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  2. Windows Aero - Wikipedia

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    Windows Aero is the first major revision to Microsoft's user design guidelines for Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, covering aesthetics, common controls such as buttons and radio buttons, task dialogs, wizards, common dialogs, control panels, icons, fonts, user notifications, and the "tone" of text used.

  3. Iridescence - Wikipedia

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    Examples of iridescence include soap bubbles, feathers, butterfly wings and seashell nacre, and minerals such as opal. Pearlescence is a related effect where some or most of the reflected light is white. The term pearlescent is used to describe certain paint finishes, usually in the automotive industry, which actually produce iridescent effects.

  4. History of graphic design - Wikipedia

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    Graphic design is the practice of combining text with images and concepts, most often for advertisements, publications, or websites.The history of graphic design is frequently traced from the onset of moveable-type printing in the 15th century, yet earlier developments and technologies related to writing and printing can be considered as parts of the longer history of communication.

  5. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/December 2005 ...

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    As for the ice cubes - that's also the reason why boiled ice cubes look clearer - during the boiling process, most of the dissolved gasses escape. Hence, when you make ice cubes, no bubbles come out during the freezing process. An alloy is an example of a solid solution. And yes, things can "dissolve" in a solid - however, it's a bit more of a ...

  6. Wikipedia:Language learning centre/Word list - Wikipedia

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    baa; baaing; baal; babas; babble; babbled; babbler; babblers; babbles; babbling; babe; babel; babes; babies; baboon; baboons; baby; baby-sitter; babyface; babyhood ...

  7. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/January 2006 ...

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    i would like an authentic reference on the number of adherents of Taoism ( as recent as possible ) , and the areas around the world it is mostly spread .