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Library of Alexandria. History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of the human past . The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2003. October 1, 2003 (Wednesday) edit. history. watch. South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun reiterates offer to the United States to consider a request for South Korean participation in Multi-National Force – Iraq in exchange for "positive" movement to resolve the ...
The first default parameter uses {{PAGENAME}} to find your username. If your unified login name is not the same, replace "username here" appropriately. The "background" parameter, if not included, defaults to #E0E8EF ( dark grey, see Web colors#Hex triplet) The "border" parameter, if not included, also defaults to #E0E8EF.
Captive portal. An example of a captive web portal used to log onto a restricted network. A captive portal is a web page accessed with a web browser that is displayed to newly connected users of a Wi-Fi or wired network before they are granted broader access to network resources. Captive portals are commonly used to present a landing or log-in ...
Portal. (video game) Portal is a 2007 puzzle - platform game developed and published by Valve. It was released in a bundle, The Orange Box, for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and has been since ported to other systems, including Mac OS X, Linux, Android (via Nvidia Shield ), and Nintendo Switch .
Log-normal distribution. In probability theory, a log-normal (or lognormal) distribution is a continuous probability distribution of a random variable whose logarithm is normally distributed. Thus, if the random variable X is log-normally distributed, then Y = ln (X) has a normal distribution.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame accuses France of direct involvement in the 1994 genocide. (BBC) March 11, 2004 Madrid attacks: Spanish police identify six Moroccans suspected to have carried out the Madrid attacks. Five of the suspects are still at large but one is in custody.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (born September 4, 1968) is an American academic, author, and pundit. He is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. He chaired Princeton's Center for African American Studies, 2009-2015, remaining chair as it expanded to its current form, the Department ...