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  • 111Boiling water reactor — A boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of nuclear reactor developed by the General Electric in the mid 1950s.Fact|date=April 2008 The BWR is characterized by two phase fluid flow (water and steam) in the upper part of the reactor core. See… …

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  • 112Bloom filter — The Bloom filter, conceived by Burton H. Bloom in 1970, is a space efficient probabilistic data structure that is used to test whether an element is a member of a set. False positives are possible, but false negatives are not. Elements can be… …

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  • 113Castle Bravo — Infobox Weapon name= Castle Bravo caption= Castle Bravo mushroom cloud. origin= United States type= Thermonuclear weapon is explosive=yes designer= design date= manufacturer= unit cost= production date=24 February 1954 (GMT) number=1 variants=… …

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  • 114Kd-tree — In computer science, a k d tree (short for k dimensional tree ) is a space partitioning data structure for organizing points in a k dimensional space. k d trees are a useful data structure for several applications, such as searches involving a… …

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  • 115Valve RF amplifier — A valve RF amplifier (UK and Aus.) or tube amplifier (U.S.), is a device for electrically amplifying the power of an electrical , typically (but not exclusively) radio frequency signals.Low to medium power valve amplifiers for frequencies below… …

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  • 116Outlines of an Emerging World — ▪ 1996 by Sir John Kenneth Galbraith       Looking back on 1995, I am led to reflect, first of all, on the larger currents of history that have a controlling influence in these times, including the year just past. The first of these is the… …

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  • 117Oscar Wilde — This article is about the 19th century author. For other uses, see Oscar Wilde (disambiguation). Oscar Wilde Photograph taken in 1882 by Napoleon Sarony Born 16 October 1854(1854 10 16) Dub …

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  • 118Load regulation — is the capability to maintain a constant voltage (or current) level on the output channel of a power supply despite changes in load [cite web|title=Line and Load Regulation for Programmable DC Power Supplies and Precision DC Sources Developer… …

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  • 119C++11 — C++11, also formerly known as C++0x,[1] is the name of the most recent iteration of the C++ programming language, replacing C++TR1, approved by the ISO as of 12 August 2011.[2] The name is derived from the tradition of naming language versions by …

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  • 120Slide rule — For other uses, see Slide rule (disambiguation). A typical ten inch student slide rule (Pickett N902 T simplex trig). The slide rule, also known colloquially as a slipstick,[1] is a mechanical analog computer. The slide rule is used primarily for …

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