Game duration in American football

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A standard football game consists of four 15-minute (typically 12 minutes in high school football) periods (called quarters), with an intermission (called halftime) after the second quarter. The clock stops after certain plays; therefore, a game can last considerably longer … Read More

How DNS works in theory

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The domain name space consists of a tree of domain names. Each node or leaf in the tree has one or more resource records, which hold information associated with the domain name. The tree sub-divides into zones. A zone consists … Read More

Winning in a game of chance in European Union

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Even if not all Member States have a legal definition of the concepts of “Games of Chance” and “Gambling”, in most European countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland (under the generic term of lottery), Germany (although controversial), Greece, Hungary, … Read More

Easter Triduum

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Easter Triduum (or Paschal Triduum) is a term used by some Christian churches, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, to denote, collectively, the last three days before Easter Sunday. The term was first used for this purpose at the Second Vatican … Read More

Copper wire in computer networks

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Copper wire is currently the most used medium for connecting computers and network equipment. Among its advantages are primarily low price and high enough speed that can provide data transmission. In addition, the material is flexible enough to be mounted … Read More

Gin Rummy

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Gin Rummy, or just Gin, is a card game for two people, which was invented in 1909 by Elwood T. Baker from Knickerbocker Whist Club in New York in the 1940s. Hollywood discovered the game Gin Rummy and quickly found … Read More

Vestiges in Drobeta Turnu Severin, Mehedinti County, Romania

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Schela Cladovei – Archeologicai site Favourable conditions such as climate, soil, vegetation or food turned our town into the cradle of the oldest settlement known in Europe. Situated on the Danube, the 9,000 year old western residential district of the … Read More

Types of software license

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In addition to licenses for proprietary software system, which requires payment for the use of the computer program, there are other types of licensing, where the products can be installed and used for free, permanently or for a period of … Read More

The Reign of Dracula

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With the help of the Turkish army, Dracula seized the Walachian throne. After two months, Hunyadi forced him into exile in Moldavia. Again Vladislav II became Walachia’s prince. In 1456 Dracula invaded Walachia and took back his throne. He established … Read More

Google bombing

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A Google bomb or Google washer is a certain attempt to influence the ranking of a given page in results returned by the Google search engine, often with humorous intentions. Due to the way that Google’s PageRank algorithm works, a … Read More

WordPress advantages

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WordPress is open source web software that you can install on your web server to create your website, blog, community or network. WordPress started out as a tool for blogging, but has evolved into a full-fledged Content Management System (CMS), … Read More

The Middle Ages & Islamic contibutions to the Sciences

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A page from al-Khwārizmī’s Algebra When the power of Greek civilization was eclipsed by the Roman Empire, many Greek doctors began to practice medicine for the Roman elite, but sadly the physical sciences were not so well supported. Following the … Read More

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