WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Kali - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali

    Kali ( / ˈkɑːliː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī) or Kalika is a major Hindu goddess associated with time, change, creation, power, destruction and death in Shaktism. [1] Kali is the first of the ten Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition. [2] Kali's earliest appearance is when she emerged from Durga.

  3. History of computer animation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computer_animation

    The history of computer animation began as early as the 1940s and 1950s, when people began to experiment with computer graphics – most notably by John Whitney. It was only by the early 1960s when digital computers had become widely established, that new avenues for innovative computer graphics blossomed.

  4. Snapchat - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat

    Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc.One of the principal features of Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually only available for a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients.

  5. Berkeley Mafia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Mafia

    Berkeley Mafia. The Berkeley Mafia was the term given to a group of University of California -trained [1] economists in Indonesia who were given technocratic positions under the Suharto dictatorship during the late 1960s. They were appointed in the early stages of the New Order administration. [2] Their work focused on promoting free-market ...

  6. Prehistory of the Philippines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistory_of_the_Philippines

    Followed by. Archaic Epoch. The prehistory of the Philippines covers the events prior to the written history of what is now the Philippines. The current demarcation between this period and the early history of the Philippines is April 21, 900, which is the equivalent on the Proleptic Gregorian calendar for the date indicated on the Laguna ...

  7. Ferdinand Magellan - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan [a] ( c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history. During the expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic ...

  8. History of software - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_software

    Category. Software is a set of programmed instructions stored in the memory of stored-program digital computers for execution by the processor. Software is a recent development in human history and is fundamental to the Information Age . Ada Lovelace 's programs for Charles Babbage 's Analytical Engine in the 19th century are often considered ...

  9. Kali Yuga - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Yuga

    Kali Yuga, in Hinduism, is the fourth, shortest and worst of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Dvapara Yuga and followed by the next cycle's Krita (Satya) Yuga. It is believed to be the present age, which is full of conflict and sin. [1] [2] [3]