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  2. BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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    Torrents with multiple trackers can decrease the time it takes to download a file, but also have a few consequences: Poorly implemented [59] clients may contact multiple trackers, leading to more overhead-traffic. Torrents from closed trackers suddenly become downloadable by non-members, as they can connect to a seed via an open tracker.

  3. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    The pay system of the United States government civil service has evolved into a complex set of pay systems that include principally the General Schedule (GS) for white-collar employees, Federal Wage System (FWS) for blue-collar employees, Senior Executive System (SES) for Executive-level employees, Foreign Service Schedule (FS) for members of ...

  4. Copyright infringement - Wikipedia

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    Retailers have lost over a billion dollars, while piracy has resulted in 46,000 fewer production-level jobs and almost 25,000 retail jobs. The U.S. government was also reported to suffer from music piracy, losing $422 million in tax revenue. [92]

  5. General Schedule (US civil service pay scale) - Wikipedia

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    US Government Employees Pay Comparison The GS is separated into 15 grades (GS-1, GS-2, etc. up to GS-15); each grade is separated into 10 steps. At one time, there were also three GS "supergrades" (GS-16, GS-17 and GS-18); these were eliminated under the provisions of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 and replaced by the Senior Executive ...

  6. Side project time - Wikipedia

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    An employee mentioned that it was difficult to balance this 20% time "amongst all the pressures to deliver new features and bug fixes."; [25] the program introduced more deadlines for their employees. As a result, the company found that this 20% Project in fact became 1.1% of their working time. [25]

  7. Top 100 Contractors of the U.S. federal government - Wikipedia

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    With $48.666 billion in business with the U.S. federal government, Lockheed Martin, based in Bethesda, Maryland, is the largest U.S. federal government contractor. The Top 100 Contractors Report (TCR 100) is a list developed annually by the General Services Administration as part of its tracking of U.S. federal government procurement.

  8. Employee stock ownership - Wikipedia

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    US employees typically acquire shares through a share option plan. In the UK, Employee Share Purchase Plans are common, wherein deductions are made from an employee's salary to purchase shares over time. [1] In Australia it is common to have all employee plans that provide employees with $1,000 worth of shares on a tax free basis.

  9. Torrent Power - Wikipedia

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    Torrent Power has an aggregate generating capacity of more than 4 GW with a unique mix of coal based, gas based, and renewable power plants comprising: . 1530 MW (4 Single Shaft Units of 382.5 MW each) SUGEN gas based mega combined cycle power plant in Akhakhol village near Surat - largest private sector gas based power plant in India.