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Linked list In computer science, a linked list is one of the fundamental data structures used in computer programming. It consists of a sequence of nodes, each containing arbitrary data fields and one or two references ("links") pointing to the next and/or previous nodes.
Linked words Linked words often refers to grammatical connection between two or more words. A phrase represents a group of two or more grammatically linked words without a subject and predicate while a group of grammatically linked words with a subject and predicate is often called a clause.
LinkedIn LinkedIn is a business oriented social networking site, mainly used for professional networking. As of January 2007, it had more than 9 million registered users, spanning 150 industries and more than 400 economic regions (as classified by the service).
Linkin Park Underground Linkin Park Underground is Linkin Park's official fan club, a place where thousands talk on forums, and share information on Linkin Park's upcoming projects and album news. Also included with the ability to browse and post on the forums is access to your own @linkinpark.
Linking coefficient In mathematics, in the area of knot theory, the linking coefficient is a knot invariant that assigns an integer to a pair of closed curves. A non-zero value for this integer is sufficient to demonstrate that the curves are linked; however, non-trivial links may have a zero linking coefficient.
Linking pin model The Linking pin model is an idea developed by Rensis Likert in which an organisation is represented as a number of overlapping work units in which members of one unit are leaders of another. In this scheme, the supervisor/manager has the dual task of maintaining unity and creating a sense of belonging within the group he or she supervises and of representing that group in meetings with superior and parallel management staff.
LinkNZ LinkNZ is a network of charismatic churches throughout New Zealand who describe themselves as "relational in nature and prophetic in style".origins date back to the formation of Christian Community Church (CCC), Palmerston North, in the early 1980s, under the ministry of Fraser Hardy.
Links (computer game) Links was the name of a series of golf simulation computer games, first developed by Access Software, and then later by Microsoft Game Studios after Microsoft acquired Access Software. The line of golf games was a flagship brand for Access, and the series spanned several years: from 1990 to 2003.
Links (golf) A links golf course, sometimes referred to as a seaside links is the oldest style of golf course, first developed in Scotland. The word comes from the Scots language and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes, and also sometimes to open parkland.
Links 2 3 4 "Links 2-3-4" (German for Left 2-3-4) is a song by the German Tanz-Metall band Rammstein. It was released on their third studio album, Mutter (Mother), and its lyrics were written in response to allegations of fascism/nazism directed at the band.
Links 2004 Links 2004 is a golf simulation computer game by Microsoft for the Xbox. It was part of the XSN Sports, which also included sports games such as Amped, Top Spin, NBA Inside Drive, NFL Fever and Rallisport Challenge.
LinkScan LinkScan is a computer program that checks websites for broken hyperlinks and other problems. It was developed by Electronic Software Publishing Corporation (Elsop) in 1996 and first released in January of 1997.
Linkup Linkup is a French boysband, created by the 3rd French season of the popular reality show show "Popstars", called "Popstars - the Duel" aired on RTL Group TV channel MĂ©tropole 6 (better known as M6) in fall 2003. It is consisted of Matthieu, Lionel et Otis.
Linkwitz-Riley filter A Linkwitz-Riley (L-R) filter is an infinite impulse response filter used in Linkwitz-Riley audio crossovers, named after its inventors Siegfried Linkwitz and Russ Riley, which was originally described in Passive Crossover Networks for Noncoincident Drivers in JAES Volume 26 Number 3 pp. 149-150; March 1978.
Linkword Linkword is a mnemonic system promoted by Michael Gruneberg in the 1990s for learning languages based on the similarity of the sounds of words. The process involves creating an easily visualized scene that will link the words together.
Linley Frame Linley Margaret Frame (born November 12, 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Olympic swimmer from Australia, who has completed a prominent swimming career for her native country, including a gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1991 FINA World Championships in Perth. She also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Linlithgow Folk Festival Linlithgow Folk Festival started in 1999, as part of a renaissance of interest in folk music within West Lothian. Normally held on the second full weekend of September, it follows the pattern set by a number of smaller folk festivals in Scotland - a combination of sessions in local pubs and bars, and organised musical events.
Linlithgow railway station Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by First ScotRail services from Edinburgh to Dunblane.
Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency) Linlithgowshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1945, when its name was changed to West Lothian. As such it gave its name to the West Lothian question.
Linn Berggren Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren was born on October 31, 1970 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band Ace of Base in 1990, along with her sister Jenny, her brother Jonas, and their friend Ulf Ekberg.
Linn Cove Viaduct Linn Cove Viaduct is a 1243-foot concrete segmental bridge which snakes around the slopes of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. It was completed in 1983 at a cost of $10 million, and was the last section of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be finished.
Linn Githmark Linn Githmark (born September 22, 1982 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played in the Norway team that won a silver medal at the main world championships.
Linn Markley Farish Linn Markley Farish (1901 - 1944) was an American citizen and a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. While acting as the OSS liaison officer to Josip Tito's Yugoslav Partisans he was also allegedly serving Soviet intelligence.
Linn Records Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical, jazz and Scottish music. It is part of Linn Products, and was set up to produce recordings of high enough quality to match Linn's high-end hi-fi equipment.
Linn Westcott Linn Hanson Westcott (July 13, 1913 - 1980) was an American model railroader, best known as the influential editor of Model Railroader magazine. Born in Los Angeles, California, Westcott attended Carleton College in Minnesota.
Linn-Mar Community School District Linn-Mar Community School District in Iowa encompasses 64 square miles, which includes the northern part of the city of Marion, an area in Cedar Rapids, part of the city of Robins and rural areas in Linn County, both south and north of the city of Marion.
Linna Yamazaki Linna Yamazaki is a fictional character from the Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis, its spin off Bubblegum Crash and its TV remake Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. She is a member of the Knight Sabers vigilante group, and is identified by her green combat armor, which comes complete with "ribbon cutters", long, electrically charged ropes that can be used to slash through boomers and other high tech opponents.
Linnaean enterprise The Linnaean enterprise is the task of identifying and describing all living species. Named after Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, ecologist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy.
Linnaean Garden The Linnaean Garden or Linnaeus' Garden (in Swedish Linnéträdgården) is the oldest of the botanical gardens belonging to Uppsala University. It has been restored and is kept as an 18th century botanical garden, according to the specifications of Carolus Linnaeus.
Linnaeus Arboretum The Linnaeus Arboretum, on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, USA, contains a number of botanical gardens and an arboretum. The arboretum is named for Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist.
Linnanmäki Linnanmäki (Borgbacken in Swedish, colloquially Lintsi, literal translation Castle's Hill) is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened on May 27, 1950 and is owned by Lasten Päivän Säätiö (Children's Day Foundation).
Linné Ahlstrand Linné Nanette Ahlstrand (born 1 July 1936 in Chicago, Illinois — died 18 January 1967 in Pasadena, California) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1958 issue.
Linnéa Handberg Lund Linnéa Handberg Lund, also known as Papaya or Miss Papaya (born Linnéa Handberg 22 October, Hillerød, Denmark) is a Danish eurodance musician. She specialized in bubblegum dance music, in the same vein as Aqua, Bambee, Smile.
Linnéska institutet The Linnéska institutet (Linnaean Institute) was a shortlived scientific society at Uppsala University in the early 19th century. It has the distinction of being the first student society in Uppsala preoccupied with the natural sciences.
Linnean Medal The Linnean Medal (formerly referred to as the Gold Medal) of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or (as has been common since 1958) to one of each in the same year. The medal was of gold until 1976, and is for the preceding years often referred to as "the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society".
Linner Hue Index The Linner Hue Index, R T Linner, "Caramel color: a new method of determining its color hue and tinctorial power." Proceedings of the Society of Soft Drink Technologists Annual Meeting, 1970, p 63-72.
Linnie Findlay Linnie Findlay (born 1918) is a writer-historian based in Ephraim, Utah. She is cited as one of the founding editors of the Saga of the Sanpitch, an annually-published collection of historical short-stories about Scandinavian immigrants and their descendants in Utah's Sanpete Valley.
Linnusitamaa Linnusitamaa (literally "bird poop island" in Estonian]) is a small [[islet (with an area of approximately 0.05 km2) off the coast of Saaremaa in Estonia, located in Kaarma Commune, south of the island of Abruka.
Lino Pertile Lino Pertile (1940–) is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and the current House Master of Eliot House. Born in Italy near Padua, he taught at the universities of Reading, Sussex, and Edinburgh before coming to Harvard.
Lino Saputo Emanuele (Lino) Saputo was born in Montelepre, Italy, in 1937, to master cheesemaker Giuseppe and his wife, Maria. He completed his secondary schooling in 1952, and shortly thereafter the Saputo family emigrated to Montreal, Canada.
Linocut Linocut is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed.
Linola Linola is the trademark name of solin, a mutant strain of flax (Linum usitatissimum) developed in the early 1990s by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia (CSIRO), the Australian Federal Government's research organization.
Linoleum (band) Linoleum were a London based indie / alternative musical group active during the late 1990s. Its original line up consisted of Caroline Finch - vocals/guitar, Paul Jones - guitar, Emma Tornaro - bass and Dave Nice - drums.
Linoone are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Linoone 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.
Linophryne arborifera Linophryne arborifera (common name Illuminated NetdevilTim Flannery and Peter Schouten, Astonishing Animals: Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004.
Linotronic The Linotronic imagesetters are a now common type of high-quality printer, capable of printing at resolutions of up to 2540 dots per inch. The Linotronic allowed graphic artists to cheaply set type that exceeded the quality of many phototypesetting systems in use at the time.
Linotype machine In printing, the Linotype machine (pronounced "LINEotype" []) uses a 90-character keyboard to create an entire line of metal type at once. This allows much faster typesetting and composition than the original hand composition with the Gutenberg-style system, in which operators place down one pre-cast metal letter, punctuation mark or space at a time.
Linpro Linpro AS is a Linux solutions company from Oslo, Norway, founded in 1995 by Dag Asheim, and mainly owned by its employees. They provide solutions around free and Open Source systems like Linux and FreeBSD, as well as commercial Unix systems.
Linsang The linsangs are four species traditionally classified in the mammalian family Viverridae, which also includes the civets and genets. They are grouped into two genera: two species in the African genus Poiana and the other two in the Southeast Asian genus Prionodon.
Linstock A linstock (also called a lintstock) (adapted from the Dutch lontstok, "match stick") is a kind of torch made of a stout stick or metal a yard in length, with a fork at one end to hold a lighted slow match, and a point at the other to stick in the ground. Linstocks were used for discharging cannons in the early days of artillery.
Lint programming tool In computer programming, Lint was the original name given to a particular tool that flagged suspicious and non-portable constructs (ie, likely to be bugs) in C language source code. The term is now applied generically to tools that flag suspicious usage in software written in any computer language.
Lint roller The lint roller is a roll of one-sided adhesive paper on a barrel that is mounted on a central spindle. The device facilitates the removal of lint or other small fibres from most materials such as clothing, upholstery and manchester.
Lintel (Linux) Lintel is a portmanteau used to describe a computing platform consisting of the Linux operating system running on CPUs which are compatible with the x86 instruction set defined by Intel for their microprocessors.
Linth The Linth (pronounced lint) is a Swiss river starting above Linthal the mountains of Glarus near the Klausen Pass and flowing from there north through the Glarus valley passing Schwanden, where it is joined by its main tributary Sernft, Ennenda, the town of Glarus, Netstal, and Näfels, from where it is channeled to Lake Walen (Walensee). It leaves Lake Walen at Weesen and flows from there as Linth Channel through the Linth Plain and near Schmerikon into the Lake Zurich of which it is the main tributary.
Linton bushfire On 2 December 1998, a wildfire burned through private land and state forest near the township of Linton, Victoria. Firefighters from the Victorian state government's Department of Natural Resources and Country Fire Authority were deployed to fight the fire.
Linton, Cambridgeshire Linton is a village in rural Cambridgeshire much expanded since the 1960s and now one of several dormitory villages of Cambridge. The former railway station was on the Cambridge to Colchester line, now closed.
Linus and Lucy "Linus and Lucy", aka The Linus and Lucy Rag, is a popular jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi appearing in many of the Peanuts animated television specials. Named for the fictional siblings Linus and Lucy Van Pelt, it was released in 1964 on the
Linus Pauling Institute The Linus Pauling Institute was established at Oregon State University in August 1996 under an agreement reached between OSU and the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine (located in California from 1973 to 1996).
Linus the Lionhearted Linus the Lionhearted was an animated cartoon created by the Ed Graham advertising agency, originally as a series of ads for Post Cereals. The ads were so popular that a television series was created in 1964 and ran on the CBS network, and from 1966 to 1969 on ABC when it was cancelled.
Linus Universal Linus Entertainment (Linus Records, Linus Publishing & Linus Entertainment Inc) is a small music company which provides services to Canadian music creators, and cultural products for the Canadian and international market. Linus has a sound recording label, two music publishing companies, and provides artist management and supervision for their music.
Linux Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family that uses the Linux kernel. A Linux system which includes system utilities and libraries from the GNU Project is sometimes referred to as GNU/Linux.
Linux bier wanderung The Linux Bierwanderung is a week-long event which takes place in a different European country each summer, drawing together Open Source software enthusiasts from many different countries, for a combination of talks, presentations, hands-on mini-projects, outdoor exercise, and good food, company and drink.
Linux color management Linux color management involves using accurate International Color Consortium profiles for devices, and using color-managed applications that are aware of these profiles. These applications perform gamut conversions between device profiles and color spaces.
Linux devices Because of the open source philosophy that linux brings to the software world, many people have ported the linux kernel to run on devices other than a computer. Below is a list of some devices that have been ported:
Linux Documentation Project The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is an all-volunteer project that maintains a large collection of Linux (and Linux-related) documentation and publishes the collection online. It began as a way for Linux hackers to share their documentation with each other and with their users, and for users to share documentation with each other.
Linux for PlayStation 2 Linux for PlayStation 2 is a kit released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2002 that allows the PlayStation 2 console to be used as a personal computer. It included the Linux operating system, a USB keyboard and mouse, a VGA adapter, a Playstation 2 network adaptor (Ethernet only), and a 40 GB hard disk drive (HDD).
Linux framebuffer The Linux framebuffer (fbdev) is a graphic hardware-independent abstraction layer to show graphics on a console without relying on system-specific libraries such as SVGALib or the heavy overhead of the X Window System.
Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation (LF) is a non-profit consortium supporting the growth of the Linux operating system. It was officially announced on January 21, 2007 as a merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group.
Linux Incompatibility wiki The Linux Incompatibility List is a wiki site aimed to document hardware that is not compatible with Linux, counter to traditional listings of hardware that is (such as hardware compatibility lists), the thought being that so many things work with Linux that it's easier to track the few, new things that don't work than all the things that do. It is hoped that with time, as Linux becomes more mainstream, that the need for this list will eventually disappear altogether, but that probably won't be for a while.
Linux India Linux India is an informally organized community of mailing lists and a web site. It was founded by Arun Sharma and Karra Dakshinamurthy circa 1997 to help newcomers to the Linux Operating System and as a discussion forum for Linux enthusiasts in India.
Linux International Linux International, also known simply as LI, is a worldwide, non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of growth of Linux and FOSS. It is headed by Jon "maddog" Hall.
Linux Intrusion Detection System The Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) is a kernel patch and admin tools which enhances the kernel's security by implementing Mandatory Access Control (MAC). When it is in effect, chosen file access, all system network administration operations, any capability use, raw device, memory, and I/O access can be made impossible even for root.
Linux kernel mailing list The Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) is an electronic mailing list focusing on the discussion of the Linux kernel development. Many other mailing lists exist to discuss the different subsystems and ports of the Linux kernel, but LKML provides the glue that holds the kernel development community together.
Linux kernel oops An oops occurs when some programming defect or otherwise unexpected event interferes with the normal operation of the Linux kernel. It is named for the error message displayed on the system console (or seen in the system log files) when such a fault condition occurs.
Linux Kernel Developers Summit The Linux Kernel Developers Summit is a conference held every year since 2001 by USENIX where Linux kernel developers talk about current and future developments of the Linux kernel. The first summit was held in San Jose in March 2001, which was the only time it has been held in the United States.
Linux Kongress The Linux Kongress is an annual two-day conference of Linux developers from around the world. It has taken place since 1994, when Linux was in the early stages of development, and has almost always occurred in Germany.
Linux Libertine Linux Libertine is a font for computers that is open source and free in the sense of the GPL; it is dual licensed under the OFL. It belongs to the Libertine Open Fonts Project that aims at creating free and open type fonts to give users the alternative to commercial fonts like Times Roman.
Linux Mark Institute The Linux Mark Institute (LMI) is an organization which administers the "Linux" trademark on behalf of Linus Torvalds for computer software which includes the Linux kernel, computer hardware utilizing Linux-based software, and for services associated with the implementation and documentation of Linux-based products.
Linux Medical News Linux Medical News is a popular website publication that is exclusively devoted to news of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) such as GNU/Linux and the numerous clinical computing and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software projects in existence.
Linux Mint Linux Mint is a distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system based on the Ubuntu system by Canonical Ltd., though it is not a fully self-contained system—its relationship with Ubuntu is closer than the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian, who use different repositories from each other.
Linux on zSeries Linux on zSeries (or Linux on System z9) is the preferred collective term for the Linux operating system and GNU/Linux software compiled to run on IBM mainframes, especially zSeries and System z9 servers. Other terms with the same meaning include Linux/390, Linux for zSeries, and z/Linux.
Linux Phone Standards Forum The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS Forum) is a consortium created by a group of companies as an effort to create standards aimed at fostering the use of Linux on mobile devices. The main goal of the LiPS Forum is to create application programming interfaces (APIs) that will allow developers to build applications to interoperate across Linux handsets made by all manufacturers.
Linux Quake port When id Software released Quake in 1996, it was former employee Dave Taylor who developed a Linux port in what seemed to be his spare time. The port, released in July 1996 and titled xquake, had limited appeal and seemed more a proof of concept than a serious attempt at a game port.
Linux Reality Linux Reality is a podcast created by Chess Griffin in February 2006 to give Windows users, Mac users, people who have never used the Linux Operating System before a step-by-step guide on how to do so. Each episode deals with a particular issue of installing a certain application or distro and the configuration of it.
Linux Security Modules Linux Security Modules (LSM) is a framework to allow the Linux kernel to support a variety of computer security models while avoiding to favor a single security implementation. The framework is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is standard part of the Linux kernel since Linux 2.
Linux Standard Base The Linux Standard Base, or LSB, is a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of the Free Standards Group to standardize the internal structure of Linux-based operating systems. The LSB is based on the POSIX specification, the Single UNIX Specification, and several other open standards, but extends them in certain areas.
Linux tablet A Linux tablet is a Tablet PC running a version of Linux as its operating system; currently most Tablet PCs run on Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system. While the majority of Tablet PC hardware is the same or similar to that of a standard IBM PC compatible computer, the lack of a keyboard and mouse introduces unique design challenges.
Linux Terminal Server Project Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) is an add-on package for Linux that allows many people to simultaneously use the same computer. Applications run on the server with a terminal known as a thin client handling input and output.
Linux Times Linux Times was a continually updating website that focused on reporting the top news stories about the GNU/Linux operating system, the various BSD's, interviews with Open Source leaders and executives, and articles about new ways to tweak and improve your Linux system. Linux Times no longer exists.
Linux Trace Toolkit The Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) is a set of tools that is designed to log program execution details from a patched Linux kernel and then perform various analyses on them, using console-based and graphical tools. LTT allows the user to see in-depth information about the processes that were running during the trace period, including when context switches occurred, how long the processes were blocked for, and how much time the processes spent executing vs.
Linux User Group A Linux User Group (LUG) is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and/or education for Linux users, particularly for inexperienced users. The term commonly refers to local groups that meet in person, but is also used to refer to online support groups that may have members spread over a very wide area and which do not organize, or which are not based around, physical meetings.
Linux Users Group of Davis Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) is an organization comprised of students and faculty from the University of California, Davis, Information technology professionals from the Sacramento region, and hobbiests interested in Linux and open source. It holds regular meetings in Davis, California, and holds installfests on a regular basis.
Linux XP Linux XP is a Linux distribution that was released to imitate the "Windows XP" environment and help Windows users feel at home and attract more Windows users to this project. Via the use of WINE Linux XP can run a large number of windows programs.
Linux-HA The Linux-HA (High-Availability Linux) project provides a high-availability (clustering) solution for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X which promotes reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS).
Linux-VServer Linux-VServer is a virtual private server implementation done by adding operating system-level virtualization capabilities to the Linux kernel. It is developed and distributed as open source software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
LinuxBIOS LinuxBIOS is a free software project, endorsed by the Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation's Campaign for Free BIOS, aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware found in most computers with a lightweight BIOS designed to perform only the minimum of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit operating system. The LinuxBIOS project was started in the winter of 1999 in the Advanced Computing Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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Linuxgruven Linuxgruven was a technical services firm that was designed to specialize in work with the Linux Operating System. The firm was officially incorporated in the state of Missouri in February, 2000, by founders James Hibbits and Michael Lebb.
LinuxChix LinuxChix is a women-oriented mailing list and IRC community for Linux users. It is designed to provide both technical and social support for women Linux users, although there are members of the community who are men.
Linuxism Linuxism is a term used colloquially in software development circles when considering porting software from the Linux operating system to other Unix or Unix-like operating systems. Generally it refers to software patterns or practices that depend on idiosyncrasies or characteristics of Linux.
Linked words Linked words often refers to grammatical connection between two or more words. A phrase represents a group of two or more grammatically linked words without a subject and predicate while a group of grammatically linked words with a subject and predicate is often called a clause.
LinkedIn LinkedIn is a business oriented social networking site, mainly used for professional networking. As of January 2007, it had more than 9 million registered users, spanning 150 industries and more than 400 economic regions (as classified by the service).
Linkin Park Underground Linkin Park Underground is Linkin Park's official fan club, a place where thousands talk on forums, and share information on Linkin Park's upcoming projects and album news. Also included with the ability to browse and post on the forums is access to your own @linkinpark.
Linking coefficient In mathematics, in the area of knot theory, the linking coefficient is a knot invariant that assigns an integer to a pair of closed curves. A non-zero value for this integer is sufficient to demonstrate that the curves are linked; however, non-trivial links may have a zero linking coefficient.
Linking pin model The Linking pin model is an idea developed by Rensis Likert in which an organisation is represented as a number of overlapping work units in which members of one unit are leaders of another. In this scheme, the supervisor/manager has the dual task of maintaining unity and creating a sense of belonging within the group he or she supervises and of representing that group in meetings with superior and parallel management staff.
LinkNZ LinkNZ is a network of charismatic churches throughout New Zealand who describe themselves as "relational in nature and prophetic in style".origins date back to the formation of Christian Community Church (CCC), Palmerston North, in the early 1980s, under the ministry of Fraser Hardy.
Links (computer game) Links was the name of a series of golf simulation computer games, first developed by Access Software, and then later by Microsoft Game Studios after Microsoft acquired Access Software. The line of golf games was a flagship brand for Access, and the series spanned several years: from 1990 to 2003.
Links (golf) A links golf course, sometimes referred to as a seaside links is the oldest style of golf course, first developed in Scotland. The word comes from the Scots language and refers to an area of coastal sand dunes, and also sometimes to open parkland.
Links 2 3 4 "Links 2-3-4" (German for Left 2-3-4) is a song by the German Tanz-Metall band Rammstein. It was released on their third studio album, Mutter (Mother), and its lyrics were written in response to allegations of fascism/nazism directed at the band.
Links 2004 Links 2004 is a golf simulation computer game by Microsoft for the Xbox. It was part of the XSN Sports, which also included sports games such as Amped, Top Spin, NBA Inside Drive, NFL Fever and Rallisport Challenge.
LinkScan LinkScan is a computer program that checks websites for broken hyperlinks and other problems. It was developed by Electronic Software Publishing Corporation (Elsop) in 1996 and first released in January of 1997.
Linkup Linkup is a French boysband, created by the 3rd French season of the popular reality show show "Popstars", called "Popstars - the Duel" aired on RTL Group TV channel MĂ©tropole 6 (better known as M6) in fall 2003. It is consisted of Matthieu, Lionel et Otis.
Linkwitz-Riley filter A Linkwitz-Riley (L-R) filter is an infinite impulse response filter used in Linkwitz-Riley audio crossovers, named after its inventors Siegfried Linkwitz and Russ Riley, which was originally described in Passive Crossover Networks for Noncoincident Drivers in JAES Volume 26 Number 3 pp. 149-150; March 1978.
Linkword Linkword is a mnemonic system promoted by Michael Gruneberg in the 1990s for learning languages based on the similarity of the sounds of words. The process involves creating an easily visualized scene that will link the words together.
Linley Frame Linley Margaret Frame (born November 12, 1971 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Olympic swimmer from Australia, who has completed a prominent swimming career for her native country, including a gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1991 FINA World Championships in Perth. She also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Linlithgow Folk Festival Linlithgow Folk Festival started in 1999, as part of a renaissance of interest in folk music within West Lothian. Normally held on the second full weekend of September, it follows the pattern set by a number of smaller folk festivals in Scotland - a combination of sessions in local pubs and bars, and organised musical events.
Linlithgow railway station Linlithgow railway station is a railway station serving the town of Linlithgow in West Lothian, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line and is also served by First ScotRail services from Edinburgh to Dunblane.
Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency) Linlithgowshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1708 to 1945, when its name was changed to West Lothian. As such it gave its name to the West Lothian question.
Linn Berggren Malin Sofia Katarina Berggren was born on October 31, 1970 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Having been interested and involved in music since her childhood, she formed the band Ace of Base in 1990, along with her sister Jenny, her brother Jonas, and their friend Ulf Ekberg.
Linn Cove Viaduct Linn Cove Viaduct is a 1243-foot concrete segmental bridge which snakes around the slopes of Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina. It was completed in 1983 at a cost of $10 million, and was the last section of the Blue Ridge Parkway to be finished.
Linn Githmark Linn Githmark (born September 22, 1982 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian curler who has skipped her country to a world junior title, and also played in the Norway team that won a silver medal at the main world championships.
Linn Markley Farish Linn Markley Farish (1901 - 1944) was an American citizen and a member of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. While acting as the OSS liaison officer to Josip Tito's Yugoslav Partisans he was also allegedly serving Soviet intelligence.
Linn Records Linn Records is a Glasgow-based record label which specialises in classical, jazz and Scottish music. It is part of Linn Products, and was set up to produce recordings of high enough quality to match Linn's high-end hi-fi equipment.
Linn Westcott Linn Hanson Westcott (July 13, 1913 - 1980) was an American model railroader, best known as the influential editor of Model Railroader magazine. Born in Los Angeles, California, Westcott attended Carleton College in Minnesota.
Linn-Mar Community School District Linn-Mar Community School District in Iowa encompasses 64 square miles, which includes the northern part of the city of Marion, an area in Cedar Rapids, part of the city of Robins and rural areas in Linn County, both south and north of the city of Marion.
Linna Yamazaki Linna Yamazaki is a fictional character from the Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis, its spin off Bubblegum Crash and its TV remake Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. She is a member of the Knight Sabers vigilante group, and is identified by her green combat armor, which comes complete with "ribbon cutters", long, electrically charged ropes that can be used to slash through boomers and other high tech opponents.
Linnaean enterprise The Linnaean enterprise is the task of identifying and describing all living species. Named after Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, ecologist and physician who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy.
Linnaean Garden The Linnaean Garden or Linnaeus' Garden (in Swedish Linnéträdgården) is the oldest of the botanical gardens belonging to Uppsala University. It has been restored and is kept as an 18th century botanical garden, according to the specifications of Carolus Linnaeus.
Linnaeus Arboretum The Linnaeus Arboretum, on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, USA, contains a number of botanical gardens and an arboretum. The arboretum is named for Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist.
Linnanmäki Linnanmäki (Borgbacken in Swedish, colloquially Lintsi, literal translation Castle's Hill) is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened on May 27, 1950 and is owned by Lasten Päivän Säätiö (Children's Day Foundation).
Linné Ahlstrand Linné Nanette Ahlstrand (born 1 July 1936 in Chicago, Illinois — died 18 January 1967 in Pasadena, California) was an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its July 1958 issue.
Linnéa Handberg Lund Linnéa Handberg Lund, also known as Papaya or Miss Papaya (born Linnéa Handberg 22 October, Hillerød, Denmark) is a Danish eurodance musician. She specialized in bubblegum dance music, in the same vein as Aqua, Bambee, Smile.
Linnéska institutet The Linnéska institutet (Linnaean Institute) was a shortlived scientific society at Uppsala University in the early 19th century. It has the distinction of being the first student society in Uppsala preoccupied with the natural sciences.
Linnean Medal The Linnean Medal (formerly referred to as the Gold Medal) of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1888, and is awarded annually to alternately a botanist or a zoologist or (as has been common since 1958) to one of each in the same year. The medal was of gold until 1976, and is for the preceding years often referred to as "the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society".
Linner Hue Index The Linner Hue Index, R T Linner, "Caramel color: a new method of determining its color hue and tinctorial power." Proceedings of the Society of Soft Drink Technologists Annual Meeting, 1970, p 63-72.
Linnie Findlay Linnie Findlay (born 1918) is a writer-historian based in Ephraim, Utah. She is cited as one of the founding editors of the Saga of the Sanpitch, an annually-published collection of historical short-stories about Scandinavian immigrants and their descendants in Utah's Sanpete Valley.
Linnusitamaa Linnusitamaa (literally "bird poop island" in Estonian]) is a small [[islet (with an area of approximately 0.05 km2) off the coast of Saaremaa in Estonia, located in Kaarma Commune, south of the island of Abruka.
Lino Pertile Lino Pertile (1940–) is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and the current House Master of Eliot House. Born in Italy near Padua, he taught at the universities of Reading, Sussex, and Edinburgh before coming to Harvard.
Lino Saputo Emanuele (Lino) Saputo was born in Montelepre, Italy, in 1937, to master cheesemaker Giuseppe and his wife, Maria. He completed his secondary schooling in 1952, and shortly thereafter the Saputo family emigrated to Montreal, Canada.
Linocut Linocut is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum (sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed.
Linola Linola is the trademark name of solin, a mutant strain of flax (Linum usitatissimum) developed in the early 1990s by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia (CSIRO), the Australian Federal Government's research organization.
Linoleum (band) Linoleum were a London based indie / alternative musical group active during the late 1990s. Its original line up consisted of Caroline Finch - vocals/guitar, Paul Jones - guitar, Emma Tornaro - bass and Dave Nice - drums.
Linoone are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise – a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Linoone 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.
Linophryne arborifera Linophryne arborifera (common name Illuminated NetdevilTim Flannery and Peter Schouten, Astonishing Animals: Extraordinary Creatures and the Fantastic Worlds They Inhabit. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004.
Linotronic The Linotronic imagesetters are a now common type of high-quality printer, capable of printing at resolutions of up to 2540 dots per inch. The Linotronic allowed graphic artists to cheaply set type that exceeded the quality of many phototypesetting systems in use at the time.
Linotype machine In printing, the Linotype machine (pronounced "LINEotype" []) uses a 90-character keyboard to create an entire line of metal type at once. This allows much faster typesetting and composition than the original hand composition with the Gutenberg-style system, in which operators place down one pre-cast metal letter, punctuation mark or space at a time.
Linpro Linpro AS is a Linux solutions company from Oslo, Norway, founded in 1995 by Dag Asheim, and mainly owned by its employees. They provide solutions around free and Open Source systems like Linux and FreeBSD, as well as commercial Unix systems.
Linsang The linsangs are four species traditionally classified in the mammalian family Viverridae, which also includes the civets and genets. They are grouped into two genera: two species in the African genus Poiana and the other two in the Southeast Asian genus Prionodon.
Linstock A linstock (also called a lintstock) (adapted from the Dutch lontstok, "match stick") is a kind of torch made of a stout stick or metal a yard in length, with a fork at one end to hold a lighted slow match, and a point at the other to stick in the ground. Linstocks were used for discharging cannons in the early days of artillery.
Lint programming tool In computer programming, Lint was the original name given to a particular tool that flagged suspicious and non-portable constructs (ie, likely to be bugs) in C language source code. The term is now applied generically to tools that flag suspicious usage in software written in any computer language.
Lint roller The lint roller is a roll of one-sided adhesive paper on a barrel that is mounted on a central spindle. The device facilitates the removal of lint or other small fibres from most materials such as clothing, upholstery and manchester.
Lintel (Linux) Lintel is a portmanteau used to describe a computing platform consisting of the Linux operating system running on CPUs which are compatible with the x86 instruction set defined by Intel for their microprocessors.
Linth The Linth (pronounced lint) is a Swiss river starting above Linthal the mountains of Glarus near the Klausen Pass and flowing from there north through the Glarus valley passing Schwanden, where it is joined by its main tributary Sernft, Ennenda, the town of Glarus, Netstal, and Näfels, from where it is channeled to Lake Walen (Walensee). It leaves Lake Walen at Weesen and flows from there as Linth Channel through the Linth Plain and near Schmerikon into the Lake Zurich of which it is the main tributary.
Linton bushfire On 2 December 1998, a wildfire burned through private land and state forest near the township of Linton, Victoria. Firefighters from the Victorian state government's Department of Natural Resources and Country Fire Authority were deployed to fight the fire.
Linton, Cambridgeshire Linton is a village in rural Cambridgeshire much expanded since the 1960s and now one of several dormitory villages of Cambridge. The former railway station was on the Cambridge to Colchester line, now closed.
Linus and Lucy "Linus and Lucy", aka The Linus and Lucy Rag, is a popular jazz piano piece written by Vince Guaraldi appearing in many of the Peanuts animated television specials. Named for the fictional siblings Linus and Lucy Van Pelt, it was released in 1964 on the
Linus Pauling Institute The Linus Pauling Institute was established at Oregon State University in August 1996 under an agreement reached between OSU and the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine (located in California from 1973 to 1996).
Linus the Lionhearted Linus the Lionhearted was an animated cartoon created by the Ed Graham advertising agency, originally as a series of ads for Post Cereals. The ads were so popular that a television series was created in 1964 and ran on the CBS network, and from 1966 to 1969 on ABC when it was cancelled.
Linus Universal Linus Entertainment (Linus Records, Linus Publishing & Linus Entertainment Inc) is a small music company which provides services to Canadian music creators, and cultural products for the Canadian and international market. Linus has a sound recording label, two music publishing companies, and provides artist management and supervision for their music.
Linux Linux (IPA pronunciation: ) is a Unix-like computer operating system family that uses the Linux kernel. A Linux system which includes system utilities and libraries from the GNU Project is sometimes referred to as GNU/Linux.
Linux bier wanderung The Linux Bierwanderung is a week-long event which takes place in a different European country each summer, drawing together Open Source software enthusiasts from many different countries, for a combination of talks, presentations, hands-on mini-projects, outdoor exercise, and good food, company and drink.
Linux color management Linux color management involves using accurate International Color Consortium profiles for devices, and using color-managed applications that are aware of these profiles. These applications perform gamut conversions between device profiles and color spaces.
Linux devices Because of the open source philosophy that linux brings to the software world, many people have ported the linux kernel to run on devices other than a computer. Below is a list of some devices that have been ported:
Linux Documentation Project The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is an all-volunteer project that maintains a large collection of Linux (and Linux-related) documentation and publishes the collection online. It began as a way for Linux hackers to share their documentation with each other and with their users, and for users to share documentation with each other.
Linux for PlayStation 2 Linux for PlayStation 2 is a kit released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2002 that allows the PlayStation 2 console to be used as a personal computer. It included the Linux operating system, a USB keyboard and mouse, a VGA adapter, a Playstation 2 network adaptor (Ethernet only), and a 40 GB hard disk drive (HDD).
Linux framebuffer The Linux framebuffer (fbdev) is a graphic hardware-independent abstraction layer to show graphics on a console without relying on system-specific libraries such as SVGALib or the heavy overhead of the X Window System.
Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation (LF) is a non-profit consortium supporting the growth of the Linux operating system. It was officially announced on January 21, 2007 as a merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group.
Linux Incompatibility wiki The Linux Incompatibility List is a wiki site aimed to document hardware that is not compatible with Linux, counter to traditional listings of hardware that is (such as hardware compatibility lists), the thought being that so many things work with Linux that it's easier to track the few, new things that don't work than all the things that do. It is hoped that with time, as Linux becomes more mainstream, that the need for this list will eventually disappear altogether, but that probably won't be for a while.
Linux India Linux India is an informally organized community of mailing lists and a web site. It was founded by Arun Sharma and Karra Dakshinamurthy circa 1997 to help newcomers to the Linux Operating System and as a discussion forum for Linux enthusiasts in India.
Linux International Linux International, also known simply as LI, is a worldwide, non-profit association of groups, corporations and others that work towards the promotion of growth of Linux and FOSS. It is headed by Jon "maddog" Hall.
Linux Intrusion Detection System The Linux Intrusion Detection System (LIDS) is a kernel patch and admin tools which enhances the kernel's security by implementing Mandatory Access Control (MAC). When it is in effect, chosen file access, all system network administration operations, any capability use, raw device, memory, and I/O access can be made impossible even for root.
Linux kernel mailing list The Linux kernel mailing list (LKML) is an electronic mailing list focusing on the discussion of the Linux kernel development. Many other mailing lists exist to discuss the different subsystems and ports of the Linux kernel, but LKML provides the glue that holds the kernel development community together.
Linux kernel oops An oops occurs when some programming defect or otherwise unexpected event interferes with the normal operation of the Linux kernel. It is named for the error message displayed on the system console (or seen in the system log files) when such a fault condition occurs.
Linux Kernel Developers Summit The Linux Kernel Developers Summit is a conference held every year since 2001 by USENIX where Linux kernel developers talk about current and future developments of the Linux kernel. The first summit was held in San Jose in March 2001, which was the only time it has been held in the United States.
Linux Kongress The Linux Kongress is an annual two-day conference of Linux developers from around the world. It has taken place since 1994, when Linux was in the early stages of development, and has almost always occurred in Germany.
Linux Libertine Linux Libertine is a font for computers that is open source and free in the sense of the GPL; it is dual licensed under the OFL. It belongs to the Libertine Open Fonts Project that aims at creating free and open type fonts to give users the alternative to commercial fonts like Times Roman.
Linux Mark Institute The Linux Mark Institute (LMI) is an organization which administers the "Linux" trademark on behalf of Linus Torvalds for computer software which includes the Linux kernel, computer hardware utilizing Linux-based software, and for services associated with the implementation and documentation of Linux-based products.
Linux Medical News Linux Medical News is a popular website publication that is exclusively devoted to news of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) such as GNU/Linux and the numerous clinical computing and Electronic Medical Record (EMR) software projects in existence.
Linux Mint Linux Mint is a distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system based on the Ubuntu system by Canonical Ltd., though it is not a fully self-contained system—its relationship with Ubuntu is closer than the relationship between Ubuntu and Debian, who use different repositories from each other.
Linux on zSeries Linux on zSeries (or Linux on System z9) is the preferred collective term for the Linux operating system and GNU/Linux software compiled to run on IBM mainframes, especially zSeries and System z9 servers. Other terms with the same meaning include Linux/390, Linux for zSeries, and z/Linux.
Linux Phone Standards Forum The Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS Forum) is a consortium created by a group of companies as an effort to create standards aimed at fostering the use of Linux on mobile devices. The main goal of the LiPS Forum is to create application programming interfaces (APIs) that will allow developers to build applications to interoperate across Linux handsets made by all manufacturers.
Linux Quake port When id Software released Quake in 1996, it was former employee Dave Taylor who developed a Linux port in what seemed to be his spare time. The port, released in July 1996 and titled xquake, had limited appeal and seemed more a proof of concept than a serious attempt at a game port.
Linux Reality Linux Reality is a podcast created by Chess Griffin in February 2006 to give Windows users, Mac users, people who have never used the Linux Operating System before a step-by-step guide on how to do so. Each episode deals with a particular issue of installing a certain application or distro and the configuration of it.
Linux Security Modules Linux Security Modules (LSM) is a framework to allow the Linux kernel to support a variety of computer security models while avoiding to favor a single security implementation. The framework is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is standard part of the Linux kernel since Linux 2.
Linux Standard Base The Linux Standard Base, or LSB, is a joint project by several Linux distributions under the organizational structure of the Free Standards Group to standardize the internal structure of Linux-based operating systems. The LSB is based on the POSIX specification, the Single UNIX Specification, and several other open standards, but extends them in certain areas.
Linux tablet A Linux tablet is a Tablet PC running a version of Linux as its operating system; currently most Tablet PCs run on Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system. While the majority of Tablet PC hardware is the same or similar to that of a standard IBM PC compatible computer, the lack of a keyboard and mouse introduces unique design challenges.
Linux Terminal Server Project Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) is an add-on package for Linux that allows many people to simultaneously use the same computer. Applications run on the server with a terminal known as a thin client handling input and output.
Linux Times Linux Times was a continually updating website that focused on reporting the top news stories about the GNU/Linux operating system, the various BSD's, interviews with Open Source leaders and executives, and articles about new ways to tweak and improve your Linux system. Linux Times no longer exists.
Linux Trace Toolkit The Linux Trace Toolkit (LTT) is a set of tools that is designed to log program execution details from a patched Linux kernel and then perform various analyses on them, using console-based and graphical tools. LTT allows the user to see in-depth information about the processes that were running during the trace period, including when context switches occurred, how long the processes were blocked for, and how much time the processes spent executing vs.
Linux User Group A Linux User Group (LUG) is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and/or education for Linux users, particularly for inexperienced users. The term commonly refers to local groups that meet in person, but is also used to refer to online support groups that may have members spread over a very wide area and which do not organize, or which are not based around, physical meetings.
Linux Users Group of Davis Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) is an organization comprised of students and faculty from the University of California, Davis, Information technology professionals from the Sacramento region, and hobbiests interested in Linux and open source. It holds regular meetings in Davis, California, and holds installfests on a regular basis.
Linux XP Linux XP is a Linux distribution that was released to imitate the "Windows XP" environment and help Windows users feel at home and attract more Windows users to this project. Via the use of WINE Linux XP can run a large number of windows programs.
Linux-HA The Linux-HA (High-Availability Linux) project provides a high-availability (clustering) solution for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and Mac OS X which promotes reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS).
Linux-VServer Linux-VServer is a virtual private server implementation done by adding operating system-level virtualization capabilities to the Linux kernel. It is developed and distributed as open source software, licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
LinuxBIOS LinuxBIOS is a free software project, endorsed by the Free Software Foundation The Free Software Foundation's Campaign for Free BIOS, aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS firmware found in most computers with a lightweight BIOS designed to perform only the minimum of tasks necessary to load and run a modern 32-bit operating system. The LinuxBIOS project was started in the winter of 1999 in the Advanced Computing Laboratory at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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Linuxgruven Linuxgruven was a technical services firm that was designed to specialize in work with the Linux Operating System. The firm was officially incorporated in the state of Missouri in February, 2000, by founders James Hibbits and Michael Lebb.
LinuxChix LinuxChix is a women-oriented mailing list and IRC community for Linux users. It is designed to provide both technical and social support for women Linux users, although there are members of the community who are men.
Linuxism Linuxism is a term used colloquially in software development circles when considering porting software from the Linux operating system to other Unix or Unix-like operating systems. Generally it refers to software patterns or practices that depend on idiosyncrasies or characteristics of Linux.
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