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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Long and short scales — The long and short scales are two of several different large number naming systems used throughout the world for integer powers of ten. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale whereas most English speaking… … Wikipedia
Communications, Air-interface, Long and Medium range — Communications access for land mobiles (CALM)[1] is an initiative by the ISO TC 204/Working Group 16 to define a set of wireless communication protocols and air interfaces for a variety of communication scenarios spanning multiple modes of… … Wikipedia
Short-term memory — Short term memory, sometimes referred to as primary, working, or active memory, is said to hold a small amount of information for about 20 to 30 seconds.Estimates of short term memory capacity vary – from about 3 or 4 elements (i.e., words,… … Wikipedia
Long Beach Naval Shipyard — in 1993 The Long Beach Naval Shipyard, which closed in 1997, was located at Terminal Island between the city of Long Beach and the San Pedro district of Los Angeles and approximately 23 miles south of the Los Angeles International Airport. The… … Wikipedia
Short subject — is a format description originally coined in the North American film industry in the early period of cinema. The description is now used almost interchangeably with short film. Either term is often abbreviated to short (as a noun, e.g. a short… … Wikipedia
Long Island Sound — is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut empties… … Wikipedia
Short Brothers — Infobox Company company name = Short Brothers plc company company type = Unquoted Public limited company founder = foundation = Battersea 1908 location city = Belfast location country = United Kingdom key people = area served = industry =… … Wikipedia
Long Beach, California — This article is about the city of Long Beach, California. For its metropolitan area, see Los Angeles metropolitan area. Long Beach City Images from top, left … Wikipedia
Work-life balance — The expression work life balance was first used in the late 1970s to describe the balance between an individual s work and personal life. (New Ways to Work and the Working Mother s Association in the United Kingdom). In the United States, this… … Wikipedia
Long-tail traffic — This article covers a range of tools from different disciplines that may be used in the important science of determining the probability of rare events. The terms long range dependent , self similar and heavy tailed are very close in meaning.… … Wikipedia
Long s — The correct title of this article is ſ. It appears incorrectly here because of technical restrictions. An italicized long s used in the word Congress in the United States Bill of Rights. The long, medial or descending s (ſ) is a form of the… … Wikipedia
