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  2. Windows on Windows - Wikipedia

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    Many 16-bit Windows legacy programs can run without changes on newer 32-bit editions of Windows. The reason designers made this possible was to allow software developers time to remedy their software during the industry transition from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 and later, without restricting the ability for the operating system to be upgraded to a current version before all programs used by a ...

  3. Code Noir - Wikipedia

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    The Code noir (French pronunciation: [kɔd nwaʁ], Black code) was a decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire and served as the code for slavery conduct in the French colonies up until 1789 the year marking the beginning of the French Revolution.

  4. File:Louis XV - Code noir, 1743.jpg - Wikipedia

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    Français : Code Noir ou Recueil d'Edits, Déclarations et Arrêts concernant Les Esclaves Nègres de l'Amérique, Avec Un recueil de Réglements, concernant la police des Isles Françoises de l'Amérique et les Engagés, A paris, Chez les Libraires Associez, édité en 1743.

  5. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    en bloc as a group. en garde "[be] on [your] guard". "On guard" is of course perfectly good English: the French spelling is used for the fencing term. en passant in passing; term used in chess and in neurobiology ("synapse en passant.") En plein air en plein air lit. "in the open air"; particularly used to describe the act of painting outdoors ...

  6. Young Women in Black - Wikipedia

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    Young Women in Black or Young Girls in Black (French - Jeunes Filles en noir) is an 1880-1882 painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, which since 1948 has been in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.. [1] [2] From 1908 to 1918 it was in Sergei Schukin's collection.

  7. Noir - Wikipedia

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    Cat Noir, the superhero identity of Adrien Agreste in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir; Guy Noir, a fictional private detective in A Prairie Home Companion radio show; Jack Noir, a character in the webcomic Homestuck; Madame Noir, a character in the Ressha Sentai ToQger; Spider-Man Noir, a Marvel comic book character

  8. Noir fiction - Wikipedia

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    Noir denotes a marked darkness in theme and subject matter, generally featuring a disturbing mixture of sex and violence. [1]While related to and frequently confused with hardboiled detective fiction—due to the regular adaptation of hardboiled detective stories in the film noir style—the two are not the same. [2]

  9. Anthology of Black Humor - Wikipedia

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    The Anthology of Black Humor (French: Anthologie de l'humour noir) is an anthology of 45 writers edited by André Breton. It was first published in 1940 in Paris by Éditions du Sagittaire and its distribution was immediately banned by the Vichy government. It was reprinted in 1947 after Breton's return from exile, with a few additions.