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  2. Printer driver - Wikipedia

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    In computers, a printer driver or a print processor is a piece of software on a computer that converts the data to be printed to a format that a printer can understand. The purpose of printer drivers is to allow applications to do printing without being aware of the technical details of each printer model.

  3. Busy waiting - Wikipedia

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    In computer science and software engineering, busy-waiting, busy-looping or spinning is a technique in which a process repeatedly checks to see if a condition is true, such as whether keyboard input or a lock is available. Spinning can also be used to generate an arbitrary time delay, a technique that was necessary on systems that lacked a ...

  4. Finnegans Wake - Wikipedia

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    Finnegans Wake is a novel by the Irish writer James Joyce.It is known for its allusive and experimental style and its reputation as one of the most difficult works in literature.

  5. Poetry - Wikipedia

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    Poetry (from the Greek word poiesis, "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic [1] [2] [3] qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings.

  6. Typewriter - Wikipedia

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    The daisy wheel concept first emerged in printers developed by Diablo Systems in the 1970s. The first electronic daisywheel typewriter marketed in the world (in 1976) is the Olivetti Tes 501, and subsequently in 1978, the Olivetti ET101 (with function display) and Olivetti TES 401 (with text display and floppy disk for memory storage).

  7. 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 ...

  8. Wikipedia:Unusual articles - Wikipedia

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    A 10-foot-deep swimming lake at one time, it was turned into the deepest lake in Louisiana thanks to a salt mining accident. Landsat Island: A lonesome island with a frankly humorous tale. List of gaps in Interstate Highways: Traffic-lighted intersections, drawbridges, and other oddities in the Interstate Highway System which violate the standards.

  9. Farscape - Wikipedia

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    Farscape features a diverse ensemble of characters who are initially escaping from corrupt authorities in the form of a militaristic organization called the Peacekeepers. . The protagonists live inside a large bio-mechanical ship called Moya which is a living enti