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  2. MAP test - Wikipedia

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    MAP Test (stylized MaP Test, an acronym for Maximum Performance Test), is an independent, third-party testing regimen for the flushing power of contemporary toilets. It uses a combination of toilet paper and soybean paste .

  3. IBM 701 - Wikipedia

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    The IBM 701 Electronic Data Processing Machine, known as the Defense Calculator while in development, was IBM’s first commercial scientific computer and its first series production mainframe computer, which was announced to the public on May 21, 1952. [1]

  4. Reed–Solomon error correction - Wikipedia

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    The Reed–Solomon code is a [n, k, n − k + 1] code; in other words, it is a linear block code of length n (over F) with dimension k and minimum Hamming distance = + The Reed–Solomon code is optimal in the sense that the minimum distance has the maximum value possible for a linear code of size ( n , k ); this is known as the Singleton bound .

  5. Maidenhead Locator System - Wikipedia

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    The Maidenhead Locator System (a.k.a. QTH Locator and IARU Locator) is a geocode system used by amateur radio operators to succinctly describe their geographic coordinates, which replaced the deprecated QRA locator, which was limited to European contacts. [1]

  6. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocode based on a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as "plus codes".

  7. List of fictional computers - Wikipedia

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    FIDO (Foreign Intruder Defense Organism), a semi-organic droid defensive system first mentioned in Champions of the Force, a Star Wars novel by Kevin J. Anderson (1994) Abraham, from Philip Kerr's novel Gridiron, is a superintelligent program designed to operate a large office building. Abraham is capable of improving his own code, and ...

  8. Wikipedia:Deleted articles with freaky titles - Wikipedia

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    A small note of explanation is OK, but please do not sign it – this isn't a talk page. This is for articles or redirects that really existed on Wikipedia which have been deleted – provide proof of the deletion if you can, generally in the form of an XFD discussion page (AFD debates can be quite humorous themselves) or deletion log entry (for articles deleted before December 2004; see also ...

  9. Wikipedia:Vital articles/List of all articles - Wikipedia

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    · The Nutcracker · The Odd Couple (play) · The Office (American TV series) · The Old Man and the Sea · The Onion · The Open Championship · The Open Society and Its Enemies · The Oprah Winfrey Show · The Oregon Trail (1971 video game) · The Origins of Totalitarianism · The Passion of Joan of Arc · The Peacock Room · The Pearl Island ...