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  • 101Defensive programming — is a form of defensive design intended to ensure the continuing function of a piece of software in spite of unforeseeable usage of said software. The idea can be viewed as reducing or eliminating the prospect of Murphy s Law having effect.… …

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  • 102Shipwreck — A shipwreck can refer to a wrecked ship or to the event that caused the wreck, such as the striking of something that causes the ship to sink, the stranding of the ship on rocks, land or shoal, or the destruction of the ship at sea by violent… …

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  • 103BMX racing — is a type of off road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. BMX bicycle races are sprint races on purpose built off road single lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for up to eight racers,… …

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  • 104Airframe (novel) — infobox Book | name = Airframe title orig = translator = image caption = First edition cover author = Michael Crichton illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Techno thriller, Science fiction… …

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  • 105Digital preservation — is the set of processes, activities and management of digital information over time to ensure its long term accessibility. The goal of digital preservation is to preserve materials resulting from digital reformatting, and particularly information …

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  • 106Overconfidence effect — The overconfidence effect is a well established bias in which someone s subjective confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than their objective accuracy, especially when confidence is relatively high.[1] For example, in some quizzes,… …

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  • 107I-35W Mississippi River bridge — This article is about the bridge that collapsed in 2007. For the replacement bridge, see I 35W Saint Anthony Falls Bridge. Mississippi River Bridge …

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  • 108Roaming user profile — C:Documents and Settings{username}   Application Data   …

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  • 109List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft, pre-1950 — This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving military aircraft grouped by the year in which the accident or incident occurred. For more exhaustive lists, see the [http://www.baaa acro.com/ Aircraft Crash Record Office] or the [http …

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  • 110ANTISEMITISM — ANTISEMITISM, a term coined in 1879, from the Greek ἁντί = anti, and Σημ = Semite by the German agitator wilhelm marr to designate the then current anti Jewish campaigns in Europe. Antisemitism soon came into general use as a term denoting all… …

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