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  2. Portable Compiled Format - Wikipedia

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    The X11 PCF bitmap font file format. Portable Compiled Format (PCF) is a bitmap font format used by X Window System in its core font system, and has been used for decades. PCF fonts are usually installed, by default, on most Unix -based operating systems, and are used in terminals such as xterm. PCF fonts replaced Bitmap Distribution Format due ...

  3. Photonic-crystal fiber - Wikipedia

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    Photonic-crystal fiber ( PCF) is a class of optical fiber based on the properties of photonic crystals. It was first explored in 1996 at University of Bath, UK. Because of its ability to confine light in hollow cores or with confinement characteristics not possible in conventional optical fiber, PCF is now finding applications in fiber-optic ...

  4. Prostate Cancer Foundation - Wikipedia

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    The Prostate Cancer Foundation ( PCF ), headquartered in Santa Monica, California, funds research into the prevention and cure of prostate cancer. [1] Several important prostate cancer discoveries made in the past 30 years have been as a result of PCF's actions, whether in funding or in coordination. These results include the development of new ...

  5. Point coordination function - Wikipedia

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    Point coordination function. Point Coordination Function ( PCF) is a media access control (MAC) technique used in IEEE 802.11 based WLANs, including Wi-Fi. It resides in a point coordinator also known as access point (AP), to coordinate the communication within the network. The AP waits for PIFS duration rather than DIFS duration to grasp the ...

  6. Programming Computable Functions - Wikipedia

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    Programming Computable Functions. In computer science, Programming Computable Functions (PCF) is a typed functional language introduced by Gordon Plotkin in 1977, [1] based on previous unpublished material by Dana Scott. [note 1] It can be considered to be an extended version of the typed lambda calculus or a simplified version of modern typed ...

  7. Art UK - Wikipedia

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    Art UK. To create a complete digital record of the UK's collection of oil, tempera and acrylic paintings and sculpture and to make art accessible to the public. Art UK is a cultural, education charity in the United Kingdom, [1] previously known as the Public Catalogue Foundation. Since 2003, it has digitised more than 300,000 paintings ...

  8. Prevent Cancer Foundation - Wikipedia

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    Funding cancer research, education and community outreach programs. The Prevent Cancer Foundation ( PCF ), formerly the Cancer Research Foundation of America or the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, is a United States -based charity and one of the leading US health organizations devoted to the early detection and prevention of cancer.

  9. People Can Fly - Wikipedia

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    People Can Fly. People Can Fly is a Polish video game developer based in Warsaw. The studio was founded in February 2002 by Adrian Chmielarz, previously the co-founder of Metropolis Software, together with acquaintances Michał Kosieradzki and Andrzej Poznański. The studio's first game was Painkiller (2004). Its success led to a deal with THQ ...