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  2. Slash (punctuation) - Wikipedia

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    The slash is a slanting line punctuation mark /.It is also known as a stroke, a solidus, a forward slash and several other historical or technical names.Once used to mark periods and commas, the slash is now used to represent division and fractions, exclusive 'or' and inclusive 'or', and as a date separator.

  3. Mecca - Wikipedia

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    Mecca has been referred to by many names. As with many Arabic words, its etymology is obscure. [24] Widely believed to be a synonym for Makkah, it is said to be more specifically the early name for the valley located therein, while Muslim scholars generally use it to refer to the sacred area of the city that immediately surrounds and includes the Ka'bah.

  4. Harmonized System - Wikipedia

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    HS codes can be determined by a variety of factors including a product's composition, its form and its function. An example of a product classified according to its form would be whole potatoes . The classification will also change depending on whether the potatoes are fresh or frozen .

  5. Hello - Wikipedia

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    Hello, with that spelling, was used in publications in the U.S. as early as the 18 October 1826 edition of the Norwich Courier of Norwich, Connecticut. [1] Another early use was an 1833 American book called The Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee, [2] which was reprinted that same year in The London Literary Gazette. [3]

  6. Microsoft Word - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Word is a word processor program developed by Microsoft.It was first released on October 25, 1983, [10] under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. [11] [12] [13] Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including: IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running the Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T UNIX PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989), Microsoft ...

  7. History of Hindustani language - Wikipedia

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    The term bazaar Hindustani, in other words, the 'street talk' or literally 'marketplace Hindustani', also known as Colloquial Hindi [a] or Simplified Urdu [b], has arisen to denote a colloquial register of the language that uses vocabulary common to both Hindi and Urdu while eschewing high-register and specialized Arabic or Sanskrit derived ...

  8. Nigga - Wikipedia

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    Nigga (/ ˈ n ɪ ɡ ə /) is a colloquial term in African-American Vernacular English that is considered vulgar in many contexts. It began as a dialect form of the word nigger, an ethnic slur against black people.

  9. Multiservice tactical brevity code - Wikipedia

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    The codes are intended for use by air, ground, sea, and space operations personnel at the tactical level. Code words that are followed by an asterisk (*) may differ in meaning from NATO usage. There is a key provided below to describe what personnel use which codes, as codes may have multiple meanings depending on the service.