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FORTRAN

(Encyclopedia)FORTRAN: see programming language. ...

LISP

(Encyclopedia)LISP: see programming language.

kinesics

(Encyclopedia)kinesics: see body language.

landsmaal

(Encyclopedia)landsmaal: see Norwegian language. ...

Pascal

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BASIC

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Plattdeutsch

(Encyclopedia)Plattdeutsch: see German language. ...

Lvov, Prince Georgi Yevgenyevich

(Encyclopedia)Lvov, Prince Georgi Yevgenyevich gēôrˈgē yĭvgāˈnyəvĭch lyəvôfˈ [key], 1861–1925, Russian public official, head of the provisional government (Mar.–July, 1917). He played a prominent pa...

Kodiak Island

(Encyclopedia)Kodiak Island kōˈdēăkˌ [key], 5,363 sq mi (13,890 sq km), c.100 mi (160 km) long and 10–60 mi (16–96 km) wide, off S Alaska, separated from the Alaska Peninsula by Shelikof Strait. Alaska's l...

Trans-Siberian Railroad

(Encyclopedia)Trans-Siberian Railroad, rail line, linking European Russia with the Pacific coast. Its construction began in 1891, on the initiative of Count S. Y. Witte, and was completed in 1905. The completion of...

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