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  2. Ordinal numeral - Wikipedia

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    Ordinal numbers may be written in English with numerals and letter suffixes: 1st, 2nd or 2d, 3rd or 3d, 4th, 11th, 21st, 101st, 477th, etc., with the suffix acting as an ordinal indicator. Written dates often omit the suffix, although it is nevertheless pronounced. For example: 5 November 1605 (pronounced "the fifth of November ...

  3. CFB Edmonton - Wikipedia

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    3rd Canadian Division Support Base Edmonton, [6] formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Edmonton [1] is a Canadian Forces base in Sturgeon County adjacent to the City of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada. It is also known as Edmonton Garrison [1] or "Steele Barracks". Helipads, and airside air traffic control tower, at CFB Edmonton

  4. Arithmetic logic unit - Wikipedia

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    In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers. [1] [2] This is in contrast to a floating-point unit (FPU), which operates on floating point numbers.

  5. English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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    The learners of the English language are of two main groups. The first group includes the learners learning English as their second language i.e. the second language of their country and the second group includes those who learn English as a totally foreign language i.e. a language that is not spoken in any part of their country.

  6. History of wind power - Wikipedia

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    The use of wind to provide mechanical power came somewhat later in antiquity. The Babylonian emperor Hammurabi planned to use wind power for his ambitious irrigation project in the 17th century BC. [16] Hero of Alexandria (Heron) in first-century Roman Egypt described what appears to be a wind-driven wheel to power a machine.

  7. École Polytechnique massacre - Wikipedia

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    He left the office and was seen in other parts of the building before he entered a second-floor mechanical engineering class of about sixty students at about 5:10 p.m. [8] After approaching the student giving a presentation, he asked everyone to stop everything and ordered the women and men to opposite sides of the classroom. No one moved at ...

  8. Georg Ohm - Wikipedia

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    Georg Simon Ohm (/ oʊ m /; [1] German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈʔoːm]; [2] [3] 16 March 1789 – 6 July 1854) was a German physicist and mathematician.As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta.

  9. Oracle Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. [5] Co-founded in 1977 by Larry Ellison, who remains executive chairman, Oracle was the third-largest software company in the world in 2020 by revenue and market capitalization. [6]