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  2. Linux - Wikipedia

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    Linux (/ ˈ l ɪ n ʊ k s /, LIN-uuks) [11] is a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, [12] an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

  3. Voter registration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An October 2008 voter registration rally held on behalf of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, on Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway. A voter registration drive is an effort undertaken by a government authority, political party or other entity to register to vote persons otherwise entitled to vote. In many jurisdictions, the functions ...

  4. IP Multimedia Subsystem - Wikipedia

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    The IP Multimedia Subsystem or IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem (IMS) is a standardised architectural framework for delivering IP multimedia services. Historically, mobile phones have provided voice call services over a circuit-switched-style network, rather than strictly over an IP packet-switched network.

  5. Small Form-factor Pluggable - Wikipedia

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    Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) is a compact, hot-pluggable network interface module format used for both telecommunication and data communications applications. An SFP interface on networking hardware is a modular slot for a media-specific transceiver, such as for a fiber-optic cable or a copper cable. [1]

  6. Communications Authority of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is the independent regulatory agency for the ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) industry in Kenya with responsibilities in telecommunications, e-commerce, broadcasting,cyber security, and postal/courier services.

  7. Modern Standard Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Modern Standard Arabic is also spoken by people of Arab descent outside the Arab world when people of Arab descent speaking different dialects communicate to each other. As there is a prestige or standard dialect of vernacular Arabic, speakers of standard colloquial dialects code-switch between these particular dialects and MSA. [citation needed]

  8. Kenya Television Network - Wikipedia

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    Kenya Television Network (KTN) is a Kenyan free-to-air television network that was launched in March 1990 by Jared Kangwana. [1] It is headquartered at Standard Group Centre, Nairobi. [2]

  9. Media (communication) - Wikipedia

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    In communication, media (singular medium) are the outlets or tools used to store and deliver content; semantic information or subject matter of which the media contains. [1] [2] The term generally refers to components of the mass media communications industry, such as print media, publishing, news media, photography, cinema, broadcasting (radio and television), digital media, and advertising. [3]