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  2. Google Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the " define " operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension. The dictionary content is licensed from Oxford University Press 's Oxford Languages. [3]

  3. Run-length encoding - Wikipedia

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    Run-length encoding ( RLE) is a form of lossless data compression in which runs of data (consecutive occurrences of the same data value) are stored as a single occurrence of that data value and a count of its consecutive occurrences, rather than as the original run. As an imaginary example of the concept, when encoding an image built up from ...

  4. Child pornography - Wikipedia

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    Some English jurisdictions use the COPINE scale to sort potentially sexual media involving minors. In the 2000s, use of the term child abuse images increased by both scholars and law enforcement personnel because the term "pornography" can carry the inaccurate implication of consent and create distance from the abusive nature of the material.

  5. Fake news - Wikipedia

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    Media scholar Nolan Higdon has defined fake news as "false or misleading content presented as news and communicated in formats spanning spoken, written, printed, electronic, and digital communication". Higdon has also argued that the definition of fake news has been applied too narrowly to select mediums and political ideologies.

  6. Digital content - Wikipedia

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    Digital content is any content that exists in the form of digital data. Digital content is stored on digital media or analog storage in specific formats. Forms of digital content include information that is digitally broadcast, streamed, or contained in computer files. Viewed narrowly, digital content includes popular media types, while a ...

  7. Journalism - Wikipedia

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    Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (professional or not), the methods of gathering information, and the organizing literary styles.

  8. Selfie - Wikipedia

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    Selfie by a radio host. A selfie ( / ˈsɛlfi /) [1] is a self-portrait photograph or a short video, [2] typically taken with an electronic camera or smartphone . The camera would be usually held at arm's length or supported by a selfie stick instead of being controlled with a self-timer or remote. The concept of shooting oneself while viewing ...

  9. Afrofuturism - Wikipedia

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    Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic, philosophy of science, and history that explores the intersection of the African diaspora culture with science and technology. It addresses themes and concerns of the African diaspora through technoculture and speculative fiction, encompassing a range of media and artists with a shared interest in ...