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  2. List of Microsoft codenames - Wikipedia

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    Internet Explorer 1. Internet Explorer 1, first shipped in Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95: The codename O'Hare ties into the Chicago codename for Windows 95: O'Hare International Airport is the largest airport in the city of Chicago, Illinois — in Microsoft's words, "a point of departure to distant places from Chicago".

  3. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    However, generally they are considerably slower (typically by a factor 2–10) than fast, non-cryptographic random number generators. These include: Stream ciphers. Popular choices are Salsa20 or ChaCha (often with the number of rounds reduced to 8 for speed), ISAAC, HC-128 and RC4. Block ciphers in counter mode.

  4. List of creepypastas - Wikipedia

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    Creepypastas are horror -related legends or images that have been copied and pasted around the Internet. [1] [2] [3] These Internet entries are often brief, user-generated, paranormal stories intended to scare, frighten, or discomfort readers. [1] [2] The term "creepypasta" originates from "copypasta", a portmanteau of the words "copy" and "paste".

  5. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    A game environment divided into single-screen portions, similar to individual tiles in a maze. Players see only one such screen at a time, and they transfer between screens by moving the player-character to the current screen's edge. The picture then abruptly "flips" to the next screen, hence the technique's name.

  6. Wikipedia:Random - Wikipedia

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    WP:RAN. On Wikipedia and other sites running on MediaWiki, Special:Randomcan be used to access a random article in the main namespace; this feature is useful as a tool to generate a random article. Depending on your browser, it's also possible to load a random page using a keyboard shortcut(in Firefox, Edge, and Chrome Alt-Shift+X).

  7. What was your first AIM screen name? - AOL

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    A recent Reddit thread asked users to post their original AOL screen name, and the results felt like a blast from the dial-up past. Names we all probably thought were cool and edgy 15-20 years ago ...

  8. List of Steve Blum performances - Wikipedia

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    Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307483201. Terrace, Vincent (2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2d ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410. Terrace, Vincent (2014). Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998–2013. McFarland. ISBN 9781476616452

  9. CAPTCHA - Wikipedia

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    CAPTCHA. This CAPTCHA ( reCAPTCHA v1) of "smwm" obscures its message from computer interpretation by twisting the letters and adding a slight background color gradient. A CAPTCHA ( / ˈkæp.tʃə / KAP-chə) is a type of challenge–response test used in computing to determine whether the user is human in order to deter bot attacks and spam.