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  2. List of warez groups - Wikipedia

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    List of warez groups. Warez groups are teams of individuals who have participated in the organized unauthorized publication of films, music, or other media, as well as those who can reverse engineer and crack the digital rights management ( DRM) measures applied to commercial software. This is a list of groups, both web -based and warez scene ...

  3. Steam cracking - Wikipedia

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    Steam cracking. Steam cracking is a petrochemical process in which saturated hydrocarbons are broken down into smaller, often unsaturated, hydrocarbons. It is the principal industrial method for producing the lighter alkenes (or commonly olefins ), including ethene (or ethylene) and propene (or propylene ). Steam cracker units are facilities in ...

  4. Empress (cracker) - Wikipedia

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    Empress (cracker) Empress (sometimes stylized EMPRESS) is a video game cracker who specializes in breaking anti-piracy software. While the true identity of Empress is unknown, she refers to herself as a young Russian woman. [ 1][ 2] Empress has also released cracked games under the moniker C000005. [ 3]

  5. Video game piracy - Wikipedia

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    Video game piracy. Video game piracy is the unauthorized copying and distributing of video game software, and is a form of copyright infringement. It is often cited as a major problem that video game publishers face when distributing their products, due to the ease of being able to distribute games for free, via torrenting or websites offering ...

  6. Fluid catalytic cracking - Wikipedia

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    Fluid catalytic cracking. A typical fluid catalytic cracking unit in a petroleum refinery. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the conversion process used in petroleum refineries to convert the high-boiling point, high-molecular weight hydrocarbon fractions of petroleum (crude oils) into gasoline, alkene gases, and other petroleum products.

  7. List of banned video games by country - Wikipedia

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    The ban was lifted on 23 June 2016; the game can be acquired in physical and non-physical format through Steam. [24] Counter-Strike is banned because of violence and a map simulating a Favela in 2008. The ban was later lifted and the game is available for sale. [25] [26] EverQuest is banned because the player is able to go on quests for both ...

  8. Boiler explosion - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of a boiler explosion at Strømmen station near Oslo, Norway, 22 December 1888. One locomotive was thrown into the air and landed on the roof of another; the crews of both escaped without injury A boiler explosion is a catastrophic failure of a boiler. There are two types of boiler explosions. One type is a failure of the pressure parts of the steam and water sides. There can be ...

  9. Stress corrosion cracking - Wikipedia

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    Stress corrosion cracking ( SCC) is the growth of crack formation in a corrosive environment. It can lead to unexpected and sudden failure of normally ductile metal alloys subjected to a tensile stress, especially at elevated temperature. SCC is highly chemically specific in that certain alloys are likely to undergo SCC only when exposed to a ...