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  2. Map seed - Wikipedia

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    In video games using procedural world generation, the map seed is a (relatively) short number or text string which is used to procedurally create the game world ("map"). "). This means that while the seed-unique generated map may be many megabytes in size (often generated incrementally and virtually unlimited in potential size), it is possible to reset to the unmodified map, or the unmodified ...

  3. Minecraft: The Island - Wikipedia

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    Written for a young-adult audience, [1] the book is divided into chapters that each teach a specific life lesson. [2] It begins with an unnamed narrator from the real world, whose gender Brooks does not identify, [1] arriving at a deserted island and finding that they are stuck in the world of Minecraft. They are forced to learn how this ...

  4. Markus Persson - Wikipedia

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    Persson's most popular creation is the survival sandbox game Minecraft, which was first publicly available on 17 May 2009 [37] and fully released on 18 November 2011. Persson left his job as a game developer to work on Minecraft full-time until completion. In early 2011, Mojang AB sold the one millionth copy of the game, several months later ...

  5. Fracking - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic fracturing [a] is a well stimulation technique involving the fracturing of formations in bedrock by a pressurized liquid. The process involves the high-pressure injection of "fracking fluid" (primarily water, containing sand or other proppants suspended with the aid of thickening agents) into a wellbore to create cracks in the deep rock formations through which natural gas, petroleum ...

  6. United States Minor Outlying Islands - Wikipedia

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    Brown boobies atop pier posts at Johnston Atoll, September 2005. The United States Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation applying to the minor outlying islands and groups of islands that comprise eight United States insular areas in the Pacific Ocean (Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll, and Wake Island) and one ...

  7. List of countries by number of islands - Wikipedia

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    14,125 islands with a circumference of at least 0.1 km. By area By location [31] [32] [33] Kiribati: 33 21 32 atolls and 1 limestone island; 21 islands are inhabited. List [34] Lebanon: 12 3 There are 12 islands in Lebanon, 11 of which are off the coast of Tripoli, and 1 off the coast of Sidon.

  8. Minecraft server - Wikipedia

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    A Minecraft server is a player-owned or business-owned multiplayer game server for the 2011 Mojang Studios video game Minecraft. In this context, the term "server" often refers to a network of connected servers, rather than a single machine. [ 1 ]

  9. Small Island Developing States - Wikipedia

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    The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are a grouping of developing countries which are small island countries and small states that tend to share similar sustainable development challenges. These include small but growing populations, limited resources, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters , vulnerability to external shocks ...