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- The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the...210 KB (21,076 words) - 16:13, 10 July 2024
- Intersex people are individuals born with any of several sex characteristics including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the...152 KB (14,237 words) - 14:53, 10 July 2024
- A floppy disk or floppy diskette (casually referred to as a floppy, a diskette, or a disk) is a type of disk storage composed of a thin and flexible disk...80 KB (8,689 words) - 20:02, 4 July 2024
- The parsec (symbol: pc) is a unit of length used to measure the large distances to astronomical objects outside the Solar System, approximately equal to...28 KB (3,227 words) - 00:26, 9 July 2024
- IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels...73 KB (8,388 words) - 22:00, 10 July 2024
- Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical...35 KB (3,697 words) - 23:41, 7 July 2024
- An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from...53 KB (6,871 words) - 14:03, 3 July 2024
- Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos...84 KB (10,026 words) - 06:28, 7 July 2024
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. [ˈkoːnɪŋkləkə ˈlʏxtfaːrt ˈmaːtsxɑpɛi...141 KB (12,322 words) - 21:04, 12 July 2024
- Git (/ɡɪt/) is a distributed version control system that tracks versions of files. It is often used to control source code by programmers collaboratively...70 KB (7,207 words) - 20:41, 9 July 2024
- This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Red Sea is a sea inlet...59 KB (6,498 words) - 16:04, 18 June 2024
- Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products...45 KB (4,730 words) - 09:32, 8 June 2024
- An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released...72 KB (8,118 words) - 21:45, 12 July 2024
- Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English; IPA: /ˈlɪkərɪʃ, -ɪs/ LIK-ər-ish, -iss) is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering...21 KB (2,191 words) - 15:53, 21 June 2024
- Polyethylene terephthalate (or poly(ethylene terephthalate), PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin...60 KB (6,332 words) - 04:23, 9 July 2024
- A solar flare is a relatively intense, localized emission of electromagnetic radiation in the Sun's atmosphere. Flares occur in active regions and are...47 KB (4,981 words) - 17:01, 12 July 2024
- Moles are small mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have cylindrical bodies, velvety fur, very small, inconspicuous eyes and ears, reduced...24 KB (2,603 words) - 12:53, 28 June 2024
- New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics...175 KB (17,504 words) - 17:19, 9 July 2024
- The Mandelbrot set (/ˈmændəlbroʊt, -brɒt/) is a two-dimensional set with a relatively simple definition that exhibits great complexity, especially as it...57 KB (7,513 words) - 00:35, 28 June 2024
- Sexual addiction is a state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly sexual intercourse, despite negative...66 KB (7,894 words) - 18:33, 10 July 2024