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11Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
12Garbage collection (computer science) — This article is about garbage collection in memory management. For garbage collection in an SSD, see garbage collection (SSD). For other uses, see garbage collection. In computer science, garbage collection (GC) is a form of automatic memory… …
13Tarmac — (short for tarmacadam, a portmanteau for tar penetration macadam) is a type of highway surface, pioneered by John Loudon McAdam in around 1820. Strictly speaking, Tarmac refers to a material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901. The term is… …
14Compactor — Refurbished Soil Compactor Landfill compactor …
15Rotopress — The Rotopress is a European waste collection vehicle manufactured by the German company Faun GmbH.Originally a French design, later interpreted by a British company known as Laird Engineering Ltd, the Rotopress is a continuously compacting… …
16Microsoft Jet Database Engine — This article is about JET Red used in Microsoft Access. For the JET Blue ISAM implementation, see Extensible Storage Engine. The Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a database engine on which several Microsoft products have been built. A database… …
17DNA supercoil — Supercoiled structure of circular DNA molecules with low writhe. Note that the helical nature of the DNA duplex is omitted for clarity …
18Earthen manure storage — Earthen manure storages are engineered structures used for the storage of liquid livestock manure. Generally these structure are designed so that about fifty percent of the structure is below existing grade and fifty percent is above. Certain… …
19Mark-compact algorithm — In computer science, a mark compact algorithm is a type of garbage collection algorithm used to reclaim unreachable memory. Mark compact algorithms can be regarded as a combination of the mark sweep algorithm and Cheney s copying algorithm. First …
20La Vicaria Arch Bridge — Infobox Bridge bridge name= La Vicaria Arch bridge locale=Yeste, Albacete crosses=Segura River open=August, 2007 design=Through Arch bridge mainspan=168m (552ft). length=260m (853ft) width=11m (33ft) clearance=40m above the river coordinates=… …
