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MINERVA (mod) MINERVA is an episodic series of single-player mods created by Adam Foster for Valve Corporation's Half-Life 2. Installments are released as each is finalized: the first two releases for the Metastasis episode have already been made, and work is currently underway on the third and last before Chronoclasm is started.
MINI (BMW) MINI is the name of a subsidiary of BMW as well as that of a car produced by that subsidiary since April 2001. The car is marketed as a "retro" redesign of the original Mini, which was manufactured by the British Motor Corporation and its successors from 1959 to 2000.
MINIX from Scratch Minix from Scratch (MFS) is a computing project that seeks to document the process of creating the Minix operating system from beginning to finish ("from scratch"), for the purpose of educating operating system students and hobbyists about the system design concepts Andrew Tanenbaum applied in Minix. MFS was inspired by both the Linux From Scratch project and the Minix OS itself.
MINOM MINOM (formally the Mouvement International pour la Nouvelle Muséologie) is an affiliated organisation of the International Council of Museums. It is composed of professionals working in community museums, ecomuseums, museology institutes, groups focused on the organisation of local cultural activities, management and cultural mediation, and grass-rooted cultural institutions.
MINOS MINOS (or Main Injector Neutrino Oscillation Search) is an experiment at Fermilab, designed to study the phenomena of neutrino oscillations, first discovered by Super-Kamiokande experiment in 1998. Neutrinos produced by the NuMI (or "Neutrinos at Main Injector") beamline are observed at two detectors, one very close to where the beam is produced (the near detector), and another much larger detector 735 km away (the far detector).
MIPI MIPI or "Music Industry Piracy Investigations" is a website backed by musical industry associations (in particular ARIA), and record labels in Australia such as Sony BMG and MGM Records for the purposes of enforcing copyright in music in Australia and for providing backing to investigative and preventative measures.
MIPS architecture MIPS, for Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages, is a RISC microprocessor architecture developed by MIPS Technologies. By the late 1990s it was estimated that one in three RISC chips produced were MIPS-based designs.
MIPS-X MIPS-X is a microprocessor and instruction set architecture developed as a follow-on project to the MIPS architecture at Stanford University by the same team that developed MIPS. The project started in 1984, and its final form was described in a set of papers released in 1986-1987.
MIPS-year A MIPS-year is a measurement of computational steps for computers. MIPS means million instructions per second, and a MIPS-year is equal to the amount of steps processed for one year at one million instructions per second.
MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base (TKB) is an online portal containing information on terrorist incidents, leaders, groups, and related court cases. TKB is sponsored by the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), a non-profit organization funded by the United States Department of Homeland Security.
MIQ MIQ is a Japanese pop singer who is notable for her musical contributions to some of the most classic anime theme songs in history. The throaty, soulful timbre of her voice was uncharacteristic of Japanese vocalists of the 1980s (although it has become more commonplace today).
MIRC mIRC is a shareware Internet Relay Chat client for Windows, created in 1995 and developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey. Although it serves admirably as a simple chat utility, its integrated scripting language makes it extensible and versatile.
MISC Bhd MISC Bhd, incorporated in 1968 as Malaysia International Shipping Corporation Bhd, is the leading international shipping line of Malaysia. Its main shareholder is Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), the national oil conglomerate of Malaysia.
MISD Multiple Instruction Single Data (MISD) is a type of parallel computing architecture where many functional units perform different operations on the same data. Pipeline architectures belong to this type, though a purist might say that the data is different after processing by each stage in the pipeline.
MISFITS MISFITS is the acronym for the Minnesota Society for Interest in Science Fiction and Fantasy. It was founded in 1999 and is the parent non-profit organization for the CONvergence speculative fiction convention.
MISR MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer) is a scientific instrument on the Terra satellite launched by NASA on December 18, 1999. The device is designed to measure the solar radiation reflected by the Earth system (planetary surface and atmosphere) in various directions and spectral bands; it became operational in February 2000.
MISRA C MISRA C is a software development standard for the C programming language developed by the Motor Industry Software Reliability Association, or MISRA. Its aims are to facilitate code portability and reliability in the context of embedded systems, specifically those systems programmed in ANSI C.
MIST (game) MIST was one of the first public access MUDs (Multi-user Dungeon) games in the world. Running at the University of Essex England between the hours of 2am and 8am and at weekends, and free to use, it attained immense popularity among a dedicated user base.
MISTIC The MISTIC, or Michigan State Integral Computer, was the first computer system at Michigan State University and was built by its students, faculty and staff in 1956. Powered by vacuum tubes, its design was based on ILLIAC, the supercomputer built at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a descendent of the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann.
MISTY1 In cryptography, MISTY1 (or MISTY-1) is a block cipher designed in 1995 by Mitsuru Matsui and others for Mitsubishi Electric. MISTY1 is one of the selected algorithms in the European NESSIE project, and has been recommended for Japanese government use by the CRYPTREC project.
MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition The MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition is one of the largest and most famous business plan competitions in the world. Entirely student-managed, students from all programs and levels at MIT organize and enter the $100K.
MIT $1K Business Idea Competition The MIT $1K Business Idea Competition is a business plan competition held by the MIT Entrepreneurship Center at the MIT Sloan School of Management. It is a "warm-up" competition held prior to submissions for the larger MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, one of the world's most famous business plan competitions.
MIT at Lawrence MIT@Lawrence is a partnership between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), several Lawrence, Massachusetts-based community organizations, and the City of Lawrence aimed at facilitating affordable housing development, building community assets, and improving youth pathways to advancement. It is funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory The MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory was an interdisciplinary research entity at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which became one of the most influential and accomplished in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Research at MIT in the field of artificial intelligence began in 1959.
MIT class ring Massachusetts Institute of Technology's class ring, often called the Brass Rat, is crafted each year by a student committee. The class ring has three main sections: the bezel, containing MIT's mascot, the beaver, the MIT seal (seal shank), and the class year (class shank).
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, or CSAIL, is an interdisciplinary research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, formed on July 1, 2003 by the merger of MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. CSAIL is the largest such laboratory at MIT, both in terms of the scope of its research and in terms of the number of members.
MIT Daedalus The MIT Daedalus was a human-powered aircraft which, on 23 April, 1988 flew 74 mi (119 km) from Iraklion Air Force Base on Crete, crashing in the sea just short of the island of Santorini in 3 hours, 54 minutes. Despite the fact that the aircraft crashed short of its goal, the flight holds official FAI world records for distance and duration for human powered airplanes.
MIT Energy Club The MIT Energy Club (MITEC) is a group of students and alumni from across the Massachusetts Institute of Technology], and brings together the energy technology, business, and policy communities at [[MIT. The club is home to a diverse group of energy enthusiasts, and holds weekly events dedicated to the education of the energy community on a wide range of energy topics.
MIT Entrepreneurship Center The MIT Entrepreneurship Center is one of the largest research and teaching centers at the MIT Sloan School of Management. It was founded in the early 1990's and charged with the mission to develop MIT's entrepreneurial activities and interests in education and research, alliances, and the community.
MIT General Circulation Model The MIT General Circulation Model (or MITgcm) is a numerical computer code that solves the equations of motion governing the ocean or Earth's atmosphere using the finite volume method. It was developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and was one of the first non-hydrostatic models of the ocean.
MIT hack An MIT hack is defined as a clever, benign, and ethical prank or practical joke at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The MIT hack is rarely harmful and is usually set out to demonstrate a physical challenge for the MIT undergraduate.
MIT Chapel The MIT Chapel (dedicated 1955) is a non-denominational chapel designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. It is located on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, next to Kresge Auditorium which Saarinen also designed, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
MIT Chemistry Department The Chemistry Department at MIT is one of the top university faculties in the world. Research interests cover the entire field of chemistry, ranging from organic chemistry and biological chemistry to physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, environmental chemistry, materials science and nanoscience.
MIT in popular culture The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), an educational and research institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been referenced in many works of cinema, television and the written word. MIT's overall reputation has greater influence on its role in popular culture than does any particular aspect of its history or student lifestyle.
MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems The MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems is a research labotarory of MIT, working in the areas of communications, control, and signal processing. It is located in the Dreyfoos Tower of the Stata Center.
MIT License The MIT License, also called the X License or the X11 License, originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a license for the use of certain types of computer software. It is a non-copyleft free software license, which means it allows reuse as proprietary software.
MIT Logarhythms Founded in 1949, the MIT Logarhythms, is an a cappella performance group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Logs, as they are affectionately known, have entertained across the country and abroad for audiences of all ages and cultures.
MIT Media Lab The MIT Media Lab in the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engages in education and research in the digital technology used for expression and communication. It was founded in 1985 by MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte and former MIT President Jerome Wiesner (now deceased) and opened its doors in the Wiesner Building (designed by I.
MIT Mystery Hunt The MIT Mystery Hunt is a puzzlehunt competition held each January at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hundreds of people in dozens of teams solve puzzles for over 48 hours straight to find an unusual coin hidden on campus and earn the right to run the Hunt the next year.
MIT OpenCourseWare MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to put all of the educational materials from MIT's undergraduate- and graduate-level courses online, free and openly available to anyone, anywhere, by the year 2007. MIT OpenCourseWare can be considered a large-scale, web-based publication of MIT course materials.
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a research laboratory for the study of plasma physics and nuclear fusion. Originally the Plasma Fusion Center, it was founded in 1976.
MIT Press The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA). The core focus of its books and journals are the subjects of Art & Architecture, the Cognitive Sciences, Computer Science, Economics, Environmental Science, Neuroscience, New Media, and Science, Technology, & Society.
MIT Science Fiction Society The MIT Science Fiction Society (or MITSFS) is a literary society and library of science fiction and fantasy books and magazines, located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It claims to have the "world's largest open-shelf collection of science fiction," including "over 90% of all science fiction ever published in English.
MIT Sloan Management Review MIT Sloan Management Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all management disciplines, although its particular emphasis is on corporate strategy, leadership and management of technology and innovation. It bridges the gap between management research and practice, evaluating and reporting on new research to help readers identify and understand significant trends in management.
MIT Sloan School of Management The MIT Sloan School of Management is one of the five schools of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It is one of the world's leading business schools, conducting research and teaching in finance, entrepreneurship, marketing, strategic management, economics, organizational behavior, operations management, supply chain management, information technology, and many other fields.
MIT Technology Insider MIT Technology Insider is a monthly publication that tracks the progress of the "hundreds of innovative technologies conceived exclusively in the research labs and classrooms at MIT and reports on the patents issued, technologies licensed, and which companies are commercializing them."
MITMOT MITMOT ("Mac and mImo Technologies for More Throughput") proposal for IEEE 802.11n, the high throughput Wi-Fi MIMO standard has been initiated jointly by Motorola and Mitsubishi in order to resolve the PHY layer standardization debate between WWiSE and TGnSync, and address the need for integration of Wi-Fi chipsets into mobile phones.
MITRE The MITRE Corporation is a not-for-profit organization chartered to work in the public interest. As a national resource, it applies its expertise in systems engineering, information technology, operational concepts, and enterprise modernization to address its sponsors' critical needs.
MIVA Script MIVA Script is a proprietary computer scripting language mainly used for internet applications such as e-commerce. Today it is developed by the MIVA Small Business, based in San Diego, California, a division of MIVA, Inc.
MIVEC MIVEC (Mitsubishi Innovative Valve timing Electronic Control system)"Latest MMC technologies and near-future goals", Mitsubishi Motors website is the brand name of a variable valve timing engine technology developed by Mitsubishi Motors. MIVEC, as with other similar systems, varies the lift of the valves by using two different camshaft profiles.
MIX MIX is the hypothetical computer used in Donald Knuth's textbook monograph, The Art of Computer Programming. MIX's model number is 1009, which was chosen by combining the model numbers and names of other machines the author was familiar with.
MIX NYC MIX NYC is a not-for-profit organization based in New York City and dedicated to queer experimental film. It is also known as the "MIX festival," for its most visible program, the annual New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival.
MIX-ISM MIX-ISM is the fourth album from The Mad Capsule Markets MIX-ISM earned The Mad Capsule Markets their first high rated album on the charts and featured the band taking on a more Ska based sound. The album was also recorded in England.
Mjøsa Bridge Mjøsa Bridge (Mjøsbrua) is a motorway box girder bridge that crosses lake Mjøsa between Moelv and Biri in Hedmark and Oppland counties in Norway. The bridge is 1421 metres long, the longest span is 69 metres, and the clearance to the water is 15 metres.
Mjøsa Cities Mjøsa Cities (Norwegian Mjøsbyene) is the name of a metropolitan region around the lake Mjøsa in the counties of Oppland (population: 90,906) and Hedmark (84,547), Norway. Usually the name Mjøsbyene refers to Gjøvik, Hamar and Lillehammer but it is also used as a reference to the area in general.
Mjolnir in popular culture Mjolnir, the Hammer of Thor from Norse mythology, is frequently referred to in works of popular culture. This is a list of notable literature, video games, and other creations that use the mythology of Mjolnir or, at minimum, the name.
Mjosund Bridge Mjosund Bridge (Mjosundbrua) is a cantilever bridge that crosses Mjosundet between Rottøya and Ertvågøya in Møre og Romsdal county in Norway. It is part of the road connection between the mainland and Ertvågsøya.
MJCET Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET in short) is an Engineering College, affiliated to Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. It came into existence in 1980 and the current intake is 660 students across various fields of engineering.
MJOLNIR battle armor MJOLNIR battle armor (or assault armor) is a fictional suit of battle armor in the Marathon Trilogy, Halo series of video games, and Halo novels used by the SPARTAN-II super soldiers, most notably by the series's protagonist Master Chief.
MJPEG Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) is an informal name for multimedia formats where each video frame or interlaced field of a digital video sequence is separately compressed as a JPEG image. It is often used in mobile appliances such as digital cameras.
Mk 13 Missile Launcher Mk 13 missile launcher is a single-arm missile launcher with a 40 round magazine that is capable of firing the SM-1MR at the rate of 1 every 10 seconds (load every 7 1/2 seconds). Its magazine consists of two concentric rings storing 24 missiles (vertically stored) in the outer ring and 16 in the inner ring.
Mk 2 grenade The Mk 2 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade (sometimes written Mk II) used by the US armed forces during World War II and in later conflicts including the Vietnam War. It was phased out gradually, the US Navy being the last users.
Mk III: The Final Concerts MK III: The Final Concerts is a live album released by Deep Purple, recorded during the band's 1975 European tour in support of Stormbringer. This double CD release is culled from the very last performances from Deep Purple MK III featuring Ritchie Blackmore before he left to lauch is new band Rainbow with singer Ronnie James Dio.
Mk. 6 Helmet The Mk 6 helmet or Kevlar Helmet Mark 6 is currently the standard helmet of the British Armed forces. The Mk6 replaced the Mk 5 helmet in service in 1987, it is designed to accept modern ear protection, personal radios, and respirators.
Mkhitar Heratsi Outstanding Armenian physician of the 12th century, the father of Armenian medicine, the author of famous "Relief of Fevers", a cyclopedic work in which he discussed, among other subjects, surgery, diet and psychotherapy. Yerevan State Medical University is named after M.
Mkkhitar Manukyan Mkkhitar Manukyan (born September 20, 1973 in Leninakan) is an Kazakhstani wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 66 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He won the World Championship in 63 kg twice, in 1998 and 1999.
Mklivecd mklivecd is a script for Debian-based distributions that allows for one to compile a "snapshot" of the current hard drive partition and all data which resides in it (all settings, applications, documents, bookmarks, etc.) and compress it into an ISO CD image.
MkLinux MkLinux is an open source operating system, started by OSF Research Institute and Apple Computer in February 1996 to port Linux to the PowerPC platform, and Macintosh computers. In the summer of 1998, the community-led MkLinux Developers Association took over development of the system.
Mkuranga Mkuranga is one of the 6 districts of the Pwani Region of Tanzania. It is bordered to the North by Dar-es-Salaam, to the East by the Indian Ocean, to the South by the Rufiji District, and to the East by the Kisarawe District.
Mkwasine Mkwasine is a place in the South Eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. This place, like many in its region, is synonimous with sugar cane growing at a large scale where there are about 8000 hactares of the sugar cane crop.
MK Airlines MK Airlines is a cargo airline owned by Michael Kruger providing worldwide freight operations. It operates services throughout the world linking Accra, Ghana, their Licensed and Air Operator Certified base of operations, with Africa and the rest of the world.
MK Indy The MK Indy is a Lotus 7 replica based on the Locost principle, built by MK Sportscars in Langold, Nottinghamshire. The Indy has an independent rear suspension using the differential and drive shafts from a Ford Sierra.
MK Metro MK Metro is the main bus operator in the English city of Milton Keynes. In September 2005, it was purchased by Arriva Shires & Essex, but the vehicles have yet to receive any form of Arriva branding of livery.
MK Sportscars MK Sportscars, situated in Langold, Nottinghamshire, offers the Lotus Seven style kit car MK Indy, recently manufacturing Le-Mans style cars, GT-1 and GT-R. The kits offer the option of various engines, from cars and motorbikes.
MK-3-12 "MK-3-12" (Russian: "МК-3-12") is a Russian and Soviet 305 mm (12 inch) three-gun naval artillery turret. It was the most powerful gun to be installed serially on Russian and Soviet ships.
MK-ULTRA (Chicago band) MK-ULTRA (also spelled Mk-Ultra, MK Ultra, or Mk Ultra) was a hardcore/thrash band from Chicago, Illinois. They were known for their fast music and outspokenness on political and social topics ranging from capitalism to Christianity.
MK23 Mod 0 The MK23 Mod 0 is an offensive handgun system consisting of a match grade semi-automatic pistol, a laser aiming module (LAM), and suppressor. It was adopted by the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for special operations units in the 1990s.
MK3A2 The MK3A2 offensive hand grenade is a concussion grenade designed to produce casualties during close combat while minimizing danger to friendly personnel. The grenade is also used for concussion effects in enclosed areas, for blasting, or for demolition tasks.
MK89 MK89 is an Afrikaans music channel, launched in mid 2005, that is part of the DStv bouquet of satellite channels owned by MultiChoice/M-Net, based in South Africa. MK is for Musiek Kanaal (Music Channel) and 89 is the channel number on DStv satellite decoders.
MKAD (Minsk) MKAD is the name of the beltway that goes around Minsk, Belarus. The name is an abbreviation that means Minsk Ring Automobile Road (Russian: Минская кольцевая автомобильная дорога).
MKB Raduga MKB Raduga (Russian МКБ Радуга, meaning Raduga Design Bureau, where raduga literally means "rainbow") is a Russian aerospace company, concerned with the production of various missile systems and related technologies. It is headquartered in Dubna in the Moscow Oblast.
MKC Networks MKC Networks is a privately-owned supplier of VoIP (Voice over IP) equipment and software components headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It designs and sells a family of SIP-based products including advanced SIP Enterprise Application Servers and scalable communication platforms.
MKE (tabloid) MKE is a weekly tabloid published in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, by Journal Communications. While it is formatted like an alternative newsweekly, it is basically a secondary marketing vehicle for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, containing duplicate classified and display advertising which also appears in its parent newspaper.
MKM steel MKM steel, an alloy containing nickel and aluminum, was developed in 1931 by the Japanese metallurgist Tokuhichi Mishima. While conducting research into the properties of nickel, Mishima discovered that a strongly magnetic steel could be created by adding aluminum to non-magnetic nickel steel.
MKS Toolkit MKS Toolkit - is a software package produced and maintained by MKS Inc. which provides a Unix environment for scripting, connectivity and porting Unix and Linux software to both 32 and 64-bit Microsoft Windows systems.
MKS Toolkit Products MKS Toolkit products enable you to preserve your investments in UNIX software and expertise as you deploy Windows-based workstations and servers, because Toolkit allows you to port scripts, source code, and working environments quickly and easily from UNIX to Windows.
MKT Mod 72 mine The MKT Mod 72 is an Albanian circular metal cased anti-tank blast mine, a copy of the Russian TM-46. Two versions of the mine are produced, the PX designated version of the mine is fitted with a secondary fuze well in the base of the mine that accepts a MUV type anti-lifting device.
Ml iPod ml_iPod is a Winamp plugin that enables music to be loaded onto an iPod without using iTunes. The main attraction of the plugin being the ability to transfer files from the iPod to your computer, which is not possible with Apple's iTunes.
Mlađan Dinkić Mlađan Dinkić (Млађан Динкић; born December 20 1964 in Belgrade) is Serbian politician. He serves as the Minister of Finance of Serbia from 2004 to 2006 and as the governor of the National Bank of Serbia from 2000 to 2003.
Mlada Mlada (, name of a main character) was a projected Russian opera-ballet in four acts from 1872. An admirably exhaustive study of this opera has been made by German musicologist Albrecht Gaub (see bibliography below) and provides much relevant information for this article.
Mlada (Rimsky-Korsakov) Mlada (Млада in Cyrillic) is an opera-ballet in four acts, composed in 1889-1890 by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, to a libretto by Viktor Krylov that was originally written for an aborted project of the same name from 1872.
Mladen Ivanić Mladen Ivanić (Serbian: Младен Иванић) (born September 16, 1958) is a Bosnian Serb politician. From 2001 to 2003, Ivanić was Prime Minister of the Republika Srpska, and his leadership is described by many as rather successful.
Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović Mladen Ivanković Lijanović (born August 22, 1960 in Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian politician and businessman. Lijanović is an ethnic Croat and the founder and leader of the People's Party Work for Betterment.
Mladen Petrov Chervenyakov Mladen Petrov Chervenyakov (born 22 August 1954) is a Bulgarian politician and Member of the European Parliament. Chervenyakov is a member of the Coalition for Bulgaria, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria to the European Union.
Mladen Rudonja Mladen Rudonja (born July 26, 1971 in Koper) is a former Slovenian footballer who has represented his country at two major tournaments - (Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup). He most often played as a forward or a winger (usualy on the left).
Mladorossi The Union of Mladorossi (Soyuz Mladorossov, in Russian: Союз Младороссов) was a political group of Russian emigre monarchists (mostly living in Europe) who advocated a hybrid of Russian monarchy and the Soviet system, best evidenced by their motto "Tsar and the Soviets".
Mlechchha dynasty The Mlechchha dynasty (655--900) ruled Kamarupa from their capital at Hadapeshvar in the present-day Tezpur after the fall of the Varman dynasty. The rulers were aboriginals, though their lineage from Narakasura was constructed to accord legitimacy to their rule.
Mlle Raucourt Mlle Raucourt (March 3, 1756 - January 15, 1815), French actress, whose real name was Francoise Marie Antoinette Saucerotte, was born in Nancy, the daughter of an actor, who took her to Spain, where she played in tragedy at the age of twelve.
ML (programming language) ML is a general-purpose functional programming language developed by Robin Milner and others in the late 1970s at the University of Edinburgh, whose syntax is inspired by ISWIM. Historically, ML stands for metalanguage as it was conceived to develop proof tactics in the LCF theorem prover (the language of which ML was the metalanguage is pplambda, a combination of the first-order predicate calculus and the simply-typed polymorphic lambda-calculus).
ML-1 ML-1 was an experimental reactor built as part of the US Army Nuclear Power Program. Unlike the other seven reactors of this program, it did not use a steam turbine, but instead used a nitrogen coolant under several atmospheres of pressure to drive a closed-circuit gas turbine.

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