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  2. CERN - Wikipedia

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    The 12 founding member states of CERN in 1954. [13]The convention establishing CERN [14] was ratified on 29 September 1954 by 12 countries in Western Europe. [15] The acronym CERN originally represented the French words for Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire ('European Council for Nuclear Research'), which was a provisional council for building the laboratory, established by 12 ...

  3. Armageddon - Wikipedia

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    According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, Armageddon (/ ˌ ɑːr m ə ˈ ɡ ɛ d ən /; Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών Harmagedṓn; [1] [2] Late Latin: Armagedōn; [3] from Hebrew: הַר מְגִדּוֹ ‎ Har Məgīddō) is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times, which is variously interpreted as either ...

  4. Incoterms - Wikipedia

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    However, in common practice the buyer arranges the collection of the freight from the designated location, and is responsible for clearing the goods through Customs. The buyer is also responsible for completing all the export documentation, although the seller does have an obligation to obtain information and documents at the buyer's request ...

  5. Urban area - Wikipedia

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    In France, an urban area (Fr: aire d'attraction d'une ville) is a zone encompassing an area of built-up growth (called an "urban unit" (unité urbaine) [36] – close in definition to the North American urban area) and its commuter belt . Americans would find the INSEE definition of the urban area [37] to be similar to their metropolitan area.

  6. Colocation (business) - Wikipedia

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    Colocation is often used in the data sourcing industry to mean off-site data storage, usually in a data center.This is very important for businesses since the loss of data can be crucial for companies of any size, up to and including disciplinary action for employees or loss of their jobs. [3]

  7. Population - Wikipedia

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    In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species who inhabit the same particular geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. [2] [3] The area of a sexual population is the area where inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals from other areas.

  8. Real-time locating system - Wikipedia

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    For example, if each location contains a unique combination of signal strength readings from transmitters, the location system will function properly. This is true, for example, with some Wi-Fi based RTLS solutions. However, having distinct signal strength fingerprints in each location typically requires a fairly high saturation of transmitters.

  9. Proprioception - Wikipedia

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    Proprioception is from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own", "individual", and capio, capere, to take or grasp. Thus to grasp one's own position in space, including the position of the limbs in relation to each other and the body as a whole. [citation needed]