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  2. Steam (service) - Wikipedia

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    Steam is a video game digital distribution service and storefront developed by Valve Corporation. It was launched as a software client in September 2003 to provide game updates automatically for Valve's games, and expanded to distributing third-party titles in late 2005. Steam offers various features, like game server matchmaking with Valve ...

  3. Gabe Newell - Wikipedia

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    Gabe Newell. Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname Gaben, is an American businessman who is the president and co-founder of the video game company Valve Corporation . Newell was born in Colorado and grew up in Davis, California. He attended Harvard University in the early 1980s but dropped out to join Microsoft ...

  4. Valve Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Valve Corporation, also known as Valve Software, is an American video game developer, publisher, and digital distribution company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It is the developer of the software distribution platform Steam and the game franchises Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Portal, Day of Defeat, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead and Dota .

  5. Steam turbine - Wikipedia

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    Steam turbine. The rotor of a modern steam turbine used in a power plant. A steam turbine is a machine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft. Its modern manifestation was invented by Charles Parsons in 1884.

  6. Team Fortress 2 - Wikipedia

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    Team Fortress 2 ( TF2) is a 2007 multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation. It is the sequel to the 1996 Team Fortress mod for Quake and its 1999 remake, Team Fortress Classic. The game was released in October 2007 as part of The Orange Box for Microsoft Windows and the Xbox 360, and ported to the ...

  7. History of the steam engine - Wikipedia

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    History of the steam engine. The 1698 Savery Steam Pump - the first commercially successful steam powered device, built by Thomas Savery. [1] The first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the aeolipile mentioned by Vitruvius between 30 and 15 BC and, described by Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century Roman Egypt. [2]

  8. Wikipedia:Why create an account? - Wikipedia

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    Creating an account is fast, easy, and completely free of charge. You don't need to be registered to contribute, but registering and using an account on Wikipedia to contribute provides many benefits, including the ability to: Choose an appropriate username, which will be reserved just for you on Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects.

  9. Gaijin Entertainment - Wikipedia

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    Video games. Number of employees. 201-500 (2023) Website. gaijinent .com. Gaijin Entertainment is a Hungarian video game developer and publisher headquartered in Budapest. [1] [2] [3] The company is mostly known for War Thunder, Crossout, Star Conflict, CRSED: Cuisine Royale (formerly known as Cuisine Royale and CRSED: F.O.A.D.) and Enlisted.