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  2. History of the World Wide Web - Wikipedia

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    Category. The World Wide Web ("WWW", "W3" or simply "the Web") is a global information medium that users can access via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as email and Usenet do.

  3. Burj Khalifa - Wikipedia

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    The Burj Khalifa (known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration) is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.It is the world's tallest structure.With a total height of 829.8 m (2,722 ft, or just over half a mile) and a roof height (excluding antenna, but including a 242.6 m spire) of 828 m (2,717 ft), the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its ...

  4. Amelia Earhart - Wikipedia

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    Amelia Mary Earhart ( / ˈɛərhɑːrt / AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world. During her life, she embraced celebrity culture and women's rights, and ...

  5. Generation Alpha - Wikipedia

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    Generation Alpha (often shortened to Gen Alpha) is the demographic cohort succeeding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 2010s as starting birth years to the mid-2020s as ending birth years (see § Date and age range definitions). Named after alpha, the first letter in the Greek alphabet, Generation Alpha is the first to ...

  6. ISO 3166-1 - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166-1 ( Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions – Part 1: Country codes) is a standard defining codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. It is the first part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization .

  7. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; [pron 1] 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.

  8. Sundar Pichai - Wikipedia

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    Recorded December 11, 2018. Signature. Pichai Sundararajan (born June 10, 1972 [3] [4] [5] ), better known as Sundar Pichai ( / ˈsʊndɑːr pɪˈtʃaɪ / ), is an Indian-born American business executive. [6] [7] He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. [8] Pichai began his career as a materials engineer.

  9. North Korea - Wikipedia

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    North Korea, [c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ), [d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. [e] The country's western border is ...