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  2. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games, and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve ...

  3. Frank Reade - Wikipedia

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    Frank Reade. Frank Reade was the protagonist of a series of dime novels published primarily for boys. [1] [2] The first novel, Frank Reade and His Steam Man of the Plains, an imitation of Edward Ellis 's The Steam Man of the Prairies (1868), was written by Harry Enton and serialized in the Frank Tousey juvenile magazine Boys of New York ...

  4. Proton (software) - Wikipedia

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    Proton (software) Proton is a compatibility layer for Windows games to run on Linux -based operating systems. [1] Proton is developed by Valve in cooperation with developers from CodeWeavers. [2] It is a collection of software and libraries combined with a patched version of Wine to improve performance and compatibility with Windows games.

  5. Valve Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the game franchises Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Dota .

  6. Capitol Power Plant - Wikipedia

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    Capitol Power Plant. Coordinates: 38°52′58.35″N 77°0′27.06″W. Capitol Power Plant in 2023, viewed from Interstate 695. The Capitol Power Plant is a fossil-fuel burning power plant which provides steam and chilled water for the United States Capitol, the Supreme Court, the Library of Congress and 19 other buildings in the Capitol Complex.

  7. Digital distribution of video games - Wikipedia

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    On Steam [a digital distributor] there's no shelf-space restriction. — Gabe Newell , Rock, Paper, Shotgun [9] Since the 2000s, when digital distribution saw its first meaningful surge in popularity, an increasing number of niche market titles have been made available and become commercially successful, including (but not limited to) remakes ...

  8. Valve Anti-Cheat - Wikipedia

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    Valve Anti-Cheat ( VAC) is an anti-cheat tool developed by Valve as a component of the Steam platform, first released with Counter-Strike in 2002. When the software detects a cheat on a player's system, it will ban them in the future, possibly days or weeks after the original detection. [1] It may kick players from the game if it detects errors ...

  9. STEAM fields - Wikipedia

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    STEAM fields are the areas of science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics. [1] STEAM is designed to integrate STEM subjects with arts subjects into various relevant education disciplines. [2] These programs aim to teach students innovation, to think critically, and to use engineering or technology in imaginative designs or ...