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  2. Thread (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A process with two threads of execution, running on one processor Program vs. Process vs. Thread Scheduling, Preemption, Context Switching. In computer science, a thread of execution is the smallest sequence of programmed instructions that can be managed independently by a scheduler, which is typically a part of the operating system. [1]

  3. Arabic typography - Wikipedia

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    Some Arabic computer fonts are calligraphic, for example Arial, Courier New, and Times New Roman. They look as if they were written with a brush or oblong pen, akin to how serifs originated in stone inscriptionals. Other fonts, like Tahoma and Noto Sans Arabic, use a mono-linear style more akin to sans-serif Latin scripts. Monolinear means that ...

  4. Computer font - Wikipedia

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    A bitmap color font for the Amiga OS. Digital bitmap fonts (and the final rendering of vector fonts) may use monochrome or shades of gray.The latter is anti-aliased.When displaying a text, typically an operating system properly represents the "shades of gray" as intermediate colors between the color of the font and that of the background.

  5. Threaded code - Wikipedia

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    In computer science, threaded code is a programming technique where the code has a form that essentially consists entirely of calls to subroutines.It is often used in compilers, which may generate code in that form or be implemented in that form themselves.

  6. List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name was also inspired by Goldy Gopher, the mascot for the University of Minnesota where the protocol was developed. grep – a Unix command line utility; The name comes from a command in the Unix text editor ed that takes the form g/re/p meaning search globally for a regular expression and print lines where instances are found. [30] "Grep ...

  7. Threading - Wikipedia

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    Threading may refer to: Thread (computing), a programming technique; Threading (epilation), a hair removal method; Threading (manufacturing), the process of making a screw thread; Threading (protein sequence), a method for computational protein structure prediction; Threaded code, another programming technique

  8. Courier (typeface) - Wikipedia

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    IBM did not trademark the name Courier, so the typeface design concept and its name are now public domain. [3] According to some sources, a later version for IBM's Selectric typewriters was developed with input from Adrian Frutiger, although Paul Shaw writes that this is a confusion with Frutiger's adaptation of his Univers typeface for the Selectric system.

  9. Kashida - Wikipedia

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    The terms Kasheeda and Tatweel can also refer to a character that represents this elongation ( ـ) or to one of a set of glyphs of varying lengths that implement this elongation in a font. The Unicode standard assigns code point U+0640 as Arabic Tatweel. The right side of this basmala contains a long kasheeda with a natural string-like curve.