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  2. Cyber Monday - Wikipedia

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    The term "Cyber Monday" was coined by Ellen Davis, [6] [7] and was first used within the ecommerce community during the 2005 holiday season. [8] According to Scott Silverman, the head of Shop.org, the term was coined based on 2004 research showing "one of the biggest online shopping days of the year" was the Monday after Thanksgiving (12th-biggest day historically). [9]

  3. OGAS - Wikipedia

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    Glushkov (seated first on the right) at the Computing Center of the Armenian Academy of Sciences. The primary architect of OGAS was Viktor Glushkov.A previous proposal for a national computer network to improve central planning, Anatoly Kitov's Economic Automated Management System, had been rejected in 1959 because of concerns in the military that they would be required to share information ...

  4. History of computing in the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The history of computing in the Soviet Union began in the late 1940s, [ 1] when the country began to develop its Small Electronic Calculating Machine (MESM) at the Kiev Institute of Electrotechnology in Feofaniya. [ 2] Initial ideological opposition to cybernetics in the Soviet Union was overcome by a Khrushchev era policy that encouraged ...

  5. Disinformation - Wikipedia

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    The Shorenstein Center at Harvard University defines disinformation research as an academic field that studies “the spread and impacts of misinformation, disinformation, and media manipulation,” including “how it spreads through online and offline channels, and why people are susceptible to believing bad information, and successful strategies for mitigating its impact” [21] According ...

  6. Cold War (1985–1991) - Wikipedia

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    The time period of around 1985–1991 marked the final period of the Cold War.It was characterized by systemic reform within the Soviet Union, the easing of geopolitical tensions between the Soviet-led bloc and the United States-led bloc, the collapse of the Soviet Union's influence in Eastern Europe, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

  7. Post–Cold War era - Wikipedia

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    The post–Cold War era is a period of history that follows the end of the Cold War, which represents history after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. This period saw many former Soviet republics become sovereign nations, as well as the introduction of market economies in eastern Europe. This period also marked the United ...

  8. France–Soviet Union relations - Wikipedia

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    FranceSoviet Union relations. Foreign relations between France and the Soviet Union officially began on 28 October, 1924. Initially, France opposed the Bolsheviks and supported anti-communist forces in Russia. However, by 1924, both countries sought international trade, leading to increased commercial and cultural exchanges.

  9. 1991 Soviet coup attempt - Wikipedia

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    The quasi-governmental Jewish Agency, which coordinated the massive flow of Jews arriving from the Soviet Union, called an emergency meeting to assess how the coup would affect Jewish immigration. "We are closely following what is happening in the Soviet Union with concern," Foreign Minister David Levy said. "One might say that this is an ...