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90377 Sedna, a large trans-Neptunian object, had the provisional designation 2003 VB 12, meaning it was identified in the first half of November 2003 (as indicated by the letter "V"), and that it was the 302nd object identified during that time, as 12 cycles of 25 letters give 300, and the letter "B" is the second position in the current cycle.
Bahasa Indonesia is sometimes improperly reduced to Bahasa, which refers to the Indonesian subject (Bahasa Indonesia) taught in schools, on the assumption that this is the name of the language. But the word bahasa (a loanword from Sanskrit Bhāṣā ) only means "language."
General Material Designation (GMD) is a phrase or term interposed in brackets following the title of a catalogue or archive record to denote an item's material type. The usage of GMD in cataloging and classifying records was encouraged by the recording standard Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2). [ 1 ]
Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.One of the principal features of the multimedia Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually available for only a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.
From left, former President George H.W. Bush, then-President-elect Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton and former President Jimmy Carter in the White House on ...
The new year brings a mixed picture for women’s political representation – the highest glass ceiling in American politics remains intact, but female governors and state legislators are setting ...
Ultra ATA, abbreviated UATA, is a designation that has been primarily used by Western Digital for different speed enhancements to the ATA/ATAPI standards. For example, in 2000 Western Digital published a document describing "Ultra ATA/100", which brought performance improvements for the then-current ATA/ATAPI-5 standard by improving maximum ...
Lawmakers unveiled a stop-gap spending bill on Tuesday night to prevent a shutdown that funds the government through March 14 and includes $100 billion in disaster relief and other key provisions.