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  2. SEPTA Key - Wikipedia

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    SEPTA Key. The SEPTA Key card is a smart card that is used for automated fare collection on the SEPTA public transportation network in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. It can be used throughout SEPTA's transit system (bus, trolley, subway, high speed line), and on Regional Rail. [2]

  3. Toshio Odate - Wikipedia

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    Other names. Toshio Ōdate. Years active. sculptor, woodworker, educator. Toshio Odate (born 1930) is a Japanese-born American sculptor, woodworker, craftsman, author, and educator. [1] He specializes in Japanese woodworking and is a noted shoji maker. [2] [3] He is the author of, Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use ...

  4. Jan Miense Molenaer - Wikipedia

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    Jan Miense Molenaer (1610 – buried 19 September 1668), [1] was a Dutch Golden Age genre painter whose style was a precursor to Jan Steen's work during Dutch Golden Age painting. [2] He shared a studio with his wife, Judith Leyster, also a genre painter, as well as a portraitist and painter of still-life. Both Molenaer and Leyster may have ...

  5. Just-in-time compilation - Wikipedia

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    MSVC. v. t. e. In computing, just-in-time ( JIT) compilation (also dynamic translation or run-time compilations) [1] is compilation (of computer code) during execution of a program (at run time) rather than before execution. [2] This may consist of source code translation but is more commonly bytecode translation to machine code, which is then ...

  6. Open web steel joist - Wikipedia

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    In structural engineering, the open web steel joist (OWSJ) is a lightweight steel truss consisting, in the standard form, of parallel chords and a triangulated web system, proportioned to span between bearing points. The main function of an OWSJ is to provide direct support for roof or floor deck and to transfer the load imposed on the deck to ...

  7. American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

  8. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    History of mobile phones. A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile ...

  9. Internet - Wikipedia

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    The Internet (or internet) [a] is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) [b] to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of ...