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  2. yarn (package manager) - Wikipedia

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    In 2020 the Yarn team released a major update, Yarn 2.0, also codenamed "Berry". [6] This version came with a full rewriting of both the codebase (which migrated to TypeScript in the process) and test suite. Many features were introduced, a cleaving one being a new unique installation strategy called Yarn Plug'n'Play.

  3. File locking - Wikipedia

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    The Windows API function LockFile [5] can also be used and acquires an exclusive lock on the region of the file. Any file containing an executable program file that is currently running on the computer system as a program (e.g. an EXE , COM , DLL , CPL or other binary program file format) is normally locked by the operating system itself ...

  4. Spinner's weasel - Wikipedia

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    Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn-measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with gears attached to a pointer on a marked face (which resembles a clock) and an internal mechanism that makes a "pop" sound after the desired length of yarn is measured (usually a skein). The pointer allows the spinner to see how close they are ...

  5. Yarn - Wikipedia

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    Yarn is selected for different textiles based on the characteristics of the yarn fibres, such as warmth (wool), light weight (cotton or rayon), durability (nylon is added to sock yarn, for example), or softness (cashmere, alpaca). Yarn is composed of twisted strands of fiber, which are known as plies when grouped together. [19]

  6. Yarn bombing - Wikipedia

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    This was first recorded with the Knit the City collective's "Web of Woe" installation [13] in August 2009. The Knit the City collective were also the first to use O'Farrell's term yarnstorming to describe their graffiti knitting, as an alternative to the more popular term yarnbombing. [14] [15] Yarn bombing's popularity has spread throughout ...

  7. String (structure) - Wikipedia

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    A textile [9] or cloth [10] is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres (yarn or thread). Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands. [11] Textiles are formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, or felting.

  8. Frozen Assets (film) - Wikipedia

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    The film bombed at the box office, only earning $376,008 in the United States, and contemporary reviews of the film were mostly negative. In his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, critic Roger Ebert awarded the film a rare zero-stars rating, writing: "I felt like I was an eyewitness to a disaster.

  9. Warp knitting - Wikipedia

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    Warp knitting is defined as a loop-forming process in which the yarn is fed into the knitting zone, parallel to the fabric selvage. It forms vertical loops in one course and then moves diagonally to knit the next course. Thus the yarns zigzag from side to side along the length of the fabric. Each stitch in a course is made by many different yarns.