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  • 101Microwave — This article is about the electromagnetic wave. For the cooking appliance, see Microwave oven. For other uses, see Microwaves (disambiguation). A microwave telecommunications tower on Wrights Hill in Wellington, New Zealand Microwaves, a subset… …

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  • 102Strategic Defense Initiative — Organization SDIO Agency overview Formed 1984 Dissolved 1993 (renamed) Superseding a …

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  • 103Paranoia (role-playing game) — Paranoia 25th Anniversary Troubleshooters Edition Designer(s) Greg Costikyan, Dan Gelber, Eric Goldberg, Allen Varney (current edition) …

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  • 104Man-portable air-defense systems — An SA 7 in use Man portable air defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are shoulder launched surface to air missiles (SAMs). They are typically guided weapons and are a threat to low flying aircraft, especially helicopters. Contents …

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  • 105Exoplanetology — is the Art and Science of Exoplanets and the search for Life on other Worlds. It is formally defined as the study of the characteristics, formation and fate of planets outside our solar system. The discovery of extrasolar planets or exoplanets in …

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  • 106Montage Image Mosaic Software — Engine Mosaic image of the Pleiades star cluster created with Montage. The blue, green, and red channels of this three color image were made from B , R , and I band images, respectively, from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS). Image credit: Inseok… …

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  • 107Extinction (astronomy) — Extinction is a term used in astronomy to describe the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation by matter (dust and gas) between an emitting astronomical object and the observer. Interstellar extinction also called Galactic… …

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  • 108Image scanner — Desktop scanner, with the lid raised. An object has been laid on the glass, ready for scanning …

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  • 109Automatic number plate recognition — The system must be able to deal with different styles of license plates …

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  • 110microscope — /muy kreuh skohp /, n. 1. an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye. 2. (cap.) Astron. the… …

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