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  • 21History of Linux — The Linux kernel has been marked by constant growth throughout its history. Since the initial release of its source code in 1991, it has grown from a small number of C files under a license prohibiting commercial distribution to its state in 2007 …

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  • 22Comparison of file systems — The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file systems. Contents 1 General information 2 Limits 3 Metadata 4 Features …

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  • 23Dialectic — The School of Athens, by Raphael. Dialectic (also dialectics and the dialectical method) is a method of argument for resolving disagreement that has been central to Indic and European philosophy since antiquity. The word dialectic originated in… …

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  • 24Schubert's last sonatas — The three piano sonatas numbered 958 through 960 in Deutsch s catalogue of Franz Schubert s complete works, are the composer s last major compositions for the piano, often referred to in short simply as Schubert s last sonatas. They were written… …

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  • 25Quadratic residuosity problem — The quadratic residuosity problem in computational number theory is the question of distinguishing by calculation the quadratic residues in modular arithmetic for a modulus N , where N is a composite number. This is an important consideration in… …

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  • 26Early Slavs — The early Slavs were a diverse group of tribal societies in Migration period and early medieval Europe (ca. 5th to 10th centuries) whose tribal organizations indirectly created the foundations for today’s Slavic nations (via the Slavic states of… …

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  • 27Indian philosophy — The term Indian philosophy (Sanskrit: Darshanas), may refer to any of several traditions of philosophical thought that originated in the Indian subcontinent, including Hindu philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, and Jain philosophy. Having the same or …

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  • 28ADE classification — The simply laced Dynkin diagrams classify diverse mathematical objects. In mathematics, the ADE classification (originally A D E classifications) is the complete list of simply laced Dynkin diagrams or other mathematical objects satisfying… …

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  • 29List of Northwestern alumni — The following is a list of notable alumni who attended Northwestern UniversityAcademia * Madeleine Wing Adler (B.A. 1962), President, West Chester University * Robert J. Alpern (B.A. 1972), Dean, Yale School of Medicine * Elijah Anderson (Ph.D.… …

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  • 30linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …

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