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ProjeKct One From 1997 to 1999, the band King Crimson "fraKctalised" into four sub-groups known as ProjeKcts, one of which was ProjeKct One. ProjeKct One began as a suggestion by drummer Bill Bruford to fellow King Crimson band member, guitarist Robert Fripp that they do some improvisational shows together.
Prokaryote Prokaryotes (pro-KAR-ee-oht) (from Old Greek pro- before + karyon nut or kernel, referring to the cell nucleus, + suffix -otos, pl. -otes; also spelled "procaryotes") are organisms without a cell nucleus (= karyon), or indeed any other membrane-bound organelles, in most cases unicellular (in rare cases, multicellular).
Prokeimenon In the liturgical practice of the Orthodox Church, a Prokeimenon (Greek Προκειμενον, plural prokeimena; sometimes prokimenon/prokimena) is a psalm or canticle refrain sung responsorially at certain specified points of the Divine Liturgy or the Divine Office, usually to introduce a scripture reading.
Prokhorov's theorem In mathematics, Prokhorov's theorem is a theorem of measure theory that relates tightness of measures to weak compactness (and hence weak convergence) in the space of probability measures. It is credited to the Soviet mathematician Yuri Vasilevich Prokhorov.
Prokletije Prokletije is a mountain range in eastern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northern Albania, the highest point of which is Lake Crest (Albania), the tallest peak in the Dinaric Alps, at 2,692 m. Other peaks include Mt.
Prokofy Neva Prokofy Neva (Catherine Fitzgerald) is a prominent Second Life resident, who owns Ravenglass Rentals, a land rental business offering rental land, houses and apartments for both newbie and long term residents. Her avatar is a blond male.
Prokopata Prokopata (Greek: Προκοπάτα) is a small settlement located 3 km northeast of Argostoli, W of Sami and 1 km north of the Argostoli-Sami Road (GR-50). The village sits on a valley area and are surrounded by forests to the west and south and the Potamana mountains to the north and east.
Prokopy Yelizarov Prokopy Kozmich (or Prokophy Kuzmich) Yelizarov () was the Russian statesman of 17th century, the voivod (governor) of Solikamsk province during the rule of Alexis I. He comes from the noble family of Yelizarovs, who comes from Yelizar, the son of tatarian prince Yegud, who served Vasili II.
ProKarelia ProKarelia is a Finnish non-governmental organization (NGO), that works for the return to Finland of Finnish Karelia, Petsamo, Salla and some islands in Gulf of Finland ceded to the Soviet Union in past treaties in Moscow and Paris.
Prolacertiformes Prolacertiformes (sometimes called Protorosaurs) were an order of archosauromorph reptiles that lived during the Permian and Triassic Periods. Many species seem to have been adapted for an arboreal lifestyle, including the "delta-winged glider" Sharovipteryx, while others, such as Tanystropheus, had extremely long, stiffened necks (possibly used to catch fish), and may have been at least partly aquatic.
Prolamin Prolamins are a group of globulin proteins found in grasses, most prominently the cereal crops such as wheat (gliadin), barley (secalin), rye (hordein) and oats (avenin). The are characterised by a high glutamine and proline content and are generally soluble only in strong alcohol solutions.
Prolation Prolation is a term used in the theory of medieval music to describe its rhythmic structure on a small scale. The term is derived from the Latin prolatio, first used by Philippe de Vitry in describing Ars Nova, a musical style that came about in 14th-century France.
ProlĂłgica CP-400 In the middle of 1984 a Brazilian company called ProlĂłgica, which made its own versions of 8 bits US computers, brought to the Brazilian market a new equipment for its personal computer series called "CP" (shorten of Personal Computer in Portuguese).
Prole drift Prole drift, a shortened form of proletarian drift, refers to the trend of originally upscale or upper class things to appeal to and be utilized by lower-income classes. The term was coined by Paul Fussell in 1983 to describe the phenomenon of most aspects of high culture eventually joining the lowest common denominator.
Proleg Prolegs are the fleshy, stubby little structures found on the ventral surface of the abdomen of most larval forms of insects of the Order Lepidoptera, though they can also be found on other larval insects such as sawflies and a few types of flies. Prolegs of lepidopteran larvae have a small circle of gripping hooks, called "crochets".
Proleptic A Proleptic calendar or era is that calendar extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption. For example, the Battle of Hastings was fought on October 14, 1066, according to the Julian calendar in use at the time.
Proleptic Julian calendar The proleptic Julian calendar is produced by extending the Julian calendar to dates preceding AD 4 when its quadrennial leap year stabilized. The leap years actually observed between its official implementation in 45 BC and AD 4 were erratic, see the Julian calendar article for details.
Prolesec Prolesec is a Newspeak term (derived from "Proletarian Section") in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Prolesec was in charge of providing prolefeed: entertainment for the proles, the working classes in Oceanian society.
Proletarian Communist League Proletarian Communist League (in Nepali: सर्वहारा कम्युनिष्ट लिग) was a communist group in Nepal. It published Sarvhara (सर्वहारा) as its central organ.
Proletarian Communist Organization (Marxist-Bolshevik) of Portugal Proletarian Communist Organization (Marxist-Bolshevik) of Portugal (in Portuguese: Organização Comunista Proletária (Marxista-Bolchevique) de Portugal), a small communist organization in Portugal. OCP(MB)P was born in 1994, following a split in the Communist Party (Reconstructed).
Proletarian internationalism Proletarian internationalism is a Marxist social class theory concept that members of the working class should act in solidarity towards world revolution and support working people in other countries, rather than following their respective national governments. Proletarian internationalism is summed up in the slogan, Workers of all countries, unite!
Proletarian Liberation Party Proletarian Liberation Party (in Portuguese: Partido da Libertação Proletária) was a political party in Brazil. It was formed in 1989 by the Coletivos Gregório Bezerra, a dissident group of the Brazilian Communist Party.
Proletarian Orientation Tendency The POT, or Proletarian Orientation Tendency was a current in the Socialist Workers Party (US) in the early 1970s. In the opinion of Louis Proyect: "This workerist grouping around old timer Larry Trainor, included not only my friend Alan Wald then in Berkeley, but a number of party members my age.
Proletarian Party of America The Proletarian Party of America was a socialist political party in the United States. It was founded as the Socialist Party of Michigan in Detroit in 1919 by the Michigan Section of the Socialist Party of America which had been expelled for supporting the October Revolution.
Proletarian revolution A proletarian revolution is a social and/or political revolution in which the working class overthrows (or attempts to overthrow) capitalism. Proletarian revolutions are generally advocated by socialists - particularly those of the communist variety.
Proletarian Unity League The Proletarian Unity League was formed in Boston in 1975 by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) members who has been associated with the Revolutionary Youth Movement II grouping that emerged out of the split in SDS at its summer 1969 convention. The Proletarian Unity League (PUL) was critical of what it saw as ultraleftism among American anti-revisionist groups.
Proletarianization Proletarianization is a concept in Marxism and Marxist sociology. It refers to the social process whereby people move from being either an employer, self-employed or unemployed to being employed as wage labor by an employer.
Proletariat The proletariat (from Latin proles, offspring) is a term used to identify a lower social class; a member of such a class is proletarian. Originally it was identified as those people who had no wealth other than their sons; the term was initially used in a derogatory sense, until Karl Marx used it as a sociological term to refer to the working class.
Proletarskaya Propletarskaya (literally "Proletariat station") is a station on the Tagansko-Krasnopresneskaya Line. The station was opened on 31 December, 1966 as part of the Zhadovskiy radius and is named after the nearby district (raion) of Moscow.
Proletären Proletären, in full Marxist-Leninistiska Proletären, is a Swedish Marxist-Leninist weekly newspaper published by the Communist Party. It was founded in 1970, then the organ of the KFML(r) (the name used by the party at the time).
Proletkult Proletkult is an portmanteau of "proletarskaya kultura" (пролетарская культура), Russian for "proletarian culture". It was a movement active in the Soviet Union in 1917/1925 to provide the foundations for a truly proletarian art devoid of bourgeois influence.
Proliferation Security Initiative The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) is an international effort led by the United States to interdict transfer of banned weapons and weapons technology. The PSI is primarily focused on combating proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and materials.
Proline L-Proline is one of the twenty proteinogenic units which are used in living organisms as the building blocks of proteins. The other nineteen units are all primary amino acids, but due to the cyclic binding of the three-carbon side chain to the nitrogen of the backbone, proline lacks a primary amine group (−NH2).
Prolocutor A prolocutor is one who speaks for others (Lat. pro, for, and loqui, to speak); specifically the chairman of the lower house of convocation in the two provinces of the Church of England, who presides in that house and acts as representative and spokesman in the upper house.
Prologue Prologue (Greek πρόλογος prologos, from προ~, pro~ - fore~, and lógos, word), or prolog, is a prefatory piece of writing, usually composed to introduce a drama. The Greek prologos included the modern meaning of prologue, but was of wider significance, embracing any kind of preface, like the Latin praefatio.
Prolong In the fictional Honor Harrington universe, prolong is a genetic engineering process for life extension. It was developed on Beowulf two or three generations prior to the series' present (the early 41st century), but is prevalent or at least present in almost all advanced star nations.
Prolonged sine The law of the prolonged sine was observed when measuring strength of the reaction of the plant stems and roots in response to turning from their usual vertical orientation. Such organs maintain they usual vertical growth, and, if turned, start bending back toward the vertical.
Prolotherapy Prolotherapy ("Proliferative Injection Therapy"), sometimes referred to as sclerotherapy, involves injecting an irritant solution into the body, generally in the region of tendons or ligaments. Its proponents say it treats weakness in connective tissue and alleviates musculoskeletal pain.
Prolyl isomerase Prolyl isomerase (also PPIase) is an enzyme found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes that interconverts the cis and trans isomers of peptide bonds with the amino acid proline. Proline has an unusually conformationally restrained peptide bond due to its cyclic structure with its side chain bonded to its secondary amine nitrogen.
ProLiant ProLiant is the name of a popular line of Hewlett-Packard Intel/AMD x86 and x64 based servers, acquired from Compaq in the merger of the two companies in 2001. These servers have changed as new technologies have emerged, however some key features such as redundancy of key systems and RAID capable disk arrays have been present through the product line's lifetime.
ProLife Alliance ProLife Alliance (or simply ProLife) is a minor political party in the United Kingdom formed in October 1996. It is opposed to human cloning and abortion, opposes experiments on embryos and also opposes any form of euthanasia.
ProLogis ProLogis is the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of industrial distribution facilities. The company operates in 81 markets across North America, Asia and Europe, with more than 400 million square feet owned, managed or under development.
Prom In the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is used to describe a formal dance held at the end of the high school academic year. In the United Kingdom, the term is more widely understood to be in reference to a season of classical concerts or "proms", which have been held between July and September since 1811, today run by the BBC.
Prom Ballroom The Prom Ballroom was a dance hall in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which opened in 1941 with a performance by Glenn Miller. The club played a diverse array of acts, ranging from rock to polka and jazz, and included acts like Count Basie and Lawrence Welk.
Prom Night IV: Deliver us from Evil Released briefly in theaters and then on video in 1992 is Prom Night IV - Deliver Us From Evil. This final installment in the popular Prom Night film saga is not related to any of the other previous films before it.
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story is a Canadian television movie, which aired on CTV in 2004. The film is about Marc Hall, a gay Canadian teenager whose legal fight to bring a same-sex date to his Catholic high school prom made headlines in 2002.
Promagistrate A promagistrate is a person who acts in and with the authority and capacity of a magistrate, but without holding a magisterial office. A legal innovation of the Roman Republic, the promagistracy was invented in order to provide Rome with governors of overseas territories instead of having to elect more magistrates each year.
Promax Awards Promax Awards are recognized around the globe as the highest accolade for promotion and marketing professionals working in today's electronic media. The Promax Awards are presented to companies and individuals whose work is judged by a panel of promotion and marketing professionals using three measures: overall creativity, production quality, and results in achieving marketing objectives.
Promenade (dance move) Promenade is a basic dance move in a number of dances such as English Country Dance, contredanse, and square dance. The name comes from the French word for “walk”, and is a good basic description of the dance action.
Promenade concert Although the term Promenade Concert is normally associated today with the series of concerts founded in 1895 by Robert Newman and the conductor Henry Wood – a festival known today as the BBC Proms - the term originally referred to concerts in the pleasure gardens of London where the audience could stroll about while listening to the music (French se promener = to walk).
Promenade deck The promenade deck is a deck found on several types of passenger ships and riverboats. It usually extends from bow to stern, on both sides, and includes areas open to the outside, resulting in a continuous outside walkway suitable for promenading, thus the name.
Promenade MRT Station Promenade MRT Station (CC4) is a Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, located along Republic Boulevard, near the Millenia Walk shopping mall. It is the fourth station along the anti-clockwise bound Circle Line track.
Promenade Terminal (YRT) Promenade Terminal is a York Region Transit and Viva terminal in York Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1 Promenade Circle, at the intersection of North Promenade and Centre Street in Vaughan, Ontario, one block west of Bathurst Street and Centre Street.
Promenade Theatre Orchestra Promenade Theatre Orchestra was an English quartet founded by John White in 1969 and consisted of the composer/performers White, Christopher Hobbs, Alec Hill, and Hugh Shrapnel. Although not one of the Scratch Orchestra's so-called 'sub-groups', the PTO (its abbreviation refers to the British shorthand, 'please turn over' a written page)often shared concerts and tours with the Scratch Orchestra as a distinct ensemble.
Prometaphase Prometaphase is the phase in between prophase and metaphase, in mitosis, in eukaryotic somatic cells. Microtubules which have radiated from the two centrosomes located at the opposite poles of the cells invading the nuclear space within it as the nuclear membrane dissolves, this process named open mitosis.
Prometheism Prometheism (Polish: Prometeizm) was a political project initiated by Poland's Józef Piłsudski. Its aim was to weaken Tsarist Russia and its successor, the Soviet Union, by supporting nationalist independence movements of the major non-Russian peoples that lived within the borders of Russia or the Soviet Union.
Prometheus In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Ancient Greek, , "forethought") is the Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from the gods in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. He is depicted as an intelligent and cunning figure who had sympathy for humanity.
Prometheus (comic) Originally published in Nov 2005 as the title story (The Prometheus Effect) in Digital Webbing Presents #26 by creator/writer Ryan Scott Ottney (Bikini Bandits, The Legend of Isis) and artist Joe Dodd (Nightwing). Following the release of DWP #26, plans are underway to launch an all-new ongoing Prometheus series at a new publisher.
Prometheus (tree) Prometheus (aka WPN-114) is the nickname given to the oldest non-clonal organism ever known, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) tree about 5000 years old growing at treeline on a mountain in eastern Nevada, USA. The tree was cut down on August 6, 1964 by a graduate student and U.
Prometheus Academy Prometheus Academy is a fictional high school from the Disney animated television series Hercules. Though set in Ancient Greece (specifically Athens), the Academy shares many traits with modern educational institutions.
Prometheus Award The Prometheus Award is an award for libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society, which also publishes a quarterly journal, Prometheus. The award was founded in 1979 by L.
Prometheus Books Prometheus Books is a publishing company founded in August 1969 by Paul Kurtz and publishes scientific, educational, and popular books, especially those of a secular humanist or scientific skepticism nature. Their headquarters are located in Amherst, New York and they publish worldwide.
Prometheus class starship (Star Trek) The USS Prometheus is a fictional spaceship in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager, appearing in the episode "Message in a Bottle", the prototype for the new Prometheus-class of starship.
Prometheus institute The Prometheus Institute is a libertarian think tank based in Orange County, California. It produces free-market articles and other publications known for being geared more toward a younger, lay audience than the academic policy circles targeted by many other think tanks.
Prometheus Pyrphoros Prometheus Pyrphoros ('Prometheus the Fire-Bringer') was the third play in the Prometheia, a series of plays traditionally attributed to the ancient Greek playwright Aeschylus, chronicalling the trials of Prometheus, the creator and protector of man, who was imprisoned for giving man fire. It was the last play in the trilogy.
Prometheus Rising Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson is a guide book of "how to get from here to there", an amalgam of Timothy Leary's 8-circuit model of consciousness, Gurdjieff's self-observation exercises, Alfred Korzybski's general semantics, Aleister Crowley's magical theorems, Sociobiology, Yoga, Christian Science, relativity, and quantum mechanics amongst other approaches to understanding the world around us. It claims to be a short book (nearly 300 pages) about how the human mind works and how to get the most use of one.
Prometheus: Poem of Fire Prometheus: Poem of Fire, Opus 60 (1910), is a piece by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin for piano, orchestra, voice, and clavier à lumières, entitled "Chromola", a Color organ invented by Preston Millar. However, the clavier à lumières is rarely featured in the performance of the piece, including performances during Scriabin's lifetime.
Promethium (comics) Promethium is the name used for two different fictional substances; one from the DC comics universe and one from the Marvel Comics universe. These should not be confused with promethium, which is an actual chemical element.
Promina Group Promina Group is an Australian insurance company listed on the Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges as , . It employs over 7,200 people in 210 offices across Australia and New Zealand, and traces its operations back to 1833 in Australia and 1878 in New Zealand.
Prominent Indigenous Australians Various indigenous Australian cultures consider the reference of deceased persons - whether in name or in image - to be taboo. In such cases there may be a special word such as "Kumantjayi" (IPA ), used by the Warlpiri) which will be used to refer to the deceased instead of their name.
Promiscuity Promiscuity is the practice of making relatively casual and indiscriminate choices. The term is most commonly applied to sexual behavior, where it refers to a person who does not limit their sex life to the cultural norm, typically one partner, or to the framework of a long term monogamous sexual relationship.
Promiscuous mode Promiscuous mode, in computing, refers to a configuration of a network card wherein a setting is enabled so that the card passes all traffic it receives to the CPU rather than just packets addressed to it, a feature normally used for packet sniffing. Many operating systems require superuser privileges to enable promiscuous mode.
Promise A promise is a psychological contract indicating a transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use. A promise may also be any vow or guarantee.
Promise Keepers Promise Keepers is an international Christian organization for men, based in Denver, Colorado, United States. It describes itself as "a Christ-centered organization dedicated to introducing men to Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, helping them to grow as Christians".
Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme from The Godfather Part III) "Promise Me You'll Remember (Love Theme From The Godfather Part III)" is a song written for The Godfather Part III (1990), the third film in the Godfather trilogy. "Promise Me You'll Remember" is the vocal version of the love theme.
Promise of a street fight Promise of a Street Fight is a music band that hails from Maidenhead UK. There are five members in the band, including Tom Chapman (Drums, Piano), Matt Radbourne (Lead Guitar), Graham Balharrie (Rhythm Guitar, Vocals), Richard Hall (Bass Guitar, Vocals), and Dr Sushinku (JD) (Lead Vocals).
Promise ring A promise ring or friendship ring is given to a romantic partner to signify a promise to be committed in a monogamous relationship, usually a precursor to marriage. The gift of the ring indicates that serious courting is under-way.
Promise to Try "Promise to Try" is a song by American pop singer Madonna. Released on her 1989 album Like a Prayer, the song's lyrics deal with the singer's attempts to deal with the death of her mother some twenty years earlier, when Madonna was only five.
Promised land According to the Bible, the Land of Israel (Hebrew transliteration: Eretz Yisrael) was promised to the descendants of Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by God, making it the Promised Land (Hebrew: הארץ המובטחת ha-Aretz ha-Muvtahat). The concept is frequently used symbolically by Christians, especially in hymnody as a reference to Heaven, or to a new land, such as North America colonized by the Pilgrims.
Promised Land (song) "Promised Land" is a song originally recorded by Chuck Berry in 1965 (called "The Promised Land") and covered by Elvis Presley on December 15 and December 16,1973. Presley's version of "Promised Land" was released as a single on September 27, 1974.
Promises (film) Promises is a 2001 Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary film that looks at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspectives of seven children living in the Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Israeli neighborhoods of Jerusalem.
Promises (group) Promises was a Canadian based pop group which was founded 1978 in Thousand Oaks, California. The members were the siblings Leslie Maria Knauer (born August 20, 1957 in Vancouver, vocals), Jed Knauer (born July 17, 1955 in Toronto, guitar, piano) and Benny Knauer (born October 21, 1958 in Vancouver, keyboards).
Promises and Lies Promises and Lies is an album by the British reggae band UB40, released in 1993. It includes the hit from the soundtrack of the 1993 movie Sliver, "Can't Help Falling In Love", originally sung by Elvis Presley.
Promissory note A promissory note is a contract detailing the terms of a promise by one party (the maker) to pay a sum of money to the other (the payee). The obligation may arise from the repayment of a loan or from another form of debt.
Promite Promite (IPA pronunciation: ) is the registered brand name for a dark brown, salty food paste mainly used as a spread on sandwiches and toast similar to the better known Vegemite and Marmite. Promite was invented in the 1950s by Henry Lewis & Company and marketed under the Masterfoods brand.
Promittor In astrology, a promittor is the slower moving planet of two planets as they move through the skies to form an aspect. For example, Saturn's transit will always be slower than Mercury's, so when the two planets form an aspect through transit or progression then Saturn will be considered the promittor.
Promo (Moonsorrow) Promo is a demo by the Finnish viking metal band Moonsorrow, recorded in June of 1997. Intended for promotional use, it was never released due to a major flaw in the recording process; the flaw caused terrible distortion to the sound on the tape.
Promo (professional wrestling) In professional wrestling, a promo is short for "promotional interview", a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. The act of delivering such an interview is known in the business and by fans as cutting a promo.
Promo tape The first recording by Shape of Despair just after they changed their name from Raven. The two tracks on this tape now appear on Shape of Despair's self-titled album and a similar version of "Quiet These Paintings Are" appears on another of their albums called Angels of Distress.
Promontory fort A promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connected to the mainland by a small neck of land, thus utilizing the topography to reduce the ramparts needed. They are mainly found in Ireland.
Promontory Point, Utah Promontory Point is a locale in southern Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at , with an elevation of 1285 meters (4217 feet) above sea level. It is located on a promontory] ([[peninsula) in the northern part of the Great Salt Lake.
Promontory, Utah Promontory is a location in Box Elder County, Utah, centered approximately at , at an elevation of 1494 meters (4902 feet) above sea level. It is 51km] (32 [[miles) west of Brigham City, Utah and 107km (66 miles) northwest of Salt Lake City, and north of the Great Salt Lake.
Promotion (chess) Promotion is a chess term describing the transformation of a pawn that reaches the eighth rank into the player's choice of a queen, knight, bishop, or rook of the same color. Promotions to king are also possible in some chess variants, such as suicide chess.
Promotion and relegation In many sports leagues around the world (with North American and Australian professional leagues being the most important exception), relegation (or demotion) means the mandated transfer of the least successful team(s) of a higher division into a lower division at the end of the season. Usually an equal number of most successful team(s) from the lower division enjoy the opposite procedure, promotion, but the number of teams relegated and promoted may differ.
Promotion Marketing Association, Inc. The Promotion Marketing Association is an advocacy group and trade association for the promotion marketing sector. It seeks to "be the voice of the promotion industry, recognized and relied upon as the primary resource of promotion education, information and interaction for marketers.
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act No 46 of 1959 (commenced 19 June) was a piece of South African apartheid legislation that allowed for the transformation of reserves into "fully fledged independent Bantustans" which would also divide Blacks into 'ethnically' discrete groups. It also resulted in the abolition of parliamentary representation for Blacks.
Promotional item A promotional item is merchandise given away free of charge to the public in an effort to promote a business or increase interest in, or sales of, a product or service. Often distributed at trade shows, used in direct mail and as part of guerilla marketing campaigns, these items are also referred to by the slang terms "swag" and "tchotchke".
Promotional model A promotional model is a person hired to drive consumer demand or increase awareness for a product, service, brand, or concept by directly interacting with consumers or usually through their appearance or acting. A promotional model can be female or male, and typically is attractive in physical appearance, and not only provides information to the consumer about the product or service, but makes it appealing to them in some way, enabling the consumer to identify with the product, service, or the company that offers it.
Promotional recording A promotional recording, or promo, is a recording issued on vinyl, CD, cassette tape, VHS, or DVD and distributed free in order to promote a commercial recording. Promos are usually sent out to music radio and television stations.
Promotional single A promo single (short for promotional single) is a single that is made available to nightclubs, radio stations, music publications, and other media outlets by a record label for the express purpose of promoting a new single or an entirely new album. While intended specifically for use by professional disc jockeys and not for resale, they are frequently sought out by music collectors nonetheless.

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