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Hotseat (multiplayer mode) Hotseat or hot seat is a multiplayer mode provided by some computer games and video games (usually turn-based games), which allows two or more players to play on the same computer using the same single set of input devices (e.g.
Hotspot gateway A hotspot gateway is a device that provides authentication, authorization and accounting for a wireless network. This can keep malicious users off of a private network even in the event that they are able to break the encryption.
Hotsuma Tsutae The Hotsuma Tsutae (also Hotuma Tsutaye or Hotuma Tsutahe, Japanese:秀真伝) is an elaborate epic of Japanese mythical history whose description is substantially different from the mainstream version as recorded in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki or Nihongi.
HotSauce HotSauce (code named Project X) was experimental software developed by Apple Computer as a sample application of its Meta Content Framework. HotSauce generated a 3D visualization of the contents of a MCF file, for example a website sitemap.
HotSpot HotSpot is the primary Java Virtual Machine for desktops and servers produced by Sun Microsystems. It features techniques such as just-in-time compilation and adaptive optimization designed to improve performance.
Hotte Paksha Rangaswamy Hotte Paksha Rangaswamy (Kannada: ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ಪಕ್ಷ ರಂಗಸ್ವಾಮಿ) (1933 – January 7, 2007) was a political leader from the Indian state of Karnataka, who had a penchant for contesting elections. He is a Guinness World Records holder for having contested the highest number of elections - he unsuccessfully did so 86 times.
Hottentots Holland High School Hottentots Holland High School is an Afrikaans- and English-speaking school in the Western Cape in South Africa, situated between the towns of Somerset West and Strand, alongside the N2 national road. As of 2005, it has 1015 students and 44 teachers.
Hottest Mom in America Hottest Mom in AmericaTM is a reality television series that auditions American women vying for the title of "Hottest Mom", similar to the concept of American Idol. The production is the first reality show for Buzznation, a partnership of marketing pro Mark Hughes, branded entertainment expert Jeff Greenfield and celebrity talent agent/producer-turned-WSOP-champion Jamie Gold.
Hotwash "Hotwash" is part of military and governmental terminology to describe the "after-action" discussions and evaluations of an agency's (or multiple agencies') performance following an exercise, training session, or major event, such as Hurricane Katrina. The main purpose of a "hotwash" session is to identify strengths and weaknesses of the response to a given event, which then leads to another governmental phase known as "lessons learned," which is intended to guide future response direction in order to avoid repeating errors made in the past.
Hotwiring Hotwiring is the process of bypassing an automobile's ignition interlock and thus starting it without the key. Although it is not illegal if performed with the consent of the car owner, the activity is usually performed by criminals who intend to steal the vehicle.
Hou Andu Hou Andu (侯安é˝) (520-563), courtesy name Chengshi (ć師), was a Chen Dynasty general, whose military accomplishments under Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen made him one of the most powerful individuals in the state, but whose arrogance and rudeness raised suspicions from Emperor Wen, and Emperor Wen arrested him and forced him to commit suicide.
Hou Cheng Hou Cheng (侯ć) was a cavalry commander under the minor warlord LĂĽ Bu during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era in ancient China. He eventually defected to rival warlord Cao Cao during the Battle of Xiapi.
Hou Jing Hou Jing (侯景) (d. 552), courtesy name Wanjing (č¬ć™Ż), was a general for the Chinese states Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, and Liang Dynasty, and briefly, after controlling the Liang imperial regime for several years, usurped the Liang throne, establishing a state of Han.
Hou Kui tea Taiping Hou Kui (太平猴é) tea is grown at the foot of Huangshan (黄山) in Taiping County. The tea has been produced since the beginning of the 20th century and is produced around the small village of Hou Keng (猴坑).
Hou Wang Temple The Hou Wang Temple located in Atherton a short walk from Platypus Park on Herberton Road. The temple and the land is stands on was purchased by a group of Chinese families who donated it to the National Trust.
Houari BoumĂ©dienne Houari BoumĂ©dienne (original name Mohamed Ben Brahim Boukharouba) (August 23 1932 – December 27 1978) (Arabic: هŮاري بŮمدين) was President of Algeria from 19 June 1965 to 27 December 1978 and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council until 12 December 1976.
Houat Houat (Enez Houad in Breton) is a little island off the south coast of Brittany in the French département of Morbihan. It is located, at , along with two other major islands, in the entrance to the Baie de Quiberon.
Houbei class missile boat Houbei class missile boat is the newest class of missile boat in the People's Liberation Army Navy that first appeared in April 2004. The boats incorporate obvious stealthy features and were first built by the Qiuxin Shipbuilding Factory at Shanghai.
Houdini (software) Houdini is a high-end 3D animation package developed by Side Effects Software. It is often preferred over competing packages, such as Maya or XSI, for pure visual effects tasks, as opposed to character animation.
Houdini Museum The Houdini Museum, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is the only building in the world entirely devoted to Harry Houdini. It is situated in a turn of the century building that has several exhibit rooms and a theater and is headed by internationally-known magicians Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brooks.
Hougang Hougang is an urban planning area and a suburb in the north-eastern area of the city-state of Singapore. Under classification by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the area is part of the North-East Region, an urban planning division.
Hougang MRT Station Hougang MRT Station (NE14) is an underground station on the North East MRT Line, Singapore. It is located in the central part of Hougang New Town which is connected to the bus interchange and surrounding HDB flats and shopping centres.
Hougang Single Member Constituency Hougang Single Member Constituency (Hougang SMC) (ĺŽć¸ŻĺŤ•选区) is a Single Member Constituency whose borders roughly enclose the town of Hougang, located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. The boundary includes a portion of Hougang and is an opposition held seat with its Member of Parliament the Workers' Party's Low Thia Khiang.
Hough End Hall Hough End Hall is an historic house in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, North West England. It was built in 1596 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I by Sir Nicholas Mosley, when he became Lord of the Manor of Withington (Chorlton-cum-Hardy was at the time a township within the Manor of Withington).
Hough function In applied mathematics, the Hough functions are the eigenfunctions of Laplace's tidal equations which govern fluid motion on a rotating sphere. As such, they are important in geophysics and meteorology where they form part of the solutions for atmospheric and ocean waves.
Hough Riots The Hough Riots, were race riots in the predominantly black community of Hough in Cleveland, Ohio that took place over a six-night period from July 18 to July 23, 1966. By the end of the riots, four people were killed and 30 were critically injured.
Hough transform The Hough transform (pronounced ) is a feature extraction technique used in digital image processing. The classical transform identifies lines in the image, but it has been extended to identifying positions of arbitrary shapes.
Houghton and Sunderland South (UK Parliament constituency) Houghton and Sunderland South will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Houghton and Washington East (UK Parliament constituency) Houghton and Washington East is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Houghton College Houghton College is a 4-year Christian liberal arts college, operated by the Wesleyan ChurchHoughton's main rural campus is in the Genesee Valley] of southwestern New York ([[Houghton, New York), and a secondary suburban campus is in West Seneca, New York, a suburb of Buffalo, New York. It also has campus extensions in the Adirondacks State Park of New York, Australia, Tanzania, and London, England.
Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. They publish textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers and adults, including the Best American series (annual collections of previously-published fiction and non-fiction).
Houghton Surname Project The Houghton Surname Project website is the largest genealogical collection of the descendants of Ralph and John Houghton of Lancaster, MA and John Houghton of Stony Brook, NJ, and all Houghton/Haughton surname individuals prior to 1930 who have lived in or emigrated to the United States. Variants include Haughton, Hotton, Hotten, Hoten, Hoton, Howton, etc.
Houghton-le-Spring Houghton-le-Spring (pronounced ) is a former mining town in the North-East of England, and part of the City of Sunderland. It is situated between Newbottle, County Durham and Hetton-le-Hole and lies about 8 miles (13 km) to the south west of Sunderland.
Houghton, Cambridgeshire Houghton – in Huntingdonshire (now part of Cambridgeshire), England – is a village between Huntingdon and St Ives on the A1123, and not far south of RAF Wyton. It lies on the north bank of the River Great Ouse, where Houghton Mill is located.
Houghton, Hampshire Houghton is a small village, situated alongside the River Test. The villages houses are mostly beside the main road through the village, however a relatively new housing estate off Stevens Drove has extended the village somewhat.
Houghton, South Australia Houghton (postcode 5131) is a small town near Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Adelaide Hills, in the City of Tea Tree Gully and the Adelaide Hills Council local government areas between Tea Tree Gully and Inglewood on the North East Road.
Houghton, Washington Houghton is one of the lakeside neighborhoods of the city of Kirkland, Washington. Consisting mostly of upscale, single-family homes, Houghton overlooks Lake Washington and is one of the wealthier districts of the Eastside suburbs of Seattle.
Hougoumont (farmhouse) Château d'Hougoumont is a large farmhouse situated at the bottom of an escarpment near the Nivelles road. The escarpment is where British and other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815.
Houchens Industries Houchens Industries, is an American employee-owned company, in business since 1918 when it began as a small grocery operated by founder Ervin Houchens in rural Barren County, Kentucky. The company is headquartered in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Houkago no Love Beat Houkago no Love Beat or 'After School Love Beat' is a PS2 otome game published by D3. The main character is a high school girl who has just transferred to a new high school, and becomes friends with 4 boys there who are trying to make it as a band.
Houlihan's Stadium Houlihan's Stadium (formerly Tampa Stadium prior to 1995) was a sports venue located at 4201 North Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida, USA. The stadium is most closely associated with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers National Football League franchise.
Houlle Houlle is a commune of France, in the département of Pas-de-Calais, in the arrondissement of Saint-Omer, and the canton of Saint-Omer-nord. It belongs to the agglomeration of Saint-Omer which includes 19 communes, with a total of 65,000 inhabitants.
Houlton (CDP), Maine Houlton CDP is a census-designated place within the town of Houlton in Aroostook County, Maine. The CDP is the central settlement of the town, and is defined to provide demographic statistics for that settlement, separated from the less populated areas of the town.
Houma Tribe The Houma Tribe of Indians, or more properly, The United Houma Nation are native to the area around the mouth of the Mississippi River. Today they live in the Louisiana parishes of East and West Feliciana, and Pointe Coupee, about 100 miles (160 km) north of the town of Houma named for them.
Houn Jiyu-Kennett Reverend Master Houn Jiyu-Kennett, Roshi, (ć…友禪師) (1924-1996) was a priest and Zen Buddhist teacher of the Soto school, as well as founder of The Order of Buddhist Contemplatives, whose two main training temples are Shasta Abbey (U.S.
Hound & Horn Hound & Horn, originally subtitled "a Harvard Miscellany", was a literary quarterly founded by Harvard undergrads Lincoln Kirstein and Varian Fry in 1927. At the time, the college's literary magazine The Harvard Advocate did not accept their work, so they convinced Kirstein's father, the president of Filene's Department Store in Boston, to fund the launch of their own literary magazine.
Hound Dog (song) "Hound Dog" is a twelve-bar blues recorded in two versions that demonstrate the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll. The original version was recorded by Big Mama Thornton, while the remake was recorded by Elvis Presley.
Hound sharks Hound sharks are a family, Triakidae, of ground sharks, consisting of about 40 species in 9 genera. In some classifications, the family is split in two, with Mustelus, Scylliogaleus, and Triakis in Triakidae, and the remaining genera in Galeorhinidae.
Hound Tor Hound Tor is one of the more impressive tors on Dartmoor, United Kingdom — a good example of a heavily weathered granite outcrop. It is easily accessible, situated within a few minutes from the B3387 between Bovey Tracey and Widecombe-in-the-Moor.
Hounddog (2007) Hounddog is a film written, directed and produced by Deborah Kampmeier and starring child actress Dakota Fanning. Robin Wright Penn serves as an executive producer (and also has an acting role, as Stranger Lady).
Houndoom are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the Pokémon media franchise. The purpose of Houndoom in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon, untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments, and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Houndstooth Houndstooth, sometimes referred to as dog-tooth, is a duotone textile pattern, characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes. The pattern made a frequent appearance on fabrics designed in the 1930s through 1970s.
Houngan Houngan is the term for a male (as opposed to the mambo, or female) High Priest in the Voodoo religion in Haiti. They are the highest form of clergy in the religion, whose responsibility it is to preserve the rituals and songs and maintain the relationship between the spirits and the community as a whole (though some of this is the responsibility of the whole community as well).
Hounslow parks and open spaces The London Borough of Hounslow is a peripheral London borough in the south-west of the conurbation; as such part of the Green Belt lies within its boundaries. It has one of London's largest Nature reserves as well as many smaller gardens and sports grounds.
Hour 25 Hour 25 was a radio program focusing on science fiction, fantasy, and science. It was broadcast on Pacifica radio station KPFK in Southern California from 1972 to 2000, and is now distributed over the Internet.
Hour of Slack The Hour of Slack is a one-hour radio program produced by the Church of the SubGenius. Reverend Ivan Stang presents his own commentary, along with a great deal of music and sound clips created by various Subgenii.
Hour of the Gun Hour of the Gun (1967), a western movie about Wyatt Earp (James Garner) and Doc Holliday (Jason Robards), attempts more historical accuracy than most accounts of the events, and explores what happened after the gunfight at the O.K.
Hour of the Time The Hour of the Time is a shortwave radio program created by American author and former Naval Intelligence Officer Milton William Cooper. The show, which first aired in May of 1992, began airing regularly in January of 1993 on WWCR, and was hosted by Cooper up until the time of his death, when he was shot by members of the Apache County, Arizona Sheriff's Office, in November, 2001.
Hour record The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle. There are several classes of records representing different positions on the relative contributions of the rider and the bicycle design.
Hourglass (song) "Hourglass" was the first single released from Squeeze's seventh album, Babylon and On. Aided by a music video that received substantial airplay on MTV, "Hourglass" became the highest-charting hit the band ever had in the United States.
Hourglass Device The Hourglass Device is a military award of the United States armed forces presented as an attachment to the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. The Hourglass Device denotes total service as a member of the Reserve or National Guard and is issued in three degrees.
Hourglass Field Hourglass Field was the popular name for an auxiliary landing field operated by the United States Navy before and during World War II north of San Diego, California. It is remembered as a racetrack in the regional road racing circuit and because a crackdown on unauthorized drag racing there triggered a riot in San Diego.
Houri In Islam, the ḥūr or ḥūrīyah () are described as "pure beings" or "companions pure" of paradise.The hur may have a connotation of gender like the word "angel" in English but in general sense the hur can be male or female as does the word "angel" in English.
Hourman Hourman (spelled Hour-Man in his earliest appearances) is the name of three different fictional DC Comics superheroes the first of whom was created by Ken Fitch and Bernard Bailey in Adventure Comics #48 (April 1940), during the Golden Age of Comic Books.
Hourman (Rick Tyler) Hourman (Rick Tyler) is a fictional character, a superhero who was created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas and Todd McFarlane and first appeared in Infinity Inc. #20 as Rick Tyler, son of the original Hourman, who quickly joined Infinity Inc.
Housatonic Area Regional Transit Housatonic Area Regional Transit, known popularly as HART, is the provider of public transportation for Danbury, Connecticut and surrounding communities. HART was founded in 1972 as an agency funded by a combination of its municipalities, the Connecticut Department of Transportation and (on a limited basis) the New York State Department of Transportation.
Housatonic Railroad The Housatonic Railroad is a Class III railroad operating in southwestern New England. It was chartered in 1983 to operate a short section of ex-New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in northwestern Connecticut, and has since expanded north and south, as well as west into New York State.
Housatonic River The Housatonic River is a river, approximately 149 mi (240 km) long, in western Massachusetts and western Connecticut in the United States. It flows south to southeast, and drains about 1,950 square miles of southwestern New England into Long Island Sound.
Housatonic Valley Regional High School Housatonic Valley Regional High School (HVRHS) is a regional high school in Falls Village, Connecticut with a student population of about 590 students in grades 9 to 12. It serves six towns: Sharon, Kent, North Canaan, Falls Village, Salisbury, and Cornwall, as well as several unincorporated hamlets (such as Lime Rock and Lakeville) within those towns.
House A house, a structure used for human habitation, generally has walls and a roof to shelter its enclosed space from precipitation, wind, heat, and cold. Animals including both domestic pets and "unwanted" animals (such as mice) often live in houses.
House & Garden (magazine) House & Garden (sometimes House and Garden, but the magazine uses the ampersand) is a magazine published by Condé Nast Publications. It is now a general lifestyle guide, focusing on interior design, cooking, entertaining, and gardening.
House & Garden (plays) House and Garden are a diptych of plays written by the English playwright Alan Ayckbourn, first performed in 1999. They are designed to be staged simultaneously, with the same cast in adjacent auditoria, and were published together as House & Garden.
House Auction House Auction is a programme on the UK television station Channel 4 which airs at half an hour after midday on weekdays. As the name suggests, the show features cases of housing or property for sale at auctions, and follows the story of what happens with the property being refurbished and made into a home or some type of business such as, in one case, a dentist.
House banking scandal The House banking scandal broke in early 1992 when it was revealed that the United States House of Representatives allowed members to overdraft their House checking accounts, but were not being penalized by the House Bank. However, it should be noted that the House Bank is in fact not a bank, but better defined as a clearinghouse.
House Bill H-837 House Bill H-837, AKA The Academic Freedom Bill of Rights, is a proposed bill that, if passed, would allow students to establish lawsuits against their professors and the university if they grow intolerant of their beliefs. This bill has been seen by many as an attempt to single out evolution in classrooms.
House Building Finance Corporation House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC) was established in the 1952 as a Statutory dederal body with the object of providing financial assistance for construction and purchase of houses to the people of Pakistan in urban as well as rural areas.
House centipede The house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) is a yellowish grey centipede with 15 pairs of legs. Originally native to the Mediterranean region, the species has spread to other parts of the world, where it usually lives in human homes.
House Calendar The House Calendar is a calendar in the United States House of Representatives that schedules major bills that don't involve money. Also can be defined as: a list of all bills reported from committee and eligible for floor action, except bills pertaining to taxing and spending.
House Calls (TV series) House Calls was a sitcom that lasted three seasons and 57 episodes, from December 17, 1979 to May 27, 1982, on CBS television, produced by Universal Television and based upon the 1978 Universal movie starring Walter Matthau, Glenda Jackson, Art Carney and Richard Benjamin.
House Corrino Imperial House Corrino is a Great House and the ruling family of the Imperium in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. The Corrinos came to power after mankind's victory against the Thinking Machines at the Battle of Corrin (from which they took their name), and ruled until deposed by Paul Atreides approximately 10,000 years later.
House Courcel In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, House Courcel is the reigning family of Terre d'Ange, descended in a straight, unbroken line from Blessed Elua. The emblem of House Courcel is a silver swan on a field of midnight blue.
House Crow The House Crow (Corvus splendens), also known as the Colombo Crow is a common Asian bird of the Crow family. It is between the Jackdaw and the Carrion Crow in size (40 cm in length) but is relatively slimmer than either.
House Detective In its classic format, this HGTV show would feature two home inspections per half hour installment. The inspections were usually from some particular greater metropolitan area: Washington, DC; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA, far Upstate NY, etc.
House Doctor House Doctor is a British Entertainment television programme. Broadcast on Five, each week the House Doctor, Californian real estate stylist Ann Maurice helps UK home owners sell their houses with her industry know-how and style tips.
House Gecko The House Gecko, scientific name Hemidactylus frenatus, is a native of southeastern Asia and the northern parts of Africa. Known as the Pacific house gecko or Asian house gecko, it is the most recently discovered member of a quartet of small, prolific and aggressive little lizards that become active at twilight.
House healing House healings (also known as house blessings and house clearings) are rituals intended to clear a physical place of negative energies or "evil spirits". According to believers of parapsychology, a house healing entails a clairvoyant identifying energy patterns in a house or other physical structure and neutralizing them, allowing the energy of the house to align with present time vibrations.
House hippo The House Hippo is the fictional subject of a television commercial produced by the Canadian group called Concerned Children's Advertisers. Their stated intent is to educate children about critical thinking with regard to what they see in television advertising.
House Hunting Mice House Hunting Mice is a 1948 animated short film from Warner Bros studios running for 7 minutes and starring mice Hubie and Bertie. In their search for cheese, the duo wanders into a model "home of tomorrow" and battle against the automated convenience features, including robots who sweep floors when they detect any foreign objects.
House church House church is an informal term for a group of Christians gathering regularly or spontaneously in a home or on grounds not normally used for worship services, instead of a building dedicated to the purpose. Another term with the same meaning is "home church".
House church (Russia) House church () in Russia is an independent church intended for members of a certain household or an institution, such as a university, a prison, an orphanage, a boarding school, a seminary, etc., unlike a parish church intended for everyone and under jurisdiction of the corresponding administrative unit of the Russian Orthodox Church.
House in multiple occupation Houses in multiple occupation is a British English term which refers to residential property where â€common areas’ exist and are shared by more than one household. Common areas may be as significant as bathrooms and kitchens, but may also be just stairwells or landings.
House IV House IV (1992) is the fourth and final film in the House quadrilogy. The film sees the return of Roger Cobb, from the original House, but the film otherwise does not connect its storyline to the first film, and its overall tone is closer to the comedy/horror found in the first House and House II: The Second Story, although it is rated "R" from the Motion Picture Association of America.
House law House law or House laws (Hausgesetze) are rules that govern a royal family or dynasty in matters of eligibility for succession to a throne, membership in a dynasty, exercise of a regency, or entitlement to dynastic rank, titles and styles. Prevalent in European monarchies during the nineteenth century, few countries have house laws any longer, so that they are, as a category of law, of more historical than current significance.
House L'Envers In Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel's Legacy series, House L'Envers is one of the foremost noble families of Terre d'Ange. The seat of their [is in Namarre], their colors are purple and gold, and their crest is a bridge over a fiery river.
House Leader In Canada, each political party with representation in the House of Commons has a House Leader who is a front bench Member of Parliament (MP) and an expert in parliamentary procedure. The House Leader is in charge of the party's day-to-day business in the Canadian House of Commons, and usually conducts negotiations with other parties on the conduct of Bills and debates.
House management In theatre, house management concerns the selling of tickets, the ushering of patrons in front of house areas, and the maintenance and management of the theatre building itself. House management staff usually work for the theatre, under the supervision of the house manager, and not for the theatrical troupe which is currently occupying it.
House mom A house mom (or house mother) can be a paid staging coordinator in a strip club or gentleman's club. The term was used more commonly, especially in pre-1970's writing, for a woman who supervised a fraternity, sorority or dormitory at a college.
House of Alba The House of Alba (es: La Casa de Alba) is an important aristocratic family of Spanish origin who can trace back their ancestry to 1429, when the first 'Alba' was made Lord of the City of Alba de Tormes. In 1492, it was a member of this family, the second Duke of Alba who signed the capitulation of the city of Granada.
House of Aliaga This House of Aliaga was constructed in Lima, Peru in 1535 on the site of a sanctuary that existed before colonial times in the city of Lima, Peru. It was constructed at the same time as the foundation of the city, and has since been inhabited by the descendants of the first proprietor.
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