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What is Appspy?

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Submitted: 5 Oct 2010
Updated: 5 Oct 2010

Appspy.com is an iPhone game review website. Founded in February 2010 by Australian media production firm Hyper Focus Media, Appspy provides objective game reviews, iPhone news, ... _[more]

Go-oo is a community-developed fork of Sun's Open Office office suit. Go-oo contains features and improvements that for technical or legal reasons cannot be included in Sun's version of Open Office. Most Linux distributions today use Go-oo instead of... _[more]

What is a URL?

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Submitted: 23 Nov 2007

URL is an acronym for Uniform Resource Locator. URL is the technical term for what is often called a "web address". It is the address by which computers and documents on the Internet can be located. The URL was invented by Tim Berners-Lee as one of h... _[more]

What is Storm?

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Submitted: 9 Nov 2007
Updated: 9 Dec 2007

The Storm Botnet is a distributed computer network consisting of computers remotely controlled without their owner's knowledge. Computers in the Storm Botnet are home and small office machines running the Microsoft Windows operating system which have... _[more]

What is a Hybrid Vehicle?

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Submitted: 2 Nov 2007

A hybrid car is an automobile that has two or more major sources of propulsion power. Most hybrid cars currently marketed to consumers have both conventional gasoline and electric motors, with the ability to power the vehicle by either one independen... _[more]

What is Teleportation?

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Submitted: 25 Oct 2007

Teleportation is the transfer of physical objects from one place to another, distant place, without transferring the physical particles that constitute the original object. By most definitions, the object in its original location is either destroyed ... _[more]

What is a Decibel?

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Submitted: 20 Oct 2007

The decibel is the common measure of sound intensity and radio signal strength. Although it has never been ratified by any governing standards body, its suitability to measuring ratios and losses has led to widespread adoption of the decibel in indus... _[more]

What is Noise Pollution?

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Submitted: 15 Oct 2007
Updated: 9 Dec 2007

Noise pollution is a type of energy pollution in which distracting, irritating, or damaging sounds are freely audible. As with other forms of energy pollution (such as heat and light pollution), noise pollution contaminants are not physical particles... _[more]

What is the Kyoto Protocol?

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Submitted: 10 Oct 2007
Updated: 9 Dec 2007

The Kyoto Protocol is the first legally binding update to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The UNFCCC was developed at the 1992 Earth Day summit in Rio de Janeiro with the intention of balancing worldwide greenhouse gas emission... _[more]

What is Yamaha Corporation?

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Submitted: 2 Oct 2007

Yamaha Corporation is a diverse Japanese technology company. Yamaha currently produces musical instruments, consumer electronics, heavy industrial equipment, microprocessors, and motor vehicles. The company is recognized as a leader in fields as dive... _[more]