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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Club Yonkoma Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Club Yonkoma is an official spin-off Yonkoma from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED anime and later its sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. It is a series of parody comics, usually four panels long (yonkoma).
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray is a collection of gaiden (side-stories) set in the Cosmic Era of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. It is released as a manga in Gundam ACE and a photo novel in Dengeki Hobby.
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: The Movie Currently in production, this unnamed theatrical entry of the Gundam SEED anime series will be set sometime after the most recent series Gundam SEED Destiny. Little information exists, other than a brief teaser trailer featuring the characters Kira Yamato, Shinn Asuka, Athrun Zala, Cagalli Yula Athha and Lacus Clyne.
Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story is a trilogy of Sega Saturn video games set in the fictional universe of Gundam, released between 1996 to 1997. On 27 August 1997, three games were rereleased into a compliation package as Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story THE BLUE DESTINY.
Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ The anime TV series aired on Japanese TV from 1986–1987, was the third Gundam series, and a direct followup to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam. Director Yoshiyuki Tomino returned to lead the series, and he assembled a new team consisting of character designer Hiroyuki Kitazume, who had been one of Zeta Gundam's animation directors, and mechanical designers Makoto Kobayashi, Yutaka Izubuchi and Mika Akitaka.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash was a series of three Gundam novels written by Gundam-creator Yoshiyuki Tomino from February 1989 to May 1990. They chronicle the later life of Hathaway Noa, the son of Bright Noa, twelve years after the events of the Second Neo Zeon War as seen in Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack.
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (機動戦士ガンダム 逆襲のシャア/Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Gyakushū no Shā; Mobile Suit Gundam: The Counterattacking Char) is an anime movie set in the primary Universal Century timeline of Gundam, taking place in UC 0093.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team The anime series is an eleven-episode Gundam OVA series that takes place during the One-Year War, and depicts the point of view of the common soldier rather than that of the Newtype aces. Its release began in 1996 and ended in 1999.
Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Mobile Suit Gundam: THE ORIGIN (機動戦士ガンダム：THE ORIGIN in Japanese) is a manga adaptation of the television anime series Mobile Suit Gundam written and illustrated by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, the original series' character designer. This is the third direct manga adaptation of the TV series.
Mobile Suit Variations The Mobile Suit Variations, simply known as MSV to fans, are variations on the mechanical designs seen in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam; specifically those of the Universal Century during a period known as the One Year War. These mobile suit variations are official designs, and included detailed histories and in many cases even have detailed backstories given for their pilots. Some were meant for a cancelled original series in 1983, and a few were even originally intended to appear in Mobile Suit Gundam, but their appearances were cut due to storyline alterations. While never seen in their own animation series, most of the MS models (as well as the backstories and pilots created for them) are considered canonical, and a few were later seen in other side-stories, manga, or video games. In a few cases, MSV designs even made brief appearances in Zeta Gundam and Gundam ZZ.
Mobile Systems International Founded in 1989 by Mo Ibrahim after he left Cellnet, Mobile Systems International provided consultancy, network planning and management application software to the wireless industry. In 1998 the company became known as MSI Metapath Software International.
Mobile telephone numbering in India The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has divided India into various cellular zones such that within each zone, the call is treated as a local call, while across zones, it becomes a long-distance call. A cellular zone (or cellular circle) is normally the entire state, with a few exceptions like Mumbai (which is a different zone), Goa (which is a part of the Maharashtra zone) or Uttar Pradesh (which is so big it was divided into multiple zones)
Mobile Telephone System The Mobile Telephone System (MTS) was one of the earliest mobile telephone standards. It was operator assisted both directions, meaning, if you were called from the PSTN the call would be routed to a mobile operator, who would route it to your phone, and your phone would ring, however to make an outbound call, you had to go through the mobile operator, who would ask you for your mobile number and the number you were calling, and then would place your call for you.
Mobile Transaction Models A transaction is defined as unit of processes which change a database from one consistent state to another consistent state. Normally a flat transaction follows the basic properties named as ACID (Atomicity, Consistence, Isolation, Durability) properties.
Mobile TV Mobile TV (Cellevision being a provider in the USA) is a name used to describe a service to subscribers via mobile telecommunications networks, most probably the cellular phone carriers. South Korea is at the forefront of this developing sector and BT in the United Kingdom is the first company outside Korea to implement Mobile TV.
Mobile User Objective System The Mobile User Objective System is an array of satellites being developed for the United States Department of Defense to provide global SATCOM narrowband (384 kbit/s and below) connectivity for communications uses by the United States and allies.
Mobile virtual network operator A mobile virtual network operator is a company that does not own a licensed frequency spectrum, but resells wireless services under their own brand name, using the network of another mobile phone operator. The first successful MVNO was Virgin Mobile, launched in the United Kingdom in 1999.
Mobile weapon sensors Due to the Minovsky Particles, radar waves are no longer useful for tracking enemy units. This shortens the range of encounter by a great distance and optical sensors of visible light have to be designed for close-range encounters.
Mobile, Alabama, in the Civil War Mobile, Alabama, was an important port city on the Gulf of Mexico for the Confederate States of America during much of the American Civil War before falling to the Union army in late 1864 following successful attacks on the defenses of Mobile Bay by the Union Navy.
Mobilecast A mobilecast is a podcast designed to be downloaded by a mobile phone. Listening to podcasts on mobile phones becomes more attractive as the quality of mobile networks improves, and mobile phones themselves become more useful audio devices by adding storage capacity and stereo capability.
MobileLeap MobileLeap is a wireless company offering a Mobile Virtual Browser that detects your device type and instantly reformats websites by compressing data and images, filtering out unsupported content and fitting the page to your screen. Supports most wireless-enabled personal digital assistants, Palm OS, Pocket PC, smartphone, WAP2.
MobileStar MobileStar was a wireless Internet service provider which first gained notoriety in deploying Wi-Fi Internet access points in Starbucks coffee shops and American Airlines Admiral Club locations across the United States. Founded by Mark Goode and Greg Jackson in 1998, MobileStar was the first wireless ISP to place a WiFi hotspot in an airport, a hotel, or a coffee shop.
Mobilian Jargon Mobilian Jargon (also Mobilian trade language, Mobilian Trade Jargon, Chickasaw-Choctaw trade language, Yamá) was a pidgin used as a lingua franca among Native American groups living along the Gulf of Mexico around the time of European settlement of the region. The name refers to the Mobile Indians of the central Gulf Coast.
Mobility Mobility is the ability and willingness to move or change; this can depend on motor skills; mobility aids may be needed such as a walking stick, walker, mobile standing frame, power operated vehicle/scooter, wheelchair or white cane for visual impairment. In relation to disability, mobility refers to safety in movement with the prevention of accidents.
Mobility (computer game) Mobility is a computer game developed by Glamus as an initiative of DaimlerChrysler, with scientific data done by the Weimar Bauhaus University. It is similar to SimCity, in that the game involves successfully developing a town into a larger metropolis; however, the focus is more on the ability of the citizens to use transportation to get around the area (hence the name).
Mobility 2030 (Atlanta) Mobility 2030 is the regional transportation plan for the Metro Atlanta, Georgia region. It was developed by the Atlanta Regional Commission and includes projected population growths and possible transportation improvements for the following counties:
Mobility assistance dog A mobility assistance dog is a kind of service dog trained to help a person that is physically disabled. Among many tasks, they are commonly trained to pick up objects, open and close doors, and operate light switches.
Mobility corridor A mobility corridor, according to the United States Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, is "an area where a force will be canalized due to terrain restrictions. It allows military forces to capitalize on the principles of mass and speed and is therefore relatively free of obstacles.
Mobility Email The Mobility Email client makes use of Mozilla Mail (Thunderbird) code and aspects of the portable launcher code used in the now-defunct Portable Thunderbird with Enigmail (PTEG) maintained by John Urbanek. The Mobility Email client is a secure mobile communication solution that runs from virtually any location on a computer, USB stick or iPod.
Mobility kill A mobility kill (or M-kill) in armoured warfare refers to damage inflicted by a weapon on a vehicle that immobilises it, but does not totally destroy it, leaving the vehicle's crew able to use its weapons. Typically this term is used to refer to tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles that have their engines, tracks, or running gear damaged.
Mobilivre The MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project explores the long held tradition of bookmobiles as traveling libraries that promote the distribution of information. The BOOKMOBILE travels across the United States and Canada in a vintage airstream trailer visiting a variety of communities.
Mobilization and staging area According to the National Incident Management System (NIMS), a Mobilization Area or Staging Area is one of five predesignated temporary facilities. Staging areas are established for temporary location of available emergency responder resources.
Mobilization Device The Mobilization Device is an award attachment to the Armed Forces Reserve Medal which denotes those who have received the decoration for duty in a recall to active service from a reserve or National Guard component of the United States military.
Mobilized Youth Mobilized Youth is a non-partisan political activist organization founded in late 2003 by Benjamin Dictor and Paul Waters-Smith. The organization is currently active on the southwest coast of Florida in Sarasota and Manatee counties.
Mobiltown railway station, Melbourne Mobiltown is a demolished station on the former Altona railway line, which now forms part of the Werribee railway line. The station opened in 1953 next to a Mobil oil refinery (hence the name Mobiltown) and closed on the January 29, 1985 because of low patronage.
Mobily Mobily (Arabic: موبايلي) is the trade name of Saudi Arabia's second Telecommunications company, Etihad-Etisalat consortium (Arabic: اتحاد اتصالات ). The company, as the winning bidder for Saudi Arabia's second GSM licence, provides mobile telecom services nationwide, breaking Saudi Telecom's monopoly in the wireless business.
Mobis Mobile Information Service, MobIS LLC is a registered Palestinian company specialized in mobile services and technological convergence. The company was established in January 2006 as part of an incubation agreement with the Palestine Information and Communications Technology Incubator, PICTI.
Mobius (Sonic the Hedgehog) Mobius is the planet that the Sonic the Hedgehog characters are from in the comic book series made by Archie Comics (United States) and Fleetway (UK) , and in all three American cartoons, including the light-hearted Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, the ABC cartoon Sonic the Hedgehog (known as "SatAM" by the Sonic community) and Sonic Underground.
Mobius Band Mobius Band is an electronic rock trio, currently based in Brooklyn, NY and signed to Ghostly International. The band began when members Noam Schatz, Ben Sterling and Peter Sax met as students at Wesleyan University.
Mobius Continuum Mobius Continuum is a theory attributed to August Ferdinand Möbius in the Necroscope novel series by Brian Lumley. This literary 'theory' is an extension of the mobius strip, a simple object that proved that an object can be single-sided.
Mobius: 25 Years Later Mobius: 25 Years Later is a dual fictional storyline from the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie Comics. It place 25 years ahead of the current continuity of the comics, and the events detailed take place in two possible futures.
MobiusOnline mobiusonline is an online payment gateway and e-commerce business based in the Philippines that offers a payment alternative to credit cards for purchasing items online. mobiusonline uses a universal prepaid currency called ePoints as payment for its products.
Moblin Moblins pronounced m-AH-blins (also called Molblins in some versions) are fictional pig or bulldog-like monsters that often reside in forests in The Legend of Zelda series (their names probably are a portmanteau of the words "mob" and "goblin"). Few games break away from this generality.
Mobman Mobman is the author of Subseven, a trojan horse and a backdoor for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Mobman was born in approximately 1981 and began programming at the age 15, when he first picked up Pascal and then Delphi.
MobPodcast Mobpodcast is a combination of the terms moblog and podcasting. A mobile podcast, or mobpodcast, consists of audio content posted to the Internet from a mobile or portable device, such as a cellular phone or PDA that is then made accessible through the RSS 2.
Mobro 4000 The Mobro 4000 is a barge made famous in 1987 for hauling the same load of trash along the east coast of North America from New York to Belize and back before a way was found to dispose of the garbage. Chartered by entrepreneur Lowell Harrelson and Long Island mob boss Salvatore Avellino, it set sail on March 22 from Islip, New York escorted by the tugboat Break of Dawn and carrying 3,168 tons of trash headed for a pilot program in Morehead City, North Carolina to be turned into methane.
Mobstar Mobstar is an addictive online game based on the treacherous world of the mafia, where thousands of players immerse themselves in the role of an international criminal. You begin Mobstar as lowly thug, doing drug runs from one of thirteen starting locations, such as Australia, Brasil, Great Britain and USA.
Mobster "Mobster" is a slang term for a person who participates in organized crime, which is known as belonging to "the Mob". In western stories and movies, cowboys as mobsters are known as outlaws.
Mobsters Mobsters is a 1991 crime drama detailing the creation of the National Crime Syndicate. Set in New York City during the Prohibition era, it's a (somewhat fictionalized) account of rise of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Costello, and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel.
Mobutism Mobutism was an official state and party ideology in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) during the latter half of the 20th century. Mobutism encompassed and glorified the thoughts, visions, and policies of Zairian President and self-proclaimed "Father of the Nation", Mobutu Sese Seko.
Mobutu Sese Seko Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (October 14, 1930 – September 7, 1997), known commonly as Mobutu, or Joseph Mobutu-Sese Seko, born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for 32 years (1965–1997). He rose to power after a coup d'état.
MobuzzTV MobuzzTV is a vlog (video blog) that posts a new 2-3 minute video once a day (Monday through Friday) and is recorded in Madrid, Spain. The videos are designed to be convenient for viewing on mobile phones and iPods.
Moby Dick (Rhine) Moby Dick was a Beluga, or white whale, that caused a sensation in 1966 along the Lower Rhine and then in all of Germany and the Netherlands. It was named after the whale in the novel Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.
Moby Grape Moby Grape was an American roots rock and psychedelic rock group of the 1960s that was known for having all five members contribute to singing and songwriting, and who collectively merged elements of jazz, country, and blues together with rock. Due to the strength of their debut album, several critics consider Moby Grape to be the best rock band to emerge from the San Francisco music scene in the late sixties.
Moby-Dick Moby-Dickthe hyphen in the title is present in the original edition is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. The novel describes the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, led by Captain Ahab, who leads his crew on a hunt for the whale Moby-Dick.
Moby-Dick in popular culture Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville which describes the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod, led by Captain Ahab, who leads his crew on a hunt for the whale Moby-Dick. The novel has been often referenced in popular culture.
Moca, Puerto Rico Moca (MO-kah) is a northwest municipality of Puerto Rico located in the western region of the island, south of Añasco; southeast of Aguadilla; east of Aguada; and west of Isabela and San Sebastián. Moca is spread over 10 wards and Moca Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city).
Mocatta Mocatta, also de Mattos Mocatta, Lumbrozo de Mattos Mocatta and Lumbroso de Mattos Mocatta, is the name of powerful, distinguished and ancient Anglo-Jewish family famed for philanthropy, leadership and sponsorship of arts and letters, particularly in the United Kingdom.
Mocárabe Mocárabe, Honeycomb work, or Stalactite work (Arabic al-halimat al-'uliya for "the overhang") is an ornamental design used in certain types of Islamic architecture that spread throughout the Islamic world in the 12th century. The design consists of a complex array of vertical prisms resembling stalactites.
Moccasin (footwear) Moccasin is a word originating in a Native American language, meaning a shoe made of deerskin or other soft leather. Its sole and sides are made of one piece, stitched together on top, sometimes using an additional panel or vamp.
Mocean 8 Mocean 8 is a Boston, Massachusetts, USA based acoustic rock band consisting of Dan McQueen (guitarist/singer), Jim Corcoran (percussion), Mike Hartman (Bass), and Justin Corcoran (drums/guitar). Since 2002 Mocean 8 has been working together to form a groove rock band that is as close as family (which they are).
Mocius Mocius (Mucius, died 288-295), also known as "the Holy Hieromartyr", was a priest in Amphipolis, Macedonia who became an Orthodox saint. Of Roman ancestry, he destroyed a statue of the god Dionysius and was beheaded.
Mock execution A mock execution is a method of psychological torture, whereby the subject is made to believe that he is being led to his execution. This usually involves blindfolding the subject, making the subject recount last wishes, or making the subject dig his own grave, and sometimes it can go as far as discharging a firearm near (but not at) the victim.
Mock German Mock German is a constructed language which is formed by modifying English in ways which stereotypes various features and characteristics, both real and imagined, of the German language. It is commonly found in jokes and in certain idioms and catch phrases, as well as being used as a dramatic convention in English-language cinema and television to signify that a character is speaking German, without having to use subtitles, or to mock a native German speaker's accent.
Mock champagne Mock champagne in a non-alcoholic mixed drink that is made by mixing apple juice, ginger ale, and lemon juice. It is a popular alternative to alcoholic drinks, due to its pleasant mixture of fruit and ginger flavors.
Mock Mayor The election of a Mock Mayor is British folk tradition found in a number of communities throughout the British Isles. Essentially a Mock Mayor is an individual who is elected by a popular informal assembly of individuals as a parody of the official office of Mayor in any given community.
Mock object Mock objects are simulated objects that mimic the behavior of real objects in controlled ways. A computer programmer typically creates a mock object to test the behavior of some other object, in much the same way that a car designer uses a crash test dummy to test the behavior of a car during an accident.
Mock Strawberry The Mock Strawberry, Potentilla indica (formerly Duchesnea indica), is also known as the Indian Strawberry. Although the foliage and fruit are quite similar, is not a true strawberry and can readily be distinguished by its yellow flowers, as opposed to the flowers of true strawberries which are white or slightly pink.
Mock trial A mock trial (similar to moot court, but dealing with trials, while moot court deals with appellate court) is a contrived or imitation trial. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers to test theories or experiment with each other.
Mock Turtles (opera) Mock Turtles is a one-act comic opera with a libretto by Frank Desprez and music by Joseph Eaton Faning. It was first produced at the Savoy Theatre on 15 (or 17, accounts differ) November 1881 to 22 November 1882 as a curtain raiser to Patience, then from 26 November 1882 to 30 March 1883 with Iolanthe.
Mock-orange Mock-orange (Philadelphus; also Mockorange, Mock Orange) is a genus of about 60 species of shrubs from 1 to 6 m tall, native to North America, Central America, Asia and (locally) in southeast Europe. Most are deciduous but a few species from the south of the genus' range are evergreen.
Mockbeggar Mockbeggar is a fairly common name in various parts of England: it occurs in Kent, as part of Collier Street village; and as a farm near Cliffe-at-Hoo. It also occurs in Hampshire near Ringwood; and on the Wirral where there is a Mockbeggar Hall.
Mockingbird Foundation The Mockingbird Foundation is a charitable organization founded by fans of the band Phish in 1996 (legally incorporated the following year) to support music education for children. Unconventional in structure, it exists almost entirely online, allowing a higher percentage of income to be distributed directly to deserving organizations.
Mockingbird Station Mockingbird Station is a DART light rail station located in north Dallas, Texas (USA) at Mockingbird Lane and North Central Expressway (US 75). It opened in January 1997 and is a station on the and Lines, serving the Mockingbird Station residential and retail development and nearby Southern Methodist University.
Mockingboard The Mockingboard was a sound card for the Apple II family of microcomputers built by Sweet Micro Systems. The standard Apple II machines never had particularly good sound, especially when compared to competitors like the SID chip-enabled Commodore 64.
Mockney In British English, the term mockney (a Portmanteau of "mock" and "cockney") has come to be used, predominantly in the media, to describe those who present themselves as cockneys (or, by extension, other working-class groups) with the intention of gaining popular credibility. A stereotypical mockney comes from a middle or upper-middle class background in England's Home Counties.
Mocne Mocne (Polish Strong ones) is a brand of cigarettes in Poland. They were first introduced in 1950s, they were produced in a variety of designs and by several factories of the state-owned tobacco monopoly WytwĂłrnia WyrobĂłw Tytoniowych.
Moctezuma I Moctezuma Ilhuicamina, or Moctezuma I (also known as Montezuma I) (the surname meaning "solitary one who shoots an arrow into the sky") was born to Huitzilihuitl, the second Aztec Emperor. He took power as the fifth Tlatoani (emperor) of Tenochtitlan in 1440; he was preceded by his uncle ItzcĂłatl and followed by Axayacatl in 1469.
Mod (computer gaming) Mod or modification is a term generally applied to computer games, especially first-person shooters and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public, and can be entirely new games in themselves.
Mod n cryptanalysis In cryptography, mod n cryptanalysis is an attack applicable to block and stream ciphers. It is a form of partitioning cryptanalysis which exploits unevenness in how the cipher operates over equivalence classes (congruence classes) modulo n.
Mod oai mod_oai is an Apache module that allows web crawlers to efficiently discover new, modified, and deleted web resources from a web server by using OAI-PMH, a protocol which is widely used in the digital libraries community. mod_oai also allows harvesters to obtain "archive-ready" resources from a web server.
Mod parrot mod_parrot is an optional module for the Apache web server. It embeds a Parrot virtual machine interpreter into the Apache server and provides access to the Apache API to allow handlers to be written in Parrot assembly language, or any high-level language targeted to Parrot.
Mod perl mod_perl is an optional module for the Apache HTTP server. It embeds a Perl interpreter into the Apache server, so that dynamic content produced by Perl scripts can be served in response to incoming requests, without the significant overhead of re-launching the Perl interpreter for each request.
Mod python mod_python is an Apache HTTP Server module that integrates the Python programming language into the Apache server. It is intended to replace Common Gateway Interface (CGI) as a method of executing Python scripts on a web server.
Mod ruby mod_ruby is an embedded Ruby interpreter of the Apache web server to allow Ruby code executing natively and faster than other CGI methods. Its drawback is that the characteristic sharing of classes among Apache processes is not safe for multiple applications.
Moda Records Moda Records is a record label servicing hip hop, urban, rap, dance and pop music artists. Spearheaded by Nicky Kalliongis, Moda Records has been since its inception on the forefront of discovering alternate methods to producing music in addition to directing artists’ careers.
Modadugu Vijay Gupta Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta, a biologist from India was the recipient of the World Food Prize in 2005 for development and dissemination of low-cost techniques for freshwater fish farming (using tilapia species) by the rural poor.
Modafinil Modafinil is a eugeroic drug generally prescribed to treat narcolepsy, made by the pharmaceutical company Cephalon Inc. It is not a typical stimulant and is often described as a "wakefulness promoting agent.
Modal companion In logic, a modal companion of an intermediate (superintuitionistic) logic L is a normal modal logic which interprets L by a certain canonical translation, described below. Modal companions share various properties of the original intermediate logic, which enables to study intermediate logics using tools developed for modal logic.
Modal logic In philosophical logic, a modal logic is any logic for handling modalities: concepts like possibility, impossibility, and necessity. Logics for handling a number of other ideas, such as eventually, formerly, can, could, might, may, must are by extension also called modal logics, since it turns out that these can be treated in similar ways.
Modal operator A modal operator is a logical connective, in the language of a modal logic, which forms propositions from propositions. In general, a modal operator is formally characterised by being non-truth-functional, and intuitively characterised by expressing a modal attitude (such as necessity, possibility, belief, or knowledge) towards the proposition which it is applied to.
Modal property A modal property is a property representing possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done. It is a base concept, one of the base concepts mentioned as base types in the WordNet ontology of semantics.
Modal realism Modal realism is the view, notably propounded by David Lewis, that possible worlds are as real as the actual world. It is based on the following notions: that possible worlds exist; possible worlds are not different in kind to the actual world; possible worlds are irreducible entities; the term "actual" in "actual world" is indexical.
Modal share Modal share, or Modal split, is a traffic / transport term which describes the percentage of travellers using a particular type of transportation. For example, if 60% of all travellers use cars to get from A to B, while 30% use the train and 10% use the bus, then the public transport modal share would be 40% (bus + train), while the motor vehicle modal share would be 70% (car + bus).
Modal verb A modal verb (also modal, modal auxiliary verb, modal auxiliary) is a type of auxiliary verb that is used to indicate modality. The use of auxiliary verbs to express modality is characteristic of Germanic languages.
Modal window In user interface design, a modal window (often called modal dialog because the window is almost always used to display a dialog box) is a child window, which has to be closed before the user can return to operating the parent application. Modal windows are commonly used in GUI systems to absorb user awareness and to display emergency states.
Modalisms In the Spanish language, a modalism or modalĂ­smo or as they are known within the confines of the variations of the English language: dialects are the linguistic, vocabularistic, and pronunciation differances/variations and accent from county to country.
Modanville, New South Wales Modanville is a scattered community in New South Wales, Australia, situated about a 20 minute drive from the city of Lismore. It is an interesting area with lush tropical rainforest smoothly bordering with farmland, this farmland constantly being broken up by the rainforest again.
Modbury High School Modbury High School is a State School in the north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, bordered by the primary school Modbury South. The school was opened in 1965 to cater for the large population increase in the area.
Modbus Modbus is a serial communications protocol published by Modicon in 1979 for use with its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). It has become a de facto standard communications protocol in industry, and is now the most commonly available means of connecting industrial electronic devices.

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