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  2. United States passport - Wikipedia

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    All persons eligible for a regular passport book are eligible for a passport card. The card does not denote the bearer's official or diplomatic status, if any. The ID card is valid for 10 years for people 16 or older and 5 years for minors under 16. The passport card is not valid for international air travel. [9]

  3. High Efficiency Video Coding - Wikipedia

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    This is significantly more expensive than the fees on AVC, which were $0.10 per device, with the same 100,000 waiver, and an annual cap of $6.5 million. MPEG LA does not charge any fee on the content itself, something they had attempted when initially licensing AVC, but subsequently dropped when content producers refused to pay it. [50]

  4. Ray Liotta - Wikipedia

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    [26] [27] [28] Ben Brantley of The New York Times described Liotta as "compelling" but "doesn't have much to work with for his Broadway debut." [29] That same year he appeared in an advertisement for Heineken in the UK. The ads were eventually pulled by Ofcom "in breach of the advertising code for implying that stronger alcohol is better." [30]

  5. Presto card - Wikipedia

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    Since 26 August 2018, there is also a 2-hour time-based transfer window available to Presto card or ticket holders who pay single fares using their stored card or ticket balance; with this transfer, customers are entitled to unlimited travel for two hours across the TTC network, from their first tap of the Presto card or ticket, and have the ...

  6. WeChat - Wikipedia

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    Official accounts of organizations can apply to be verified (cost 300 RMB or about US$45). Official accounts can be used as a platform for services such as hospital pre-registrations, [47] or credit card service. [48] To create an official account, the applicant must register with Chinese authorities, which discourages "foreign companies". [49]

  7. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront managed by Valve.It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005.

  8. Nintendo Switch - Wikipedia

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    [150] [134] A microSD card slot is located under the Switch's kickstand, where a microSD card can be inserted. [151] If the microSD card is used, the Switch will only store game save data on the internal memory, leaving data that can be re-acquired on the microSD card. [152]

  9. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy - Wikipedia

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    The 284.8 eV binding energy is routinely used as the reference binding energy for charge referencing insulators, so that the charge correction factor is the difference between 284.8 eV and the experimentally measured C (1s) peak position. Conductive materials and most native oxides of conductors should never need charge referencing.