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  2. Linux - Wikipedia

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    Linux (/ ˈ l ɪ n ʊ k s / LIN-uuks) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

  3. Sinking fund - Wikipedia

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    Historical context. The sinking fund was first used in Great Britain in the 18th century to reduce national debt.While used by Robert Walpole in 1716 and effectively in the 1720s and early 1730s, it originated in the commercial tax syndicates of the Italian peninsula of the 14th century, where its function was to retire redeemable public debt of those cities.

  4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Mad Men) - Wikipedia

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    Plot In 1960, in a bar lounge in Manhattan, Don Draper (Jon Hamm), creative director for the advertising agency Sterling Cooper, is facing professional adversity, how to advertise cigarettes in light of the growing public awareness to the dangers of smoking and new government regulations prohibiting the use of false health claims. He seeks input from customers and his girlfriend Midge Daniels ...

  5. Konami Code - Wikipedia

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    The Konami Code was first used in the release of Gradius (1986), a scrolling shooter for the NES [10] and was popularized among North American players in the NES version of Contra. 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 ...

  6. PromotionCode.org - Wikipedia

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    PromotionCode.org is a free resource for online shoppers and maintains affiliate partnerships with major retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart, HP and Verizon. The site both originates and disseminates print coupons and online promotion codes. PromotionCode.org maintains a community of shoppers that exchange user-submitted codes and a codes-by ...

  7. List of barcode games - Wikipedia

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    The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes. Barcode Battler Senki: Super Senshi Shutsugeki Seyo! [1] Donald Duck no Mahō no Bōshi. Doraemon 2: Nobita no Toizurando Daibouken [1] Doraemon 3: Nobita to Toki no Hougyoku [1] Dragon Slayer: The Legend of Heroes II [1] Hatayama Hatch no Pro Yakyuu News! Jitsumei Han.

  8. Game theory - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. [1] It has applications in many fields of social science, used extensively in economics as well as in logic, systems science and computer science. [2] Initially game theory addressed two-person zero-sum games, in which a participant's gains ...

  9. El Paso Golf Classic - Wikipedia

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    From 2003 through 2006 the tournament was known as the IOS Golf Classic, with the name sponsorship held by International Outsourcing Services, or IOS, an El Paso–based data services company and the largest coupon clearinghouse for grocery store retailers' and manufacturers' coupons in the United States. On March 8, 2007, 11 persons associated ...