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  2. Magic number (sports) - Wikipedia

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    In certain sports, a magic number is a number used to indicate how close a front-running team is to clinching a division title and/or a playoff spot. It represents the total of additional wins by the front-running team or additional losses (or any combination thereof) by the rival teams after which it is mathematically impossible for the rival teams to capture the title in the remaining number ...

  3. List of file signatures - Wikipedia

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    Online File Signature Database for Forensic Practitioners, a private compilation free to Law Enforcement; Man page for compress, uncompress, and zcat on SCO Open Server; Public Database of File Signatures [dead link ‍] Complete list of magic numbers with sample files; the original libmagic data files with thousands of entries as used by file ...

  4. Magic number (programming) - Wikipedia

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    Magic numbers become particularly confusing when the same number is used for different purposes in one section of code. It is easier to alter the value of the number, as it is not duplicated. Changing the value of a magic number is error-prone, because the same value is often used several times in different places within a program. [6]

  5. What's the Brewers magic number and who are the teams ... - AOL

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    The magic number is the total number of outcomes that have to go right for a team to secure a playoff spot. Right now, that means any combination of Brewers wins or losses by the second-place team ...

  6. 2024 MLB postseason: Magic number for Kansas City ... - AOL

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    What is the Royals' magic number to make the 2024 MLB postseason? Royals to make AL wild card: 4. Latest MLB standings American League: AL East: z-New York Yankees: 92-65. z-Baltimore Orioles: 87-70.

  7. 2024 MLB postseason: Magic number for Houston Astros to make ...

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    The Houston Astros are close to securing a spot in the MLB postseason. Here is their magic number.

  8. Hexspeak - Wikipedia

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    Hexspeak is a novelty form of variant English spelling using the hexadecimal digits. Created by programmers as memorable magic numbers, hexspeak words can serve as a clear and unique identifier with which to mark memory or data.

  9. Magic number (physics) - Wikipedia

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    For instance, the magic number 8 occurs when the 1s 1/2, 1p 3/2, 1p 1/2 energy levels are filled, as there is a large energy gap between the 1p 1/2 and the next highest 1d 5/2 energy levels. The atomic analog to nuclear magic numbers are those numbers of electrons leading to discontinuities in the ionization energy.