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  2. Konami Code - Wikipedia

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    The code is also known as the "Contra Code" and "30 Lives Code", since the code provided the player 30 extra lives in Contra. The code has been used to help novice players progress through the game. The Konami Code was created by Kazuhisa Hashimoto, who was developing the home port of the 1985 arcade game Gradius for the NES.

  3. Pigpen cipher - Wikipedia

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    The pigpen cipher (alternatively referred to as the masonic cipher, Freemason's cipher, Rosicrucian cipher, Napoleon cipher, and tic-tac-toe cipher) [2] [3] is a geometric simple substitution cipher, which exchanges letters for symbols which are fragments of a grid. The example key shows one way the letters can be assigned to the grid.

  4. Beth number - Wikipedia

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    Definition. Beth numbers are defined by transfinite recursion : where is an ordinal and is a limit ordinal. [1] The cardinal is the cardinality of any countably infinite set such as the set of natural numbers, so that . Let be an ordinal, and be a set with cardinality .

  5. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. [1] It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE , the international ...

  6. Binary code - Wikipedia

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    A binary code represents text, computer processor instructions, or any other data using a two-symbol system. The two-symbol system used is often "0" and "1" from the binary number system. The binary code assigns a pattern of binary digits, also known as bits, to each character, instruction, etc. For example, a binary string of eight bits (which ...

  7. Non-breaking space - Wikipedia

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    In Unicode, the byte order mark (BOM), U+FEFF, may be interpreted as a "zero width no-break space", but is a deprecated alternative to word joiner (U+2060). Keyboard entry methods. It is rare for national or international standards on keyboard layouts to define an input method for the non-breaking space. An exception is the Finnish multilingual ...

  8. Slashed zero - Wikipedia

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    Slashed zero. Display of zero in three typefaces, from top to bottom: slashed zero, dotted zero, plain or open zero. The dotted or slashed zero 0̷ is a representation of the Arabic digit "0" (zero) with a slash or a dot through it. This variant zero glyph is often used to distinguish the digit "zero" ("0") from the Latin script letter "O ...

  9. Duplicate code - Wikipedia

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    Duplicate code. In computer programming, duplicate code is a sequence of source code that occurs more than once, either within a program or across different programs owned or maintained by the same entity. Duplicate code is generally considered undesirable for a number of reasons. [1] A minimum requirement is usually applied to the quantity of ...