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Pythagoras of Samos [a] ( Ancient Greek: Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος, romanized :Pythagóras ho Sámios, lit. 'Pythagoras the Samian ', or simply Πυθαγόρας; Πυθαγόρης in Ionian Greek; c.570 – c. 495 BC) [b] was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism. His political ...
A UPC barcode. The Universal Product Code (UPC or UPC code) is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.. The chosen symbology has bars (or spaces) of exactly 1, 2, 3, or 4 units wide each; each decimal digit to be encoded consists of two bars and two spaces chosen to have a total width of 7 units, in both an "even" and an "odd" parity form, which enables ...
raytheon.com (Archived) The Raytheon Company was a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007. Raytheon was the world's largest producer of guided missiles. [3]
Commercial Blu-ray Disc protection schemes. AACS. The encrypted content can only be decrypted using combination of media key (obtained from Media Key Block by one of device keys available for each reproduction devices) and the Volume ID (unique identifiers stored on each disk) of the media. BD+. The BD+ virtual machine embedded in authorized ...
Advance copy. An advance reading copy, advance review copy, advance reader's edition, advance copy, or a reader's edition ( ARC or ARE) is a free copy of a new book given by a publisher to booksellers, librarians, journalists, celebrities, or others, or as a contest or school prize, [1] before the book is printed for mass distribution.
Discount may refer to: Arts and entertainment. Discount (band), punk rock band that formed in Vero Beach, Florida in 1995 and disbanded in 2000; Discount, French comedy-drama film "Discounts" (song), 2020 single by American rapper Cupcakke; Economics and business. Discounts and allowances, reductions in the basic prices of goods or services
Certified Copy (French: Copie conforme) is a 2010 art film written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami. Set in Tuscany, the film focuses on a British writer (William Shimell) and a French antiques dealer (Juliette Binoche), whose relationship undergoes an odd transformation over the course of a day. The film was a French-majority production, with ...
e. Plate tectonics (from Latin tectonicus, from Ancient Greek τεκτονικός (tektonikós) 'pertaining to building') [1] is the scientific theory that Earth 's lithosphere comprises a number of large tectonic plates, which have been slowly moving since about 3.4 billion years ago. [2] The model builds on the concept of continental drift ...