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Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta.In 332 BC, Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos. . Alexandria and Pharos were later connected by a mole [6] spanning more than 1,200 metres (0.75 miles), which was called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia"—a stadion was a Greek unit of length measuring approximate
Pharos is a fully decentralized NC system. All nodes in Pharos form two levels of overlays, namely a base overlay for long link prediction, and a local cluster overlay for short link prediction. The Vivaldi algorithm is applied to both the base overlay and the local cluster. As a result, each Pharos node has two sets of coordinates.
Pharos (/ ˈ f ɛər ɒ s / FAIR-oss) is the largest known impact crater on Neptune's moon Proteus.It is named after the island of Pharos, making it the only named surface feature on Proteus as of 2024.
In Greek mythology, Proteus (/ ˈ p r oʊ t i ə s, ˈ p r oʊ t. j uː s / PROH-tee-əs, PROHT-yooss; Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, romanized: Prōteús, lit. 'first') was an ancient Egyptian king who was associated with the island of Pharos, his residence in Homer's Odyssey.
NLV Pharos is a lighthouse tender operated by the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), the body responsible for the operation of lighthouses and marine navigation aids around the coasts of Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Pharos Energy Plc, previously SOCO International, is an oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in London. The company changed its name to Pharos Energy Plc in October 2019 after coming under fire for illegal activity in Virunga.
Peter M. Halloran is the founder and CEO of Pharos Financial Group, an investment firm active in global markets since 1997. The firm was established with initial investment capital from Credit Suisse and Soros Fund Management.
The Pharos-Tribune is the third largest property of cnhiMedia's 14 Indiana publications. On January 3, 2001, Robyn McCloskey was named the new publisher of the Pharos-Tribune. [3] The Pharos-Tribune went from printing seven days a week, to five days a week in June 2020. [4] The paper switched from carrier to postal delivery in January 2025. [5]