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1. An entertaining, amusing, or offbeat story used to balance a page or bulletin of otherwise serious news. [1] 2. The first sentence or first few words of a story, set in larger type than the main body text, or the first word or two of a photo caption, set in uppercase type distinct from the rest of the caption text.
The term "hard copy" predates the digital computer. In the book and newspaper printing process, "hard copy" refers to a manuscript or typewritten document that has been edited and proofread and is ready for typesetting or being read on-air in a radio or television broadcast. The old meaning of hard copy was mostly discarded after the ...
FOSDEM —Free and Open-source Software Developers' European Meeting. FOSI —Formatted Output Specification Instance. FOSS —Free and Open-Source Software. FP —Function Programming. FP —Functional Programming. FPGA —Field Programmable Gate Array. FPS —Floating Point Systems. FPU —Floating-Point Unit. FRU —Field-Replaceable Unit.
This is a list of abbreviations commonly used by booksellers. ABA: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association [1] ABAA: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America [1]
In book, magazine, and music publishing, a manuscript is an autograph or copy of a work, written by an author, composer or copyist. Such manuscripts generally follow standardized typographic and formatting rules, in which case they can be called fair copy (whether original or copy). The staff paper commonly used for handwritten music is, for ...
coronary artery graft surgery. cAMP. cyclic adenosine monophosphate. CAH. chronic active hepatitis. congenital adrenal hyperplasia. CAKUT. congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract, see bladder outlet obstruction. CALLA.
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Hard and soft science. Hard science and soft science are colloquial terms used to compare scientific fields on the basis of perceived methodological rigor, exactitude, and objectivity. [1] [2] [3] In general, the formal sciences and natural sciences are considered hard science, whereas the social sciences and other sciences are described as ...