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  2. Android (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    Android version history. Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android has historically been developed by a consortium of developers known as the Open Handset Alliance, but its most ...

  3. 7-Eleven - Wikipedia

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    The first shop opened in Sydenham, South East London in 1985. The United Kingdom had 57 7-Eleven stores when it was sold to Budgens in October 1997. [134] [135] The company announced in 2014 they had planned to return to the UK market, [136] but this did not progress beyond its announcement. In 2019, the company announced again it had planned ...

  4. CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder - Wikipedia

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    All seven hardpoints communicate via a MIL-STD-1760 data-bus architecture with the Stores Management System, [25] which is stated to be capable of integration with weaponry of any origin. [71] Internal armament comprises one 23 mm (0.91 in) GSh-23-2 twin-barrel cannon mounted under the port side air intake, which can be replaced with a 30 mm (1 ...

  5. English language - Wikipedia

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    English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain. [ 4][ 5][ 6] The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to Britain.

  6. Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - Wikipedia

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    1991–2015 [ 1] Number built. 279 [ 1] Developed from. McDonnell Douglas YC-15. The McDonnell Douglas / Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston ...

  7. Switched-mode power supply - Wikipedia

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    A switched-mode power supply ( SMPS ), also called switching-mode power supply, switch-mode power supply, switched power supply, or simply switcher, is an electronic power supply that incorporates a switching regulator to convert electrical power efficiently. Like other power supplies, an SMPS transfers power from a DC or AC source (often mains ...

  8. Norse mythology - Wikipedia

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    Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology, is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period. The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology and stemming from Proto-Germanic folklore, Norse ...

  9. Variants of SARS-CoV-2 - Wikipedia

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    Variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2) are viruses that, while similar to the original, have genetic changes that are of enough significance to lead virologists to label them separately. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).