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  2. Zebra print ribbon - Wikipedia

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    The zebra has been used as a symbol for rare diseases since around 1940. Dr. Theodore Woodward, a professor at the University of Maryland's School of Medicine [1] used this term to teach students the basics of diagnosing disease: "When looking at a patient's symptoms, it is better to assume it is a common ailment, not a rare one – a horse rather than a zebra."

  3. Dot matrix printing - Wikipedia

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    Dot matrix printers are a type of impact printer that prints using a fixed number of pins or wires [2] [3] and typically use a print head that moves back and forth or in an up-and-down motion on the page and prints by impact, striking an ink-soaked cloth ribbon against the paper.

  4. Cabinet card - Wikipedia

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    1884–1885: wide gold borders; 1885–1892: gold beveled edges; 1889–1896: rounded corner rule of single line; 1890s on: Embossed borders and/or lettering; Lettering. A cabinet card from 1896. 1866–1879 Photographer name and address often printed small and neatly just below the image, and/or studio name printed small on back.

  5. Zebra Programming Language - Wikipedia

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    Later, the Zebra BASIC Interpreter (ZBI) was integrated into printer software, which is seen as an advancement to ZPL II by the producer and is ANSI BASIC oriented. Primarily, it is intended to avoid a refactoring of code when changing the printer, if the old printer software was written by a label printer of a competitor.

  6. Data Matrix - Wikipedia

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    A Data Matrix on a Mini PCI card, encoding the serial number 15C06E115AZC72983004. The most popular application for Data Matrix is marking small items, due to the code's ability to encode fifty characters in a symbol that is readable at 2 or 3 mm 2 (0.003 or 0.005 sq in) and the fact that the code can be read with only a 20% contrast ratio. [1]

  7. Three-Bladed Doom - Wikipedia

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    The long version was printed the following year in the Zebra paperback Three-Bladed Doom (July 1977). [1] Both of these versions, however, had their beginning and ending substantially re-written by Byron Roark, editor of REH Lone Star Fictioneer. The restored version was printed in issue #10 of the fanzine REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (Winter 2006). [1]

  8. Gaza Zoo - Wikipedia

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    One of the most widely reported stories in the international media involved the painting of donkeys to resemble zebras.Nidal Barghout explained that "due to more than two years of the tight Israeli siege on Gaza and the closure of the border crossings, I was unable to import zebras from Africa to our zoo.

  9. Free-form select - Wikipedia

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    Free-Form Select (with synonyms) is a technique in printmaking, graphic design and image processing.. The effect is to erase background colors or elements from a motif to create stand-alone objects.