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Terry Sue Patt Terry Sue Patt (born 29 September 1964) is a British actor most well known for the role of Benny Green in Grange Hill (BBC, 1978-1982). Benny Green was the first Grange Hill pupil to be seen on screen, a part Terry got after being spotted playing football in the local park.
Terry the Chef Terry the Chef was a fictional character played by Brian Hall in the hit BBC Television sitcom Fawlty Towers. Viewers never heard his surname, though it is probably 'Hughes', as Basil once introduced him as 'Terry Hughe...
Terry trebilcock Terry Trebilcock is the owner of an entertainment-sporting event called King of the Cage (KOTC). The event is a mixture of several different martial arts alos known as MMA or Mixed Martial Arts, which pits one person’s martial arts style versus another.
Terry Tate: Office Linebacker Terry Tate: Office Linebacker was a series of short comedy TV commercials created by Rawson Marshall Thurber, for Reebok, based on a short film pilot he created in 2000; Tate was first shown at Super Bowl XXXVII. The short films feature Lester Speight as "Terrible" Terry Tate, an American Football linebacker who "gives out the pain" to those in the office who are not obeying the rules.
Terry Teachout Terry Teachout (born 1956, Cape Girardeau, Missouri) is a critic, biographer and blogger. He is the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal, the music critic of Commentary, and the author of "Sightings," a column about the arts in America that appears biweekly in the Saturday Wall Street Journal.
Terry Tremaine Terry Tremaine was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on July 20, 1948. He is a National Socialist who has posted on racist web forums such as Stormfront and other websites using the screen name “mathdoktor99,” and on other websites as “JCMateri.
Terry Vaughn Terry Vaughn (born December 25, 1971 in Sumter, South Carolina) is a Canadian Football League slotback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. On July 14, 2006 he became the all-time leader in receptions in the Canadian Football League surpassing Darren Flutie with 973 receptions.
Terry Virgo Terry Virgo is the leader of the Newfrontiers Charismatic Evangelical Christian movement. Born and raised in Brighton on the English South Coast Virgo started a small church movement which has grown into an international group of churches in 29 nations.
Terry whitfield Terry Whitfield was a major league baseball player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants and the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Baseball League. As an outfielder, Terry was known more for his hitting than his defense, finishing with a career .
Terry Wallis Terry Wallis (born 7 April, 1964) is an American man living in Arkansas who on June 11, 2003 regained awareness after spending almost 20 years in a minimally conscious state. Following a 1984 automobile accident he, then aged 19, fell into a coma and then weeks later became stabilized in a minimally conscious state.
Terry Walsh Terry Walsh (born November 20, 1953 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia) is a former field hockey striker from Australia, who competed in two Olympic Games for his native country. Highlights were winning the silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, and the gold medal at the Hockey World Cup in London, 1986.
Terry Walsh (actor) Terry Walsh (died 21 April 2002) was a British actor stuntman, stunt arranger and fight arranger who contributed much to British television and film, especially during the seventies. He stunt doubled for Michael Caine, Jon Pertwee and David Warner amongst others.
Terry Wapram Terry Wapram was the guitarist for heavy metal legends Iron Maiden briefly in 1977. In a controversial move, he replaced the legendary Dave Murray after singer Dennis Wilcock persuaded band founder Steve Harris to fire the entire band and hire new recruits.
Terry Williams (drummer) Terry Williams (born January 11 1948, in Swansea, Wales) is a Welsh rock drummer, whose resume includes Paul McCartney, BB King, and Bob Dylan. During the 1960s, he played in a few bands, including The Smokeless Zone and Dream.
Terry Wogan Sir Michael Terence Wogan (b August 3 1938, County Limerick, Irish Free State), more commonly known as Terry Wogan, is a radio and television broadcaster who has mainly worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career. Born in Limerick in the Republic of Ireland, Wogan also took British nationality in 2005.
Terry Woods Terry Woods (born 4 December 1947 in Dublin), is an Irish folk musician, specialising in playing the mandolin and cittern. He is known for his membership in such folk and folk-rock groups as The Pogues, Steeleye Span and Sweeney's Men.
Terry Wynn Terence Terry Wynn (born June 27, 1946 in Wigan, Lancashire) is a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party. He was a member of the European Parliament from 1989 until his resignation to retire in the summer of 2006.
Terry Zahn Terry Allen Zahn (April 27, 1946 -- January 25, 2000) was a popular Hampton Roads, Virginia, area anchorman for WAVY-TV from the 1980s until 1994, when he switched to the rival WVEC-TV, where he served until his death from multiple myeloma.
Terry Zwigoff Terry Zwigoff (born May 18, 1949 in Appleton, Wisconsin) is an American filmmaker based in San Francisco. He became well-known for two popular small budget films, both arising out of the world of underground or alternative comics: the documentary Crumb (1994), about underground comics figure Robert Crumb, and the feature Ghost World (2001), adapted from a story in Dan Clowes's comic Eightball.
Terry's Chocolate Orange Terry's Chocolate Orange is a popular chocolate product manufactured by Kraft Foods, originally sold only in the United Kingdom, but now sold all across the world. It is a spherical ball of chocolate mixed with orange oil, divided into "segments", similar to a real orange, and wrapped in orange-coloured foil.
Terry's Old Geezers/Gals Terry's Old Geezers/Gals People who listen to the Terry Wogan] show on [[BBC Radio 2, some of whom have formed themselves into a fanclub of Sir Tel. They meet regularly and perform Charity work, most notably for the BBC Children in Need appeal.
Terry's Texas Rangers The Eighth Texas Cavalry, popularly known as Terry's Texas Rangers, was a group of Texas volunteers for the Confederate States Army assembled by Benjamin Franklin Terry in August 1861. The Terry Rangers distinguished themselves at several battles of the American Civil War.
Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas (July 14, 1911 – January 8, 1990) was a distinctive English comic actor. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, the trademark gap in his front teeth, cigarette holder, dressing gown, and such catch-phrases as "You're an absolute shower!
Terrycloth Terrycloth, terry cloth, terry, or simply towelling is a fabric with loops that can absorb large amounts of water. It can be manufactured by weaving or knitting, with weaving on a dobby loom the predominant commercial method, having two beams of longitudinal warp through which the filler or weft is fired laterally.
Terryman Terryman (テリーマン) was a character in Yudetamago's slapstick wrestling manga/anime series Kinnikuman and was Kinnikuman's best friend. Hailing from Texas, it is stated early on that he is the most popular Seigi Choujin (Justice Superman) on the planet.
Tert-Butylhydroquinone tert-Butylhydroquinone (TBHQ, tertiary butylhydroquinone, or 2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,4-benzenediol) is an aromatic organic compound which is a type of phenol. It is a derivative of hydroquinone, substituted with tert-butyl group.
Terthiophene Terthiophene is the organic compound with the formula [C4H3S]2C4H2S. In the most common isomer, two thiophene rings are connected via their 2 positions to a central thiophene, also at the carbon atoms flanking the sulfur.
Tertiary care In medicine, tertiary healthcare is specialized consultative care, usually on referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel, by specialists working in a center that has personnel and facilities for special investigation and treatment.
Tertiary color A tertiary color is a color made by mixing one primary color with one secondary color, in a given color space. Unlike primary and secondary colors, these are not represented by one firmly established name each, but the following examples include some of the most popular.
Tertiary education fees in Australia Higher education fees in Australia are charged to all students, but Australian citizens and (with some limitations) permanent residents are able to obtain interest free loans from the government under the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) which replaced the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS). Most students are Commonwealth supported, which means the Commonwealth Government pays a contribution to the fees and students are able to defer payment of the remainder of the fees, which for Commonwealth supported students are called the "student contribution".
Tertiary Entrance Exam Students are enrolled with the Curriculum Council through their school/college to register for the achievement of a Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) and to sit for the Tertiary Entrance Examinations.
Tertiary sector of industry The tertiary sector of industry (also known as the service sector or the service industry) is one of the three main industrial categories of a developed economy, the others being the secondary industry (manufacturing), and primary industry (extraction such as mining, agriculture and fishing). Services are defined in conventional economic literature as "intangible goods".
Tertiary source Where a primary source presents material from a first-hand witness to a phenomenon, and a secondary source provides commentary, analysis and criticism of primary sources, a tertiary source is a selection and compilation of primary and secondary sources. While the distinction between primary source and secondary source is essential in historiography, the distinction between these sources of evidence and tertiary sources is more peripheral, and is more relevant to the practice of scholarship than to the content.
Tertiary storage Tertiary storage, or tertiary memory, is a computer storage system consisting of one or more storage drives and an automatic media library, for example a tape library or optical disc jukebox. Tertiary storage is used for archival of rarely accessed information, since it is much slower than secondary storage (e.
Tertiary structure In biochemistry, the tertiary structure of a protein is its overall shape, also known as its fold. Protein molecules are linear chains of amino acids that typically assume a specific three-dimensional structure in which they perform their biological function.
Tertium comparationis Tertium comparationis (Latin = the third [part] of the comparison) is the quality that two things which are being compared have in common. It is the point of comparison which prompted the author of the comparison in question to liken someone or something to someone or something else in the first place.
Tertium quid Tertium quid (Latin for a "third thing") was a term used in the Christological debates of the fourth century to refer to the followers of Apollinaris who spoke of Christ as something neither human nor divine, but a mixture of the two, and therefore a "third thing".
Tertium quids The tertium quids (sometimes shortened to quids) refers to different factions of the American Democratic-Republican Party during the First Party System of the 1804-1812 period. The term "tertium quids" means "a third something" in Latin; quid was a disparaging term that referred to cross-party coalitions of Federalists with moderate Republicans.
Teru Teru is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Teru is bordered on the south by Aura, on the southwest by Gulina, on the west by Yalo, and on the north and east by the Administrative Zone 2.
Teru Shimada Teru Shimada, (born 17 November 1905, Japan - died 19 June 1988) was an acclaimed Japanese-American actor who was cast most famously as Mr Osato, a SPECTRE agent in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice. His film career began in 1932 with the Night Club Lady until his retirement in the early 1970s following a brief appearance in Hawaii 5-O.
Teru teru bozu Teru teru bozu (Japanese: てるてるぼうず; "shiny-shiny Buddhist priest""Literally means "shiny-shiny Buddhist priest". They are paper dolls made by school children before going on school excursions as a charm for fine weather.
Teruaki Masumoto Teruaki Masumoto is the secretary general of the Japanese Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea, which advocates for the return of Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea and calls for the Japanese government to impose sanctions on the country.
Terumah (parsha) Terumah or Trumah (תרומה – Hebrew for "gift" or “offering,” the twelfth word and first distinctive word in the parshah) is the nineteenth weekly parshah or portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the book of Exodus. It constitutes Exodus 25:1–27:19.
Terumat hamaaser Terumat HaMaaser, which along with Teruma Gedola was known in the Talmud simply as Terumah, refers to a tithe on produce grown in the Land of Israel of a tenth of a tenth (one percent), that was given to and could be eaten by Kohanim (priests) in the days of the Temple in Jerusalem.
Teruyoshi Uchimura , half of the Japanese comedy duo U-tchan Nan-chan, is one of the most famous and influential comedians in the owarai community. His nickname is U-tchan, and his partner, Kiyotaka Nanbara, is known as Nan-chan.
Teruyuki Kagawa Teruyuki Kagawa (香川照之; born 7 December 1965) is a Japanese actor. He has twice been nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the Japanese Academy Awards, once for Warau iemon and once for Kita no zeronen.
Teruyuki Okazaki Teruyuki Okazaki (1931-present), a ninth degree black belt in shotokan karate, is the founder, chairman and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF), which functions under the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Along with Funakoshi and Nakayama, Okazaki helped found the JKA Instructor training program.
Tervel Peak Tervel Peak (Vrah Tervel 'vr&h 'ter-vel) is a triple peak rising to 810 m in Friesland Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica, overlooking Peshtera Glacier and Zagore Beach to the NW, and Charity Glacier to the SW.
Tervuren Tervuren (older spelling: Tervueren) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The municipality comprises the towns of Duisburg, Tervuren, Vossem and Moorsel.
Terwilliger (actor) Terwilliger (Somerset Terwilliger CGC ME aka Willie) (April 13, 1998, Dallas, Oregon-) is an American actor dog with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. His 2006 role with the Festival is as Crab in The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
Terza Posizione The Terza Posizione was a far right group founded in Rome in 1979. The TP rejected both capitalism and socialism, looking instead to found a third force or Third Position, with its main influence being Julius Evola.
Terzaghi Dam Terzaghi Dam, located about 100 km NE of the resort of Whistler, British Columbia in western Canada, is the key diversion dam in the Bridge River Power Project. It forms the project's largest reservoir, Carpenter Lake west of Lillooet.
Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan Tes Cheveux Noirs Ihsan is a short 35mm film made in Northern Morocco with non-professional actors. The winner of an award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as well as the Panorama Best short film Award at the Berlin Film Festival 2006.
Tesalonica Clemente Tesalonica Dionisio Clemente (born February 19, 1989 in Malolos City, Bulacan, Philippines) also known as Nica Clemente is a Filipino singer and was one of United States finalists for Pinoy Pop Superstar Season Two in 2006 at Los Angeles, California.
Tesco Corporation Tesco Corporation () is a company specialising in the design, manufacture and servicing of technology-based solutions for the upstream energy industry. Its headquarters are located in Calgary, Alberta in Canada.
Tesco Personal Finance Tesco Personal Finance is a telephone and internet based commercial bank in the United Kingdom and is a 50:50 joint venture between Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket and the Royal Bank of Scotland, the fifth largest bank in the world. It is registered in Scotland at St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh.
Tescopoly Tescopoly (a portmanteau term derived from the name of the supermarket Tesco and the term monopoly) is a campaign run by United Kingdom environmental campaign groups, aimed at high lighting any possible environmental and social impacts attributed to British supermarket chains.
Tesfaye Gessesse Tesfaye Gessesse, born in 1936, is regarded as one of the most important exponents of Ethiopian modern theatre for more than 40 years as an actor, director, writer and managing director. He wrote and directed several plays which have a great relevance in the modern history of Ethiopian Culture.
Tesfaye Tola Tesfaye Tola (born October 19, 1974) is a long-distance runner most known for winning a bronze medal in marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The next year he finished fourth at the 2001 World Championships, and fourth in the World Half Marathon Championships.
Teshik-Tash Teshik-Tash is an archaeological site in Uzbekistan in central Asia, and the easternmost site to contain remains of the Neanderthal people. The inhabitants were "Transition Neanderthals" rather than "Classic Neanderthals.
Tesis Tesis (Thesis) is a 1996 Spanish film. The feature debut of director Alejandro Amenábar, and written by him and Mateo Gil, it won seven 1997 Goya Awards (and was nominated for an eighth), including the award for Best Film.
Tesis Aviation Enterprise Tesis Aviation Enterprise is an airline based in Moscow, Russia. It operates domestic and international charter cargo flights from Moscow to destinations including China, India, United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
Teskey Teskey is a family name that can be found in many countries of the English-speaking world. Around 80% to 90% of the Teskeys in the world today are descended from the “Irish Palatine” family of that name, founded by the man now referred to as Jacob Teskey, or Jacob 1659 (after his apparent year of birth).
Teskilati Mahsusa Teskilati Mahsusa (Ottoman: TeĹźkilat-i Mahsusa) is an Ottoman imperial government organization established under "war department", which dealt with both Arab separatism and Western imperialism. Philip H.
Tesla (band) Tesla is the name of an American Hard rock band originating in Sacramento, California. The band formed in 1984 on Guam as City Kidd and was renamed Tesla during the recording of their first album on the advice of their manager.
Tesla (company) TESLA (from "TEchnika SLAboproudá" (meaning "Light-current Technology", no direct relation to the inventor Nikola Tesla) was a giant state-owned electrotechnical conglomerate in the former Czechoslovakia.
Tesla electric car The Tesla electric car was a purported invention of Nikola Tesla. In 1934, he is reported to have created a car with an electric engine, but no external power source except a box he created out of vacuum tubes, rods, wires and resistors bought at a local radio store.
Tesla Roadster The Tesla Roadster is the first fully electric automobile to be produced by electric car firm Tesla Motors. Tesla claims prototypes have been able to accelerate from 0-60 mph (100 km/h) in about 4 seconds, and reach a top speed of 130 mph (210 km/h).
Tesla turbine The Tesla turbine is a bladeless turbine design patented by Nikola Tesla in 1913. It is referred to as a bladeless turbine because it uses the boundary layer effect and not a fluid impinging upon the blades as in a conventional turbine.
Teslin Tlingit Council The Teslin Tlingit Council is a First Nation in the central Yukon Territory in Canada, located in Teslin, Yukon along the Alaska Highway and Teslin Lake. The language originally spoken by the Teslin is Tlingit.
Tesnusocaris goldichi Tesnusocaris goldichi was a species of crustacean that lived in the Pennsylvanian period, the only representative of the extinct Order Enantiopoda. Its fossil is from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Paleozoic, Carboniferous), Tesnus formation, Texas.
Teso Dos Bichos "Teso Dos Bichos" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of The X-Files. A series of deaths occurs immediately after an ancient artifact is brought to Boston from an excavation site in South America.
Teso sub-region Teso sub-region (previously known as Teso District) is a region in Uganda that consists of the districts of Soroti, Kumi, Katakwi, Amuria and Kaberamaido. The main inhabitants of this region are the Iteso and Kumam ethnic groups.
Tess Daly Helen Elizabeth Tess Daly or Tess Daly (sometimes known as Tess Kay) (born Stockport, England, April 27 1971) is a television presenter, and is married to the presenter Vernon Kay. She grew up in Birch Vale, near New Mills, Derbyshire.
Tess Gaerthé Tess Gaerthé (born on August 21, 1991 in Amsterdam, Netherlands), best known as just Tess, was the Dutch representative at the 3rd Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2005. With Stupid, she finished in 7th place with 82 points.
Tess Gerritsen Dr Tess Gerritsen left a successful medical practice to become known as an international and New York Times-bestselling thriller writer. She was born June 1953 and raised in San Diego, California, and was educated at Stanford University.
Tess Makes Good Tess Makes Good is the name of a studio band formed to record the song "Distant Storm" for the film "China O'Brien". It was the only song recorded by the band, and its only commercial release was in that movie.
Tessa Allen Tessa Allen (born August 7, 1996 in Manhattan Beach, California) is an American actress who made her motion picture debut in Enough starring as Gracie, young daughter of Jennifer Lopez's character. She played Hannah Hansen on NBC's Providence from 2001 until the show was discontinued in December 2002.
Tessa Blake Tessa Blake (born 1969) is a documentary filmmaker whose Five Wives, Three Secretaries and Me chronicled life in the wealthy upper crust of Houston, Texas society. Her father and several of his "Texas exes" appear in the film, released by Castle Hill Productions in 1998.
Tessa Bonhomme Tessa Bonhomme (born on July 25th, 1985 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a member of the Canadian national Women's hockey team. She also a member and co-captain of the Ohio State Buckeyes Women's hockey team in the NCAA.
Tessa Duder Tessa Duder, born in 1940 in Auckland, is a New Zealand author of novels for young people, short stories, plays and non-fiction. She is primarily known for her Alex quartet(Alex, Alex in Winter, Alessandra: Alex in Rome and Songs for Alex).
Tessa Jowell Tessa Jowell (born September 17, 1947 in London) is a British politician who is Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for the Olympics, following the selection of London to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Tessa Jowell is also the cabinet minister responsible for ensuring families of victims of the terrorist attacks in London are supported.
Tessa Jowell financial allegations The Tessa Jowell financial allegations are a series of allegations surrounding Tessa Jowell, the United Kingdom Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. They arose when her husband David Mills came under investigation by Italian authorities who suspected him of corruptly receiving ÂŁ340,000 from Silvio Berlusconi.
Tessa-case In 2000, Anne Marie Hoogland and the Westerpark district of Amsterdam tried to cover up the gang rape of a mentally retarded 13-year-old girl by a group of 14 boys, because they were afraid that the Moroccan rapists would be stigmatised. This is known as the Tessa-case, and it shocked Westerpark and the rest of Amsterdam.
Tessar The Tessar is a famous photographic lens design conceived by physicist Paul Rudolph in 1902 while he worked at the Zeiss optical company. Since Zeiss was the patent holder of the design, this type of lens is commonly known as a Zeiss Tessar.
Tessenderlo Tessenderlo is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg (Belgium). It is where the three Belgian provinces of Limburg (Belgium), Flemish Brabant and Antwerp (province) meet at the front gate of the Averbode Abbey.
Tesseract In geometry, the tesseract is the four-dimensional analog of the (three-dimensional) cube, where motion along the fourth dimension is often a representation for bounded transformations of the cube through time. The tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square; or, more formally, the tesseract can be described as a regular convex 4-polytope whose boundary consists of eight cubical cells.
Tesseraction Games Tesseraction Games is an American video game developer founded in 2001 by a handful of former Dynamix employees: Kelly Asay, Blake Hutchins, Alex Jimenez, Dave Lauck and Shawn Eastley. Tesseraction developed and released Enigma: Rising Tide in 2003.
Tessie "Tessie" is the title of a Broadway song, as well as another song about how the singing of "Tessie" helped the Boston Red Sox win the first World Series in 1903. The name Tessie itself is a diminutive form used with several names, including Esther, Tess, and Theresa.
Tessie Agana Tessie Agana (born 1943) is a Filipino actress who was a very popular child star during the 1950s, credited by some for saving Sampaguita Pictures with her work in the box office hit Roberta Desperately seeking 'Roberta', INQ7.net, URL accessed June 2, 2006.
Tessiner Zeitung Tessiner Zeitung is a regional newspaper based in Locarno, Switzerland with a distribution of 10,002 (WEMF 2003). The German-language publication for the Canton of Ticino is published three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Test (student assessment) In education, certification, counseling, and many other fields, a test or an exam (short for examination) is a tool or technique intended to measure students' expression of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. A test has more questions of greater difficulty and requires more time for completion than a quiz.
Test and County Cricket Board The Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) was established in 1968 to administer Test and county cricket in England, replacing the functions of the Board of Control for Test Matches and the Advisory County Cricket Committee. The TCCB was in turn superseded in 1997 by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Test automation Test automation is the use of software to control the execution of tests, the comparison of actual outcomes to predicted outcomes, the setting up of test preconditions, and other test control and test reporting functions. Commonly, test automation involves automating a manual process already in place that uses a formalized testing process.
Test Anything Protocol The Test Anything Protocol (TAP) is a general purpose format for transmitting the result of test programs to a thing which interprets and takes action on those results. Though it is language agnostic, it is primarily used by Perl modules.
Test bench A test bench is pretend, virtual environment used to verify the correctness or soundness of a design. The term has its roots in the testing of electronic devices, where an engineer would sit at a lab bench —furnished with tools of measurement and manipulation, such as oscilliscopes, multimeters (to measure voltage, amperage, and resistance), soldering irons, wire cutters, and so on— and manually verify an electronic component.
Test card A test card, also known as a test pattern in North America, is a television test signal, typically broadcast at times when the transmitter is active but no programme is being broadcast (often at startup and closedown). Used since the earliest TV broadcasts, test cards were originally physical cards at which a television camera was pointed, and such cards are still often used for calibration, alignment, and matching of cameras and camcorders.
Test case In software engineering, a test case is a set of conditions or variables under which a tester will determine if a requirement upon an application is partially or fully satisfied. It may take many test cases to determine that a requirement is fully satisfied.
Test cricket hat-tricks This is a list of all hat-tricks in Test cricket; that is, the occasions when a bowler has taken three wickets in consecutive deliveries in Test cricket matches. As of 29 January 2006, a hat-trick has been taken 36 times since the first Test match in 1877, most recently by Indian fast bowler Irfan Pathan on 29 January 2006 in the 1783rd Test.
Test Card F Test Card F is a test card that was created by the BBC and used on television in the United Kingdom and elsewhere for more than three decades. Like other test cards, it was usually shown while no programmes were being broadcast.

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