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  2. Mayor (India) - Wikipedia

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    In India, a mayor heads a municipal corporation which governs respective Indian towns and cities.The mayor of a city is the first citizen of that city. Municipal corporation mechanisms in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay and Calcutta by 1726.

  3. Doordarshan - Wikipedia

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    Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD; lit. 'distant vision, television ') is an Indian state-owned public television broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati 's two divisions. [1] As one of India's largest broadcasting organisations in studio and transmitter ...

  4. Cache (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Cache (computing) In computing, a cache ( / kæʃ / ⓘ KASH) [1] is a hardware or software component that stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation or a copy of data stored elsewhere. A cache hit occurs when the requested data can be found in ...

  5. localhost - Wikipedia

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    localhost. In computer networking, localhost is a hostname that refers to the current computer used to access it. The name localhost is reserved for loopback purposes. [1] It is used to access the network services that are running on the host via the loopback network interface. Using the loopback interface bypasses any local network interface ...

  6. Local area network - Wikipedia

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    A local area network ( LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. [1] By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits .

  7. Amar Ujala - Wikipedia

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    Amar Ujala ( Hindi: अमर उजाला, romanized : Amara Ujālā, lit. 'The Immortal Brightness') is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in India which was founded in 1948. It has 22 editions in six states and two union territories covering 180 districts. [2] [3] It has a circulation of around two million copies. [1]

  8. Local Group - Wikipedia

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    The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way, where Earth is located. It has a total diameter of roughly 3 megaparsecs (10 million light-years; 9 × 10 19 kilometres ), [1] and a total mass of the order of 2 × 10 12 solar masses (4 × 10 42 kg). [2] It consists of two collections of galaxies in a " dumbbell " shape; the ...

  9. Ombudsman - Wikipedia

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    Sign in Banjul, capital of The Gambia, giving directions to the ombudsman's office. An ombudsman (/ ˈ ɒ m b ʊ d z m ən / OM-buudz-mən, also US: /-b ə d z-,-b ʌ d z-/-⁠bədz-, -⁠budz-), ombud, ombuds, bud, ombudswoman, ombudsperson, or public advocate is a government employee who investigates and tries to resolve complaints, usually through recommendations (binding or not) or mediation.