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Login. In computer security, logging in (or logging on, signing in, or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system or program by identifying and authenticating themselves. The user credentials are typically some form of username and a password, [1] and these credentials themselves are sometimes referred ...
An important example of a log-concave density is a function constant inside a given convex body and vanishing outside; it corresponds to the uniform distribution on the convex body, which explains the term "central limit theorem for convex bodies". Another example: f(x 1, ..., x n) = const · exp(−(| x 1 | α + ⋯ + | x n | α) β) where α ...
Annuity. In investment, an annuity is a series of payments made at equal intervals. [1] Examples of annuities are regular deposits to a savings account, monthly home mortgage payments, monthly insurance payments and pension payments. Annuities can be classified by the frequency of payment dates.
Born. c. 1676. West Africa. Died. 6 December 1748. Salamanca, Spain. Venerated in. Roman Catholic Church. Teresa Chikaba ( Ewe: Chicaba or Chicava; [1] c. 1676 – 6 December 1748) was a Ghanaian princess, enslaved and later trafficked by a Portuguese marchioness, declared venerable by the Catholic Church .
HMS Venerable (R63) was a Colossus -class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She served for only the last few months of World War II, and in 1948 she was sold to the Netherlands and renamed HNLMS Karel Doorman, taking part in the military clash in 1962 in Western New Guinea. Subsequently, she was sold to Argentina and renamed ARA Veinticinco ...
A monastic saint who was martyred for the Orthodox faith is referred to as "venerable martyr" or hosiomartyr . In the 20th century, some English-language Orthodox sources began to use the term venerable to refer to a righteous person who was a candidate for glorification (canonization), most famously in the case of John of Shanghai and San ...
Ho Yuen Hoe (simplified Chinese: 何润好; traditional Chinese: 何潤好; pinyin: Hé Rùnhǎo; 18 February 1908 – 11 January 2006), later in life but rarely known by her Dharma name, Venerable Jing Run (simplified Chinese: 净润法师; traditional Chinese: 淨潤法師; pinyin: Jìngrùn Fǎshī), was a Buddhist nun affectionately known as Singapore's "grand dame of charity" in ...
The Philippines is an archipelago of about 7,641 islands, [200] [201] covering a total area (including inland bodies of water) of about 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi).