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Hawaii, University of

(Encyclopedia) Hawaii, University of, at Honolulu (Manoa Campus), Hilo, and Pearl City (West Oahu Campus) with additional community college campuses; land-grant and state supported; coeducational;…

Clausius, Rudolf Julius Emanuel

(Encyclopedia) Clausius, Rudolf Julius EmanuelClausius, Rudolf Julius Emanuelr&oomacr;ˈdôlf y&oomacr;ˈly&oobreve;s āmäˈn&oomacr;ĕl klouˈzē&oobreve;s [key], 1822–88, German…

Ware, Henry

(Encyclopedia) Ware, Henry, 1764–1845, American clergyman, instrumental in the founding of Unitarianism in the United States, b. Sherborn, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1785. As pastor (1787–1805) of the…

ASCII

(Encyclopedia) ASCII or American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, a few symbols, and control characters. Originally designed for teletype…

National Science Foundation

(Encyclopedia) National Science Foundation (NSF), an independent agency in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government concerned with promoting a national science policy by supporting basic…

Geneva Conference

(Encyclopedia) Geneva Conference, any of various international meetings held at Geneva, Switzerland. Some of the more important ones are discussed here. 1 International conference held Apr.–July,…

code, in communications

(Encyclopedia) code, in communications, set of symbols and rules for their manipulation by which the symbols can be made to carry information. By this extended definition all written and spoken…

Race and Ethnicity

The Question: I am seeking the definition of race and ethnicity and the difference between the two. Why are they so often used interchangeably in our society…