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Tete

(Encyclopedia) TeteTetetāˈtə, tāˈtā [key], town (1997 pop. 101,984), capital of Tete province, W central Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. It is a trade center, with a bridge across that Zambezi that…

Medinipur

(Encyclopedia) MedinipurMedinipurmĕdĭnˈĭp&oobreve;rˌ [key], formerly MidnaporeMidnaporemĭdˈnəpûrˌ [key], town (1991 pop. 125,498), West Bengal state, E India, on the Kasai River. It is a district…

Thomson, Peter William

(Encyclopedia) Thomson, Peter William, 1929–2018, Australian golfer. A leading player in European tournaments at a time when Australians had not yet emerged as top golfers, Thomson had a compact…

Trans-Canada Highway

(Encyclopedia) Trans-Canada Highway, c.4,800 mi (7,700 km) long, S Canada; dedicated 1962; completed 1970. The world's longest national highway, it traverses North America from St. John's, N.L., to…

Matruh

(Encyclopedia) MatruhMatruhmätr&oomacr;ˈ [key], town (1986 pop. 43,157), NW Egypt, near the Mediterranean Sea. Built at the site of the Roman town of Paraetonium, it is located on the coast road…

data processing

(Encyclopedia) data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as…

network

(Encyclopedia) network, in computing, two or more computers connected for the purpose of routing, managing, and storing rapidly changing data. A local area network (LAN), which is restricted by…

Delmarva

(Encyclopedia) DelmarvaDelmarvadĕlmärˈvə [key], peninsula, c.180 mi (290 km) long, separating Chesapeake Bay on the west from Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean on the east; named for the three…

data communications

(Encyclopedia) data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data…

Arthur Albert LINK, Congress, ND (1914-2010)

LINK Arthur Albert , a Representative from North Dakota; born in Alexander, McKenzie County, N. Dak., May 24, 1914; attended the McKenzie County schools, and North Dakota Agricultural College;…