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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. Typewriter - Wikipedia

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    The manga (2015–2020) and anime (2018) Violet Evergarden series follows a disabled war veteran who learns to type because her handwriting has been impaired, and soon she becomes a popular typist. California Typewriter , a 2016 documentary film, investigates the culture of typewriter enthusiasts, including an eponymous repair store in Berkeley ...

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  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:Reference desk/Archives/Science/October 2005 ...

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    Depends on the tree, but potentially all of it. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:34, 23 September 2005 (UTC) [] Well, it does depend on the tree, but most "normal" trees (not, for example, palm trees) have living cells in the outer sections of their trunks (except the bark) and dead cells in the interior and the bark.

  9. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Science/May 2006 - Wikipedia

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    How do animals obtain water in the winter when water sources are frozen. Some hibernate; that's all I know. Melchoir 01:09, 1 May 2006 (UTC) []. Although this is a very silly question for us Canadians, I actually found a quote: "Studies in Canada have shown some cows have gone 50 to 60 days with snow as the sole water source without any adverse effects.