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  2. Apollo 13 - Wikipedia

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    Apollo 13 (April 11–17, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (SM) ruptured two days into the mission, disabling its electrical and life-support system.

  3. Descartes Systems Group - Wikipedia

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    The Descartes Systems Group Inc. (commonly referred to as Descartes) is a Canadian multinational technology company specializing in logistics software, supply chain management software, and cloud -based services for logistics businesses. Descartes is perhaps best known for its abrupt and unexpected turnaround in the mid-2000s after coming close ...

  4. James L. Kraft - Wikipedia

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    James Lewis Kraft (December 11, 1874 – February 16, 1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor and the founder of Kraft Foods Inc. Kraft immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1902. He developed a patented pasteurization process for cheese, allowing it to be shipped long distances, making him the first to patent processed ...

  5. Robert Kraft - Wikipedia

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    Robert Kenneth Kraft [1] (born June 5, 1941) is an American sports executive and businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio.

  6. Embedded system - Wikipedia

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    An embedded system on a plug-in card with processor, memory, power supply, and external interfaces. An embedded system is a computer system—a combination of a computer processor, computer memory, and input/output peripheral devices—that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system.

  7. Most Americans don’t expect to work into their mid-60s: Chart ...

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    Our Chart of the Week below shows the number of respondents to the New York Fed’s survey who expect to work beyond 62 fell to 45.8% in March, down from 55.4% four years ago. And just 31.2% of ...

  8. Kraft–McMillan inequality - Wikipedia

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    In coding theory, the Kraft–McMillan inequality gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a prefix code [1] (in Leon G. Kraft's version) or a uniquely decodable code (in Brockway McMillan 's version) for a given set of codeword lengths. Its applications to prefix codes and trees often find use in computer science and ...

  9. CRAFT (aviation) - Wikipedia

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    CRAFT stands for: Transponder code, the transponder code that must be set for the aircraft prior to departure and during the flight. T also stands for time, as in void time, if one is issued. A void time is an expiration time, meaning, the IFR clearance is voided if the aircraft is not airborne by the void time. [1]