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Quadgt Quadgt is an early 1970s text-based computer game for BASIC designed by People's Computer Company resembling Mastermind and Bagels, in which one must guess a 4-digit number which the computer is "thinking of." This game also has an attitude, limiting the number of guesses possible.
Quadi The Quadi were a smaller Germanic tribe, about which little definitive information is known. The history of non-literate peoples is written by their opponents, and we can only know the Germanic tribe the Romans called the 'Quadi' through Roman eyes.
Quadmount The M45 Quadmount (nicknamed the "meat chopper" for its high rate of fire) was a weapon used in World War II, consisting of four M2 Browning machine guns mounted on a wheeled platform or vehicle. Another version consists of the same wheeled platform but instead of standing up behind the leg pod, the gunner would sit down, and remove the pod.
Quadragesimo Anno Quadragesimo Anno is an encyclical by Pope Pius XI, issued 15 May 1931, 40 years after Rerum Novarum (thus the name, Latin for 'in the fortieth year'). Written as a response to the Great Depression, it calls for the establishment of a social order based on the principle of subsidiarity.
Quadrajet The Quadrajet is a 4 barrel carburetor made by the Rochester Products Division of GM that was widely used in General Motors motor vehicles until 1990, in which its last application was on the Oldsmobile 307 V8 engine, which was last used in the Cadillac Brougham and full size station wagons made by Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick.
Quadrangle In architecture, a quadrangle, or more colloquially, quad, is a space or courtyard, usually square or rectangular in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. The word is probably most closely associated with college or university campus architecture, but quadrangles may be found in other buildings such as palaces.
Quadrangle (Harvard) The Quadrangle at Harvard University, formerly called the Radcliffe Quadrangle or the Harvard Annex dorms, is part of Harvard's undergraduate campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Generally just called the Quad, it is a traditional college quad except that it is not located in, or even contiguous with, the heart of campus.
Quadrangle Club Quadrangle Club, often abbreviated to "Quad" is one of the ten eating clubs at Princeton University. Located at 33 Prospect Avenue, the club is "sign-in," which means that it permits any students to join, as opposed to other bicker (selective) clubs at Princeton.
Quadrangular castle A quadrangular castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central courtyard, and typically with angle towers. There is no keep and frequently no distinct gatehouse.
Quadrangular Space The Quadrangular Space is a space in the shoulder through which the axillary nerve, the posterior humeral circumflex artery and accompanying veins pass. Four muscles define the posterior edges of the space; teres minor on top, the teres major on the bottom, the long head of the triceps toward the spine, and the lateral head of the triceps away from the spine.
Quadrans The quadrans (literally meaning "a quarter") was a low-value Roman bronze coin worth 1/4th of an as. The quadrans was issued from the beginning of cast bronze coins during the Roman Republic with three pellets (representing three unciae) as a mark of value.
Quadrant (magazine) Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal founded in 1956 by Richard Krygier, a Polish-Jewish refugee who had been active in social-democrat politics in Europe, James McAuley, a Catholic poet. An initiative of the Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, the Australian arm of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, Quadrant was part of the defensive against Communist inspired, subsidised and influenced intellectual publications of the post-war era.
Quadrant Delta Quadrant Delta is a Play by E-Mail (PBeM) role-playing game set in the Star Trek Universe. The game is set in the Delta Quadrant, approximately thirty-five years after the USS Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant.
Quadrant Park Quadrant Park was one of the best known nightclubs in Liverpool during the early 1990's. The club originally started as a mainstream venue much earlier than the introduction of the new styles of music through DJ's in 1990.
Quadrant Peak Quadrant Peak () is a peak (430 m) forming the summit of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. The peak forms a narrow ridge above the uniform slopes of the original volcanic cone, and is a quadrant of what was probably once a circular mass cone.
Quadrant Shopping Centre The Quadrant Shopping Centre is the principal under-cover shopping centre in the city of Swansea, Wales. It is a large building with two shopping levels and includes a range of high street shops and privately-owned boutiques.
Quadrate bone The quadrate is a jaw bone in all jawed vertebrates except mammals (in whom it has become a middle-ear bone, the incus). It connects to the quadratojugal and squamosal in the skull, and articulates with the lower jaw bone that is uncreatively called the articular.
Quadratic assignment problem The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is one of fundamental combinatorial optimization problems in the branch of optimization or operations research in mathematics, from the category of the facilities location problems.
Quadratic differential In mathematics, a quadratic differential is a form on a Riemann surface that locally looks like the square of an abelian differential. It has (at least) two other interpretations that are useful in the study of Riemann surfaces:
Quadratic form In mathematics, a quadratic form is a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables. For example, the distance between two points in three-dimensional Euclidean space is found by taking the square root of a quadratic form involving six variables, the three coordinates of each of the two points.
Quadratic irrational In mathematics, a quadratic irrational, also known as a quadratic surd or quadratic irrationality, is an irrational number that is the solution to some quadratic equation with rational coefficients. Since fractions can be cleared from a quadratic equation by multiplying both sides by their common denominator, this is the same as saying it is a root of a quadratic equation whose coefficients are integers.
Quadratic Map Simulation System The Quadratic Map Simulation System is a program for the Mac OS that allows one to explore the dynamics of iterations of the quadratic map, also known as the logistic map. The program adheres to all the Macintosh interface guidelines, thus making simulations easy to run and examine.
Quadratic residuosity problem The quadratic residuosity problem in computational number theory is the question of distinguishing by calculation the quadratic residues in modular arithmetic for a modulus N, where N is a composite number. This is an important consideration in contemporary cryptography.
Quadratic sieve The quadratic sieve algorithm (QS) is a modern integer factorization algorithm and, in practice, the second fastest method known (after the general number field sieve). It is still the fastest for integers under 110 decimal digits or so, and is considerably simpler than the number field sieve.
Quadratojugal The quadratojugal is a small jaw bone that is present in most amphibians, reptiles and birds, but has been lost in mammals. It is connected to the jugal as well as other bones, though these many vary with species.
Quadratrix In mathematics, a quadratrix (from the Latin word quadrator, squarer) is a curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve. The two most famous curves of this class are those of Dinostratus and E.
Quadrature amplitude modulation Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is a modulation scheme which conveys data by changing (modulating) the amplitude of two carrier waves. These two waves, usually sinusoids, are out of phase with each other by 90° and are thus called quadrature carriers—hence the name of the scheme.
Quadrennial Defense Review The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a report by the United States Department of Defense that analyzes strategic objectives and potential military threats. It is the main public document describing the United States's military doctrine.
Quadric In mathematics, a quadric, or quadric surface, is any D-dimensional hypersurface defined as the locus of zeros of a quadratic polynomial. In coordinates {x_0, x_1, x_2, ldots, x_D}, the general quadric is defined by the algebraic equation Quadrics in Geometry Formulas and Facts by Silvio Levy, excerpted from 30th Edition of the CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulas (CRC Press).
Quadriga A quadriga (from the Latin language quadri-, four, and jungere, to yoke) is a four-horse chariot, raced in the Olympic Games and other sacred games, and represented in profile as the usual chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and bas-reliefs. The quadriga was adopted in ancient Roman chariot racing.
Quadrigatus The quadrigatus was a medium-sized silver coin produced by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century BC. The obverse featured a young janiform bust and the reverse featured Victory driving a quadriga, giving the coin its name, with the inscription "ROMA" below.
Quadrilateral In geometry, a quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides and four vertices. Sometimes, the term quadrangle is used, for etymological symmetry with triangle, and sometimes tetragon for consistence with pentagon.
Quadrilatero The Quadrilatero (Italian for Quadrilateral) is the traditional name of a defensive system of the Austrian Empire in the Lombardy-Venetia, which connected the fortresses of Peschiera, Mantua, Legnago and Verona between the Mincio, the Po and Adige Rivers. Starting from c.
Quadriliteral In the terminology used to discuss the grammar of the Semitic languages, a quadriliteral is a consonantal root containing a sequence of four consonants (instead of three consonants, as is more often the case). A quadriliteral form is a word derived from such a four-consonant root.
Quadrille (dressage) Quadrille is a choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, which is often compared to an equestrian ballet or to a drill team. A minimum of four horses are used, although many times more (always in pairs), which perform movements together.
Quadrille Ball Quadrille Ball is an annual society ball that has taken place in NYC each year since 1961, usually in January or February. It is a non-profit event that benefits the Germanistic Society, which in turn awards scholarships for German graduate students.
Quadripoint In geography, a quadripoint is a point on the Earth that touches four distinct regions. Such points are often called "four corners", from the corners of the four regions meeting thereOne could argue that, if one region lies on one side of a straight line border, and the other three are on the opposite side of this line, there are only three "corners" plus a straight line.
Quadrivium The quadrivium comprised the four subjects, or arts, taught in medieval universities after the trivium. The word is Latin, meaning "the four ways" or "the four roads": the completion of the liberal arts.
Quadroon Quadroon, octoroon and, more rarely, quintroon were historically racial categories of hypodescent used in Latin America and parts of the 19th century Southern United States, particularly Louisiana. Quadroon (from the Spanish cuarterĂłn "quarter") denoted someone of one quarter black ancestry: a person with three white grandparents and one black grandparent.
Quadrumana Quadrumana and Bimana form an obsolete division of the primates: the Quadrumana are primates with four hands (two attached to the arms and two attached to the legs), and the Bimana being those with two hands and two feet. The attempted division of "Quadrumana" from "Bimana" form a stage in the long campaign to find a secure way of distinguishing Homo sapiens from the rest of the great apes, a distinction that was culturally essential.
Quadruped Quadrupedalism (from Latin, meaning "four legs") is a form of land animal locomotion using four legs. The majority of walking animals are quadrupeds, including mammals such as cattle and cats, and reptiles, like lizards.
Quadruple bond A quadruple bond is a type of chemical bond between two atoms involving 8 electrons. This bond is an extension of the more familiar types double bonds and triple bonds To Boldly Pass the Metal-Metal Quadruple Bond Radius, U.
Quadruple data rate Quadruple data rate (or quad pumping) is a microprocessor communication technique wherein data is transmitted four times for each clock cycle. Intel's Pentium 4 utilizes this technique to achieve an effective 800Â MHz (200Â MHz Ă— 4), or more recently an effective 1066Â MHz (266Â MHz Ă— 4).
Quadruple D Quadruple D (which stands for "Do the DirectDraw with Delphi") is a DirectX library for Delphi developed by a Japanese programmer named "SANDMAN". It has become the de-facto graphics library for Japanese PC games written in Delphi.
Quadruple precision In computing, quadruple precision (also commonly shortened to quad precision) is a computer numbering format that occupies four storage locations in computer memory at address, address+1, address+2, and address+3. A quad-precision number, sometimes simply a quad, may be defined to be an integer, fixed point, or floating point.
Quadruple reed A quadruple reed is a type of reed by means of which the sound is originated in various wind instruments. The term "quadruple reed" comes from the fact that there are four pieces of dried palm leaf vibrating against each other, in pairs.
Quadruple-double A Quadruple-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number total in any four of these categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. In NBA history, only four players have recorded quadruple-double performances and they are:
Quadrupole A quadrupole is one of a sequence of configurations of electric charge or gravitational mass that can exist in ideal form, but it is usually just part of a multipole expansion of a more complex structure reflecting various orders of complexity.
Quadrupole ion trap A quadrupole ion trap (also known as a Paul trap, QIT, twisted quadrupole ion trap or sometimes just ion trap) refers to an ion trap that uses DC and radio frequency (RF) ~1 MHz oscillating AC electric fields to trap ions as well a mass spectrometer that uses such a trap to analyze ions. The invention of the quadrupole ion trap itself is attributed to Wolfgang Paul who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work.
Quadrupole magnet Quadrupole magnets are designed to create a magnetic field whose magnitude grows linearly with the radial distance from its longitudinal axis, which is usually centered on and parallel to the main motion of the charged particles. The net result of these fields is a focusing force in one plane and a defocusing one in the plane perpendicular to it.
Quadrupole mass analyzer The quadrupole mass analyzer is one type of mass analyzer used in mass spectrometry. In a quadrupole mass spectrometer the quadrupole mass analyzer is the component of the instrument responsible for filtering sample ions, based on their mass-to-charge ratio.
Quadtree A quadtree is a tree data structure in which each internal node has up to four children. Quadtrees are most often used to partition a two dimensional space by recursively subdividing it into four quadrants or regions.
Quaere Quaere is legal latin, literally meaning "inquire" or "query". In legal drafting it is usually used to indicate that the person expressing the view that precedes the phrase may not apply to the hypothesis following it.
Quaesitum est Quaesitum est is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith forbidding Roman Catholics from joining Masonic organizations. It was issued in 1983 by the prefect of the congregation, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005.
Quaestiones quaedam philosophicae Quaestiones quaedam philosophicae (Certain philosophical questions) is the name given to a set of notes that Isaac Newton kept for himself during his early years in Cambridge. They concern questions in the natural philosophy of the day that interested him.
Quaestor (University of St Andrews) The Quaestor at the University of St Andrews is a senior executive, member of the University Court and is responsible for the finances of the University; the equivalent of treasurer or Finance Director in other institutions.
Quagga The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africa's Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. It was distinguished from other zebras by having the usual vivid marks on the front part of the body only.
Quagga (Software) Quagga is a free software routing suite, providing implementations of OSPF (v2 & v3), RIP (v1, v2 & v3) and BGP (v4) for Unix platforms, particularly FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris and NetBSD. Quagga is a fork of the GNU Zebra project (inactive since 2003) which was developed by Kunihiro Ishiguro.
Quagga catshark The quagga catshark, Halaelurus quagga, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Indian Ocean from Somalia and India between latitudes 15° N and 0° N, at depths of between 55 and 185 m. Its length is up to 35 cm.
Quagmire (The X-Files) "Quagmire" is the twenty-second episode of the third season of The X-Files. When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate.
Quagmire triplets Duncan, Isadora, and Quigley Quagmire are fictional characters in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Isadora's and Duncan's first names are derived from that of the dancer Isadora Duncan, and their last name, "Quagmire," means "a difficult or precarious situation.
Quah Chow Cheung Quah Chow Cheung (柯ćç’‹) was the Colony Commissioner of The Scout Association of Hong Kong from 1950 to 1953, succeeding Nelson Victor Halward. He was the first Chinese Colony Commissioner in Hong Kong Scouting.
Quahog 5 Quahog 5 (WQHG) is the local television station the FOX network TV show Family Guy, located in the fiction town of Quahog, Rhode Island. The two anchors, Tom and Diane, have been present since the beginning of the show, and have become two of the most prominent characters.
Quai d'Orsay The Quai d'Orsay is a quay in the VIIe arrondissement of Paris, part of the left bank of the Seine, and the name of the street along it. The Quai becomes the Quai Anatole France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai de Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma.
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is the most prestigious domestic cricket trophy in Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board selects international cricket team players (all-stars) by looking at individual performances from this tournament.
Quaid-i-Azam Academy Quaid-i-Azam Academy is an institution of Pakistan Government to promote the study and understanding of the personality and work of Quaid-i-Azam, his associates, the Pakistan Movement and of the various aspects of Pakistan.
Quaid-i-Azam House Quaid-i-Azam House The Quaid-i-Azam House and Museum, earlier known as the Flag Staff House, is located on the Fatima Jinnah Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and like almost all other houses on the road, was originally owned by a Parsi business tycoon.
Quaid-i-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University is the largest public-sector university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the university of Islamabad in 1965, it was later renamed in 1976 as Quaid-i-Azam University after the honorific title of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and its first Governal General.
Quaife Quaife Engineering, Ltd. is a noted British manufacturer of automotive drivetrain products, such as replacement gearboxes and gear sets, 4WD systems, and automatic torque biasing differentials, which are worm-gear-based limited slip differentials.
Quail Botanical Gardens The Quail Botanical Gardens 30 acres (12.1 ha) are located at 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, California, USA, and include rare bamboo groves (said to be the largest bamboo collection in the United States), desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, California native plants, Mediterranean climate landscapes, and a subtropical fruit garden.
Quail Creek, Grove City, Ohio Quail Creek is a neighborhood in Grove City, Ohio. On the standard scale from poorest to richest: Lower class, lower-middle class, middle class, upp-middle class, upper class, Quail Creek is considered a Level 4, or upper-middle class neighborhood.
Quail Mountains The Quail Mountains are located southwest of Death Valley National Park in eastern California, USA. The range lies to the north of the Granite Mountains and south of the Owlshead Mountains, and reaches an elevation of 1,555 meters above sea level.
Quaintance Block The Quaintance Block was the first storefront in historic downtown Golden, Colorado to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1911, is a one-of-a-kind architectural landmark combining Victorian and presaging modern styles, featuring unique experimental glazed bricks.
Quajabin Peak Quajaban Peak, also known as County Peak, is a small eminence located in the western zone of the Western Australian wheatbelt, about 120km south-east of Perth. Although not high in stature, it commands an impressive view over some of the upper catchment of the Avon River and also of the Yenyenning Lakes.
Quake II Quake II, released on December 6 1997, is a first person shooter computer game developed by id Software and distributed by Activision. It is not a sequel to Quake; it merely uses the name of the former game for commercial purposes.
Quake III Arena Quake III Arena or Quake 3, abbreviated as Q3A or Q3, is a multiplayer first-person shooter computer and video game released on December 2, 1999. The game was developed by id Software and featured music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly.
Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity is the second official mission pack for id Software's first person shooter, Quake. Developed by Rogue Entertainment, Dissolution of Eternity featured 16 new single player levels, as well as new enemies, weapons and power-ups.
Quake Mission Pack: Scourge of Armagon Quake Mission Pack #1: Scourge of Armagon is the first official mission pack for id Software's first person shooter, Quake. Developed by Hipnotic Interactive, later renamed Ritual Entertainment, Scourge featured 15 new single player missions, a new multiplayer arena, as well as three new enemies, weapons and power-ups.
QuakeAID QuakeAID describes itself as "a global earthquake resource center for information, education and assistance" founded in Greece in 1998 in response to a major earthquake centered in Athens. It is not widely recognized as a charity providing earthquake relief, and has been removed from some existing directories where it was previously included.
QuakeC QuakeC is a scripting language developed in 1996 by John Carmack of id Software to program parts of the computer game Quake. Using QuakeC, a programmer is able to customize Quake to great extents by adding weapons, changing game logic and physics, and programming complex scenarios.
QuakeCon QuakeCon is a bring-your-own-computer computer gaming event held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty.
QuakeNet QuakeNet is the largest IRC network, with its average number of users close to 145,000 every day and over 180,000 channels. At its peak on 8 February 2005, the network recorded 243,394 simultaneous connections.
Quaker Faith and Practice Quaker Faith and Practice or Faith and Practice is a publication of many yearly meetings within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is intended to be an expression of that yearly meeting's sense of truth and purpose, and also describe the current structure and administration of that yearly meeting.
Quaker history The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, is a movement that began in England in the 17th century. In its early days it faced opposition and persecution; however, it continued to expand, extending into many parts of the world, especially the Americas and eastern Africa.
Quaker Meeting (child's game) Quaker Meeting, or "Quaker's Meeting", is a child's game which is initiated with a rhyme and becomes a sort of quiet game where the participants may not speak, laugh, or smile. The rhyme has many variations, but is similar to the following:
Quaker Meeting House (Peabody Essex Museum) Currently a part of the Peabody Essex Museum the first Quaker Meeting House (Federal Garden area) in Salem, Massachusetts was built around 1688. The current building, erected in 1865 to resemble a Post-Medieval or First Period structure, is a reconstruction of the Quaker Meeting House and may contain some of the original timber framing.
Quaker poll The Quaker poll is a particular method for making decisions or for clarifying whether a group has general consensus. It is not certain whether the method or name originated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), but the "Quaker poll" is quite similar to some of their methods of consensus decision-making.
Quaker Peace and Social Witness Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), previously known as the British Friends Service Council, are an organisation of Quakers based in Britain that work to promote and put into practice the Quaker testimonies of equality, justice, peace, simplicity and truth. They work alongside both small local and large international Pressure groups.
Quaker Social Action Quaker Social Action (QSA) is an independent charity working in east London to tackle poverty and social exclusion. Founded as the Bedford Institute Association (BIA) in 1867, its original purpose was to commemorate the life and continue the work of Quaker silk merchant and philanthropist, Peter Bedford.
Quaker Steak and Lube Quaker Steak and Lube is a small, growing casual dining restaurant chain based in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The original restaurant was built in 1972 on the site of an abandoned gas station in downtown Sharon, and decorated with license plates and unused automobiles.
Quaker Tapestry The Quaker Tapestry consists of 77 panels illustrating the history of Quakerism from the 17th century up to the present day. The idea of Quaker Anne Wynn-Wilson, the tapestry has a permanent home at the Friends Meeting House at Kendal, Cumbria, England.
Quaker views of women Quaker views toward women have always been considered progressive in their own time (beginning in the 17th century), and in the late 19th century this tendency bore fruit in the prominence of Quaker women in the American women's rights movement.
Quakers in Kenya Kenya contains the largest body of Quakers in a single nation. There were about 130,000 members of the Religious Society of Friends there, in the year 2000 (according to the Friends World Committee for Consultation).
Quakers in North America Quakers in North America constitute approximately 30% of Quakers worldwide, according to the online Quaker Information Center. There are about 107,000 individual Quakers and about 44 Friends Yearly Meetings in North America.
Quakers in science The Religious Society of Friends encouraged some values which may have been conducive to encouraging scientific talents. A theory suggested by David Hackett Fischer in his book Albion's Seed indicated early Quakers in the US preferred "practical study" to the more traditional studies of Greek or Latin popular with the elite.
QuakeWorld QuakeWorld is an update to id Software's Quake, that enhances the game's multiplayer features (namely TCP/IP support) to allow people with dial-up modems to achieve greatly improved responsiveness when playing on Internet game servers. Modern broadband connections such as cable and DSL also benefit greatly from the improved network handling and game physics.
Quaking Houses Quaking Houses is a small village near to the town of Stanley in County Durham, in England. It was originally settled by Quakers, but during the Industrial Revolution it developed into a mining village and consisted of back-to-back miners' houses, although these have now been converted into traditional terraced houses.
Qualdir Qualdir (QUALification DIRective) is a Wireless term for changes to a VLR (Visitor Location Register) a database which contains information about legitimate romers and which describes the features to which they have access.
Qualia Qualia (from the Latin, meaning "what sort" or "what kind"; Latin and English singular "quale" (IPA: , roughly KWAH-leh) are most simply defined as qualities or feelings, like redness, as considered independently of their effects on behavior. In more philosophical terms, qualia are properties of sensory experiences.
Qualia (Sony) Qualia was a boutique brand of high-end electronics, created by Sony to showcase their best technology. Some Qualia products are brand new while others are upgraded and rebranded versions of regular Sony products.
Quadi The Quadi were a smaller Germanic tribe, about which little definitive information is known. The history of non-literate peoples is written by their opponents, and we can only know the Germanic tribe the Romans called the 'Quadi' through Roman eyes.
Quadmount The M45 Quadmount (nicknamed the "meat chopper" for its high rate of fire) was a weapon used in World War II, consisting of four M2 Browning machine guns mounted on a wheeled platform or vehicle. Another version consists of the same wheeled platform but instead of standing up behind the leg pod, the gunner would sit down, and remove the pod.
Quadragesimo Anno Quadragesimo Anno is an encyclical by Pope Pius XI, issued 15 May 1931, 40 years after Rerum Novarum (thus the name, Latin for 'in the fortieth year'). Written as a response to the Great Depression, it calls for the establishment of a social order based on the principle of subsidiarity.
Quadrajet The Quadrajet is a 4 barrel carburetor made by the Rochester Products Division of GM that was widely used in General Motors motor vehicles until 1990, in which its last application was on the Oldsmobile 307 V8 engine, which was last used in the Cadillac Brougham and full size station wagons made by Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Buick.
Quadrangle In architecture, a quadrangle, or more colloquially, quad, is a space or courtyard, usually square or rectangular in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building. The word is probably most closely associated with college or university campus architecture, but quadrangles may be found in other buildings such as palaces.
Quadrangle (Harvard) The Quadrangle at Harvard University, formerly called the Radcliffe Quadrangle or the Harvard Annex dorms, is part of Harvard's undergraduate campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Generally just called the Quad, it is a traditional college quad except that it is not located in, or even contiguous with, the heart of campus.
Quadrangle Club Quadrangle Club, often abbreviated to "Quad" is one of the ten eating clubs at Princeton University. Located at 33 Prospect Avenue, the club is "sign-in," which means that it permits any students to join, as opposed to other bicker (selective) clubs at Princeton.
Quadrangular castle A quadrangular castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central courtyard, and typically with angle towers. There is no keep and frequently no distinct gatehouse.
Quadrangular Space The Quadrangular Space is a space in the shoulder through which the axillary nerve, the posterior humeral circumflex artery and accompanying veins pass. Four muscles define the posterior edges of the space; teres minor on top, the teres major on the bottom, the long head of the triceps toward the spine, and the lateral head of the triceps away from the spine.
Quadrans The quadrans (literally meaning "a quarter") was a low-value Roman bronze coin worth 1/4th of an as. The quadrans was issued from the beginning of cast bronze coins during the Roman Republic with three pellets (representing three unciae) as a mark of value.
Quadrant (magazine) Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal founded in 1956 by Richard Krygier, a Polish-Jewish refugee who had been active in social-democrat politics in Europe, James McAuley, a Catholic poet. An initiative of the Australian Committee for Cultural Freedom, the Australian arm of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, Quadrant was part of the defensive against Communist inspired, subsidised and influenced intellectual publications of the post-war era.
Quadrant Delta Quadrant Delta is a Play by E-Mail (PBeM) role-playing game set in the Star Trek Universe. The game is set in the Delta Quadrant, approximately thirty-five years after the USS Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant.
Quadrant Park Quadrant Park was one of the best known nightclubs in Liverpool during the early 1990's. The club originally started as a mainstream venue much earlier than the introduction of the new styles of music through DJ's in 1990.
Quadrant Peak Quadrant Peak () is a peak (430 m) forming the summit of Vindication Island, South Sandwich Islands. The peak forms a narrow ridge above the uniform slopes of the original volcanic cone, and is a quadrant of what was probably once a circular mass cone.
Quadrant Shopping Centre The Quadrant Shopping Centre is the principal under-cover shopping centre in the city of Swansea, Wales. It is a large building with two shopping levels and includes a range of high street shops and privately-owned boutiques.
Quadrate bone The quadrate is a jaw bone in all jawed vertebrates except mammals (in whom it has become a middle-ear bone, the incus). It connects to the quadratojugal and squamosal in the skull, and articulates with the lower jaw bone that is uncreatively called the articular.
Quadratic assignment problem The quadratic assignment problem (QAP) is one of fundamental combinatorial optimization problems in the branch of optimization or operations research in mathematics, from the category of the facilities location problems.
Quadratic differential In mathematics, a quadratic differential is a form on a Riemann surface that locally looks like the square of an abelian differential. It has (at least) two other interpretations that are useful in the study of Riemann surfaces:
Quadratic form In mathematics, a quadratic form is a homogeneous polynomial of degree two in a number of variables. For example, the distance between two points in three-dimensional Euclidean space is found by taking the square root of a quadratic form involving six variables, the three coordinates of each of the two points.
Quadratic irrational In mathematics, a quadratic irrational, also known as a quadratic surd or quadratic irrationality, is an irrational number that is the solution to some quadratic equation with rational coefficients. Since fractions can be cleared from a quadratic equation by multiplying both sides by their common denominator, this is the same as saying it is a root of a quadratic equation whose coefficients are integers.
Quadratic Map Simulation System The Quadratic Map Simulation System is a program for the Mac OS that allows one to explore the dynamics of iterations of the quadratic map, also known as the logistic map. The program adheres to all the Macintosh interface guidelines, thus making simulations easy to run and examine.
Quadratic residuosity problem The quadratic residuosity problem in computational number theory is the question of distinguishing by calculation the quadratic residues in modular arithmetic for a modulus N, where N is a composite number. This is an important consideration in contemporary cryptography.
Quadratic sieve The quadratic sieve algorithm (QS) is a modern integer factorization algorithm and, in practice, the second fastest method known (after the general number field sieve). It is still the fastest for integers under 110 decimal digits or so, and is considerably simpler than the number field sieve.
Quadratojugal The quadratojugal is a small jaw bone that is present in most amphibians, reptiles and birds, but has been lost in mammals. It is connected to the jugal as well as other bones, though these many vary with species.
Quadratrix In mathematics, a quadratrix (from the Latin word quadrator, squarer) is a curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve. The two most famous curves of this class are those of Dinostratus and E.
Quadrature amplitude modulation Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is a modulation scheme which conveys data by changing (modulating) the amplitude of two carrier waves. These two waves, usually sinusoids, are out of phase with each other by 90° and are thus called quadrature carriers—hence the name of the scheme.
Quadrennial Defense Review The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a report by the United States Department of Defense that analyzes strategic objectives and potential military threats. It is the main public document describing the United States's military doctrine.
Quadric In mathematics, a quadric, or quadric surface, is any D-dimensional hypersurface defined as the locus of zeros of a quadratic polynomial. In coordinates {x_0, x_1, x_2, ldots, x_D}, the general quadric is defined by the algebraic equation Quadrics in Geometry Formulas and Facts by Silvio Levy, excerpted from 30th Edition of the CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulas (CRC Press).
Quadriga A quadriga (from the Latin language quadri-, four, and jungere, to yoke) is a four-horse chariot, raced in the Olympic Games and other sacred games, and represented in profile as the usual chariot of gods and heroes on Greek vases and bas-reliefs. The quadriga was adopted in ancient Roman chariot racing.
Quadrigatus The quadrigatus was a medium-sized silver coin produced by the Roman Republic during the 3rd century BC. The obverse featured a young janiform bust and the reverse featured Victory driving a quadriga, giving the coin its name, with the inscription "ROMA" below.
Quadrilateral In geometry, a quadrilateral is a polygon with four sides and four vertices. Sometimes, the term quadrangle is used, for etymological symmetry with triangle, and sometimes tetragon for consistence with pentagon.
Quadrilatero The Quadrilatero (Italian for Quadrilateral) is the traditional name of a defensive system of the Austrian Empire in the Lombardy-Venetia, which connected the fortresses of Peschiera, Mantua, Legnago and Verona between the Mincio, the Po and Adige Rivers. Starting from c.
Quadriliteral In the terminology used to discuss the grammar of the Semitic languages, a quadriliteral is a consonantal root containing a sequence of four consonants (instead of three consonants, as is more often the case). A quadriliteral form is a word derived from such a four-consonant root.
Quadrille (dressage) Quadrille is a choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, which is often compared to an equestrian ballet or to a drill team. A minimum of four horses are used, although many times more (always in pairs), which perform movements together.
Quadrille Ball Quadrille Ball is an annual society ball that has taken place in NYC each year since 1961, usually in January or February. It is a non-profit event that benefits the Germanistic Society, which in turn awards scholarships for German graduate students.
Quadripoint In geography, a quadripoint is a point on the Earth that touches four distinct regions. Such points are often called "four corners", from the corners of the four regions meeting thereOne could argue that, if one region lies on one side of a straight line border, and the other three are on the opposite side of this line, there are only three "corners" plus a straight line.
Quadrivium The quadrivium comprised the four subjects, or arts, taught in medieval universities after the trivium. The word is Latin, meaning "the four ways" or "the four roads": the completion of the liberal arts.
Quadroon Quadroon, octoroon and, more rarely, quintroon were historically racial categories of hypodescent used in Latin America and parts of the 19th century Southern United States, particularly Louisiana. Quadroon (from the Spanish cuarterĂłn "quarter") denoted someone of one quarter black ancestry: a person with three white grandparents and one black grandparent.
Quadrumana Quadrumana and Bimana form an obsolete division of the primates: the Quadrumana are primates with four hands (two attached to the arms and two attached to the legs), and the Bimana being those with two hands and two feet. The attempted division of "Quadrumana" from "Bimana" form a stage in the long campaign to find a secure way of distinguishing Homo sapiens from the rest of the great apes, a distinction that was culturally essential.
Quadruped Quadrupedalism (from Latin, meaning "four legs") is a form of land animal locomotion using four legs. The majority of walking animals are quadrupeds, including mammals such as cattle and cats, and reptiles, like lizards.
Quadruple bond A quadruple bond is a type of chemical bond between two atoms involving 8 electrons. This bond is an extension of the more familiar types double bonds and triple bonds To Boldly Pass the Metal-Metal Quadruple Bond Radius, U.
Quadruple data rate Quadruple data rate (or quad pumping) is a microprocessor communication technique wherein data is transmitted four times for each clock cycle. Intel's Pentium 4 utilizes this technique to achieve an effective 800Â MHz (200Â MHz Ă— 4), or more recently an effective 1066Â MHz (266Â MHz Ă— 4).
Quadruple D Quadruple D (which stands for "Do the DirectDraw with Delphi") is a DirectX library for Delphi developed by a Japanese programmer named "SANDMAN". It has become the de-facto graphics library for Japanese PC games written in Delphi.
Quadruple precision In computing, quadruple precision (also commonly shortened to quad precision) is a computer numbering format that occupies four storage locations in computer memory at address, address+1, address+2, and address+3. A quad-precision number, sometimes simply a quad, may be defined to be an integer, fixed point, or floating point.
Quadruple reed A quadruple reed is a type of reed by means of which the sound is originated in various wind instruments. The term "quadruple reed" comes from the fact that there are four pieces of dried palm leaf vibrating against each other, in pairs.
Quadruple-double A Quadruple-double is a basketball term, defined as an individual performance in a game in which a player accumulates a double digit number total in any four of these categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals, and blocked shots. In NBA history, only four players have recorded quadruple-double performances and they are:
Quadrupole A quadrupole is one of a sequence of configurations of electric charge or gravitational mass that can exist in ideal form, but it is usually just part of a multipole expansion of a more complex structure reflecting various orders of complexity.
Quadrupole ion trap A quadrupole ion trap (also known as a Paul trap, QIT, twisted quadrupole ion trap or sometimes just ion trap) refers to an ion trap that uses DC and radio frequency (RF) ~1 MHz oscillating AC electric fields to trap ions as well a mass spectrometer that uses such a trap to analyze ions. The invention of the quadrupole ion trap itself is attributed to Wolfgang Paul who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1989 for this work.
Quadrupole magnet Quadrupole magnets are designed to create a magnetic field whose magnitude grows linearly with the radial distance from its longitudinal axis, which is usually centered on and parallel to the main motion of the charged particles. The net result of these fields is a focusing force in one plane and a defocusing one in the plane perpendicular to it.
Quadrupole mass analyzer The quadrupole mass analyzer is one type of mass analyzer used in mass spectrometry. In a quadrupole mass spectrometer the quadrupole mass analyzer is the component of the instrument responsible for filtering sample ions, based on their mass-to-charge ratio.
Quadtree A quadtree is a tree data structure in which each internal node has up to four children. Quadtrees are most often used to partition a two dimensional space by recursively subdividing it into four quadrants or regions.
Quaere Quaere is legal latin, literally meaning "inquire" or "query". In legal drafting it is usually used to indicate that the person expressing the view that precedes the phrase may not apply to the hypothesis following it.
Quaesitum est Quaesitum est is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith forbidding Roman Catholics from joining Masonic organizations. It was issued in 1983 by the prefect of the congregation, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005.
Quaestiones quaedam philosophicae Quaestiones quaedam philosophicae (Certain philosophical questions) is the name given to a set of notes that Isaac Newton kept for himself during his early years in Cambridge. They concern questions in the natural philosophy of the day that interested him.
Quaestor (University of St Andrews) The Quaestor at the University of St Andrews is a senior executive, member of the University Court and is responsible for the finances of the University; the equivalent of treasurer or Finance Director in other institutions.
Quagga The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africa's Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. It was distinguished from other zebras by having the usual vivid marks on the front part of the body only.
Quagga (Software) Quagga is a free software routing suite, providing implementations of OSPF (v2 & v3), RIP (v1, v2 & v3) and BGP (v4) for Unix platforms, particularly FreeBSD, GNU/Linux, Solaris and NetBSD. Quagga is a fork of the GNU Zebra project (inactive since 2003) which was developed by Kunihiro Ishiguro.
Quagga catshark The quagga catshark, Halaelurus quagga, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae, found in the western Indian Ocean from Somalia and India between latitudes 15° N and 0° N, at depths of between 55 and 185 m. Its length is up to 35 cm.
Quagmire (The X-Files) "Quagmire" is the twenty-second episode of the third season of The X-Files. When a series of mysterious deaths and disappearances are reported near a lake in a small town, Agents Mulder and Scully are called in to investigate.
Quagmire triplets Duncan, Isadora, and Quigley Quagmire are fictional characters in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Isadora's and Duncan's first names are derived from that of the dancer Isadora Duncan, and their last name, "Quagmire," means "a difficult or precarious situation.
Quah Chow Cheung Quah Chow Cheung (柯ćç’‹) was the Colony Commissioner of The Scout Association of Hong Kong from 1950 to 1953, succeeding Nelson Victor Halward. He was the first Chinese Colony Commissioner in Hong Kong Scouting.
Quahog 5 Quahog 5 (WQHG) is the local television station the FOX network TV show Family Guy, located in the fiction town of Quahog, Rhode Island. The two anchors, Tom and Diane, have been present since the beginning of the show, and have become two of the most prominent characters.
Quai d'Orsay The Quai d'Orsay is a quay in the VIIe arrondissement of Paris, part of the left bank of the Seine, and the name of the street along it. The Quai becomes the Quai Anatole France east of the Palais Bourbon, and the Quai de Branly west of the Pont de l'Alma.
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is the most prestigious domestic cricket trophy in Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board selects international cricket team players (all-stars) by looking at individual performances from this tournament.
Quaid-i-Azam Academy Quaid-i-Azam Academy is an institution of Pakistan Government to promote the study and understanding of the personality and work of Quaid-i-Azam, his associates, the Pakistan Movement and of the various aspects of Pakistan.
Quaid-i-Azam House Quaid-i-Azam House The Quaid-i-Azam House and Museum, earlier known as the Flag Staff House, is located on the Fatima Jinnah Road in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, and like almost all other houses on the road, was originally owned by a Parsi business tycoon.
Quaid-i-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University is the largest public-sector university located in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the university of Islamabad in 1965, it was later renamed in 1976 as Quaid-i-Azam University after the honorific title of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and its first Governal General.
Quaife Quaife Engineering, Ltd. is a noted British manufacturer of automotive drivetrain products, such as replacement gearboxes and gear sets, 4WD systems, and automatic torque biasing differentials, which are worm-gear-based limited slip differentials.
Quail Botanical Gardens The Quail Botanical Gardens 30 acres (12.1 ha) are located at 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, California, USA, and include rare bamboo groves (said to be the largest bamboo collection in the United States), desert gardens, a tropical rainforest, California native plants, Mediterranean climate landscapes, and a subtropical fruit garden.
Quail Creek, Grove City, Ohio Quail Creek is a neighborhood in Grove City, Ohio. On the standard scale from poorest to richest: Lower class, lower-middle class, middle class, upp-middle class, upper class, Quail Creek is considered a Level 4, or upper-middle class neighborhood.
Quail Mountains The Quail Mountains are located southwest of Death Valley National Park in eastern California, USA. The range lies to the north of the Granite Mountains and south of the Owlshead Mountains, and reaches an elevation of 1,555 meters above sea level.
Quaintance Block The Quaintance Block was the first storefront in historic downtown Golden, Colorado to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1911, is a one-of-a-kind architectural landmark combining Victorian and presaging modern styles, featuring unique experimental glazed bricks.
Quajabin Peak Quajaban Peak, also known as County Peak, is a small eminence located in the western zone of the Western Australian wheatbelt, about 120km south-east of Perth. Although not high in stature, it commands an impressive view over some of the upper catchment of the Avon River and also of the Yenyenning Lakes.
Quake II Quake II, released on December 6 1997, is a first person shooter computer game developed by id Software and distributed by Activision. It is not a sequel to Quake; it merely uses the name of the former game for commercial purposes.
Quake III Arena Quake III Arena or Quake 3, abbreviated as Q3A or Q3, is a multiplayer first-person shooter computer and video game released on December 2, 1999. The game was developed by id Software and featured music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly.
Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity Quake Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity is the second official mission pack for id Software's first person shooter, Quake. Developed by Rogue Entertainment, Dissolution of Eternity featured 16 new single player levels, as well as new enemies, weapons and power-ups.
Quake Mission Pack: Scourge of Armagon Quake Mission Pack #1: Scourge of Armagon is the first official mission pack for id Software's first person shooter, Quake. Developed by Hipnotic Interactive, later renamed Ritual Entertainment, Scourge featured 15 new single player missions, a new multiplayer arena, as well as three new enemies, weapons and power-ups.
QuakeAID QuakeAID describes itself as "a global earthquake resource center for information, education and assistance" founded in Greece in 1998 in response to a major earthquake centered in Athens. It is not widely recognized as a charity providing earthquake relief, and has been removed from some existing directories where it was previously included.
QuakeC QuakeC is a scripting language developed in 1996 by John Carmack of id Software to program parts of the computer game Quake. Using QuakeC, a programmer is able to customize Quake to great extents by adding weapons, changing game logic and physics, and programming complex scenarios.
QuakeCon QuakeCon is a bring-your-own-computer computer gaming event held every year in Dallas, Texas, USA. The event, which is named after id Software's game Quake, sees thousands of gamers from all over the world attend every year to celebrate the company's gaming dynasty.
QuakeNet QuakeNet is the largest IRC network, with its average number of users close to 145,000 every day and over 180,000 channels. At its peak on 8 February 2005, the network recorded 243,394 simultaneous connections.
Quaker Faith and Practice Quaker Faith and Practice or Faith and Practice is a publication of many yearly meetings within the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). It is intended to be an expression of that yearly meeting's sense of truth and purpose, and also describe the current structure and administration of that yearly meeting.
Quaker history The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, is a movement that began in England in the 17th century. In its early days it faced opposition and persecution; however, it continued to expand, extending into many parts of the world, especially the Americas and eastern Africa.
Quaker Meeting (child's game) Quaker Meeting, or "Quaker's Meeting", is a child's game which is initiated with a rhyme and becomes a sort of quiet game where the participants may not speak, laugh, or smile. The rhyme has many variations, but is similar to the following:
Quaker Meeting House (Peabody Essex Museum) Currently a part of the Peabody Essex Museum the first Quaker Meeting House (Federal Garden area) in Salem, Massachusetts was built around 1688. The current building, erected in 1865 to resemble a Post-Medieval or First Period structure, is a reconstruction of the Quaker Meeting House and may contain some of the original timber framing.
Quaker poll The Quaker poll is a particular method for making decisions or for clarifying whether a group has general consensus. It is not certain whether the method or name originated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), but the "Quaker poll" is quite similar to some of their methods of consensus decision-making.
Quaker Peace and Social Witness Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW), previously known as the British Friends Service Council, are an organisation of Quakers based in Britain that work to promote and put into practice the Quaker testimonies of equality, justice, peace, simplicity and truth. They work alongside both small local and large international Pressure groups.
Quaker Social Action Quaker Social Action (QSA) is an independent charity working in east London to tackle poverty and social exclusion. Founded as the Bedford Institute Association (BIA) in 1867, its original purpose was to commemorate the life and continue the work of Quaker silk merchant and philanthropist, Peter Bedford.
Quaker Steak and Lube Quaker Steak and Lube is a small, growing casual dining restaurant chain based in Sharon, Pennsylvania. The original restaurant was built in 1972 on the site of an abandoned gas station in downtown Sharon, and decorated with license plates and unused automobiles.
Quaker Tapestry The Quaker Tapestry consists of 77 panels illustrating the history of Quakerism from the 17th century up to the present day. The idea of Quaker Anne Wynn-Wilson, the tapestry has a permanent home at the Friends Meeting House at Kendal, Cumbria, England.
Quaker views of women Quaker views toward women have always been considered progressive in their own time (beginning in the 17th century), and in the late 19th century this tendency bore fruit in the prominence of Quaker women in the American women's rights movement.
Quakers in Kenya Kenya contains the largest body of Quakers in a single nation. There were about 130,000 members of the Religious Society of Friends there, in the year 2000 (according to the Friends World Committee for Consultation).
Quakers in North America Quakers in North America constitute approximately 30% of Quakers worldwide, according to the online Quaker Information Center. There are about 107,000 individual Quakers and about 44 Friends Yearly Meetings in North America.
Quakers in science The Religious Society of Friends encouraged some values which may have been conducive to encouraging scientific talents. A theory suggested by David Hackett Fischer in his book Albion's Seed indicated early Quakers in the US preferred "practical study" to the more traditional studies of Greek or Latin popular with the elite.
QuakeWorld QuakeWorld is an update to id Software's Quake, that enhances the game's multiplayer features (namely TCP/IP support) to allow people with dial-up modems to achieve greatly improved responsiveness when playing on Internet game servers. Modern broadband connections such as cable and DSL also benefit greatly from the improved network handling and game physics.
Quaking Houses Quaking Houses is a small village near to the town of Stanley in County Durham, in England. It was originally settled by Quakers, but during the Industrial Revolution it developed into a mining village and consisted of back-to-back miners' houses, although these have now been converted into traditional terraced houses.
Qualdir Qualdir (QUALification DIRective) is a Wireless term for changes to a VLR (Visitor Location Register) a database which contains information about legitimate romers and which describes the features to which they have access.
Qualia Qualia (from the Latin, meaning "what sort" or "what kind"; Latin and English singular "quale" (IPA: , roughly KWAH-leh) are most simply defined as qualities or feelings, like redness, as considered independently of their effects on behavior. In more philosophical terms, qualia are properties of sensory experiences.
Qualia (Sony) Qualia was a boutique brand of high-end electronics, created by Sony to showcase their best technology. Some Qualia products are brand new while others are upgraded and rebranded versions of regular Sony products.
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