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  2. Australia - Wikipedia

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    The name Australia (pronounced / ə ˈ s t r eɪ l i ə / in Australian English [41]) is derived from the Latin Terra Australis (' southern land '), a name used for a hypothetical continent in the Southern Hemisphere since ancient times. [42]

  3. Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    A speculative representation of Antarctica labelled as ' Terra Australis Incognita ' on Jan Janssonius's Zeekaart van het Zuidpoolgebied (1657), Het Scheepvaartmuseum The name given to the continent originates from the word antarctic, which comes from Middle French antartique or antarctique ('opposite to the Arctic') and, in turn, the Latin antarcticus ('opposite to the north').

  4. Old (film) - Wikipedia

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    Old is a 2021 American thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan.It is based on the French-language Swiss graphic novel Sandcastle by Pierre Oscar Lévy [] and Frederik Peeters.

  5. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases.

  6. Memory controller - Wikipedia

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    Double data rate (DDR) memory controllers are used to drive DDR SDRAM, where data is transferred on both rising and falling edges of the system's memory clock.DDR memory controllers are significantly more complicated when compared to single data rate controllers [citation needed], but they allow for twice the data to be transferred without increasing the memory cell's clock rate or bus width.

  7. Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. [d] [13] It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.

  8. Snapchat - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Netherlands - Wikipedia

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    The countries that comprise the region called the Low Countries (Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg) all have comparatively the same toponymy.Place names with Neder, Nieder, Nedre, Nether, Lage(r) or Low(er) (in Germanic languages) and Bas or Inferior (in Romance languages) are in use in low-lying places all over Europe.