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  2. Card money - Wikipedia

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    Card money. Card money is a type of fiat money printed on plain cardboard or playing cards, which was used at times as currency in several colonies and countries (including Dutch Guiana, New France, and France) from the 17th century to the early 19th century. Where introduced, it was often followed by high rates of inflation .

  3. Generic Bootstrapping Architecture - Wikipedia

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    Generic Bootstrapping Architecture. Generic Bootstrapping Architecture ( GBA) is a technology that enables the authentication of a user. This authentication is possible if the user owns a valid identity on an HLR ( Home Location Register) or on an HSS ( Home Subscriber Server ).

  4. Master boot record - Wikipedia

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    A master boot record ( MBR) is a type of boot sector in the first few blocks of partitioned computer mass storage devices like fixed disks or removable drives intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond. The concept of MBRs was publicly introduced in 1983 with PC DOS 2.0 . The MBR holds the information on how the disc's sectors ...

  5. JSDelivr - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.jsdelivr.com. JSDelivr (stylized as jsDelivr) is a public content delivery network (CDN) for open-source software projects, including packages hosted on GitHub, npm, and WordPress.org. JSDelivr was created by developer Dmitriy Akulov. [1]

  6. The Chariot (tarot card) - Wikipedia

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    Description. A figure sits in a chariot, although he holds no rope, he is pulled by two sphinxes or horses. There is often a black and white motif, for example one of the steeds may be black and the other white. The figure may be crowned or helmeted, and is winged in some representations. The figure may hold a sword or wand.

  7. Credit CARD Act of 2009 - Wikipedia

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    The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009 is a federal statute passed by the United States Congress and signed by U.S. President Barack Obama on May 22, 2009. It is a comprehensive credit card reform legislation that aims "to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under ...

  8. Air cycle machine - Wikipedia

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    An air cycle machine ( ACM) is the refrigeration unit of the environmental control system (ECS) used in pressurized gas turbine -powered aircraft. Normally an aircraft has two or three of these ACM. Each ACM and its components are often referred as an air conditioning pack. The air cycle cooling process uses air instead of a phase changing ...

  9. Punched card input/output - Wikipedia

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    Punched card input/output. An IBM 80-column punched card of the type most widely used in the 20th century. IBM 1442 card reader/punch for 80 column cards. A computer punched card reader or just computer card reader is a computer input device used to read computer programs in either source or executable form and data from punched cards.