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  2. Footage - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the term "footage" comes from early 35 mm silent film, which is traditionally measured in feet and frames.The fact that film was measured by length in cutting rooms, and that there are 16 frames (4-perf film format) in a foot of 35 mm film (518.4 frames/meter), which roughly represented 1 second of screen time in some early silent films, made footage a natural unit of measure for ...

  3. PlayStation 3 system software - Wikipedia

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    The PlayStation 3 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 3.The base operating system used by Sony for the PlayStation 3 is a fork of both FreeBSD and NetBSD known internally as CellOS or GameOS.

  4. Floor and ceiling functions - Wikipedia

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    The floor of x is also called the integral part, integer part, greatest integer, or entier of x, and was historically denoted [x] (among other notations). [2] However, the same term, integer part, is also used for truncation towards zero, which differs from the floor function for negative numbers. For an integer n, ⌊n⌋ = ⌈n⌉ = n.

  5. Pi - Wikipedia

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    The number π (/ p aɪ / ⓘ; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.It appears in many formulae across mathematics and physics, and some of these formulae are commonly used for defining π, to avoid relying on the definition of the length of a curve.

  6. Subset - Wikipedia

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    If A and B are sets and every element of A is also an element of B, then: . A is a subset of B, denoted by , or equivalently,; B is a superset of A, denoted by .; If A is a subset of B, but A is not equal to B (i.e. there exists at least one element of B which is not an element of A), then:

  7. Bullet - Wikipedia

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    A similar bullet called the Nessler ball was also developed for smoothbore muskets. [31] Between 1854 and 1857, Sir Joseph Whitworth conducted a long series of rifle experiments and proved, among other points, the advantages of a smaller bore and, in particular, of an elongated bullet. The Whitworth bullet was made to fit the grooves of the ...

  8. Graduation - Wikipedia

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    A graduation is the awarding of a diploma by an educational institution. [1] [2] It may also refer to the ceremony that is associated with it, which can also be called commencement, congregation, convocation or invocation.

  9. Nickname - Wikipedia

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    A nickname, in some circumstances also known as a sobriquet, or informally "a moniker", is an informal substitute for the proper name of a person, place, or thing, [1] used to express affection, playfulness, contempt, or a particular character trait.