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Arvo Ojala Arvo Ojala (born January 21, 1920 in Seattle, Washington; died July 1, 2005 in Gresham, Oregon) was a Hollywood advisor and expert quickdraw artist, frequently credited as a "technical director" but also working as an actor. He appeared in the weekly opening sequences of Gunsmoke for over 18 years being gunned down by Marshall Dillon.
Arwa al-Sulayhi Arwa bint Ahmad bin Muhammed bin Al-Qasim al-Sulayhi—also known as Sayyida Hurra and the Little Queen of Sheba—was the ruler, first through her two husbands and then alone, of Yemen for over 50 years, from 1067 until her death in 1138. She was the greatest of the rulers of the Sulayhid Dynasty and was also the first woman to be accorded the prestigious title of hujja in Isma'ili branch of Shi'a Islam.
Arwad Arwad – formerly Arado (Greek: Άραδο), Arados (Greek: Άραδος), Arvad, Arpad, Arphad, Antiochia in Pieria (Greek: Αντιόχεια της Πιερίας), Latin: Aradus, and also transliterated from the Arabic as Ar-Ruad (ارواد) – located in the Mediterranean Sea, is the only island in Syria. The town of Arwad takes up the entire island.
Arwi language Arwi (لسان الأروي Lisān-ul-Arwī ; அரபு-தமிழ் Arabu-Tamil ; Arabic-Tamil) is a Tamil dialect that was used extensively by the Muslim minority of Tamil Nadu state of India and Sri Lanka. As a spoken language it is extinct.
Arwind Santos Arwind Santos (born July 19, 1981 in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines) is a Filipino basketball player, playing for Far Eastern University in the UAAP and the Magnolia Ice Cream Spinners in the Philippine Basketball League. Santos was selected second overall by the Air21 Express in the 2006 PBA Draft.
Arwing In the video game series Star Fox, the Arwing is a fictional prototype aerospace fighter craft, developed by Space Dynamics. Its name originates from that of Argonaut Software, developer of the original Star Fox.
Arwyn Arwyn is a fictional character, the chief protagonist in CrossGen Comics' now defunct comic book series Sojourn. Not quite a superhero in the traditional sense, she doesn't wear tights or a cape, but wields a very powerful magical bow.
ArXiv arXiv (pronounced "archive", as if the "X" were the Greek letter χ) is an archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science and biology which can be accessed via the Internet. In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all scientific papers are placed on the arXiv.
Arya Ārya is a Sanskrit (आर्य) and Avestan word used by Zoroastrians, Hindus, Buddhists and Jains, and has a variety of positive meanings, usually in religious contexts. It is not to be confused with the derived English adjective "Aryan", which in its socio-linguistic meaning refers to Indo-Iranians regardless of religion or spirituality.
Arya Samaj Arya Samaj (Devanagari: आर्य समाज्, ) is a Hindu reform movement in India that was founded by Swami Dayananda in 1875. He was a sannyasi (renouncer) who believed in the infallible authority of the Vedas.
Arya Samaj in Fiji The Arya Samaj was formed in Fiji on 25 December 1904 because of the desire of the Indo-Fijians to maintain their heritage and provide a platform for lifting their living standard. Inspired by the teaching of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the founder of Arya Samaj, a small group of Indo-Fijians, who included Mangal Singh, Gaji Pratap Singh, Nanku Sonar, Bihari Lal, Shiu Datt Sharma, Basdeo Rai, Inayat Hussein, Indra Narayan and Tikaram Verma, met in Samabula on 25 December 1904 to form the Arya Samaj of Fiji.
Arya Samaj in South Africa Like other parts of the world where people of Indian origin are settled, the teachings of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, founder of the Arya Samaj, made its way to South Africa during the beginning of the twentieth century. The Arya Samaj encouraged Indian South Africans to have pride in their heritage and culture and promoted education and social reform.
Arya Samaj in Suriname Suriname has the highest proprtion of Hindus who are Arya Samajis compared to any other country. (see Arya Samaj) The teachings of Swami Dayanand reached Suriname in the late 1920s with the arrival of Arya Samaj preachers from India.
Aryabhata Āryabhaṭa (Devanāgarī: आर्यभट) (476 – 550) is the first of the great mathematician-astronomers of the classical age of Indian mathematics. He was born at 'Ashmak' village near Patliputra (modern Patna).
Aryabhata (crater) Aryabhata is the remnant of a lunar impact crater located in the eastern Mare Tranquillitatis. The crater has been almost submerged by lava-flow, and now only an arc-shaped ridge formed from the eastern half of the rim remains above the lunar mare.
Aryabhata cipher Aryabhata cipher or Aryabhatiya number system is a code to represent numbers by words. Aryabhata used it in the first chapter titled 'Geetika Padam 'of his book, Aryabhatiya, so that he could describe his mathematics in Sanskrit verse.
Aryadeva Aryadeva (3rd Century CE), was a disciple of Nagarjuna and author of several important Mahayana Madhyamaka Buddhist texts. The life of Aryadeva as it is traditionally retold is embellished with many attractive legends.
Aryaman Aryaman (अर्यमन्, pronounced as "əryəmən"; nominative singular is aryamā) is one of the early Vedic deities (devas). His name literally means a bosom friend, but is often confused as "the protector of the Aryans".
Aryan Aryan () is an English language word derived from the Sanskrit and Iranian terms ārya-, the extended form aryāna-, ari- and/or arya- (Sanskrit: आर्य, Persian: آریا). Beyond its use as the ethnic self-designation of the Proto-Indo-Iranians, the meaning "noble/spiritual one" has been attached to it in Sanskrit and Persian.
Aryan (film) Aryan (Hindi: आर्यन, Urdu: آریایی, translation: Noble or Fighter) is an Indian Bollywood movie that was released on December 15, 2006, written and directed by Abhishek Kapoor and produced by Poonam Khubani and Vipin Anand. It is about a boxer called Aryan who has to choose between his career and his family.
Aryan Games The Aryan Games were a proposed replacement for the Olympic Games by the National Socialist government, to be housed permanently in Nuremberg at the German Stadium that was designed, but never built, by Albert Speer. They were played in Austria.
Aryan race The "Aryan race" is a concept in European culture that was influential in the period of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It derives from the idea that the original speakers of the Indo-European languages and their descendents up to the present day constitute a distinctive race.
Aryanization Aryanization (German Arisierung) in Nazism is a term used for the expropriation of Jews in Nazi Germany, Austria and the territories it controlled. It was based on the ideology of an Aryan master race and generally was to the benefit of Nazi supporters and party members.
Aryashahr Āryāshahr, current name: Fooladshahr, also known as Pooladshahr, is a small city in Iran, Situated 25 km south of Isfahan and about 100 km north of Shahrekord. It was built by the late Shah of Iran, and was home to the mostly Russian and other employees of the Zob ahan factory, which is located near the city, and was the world's biggest of its kind at the time it was built.
Aryavarta Aryavarta (Sanskrit: आर्यावर्त, "abode of the noble or excellent ones (see arya)" or "abode of the Aryans") is the ancient name for northern and central India. It is erroneous to give this name to the whole of India, since the borders of Aryavarta have been described differently in sources from different times.
Aryballos An aryballos (Greek: αρύβαλλος) was a small spherical or globular flask with a narrow neck used in Ancient Greece. It was used to contain perfume or oil, and is often depicted in vase paintings as being used by athletes bathing.
Arycanda Arycanda (Arykanda) is an ancient Lycian city, built upon five large terraces ascending a mountain slope, located near the small village of Aykiriçay, on the Elmali-Finike road in Antalya province in south western Turkey. 36° 29'N; 30° 03'E
Aryeh Deri Born on February 17, 1959 in Meknes, Morocco, Aryeh Deri is the former leader of Israel's Shas Party. He was replaced by Eli Yishai after Deri was jailed for corruption, having been found guilty of taking $155,000 in bribes while serving as Interior Minister, and sentenced to three years at the Maasiyahu Prison.
Aryeh Krishek Aryeh Krishek (sometimes Arieh Krishek) is an Israeli novelist and biographer also active in film and journalism. Among his better known works are Burial in Jerusalem, In a Straight Line and No Casualties to our Forces.
Aryeh Leib Epstein Aryeh Löb ben Mordecai Epstein (Ba'al ha-Pardes) (1708–June 26, 1775) was a Polish rabbi born in Grodno. At first he refused to become a rabbi, preferring to devote himself entirely to study, but in 1739 he was forced by poverty to accept the rabbinate of Brestovech, Lithuania, and in 1745 he became rabbi of Königsberg, where he remained until his death.
Aryeh Leib Jelin Aryeh Leib Jelin (1820–April 2, 1886) (or Yellin, Hebrew: אריה ליב יעלין) was rabbi of Byelsk, government of Grodno, Russia. He was one of the most prominent Russian rabbis, to whom halakic matters were frequently referred for decision.
Aryeh Levin Rabbi Aryeh Levin (March 22 1885 - March 28 1969), affectionally known as Reb Aryeh, was an Orthodox rabbi who was known as "The Tzadik {"saint") of Jerusalem" for his kindness and attention to the poor, sick and downtrodden elements of society, and as "The Father of Prisoners" for his work with members of the Jewish Underground movements who were imprisoned by the British during the British Mandate period and with convicted criminals. Notwithstanding his activism, he behaved with extreme modesty and humility, exuding a quiet, personal warmth that touched many Jews, both religious and secular.
Aryl In the context of organic molecules, aryl refers to any functional group or substituent derived from a simple aromatic ring. There are more specific terms, such as phenyl, to describe unsubstituted aryl groups and subsets of aryl groups (as well as arbitrarily substituted groups: see IUPAC nomenclature), but "aryl" is used for the sake of abbreviation or generalization.
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor Aryl hydrocarbon receptor or AhR is a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factor that binds to HSP90 in the cytoplasm while inactivated. When bound to a signal agonist, such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), AhR moves to the nucleus and dimerizes with Arnt (AhR nuclear translocator protein), to modify transcription.
Aryne In chemistry, an aryne is an uncharged reactive intermediate derived from an aromatic system by removal of two ortho substituents, leaving two orbitals with two electrons distributed between them 1. In analogy with carbenes and nitrenes, an aryne has a singlet state and a triplet state.
Aryntel Communications Aryntel Communications is a Canadian telecommunications firm and the second largest privately held telecommunications company in Hastings County Ontario . It is owned by 1559746 Ontario, Inc a corporation registered in the province of Ontario.
Arzac The Arzac was a small French cyclecar manufactured in Paris from 1926 to 1927. The automobile featured front-wheel drive, independent suspension on all wheels, and either a 483 cc or a 500 cc two-stroke engine.
Arzach Arzach is a comic book collection of four wordless short stories by artist/author Jean 'Moebius' Giraud, which were originally published in the French sci-fi/fantasy comics magazine MĂ©tal Hurlant. The stories follow Arzach, a silent warrior who rides a pterodactyl-like creature through a strange, desolate landscape.
Arzachel Al-Zarqali (in full Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya Al-Zarqali, rendered as Arzachel in Latin Europe; Azarquiel in Spanish and Italian), (1028–1087 CE), was a leading Arab mathematician and the foremost astronomer of his time. He flourished in Toledo in Andalusia, now Spain.
Arzachel (crater) Arzachel is a relatively young lunar impact crater located in the highlands in the south-central part of the visible Moon, close to the zero meridian (the visible center of the moon). It lies to the south of Alphonsus crater, and together with Ptolemaeus crater further north the three form a prominent line of craters to the east of Mare Nubium.
Arzachel band Arzachel was a pseudonym of the band Uriel, a short-lived English acid rock band during the 1960s, composed of Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart, Clive Brooks and Mont Campbell, all signed for a house label of Decca, as Egg.
Arzawa Arzawa is a region or kingdom in what was later to be known as Lydia in Western Anatolia. It was the western neighbour and sometimes vassal of the Hittites, and probably bordered on the Assuwa league to the north.
Arzberg porcelain Arzberg is the trademark of a German manufacturer of bone china, founded 1887 in Arzberg, Bavaria. Its fame is largely based on designs by Hermann Gretsch, whose Form 1382, conceived in 1931 and based on Bauhaus-principles, marks a mile-stone in modern design; Form 1382 is still produced today, and sold worldwide.
ArzelĂ -Ascoli theorem In mathematics, the ArzelĂ -Ascoli theorem of functional analysis is a criterion to decide whether a set of continuous functions from a compact metric space into a metric space is compact in the topology of uniform convergence.
Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind(Urdu: عارضی حکومت‌ِ آزاد ھند, Hindi: अर्ज़ि हुकुमत-ए-अज़द हिन्द, the Provisional Government of Free India),or Azad Hind for short was established by Indian nationalists-in-exile during the latter part of the second world war in Singapore with monetary, military and political assistance from Imperial Japan, ostensibly to posit and portray legitimacy for the campaign of the Indian National Army as a liberation force against British Rule in India. Borra R.
Arzu Celalifer Arzu Celalifer is an Iranian expert on Middle Eastern Studies and Iranian studies. She is acting editor of the Review of International Law and Politics RILP / Uluslararasi Hukuk ve Politika UHP, quarterly journal.
Arzuhan Yalçindag Arzuhan Yalçindag is the CEO of Channel D, Turkey’s highest rated TV network, and Board member of the Dogan Group. Since 1996 she has been in the broadcast media business and has initiated the joint venture with AOL Time Warner in establishing CNN Turk.
AR-15 The AR-15 is a lightweight, air-cooled, magazine-fed, autoloading, centerfire rifle. The original Armalite/Colt AR-15 was a selective-fire prototype submitted for consideration as a military infantry rifle, and is distinguished from later civilian-model AR-15 and AR-15A2 rifles marketed by Colt Firearms.
AR-7 The ArmaLite AR-7, designed by Eugene Stoner, is the civilian-commercial version of a rifle adopted by the US Air Force as a pilot and aircrew survival weapon. Its main market is as a knockabout rifle for carrying in a car trunk or pickup.
ARA Almirante Brown (D-10) ARA Almirante Brown (pennant number D-10) is the lead ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the ninth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to be named for Admiral William Brown, the founder and commander of the Argentine Navy during Argentina's war of independence against Spain.
ARA Espora (P-41) ARA Espora (P-41) is the lead ship of the MEKO 140A16 series of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the sixth ship to bear the name of Colonel (Navy) Tomás Espora, who fought in the Argentine Navy during the Argentina-Brazil War.
ARA Gómez Roca (P-46) ARA Gómez Roca (P-46) is the sixth and last ship of the MEKO 140A16 series of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the first ship to bear the name of Lieutenant Commander Sergio Gómez Roca, who commanded the Argentine patrol ship ARA Alférez Sobral during the Malvinas War and died in combat when the ship was attacked by British helicopters.
ARA General Belgrano The ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy cruiser sunk in a controversial incident during the Falklands War with significant loss of life: Losses from Belgrano totalled just over half of Argentine deaths in the Falklands conflict.
ARA HeroĂ­na (D-12) ARA HeroĂ­na (pennant number D-12) is the third ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the third ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the corsair frigate Heroina, which established Argentine possession of the Falkland Islands on November 6th, 1820.
ARA La Argentina (D-11) ARA La Argentina (pennant number D-11) is the second ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the eighth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the corsair frigate La Argentina which conducted a privateer raid around the world against Spanish trade on 1817.
ARA Parker (P-44) ARA Parker (P-44) is the fourth ship of the MEKO 140A16 series of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the second ship to bear the name of Captain Enrique Guillermo Parker, who fought in the Argentine Navy as its second-in-command during the Argentina-Brazil War.
ARA Robinson (P-45) ARA Robinson (P-45) is the fifth ship of the MEKO 140A16 series of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the second ship to bear the name of Captain Carlos Robinson, who fought in the Argentine Navy during the Argentina-Brazil War and died commanding a squadron of gunboats during the Battle of La Colonia.
ARA Rosales (P-42) ARA Rosales (P-42) is the second ship of the MEKO 140A16 series of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the fourth ship to bear the name of Colonel (Navy) Leonardo Rosales, who fought in the Argentine Navy during Argentina's war of independence and the Argentina-Brazil War.
ARA San Luis The ARA San Luis (S-32) is a Type 209 diesel-powered submarine of the Argentine Navy. Built in Germany as one of a batch of four, San Luis has a displacement of 1,285 tonnes and was introduced to the ARA in 1978.
ARA SarandĂ­ (D-13) ARA SarandĂ­ (pennant number D-13) is the third and last ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the fourth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to bear the name of the schooner SarandĂ­, which was a famous ship of the Argentine Navy during the Argentina-Brazil War between 1825 and 1828.
ARA Spiro (P-43) ARA Spiro (P-43) is the third ship of the MEKO 140A16 series of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the second ship to bear the name of the Greek-born Captain Samuel Spiro, who fought during the Argentine War of Independence and blew himself up with his ship rather than surrendering to the Spanish forces following the battle of Arroyo de la China, in 1814.
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) The ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) was an aircraft carrier in the Armada Republica Argentina from 1969 to 1997. The English translation of the name is the Twenty-fifth of May, which is the May Revolution Day holiday of Argentina.
ARC - Airport Regions Conference ARC - Airport Regions Conference - is an association of European cities and regions hosting major international airports. The common concern of ARC and its members is to balance the economic benefits generated by the airports against their environmental impact, for the benefit of the citizens.
ARC in Karolinska Institutet The Aging Research Centre (ARC) in Karolinska Institutet was established in the year 2000, is a multidisciplinary center in which both the medical university Karolinska Institutet (KI) and Stockholm University (SU) are collaborating. The administration of the center is placed at the Division of Geriatric Epidemiology, Department of Neurotec, KI.
ARC International ARC International plc (traded on the London Stock Exchange, under ticker symbol ARK) is the world leader in configurable processor technology. ARC licenses patented configurable CPU/DSP processors and multimedia subsystems that enable customers to design products that give them a strategic competitive advantage in the marketplace.
ARC Trooper A-17 ARC Trooper A-17 (Alpha) is a fictional character from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. He is best known for his appearances in the ongoing Republic comic series, where he fought for the Galactic Republic in the Clone Wars.
ARCAM Corporation The or AC, by its initials, has its main headquarters based in New York in the United States with facilities worldwide, is a fictional international company in Spriggan, whose mission is to ensure that certain powerful ancient artifacts are protected and sealed off, so that no nation or group in the world can take advantage of them. It maintains its own para-military force called the ARCAM Private Army and has secret agents known as Spriggans (or Strikers).
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ARCASPACE Asociaţia Română pentru Cosmonautică şi Aeronautică (ARCA) or Romanian Cosmonautics and Aeronautics Association is a non-governmental organization that promotes aerospace projects as well as other space-related activities. It is based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania.
ARCNET ARCNET (also CamelCased as ARCnet, an acronym from Attached Resource Computer NETwork) is a local area network (LAN) protocol, similar in purpose to Ethernet or Token Ring. ARCNET was the first widely available networking system for microcomputers and became popular in the 1980s for office automation tasks.
ARCO ARCO (an acronym for Atlantic Richfield Company) is an American oil company that was formed by the merger of East Coast-based Atlantic Refining and California-based Richfield Petroleum in 1966. ARCO is now a subsidiary of BP and is officially known as BP West Coast Products LLC.
ARCO Arena The ARCO Arena is an indoor arena located in Sacramento, California. After playing in the make-shift facility called the Original ARCO Arena, this version was completed in 1988, at a cost of $40 million — entirely privately financed.
ARCO Arena (First) ARCO Arena, originally called the Sacramento Sports Arena and later called the Original ARCO Arena or ARCO Arena I to distinguish it from its successor, was an indoor arena in Sacramento, California. It held 10,333 people and was built in 1985 to temporarily accommodate the NBA's Sacramento Kings, who had relocated from Kansas City.
ARCOS-1 The Americas Region Caribbean Ring System (ARCOS-1) is a fiber optic submarine communications cable of 8,400 kilometers that extends between the United States, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, and Mexico. Because of its length, it was divided in two phases: Phase 1 being in service since September 2001 and Phase II since March 2002.
ARCV-n (computer virus) ARCV-n is a term for a large family of viruses authored by the ARCV group through October - November of 1992 and polymorphed with the PS-MPC virus generation tool (hence they are very similar). ARCV-n viruses seem to infect COM (perhaps command.
ARD (broadcaster) ARD (Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland – the "Consortium of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany"), is a joint organization of Germany's regional public broadcasting agencies. It was founded in West Germany in 1950 to represent the common interests of the new post-war broadcasting services - mainly the introduction of a joint television network.
AREA Science Park The Trieste AREA Science Park is composed of two neighbouring campus developments located near the exit from the motorway linking Venice to Austria and Slovenia. It covers 50 hectares, extendable to 150, in the magnificent natural setting of the Carso plateau.
AREDYLD AREDYLD stands for "acral renal ectodermal dysplasia lipoatrophic diabetes." AREDLYD is categorized as a "rare" disease, meaning it affects less than 200,000 people in the American population.
ARESA ARESA is the Wallonian non-profit organization which is the official cluster of clinical research organizations in Wallonia. The goal of ARESA is to increase the quality of clinical research in Wallonia, and to improve the communication between its members and the marketplace.
AREVA T&D Areva T&D is one of the largest businesses world-wide in the field of Transmission & Distribution, alongside others such as ABB, GE and Siemens. There are other companies with a significant local presence but they are not so well represented in the global market.
ARGES mine ARGES is an off-route anti-tank mine, developed by an international consortium to meet the needs of the British, French and German armed forces. The system consists of a rocket and launch tube, a tripod and a sensor package.
ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece ARCHELON, the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece was founded in 1983. It aims to protect sea turtles and their habitats in Greece through research, public awareness campaigns, restoring habitats, and through its rescue centre, built in 1994.
ARCHIVE Institute The ARCHIVE Institute is as an inter-disciplinary center for examining relationships between architecture and public health disasters. ARCHIVE is an acronym for "Architectural Research Concerning Health, Infections and Various Epidemics".
ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia.
ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known as ARIA Music Awards or ARIA Awards) is an annual awards night celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Record Industry Association (ARIA). The event has been held annually since 1987.
ARIA Music Awards of 2004 The 18th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards) were held on October 17, 2004 at the Sydney Superdome within the Sydney Olympic Complex. The ceremony was hosted by Rove McManus and produced by his production company Roving Enterprises for Network Ten of Australia.
ARIA Music Awards of 2005 The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on October 23, 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening. A varied cast of presenters included Merrick and Rosso (who opened the televised show), stand-up comic Dave Hughes, Gretel Killeen and David Hasselhoff.
ARIA Music Awards of 2006 The 20th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAS) were held on October 29, 2006 at the Acer Arena at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening. Presenters on the night included James Mathison, Johnny Knoxville, Jesse McCartney and John Mayer.
ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC), established in 1929, is the leading provider of transport communications and systems engineering solutions for five major industries: (aviation, airports, defense, government and transportation). ARINC has installed computer data networks in police cars and railroad cars and also maintains the standards for line-replaceable units.
ARINC 661 ARINC 661 is a standard which aim to normalize the definition of a Cockpit Display System (CDS), and the communication between the CDS and User Applications (UA). The GUI definition is completely defined in binary definition files (DF) - except the Look and feel, such as the CDS software is constituted of a kernel which is able to create the GUI hierarchy specified in the DF during initialisation, thus not needing to be recompiled if the GUI definition changes (apart from the Look and feel).
ARINC 708 ARINC 708 is a specification for airborne pulse Doppler Weather radar systems primarily found on commercial aircraft. ARINC708 and the Honeywell Picture bus are the predominant avionics data bus for most aircraft today.
ARJ Allana Group The ARJ Allana Group is a very old and established Bombay business house with very specific interests in the export of food products. The Allana Group was recognised by the Government of India as being the 2nd largest earner of foreign currency for the country and were awarded a Gold Status in the Exporters Directories.
ARK (band) ARK is a metal band resulting from the friendship and musical collaboration of guitarist Tore Østby (Conception, DC Cooper, Giant's Playground, Hypose, Redrum, Headcrash) and drummer John Macaluso (TNT, Riot, Spread Eagle, Alex Masi, Yngwie Malmsteen, Powermad), who later joined up with singer Jørn Lande to record two acclaimed albums.
ARKive ARKive is a global initiative to locate and gather films, photographs and audio recordings of the world's species into one centralised digital library for the benefit of present and future generations. As such, it is sometimes described as the new Noah’s Ark, or the Noah’s Ark of the online era.
ARM architecture The ARM architecture (previously, the Advanced RISC Machine, and prior to that Acorn RISC Machine) is a 32-bit RISC processor architecture that is widely used in a number of embedded designs. Due to their power saving features, ARM CPUs are dominant in the mobile electronics market, where low power consumption is a critical design goal.
ARM Limited ARM Limited is a technology company headquartered in England. Founded in 1990, the company is best known for its processors, although it also designs, licenses and sells software development tools under the RealView and KEIL brands, systems and platforms, system-on-a-chip infrastructure and software.
ARM Norway Falanx is a Norwegian company located in Trondheim. Falanx develops graphics accelerators for OpenGL three-dimensional rendering as well as for MPEG4 video, with emphasis on low electric power consumption, suitable for use in portable devices like mobile phones.
ARMM (Usenet) Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation (ARMM) was a program developed in 1993 by Richard Depew to aid in the control of Usenet abuse. Concerned by abusive posts emanating from certain anonymous-posting sites, Depew developed ARMM to allow news administrators to automatically issue cancel messages for such posts.
ARMOR Doppler Radar ARMOR (Advanced Radar for Meteorological and Operational Research) Doppler radar is one of the most advanced radar systems in the world. It is located at the Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Alabama.
ARMS Charity Concert The ARMS Charity Concert (or concerts) was a rock concert given at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1983 in support of Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis. The idea for hosting the concert was envisaged by Ronnie Lane, ex-bassist for The Small Faces and The Faces, himself a casualty of multiple sclerosis.

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