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41Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
42Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …
43Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… …
44PIN diode — Layers of a PIN diode A PIN diode is a diode with a wide, lightly doped near intrinsic semiconductor region between a p type semiconductor and an n type semiconductor region. The p type and n type regions are typically heavily doped because they… …
45Network neutrality — This article is about the general principle of network neutrality. For its specific application to Canada, see Network neutrality in Canada. For its application to the U.S., see Network neutrality in the United States. Network Neutrality Related… …
46multiplexing — Process of transmitting multiple (but separate) signals simultaneously over a single channel or line. Because the signals are sent in one complex transmission, the receiving end has to separate the individual signals. The two main types of… …
47Jodrell Bank Observatory — The 76 m Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory …
48SelTrac — is a digital signalling technology used to control the movements of rail vehicles originally developed by Alcatel. SelTrac is now sold by Thales. SelTrac Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) technology SelTrac is a family of three different… …
49South Korea — ROK redirects here. For other uses, see ROK (disambiguation). Republic of Korea 대한민국 大韓民國 Daehanminguk …
50Bravo Two Zero — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= First Gulf War,1991 partof=the Gulf War caption= date= 22 January 1991 place= Baghdad,Iraq result= British victory combatant1=Britain combatant2=Iraq commander1=Andy McNab commander2=Saddam Hussein strength1=8… …
