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  2. SRI International - Wikipedia

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    SRI International ( SRI) is an American nonprofit scientific research institute and organization headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region. The organization was founded as the Stanford Research Institute.

  3. Shri - Wikipedia

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    Shri is an epithet of the Hindu goddesses - Lakshmi. Shri is a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." or "Ms.". [7] Shri is also frequently used as an epithet of some Hindu gods, in which case it is often translated into English as Holy.

  4. Siri - Wikipedia

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    SRI International used the NABC Framework to define the value proposition for Siri. It was co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Tom Gruber , and UCLA alumnus Adam Cheyer . [4] Kittlaus named Siri after a co-worker in Norway ; the name is a short form of the name Sigrid , from Old Norse Sigríðr , composed of the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr ...

  5. Serotonin reuptake inhibitor - Wikipedia

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    Serotonin reuptake inhibitor. A serotonin reuptake inhibitor ( SRI) is a type of drug which acts as a reuptake inhibitor of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, or 5-HT) by blocking the action of the serotonin transporter (SERT). This in turn leads to increased extracellular concentrations of serotonin and, therefore, an ...

  6. PPG Industries - Wikipedia

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    PPG Industries, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 company and global supplier of paints, coatings, and specialty materials. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, PPG operates in more than 70 countries around the globe. By revenue it is the largest coatings company in the world followed by Sherwin-Williams. [2]

  7. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam - Wikipedia

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    The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; Tamil: தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், romanized: Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, Sinhala: දෙමළ ඊලාම් විමුක්ති කොටි සංවිධානය, romanized: Demaḷa īlām vimukti koṭi saṁvidhānaya; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization ...

  8. Flag of Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Sinha Flag Lion Flag: Use: Civil and state flag, civil ensign: Proportion: 1:2: Adopted: 22 May 1972: Design: A golden field with two panels: the smaller hoist-side panel has only two vertical bands of teal and orange and the larger fly-side panel is the maroon field depicting the golden lion holding a kastane sword in its right fore paw in the ...

  9. Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) / ˌ s iː. aɪ ˈ eɪ /, known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence ...