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Aishihik, Yukon Aishihik is a mostly uninhabited former community at the north end of Aishihik Lake in Canada's Yukon. Until 1968, it was the location of a military airfield established during World War II as part of the Northwest Staging Route.
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita is a drama, romance, and war movie released in philippines in 2004 and is a compelling story of love, betrayal and honor in wartime set in World War II. It is directed by Joel Lamangan.
Aishite MASUKATTO "Aishite MASUKATTO" is the second single from the "SUPER MONKEY'S under the SUPER MONKEY'S 4 moniker and their third in total. The b-side to the single is yet another Namie Amuro solo, "Wagamama wo Yurushite (わがままを許して).
Aisin Gioro Aisin Gioro (; Manchu: ) was the clan name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing dynasty (as well as the later short-lived regime in Manchukuo). The word aisin means gold in the Manchu language, and "gioro" means clan in the Manchu language.
Aislaby, County Durham Aislaby is a small village and civil parish on the north bank of the River Tees within the borough of Stockton-on-Tees and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is located to the west of Eaglescliffe and Yarm.
Aisle An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of seats on either side or with rows of seats on one side and a wall on the other. Aisles can be seen in certain types of buildings such as churches, synagogues, meeting halls, parliaments and legislatures, courtrooms, theatres, and in certain types of passenger vehicles.
Aisle 3 Aisle 3 was a former discount clothing retailer in the United States. The chain was famous for only being open three days a week (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), while the rest of the week was spent stocking the store with clothes.
Aisle of Plenty "Aisle of Plenty" is the final song on the 1973 Genesis album "Selling England by the Pound". It is not so much its own song as a reprise of the eight-minute opening number "Dancing with the Moonlit Knight".
Aisling The aisling (Irish aislinn, pronounced ashling), or vision poem, is a poetic genre that developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries in Irish language poetry. In an aisling, the island of Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, sometimes young and beautiful, sometimes old and haggard.
Aislinn Hunter Aislinn Hunter BFA, MFA (born 6 October 1969 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian poetry and fiction author. She is married and currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, but the couple are scheduled to leave that city by late 2006.
Aissawa The Aissawa or Aissawiyya (sometimes also spelled as Issawa or Issawiyya) are the members of a Moroccan Sufi order founded by Sidi Mohamed Ibn Issa Al-Maghrebi (born in Fes in 872 of the Hijri calendar and died in 1524 and buried in Meknes).
Aisthorpe Aisthorpe is a small hamlet in Lincolnshire, England lying between Scampton and Brattleby, on the B1398, a small back road that runs north/south and lies to the west parallel of the A15 northern section of Ermine Street out of Lincoln.
Aita (mythology) In Etruscan mythology, Aita was the Etruscan name for the underworld and also the corresponding anthropomorphized deity, borrowed from Greek Hades. Etruscans depicted him as a bearded male wearing a wolfskin cap.
Aitape Aitape is a small town of about 8,000 people on the north coast of Papua New Guinea in the Sandaun province. In July 1998 it suffered from an enormous tsunami in the region which, in total, killed over 2,000 people.
Aitara Aitara is Värttinä's 5th album, released in 1994 in Finland. In 1995, it was released by King Records in Japan, Music & Words in Benelux, and Xenophile Records in the United States, where it spent five weeks at #1 on the CMJ World Music charts.
Aitarak Aitarak (Indonesian for 'thorn') was the name of one of the most feared pro-Indonesia militia groups in East Timor during the late 1990s. On April 17, 1999, the group conducted 12 murders at the Manuel CarrascalĂŁo House Massacre in Dili.
Aithal Aithal is the surname generally suffixed with first name of a person living in Kota or Kundapura in the Dakshina Kannada district of India. There are many Aithals who have migrated to other places within Erstwhile South Canara District e.
Aitchison College Aitchison College is a semi-private boys' boarding university-preparatory school located in Lahore, Punjab, in Pakistan. Aitchison College is the lineal descendant of the wards’ School at Ambala and the Chiefs’ Colleges.
Aitcho Islands The Aitcho Islands are a group of small Sub-antarctic islands, lying in the north entrance to English Strait (between Robert and Greenwich islands, north of Dee Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Life on the islands includes lichens, mosses, and nesting penguins.
Aitken Centre The Aitken Centre is located on the campus of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Constructed in 1976, it was home of the American Hockey League's Fredericton Express (1981-88) and Fredericton Canadiens (1990-99).
Aitken Double Star Catalogue The Aitken Double Star Catalogue, or ADS, is a star catalogue of double stars. It was compiled by Robert Grant Aitken and published in 1932 in two volumes, under the name New general catalogue of double stars within 120° of the North Pole.
Aitken's delta-squared process In numerical analysis, Aitken's delta-squared process is a series acceleration method, used for accelerating the rate of convergence of a sequence. It is named after Alexander Aitken, who introduced this method in 1926Alexander Aitken, "On Bernoulli's numerical solution of algebraic equations", Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1926) 46 pp.
Aitoliko Aitoliko (Greek, Modern: Αιτωλικό, Ancient/Katharevousa: -n fr. Greek, Aetolian, alternative forms Etoliko, Aitolikon, Etolikon, Aetolicon) is a town of about 4,800 and the seat of the municipality of this name in the southern part of Aetolia-Acarnania.
Aitor LĂłpez Rekarte Aitor LĂłpez Rekarte aka LĂłpez Rekarte (born 18 August 1975 in MondragĂłn, Basque Country) is Spanish football player who currently plays for Real Sociedad of the Spanish La Liga. His usual demarcation is Defender.
Aitraaz Aitraaz (Hindi: ऐतराज़, Urdu: اعتبار, translation: "Objection") is a 2004 Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor and directed by Abbas-Mustan. The film was a average hit in India.
Aitzkorri Aitzkorri or Aitzgorri is a massif, the highest one of the Basque Country with a height of 1,544 m AMSL. The massif is formed by a crest of limestone mountains that runs from west to east in the south of the Gipuzkoa province.
Aiulf I of Benevento Aiulf I (also Aione) was the duke of Benevento from 641 to his death in 646 as the son and successor of Arechis I. However, he was mentally unstable and his adoptive brothers Radoald and Grimoald were regents for him.
Aivars Terekhov Captain Aivars Aleksovitch Terekhov is a fictional character in the Honorverse, a series of military science-fiction novels written by David Weber. He first appeared in the Honorverse spin-off novel The Shadow of Saganami.
Aiwan-e-Iqbal Aiwan-e-Iqbal Complex is a monumental building constructed in Lahore to portray a semblance of Iqbal’s philosophical thought and message for Muslim Ummah by providing sustained financial resources for the Activating and the Projects of the Iqbal Academy Pakistan. Having contributed toward the dissemination of the message of the great poet by conducting various programmes in the Aiwan and through presentations made to local and foreign visitors and display of paintings depicting Iqbal’s philosophy exhibited in its art galleries, it has by now, become a commercially feasible entity catering to its own financial needs.
Aix Group The Aix Group is a unique working group that researches, produces and disseminates position papers that seek to identify economic scenarios and propose economic recommendations, in order to promote win-win outcomes for Palestinians and Israelis.
Aix-en-Provence possessions In 1611 at Aix-en-Provence (South of France), Father Louis Gaufridi was burnt alive for sending demons into the Ursuline nuns at Aix. This case provided the legal precedent for the conviction and execution of Urbain Grandier at Loudun more than 20 years later.
Aix-Marseille University The three Universities of Aix-Marseille, situated in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille for over five centuries, are the successors to the original establishments created in the region during the 19th century. Combined, they welcome over 70,000 students per year, 10% of whom are foreign students.
Aiyathurai Nadesan Aiyathurai Nadesan, a prominent and veteran minority Sri Lankan Tamil journalist was shot dead on May 31, 2004 on his way to work in eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa by gunmen belonging to an armed paramilitary group widely believed to be so called Karuna Group.
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is a Fijian lawyer of Indian descent, who was appointed Attorney-General , Minister for Justice, Electoral Reform & Anti-Corruption in the interim Cabinet of Commodore Frank Bainimarama on 8 January 2006.
Aiyura Aiyura is the name of a valley located in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. It is the home of the Aiyura Agricultural Research Station, Coffee Research Institute, Aiyura National High School, The Aiyura International Primary School, The JAARS operated Airstrip, a local national primary school called Professor Schindler's School and is the traditional home and battlegrounds of the Gadsup and Tairora people.
Aizawl Aizawl is the capital, as well as the political and cultural centre, of the Indian state of Mizoram. It is the seat of the government of Mizoram, and all important government as well as public sector offices are located at Aizawl.
Aizen Myo-o In Japanese Buddhism, Aizen Myō-ō (愛染明王 or 愛染妙王) is the god of love and lust. Originally a Hindu deity, Ragaraja, Aizen Myō-ō became part of Buddhism, and Kobo Daishi Kūkai transmitted the teaching of him to Japan.
Aizoaceae The Family Aizoaceae (fig-marigold family or ice plant family) is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing some 126 genera and between 1100-2000 species. They are commonly known as stone plants or carpet weeds.
Aizuchi Aizuchi (相槌 or あいづち) is the Japanese term for frequent interjections during a conversation that indicate the listener is paying attention and understanding the speaker. Aizuchi constantly reassure the speaker that the listener is active and involved in the discussion.
Aizukotetsu-kai The (sometimes written Aizu-Kotetsukai or Aizu Kotetsu-kai), based in Kyoto, is Japan's sixth-largest yakuza organization. Its name comes from "Aizu", a traditional name for the region, "Kotetsu", a type of Japanese sword, and the suffix "-kai", or society.
AI effect The AI effect is a term for the tendency for individuals to discount advances in artificial intelligence after the fact. This discounting can come in the form of redefining in their minds what intelligent behaviour means.
AI winter The term AI winter generally denotes a period beginning in the late 1970s during which Artificial intelligence research, spending, and interest declined. According to AINewsletter, the term was "coined by analogy with 'nuclear winter'".
AI-24 Foxhunter The AI-24 (Foxhunter) airborne radar is carried by the Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant and gives this aircraft its all-weather, day and night, beyond-visual-range engagement capability. The radar was manufactured by GEC-Marconi subsidiaries with major parts from Ferranti.
AI-complete AI-complete is an informal phrase describing the most difficult class of artificial intelligence problems. The difficulty of these computational problems is equivalent to solving the central artificial intelligence problem, in other words, making computers as intelligent as people.
AI-Con |events=Cosplay Competition, Cosplay Chess, Iron Mecha, OzTAKU Master Classes, Gaming Tournaments, AMV Competition, An Ai-Con Idol Event, Iron Artist, Card Tournament, FRUiTS Fashion Event, Panels, "The Great Debate", Retro and Modern Anime Screenings, Fan-Parodies, Workshops, Pocky Millionaire and an Auction of anime related goods.
AI@50 AI@50, which is formally known as the "Dartmouth Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next Fifty Years" (July 13-15, 2006), commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Dartmouth Conference which effectively inaugurated the history of artificial intelligence. Five of the original ten attendees were present: Marvin Minsky, Ray Solomonoff, Oliver Selfridge, Trenchard More, and John McCarthy.
AIA Gold Medal The AIA Gold Medal is awarded by the American Institute of Architects conferred "by the national AIA Board of Directors in recognition of a significant body of work of lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture."
AIAS Hall of Fame Since 1998, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has annually inducted into its Hall of Fame video game developers that have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the computer and video game industry.
AIAW Champions The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women’s athletics and to administer national championships. After the 1981-82 academic year, the AIAW discontinued sponsorship of national championships.
AIBO AIBO (Artificial Intelligence roBOt, also means "love" or "attachment" in Japanese) is one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony; there have been several different models since their introduction in 1999. Able to walk, "see" its environment via camera, and recognize spoken commands, they are considered to be autonomous robots, since they are able to learn and mature based on external stimuli from their owner or environment, or from other AIBOs.
AIBR. AsociaciĂłn de AntropĂłlogos Iberoamericanos en Red The association AIBR (Latin American Anthropologists Online) started in 1996 with the creation of the portal El RincĂłn del AntropĂłlogo (The Anthropologist Corner), that brought together the team of one of the first portals of anthropology in the Spanish-speaking world.
AIC Diversified Canada AIC Limited commenced operations in 1985. AIC was purchased in 1987 by Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and has grown to become Canada’s largest privately held mutual fund company with assets under management of approximately $9 billion.
AIC Limited AIC Limited commenced operations in 1985. AIC was purchased in 1987 by Michael Lee-Chin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and has grown to become Canada’s largest privately-held mutual fund companies with assets under management of approximately $9 billion.
AICC (CBT) The Aviation (All Emcompassing) Industry CBT (Computer-Based Training) Committee (AICC) is an international association of technology-based training professionals. The AICC develops guidelines for aviation industry in the development, delivery, and evaluation of CBT, WBT and related training technologies.
AICSA The Australian Intervarsity Choral Societies Association (AICSA) is a non-profit organisation which represents university choirs throughout Australia and is responsible for maintaining the schedule of annual choral festivals. AICSA was officially formed in 1973, though its member choirs have been associated to varying degrees since 1950, when the first Intervarsity Choral Festival (IVCF) was held by the Melbourne and Sydney University Choral Societies (MUCS & SUMS); choir festivals have been held every successive year to the present day, and in addition small festivals (dubbed as being "minifests", or even "microfests") are also held from time to time.
AIDA (computing) Abstract Interfaces for Data Analysis (AIDA) is a set of defined interfaces and formats for representing common data analysis objects. The project was instigated and is primarily used by researchers in high-energy particle physics.
AIDA interactive educational freeware diabetes simulator AIDA v4 is a freeware computer program that permits the interactive simulation of plasma insulin and blood glucose (BG) profiles for demonstration, teaching, self-learning, and research purposes. It has been made freely available on the World Wide Web as a non-commercial contribution to continuing diabetes education.
AIDA32 AIDA32 is a free system information, diagnostics, and auditing program written by Tamas Miklos that runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It displays detailed information on the components of a computer.
AIDG The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) provides access to environmentally friendly infrastructure in impoverished communities in developing countries through a combination of business incubation, education, and direct outreach. The AIDG’s focus is the promotion of affordable and environmentally sound technologies to address gaps in basic services and infrastructure in rural areas of developing countries.
AIDGAP series The AIDGAP series is a set of books published by the Field Studies Council. They are intended to enable students and interested non-professionals to identify groups of taxa in Britain which are not covered by standard field guides.
AIDS (aviation) In aviation, AIDS (Aircraft Integrated Data System) is an aircraft system that allows the airline to record and/or monitor all available parameters which are on the aircraft buses. Some Aircraft like the A320 have an AIDS print button which, when programmed over the MCDU, allows data reports, DAR recordings, or ACARS transmissions of a select amount of parameters to be printed.
AIDS (journal) AIDS (ISSN 0269-9370) is an academic journal, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in London, UK. It is the official journal of the International AIDS Society, and covers all aspects of HIV/AIDS, including basic science, clinical trials, epidemiology and social science.
AIDS conspiracy theories There are a number of theories about AIDS which make claims about the origin and/or nature of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS that differ radically from mainstream beliefs. These theories range from claims that HIV is not the principal cause, to suggestions that AIDS was the inadvertent result of medical experiments, to claims that HIV was deliberately created.
AIDS Clinical Trials Group The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) is the largest HIV clinical trials organization in the world, playing a major role in setting standards of care for HIV infection and opportunistic diseases related to HIV and AIDS in the United States and the developed world. The ACTG is composed of, and directed by, leading clinical scientists in HIV/AIDS therapeutic research.
AIDS education and training centers AIDS, caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), has become a global health issue, and various ways are being explored in order to combat the spread of the disease. One such way to somewhat limit the spread of AIDS is through education. Societies with significant number of HIV positive individuals and people that have been diagnosed with having full blown cases of AIDS are societies in which education about the disease is limited to almost non-existent and where culture and tradition clash with modern medicine. Thus, education and training are of great importance and a number of organizations have been formed within the past two decades. Organizations vary from being government funded to private and/or are formed by health and social advocates. Organizations provide range of services from support for families and individuals affected by the disease, classes in academic settings ranging from preschools to universities, available resources to updates on the latest advances in medical treatments.
AIDS Foundation East-West AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) is an international, non-governmental, humanitarian, public health organisation, whose mission is to make a major contribution to the reduction of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Mongolia. AFEW was founded in the Netherlands in 2001 as the successor to most of the AIDS programmes of Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland in the former Soviet Union.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation The AIDS Healthcare Foundation is a non profit, Los Angeles-based AIDS treatment and advocacy center. Their official founding pledge is to "provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay.
AIDS Memorial Grove The AIDS Memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, is dedicated to individuals who have died as a result of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is also in support of those who are living with AIDS and their loved ones and caregivers.
AIDS Museum A United States HIV/AIDS Memorial Museum, to be located in Newark, New Jersey, USA, is being planned. It's first pilot program, an exhibit of art by HIV-positive artists, was held from November 11 through December 1, 2006 at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ.
AIDS pandemic Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed approximately 3.
AIDS reappraisal The AIDS reappraisal movement (or AIDS dissident movement) is a loosely connected group of activists, journalists, scientists, and HIV-positive persons who dispute the scientific consensus that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The dissidents assert that the consensus that HIV causes AIDS has resulted in inaccurate diagnoses, psychological terror, toxic treatments, and a squandering of public funds, as well as an unprecedented deviation from scientific method and standards.
AIDS service organization AIDS service organizations are community based [organizations|organizations] that provide community support. While their primary function is to provide needed services to individuals with HIV, they also provide support services for their families and friends as well as conduct prevention efforts.
AIESEC AIESEC is a global, non-political, independent, not-for-profit organisation run by students and recent graduates of institutions of higher education. It describes itself as "The international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society".
AIFF Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) is an audio file format standard used for storing sound data on personal computers. The format was co-developed by Apple Computer based on Electronic Arts Interchange File Format (IFF) and is most commonly used on Apple Macintosh computer systems.
AIFL Ghostchasers The AIFL Ghostchasers was an all-road team that was created four weeks into the 2006 AIFL season after the Carolina Ghostriders lost 15-straight games and declared themselves inactive. This team was around for the remainder of the 2006 regular season, occupying the rest of the scheduled road match-ups with the rest of the teams from the AIFL's Southern Division.
AIFV The AIFV (Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle) is a tracked light armoured vehicle which serves as an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in the armies of several countries. It is a development of the M-113A1 armoured personnel carrier.
AIG VALIC VALIC Financial Advisors, a member of American International Group, Inc. AIG, is an insurance corporation that specializes in tax-qualified retirement plans, supplemental tax-deferred and after-tax investments.
AIJAC AIJACAIJAC official website, or the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, is an organization headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. It is active in lobbying the Australian government on issues of concern to Australian Jews and in monitoring and publicizing events in Israel and the Middle East.
AIM alliance The AIM alliance was an alliance formed in 1991 between Apple Computer, IBM and Motorola to create a new computing standard based on the PowerPC architecture. The stated goal of the alliance was to challenge the dominant Wintel computing platform with a new computer design and a next-generation operating system.
AIM Fight AIM Fight is an online program by AOL (America Online) designed to have two screen names on AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) compete for popularity. To do this, two screen names are entered into the webpage and then each screen name is run through an algorithm that runs through the buddy lists of everybody signed on at that particular moment and returns a score that represents the sum of the number of people who have those screen names listed as a buddy out to the third degree.
AIM Records AIM Records is a Norwegian record company that specializes in acoustic improvised music, both jazz and classical located in Oslo, Norway. They represent many of the new artists who are among the up and coming in the Norwegian music scene and some already well established acts.
AIM Software Established in 1998, Advanced Information Management (AIM) Software is a provider of reference data management and risk management solutions with offices in Switzerland, the United States and Hong Kong. AIM Software operates on an international scope and services the major financial centers based on its worldwide service and support partner network.
AIM-120 AMRAAM The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM (pronounced am-ram), commonly known to air crews as the Slammer, is a modern Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile (AAM) capable of all weather day and night performance.
AIM-47 Falcon The Hughes GAR-9/AIM-47 was a long-range development of the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile. It was developed in 1958, matched with the new Hughes AN/ASG-18 radar fire-control system intended to arm the XF-108 Rapier interceptor aircraft.
AIM-7 Sparrow The AIM-7 Sparrow is a medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile operated by the United States Air Force, US Navy, and USMC as well as various allied air forces. Sparrow and its derivatives were the West's principal beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile from the late 1950s until the 1990s.
AIM-9 Sidewinder The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a heat-seeking, short-range, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft and recently, certain gunship helicopters. It is named after the Sidewinder snake, which detects its prey via body heat and also because of the peculiar snake-like path of flight the early versions had when launched.
AIM-92 Stinger The AIM-92 Stinger or ATAS (Air To Air Stinger) or ATAL is an air-to-air missile developed from the shoulder-launched FIM-92 Stinger system for use on helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache. The missile itself is identical to the shoulder-launched Stinger.
AIM+ AIM+ is a free third-party add-on for AOL Instant Messenger created by Big-O Software. Some special features include conversation logging, ad removal, cloning (which allows more than one instance of AOL Instant Messenger simultaneously), hotkeys, and transparency.
AIMA prophecy The AIMA prophecy was a prophecy current during the reign of the Byzantine emperor, Manuel I Comnenus. It claimed to foretell that the initial letters of the names of the emperors of the Comnenus dynasty would spell aima (αιμα), the Greek word for blood.
AIMACO AIMACO is an acronym for AIr MAterial COmmand (the US Air Force Supply Control Command) compiler. It began around 1959 as the definition of a high level programming language influenced by the Flow-Matic language developed by UNIVAC and the COMTRAN (COMmercial TRANslator) programming language developed by IBM.
AIMD The additive-increase-multiplicative-decrease (AIMD) algorithm is a feedback control algorithm and used in TCP Congestion Avoidance. Basically, AIMD represents a linear growth of the congestion window, combined to an exponential reduction when a congestion takes place.
AIMMS AIMMS is an advanced development environment for building optimization based decision support applications and advanced planning systems. It is used by leading companies in a wide range of industries in areas such as supply chain management, production planning, logistics, forestry planning and risk-, revenue- and asset- management.
AIMPRO AIMPRO (Ab Initio Modelling PROgram) is a software package developed primarily at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne that uses density functional theory with a Gaussian basis set to calculate electronic and structural properties of molecules and solids.
AIPAC espionage scandal The AIPAC espionage scandal refers to allegations that information regarding United States policy towards Iran was passed to Israel through the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Lawrence Franklin, a former Defense Department employee, has pleaded guilty to several espionage-related charges and was sentenced in January 2006 to nearly thirteen years of prison.
AIPS The Astronomical Image Processing System provides facilities for calibration, editing, image formation, image enhancement, and analysis of images and other astronomical data. A major focus is on reduction of data from both single-dish and aperture synthesis radio telescopes.
AIR (nightclub) AIR is a 2000 capacity superclub located in Digbeth, Birmingham in the UK. AIR originally started out life as a spray shop for buses, when in 2000 the building was bought by Godskitchen and converted into a club, originally named CODE.
AIRMET An AIRMET, or Airmen's Meteorological Information, is a weather advisory for aircraft that is potentially hazardous to aircraft with limited capability. Compared to SIGMET]s, AIRMETs cover less severe weather: moderate [[turbulence and icing, surface winds of 30 knots, or widespread restricted visibility.
AIS Arena AIS Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Canberra, Australia. It is the home arena of the AIS Canberra Darters netball team and the Canberra Capitals and Australian Institute of Sport basketball teams also play games at the Arena.
AIS Balise AIS Balise was the name of a very elegant but short-lived programming language in the mid-late 1990s, dedicated to SGML and XML transformation and processing. It was somewhat like Javascript in syntax and programming environment, but far richer in its built-in markup-handling functionality.
AIS Canberra Darters The AIS Canberra Darters are an Australian netball team, playing in the national Commonwealth Bank Trophy. They mostly represent the Australian Institute of Sport, giving young players experience at an elite level, but also do include some young players from Canberra and the Australian Capital Territory.

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