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  2. Linux - Wikipedia

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    It starts processes such as system services and login prompts (whether graphical or in terminal mode). Software libraries , which contain code that can be used by running processes. On Linux systems using ELF -format executable files, the dynamic linker that manages the use of dynamic libraries is known as ld-linux.so .

  3. Larry Page - Wikipedia

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    Lawrence Edward Page [2] [3] [4] (born March 26, 1973) is an American businessman and computer scientist best known for co-founding Google with Sergey Brin. [2] [5]Page was chief executive officer of Google from 1997 until August 2001 when he stepped down in favor of Eric Schmidt, and then again from April 2011 until July 2015 when he became CEO of its newly formed parent organization Alphabet ...

  4. List of most-downloaded Google Play applications - Wikipedia

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    More than 1 million downloads. This is the list of the Google Play paid apps with more than 1 million and less than five million downloads on unique devices: BlockP app : Website, Apps and Porn Blocker. 505 Games Srl.

  5. 0.999... - Wikipedia

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    A 2003 edition of the general-interest newspaper column The Straight Dope discusses 0.999... via and limits, saying of misconceptions, The lower primate in us still resists, saying: .999~ doesn't really represent a number, then, but a process. To find a number we have to halt the process, at which point the .999~ = 1 thing falls apart.

  6. News - Wikipedia

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    As in previous eras, the news agencies provided special services to political and business clients, and these services constituted a significant portion of their operations and income. The wire services maintained close relationships with their respective national governments, which provided both press releases and payments. [139]

  7. Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia

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    The statistical criteria for a standard metropolitan area were defined in 1949 and redefined as a metropolitan statistical area in 1983. [ 3] Due to suburbanization, the typical metropolitan area is polycentric rather than being centered around a large historic core city such as New York City or Chicago. [ 4]

  8. Business jet - Wikipedia

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    The trijet Dassault Falcon 50 made its first flight on 7 November 1976. The 40,000 lb (18 t) MTOW airplane is powered by three 3,700 pounds-force (16 kN) TFE731 engines. With the cross-section of the Falcon 20, it is the basis of the larger Falcon 900 . On 8 November 1978, the prototype Canadair Challenger took off.

  9. 68–95–99.7 rule - Wikipedia

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    In statistics, the 68–95–99.7 rule, also known as the empirical rule, and sometimes abbreviated 3sr, is a shorthand used to remember the percentage of values that lie within an interval estimate in a normal distribution: approximately 68%, 95%, and 99.7% of the values lie within one, two, and three standard deviations of the mean, respectively.