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17 godz. temu · The word internetted was used as early as 1849, meaning interconnected or interwoven. The word Internet was used in 1945 by the United States War Department in a radio operator's manual, and in 1974 as the shorthand form of Internetwork. Today, the term Internet most commonly refers to the global system of interconnected computer networks, though it may also refer to any group of smaller networks.
17 godz. temu · The MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is manufactured by the U.S. defense contractor Raytheon and derives its name from the radar component of the weapon system. The AN/MPQ-53 at the heart of the system is known as the "Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target," which is a ...
17 godz. temu · History Early plans Liberty Bridge View of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge from Upper New York Bay, with Coney Island in the distance. A bridge across the Narrows had been proposed as early as 1926 or 1927, when structural engineer David B. Steinman brought up the possibility of such a crossing.: 135 At the time, Staten Island was isolated from the rest of New York City, and its only direct ...
17 godz. temu · Córdoba (/ ˈ k ɔːr d ə b ə / KOR-də-bə, Spanish: [ˈkoɾðoβa] ⓘ), or sometimes Cordova (/ ˈ k ɔːr d ə v ə / KOR-də-və), is a city in Andalusia, Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba.It is the third most populated municipality in Andalusia.. The city primarily lies on the right bank of the Guadalquivir in the south of the Iberian Peninsula.Once a Roman colonia ...
17 godz. temu · A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people over cargo. [1] [2] The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François ...
17 godz. temu · Animation of a half-turn ambigram of the word ambigram, with 180-degree rotational symmetry. An ambigram is a calligraphic composition of glyphs (letters, numbers, symbols or other shapes) that can yield different meanings depending on the orientation of observation. Most ambigrams are visual palindromes that rely on some kind of symmetry, and they can often be interpreted as visual puns.
17 godz. temu · Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. The longest serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his ...
