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(Encyclopedia) virtual reality (VR) or virtual environment (VE), computer-generated environment with and within which people can interact. The advantage of VR is that it can immerse people in an…videotex
(Encyclopedia) videotex, communications service that is linked to an adapted television receiver or a personal computer by telephone lines, cable television facilities, or the like, and that allows a…blood clotting
(Encyclopedia) blood clotting, process by which the blood coagulates to form solid masses, or clots. In minor injuries, small oval bodies called platelets, or thrombocytes, tend to collect and form…modem
(Encyclopedia) modem [modulator/demodulator], an external device or internal electronic circuitry used to transmit and receive digital data over a communications line normally used for analog signals…The Gay Rights Movement of the 20th Century
Source: Excerpted from The Reader's Companion to American History. Copyright © 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Late in the [19th] century, as large cities allowed for greater anonymity, as wage…Eastman, Max
(Encyclopedia) Eastman, Max, 1883–1969, American author, b. Canandaigua, N.Y., grad. Williams, 1905. For many years a Communist and a leader of American liberal thought, he edited the left-wing…Trudeau, Garry Beekman
(Encyclopedia) Trudeau, Garry BeekmanTrudeau, Garry Beekmantr&oomacr;ˈdō [key], 1948–, American political cartoonist, b. New York City. Since its debut in 1969, his comic strip “Doonesbury” has…Internet, the
(Encyclopedia) Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations,…Maseru
(Encyclopedia) MaseruMaserumăzˈər&oomacr; [key], city (1996 pop. 137,837), capital of the Kingdom of Lesotho, on the Caledon River, near the border with the Republic of South Africa. It is…McBay, Shirley
(Encyclopedia) McBay, Shirley , 1935-2021, American mathematician and educator, b. Bainbridge, Ga.,as Shirley Ann Mathis, Paine College (B.S., 1954),…Trending
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