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  2. Mongrel - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the term mixed-breed is a favored synonym over mongrel among people who wish to avoid negative connotations associated with the latter term. [2] The implication that such dogs must be a mix of defined breeds may stem from an inverted understanding of the origins of dog breeds.

  3. Mongrel Mob - Wikipedia

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    The Mongrel Mob, also known as the Mighty Mongrel Mob or simply 'the Mob,' is a prominent organised crime group and prison gang based in New Zealand. With over thirty chapters across the country and additional operations in Australia and Canada, it is the largest gang in New Zealand.

  4. Drag and drop - Wikipedia

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    Drag and drop, called click and drag at the time, was used in the original Macintosh to manipulate files (for example, copying them between disks [3] or folders [4]). System 7 added the ability to open a document in an application by dropping the document icon onto the application's icon.

  5. 6174 - Wikipedia

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    This number is renowned for the following rule: Take any four-digit number, using at least two different digits (leading zeros are allowed). Arrange the digits in descending and then in ascending order to get two four-digit numbers, adding leading zeros if necessary. Subtract the smaller number from the bigger number. Go back to step 2 and repeat.

  6. Bulls and cows - Wikipedia

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    Other players (the guessers) try to figure out that word by guessing isogram words containing the same number of letters. The host responds with the number of cows and bulls for each guessed word. As with the digit version, "cow" means a letter in the wrong position and "bull" means a letter in the right position.

  7. Drag-divergence Mach number - Wikipedia

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    This increase can cause the drag coefficient to rise to more than ten times its low-speed value. The value of the drag-divergence Mach number is typically greater than 0.6; therefore it is a transonic effect. The drag-divergence Mach number is usually close to, and always greater than, the critical Mach number.

  8. Monty Hall problem - Wikipedia

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    He offers the option to switch only when the player's choice happens to differ from his. Switching wins the car half of the time. The host opens a door and makes the offer to switch 100% of the time if the contestant initially picked the car, and 50% the time otherwise. [9] Switching wins ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ the time at the Nash equilibrium.

  9. Catch points - Wikipedia

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    A trap road with stops is a short dead-end siding leading to some method of stopping a vehicle, such as a sand drag or buffer stop. Wide to gauge trap points have switches that work in opposite directions and are therefore either both open or both closed. Vehicles derailed at these points will tend to continue in a forward direction rather than ...