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Burswood, Western Australia Burswood (; post code: 6100) is an inner southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located immediately across the Swan River from Perth's central business district (CBD) via both The Causeway and Graham Farmer Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the Town of Victoria Park, Western Australia.
Burt Bacharach Burt Bacharach (, born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an award-winning American pianist and composer. He is best known for his many pop hits from 1962-69, co-written with Hal David and sung mostly by Dionne Warwick.
Burt Green Wilder Burt Green Wilder (August 11, 1841 - January 21, 1925) was an American comparative anatomist, born in Boston to David and Celia Colton Wilder. He graduated at Harvard (Lawrence Scientific School), 1862; medical department, 1866).
Burt Grossman Burt Grossman (born April 10, 1967 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former American football defensive end in the NFL. He played five seasons for the San Diego Chargers (1989-1993) and one for the Philadelphia Eagles (1994).
Burt Gummer Burt Gummer is a fictional character, played by actor Michael Gross, from the Tremors film series and the short lived SciFi Channel TV programme of the same name. Appearing in Tremors, Tremors 2: Aftershocks, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection, and several episodes of the TV series, Burt Gummer is a firearms enthusiast, and a paranoid survivalist.
Burt Hooton Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7 1950 in Greenville, Texas), nicknamed "Happy" (by former manager Tommy Lasorda), is a former right-handed starting pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers. His career began auspiciously with a no-hitter in his fourth major league game for the Cubs, but he gained perhaps his widest recognition for his several playoff performances with the Dodgers.
Burt Kennedy Burt Kennedy (September 3, 1922 - February 15, 2001) was an American screenwriter and director known for mainly directing film Westerns. After World War II, Muskegon, Michigan-born Kennedy found work writing for radio, then used his training as a cavalry officer to secure a job as a fencing trainer and fencing stunt doubles in films.
Burt Kimmelman Burt Kimmelman is a Jewish-American poet and scholar most noted for his astute criticism of modern and postmodern American poetry and the development of the poetics of authorship in medieval Europe. He is a celebrated poet within the tradition of William Carlos Williams.
Burt Kwouk Burt Kwouk (Chinese: 郭弼; pinyin: Guō Bì) (born July 18, 1930) is an actor who was born in Manchester, England "because my mother happened to be there" but was raised in Shanghai between the ages of ten months and seventeen years. He has appeared in numerous films and TV programmes over the years and is perhaps most famous for playing Cato, Inspector Clouseau's man-servant in the Pink Panther films.
Burt Munro Herbert James Munro (25 March 1899 in Edendale, Invercargill, New Zealand – 6 January 1978 in Invercargill) set the under-1000 cc world land speed record, which still stands, in 1967 at Bonneville Salt Flats with a self-modified Indian motorcycle. His effort to set the record is the basis of the motion picture The World's Fastest Indian (2005) starring Anthony Hopkins.
Burt Shotton Burton Edwin Shotton (October 18, 1884 - July 29, 1962) was an American player, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball. As manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers (1947, 1948-50), he won two National League pennants and served as Jackie Robinson's first permanent major league manager.
Burt's Bees Burt's Bees is an earth-friendly, personal-care products company. Originating in Maine in the 1980s, the business began by bottling and selling honey, a practice that slowly diminished as the company evolved as a corporation.
Burtas Burtas or Bortas (plural Bortaslar) were a tribe of uncertain ethnolinguistic affiliation inhabiting the steppe region north of the Caspian Sea in medieval times (modern Penza Oblast, Ulyanovsk Oblast and Saratov Oblast of the Russian Federation). They were subject to the Khazars.
Burton (clothing retailer) Burton is a large United Kingdom high street clothing retailer. Owned by the Arcadia Group it has over 100 retail stores in the UK, making it one of the country's largest sellers of casual and formal menswear.
Burton (Snowsports) Burton Snowboards, founded by Jake Burton Carpenter in 1977, is a snowboard manufacturer that has grown to become one of the leaders in its market. Burton, arguably, manufactures the best and most technically sophisticated snowboarding gear on the planet.
Burton and Dalby Burton and Dalby is a civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, England, to the south of Melton Mowbray. It covers the villages of Burton Lazars, Great Dalby and Little Dalby and according to the 2001 census had a population of 895.
Burton Agnes Burton Agnes is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, situated on the A614 mid way between Driffield and Bridlington. Places of interest include an Elizabethan Manor House, Burton Agnes Hall and a Norman Manor House.
Burton Agnes Manor House Burton Agnes Manor House is an English Heritage property, located in the village of Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire, England. Built by Roger de Stuteville, it is a surviving example of a Norman manor house, although encased in 18th century brickwork.
Burton Agnes railway station Burton Agnes railway station was a minor railway station serving the village of Burton Agnes on the Yorkshire Coast Line line from Scarborough to Hull and was opened on 6 October 1846 by the York & North Midland Railway. It closed on 5 January 1970.
Burton Bridge The Burton Bridge is an arch truss bridge crossing the Saint John River between Maugerville and Burton, New Brunswick, Canada. The bridge connects routes 102 and 105 (formerly the Trans-Canada Highway), but has no numerical designation of its own.
Burton Coggles Burton Coggles (full name Burton-le-Coggles from Byrton-en-les-Coggles) is a small village located south of Grantham in south Lincolnshire, close to the B1176 and the East Coast Main Line. There are 43 houses and the population is little over 100.
Burton College Burton College is a technical college for higher education students, the college is based in the town of Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, in the United Kingdom just placed next to the River Trent that can be seen from the back of the college. The current Principal of the college is Keith Norris who has been appointed since September 1996.
Burton Constable Hall Burton Constable Hall is a large Elizabethan country house with 18th and 19th century interiors, and a fine 18th century cabinet of curiosities. It is set in a park designed by Capability Brown with an area of 1.
Burton Crane Burton Crane (January 23, 1901-February 3, 1963) was a New York Times correspondent on economics during the Occupation Period of Japan. His wife his Esther Crane and transcripts exist of his recollections on the Occupation Period of Japan in the Columbia University Oral History Research Office.
Burton Downing Burton Cecil Downing (5 February, 1885 - 1 January 1929) was an American cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. An all round cycling talent he competed in Cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 25 mile, three silver medals in the ¼ mile, ⅓ mile and mile and a bronze medal in the ½ mile race.
Burton Dreben Burton Dreben (1927-1999) was a Harvard philosopher and logician, Dean of the Graduate School and Chairman of the Society of Fellows. Dreben published very little in his lifetime, but was highly influential as a teacher and collaborator with such other philosophers as W.
Burton Gilliam Burton Gilliam (born August 9, 1938 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor. After suffering a fall during childhood in Dallas, Burton suffered a form of brain damage known as Aphasia which in turn, caused his childhood academic performance to plummit.
Burton Green Burton Green is a village in Warwickshire, England, some 8 km (5 miles) southwest of Coventry and close to Kenilworth. It is mostly residential, surrounded by farmland and has a village hall, a primary school and a pub called the 'Peeping Tom'.
Burton Guster Burton 'Gus' Guster is a character on the USA Network television dramedy Psych played by American actor Dulé Hill. Gus is Shawn Spencer's best friend, and co-owns the detective agency "Psych" with him.
Burton Holmes Burton Holmes (January 8, 1870 Chicago – July 22, 1958 Los Angeles) was an American traveler, photographer and filmmaker, and the inventor of the travelogue. Travel stories, slide shows and motion pictures were all in existence before Holmes began making his travel films, but he was the first person to put these elements together into documentary travel lectures.
Burton Malkiel Burton Gordon Malkiel (born August 28, 1932) is an American economist and writer, most famous for his classic finance book A Random Walk Down Wall Street (now in its 8th edition, 2003). He is a leading proponent of the Efficient market hypothesis, which contends that prices of publicly traded assets reflect all publicly available information.
Burton on the Wolds Burton on the Wolds is a village situated on the B676 3 miles west of the A46 in Leicestershire and has a population of around 800. The Parish Council of Burton on the Wolds, Cotes and Prestwold, serves the village and its two neighbouring hamlets.
Burton Overy Burton Overy is a civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, about nine miles south-east of Leicester city centre, and not far from Great Glen. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 289.
Burton process The Burton process is a thermal cracking process invented by Jonathan Burton and Robert Humphrey[1]; the oil industry used it to double the production of gasoline in 1913. This thermal cracking process was patented on January 7 1913 (Patent No.
Burton Richardson Burton Richardson (born September 25, 1949, in Portland, Oregon) is a premier American television announcer. He announced The Arsenio Hall Show from 1989 to 1994, where he became known for his long-drawn-out introduction of the show's host: "ARSENIOOOOOOO...
Burton Salmon Burton Salmon is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire, England, close to the border with West Yorkshire, and about three miles north of Knottingley, on the A162 road. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 419.
Burton Taylor Theatre The Burton Taylor Theatre ("The BT") is a 50-seater studio theatre owned by Oxford University. It is situated on Gloucester Street off Beaumont Street in Oxford, United Kingdom close to the Oxford Playhouse, a larger professional theatre, which manages the Burton Taylor Theatre on behalf of the University.
Burton Tower The Burton Memorial Tower, a clock tower located on Central Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor at 230 South Ingalls Street. Housing a grand carillon, the tower was built in 1936 as a memorial for University President Marion Leroy Burton (presidency: 1920-1925).
Burton upon Trent Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. It originally grew up around the monastery of Saint Modwen, and had grown into a busy market town by the early modern period.
Burton Union The Burton breweries were known for a recirculating fermentation system known as the Burton Union; invented in the 1830s, the Union system was a row of casks connected to a common trough by way of a series of pipes. The practical purpose of the Union system was to allow excess barm (yeast foam) to be expelled from the casks without leaving excessive amounts of head space within the casks; the system was quickly refined to separate any expelled beer from the wasted yeast, allowing it to flow back into the casks to continue fermentation.
Burton-Judson Courts Burton-Judson Courts is a dormitory complex at the University of Chicago. One of the few undergraduate facilities located south of the Midway Plaisance, B-J is a castlelike edifice built in a gothic style similar to that of the University's main quadrangles.
Burton-on-Trent Abbey Burton-upon-Trent Abbey in Staffordshire was originally founded in the 7th or 9th century by St Modwen or Modwena; and later refounded in 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by Wulfric Spott, a thegn possibly descended from King Alfred. He was known to have been buried in the abbey cloister in 1010, alongside the grave of his wife.
Burton, Georgia The town of Burton, Georgia now lies underwater, covered by Lake Burton. The town was located at the confluence of Dicks Creek and the Tallulah River in Rabun County, Georgia and was established in the first half of the 1800’s as a result of the Georgia Gold Rush.
Burton, Wrexham Burton is a small village in the community of Rossett in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales. It is an ancient village that, before the coming of the North Wales Mineral Railway, was more important than Rossett itself.
Burtonisation Burtonisation is the act of adding sulphate, often in the form of gypsum, to the water used for the brewing of beer, in order to bring out the flavour of the hops. The name comes from the town of Burton upon Trent which had several very successful breweries due to the chemical composition of the local water.
Burtonsville, Maryland Burtonsville is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. It takes its name from Isaac Burton, the first Post Master of the newly established post office in the vicinity, which operated out of Burton's store, beginning in the 1850s.
Burträsk Court District Burträsk Court District, or Burträsks tingslag, was a district of Västerbotten in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Buru (cryptozoology) The Buru was an aquatic reptile said to have lived in Jiro (also spelled and pronounced as Ziro) valley, a small town in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India, at some undefined time in the past. In 1947, Professor Christopher von Furer-Haimendorf was the first westerner to be told about the Buru.
Buruli ulcer The Buruli ulcer (also known as the Bairnsdale ulcer) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, from the same family of bacteria which causes tuberculosis and leprosy. The infection causes painless swelling, with lesions developing in the skin later on.
Burundi Civil War The Burundi Civil War (1993-2006) is driven by ethnic rivalries between Hutu and Tutsi tribal factions of Burundi. Rivalry escalated into a bloody power struggle following the presidential election of June 1993.
Burundi Workers' Party Burundi Workers' Party or UBU (French: Parti des travailleurs du Burundi; Kirundi: Umugambwe wa'Bakozi Uburundi) was a clandestine Marxist political party in Burundi. Its primary constituency was the large Burundian refugee population situated in neighboring Rwanda.
Burundian elections, 2005 The Republic of Burundi held several elections in 2005. The polls returned the nation to constitutional democratic rule after a devastating civil war that arose from long-standing ethnic tensions between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority.
Burundian legislative election, 1993 Burundi’s first multiparty legislative election since 1965 was held on 29 June 1993. It followed a presidential election held on 1 June, that was won by Melchior Ndadaye of the Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU).
Burushaski language Burushaski (ISO/DIS 639-3 bsk) is a language isolate spoken by some 87,000 (as of 2000) Burusho people in the Hunza, Nagar, Yasin, and parts of the Gilgit valleys in northern Pakistan and Kashmir. Other names for the language are Kanjut (Kunjoot), Khaguna, Werchikwār, Boorishki, Brushas (Brushias).
Burvixese The Burvixese were a fictional race of sentient, turtle-like aliens native to Arcturus I that are mentioned in the PC game Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters. The Burvixese had relations with several other races, namely the Gg, the Utwig and the Druuge.
Burwash Mine The Burwash Mine was a small gold property discovered in the fall of 1934 by Johnny Baker and Hugh Muir at Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories. The town of Yellowknife did not exist yet at that point, but the discovery of gold at Burwash was the catalyst that brought more gold prospectors into the region in 1935 and 1936.
Burwell B. Bell III General Burwell Baxter Bell III (born 9 April 1947) is a senior member of the United States Army. He was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and was commissioned upon graduation from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration.
Burwell Bassett Burwell Bassett (March 18, 1764 – February 26, 1841) was an eighteenth and nineteenth century politician from Virginia. He was the nephew of President George Washington, Martha Dandridge Curtis Washington, Daniel Parke Custis and Benjamin Harrison V as well as the first cousin of President William Henry Harrison and John Parke Custis, the first cousin, once removed of John Scott Harrison, George Washington Parke Custis and Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and the first cousin, twice removed of President Benjamin Harrison VI.
Burwell, Cambridgeshire Burwell is a large village in Cambridgeshire with a population of 5,833 (2001 Census). Burwell Lode runs along the western edge of the Village, with all land north and west of that being part of the area known as The Fens.
Burwood Heights, New South Wales Burwood Heights is a small suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kms west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Burwood Council.
Burwood railway station, Melbourne Burwood is a railway station on the Alamein line in Melbourne, Australia. It is located between Trent Street and Bardolph Street, but strangely enough is no longer located in the suburb of Burwood, due to the fact that the area which used to be known as Burwood, bordered by Toorak Road to the north, Warrigal Road to the east, and Bakers Parade to the south is now known as Glen Iris.
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Burwood, New South Wales Burwood is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kms west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of Burwood Council.
Bury Bury is a town in the north of Greater Manchester in the North West of England. Situated between Rochdale and Bolton, and just west of the M66, it is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury and has a population of 60,718.
Bury (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, to bury refers to the worked lowering (relegation) of a popular wrestler's status in the eyes of the fans. The wrestler is set up by the booker to lose popularity, usually by having the wrestler lose one match after another, until he/she is seen by the fans as someone who belonged to the undercard.
Bury and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency) Bury and Radcliffe was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Bury and Radcliffe in Lancashire. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Bury Bolton Street railway station Bury Bolton Street railway station is a railway station in Bury, Greater Manchester. It was formerly the main station serving the town, with links north to Ramsbottom, Rawtenstall, Bacup, Haslingden and Accrington, and south to Radcliffe, Whitefield, Prestwich and Manchester Victoria.
Bury College Bury College is an institute of higher learning for the borough of Bury. It is the main site for tertiary non-compulsory education in the town along with Holy Cross College (UK) and Bury Grammar School's Sixth Form.
Bury Interchange Bury Interchange was opened in 1980, incorporating a new bus station and the northern terminus of the Bury to Manchester railway line. The railway was redeveloped in the 1990s to become Metrolink, which is now served from the station.
Bury Manor Castle Bury Manor Castle national heritage site located in the village of Wick, Somerset, UK. The castle was built approximately 500 years ago on the original foundations over the cellars which date back over 800 years.
Bury Mount Bury Mount Castle is a castle in Towcester, England. It is similar to the local castles at Northampton, Buckingham, Little Houghton and Newport Pagnell in being strategically placed to control primary transport routes and river crossings.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, first published in 1970, is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the late nineteenth century, and their displacement and slaughter by the United States.
Bury Park Bury Park is located one mile due east of Luton town centre on the road to Dunstable. For the greater part of the 20th century its residents belonged to many Christian denominations as can be seen by the variety of churches in the area.
Bury Rural District Bury was a rural district in Lancashire, England from its establishment in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894, until its abolition in 1933. The district consisted of a number of rural civil parishes near Bury, but did not include Bury itself.
Bury St Edmunds Cathedral Bury St Edmunds Cathedral or St Edmundsbury Cathedral is the cathedral for the Church of England's Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is the seat of the Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich and is in Bury St Edmunds.
Bury the hatchet Bury the hatchet is an American English colloquialism meaning "to make peace." The phrase is an allusion to the figurative or literal practice of putting away the tomahawk at the cessation of hostilities among or by Native Americans in the Eastern United States, specifically concerning the formation of the Iroquois Confederacy and in Iroquois custom in general.
Bury the lede To "bury the lede" in writing (particularly in news style) refers to beginning a description with details of secondary importance to the reader, forcing them to read more deeply into a story than they should have to in order to discover the essential point.
Burya The Burya ("Storm" in Russian; ) was a trisonic, intercontinental cruise missile designed by the Lavochkin design bureau (designation La-350), based on a request for proposal issued by the Soviet government in 1954. The purpose of the design competition was to develop a cruise missile capable of delivering a nuclear payload to the United States.
Buryatia The Buryat Republic (; Buryat: Буряад Республика) is a federal subject of Russia (a republic). The direct transliteration of the republic's name is Respublika Buryatiya in Russian and Buryaad Respublika in Buryat.
Buryats The Buryats, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. Buryats are of Mongolian descent and share many customs with their Mongolian cousins, including nomadic herding and erecting yurts for shelter.
Burzenland The Burzenland () (; ) is an historic area in southeastern Transylvania, Romania. Since the exodus of most of the German-speaking Transylvanian Saxons in the 20th century, this particular regional designation has lost much of its cultural meaning.
Burzoe Burzoe (Bozorgmehr or Borzoyeh or Borzuy) (from Arabic برزويه is the Arabicized form of the Persian بزرگمهر pron. Bozorgmehr) was a wise Iranian physician and politician who lived during the Persian Sassanid Empire in the sixth century.
Bus (computing) In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers and typically is controlled by device driver software. Unlike a point-to-point connection, a bus can logically connect several peripherals over the same set of wires.
Bus (RATP) RATP operates the majority of buses in Paris, and a significant number of lines in its suburbs. Other suburban lines are operated by private operators grouped in a consortium known as Optile (Organisation professionnelle des transports d'ĂŽle-de-France).
Bus 44 [44 () written & directed by Chinese-American filmmaker Dayyan Eng] in 2001, the [[short film stars Chinese actress Gong Beibi and Wu Chao. The film won awards at Venice Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, and was invited to Cannes Film Festival; the first time a Chinese short film won in all three festivals' history.
Bus analyzer A bus analyzer is a computer bus analysis tool, often a combination of hardware and software, used during development of hardware or device drivers for a specific bus, diagnosing bus or device failures, or reverse engineering. The bus analyzer monitors the bus traffic and decodes and displays the data.
Bus Éireann Bus Éireann, or Irish Bus, provides bus services in the Republic of Ireland with the exception of those operated entirely within the Dublin Region, which are provided by Dublin Bus. Bus Éireann, established as a separate company in 1987, is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann.
Bus bulb In North American English, a bus bulb is an arrangement by which a sidewalk is extended outwards for a bus stop; typically the bus bulb replaces roadway that would otherwise be part of a parking lane. With bus bulbs, a bus can stay in its traffic lane to discharge and pick up passengers, instead of having to pull over to the curb.
Bus bunching Bus bunching is the phenomenon whereby a bus that is late tends to get later and later as it completes its run, while the bus following it tends to get earlier and earlier. The end result is that the two buses eventually form a pair, one right after another, and the service breaks down as the headway degrades from its nominal value.
Bus Beloyar Bus Beloyar (Бус Белояр) was a hypothetical, possibly mythical Slavic kniaz who ruled Ruskolan (Русколань) state (also mythical) and fought against Huns in east, Romans in south and Germans in West, against Goths' king Hermanarich, and was eventually crucified by Goths.
Bus contention Bus contention is an undesirable state of the bus of a computer, in which more than one memory mapped device or the CPU is attempting to place output values onto the bus at once. Normally, integrated circuits that connect to the bus are designed so that the likelihood of bus contention is nil provided that the chips are operated within their rated set-up times and so forth.
Bus encryption Bus encryption is the use of encrypted program instructions on a data bus in a computer that includes a secure cryptoprocessor for executing the encrypted instructions. Bus encryption is used primarily in electronic systems that require high security, such as Automated teller machines, TV set-top boxes, and secure data communication devices such as digital police radios.
Bus garages in London Every garage operating services that form part of the London Bus network is given an official London Bus garage code. Such codes are given not only to garages running London Bus contracts, but also to those running commercial bus services under London Bus agreements.
Bus mastering In computing, bus mastering is a feature supported by some bus architectures that enables a controller connected to the bus to communicate directly with other devices on the bus without going through the CPU. Most modern bus architectures, including PCI, support bus mastering because it significantly improves performance.
Bus models used in New York City Transit and MTA Bus The New York City Transit Authority and its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (hereafter called New York City Transit) operate approximately 4550 buses, and MTA Bus runs approximately another 1,300 buses within New York City, parts of southwestern Yonkers, NY and parts of Nassau County, NY.
Bus mouse A bus mouse is a variety of PC mouse which is attached to the computer using a specialized interface (originally, the Microsoft InPort interface developed for Microsoft's original mouse product). In the late 1980s, mice were not integrated with IBM-compatible personal computers, and the specialized bus interface (implemented via an ISA add-in card) was one of two popular ways to connect a mouse.
Bus network A bus network is a network architecture in which a set of clients are connected via a shared communications line, called a bus. There are several common instances of the bus architecture, including one in the motherboard of most computers, and those in some versions of Ethernet networks.
Bus plunge Bus plunge stories are a journalism phenomenon of reporting passenger bus mishaps in short articles that invariably describe the bus as "plunging" from a bridge or hillside road. The phenomenon has been noted in the New York Times, which once published as many as 14 "bus plunge" stories per year in its foreign news section.
Bus Project The Bus Project is a volunteer-driven, non-profit organization that engages young people in progressive politics and catalyzes action around progressive issues within Oregon. The Oregon Bus Project’s mission is to drive Oregon to be a progressive model for the nation.
Bus Riders Union (Los Angeles) The Bus Riders Union (BRU)/ (also called in Korean) is a United States civil rights organization originally formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. It claims 5,000 dues-paying members and is the class action representative of 450,000 bus riders in Los Angeles through its Civil Rights Consent Decree against the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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