* Hellespont
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Hellespont is situated at Nara Burnu or Nagara Point |
Also known as Abydos, Hellespont is an ancient city of Mysia, in Asia
Minor, situated at Nara Burnu or Nagara Point on the best harbour on the
Asiatic shore. Across Hellespont lies Sestus on the European side
marking the shortest point in the Dardanelles, scarcely a mile broad.
The strategic site has been a prohibited zone in the twentieth century.
*Deep Blue
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Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM |
Deep Blue was a chess-playing computer developed by IBM. On May 11,
1997, the machine won a six-game match by two wins to one with three
draws against world champion Garry Kasparov. Kasparov accused IBM of
cheating and demanded a rematch, but IBM refused and dismantled Deep
Blue. Kasparov had beaten a previous version of Deep Blue in 1996.
*Baily’s beads
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The effect is called Baily’s beads in honour of Francis Baily |
As the moon “grazes” by the Sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged
lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some
places, and not in others.
This effect is called Baily’s beads in honour of Francis Baily who
first provided an exact explanation of the phenomenon in 1836. While
Baily’s beads are seen briefly for a few seconds at the centre of the
eclipse path, their duration is maximized near the edges of the path of
the umbra, reaching one to two minutes.
Ethnoburb - a suburban area that draws a large number of immigrants
from the same ethnic group.
Pancake people - internet users who read widely, but without depth.
Wi-Fi squatter - a person who lingers in a public location to use its Wi-Fi internet connection, or who uses such a connection without
authorization.
Lunar limb - the edge of the visible surface of the Moon as viewed from
Earth.
Umbra - fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object,
especially the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of
an eclipse. |
