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Verbal offence Verbal offence or offence of the word is a crime which exists in many countries, which pose limitations on freedom of speech. Laws which concern verbal offence are often used as an instrument of government and state oppression.
Verbalicious Verbalicious, born Natalia Keery-Fisher is a British musician, actor and MC. Keery-Fisher grew up in Baildon, Bradford before playing the character Sima in the Jasper Carrott comedy, All About Me, in 2004, and gaining a regular role as Amy, the vicar's daughter' in the BBC's long running radio drama The Archers.
Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik The VDE is the German Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies, a professional body based in Frankfurt am Main. It was founded as Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (Association of German Electrical Engineers) in Berlin in 1893 and renamed itself to Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik in 1998.
Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundesland (federal state) of Rhineland-Palatinate. There are 163 Verbandsgemeinden, which are grouped into the 24 districts and subdivided into nearly 2200 Ortsgemeinden.
Verbascum thapsus Verbascum thapsus (Common or Great Mullein) is a species of mullein, native to Europe, northern Africa and Asia, and introduced in the Americas and Australia. Other common names include Woolly or Flannel Mullein, Shepherd's Club, and Aaron's Rod.
Verbatim theatre Verbatim theatre is a phrase used to describe a type of play that has become increasingly popular in recent years. Verbatim plays are, as the name suggests, written using only the precise words spoken by people interviewed about a particular event or topic.
Verbena Verbena (Verbena or Vervain) is a genus of about 250 species of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the Verbenaceae. The majority of the species are native to the New World from Canada south to southern Chile, but a few also native in the Old World, mainly in Europe (V.
Verbena (band) Verbena is an Alabama-based rock band founded in the early 1990s by high school friends Scott Bondy (vocals, guitar), Les Nuby (drums), and Daniel Johnston (bass). Originally calling themselves Shallow, the trio added Anne Marie Griffin (additional vocals, guitar) and replaced Nuby with original Remy Zero drummer Louis Schefano and began recording for Merge Records under the name Verbena.
Verbena, Dublin Verbena is a part of a housing estate on the Northside of Dublin. It has four main areas, three of which are cul de sacs, namely Verbena Park, Verbena Grove and Verbena Lawn, the final road, Verbena Avenue joins Verbena Lawn to the Kilbarrack road.
Verbenaceae The Verbenaceae or Verbena family has been considered to be closely related to the Lamiaceae (Labiatae), and the border between the two families has long been unclear but characters tying these two families together are apparently convergent. Recent phylogenetic studies have shown several genera to be misplaced in Verbenaceae and these genera are being moved out of Verbenaceae into Lamiaceae.
Verbier Festival The Verbier Festival & Academy is an international music festival that takes place annually in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland. Founded by Martin Engstroem, a former director of Deutsche Grammophon in 1994, it attracts the highest level of international soloists to perform for 2 weeks in late July and early August.
Verbmobil Verbmobil was a longterm interdisciplinary Language Technology (esp. Machine Translation) research project with the aim to develop a system that can recognize, translate and produce natural utterances and thus "translate spontaneous speech robustly and bidirectionally for German/English and German/Japanese"DFKI Verbmobil: Translation of Spontaneous Speech German Artificial Intelligence Research Institute - short Verbmobil description.
Verbond voor Liberaal-Religieuze Joden in Nederland The Verbond voor Liberaal-Religieuze Joden in Nederland (LJG) (Union for Liberal-Religious Jews in the Netherlands) is the umbrella organisation for Progressive Jews in the Netherlands, and is affiliated to the World Union for Progressive Judaism. On October 29th 2006, celebrating its 75 year jubilee, the LJG changed its name to Nederlands Verbond voor Progressief Jodendom (Dutch Union for Progressive Judaism).
Verbosity Verbosity is the product of making a text verbose, a process which is the exact opposite of being concise. A verbose text is one that has a larger than necessary amount of words, usually the inflation being due to a higher number of adjectives.
Verbot The Verbot (Verbal-Robot) is a popular chatterbot program and Artificial Intelligence Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Windows platform and for the web and is based on a long history of AI experience and development.
Verbotene Liebe Verbotene Liebe ("Forbidden Love", commonly abbreviated to VL) is a German daytime soap opera about the lives and loves of both young and older characters, focused on the two major German cities of Cologne and DĂĽsseldorf. Currently the accent is on the aristocratic Von Lahnstein family and the middle-class Brandner family.
Verbovka Village Folk Centre Verbovka Village Folk Centre was an artisan cooperative in the village of Verbovka founded by Natalia Davidova in the Ukrainian province of Kiev. Natalia Davidova, one of the founders and the head of the Kiev Folk Center, was a talented Avant-garde artist descended from the ancient Ukrainian Hudim-Levkovichis family (a famous Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyaev was her cousin and an artist Nina Genke-Meller was his sister-in-law).
Verbs (rapper) Verbs (previously known as Knowdaverbs) is a Christian hip hop artist who has achieved respect in the industry. His debut album, The Syllabus (1999), and his sophomore effort, The Action Figure (2000) were both fairly successful for gospel rap.
Verbs of fearing In Latin grammar, verbs of fearing are those verbs that pertain to fear or concern (often given as timeo, metuo, and vereor). These verbs are grammatically notable because they invert the sense of a following purposive clause, at least relative to the intuition of speakers of many non-Latin languages.
Verbum dicendi A verbum dicendi (Latin for declaratory word, which is also used) is a word that expresses speech, introduces a quotation, or marks a transition to speech which may be considered non-standard. In the field of linguistics, a verbum dicendi is also known as a quotative.
Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity The Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity (VDMF) is an Institute of Consecrated Life of the Roman Catholic Church. Its mission is to announce the Word of God and to propagate the Kingdom of God through prayer, the ministry of the Word, and the testimony of evangelical life.
Verbunkos Verbunkos (Hungarian 's' is pronounced as English 'sh') (other spellings are Verbounko, Verbunko, Verbunkas, Werbunkos, Werbunkosch, Verbunkoche) is an 18th-century Hungarian dance and music genre. Erroneously, this genre was sometimes attributed to Gypsies, because usually they were the musicians.
Vercingetorix Vercingetorix ( in Gaulish) died 46 BC), chieftain of the Arverni, led the great Gallic war against Roman imperialism in 52 BC. His name in Gaulish means "over-king of the marching men"; the "marching men" would now be called "infantry".
Verdana Verdana is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Matthew Carter for Microsoft Corporation, with hand-hinting done by Agfa Monotype’s Tom Rickner. Demand for such a typeface was recognized by Virginia Howlett of Microsoft's typography group.
Verdandi In Norse mythology, Verdandi (ON: VerĂ°andi), also known as "Verthandi", is one of the three norns, along with Urd and Skuld. Her name literally is the present tense of be or "to be" and is commonly translated as "in the making" or "that which is happening/becoming".
Verdant Lord Verdant Lord is a prestige class (PrC) in the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, introduced in the supplimentary book Masters of the Wild. Verdant lords are people who have dedicated their lives to the understanding and well-being of all plant life.
Verde70 Verde70 (Green70) is a successful music group from Quito-Ecuador. Verde70 started in 1999 with band members Dario Castro (vocals and guitar) David Arízaga (drums) and Diego Saá (backup vocals and bass guitar).
Verden (district) Verden is a Kreis (district) in the centre of Lower Saxony, Germany. Neighboring are (from the northwest clockwise) the districts of Osterholz, Rotenburg, Soltau-Fallingbostel, Nienburg and Diepholz, as well as the city of Bremen.
Verden Allen Verden Allen (born Terrence Verden Allen, on 26 May 1944 in Crynant, Neath, South Wales) was a keyboard player and founding member of '70s rock band Mott the Hoople. He left Mott after their breakthrough 1972 album, All the Young Dudes.
Verdens Gang Verdens Gang , commonly known as VG, is Norway's largest newspaper with a circulation of 343 703 copies in 2005. It is published daily in tabloid] format, and is a classic [[Tabloid#Tabloids and sensationalism|red top.
Verdiana Saint Verdiana (Veridiana, Viridiana) (1182—February 10, 1242) is an Italian saint. Born at Castelfiorentino, Tuscany, of a noble family, somewhat impoverished but still prestigious, Verdiana was noted from an early age for her generosity and sense of charity.
Verdicchio Verdicchio is a variety of white grape grown in the Marche region of Italy and gives its name to the varietal white wine made from it. The name is a derivative of the word "verde" which means green due to its slight green/yellow hue.
Verdict of Twelve Verdict of Twelve is a novel by Raymond Postgate first published in 1940 about a trial by jury seen through the eyes of each of the twelve jurors as they listen to the evidence and try to reach a unanimous verdict of either “Guilty” or “Not guilty”. Verdict of Twelve is set in England in the late 1930s (Hitler, Nazism and in particular anti-Semitism are referred to several times).
Verdict Research Verdict Research is a United Kingdom-based company founded by leading retail analyst Richard Hyman in 1984. It conducts research into all aspects of retailing and is known to be the UK's leading firm of retail consultants and analysts.
Verdigris Verdigris is the common name for the chemical Cu(CH 3 COO) 2 , or copper(II) acetate. It commonly occurs by the action of acetic acid when copper, brass or bronze is weathered and exposed to air or seawater over a period of time.
Verdin Bell Company Verdin Bell Company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio has been manufacturing bronze bells since 1842 for use in clock towers, peals, chimes, and carillons. They also manufacture electronic carillons, street clocks, glockenspiels, and monuments.
Verdinaso The Verdinaso (Verbond der Diets Nationaal-Solidaristen - Union of Dutch National Solidarists) was an authoritarian and fascist-inspired political party in Belgium and the Netherlands during the 1930s. It was founded by Joris Van Severen, Jef François, Wies Moens, and Emiel Thiers on October 6 1931 (at the Hôtel Richelieu in Ghent), and, in 1937, developed a paramilitary wing that wore green shirts (DINASO Militanten Orde).
Verditer Flycatcher The Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina) is an Old World flycatcher found in the Indian Subcontinent, especially in the Lower Himalaya. It is named after its distinctive shade of copper-sulphate blue and has a dark patch between the eyes and above the bill base.
Verdon College Verdon College is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school in Invercargill, New Zealand, teaching students from year 7 to 13. It was created after an amalgamation of Saint Catherine's College (single-sex high school for girls) and Marist College (single-sex high school for boys).
Verdon Gorge Verdon Gorge (in French: Gorges du Verdon or Grand canyon du Verdon), in south-eastern France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a river canyon that is considered by many to be Europe's most beautiful. It is the world's second largest gorge, at about 20 kilometres in length and more than 300 metres deep.
Verdoy, New York Verdoy is an Upstate New York hamlet in northern Albany County at the northwest corner of the Town of Colonie. While Colonie's hamlets do not have specifically demarcated borders, Verdoy is generally considered to include the areas along New York State Route 7, west of the Colonie hamlet of Latham and between Albany International Airport and the Mohawk River.
Verdun Verdun (German (old): Wirten, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune in the Lorraine région, northeast France, in the Meuse département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Population 25,000.
Verdun (candidate) In the 14 October 1935 federal election in Canada, Hervé Ferland, who listed his profession as ‘merchant’, unsuccessfully sought election in Verdun riding in Quebec as the Verdun candidate. He won 4,124 votes, 16.
Verdun (electoral district) Verdun (also known as Verdun—Saint-Paul, Verdun—Saint-Henri and Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1949 and from 1953 to 2004. Verdun—La Salle riding, which covered much of the same area, was represented in the House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.
Verdun Auditorium The Verdun Auditorium is the main arena in the Montreal suburb of Verdun, Quebec, Canada. Historically it has been the "second" arena in Montreal after first the Montreal Forum and then the Bell Centre.
Verdun Maple Leafs (football) The Verdun Maple Leafs was a junior football team based in Verdun, Quebec, playing in the Quebec Junior Football League, from 1974 to 1980. They were formed when the NDG Maple Leafs and the Verdun Invictus, the two surviving teams from the Quebec Junior Football League, merged.
Verdun Memorial The Verdun Memorial is a war memorial situated close to the destroyed village of Fleury-devant-Douaumont in the département of Meuse in north-eastern France. It was built to commemorate the Battle of Verdun, fought in 1916 as part of the First World War, and remembers both combatants and the civilian population lost in the fighting.
Verdurian language The Verdurian language is a constructed language (or conlang) designed by Mark Rosenfelder. It is the most developed of the languages featured in Rosenfelder's constructed world of Almea and is spoken by the inhabitants of Verduria, a country in that planet.
Vere Gordon Childe Vere Gordon Childe (April 14, 1892, Sydney, New South Wales–October 19, 1957, Mt. Victoria, New South Wales) was an Australian philologist by training who later specialised in archaeology, perhaps best known for his excavation of the unique Neolithic site of Skara Brae in Orkney and for his Marxist views which informed his thinking about prehistory.
Vere Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere Vere Harold Esmond Harmsworth, 3rd Viscount Rothermere (April 27, 1925-September 1, 1998) became the 3rd Viscount Rothermere in 1978, having been widely known as Vere Harmsworth. He controlled large media interests in the United Kingdom and United States.
Vere Wynne-Jones Vere Wynne-Jones (June 29 1950 - July 23 2006), a native of County Limerick was originally a teacher, then a broadcast journalist, sports commentator, latterly a public relations advisor and public relations educator. He was the son of Church of Ireland pastor, Reverend Martin Jones and was familiar to audiences of RTE radio and television and to audiences of Dublin station Q 102 for his news reading, news reports and sports commentaries.
Vered Tochterman Vered Tochterman is an Israeli author, translator and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Among her work is a short story collection, Lifamim Ze Acheret (Sometimes It's Different), (Opus press, 2002), for whom she received the Israeli Geffen Award in 2003 as well as an array of short sorties published in varies magazines in Israel.
Vereeniging, Gauteng Vereeniging is a city in Gauteng province, South Africa, with a population of more than 350,000. It is also one of the constituent parts of the Vaal Triangle region and was formerly situated in the Transvaal province.
Verein fĂĽr Raumschiffahrt The Verein fĂĽr Raumschiffahrt (VfR - "Spaceflight Society") was an association of amateur rocket enthusiasts active in Germany from 1927 to 1933. It brought together many of the engineers who would make important contributions to early space flight.
Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke The Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) was a German aerospace company formed by the 1964 merger of Focke-Wulf and Weserflug. The VFW can be said to have been a natural outcome of the 1961 rocket technology development alliance between the two merger partners and Hamburger Flugzeugbau in the Entwicklungsring Nord (ERNO) group.
Vereniging MARTIJN Vereniging MARTIJN is a Dutch association for the acceptance of pedophilia and adult-child sex relationships. Founded in Hoogeveen in 1982the group's main activity has been the publication of OK magazine, known until 1987 as Martijn.
Vergangenheitsbewältigung Vergangenheitsbewältigung is a composite German word that describes the process of dealing with the past (Vergangenheit = past; Bewältigung = management, coming to terms with, mastering), which is perhaps best rendered in English as "struggle to come to terms with the past". The German word Geschichtsaufarbeitung (lit.
Vergarolla explosion The Vergarola explosion (Vergarolla in Italian) occurred on August 18, 1946 when 28 huge water mines containing 9 tons of explosives exploded in the waters off the crowded Vergarolla beach, in Pola/Pula (now in Croatia).
Verge (gaming) Verge (which stands for Vecna's Extraordinary Roleplaying Game Engine) is game engine intended to allow users to design their own computer role-playing games, particularly console-style, 2D games along the lines of Final Fantasy VI.
Vergel Meneses Vergel Meneses, (born January 14, 1969 at Malolos, Bulacan) nicknamed "The Aerial Voyager", is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Talk N' Text Phone Pals in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine National team.
Vergeltungswaffe Vergeltungswaffe (German for "retaliation weapon", "reprisal weapon" or "vengeance weapon") was a term assigned during World War II by the Nazis to a number of revolutionary superweapons, the V1 flying bomb, the V2 rocket and the V3 long range gun.
Vergence (geology) In structural geology, the vergence of a deformed rock is the direction in which the next antiform can be found. Geometrically the vergence is the up-dip direction of the bedding perpendicular to the planes of the regional foliation in the rock.
Vergennes Union High School Vergennes Union High School is a high school/junior high school of about 700 students in Vergennes, Vermont. It hosts a wide variety of extra-curricular activities such as lacrosse, soccer, basket ball, baseball, a knitting club, jazz band, golf, German club and the FFA.
Vergennes, Vermont Vergennes is a city located in the northwest quadrant of Addison County, Vermont, in the United States. Bordered by the towns of Ferrisburgh, Panton and Waltham, as of the 2000 census the city population was 2,741.
Verger A verger (or virger, so called after the staff of the office) is a person, usually a layperson, who assists in the ordering of religious services, particularly in Anglican churches. During the service itself, a verger's main duty is to ceremonially precede the religious participants as they move about the church; he or she does not typically take any speaking part in the service itself.
Vergilius Augusteus The Vergilius Augusteus is a manuscript from late Antiquity, containing the works of the Roman author Virgil, written probably around the 4th century. There are two other collections of Virgil manuscripts, the Vergilius Vaticanus and the Vergilius Romanus.
Vergilius Vaticanus The Vergilius Vaticanus (also known as the Vatican Virgil) is an illuminated manuscript containing fragments of Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics made in Rome in about 400. It is one of the oldest surviving sources for the text of the Aeneid and is the oldest and best preserved extant illustrated manuscript of classical literature.
Vergilov Rocks Vergilov Rocks (Vergilov Kamak ver-'gi-lov 'ka-m&k) are a group of rocks off Bulgarian Beach in eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica, consisting of one main rock, and two adjacent smaller ones submerging at high water.
Vergina Vergina (in Greek Βεργίνα; also spelled Verghína and Veryína) is a small town in northern Greece, located at coordinates in the prefecture of Imathia in the region of Central Macedonia. It is about 13km south-east of the district centre of Veroia and about 80km south-west of Thessaloniki, the capital of Greek Macedonia.
Verglas Verglas Music is a record label formed in 1995 by Mick Pointer (ex-Marillion) and Clive Nolan (Pendragon) to support the CD releases of their new band, Arena. With the success of Arena's first album, "Songs From The Lion's Cage", Verglas was able to expand their catalogue to other titles.
Vergulde Draeck The Vergulde Draeck (Gilded Dragon) was a Dutch merchant ship of the seventeenth century. It left from Texel bound for Batavia (now Jakarta), but on 28 April 1656 was wrecked off Ledge Point, 107 km north of Perth, Western Australia.
Verhoeff algorithm The Verhoeff algorithm, a checksum formula for error detection first published in 1969, was developed by Dutch mathematician Jacobus Verhoeff (born 1927). Like the more widely known Luhn algorithm, it works with strings of decimal digits of any length.
Veria Veria (also mistakenly spelled Veroia, Greek Βέροια or Βέρροια - Véria) is a city in Greece. It is a commercial center of Greek Macedonia, the capital of the prefecture of Imathia, the province of Imathia and the seat of a bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Veridium Veridium is a fictional alien metal in the DC Comics universe. In the 1993 Metal Men minseries, it was used to build a new eponymous member of the Metal Men, housing the mind of the Metal Men's creator Will Magnus.
Verification and Validation In software project management and software engineering, Verification and Validation (V&V) is the process of checking that a software system meets specifications and that it fulfills its intended purpose. It is normally part of the software testing process of a project.
Verification of employment Verification of Employment (VOE) is a process used by banks and mortgage lenders in the United States to review the employment history of a borrower, to determine the borrower's job stability and cross-reference income history with that stated on the Uniform Residential Loan Application (Form 1003). Lenders require complete VOE declaring all positions held for the last two years of employment history.
Verification theory The verification theory (of meaning) is a philosophical theory proposed by the logical positivists of the Vienna Circle. A simplified form of the theory states that a proposition's meaning is determined by the method through which it is empirically verified.
Verificationist A verificationist is someone who adheres to the verification principle, a criterion for meaningfulness that requires a (non-analytic), meaningful sentence to be either verifiable or falsifiable, though it was hotly disputed amungst verificationists whether this must be possible in practice or merely in principle. For example, a claim that the world came into existence a short time ago exactly as it is today (with misleading apparent traces of a longer past), would be judged meaningless by a verificationist because it is neither an analytic claim nor a verifiable claim.
Verigar issue Verigar is the first postage stamp series issued in Slovenia that was not an Austrian one. It was designed late 1918 in Ljubljana before the creation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the first values of the series came into usage on 3 January 1919, when the new state had already been formed.
VeriChip VeriChip is a human-implantable RFID (radio frequency identification) device from VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital Solutions of Delray Beach, Florida. The chip can also be attached to a watch or other piece of jewelry so it can be removed for privacy reasons.
VeriChip Corp. VeriChip Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Digital (Nasdaq: ADSX), markets a line of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Devices (including VeriChip) used in security, financial, emergency identification, and other applications.
Verila Glacier Verila Glacier (Lednik Verila 'led-nik ve-'ri-la) on Livingston Island, Antarctica is bounded by Rotch Dome to the west, Snow Peak to the north, and Ustra Peak to the southeast. It is roughly crescent-shaped, extending 13 km in an east-west direction, and 4 km in a north-south direction and drains southwards into Walker Bay between John Beach and Hannah Point.
Verilog Verilog is a hardware description language (HDL) used to model electronic systems. The language (sometimes called Verilog HDL) supports the design, verification, and implementation of analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuits at various levels of abstraction.
Verilog-AMS Verilog-AMS is a derivative of the hardware description language (HDL) Verilog (IEEE 1364-1995 Verilog HDL). It includes analog and mixed-signal extensions (AMS) in order to define the behavior of analog and mixed-signal systems.
Verilogcsp In integrated circuit design, VerilogCSP is a set of macros added to Verilog HDL to support Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) channel communications. These macros are intended to be used in designing digital asynchronous circuits.
VerilogCSP In integrated circuit design, VerilogCSP is a set of macros added to Verilog HDL to support Communicating Sequential Processes (CSP) channel communications. These macros are intended to be used in designing digital asynchronous circuits.
Verio Verio is an internet service provider (ISP) in the United States. Incorporated in 1996 in Denver, Colorado, it is currently a wholly owned subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) Communications, which purchased it in 2000.
Verismo Verismo was an Italian literary movement born approximately between 1875 and 1895. It was mainly inspired by French naturalism, and Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana were its main exponents and writers of a verismo manifesto.
Veritas (Automobile) Veritas was a famous post World War II sports and race car company, located at Hausen am Andelsbach, near Sigmaringen, Baden-Württemberg, later at Meβkirch and Muggensturm and moved finally to the Nürburgring.
Veritas (political party) Veritas is a political party in the United Kingdom, formed in February 2005 by politician-celebrity Robert Kilroy-Silk following a split from the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP). Kilroy-Silk served as party leader from formation, through the 2005 General Election, until his resignation in July that year.
Veritas Cluster File System The Veritas Cluster File System, (or VxCFS), is a cache coherent POSIX compliant shared file system built based upon VERITAS File System. It is distributed with a built-in Cluster Volume Manager (VxCVM) and components of other VERITAS Storage Foundation products - particularly VERITAS Cluster Server, VERITAS File System, and VERITAS Volume Manager.
Veritas Cluster Server Veritas Cluster Server (also known as VCS) is a High-availability cluster software, for Unix, Linux and Microsoft Windows computer systems, created by Veritas Software (now part of Symantec). It provides application cluster capabilities to systems running Databases, file sharing on a network, electronic commerce websites or other applications.
Veritas Storage Foundation Veritas Storage Foundation, previously known as Veritas Foundation Suite, combines Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Veritas File System (VxFS) to provide a complete solution for online storage management. It is currently developed and maintained by Symantec Corporation.
Veritaserum (website) Veritaserum is a popular Harry Potter fansite named after a powerful truth serum mentioned in the series. It is well-known for its galleries, which are home to more than 20,000 Harry Potter pictures (as of June 2006) as well as videos of Harry Potter related material.
Veritatis Splendor Veritatis Splendor (Latin for "The Splendor of Truth") is an encyclical by Pope John Paul II. It expresses the position of the Catholic Church regarding fundamentals of the Church's role in moral teaching.
Veritech fighter The Veritech fighter is a fictional transforming walking machine in Robotech. In the late '90s, an official backronym was invented by Harmony Gold for the term "Veritech:" Variable Engineering and Robotic Integration TECHnology.
VeritOS VeritOS is a free operating system currently under development. It is intended as a replacement for other common operating systems, addressing some of their perceived shortcomings while making its own improvements.
Verity Keays Verity Keays was a contestant on the uk tv show X factor (first series) she got to the final 9, but was voted out in the second week. Since the tv show she has brought out an album 'I'm alive', and is recording more songs, as well as doing vocal coaching.
Verity Lambert Verity Lambert OBE (born November 27 1935) is a British television and film producer. She is best known as the founding producer of the science-fiction series Doctor Who, a programme which has become a part of British popular culture.
Verizon FiOS Availability Verizon is currently building a fiber-optic television service, and plans to make it available to several suburban areas in the near future. However, they first must receive legal permission (in the form of a franchise agreement), and must fight the pressure that local cable companies place on state and local governments to block Verizon's television service.

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