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Pacific Mall Pacific Mall (Chinese: 太古廣場; Cantonese (Yale): taai3 gu2 gwong2 coeng4; Pinyin: tai4 gu3 guang3 chang3), commonly referred to as P-Mall or Pac (Mall) by locals, is a shopping centre located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the northeast side of Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road, right across the municipal border from the City of Toronto.
Pacific Missile Range Facility Located in the State of Hawaii on the western shores of Kauai, the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) at Barking Sands is the world's largest instrumented, multi-dimensional testing and training range. US Navy officials favor its relative isolation, ideal year-round tropical climate and encroachment-free environment.
Pacific National Pacific National is one of Australia's largest private rail freight businesses. In February 2002, the mainly Australian Government-owned National Rail Corporation's freight operations and rolling stock were combined with the New South Wales Government-owned FreightCorp and sold to Toll Holdings and Patrick Corporation as Pacific National.
Pacific Nations Cup The Pacific Nations Cup is an international rugby union competition originally known as the IRB Pacific 5 Nations and held between five Pacific rim sides; Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and the Junior All Blacks (New Zealand's second XV). Australia was invited to take part but decided against sending a team stating that they wanted to focus on their domestic competition.
Pacific Northwest Ballet The Pacific Northwest Ballet is a ballet company and based in Seattle, Washington in the United States. Founded in 1972 as part of the Seattle Opera and named the Pacific Northwest Dance Association, it broke away from the Opera in 1977 and took its current name in 1978.
Pacific Northwest Bell Pacific Northwest Bell was one of the three telephone companies that, after the 1984 AT&T divestiture, was managed US West, now a part of Qwest. Pacific Northwest Bell provided telephone services in the states of Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho.
Pacific Northwest Canoes Masterfully designed canoes of many sizes and forms were made on the Pacific Northwest by carving from solid logs, usually of red cedar but in some areas of Sitka spruce or cottonwood. Typically these boats were widened beyond the original diameter of the log by the spreading of the steam-softened sides.
Pacific Northwest College of Art The Pacific Northwest College of Art is a college in Portland, Oregon, United States that grants Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in painting, communication design, illustration, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and intermedia, and also provides continuing education in the arts to the local community.
Pacific Northwest English Pacific Northwest English is a dialect of the English language spoken in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest, defined as an area that includes part of the west coast of United States and Canada, is home to a highly diverse populace, which is reflected in the historical and continuing development of the dialect.
Pacific Northwest Portal Pacific Northwest Portal is an Internet gateway offering political news, viewpoints, and other information to the world. It generally covers five American states - Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska.
Pacific Northwest Quarterly Pacific Northwest Quarterly (commonly referred to as PNQ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal of history that publishes scholarship relating to the Pacific Northwest of the United States and adjacent areas of Canada. Founded in 1906 as the Washington Historical Quarterly, it is published by the University of Washington.
Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network, or PNSN, operates seismograph stations and locates earthquakes in Washington and Oregon. The network is funded by the US Geological Survey (USGS), the Department of Energy, and the State of Washington.
Pacific Northwest Trail The 1200 mile Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT), running from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean, ranks among the most scenic trails in the world. This carefully chosen path is high for the views and long on adventure.
Pacific Northwest Wrestling Pacific Northwest Wresting (PNW) was a Portland, Oregon based professional wrestling company. It was the Northwest territory of the National Wrestling Alliance, and as such saw many of the top names in the business come though on a regular basis.
Pacific ocean perch The Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus) has a wide distribution in the North Pacific from southern California around the Pacific rim to northern Honshu Island, Japan, including the Bering Sea. The species appears to be most abundant in northern British Columbia, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Aleutian Islands (Allen and Smith 1988).
Pacific oyster The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) is the native oyster of the Pacific coast of Korea, Japan and China. It has been introduced to North America, especially in Puget Sound, Washington; and to the Australian states of Tasmania and South Australia.
Pacific Ocean Areas (command) Pacific Ocean Areas was the major Allied military command in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It was one of four major Allied commands during the Pacific War, and one of two United States commands in the Pacific theatre of operations.
Pacific Ocean Fleet (Russia) The Pacific Ocean Fleet (Тихоокеанский флот in Russian, or Tikhookeanskiy flot) is part of the Russian Navy stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the USSR. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok.
Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project The Pacific Ocean Shelf Tracking Project (POST) was created to monitor the movement of marine animals through an array of listening stations set along the west coast of North America. Little is known about key aspects of the biology of threatened and commercially valued species upon which fisheries assessments are critically dependent.
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II The Pacific Ocean theater was one of four major theaters during the Pacific War, between 1941 and 1945. It takes its name from the major Allied command in the theater, known simply as "Pacific Ocean Areas".
Pacific Overtures Pacific Overtures was an ambitious 1976 musical by Stephen Sondheim, with a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. Four Western ships arrive ominously, opening the feudal country to foreign trade and visitors for the first time in 250 years.
Pacific Palisades (TV series) Pacific Palisades was a 1997 television soap opera set in the Los Angeles suburb of the same name. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the show was cancelled after just thirteen episodes despite a last-minute attempt to increase ratings by casting Joan Collins.
Pacific Parakeet The Pacific Parakeet, Aratinga strenua, is endemic to a small area in western Nicaragua, the El Chocoyero - El Brujo Protected Area. The nesting sites lay within this protected area, but the birds still face threats from the outside world when they leave the reserve to feed.
Pacific Place Pacific Place () is a complex of office towers, hotels and shopping centre in, Admiralty, Central, on Hong Kong Island. It is a very popular and well-known shopping center for locals and tourists alike, though recently has been overtaken by the harborfront International Finance Centre.
Pacific Playwrights Festival The Pacific Playwrights Festival (PPF), a national forum for playwrights and theatre leaders, is dedicated to developing and producing new American plays. It is held every summer at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California.
Pacific Press Publishing Association The Pacific Press Publishing Association, or Pacific Press for short, is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. It was founded in 1874 by James White in Oakland, California, and is now located in Nampa, Idaho.
Pacific Princess Pacific Princess, (formerly R Three) is a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises and P&O Cruises. Pacific Princess offers cruises out of Sydney, Australia from November - April in a six-month summer cruise season.
Pacific Proving Grounds The Pacific Proving Grounds was the name used to describe a number of sites in the Marshall Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, used by the United States to conduct nuclear testing at various times between 1946 and 1962. 67 atmospheric (i.
Pacific Quay Pacific Quay is a development in Glasgow, Scotland situated next to the River Clyde. Since July 2006, it has become the new home of Scottish Media Group, SMG plc, holder of the ITV franchises for North and Central Scotland, now both known on air as stv, who will be joined by BBC Scotland in early 2007.
Pacific razor clam The Pacific razor clam, Siliqua patula, is a bivalve mollusk with an elongated oblong narrow shell which ranges from 3 to 6¼ inches in length. It can be found along the Pacific West Coast from the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska, to Pismo Beach, California.
Pacific Railway Acts The Pacific Railway Act of 1862 (12 Statutes at Large, 489)as enacted by the United States] [[United States Congress|Congress, was approved and signed into law by the President, Abraham Lincoln, on July 1, 1862. Officially entitled "AN ACT to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, and to secure to the government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," some provisions of the original Act were subsequently modified, expanded, and/or repealed by four additional amending Acts passed in 18621864][[1865]and [[1866]largely on a proposed Pacific railroad [[Bill_%28proposed_law%29|bill] originally reported six years earlier on August 16, [[1856, to the 34th Congress (1st Session) by the Select Committee on the Pacific Railroad and Telegraphthe Act as passed in 1862] authorized both the making of extensive [[land grantsin the Western] [[United States, and the issuance of 30-year, 6% U.
Pacific Ranges The Pacific Ranges are the southernmost subdivision of the Coast Mountains portion of the Pacific Cordillera. They run northwest from the lower stretches of the Fraser River to Bella Coola, north of which are the Kitimat Ranges.
Pacific Regional Environment Programme The Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is an intergovernmental organisation charged with promoting cooperation, supporting protection and improvement of the Pacific islands environment, and ensuring its sustainable development.
Pacific REVIEW Pacific REVIEW is a magazine published by undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University. It features short stories, poetry, art, and photography by new writers and artists as well as well-known, accomplished ones.
Pacific Rim Pacific Rim is a political and economic term used to designate the countries on the edges of the Pacific Ocean as well as the various island nations within the region. There are many centres in the Pacific Rim, such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Manila, Los Angeles, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Santiago, San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver.
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Pacific Rim National Park is a Canadian national park in British Columbia made up of three separate regions: Long Beach, the Broken Group Islands, and the West Coast Trail. The entire park encompasses 511 km² of land and ocean.
Pacific Ring of Fire The Pacific Ring of Fire is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions encircling the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, island arcs, and volcanic mountain ranges and/or plate movements.
Pacific sanddab The Pacific sanddab is a species of sanddab (Citharichthys sordidus). It is by far the most common sanddab, and it shares its habitat with the longfin sanddab (Citharichthys xanthostigma) and the speckled sanddab (Citharichthys stigmaeus).
Pacific sharpnose shark The Pacific sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon longurio, is a requiem shark of the family Carcharhinidae, found in the subtropical waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean between latitudes 33° N and 16° S, from the surface to 27 m. Its length is up to about 1.
Pacific sleeper shark The Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, is a sleeper shark of the family Dalatiidae, found circumglobally on continental shelves and slopes in temperate waters between latitudes 70° N and 47° S, from the surface to 2,000 m. Its length is up to 4.
Pacific staghorn sculpin The Pacific staghorn sculpin, Leptocottus armatus, is a common sculpin (Cottidae) found in shallow coastal waters along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California. The sole member of its genus, it is unusual for having spined antler-like projections on its gill covers; it can raise the projections as a defense mechanism.
Pacific Science Association The Pacific Science Association (PSA) is a regional, non-governmental, scholarly organization that seeks to advance science and technology in support of sustainable development in the Pacific Rim. It was founded in 1920 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Pacific School of Religion Pacific School of Religion is an ecumenical seminary located in Berkeley, California. It maintains covenental relationships with the United Church of Christ (which counts for half of PSR's students), the United Methodist Church and the Disciples of Christ, providing all necessary expectations for candidates to their ordained ministries.
Pacific Silver Fir Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis) is a fir native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, occurring in the Pacific Coast Ranges and the Cascade Range from the extreme southeast of Alaska, through western British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, to the extreme northwest of California. It grows at altitudes of sea level to 1,500 m in the north of the range, and 1,000-2,300 m in the south of the range, always in temperate rain forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers.
Pacific Silverweed The Pacific Silverweed (Potentilla pacifica) is a low-growing perennial (6") with pinnately compound green leaves with silvery undersides. The yellow, saucer-shaped flowers appear late spring through summer.
Pacific Sociological Association The Pacific Sociological Association (PSA), founded in 1929, is the professional association of sociologists in the Pacific Region of North America. The PSA holds annual meetings and publishes the journal Sociological Perspectives.
Pacific Solution The Pacific Solution was the name given to the Australian government policy of diverting asylum seekers to detention camps on small island nations in the Pacific Ocean, rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland. There were a number of pieces of legislation supporting this policy, including the controversial excising of thousands of islands from Australia’s migration zone or Australian territory.
Pacific Southwest Airlines Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was an airline headquartered in San Diego, California. It is one of the four heritage airlines that form US Airways, the other airlines being America West Airlines, Piedmont Airlines and Allegheny Airlines.
Pacific Southwest District (LCMS) The Pacific Southwest District is one of the 35 districts of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LCMS). It covers Southern California (the eight southernmost counties in California, including the Los Angeles metropolitan area), Arizona and the southern tip of Nevada, and includes nearly 300 congregations subdivided into 32 circuits, as well as 120 preschools, 76 elementary schools and 9 high schools with a total enrollment of 21,000.
Pacific Spirit Regional Park Pacific Spirit Regional Park is located in the University Endowment Lands, on Point Grey to the west of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. It surrounds the endowment lands of the University of British Columbia on the shores of Georgia Strait in the Pacific Ocean.
Pacific Star (ship) The Pacific Star (formerly Tropicale / Costa Tropicale) is a cruise ship, first laid down in 1981. The ship entered service into the P&O Cruises Australia fleet in December, 2005 and is presently based in Brisbane performing cruises along the Tropical Queensland coast, to various islands in the South Pacific, New Caledonia, and to New Zealand.
Pacific Street Films Pacific Street Films is a documentary film production company founded in Brooklyn, NY in 1969 (and still in existence) by two anarchists, Joel Sucher and Steven Fischler. They have produced more than 100 films.
Pacific Strike Pacific Strike is a 1994 DOS computer game. Created by Origin Systems, the game follows the pattern of the Wing Commander series, although it resembles more its cousin Strike Commander, in the sense that it is set in a more or less contemporary setting and allows the player to fly actual planes.
Pacific Sunwear Pacific Sunwear (also known as PacSun) is a shopping mall retail store that sells clothing and accessories for men and women. It was originally based in Newport Beach, California, United States, now in Anaheim.
Pacific Surfliner The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (563 km) Amtrak passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. It is the second-busiest rail route in the Amtrak system after the Northeast Corridor.
Pacific Swift The Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus), or Fork-tailed Swift, is a small bird, superficially similar to a House Martin. It is, however, completely unrelated to those passerine species, since swifts are in the order Apodiformes.
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing The Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) is a scientific meeting held annually since 1996. The conference is unusual in that its sessions are determined annually on the basis of proposals submitted by interested scientists, with the goal of presenting research only on cutting-edge topics.
Pacific temperate rain forests The Pacific temperate rain forests of North America are the largest temperate rain forest zone on the planet. The Pacific temperate rain forests occur on west-facing coastal mountains along the Pacific coast of North America - the Pacific Northwest - from Kodiak Island in Alaska through Canada to northern California, and are part of the Nearctic ecozone.
Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 The Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 called for the facilitation of communication between the east and west coasts of the United States of America. Hiram Sibley of the Western Union Telegraph Company won the contract.
Pacific Telegraph Company In 1860, the Pacific Telegraph Act of 1860 called for the facilitation of communication between the east and west coasts of the United States of America. Hiram Sibley of the Western Union Telegraph Company won the contract.
Pacific Telesis Pacific Telesis Group was one of the seven Regional Bell Operating Companies created after the 1984 breakup of AT&T as a holding company for Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell. It was acquired by SBC Communications in 1998.
Pacific Time Zone The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-8). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th degree meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory.
Pacific Trade and Development Conference The Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD) is an economic conference and loosely binding agreement between certain members of the Asia-Pacific countries to co-operate and discuss the nature of Intra Regional Trade and development in the region. It co-exists and overlaps with a number of other multi-lateral economic and trade agreements that exist within the Pacific area.
Pacific Tri-Nations The Pacific Tri-Nations is the traditional rugby union series between Tonga, Fiji and Western Samoa was established in 1982 with Western Samoa winning the tournament. In 2006 it was replaced by the IRB Pacific 5 Nations which was then renamed the Pacific Nations Cup.
Pacific Tsunami Museum Pacific Tsunami Museum is a Hilo, Hawaii-based museum dedicated to the history of the 1946 and 1960 tsunamis that devastated much of the east coast of the Big Island, especially Hilo. The museum also has a mission to educate people about tsunami.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), operated by NOAA in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, USA, is one of two tsunami warning centers in the United States. PTWC is part of an international tsunami warning system (TWS) program and serves as the operational center for TWS of the Pacific issuing bulletins and warnings to participating members and other nations in the Pacific Ocean area of responsibility .
Pacific Union In 2004, a committee of the Australian Senate called for the formation of a Pacific Union to comprise the member-states of the Pacific Islands Forum, but with a common charter, institutions and currency. Although Prime Minister of Australia John Howard has also spoken of a Pacific Union, his government's emphasis has been on bilateral relations and agreements with the individual states of the Forum.
Pacific Union College Pacific Union College is a private, Seventh-day Adventist, four-year liberal arts college located in Angwin, a small town in the hills above California's Napa Valley. PUC offers a lineup of bachelor's degrees from nursing to business administration, a master's degree in education, and teacher credentialing.
Pacific viperfish The Pacific viperfish, Chauliodus macouni, is a predatory fish living deep in the oceans and is frequently referred to as among the ocean's "bottom feeders." In daytime it can be found from 500–2500 m below the ocean surface.
Pacific War The Pacific War was the part of World War II — and preceding conflicts — that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in East Asia, between July 7, 1937, and August 14, 1945. The most decisive actions took place after the Empire of Japan attacked various countries, later known as the Allies (or Allied powers), on or after December 7, 1941, including an attack on United States forces at Pearl Harbor.
Pacific West Conference The Pacific West Conference (also known as the PacWest) is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division II. The PacWest was formed in 1992 when the Great Northwest Conference merged the Continental Divide Conference, in response to several member-departures and new NCAA legislation requiring conferences to have at least six members.
Pacific Western University Pacific Western University (PWU) is a distance learning university located in San Diego, California. PWU is not accreditedAuthoritative databases of accredited US institutions exist at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA database) and United States Department of Education (USDE accreditation database); neither lists PWU as of December 2006.
Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative The Pacific Whiting Conservation Cooperative (PWCC) is a harvest and research cooperative formed by four companies that participate in the catcher/processor sector of the Pacific whiting (Merluccius productus) fishery -- Alaska Ocean Seafoods, American Seafoods, Glacier Fish Co., and Trident Seafoods.
Pacific-Antarctic Ridge The Pacific-Antarctic Ridge is an oceanic ridge at the boundary between the Pacific and Antarctic Plates. Convection currents in the Earth's mantle are causing the plates to separate, creating new oceanic crust at a rate of approximately 2.
Pacific-slope Flycatcher The Pacific-slope Flycatcher (Empidonax difficilis) is a small insectivorous bird of the family Tyrannidae. It is native to coastal regions of western North America as far north as British Columbia, but is replaced in the inland regions by the Cordilleran Flycatcher.
Pacific-Union Club The Pacific-Union Club is a private social club, located at 1000 California Street in San Francisco, California, at the top of Nob Hill. It was founded in 1889 as a merger of two earlier clubs: the Pacific Club (founded 1852) and the Union Club (founded 1854).
Pacifica Quartet The Pacifica Quartet is a professional string ensemble based in the Chicago, Illinois area. Its members are: Simin Ganatra, first violin; Sibbi Bernhardsson, second violin; Masumi Per Rostad, viola; and Brandon Vamos, cello.
Pacifica Radio Pacifica Radio is a network of five independently owned and operated, non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations, one associated station, and 90 affiliated radio stations in the United States that is known for its leftist and pacifist political views. Some other U.
Pacificair Pacificair (Pacific Airways Corporation) is an airline based in Manila in the Philippines. It was established in 1947 and operates scheduled passenger flights, air taxi services and is involved in agricultural work.
Pacification of Manchukuo The Pacification of Manchukuo, was a campaign to pacify the resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo between the volunteer armies of Manchuria and later the Communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army and the Imperial Japanese Army and the forces of Manchukuo during the Second Sino-Japanese War which took place from March 1932 until 1941, which resulted in a Japanese victory.
Pacification operations in German-occupied Poland The pacification operations in German-occupied Poland were the unlawful use of military force and punitive measures conducted during World War II by the German state with the goal of suppressing any Polish resistance.
Pacifico incident The Pacifico Incident concerned a Portuguese Jew, named David Pacifico (known as Don Pacifico), who was a trader in Athens during the reign of King Otto. Pacifico had been born in Gibraltar, a British possession.
PacifiCare Health Systems PacifiCare Health Systems (former ) was a Fortune 500 healthcare company based in Cypress, California. It was acquired by UnitedHealth Group () in late 2005, which continues to market health plans under the PacifiCare name.
PacifiCat Series The PacifiCat Series or Fast Cat fast ferries were operated from 1999 to 2000 by BC Ferries. They were sold in 2003 to the Washington Marine Group, and are currently stored at Vancouver Shipyards Limited until their fate is decided.
Pacifier A pacifier (North American English), dummy (British, New Zealand, and Australian English) or soother (Canadian and Irish English), is a rubber or plastic nipple given to an infant or other young child to suck upon.
Pacifism Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. Pacifism covers a spectrum of views ranging from the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, to absolute opposition to the use of violence, or even force, under any circumstances.
Pacifist organisation A Pacifist organisation promotes the pacifist principles of standing against war and aggression. Some organisations are concerned only with the removal of nuclear weapons from war although they may call for suspension of hostilities as well.
Pacing horse A pacing horse is a standardbred horse with a lateral gait – that is, its forelegs move in unison with the hindlegs on the same side. The left foreleg moves in the same direction as the left hindleg and the right foreleg in the same direction as the right hindleg.
PacINET The Pacific INET, PacINET, conference is organised by the Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society, (PICISOC) and is the leading Information and Communications Technology conference in the Pacific Islands.
Pack (canine) A pack of canines—most notably wolves, the domestic dog, and some other wild canines—is a group of animals that is organised according to a strict social hierarchy. In the wild, the pack is led by an alpha male and an alpha female.
Pack animal A pack animal is a beast of burden used by humans as means of transporting materials by attaching them so their weigh bears on the animal's back; the term may be applied to either an individual animal or a species so employed.
Pack it in, pack it out Pack it In, Pack it Out (variably "Carry in, Carry out") is a waste management philosophy of environmentalism that states whatsoever a person brings into a natural area must be taken out of the area when the person leaves. The idea is to remove all forms of trash and biodegradable materials from the natural area for proper disposal so that the materials will cause no harm to the natural resources of the ecosystem.
Pack journalism Pack journalism is an often derogatory term used to describe the tendency of news reporting to become [especially when a group of reporters] covering the same topic are required to spend large amounts of time together. The term was coined by [[Timothy Crouse.
Pack saddle A pack saddle is any device designed to be secured on the back of a horse, mule, or other draft animal for the purpose of making it possible for the draft animal to support and transport heavy loads such as luggage, firewood, small cannons or other weapons too heavy to be carried by humans, etc. Ideally the pack saddle rests on a saddle blanket or saddle pad so as to cushion the weight of the saddle and its burden as it rests on the pack animal's back.
Pack-In-Video Pack-In-Video is a Japanese video game publisher and developer which developed af wide range of games for the Famicom platform. The games published were mostly focused on the Japanese market although a few titles have been published abroad.
Package diagram In the Unified Modeling Language, a package diagram depicts how a system is split up into logical groupings by showing the dependencies among these groupings. As a package is typically thought of as a directory, package diagrams provide a logical hierarchical decomposition of a system.
Package holiday A package holiday or package tour consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator. Other services may be provided like a rental car, activities or outings during the holiday.
Package loan A package loan is a real estate loan used to finance the purchase of both real property and personal property, such as in the purchase of a new home that includes carpeting, window coverings and major appliances.
Package management system A package management system is a collection of tools to automate the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing software packages from a computer. The term is most commonly used with regards to Unix-like systems, particularly Linux, as these systems rely heavily on it, with thousands of discrete packages on a typical installation being common.
Packaging & Deployment Packaging is the art of bundling your executables and libraries required for the product to deploy in customer environments. There are several products available in the market like Install Shield, Installanyware, Demoshield, MSI.

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