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  2. Standard form - Wikipedia

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    Standard form may refer to a way of writing very large or very small numbers by comparing the powers of ten. It is also known as Scientific notation. Numbers in standard form are written in this format: a×10 n Where a is a number 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer. ln mathematics and science Canonical form

  3. Okinawan scripts - Wikipedia

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    An example of traditional Okinawan writing circa 1471. Okinawan, spoken in Okinawa Island, was once the official language of the Ryukyu Kingdom.At the time, documents were written in kanji and hiragana, derived from Japan.

  4. On being asked for a War Poem - Wikipedia

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    The poem was prefaced with a note stating: "It is the only thing I have written of the war or will write, so I hope it may not seem unfitting." [ 2 ] The poem was first published in Edith Wharton 's The Book of the Homeless in 1916 as "A Reason for Keeping Silent". [ 1 ]

  5. Experimental literature - Wikipedia

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    Experimental literature is a genre of literature that is generally "difficult to define with any sort of precision." [1] It experiments with the conventions of literature, including boundaries of genres and styles; for example, it can be written in the form of prose narratives or poetry, but the text may be set on the page in differing configurations than that of normal prose paragraphs or in ...

  6. Floppy disk drive interface - Wikipedia

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    The de facto standard 5.25 inch FDD interface is based upon the Shugart Associates SA400 [6] FDD. [5]: 169 The signal interface uses a 34-pin PCB edge connector which mates to a flat ribbon cable connector. DC power is provided on a separate connector. [6] The 34-pin connector is similar in pinout to the standard 50-pin connector for 8 inch FDDs.

  7. Virginals - Wikipedia

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    A virginals is a smaller and simpler, rectangular or polygonal, form of harpsichord. It has only one string per note, running more or less parallel to the keyboard, on the long side of the case. Many, if not most, of the instruments were constructed without legs, and would be placed on a table for playing.

  8. Seal script - Wikipedia

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    The term seal script may refer to several distinct varieties, including the large seal script and the small seal script.Without qualification, seal script usually refers to the small seal script—that is, the lineage which evolved within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–221 BC), which was later standardized under Qin Shi Huang (r.

  9. Cree syllabics - Wikipedia

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    Cree syllabics were developed for Ojibwe by James Evans, a missionary in what is now Manitoba in the 1830s. Evans had originally adapted the Latin script to Ojibwe (see Evans system), but after learning of the success of the Cherokee syllabary, [additional citation(s) needed] he experimented with invented scripts based on his familiarity with shorthand and Devanagari.