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Split (bowling) A split is a situation in ten pin bowling in which the first ball of a frame knocks down the headpin ("number 1 bowling pin ") but leaves standing two or more non-adjacent groups of one or more pins. Scoring a spare in this situation is often referred to as a "killer shot". [citation needed]
Also trapper or catching glove. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick. centre Also center. A forward position whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice. change on the fly Substituting a player from the bench during live play, i.e. not during a stoppage prior to a faceoff. charging The act of taking more than three strides or ...
The trophy: The Apple Cup Trophy, which features a two-handled cup and engraved scores of the rivalry’s history on a wooden base, resides at whichever university last won the game. Both schools ...
Wood splitting (riving, [1] cleaving) is an ancient technique used in carpentry to make lumber for making wooden objects, some basket weaving, and to make firewood. Unlike wood sawing, the wood is split along the grain using tools such as a hammer and wedges, splitting maul, cleaving axe, side knife, or froe.
Apple lost a long-running court battle with the European Union on Tuesday, resulting in the company being forced to pay 13 billion euros ($14.4 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, as part of a ...
The code that would become WebKit began in 1998 as the KDE HTML (KHTML) layout engine and KDE JavaScript (KJS) engine. The WebKit project was started within Apple by Lisa Melton on June 25, 2001, [17][18] as a fork of KHTML and KJS. Melton explained in an e-mail to KDE developers [1] that KHTML and KJS allowed easier development than other ...
iPadOS is a mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. for its iPad line of tablet computers. It was given a name distinct from iOS, the operating system used by Apple's iPhones to reflect the diverging features of the two product lines, such as multitasking. It was introduced as iPadOS 13 in 2019, reflecting its status as the successor to ...
Big Tech, also known as the Tech Giants or Tech Titans, [1] are the largest IT companies in the world. The concept of Big Tech is similar to the grouping of dominant companies in other sectors. [2] It typically refers to the Big Five United States tech companies: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft; [3][4] or the Magnificent Seven ...