Domain name system

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On the Internet, the Domain Name System (DNS) associates various sorts of information with so-called domain names; most importantly, it serves as the “phone book” for the Internet: it translates human-readable computer hostnames, e.g. en.wikipedia.org, into the IP addresses that … Read More

Drawing in poker

A poker player is drawing if he has a hand that is incomplete and needs further cards to become valuable. The hand itself is called a draw. For example, in seven-card stud, if a player’s four of the first five … Read More

Computer data organizing

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Files and documents All information is kept (or “saved”) in the form of computer files. Files can contain different types of data: text, images, sounds, video, etc.. Depending on the type of data they contain, files can also be of … Read More

Laws in science

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This is a list of physical laws discovered by science. Boyle’s Law (pressure and volume of ideal gas) Charles & Gay-Lussac (gases expand equally with the same change of temperature) Dulong-Petit law (specific heat capacity at constant volume) Einstein Relativity … Read More

Materials for the dice used in games

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It is unknown of what material the earliest polyhedral dice were made. A pair of icosahedral (20-sided) dice dating from Roman times are on display at the British Museum. Roughly cubical six-sided Roman dice made of wood, bone, ivory and … Read More

Lepidosaurs

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Fossil range: Late Triassic – Recent Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Subclass: Diapsida Infraclass: Lepidosauromorpha Superorder: Lepidosauria Orders: Sphenodontia, Squamata The Lepidosauria are reptiles with overlapping scales. They include the tuataras, lizards, snakes and amphisbaenians. Lepidosaurians are the most … Read More

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