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  • 31Y2K problem — n. A computer bug that, if not fixed, will cause computers and devices with embedded microchips to fail or produce erroneous results beginning on January 1, 2000. (Also known as the millennium bug.) Example Citation: Already struggling to wean… …

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  • 32Authority problem — An authority problem is a problem in which people struggle with having to handle someone who has control over them …

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  • 33get a handle on — understand, find out about    We have to get a handle on the parking problem get the facts …

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  • 34Abnormal Situation Management — The Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium is a long running and active Honeywell led research and development consortium of 12 companies and universities that are concerned about the negative effects of industrial accidents. An abnormal… …

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  • 35library — /luy brer ee, breuh ree, bree/, n., pl. libraries. 1. a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or… …

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  • 36ad hoc — 1 / ad häk, hōk; äd hōk/ adv [Latin, for this]: for the particular end or case at hand without consideration of wider application ad hoc 2 adj 1: concerned with a particular end or purpose an ad hoc investigating committee 2: f …

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  • 37The Young and the Restless minor characters — The following are characters from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless who are notable for their actions or relationships, but who do not warrant their own articles. Contents 1 Current Characters 1.1 Genevieve …

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  • 38textual criticism — n. the scholarly study of the text of a written work, often, specif., in an effort to determine the original or most authoritative form of that work * * * Introduction       the technique of restoring texts as nearly as possible to their original …

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  • 39Compare-and-swap — In computer science, the compare and swap (CAS) CPU instruction is a special instruction that atomically compares the contents of a memory location to a given value and, only if they are the same, modifies the contents of that memory location to… …

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  • 40Willard Van Orman Quine — Unreferenced|date=August 2007 Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 20th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption = Willard Van Orman Quine name = Willard Van Orman Quine birth = birth date|mf=yes|1908|6|25 death = death… …

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