|Bi... - Hagia Sophia (7132 bytes)
18: == Description ==
20: ...dered weightless by the unbroken arcade of arched windows under it, which help flood the colorful interior ...
34: ...ted falling plaster, dirty marble facings, broken windows, decorative paintings damaged by moisture, and il...
46: ...mc.org/umw/bible/procopius.stm Contemporary description] by [[Procopius]], ''Buildings'' (De Aedificii... - Galen (5904 bytes)
10: ...and wound treatment. He later regarded wounds as "windows into the body".
12: ...so treated [[Lucius Verus]], [[Commodus]] and [[Septimius Severus]]. Reputedly he spoke mostly Greek, ...
22: ... spirit) in the brain took care of movement, perception and senses. ''Pneuma zoticon'' (vital spirit) ...
39: ...y Henry Osborn Taylor (1922), scanned edition. Chapter 5 is devoted to [http://www.ancientlibrary.com... - Berlin Wall (23423 bytes)
7: ...enberg]], , [[Pankow]], [[Prenzlauer Berg]], [[Treptow]], and [[Weiߥnsee]].
9: ...nflict over a [[currency reform]] in [[1948]] prompted the [[Berlin Blockade]] by the Soviet Union and...
19: ... front of it with orders to shoot anyone who attempted to defect.
23: ...nt would inform the Soviet government that it accepted the Wall as "a fact of international life" and ...
25: ...nclave like West Berlin could not be defended except with nuclear weapons. So it was vitally importan... - Computer keyboard (4428 bytes)
13: ...keyboard without CapsLock and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] key. In modern operating systems, it is possib...
29: ...less than 90 keys. They are normally found in [[laptop]]s or in desktop computers with space constrain... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
1: ...grip the ball and transfer movement.<br>'''3:''' Optical encoding disks include light holes.<br>'''4:'...
23: ===Optical mice===
24: ...advance paved the way for widespread adoption of optical mice.
26: ... For example, the Agilent Technologies ADNS-2610 optical mouse sensor will process 1512 frames per sec...
28: Demand for advances in optical mouse technology comes in large part from com... - Modem (21628 bytes)
7: ... of light into electronic digital data streams. Optical modems routinely have data rates in excess of...
12: ...ices at either end were otherwise similar in concept to today's modems. [[IBM]] was the primary contra...
21: ...itel terminal thus operated at 1200 bit/s for reception, and 75 bit/s for sending commands back to the...
23: ...e famous for high-speed versions of the same concept. [[Microcom Systems]] introduced their [[MNP]], H...
27: ...n feature of these high-speed modems was the concept of [[Fall back and forward|fallback]], allowing t... - Aluminium (26079 bytes)
42: ...imes;10<sup>5</sup>]][[year|y]] | dm=[[electron capture|ε]] | de=? | pn=26 | ps=[[magnesium|Mg...
55: ... of aluminium exceeds that of any other metal except [[iron]], and it is important in virtually all se...
58: ...ions even though this makes the surface more susceptible to damage.
84: ...sing wounds, and [[alum]] is still used as a [[styptic]]. In [[1761]] [[Guyton de Morveau]] suggested ...
99: ...urces for recycled aluminium include automobiles, windows and doors, appliances, containers and other produ... - Aegean civilization (41260 bytes)
7: ...g remains were thought to have originated with Egyptians or Phoenicians, but with more remains uncover...
9: ===Indigenous script===
11: ...ed the meaning of this script, but an earlier script [[Linear A]] remains undeciphered.
15: ...esco-paintings, ceramic motifs, reliefs, free sculpture and toreutic handiwork of [[Crete]] have suppl...
23: ...te]]. In spite of many comparisons made with [[Egyptian]], [[Babylonian]] and [[Hittite]] plans, both ... - Hamster (25289 bytes)
2: ...Taxobox_image | image = [[image:hamster.jpg]] | caption = Syrian or Golden Hamster - ''Mesocricetus au...
24: ...]], ''Mesocricetus auratus'', which is commonly kept as a [[pet]]. Two other varieties of hamster are...
28: The hamster kept as pet most often is the [[Golden Hamster]], also...
34: Hamsters can be kept both in cages and in [[terrarium]]s, both of whic...
54: ...ir natural habitat, there is substantially more empty space so that each hamster can have its own larg... - White House (15373 bytes)
30: ...w Year's Day and on the Fourth of July. Those receptions ended in the early 1930s.
47: *147 windows
75: ...d the original central location because it lacked windows, and, as a result, was entirely reliant on skylig...
81: ...tself). When asked whether the show accurately captured the working environment, some former White Ho... - Cockroaches (5827 bytes)
2: ...can.hissing.cockroach.750pix.jpg|200px|NAME]] | caption = ''Madagascan Hissing Cockroach<br> (Gromphad...
7: {{Taxobox subclassis entry | taxon = [[Pterygota]]}}
8: {{Taxobox infraclassis entry | taxon = [[Neoptera]]}}
15: [[Cryptocercidae]]<br>
34: ...th without food and remaining alive headless for upto a week. It can also hold its breath for 45 minut...
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