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  2. Operating system - Wikipedia

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    An operating system ( OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs . Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time, mass storage, peripherals, and ...

  3. 5 - Wikipedia

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    5 ( five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has garnered attention throughout history in part because distal extremities in humans typically contain five digits .

  4. Bootstrapping - Wikipedia

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    In computer technology, the term bootstrapping refers to language compilers that are able to be coded in the same language. (For example, a C compiler is now written in the C language. Once the basic compiler is written, improvements can be iteratively made, thus pulling the language up by its bootstraps).

  5. Resampling (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    The best example of the plug-in principle, the bootstrapping method. Bootstrapping is a statistical method for estimating the sampling distribution of an estimator by sampling with replacement from the original sample, most often with the purpose of deriving robust estimates of standard errors and confidence intervals of a population parameter like a mean, median, proportion, odds ratio ...

  6. Equals sign - Wikipedia

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    The equals sign ( British English) or equal sign ( American English ), also known as the equality sign, is the mathematical symbol =, which is used to indicate equality in some well-defined sense. [1] In an equation, it is placed between two expressions that have the same value, or for which one studies the conditions under which they have the ...

  7. Smash-Up on Interstate 5 - Wikipedia

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    ABC. Release. December 3, 1976. ( 1976-12-03) Smash-Up on Interstate 5 is a 1976 American made-for-television disaster film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey. Loosely based on the novel Expressway written by Trevor Dudley-Smith under the pseudonym Howard North, the film chronicles the aftermath of a 39-car smash-up in California. [1]

  8. Bootstrapping (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    Bootstrapping is a term used in language acquisition in the field of linguistics. It refers to the idea that humans are born innately equipped with a mental faculty that forms the basis of language. It is this language faculty that allows children to effortlessly acquire language. [1] As a process, bootstrapping can be divided into different ...

  9. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    Birthday paradox: In a random group of only 23 people, there is a better than 50/50 chance two of them have the same birthday. Borel's paradox: Conditional probability density functions are not invariant under coordinate transformations. Boy or Girl paradox: A two-child family has at least one boy.