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  2. Dagger (mark) - Wikipedia

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    Three variants of obelus glyphs. The dagger symbol originated from a variant of the obelus, originally depicted by a plain line − or a line with one or two dots ÷. [7] It represented an iron roasting spit, a dart, or the sharp end of a javelin, [8] symbolizing the skewering or cutting out of dubious matter.

  3. Video game - Wikipedia

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    A video game, [a] sometimes further qualified as a computer game, is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld ...

  4. Optical character recognition - Wikipedia

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    Video of the process of scanning and real-time optical character recognition (OCR) with a portable scanner. Optical character recognition or optical character reader (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text, whether from a scanned document, a photo of a document, a scene photo (for example the text on signs and ...

  5. Pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    1992: 1p and 2p coins began to be minted in copper-plated steel (the original bronze coins continued in circulation). 1997: A new 50p coin was introduced, replacing the original size that had been in use since 1969, and the first generation 50p coins were withdrawn from circulation. 1998: The bi-metallic £2 coin was introduced.

  6. Platinum - Wikipedia

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    Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish platina, a diminutive of plata "silver". [7] [8] Platinum is a member of the platinum group of elements and group 10 of the periodic table of ...

  7. List of Lollapalooza lineups by year - Wikipedia

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    Bud Light Stage during the 2015 festival in Chicago. This is a list of Lollapalooza lineups, sorted by year.Lollapalooza was an annual travelling music festival organized from 1991 to 1997 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell.

  8. Cobalt-60 - Wikipedia

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    The decay scheme of 60 Co and 60m Co.. The diagram shows a simplified decay scheme of 60 Co and 60m Co. The main β-decay transitions are shown. The probability for population of the middle energy level of 2.1 MeV by β-decay is 0.0022%, with a maximum energy of 665.26 keV.

  9. List of Internet top-level domains - Wikipedia

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    This list of Internet top-level domains (TLD) contains top-level domains, which are those domains in the DNS root zone of the Domain Name System of the Internet.A list of the top-level domains by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is maintained at the Root Zone Database. [1]