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111Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement — The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) was entered in November 1998, originally between the four largest US tobacco companies and the attorneys general of 46 states. The states settled their Medicaid lawsuits against the tobacco industry… …
112Solid-state drive — A solid state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid state memory to store persistent data. Unlike flash based memory cards and USB flash drives, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive interface, thus easily replacing it in most… …
113Rebound effect (conservation) — The term rebound effect is used in conservation, energy economics and green marketing. It refers to the behavioral or other systemic responses to the introduction of new technologies, or other measures taken to reduce resource use. These… …
114mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
115CPU power dissipation — Central processing unit power dissipation or CPU power dissipation is the process in which central processing units (CPUs) consume electrical energy, and dissipate this energy both by the action of the switching devices contained in the CPU (such …
116Productivity — in economics refers to measures of output from production processes, per unit of input. Labor productivity, for example, is typically measured as a ratio of output per labor hour, an input. Productivity may be conceived of as a measure of the… …
117Peak uranium — is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached. After that peak, the rate of production enters a terminal decline. While Uranium is used in nuclear weapons, its primary use is for energy generation via nuclear… …
118Income — This article is about theoretical attempts to define income. For its definition in United States law, see Income (United States legal definitions). Income is the consumption and savings opportunity gained by an entity within a specified time… …
119PlayStation 3 — PS3 redirects here. For other uses, see PS3 (disambiguation). PlayStation 3 …
120Solar thermal energy — Solar thermal system for water heating in Santorini, Greece …
