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First Nations Bank of Canada First Nations Bank of Canada (or FNBC) was established in 1996 after receiving Letters Patent from the Government of Canada. It began as a venture between TD Bank (now TD Canada Trust) and Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation in 1993-94.
First Nations Composer Initiative The First Nations Composer Initiative (FNCI) is an organization dedicated to the promotion of new music by Native American composers. It is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States and affiliated with the American Composers Forum.
First Nations Police (Ontario) First Nations Police is a collective of aboriginal police forces in Ontario. The FNP is responsible for police duties within reserves in Ontario and have been used to assist the OPP in dealing with native disputes.
First Nations University of Canada The First Nations University of Canada (formerly Saskatchewan Indian Federated College) is a university in Saskatchewan, Canada with campuses in Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert. The Interim President of the university is Charles Pratt.
First Nebraska Bank First Nebraska Bank is a state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Valley, Nebraska. Founded in 1885, First Nebraska Bank is one of the oldest banking companies in Nebraska, with over $145 million in assets as of June 30, 2006.
First New Jersey Brigade The First New Jersey Brigade (also called the First Jersey Brigade and Kearny's New Jersey Brigade) is the common name for an American Civil War brigade of New Jersey infantry regiments in the Union Army of the Potomac. Its official designation through most of its service was as the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, VI Corps.
First News First News is a television news music package composed by American musician Frank Gari. It was composed in 1996 and features up to 150 cuts of opens, closes, bumpers, stingers and promo beds in orchestral and action news formats.
First Night First Night is an outdoor artistic and cultural celebration on New Year's Eve, taking place from afternoon until midnight. Since it happens on New Year's Eve, First Night celebrations are actually held on the last night of the old year.
First Of The Gang To Die "First Of The Gang To Die" is a song by Morrissey that features on his 2004 album You Are the Quarry. It was written by Morrissey along with Alain Whyte, the two being responsible for lyrics and music respectively.
First Oil Well, Bahrain As its name suggests, it is the first oil well in the Persian Gulf and is located in Bahrain. Oil first spurted from this well on 16th October 1931, and the well finally began to blow heads of oil on the morning of 2nd June 1932, to much celebration on the part of those involved in the project.
First Opium War The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between Great Britain and the Qing Empire in China from 1839 to 1842 with the aim of forcing China to import British opium. It is often seen as the beginning of European imperial hegemony toward China.
First post "First Post!" is an Internet phenomenon on Internet discussion groups (notably Slashdot and LiveJournal), where participants strive to be the first person to "post" a comment to a new article or discussion thread.
First Pacific Bank First Pacific Bank (traditional Chinese: 第一太平銀行) was a bank based in Hong Kong. Formerly known as Hong Nin Savings Bank, it was acquired by First Pacific Group from the Government of Hong Kong after the then colonial government took over Hong Nin Savings Bank after its failure in 1986.
First Party System The First Party System is the term political scientists and historians give to the political system existing in the United States between roughly 1792 and 1824. It featured two national parties that competed for control of the Presidency, Congress, and the States: the Federalist Party (created by Alexander Hamilton and others) and the republican party * Thomas Jefferson to President Washington, May 23, 1792 "The republican party, who wish to preserve the government in it's present form, are fewer in number.
First Peloponnesian War The First Peloponnesian War began in 460 BC and lasted circa 15 years. This war constituted a series of conflicts and minor wars, such as the Second Sacred War, featuring Athens and her allies on one side and Sparta and her allies on the other.
First People of the Kalahari First People of Kalahari (FPK) is a local Bushman advocacy organization in Botswana, working for the rights of the indigenous tribe of San, that had been forced by the Government of Botswana to resettle to the new built town of New Xade.
First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada (FPNPC) is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.
First Person Plural First Person Plural: my life as a multiple is a Psychology-related book written by Cameron West, who experiences a disorder known as Dissociative identity disorder. The book is first-person, in which Cameron West relieves scenes of incest, which caused his mind to create separate personalities to hide the memories.
First Presbyterian Day School First Presbyterian Day School is a private college-preparatory Christian school located in Macon, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1970 as an offshoot of First Presbyterian Church, also located in Macon.
First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church can refer to hundreds of churches within the United States. If you followed a link here, please consider making it more specific by including the city and state in which the church resides.
First Presbyterian Church (Vandalia, Illinois) The First Presbyterian Church in Vandalia, Illinois is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Presbyterian church joined the Register in March 1982 and is one of three sites on the Register located in Vandalia.
First Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga, Tennessee is a prominent, historic, downtown congregation of the Presbyteian Church in America. First Presbyterian Church was founded in 1840 by missionaries of the David Brainard Mission.
First Presidency In Mormonism, the First Presidency (or the Quorum of the Presidency of the Church) is one of the governing bodies in the church hierarchy of several Latter Day Saint denominations. A First Presidency was organized by Joseph Smith, Jr.
First Presidency (Community of Christ) The First Presidency of the Community of Christ is composed of the president and two counselors, and they preside over the whole church under the principles of "theocratic democracy" observed in the governance of the church. This includes responsibility for the World Conference, field ministries, priesthood quorums and orders, and headquarters functions.
First Prince of the Blood The title of First Prince of the Blood (French: Premier Prince du Sang) was a title in France belonging to the most senior member of the royal house who was not a Fils de France. It carried with it various legal privileges, including the right to a household paid out of state revenues.
First Professional degree A first professional degree is a graduate-level (postgraduate) degree that is required for professional licensure or entrance to a specific profession. Students pursue a first professional degree after completing a four-year bachelor's degree.
First Protectorate Parliament The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government. It sat for one term from 3 September 1654 until 22 January 1655 with William Lenthall as the Speaker of the House.
First quantization A first quantization of a physical system is a semi-classical treatment of quantum mechanics, in which particles or physical objects are treated using quantum wave functions but the surrounding environment (for example a potential well or a bulk electromagnetic field or gravitational field) is treated classically. First quantization is appropriate for studying a single quantum-mechanical system being controlled by a laboratory apparatus that is itself large enough that classical mechanics is applicable to most of the apparatus.
First quarto First quarto is a bibliographic term, usually encountered in the study of English literature in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, especially in regard to the early printings of the plays of English Renaissance theatre.
First Quarter Storm The First Quarter Storm was a period of unrest in the Philippines, composed of a series of heavy demonstrations, protests, and marches against the government from January to March 1970, two years before the Philippines were placed under martial law.
First Red Scare In American history, the First Red Scare took place in the period 1917-1920, and was marked by a widespread fear of anarchism and communism, as well as the effects of radical political agitation in American society. Fueled by anarchist bombings and spurred on by Attorney General A.
First Report on the Public Credit The Report on Public Credit was a report that analyzed the financial standing of the United States of America and made recommendations for the retirement of the national debt. Commissioned by the House of Representatives to Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton on September 21, 1789 and presented January 14, 1790, the 140,000 word document first proposed federal assumption of state debt.
First Republic of South Korea The First Republic of South Korea was South Korea's first independent government, ruling the country from 1948 to 1960. It succeeded USAMGIK, the United States military government, which ruled the area from 1945 to 1948.
First Responders Financial First Responders Financial is a company that was formed to provide access to financial and insurance products and services that are designed solely for America's First Responders. The company is partnering with national financial institutions that will offer first responders a broad and expanding array of financial and insurance products and services.
First River The First River, in the state of New Jersey in the United States, is the first main tributary of the Passaic River encountered while travelling upstream from its mouth at Newark Bay. However, in the 19th century, it was completely paved over, and now flows underground through sewers until discharging into the Passaic.
First Robotech War In the fictional world of Robotech, the First Robotech War (February 2009-April 2011) was a conflict between the earth-based Robotech Defense Force and the alien Zentraedi. Though it ended with the Earth Forces victorious, that victory was won at a terrible cost, with much of the Earth's surface and population devastated.
First Romanesque One of the first streams of Romanesque architecture in Europe in the end of 10th century and the beginning of 11th century is called First Romanesque or Lombard Romanesque. It took place in the Lombardy (Northern Italy), in the regions of Girona, Lleida and Huesca (the Spanish Mark), and in the south of France.
First shirt First shirt is military slang for the First Sergeant of a US military unit. The first shirt, often further shortened to "shirt," handles many administrative duties and administers minor punishments when necessary to members under the commander's authority.
First strike In nuclear strategy, first strike capability is a country's ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country can survive the weakened retaliation. The preferred methodology is to attack the opponent's launch facilities and storage depots first, in an overwhelming surprise attack -- hence the name.
First superstring revolution In physics, the first superstring revolution is a period of important discoveries in string theory roughly between 1984 and 1986. It was realised that string theory was capable of describing all elementary particles as well as the interactions between them.
First Samurai First Samurai is a thoroughbred race horse born February 2, 2003. He was a contender for the Triple Crown in 2006, but after his defeat due to a starting gate incident in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes he was ruled unlikely to race in the Kentucky Derby.
First Satanic Church The First Satanic Church was re-founded on October 31, 1999 by Karla LaVey to carry on the legacy of her father, Anton LaVey, Author of The Satanic Bible. On Walpurgisnacht, April 30th 1966 Anton LaVey founded the "The Satanic Church" (which he would later rename "Church of Satan").
First Saturday Devotions The First Saturday Devotions are a Roman Catholic practice which have been recommended by the Virgin Mary in several visitations, notably Our Lady of Fatima. Catholics honour the Virgin on Saturdays because they believe that as the Mother of Jesus Christ she must have suffered a great deal and had much faith on Holy Saturday, before the Resurrection on Easter.
First ScotRail First ScotRail is the brand under which First Group PLC runs its railway franchise to operate all domestic passenger services within Scotland, as well as the cross-border Caledonian Sleeper service to London, England. First Group has its headquarters in Aberdeen, Scotland.
First Second Books First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels that are innovative, daring, and entertaining. An imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second bridges ages, genres, and countries, bringing graphic novel readers high quality fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism by both well-known and brand new creators from countries across the globe who have backgrounds in drama, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and prose.
First Secretary of State First Secretary of State is a title within the British government, principally regarded as purely honorific, currently held by the Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott. The title, which implies senority over all other Secretaries of State, has no specific powers or authority attached to it beyond that of any other Secretary of State.
First Serbian Uprising The First Serbian Uprising was a Serbian national revolution which lasted one decade (1804-1813), during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after 300 years of Ottoman- and short-lasting Austrian occupations. Revolutionary Serbia responded to the Ottoman Massacre of Serbian knights by establishing its separate government (Praviteljstvujusci Sovjet), Serbian Prince, Parliament (Zbor) and University of Belgrade.
First Servile War The First Servile War of 135–132 BC was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Romans on the island of Sicily, in Enna. It was led by Eunus, a former slave claiming to be a prophet, and a Cilician of the name of Cleon, his military general.
First Slayer The First Slayer (credited as Primitive), also known as The Primeval One (in an invocation spell) was the first in the line of Slayers in the cult tv series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and was portrayed by Sharon Ferguson.
First South Yorkshire First South Yorkshire is a large bus operator in South Yorkshire, England. As a division of FirstGroup the company's official name is Mainline who operated it between 1989 and 1998, following the takeover of South Yorkshire Transport (SYT).
First Spanish Republic The First Spanish Republic started with the abdication as King of Spain on February 10 1873 of Amadeo I, following the Hidalgo Affair, when he had been required by the radical government to sign a decree against the artillery officers. The next day, February 11, the republic was declared by a parliamentary majority made up of radicals, republicans and democrats.
First Stage Children's Theater Founded in 1987 as First Stage Milwaukee, the First Stage Children's Theater has grown from a small but respected theater for young audiences to a nationally acclaimed company drawing annual audiences of more than 145,000 people. With a season including six mainstage plays and one touring production (more than 300 performances annually), First Stage has become one of the five largest professional childrenÂąs theater companies in the United States and the second largest theater company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry Robert Walpole and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend were removed from their positions in the government (the latter was demoted to Lord Lieutenant of Ireland), and were replaced by James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope of Mahon and Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, who cooperatively led the First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry. The two Whigs remained in power from 1717 to 1721, although in 1718, Lord Stanhope exchanged positions with Lord Sunderland to form the Second Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry.
First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual international competition in research projects in physics. All the secondary high school students regardless of the country, type of the school, sex, nationality etc.
First Sudanese Civil War The First Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1955 to 1972 between the northern part of Sudan and a south that demanded more regional autonomy. Half a million people died over the 17 years of war, which may be divided into three stages: initial guerilla war, Anyanya and South Sudan Liberation Movement.
First Suez Offensive The First Suez Offensive was an attack launched by forces of the Ottoman Empire against British forces in Egypt during World War I, in order to capture the Suez Canal. The offensive began on January 28, 1915 and ended with an Ottoman withdrawal on February 3 the same year.
First Swedish Crusade First Swedish Crusade is a legendary military expedition presumably in the 1150s that has traditionally been seen as the conquest of Finland by Sweden, with pagan Finns converted into Christianity. According to the legend, the crusade was conducted by king Eric IX of Sweden.
First Synod of AsunciĂłn The First Synod of AsunciĂłn was a council of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Paraguay, in 1603. It was organized by the third bishop of the diocese, Friar MartĂ­n Ignacio de Loyola, in AsunciĂłn, gathering clergy and lay people from the eight cities of the Giant Province of the Indias.
First team The first team is the colloquial name given to the most senior team fielded by a football club. Within the structure of the club, there is no higher level than the first team, and if the club fields other teams those teams will compete in less senior leagues and comprise those players who are not deemed to merit a place in the first team.
First they came... First they came… is a poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group.
First things first 2000 Manifesto The First Things First 2000 manifesto, written and launched by Adbusters magazine in 1999, was an updated version of the earlier First Things First manifesto written and published in 1964 by Ken Garland, a British designer. It was signed by a group of 33 figures from the international graphic design community, many of them well known, and simultaneously published in Adbusters (Canada), Emigre and AIGA Journal of Graphic Design (United States), Eye and Blueprint (Britain) and Items (Netherlands).
First to file and first to invent First to file and first to invent are legal concepts that define who has the right to the grant of a patent for an invention. The first to file system is used in the majority of countries, with the notable exception of the United States, which operates a first to invent system.
First to Leave First to Leave is a pop-punk/melodic hardcore band from suburbs of San Francisco. The band originally consisted of Mike Stearns on guitar, Tony Torres on bass, Murtaza Sajjad on drums, Zack Lindenberg on guitar, and Matt Foster on vocals.
First Taiwan Strait Crisis The First Taiwan Strait Crisis (also called the 1954-1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis) was a short armed conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) governments. PRC seized Yijiangshan Islands, forcing ROC to abandon the Tachen Islands.
First Tarnovo Uprising The First Tarnovo Uprising (, Parvo tarnovsko vastanie) was a Bulgarian uprising against the Ottoman rule based in the former Bulgarian capital, Tarnovo, that broke out in 1598 and was severely crushed by the Ottoman authorities.
First Technology Ltd First Technology is a Finnish company which specializes in the development of embedded devices, embedded Linux, consultancy of manufacturing services and embedded electronic design services. It was founded in 2004.
First Temple Period The First Temple Period is the time of Israelite history where the SECOND Temple of Solomon existed in Jerusalem. It was originally built by King Solomon, and later destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar when the Jews were taken into captivity in Babylon.
First Tennessee Field First Tennessee Field is the name of a minor league baseball stadium under construction in Nashville, Tennessee. The new park will sit on the banks of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville, on the former site of the metropolitan government's thermal transfer power plant.
First Texas Legislature The First Texas Legislature convened from 16 February to 13 May 1846 in regular session. Members of the House of Representatives and Senate were elected in December 1845, after an election on 13 October 1845 that ratified the proposed state constitution.
First They Killed My Father First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a 2000 nonfiction book written by a Cambodian author and survivor of the Pol Pot regime Loung Ung. It is a personal account of her experiences during the Khmer Rouge years.
First Transcontinental Railroad The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States was built across North America in the 1860s, linking the railway network of the Eastern United States with California on the Pacific coast. Ceremonially completed on May 10, 1869, at the famous "golden spike" event at Promontory Summit, Utah, it created a nationwide mechanized transportation network that revolutionized the population and economy of the American West, catalyzing the transition from the wagon trains of previous decades to a modern transportation system.
First Triumvirate The First Triumvirate is a common name among historians to refer to the unofficial political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. Unlike the somewhat less famous so called "Second Triumvirate", the First Triumvirate had no official status whatsoever – its overwhelming power in the Roman state was strictly unofficial influence – and was in fact kept secret for some time as part of the political machinations of the Triumviri themselves.
First Tuesday Book Club First Tuesday Book Club is an Australian television show that discusses books ostensibly in the style of a domestic book club. Hosted by journalist Jennifer Byrne, it uses the panel format made popular in The Glass House with two regular members -- book reviewer Jason Steger and author/blogger Marieke Hardy -- and two guest members.
First Two Years First Two Years is a compilation CD, and the first full-length release by New York hardcore punk band I Object. The CD contains several demo and previously unreleased recordings and tracks that previously appeared only on compilation albums or vinyl 7" EPs, as well as a couple of tracks from a short period in the band's existence when they had two vocalists.
First Union 400 The First Union 400 is a former NASCAR Winston Cup race held at North Wilkesboro Speedway in late March or early April from 1951 to 1996. The race was discontinued when North Wilkesboro lost both of its cup dates to other tracks and was closed after the annual fall race, the Tyson Holly Farms 400.
First Unitarian Church of Rochester The First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York was designed by architect Louis Kahn in 1959 to replace the previous church designed in 1859 by architect Richard Upjohn, founder of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
First United Front (China) The First United Front of the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Communist Party of China (CPC) was formed in 1924 as an alliance to end warlordism. Together, they formed the National Revolutionary Army and set out on the Northern Expedition in 1926.
First Vice President of the Government (Spain) The Vice President of the Government of Spain, Vicepresidente del Gobierno in Spanish, is the second in command to the Prime Minister of Spain, filling in for him when he is absent or incapable of exercising his power. The person for the post is usually handpicked by the Prime Minister from the members of the Cabinet.
First Vienna Award The First Vienna Award was the result of the First Vienna Arbitration (November 2, 1938), which took place at Vienna's Belvedere Palace on the eve of World War II. By the award, arbiters from Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sought a non-violent way to enforce the revanchist territorial claims of Hungary, ruled by Regent MiklĂłs Horthy.
First Viennese School The First Viennese School is a name sometimes given to a collection of classical music composers who wrote in the classical music era in the late eighteenth century in Vienna. These composers include Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, and Ludwig van Beethoven.
First Vision The First Vision is the name given by Latter Day Saints to an event that Joseph Smith, Jr. said he experienced during the early 1820s in a forested area (now called the Sacred Grove) near his home in northwestern New York.
First war of Kappel The first war of Kappel (Erster Kappelerkrieg) was an armed conflict in 1529 between the Protestant and the Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy during the reformation in Switzerland. It ended, without any battle having been fought, with the first peace of Kappel (Erster Landfriede).
First War of the Two Brothers In the Matter of Britain, the Civil War of the Two Brothers was a war between Mempricius and his brother, Malin, the sons of Maddan, high king of the Britons. After Maddan's death, a family feud broke out between the brothers over who would dominate Britain.
First Warning (book) First Warning is the first book of the Acorna's Children Series, a companion series to Acorna the Unicorn Girl. First Warning was written by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and chronicles the adventures of Khorri.
First Whitlam Ministry The First Whitlam Ministry, often known as the "two-man Ministry" or the "Duumvirate", was the forty-eighth Australian Commonwealth ministry, and ran from 5 December 1972 to 19 December 1972.
First Words First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. Their pre-release peaked at #1 on the top 30 and hip hop charts of Fredericton, New Brunswick's CHSR, which landed them at #13 on earshot's national hip hop charts in December, 2004.
First World The term "First World" refers to countries that are capitalist democracies, which are technologically advanced, and whose citizens have a high standard of living. Australia, Canada, Japan, the United States of America, and most European nations are examples of First World countries.
First World Buddhist Forum, 2006 The First World Buddhist Forum (Simplified Chinese: 世界佛教论坛) was held in Hangzhou City and Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, China, from April 13 to April 16, 2006. It was the first major international Buddhist conference since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949.
First Zhili-Fengtian War The First Zhili-Fengtian War () was a 1922 conflict in the Republic of China's Warlord Era between the Zhili and Fengtian cliques for control of Beijing. The Fengtian clique was defeated and was forced to retreated back to Manchuria.
First-class cricket First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. Technically, Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket but the term "first-class" usually refers to domestic competition only.
First-class function In computer science, a programming language is said to support first-class functions if it treats functions as first-class objects. Specifically, this means that functions can be created during the execution of a program, stored in data structures, passed as arguments to other functions, and returned as the values of other functions.
First-class object In computing, a first-class object (also -value, -entity, -citizen), in the context of a particular programming language, is an entity which can be used in programs without restriction (when compared to other kinds of objects in the same language). Depending on the language, this can imply:
First-come, first-served First come, first served (sometimes first-come, first-served or simply FCFS) is a service policy whereby the requests of customers or clients are attended to in the order that they arrived, without other biases or preferences. The policy can be employed when processing sales orders, in determining restaurant seating, or on a taxi stand, for examples.
First-countable space In topology, a branch of mathematics, a first-countable space is a topological space satisfying the "first axiom of countability". Specifically, a space X is said to be first-countable if each point has a countable local base.
First-Foot First-Foot, in British folklore, especially that of the north and Scotland, the first person who crosses the threshold on Christmas or New Year's Eve. Good or ill luck is believed to be brought the house by First-Foot, and a female First-Foot is regarded with dread.
First-generation Chevrolet Camaro The first-generation Chevrolet Camaro debuted for the 1967 model year on an all brand new rear-wheel drive GM F-body platform and would be available as a 2-doors, 2+2 seating, coupé or convertible with a choice of V6 and V8 powerplants. The first-gen Camaro would last up through the 1969 model year.
First-mover advantage First-mover advantage is the advantage gained by the initial occupant of a market segment. This advantage may stem from the fact that the first entrant can gain control of resources that followers may not be able to match.
First-order control In control theory, first-order control is when a desired result is attempted by adjusting a scalar (first-order) control. Such mechanisms, where first-order change successfully produces desired results, are called first-order mechanisms.
First-order hold The First-order hold (FOH) is a mathematical model of the practical reconstruction of sampled signals that could be done by a conventional digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and an analog circuit called an integrator. For the FOH, the signal is reconstructed as a piecewise linear approximation to the original signal that was sampled.
First-order logic First-order logic (FOL) is a universal language in symbolic science, and is in use everyday by mathematicians, philosophers, linguists, computer scientists and practitioners of artificial intelligence. It goes by many names and among them are: first-order predicate calculus (FOPC), the lower predicate calculus, the language of first-order logic or predicate logic.

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