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  2. DuckDuckGo - Wikipedia

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    DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. [2] [13] Weinberg is an entrepreneur who previously launched Names Database, a now-defunct social network. Self-funded by Weinberg until October 2011, DuckDuckGo was then "backed by Union Square Ventures and a handful of angel investors ."

  3. Printmaking - Wikipedia

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    A print that copies another work of art, especially a painting, is known as a "reproductive print". Multiple impressions printed from the same matrix form an edition. Since the late 19th century, artists have generally signed individual impressions from an edition and often number the impressions to form a limited edition; the matrix is then ...

  4. Printer (computing) - Wikipedia

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    A video showing an inkjet printer while printing a page. In computing, a printer is a peripheral machine which makes a persistent representation of graphics or text, usually on paper. [1] While most output is human-readable, bar code printers are an example of an expanded use for printers. [2]

  5. The arts - Wikipedia

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    Merriam-Webster defines "the arts" as "painting, sculpture, music, theater, literature, etc., considered as a group of activities done by people with skill and imagination". [1] While art refers to the way of doing or the application of human creative skills, typically in visual form, [2] the arts are the various practices formed by human ...

  6. Printing - Wikipedia

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    Research. v. t. e. Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The earliest known form of printing evolved from ink rubbings made on paper or cloth from ...

  7. List of Nobel laureates - Wikipedia

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    List of Nobel laureates. Nobel laureates receive a gold medal together with a diploma and (as of 2023) 11 million SEK (roughly US $1.0 million, €0.95 million). Nobel laureates of 2012 – Alvin E. Roth, Brian Kobilka, Robert J. Lefkowitz, David J. Wineland, and Serge Haroche – during the ceremony. The Nobel Prizes ( Swedish: Nobelpriset ...

  8. List of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 UN member states, [1] 2 UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 10 other states. The sovereignty dispute column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 ...

  9. Endoskeleton - Wikipedia

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    An endoskeleton is a skeleton that is on the inside of a body, like humans, dogs, or some fish. The endoskeleton develops within the skin or in the deeper body tissues. The vertebrate endoskeleton is basically made up of two types of tissues ( bone and cartilage ). During early embryonic development the endoskeleton is composed of notochord and ...