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A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines...

Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code...

This is a list of TCP and UDP port numbers used by protocols for operation of network applications. The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User...

The orbital period (also revolution period) is the amount of time a given astronomical object takes to complete one orbit around another object. In astronomy...

IEEE 802.11 is part of the IEEE 802 set of local area network (LAN) technical standards, and specifies the set of medium access control (MAC) and physical...

The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Russian: Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed...

The phases of clinical research are the stages in which scientists conduct experiments with a health intervention to obtain sufficient evidence for a process...

A flight attendant, also known as a steward (MASC) or stewardess (FEM); or air host (MASC) or hostess (FEM), is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial...

Infiniti (インフィニティ, IPA: [iɰ̃ɸiniti]) (stylized in all caps) is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Nissan, marketing having begun on...

Japanese calendar types have included a range of official and unofficial systems. At present, Japan uses the Gregorian calendar together with year designations...

Statistical inference is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying distribution of probability. Inferential statistical analysis...

Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than natural...

Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and...

The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed and...

In computing, bandwidth is the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path. Bandwidth may be characterized as network bandwidth, data bandwidth,...

A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include...

A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant ejection of magnetic field and accompanying plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. CMEs...

A water clock or clepsydra (from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra) 'pipette, water clock'; from κλέπτω (kléptō) 'to steal' and ὕδωρ (hydor) 'water'; lit...

A rechargeable battery, storage battery, or secondary cell (formally a type of energy accumulator), is a type of electrical battery which can be charged...

The visual cortex of the brain is the area of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information. It is located in the occipital lobe. Sensory input...