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Adobe distributed its Adobe Reader (now Acrobat Reader) program free of charge from version 2.0 onwards, [6] and continued supporting the original PDF, which eventually became the de facto standard for fixed-format electronic documents. [7] In 2008 Adobe Systems' PDF Reference 1.7 became ISO 32000:1:2008.
1974: The lithium-ion battery is invented by M. Stanley Whittingham, and further developed in the 1980s and 1990s by John B. Goodenough, Rachid Yazami and Akira Yoshino. It has impacted modern consumer electronics and electric vehicles. [508] 1974: The Rubik's cube is invented by Ernő Rubik which went on to be the best selling puzzle ever. [509]
Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
The AD 947 Baksei Chamkrong inscription explains (and probably invented) the Sanskrit name from Kambu, a legendary Indian sage who journeyed to Indochina and married a naga princess named Mera, plus (-ja) meaning "descendants of". [134] In informal usage Cambodians refer to their country as Srok Khmer, "Land of the Khmers".
This is a list of articles covering the history of present-day nations, states, and dependencies. Countries are listed in bold under their respective pages, whereas territories and dependencies are not. Disputed and unrecognized countries are italicized.
This is a list of inventions followed by name of the inventor (or whomever else it is named after). For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see Lists of etymologies . The list
Ida Rosenthal (1886–1973), Belarus/Russia/U.S. – Bra , the standard of cup sizes, nursing bra, full-figured bra, the first seamed uplift bra (all with her husband William) Sidney Rosenthal (1907–1979), U.S. – Magic Marker; Eugene Roshal (born 1972), Russia – FAR file manager, RAR file format, WinRAR file archiver
Country Source of name Afghanistan: Supposedly named after tribal chief Prince Afghana. [2]Armenia (Hayastan): Hayk: Bangladesh: from "Bengal", which, according to one hypothesis, is named after Bang, son of Hind, son of Ham, son of Noah [3] [4] [5]