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  • 11Internet backbone — The Internet backbone refers to the main trunk connections of the Internet. It is made up of a large collection of interconnected commercial, government, academic and other high capacity data routes and core routers that carry data across the… …

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  • 12Devil's Backbone (rock formation) — For other uses, see Devil s Backbone. Stone fortification and mounds at the Devil s Backbone rock formation Devil s Backbone is a rock formation and peninsula formed by the flow of Fourteen Mile Creek into the Ohio River, and is currently… …

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  • 13Devil's Backbone State Forest — is a state forest located in Shenandoah County, Virginia. It lies on the slope of North Mountain in the drainage area of Cedar Creek near the town of Star Tannery west of Strasburg. The forest was established by a grant by John and Bernice… …

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  • 14Computer network — Computer networks redirects here. For the periodical, see Computer Networks (journal). Datacom redirects here. For other uses, see Datacom (disambiguation). Internet map. The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that… …

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  • 15Sam Ervin — Infobox Senator | name=Samuel James Ervin Jr. nationality=American jr/sr=United States Senator state=North Carolina party=Democratic term start=June 5, 1954 term end=December 31, 1974 preceded=Clyde R. Hoey succeeded=Robert Burren Morgan date of… …

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  • 16Sky+ HD — is the brand name of the HDTV service launched by BSkyB on 22 May 2006 in the UK and the Republic of Ireland to enable high definition channels on Sky Digital to be viewed. For the first 2 years after launch, the service was branded Sky HD. The… …

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  • 17Intrinsically unstructured proteins — An ensemble of NMR structures of the Thylakoid soluble phosphoprotein TSP9, which shows a largely flexible protein chain.[1] Intrinsically unstructured proteins, often referred to as naturally unfolded proteins or disordered proteins, are… …

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  • 18fortitude — fortitude, grit, backbone, pluck, guts, sand denote a quality of character combining courage and staying power. Fortitude stresses strength of mind and firmness of purpose; it implies endurance, often prolonged endurance, of physical or mental… …

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  • 19Vertebrata — Ver te*bra ta, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebr[ae], together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a… …

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  • 20Canadian Auto Workers — Full name National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada Founded 1985 Members 225,000 [1] Coun …

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