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  2. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    For the second portion of the list, see List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z. Asterisked (*) meanings, though found chiefly in the specified region, also have some currency in the other region; other definitions may be recognised by the other as Briticisms or Americanisms respectively. Additional usage ...

  3. U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt - Wikipedia

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    United States Army Garrison Schweinfurt (USAG Schweinfurt) was a United States Army military community located in and around Schweinfurt, Germany from 1945 to 2014. The garrison comprised two installations (Conn and Ledward Barracks), two housing areas (Askren Manor and Yorktown Village Housing Area), and two local training areas (Brönnhof or Area M) in Pfändhausen, to the north of ...

  4. Glossary of motion picture terms - Wikipedia

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    An analog recording medium for motion pictures that is recorded on by a movie camera, developed, edited, and then projected on to a screen by a projector. Film stock consists of a long strip of transparent plastic film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopic light-sensitive silver halide crystals. When briefly ...

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    Word British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings oblique (n.) slash symbol a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb onesie (n.) Onesie (jumpsuit): One-piece garment worn by older children and adults as loungewear.

  6. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - Wikipedia

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    Subsequently, the word was used in Frank Scully's puzzle book Bedside Manna, after which time, members of the N.P.L. campaigned to include the word in major dictionaries. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] This 45-letter word, referred to as "p45", [ 11 ] first appeared in the 1939 supplement to the Merriam-Webster New International Dictionary, Second Edition .

  7. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    A video display interface developed by the Digital Display Working Group (DDWG). The digital interface is used to connect a video source to a display device, such as a computer monitor. Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) A mainframe terminology introduced by IBM denoting secondary storage with random access, typically (arrays of) hard disk drives.

  8. So Long - Wikipedia

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    So Long may refer to: "So Long" (ABBA song), 1974 "So Long!" (AKB48 song), 2013 "So Long" (Diplo song), 2019 "So Long" (Russ Morgan song), 1940; covered by the Charioteers (1940), Ruth Brown (1949), and many others "So Long", a song by the Cat Empire from So Many Nights, 2007 "So Long", a song by Everlast from the End of Days film soundtrack, 1999

  9. Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering - Wikipedia

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    A raster scan video device that generates a single fixed image for test or identification purposes. Moore's law The observation that the number of transistors possible in an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years. Morse code A method of transmitting text by long and short impulses and varying delays between them. MOSFET