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Wilson Whitley Wilson Whitley was a consensus All-American defensive tackle at the University of Houston, having played there from 1972-1976 under then defensive coordinator, Don Todd. He led the Cougars to the Southwest Conference championship in football during Houston's first season as a conference member and was named the Lombardi Award winner for 1976, as the nation's top lineman.
Wilson's Bird of Paradise The Wilson's Bird of Paradise, Cicinnurus respublica is a small, up to 21cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a red and black bird of paradise with a yellow mantle on its neck, light green mouth, rich blue feet and two curved violet tail feathers.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Wilson's Creek National Battlefield at 6424 West Farm Road 182 near Republic, Missouri preserves the site of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Fought on August 10, 1861, it was the first major American Civil War engagement west of the Mississippi River.
Wilson's magnolia Wilson's Magnolia (Magnolia wilsonii) is a species of Magnolia native to China, in the provinces of western Guizhou, Sichuan and northern Yunnan, where it grows in the forest understory at altitudes of 1,900-3,000 m, rarely up to 3,300 m.
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is believed to be the oldest house in Romney and the oldest public office building in the state of West Virginia. An assemblage of three separate buildings--a kitchen, a dwelling and an office--the Mytinger House, as it is commonly known, was built during colonial times probably dating from the 1740s to the 1780s, although there are no records to indicate the exact dates.
Wilson, Keppel and Betty Wilson, Keppel and Betty were a popular British music hall act in the early 20th century who capitalised on the trend for Egyptian imagery following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Their stage act, called the "sanddance" was a parody of Egyptian postures, combined with references to Arabic costume.
Wilsone Black Wilsone Black (1837–1909) was a British military officer and colonial administrator, who became an Acting Administrator in Hong Kong for a period between February to November of 1898. He was eventually succeeded by Sir Henry Arthur Blake, who became the 12th Governor of Hong Kong.
Wilsonia, West Virginia Wilsonia is an unincorporated community on the North Branch Potomac River in Grant County, West Virginia, USA. Wilsonia originated as a railroad stop on the Western Maryland Railroad in northwestern Grant County.
Wilsonian Wilsonianism or Wilsonian are words used to describe a certain type of ideological perspectives on foreign policy. The term comes from the ideology of American President Woodrow Wilson, and his famous Fourteen Points that he believed would help create world peace if implemented.
Wilsonian Armenia Wilsonian Armenia, is a term used for the borders drawn by Woodrow Wilson at the Treaty of Sèvres The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus By Vahakn N. Dadrian - Page 356.
Wilsons Fuel The Wilson Fuel Company Limited (also known as Wilsons Fuel) is an independent petroleum wholesaler, distributor and retailer headquartered in Truro, Nova Scotia. Wilsons brands itself as the largest independent home heating fuel and gasoline retailer in Atlantic Canada.
Wilsons Promontory Wilsons Promontory or Wilson's Promontory is a peninsula that forms the southernmost part of the Australian mainland and is located at . South Point is the southernmost tip of Wilsons Promontory and hence of mainland Australia.
Wilston, Queensland Wilston, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is located approximately three kilometres from the Brisbane central business district, and is a mixture of the old and the new, from workers' cottages to modern architect-designed homes on Wilston Hill.
Wiltern Theatre The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are an Art Deco landmark located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California (the entire complex is commonly referred to as simply the Wiltern). Clad in a blue-green terra-cotta tile and situated on a diagonal to the street corner, the complex is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.
Wilton Barnhardt Wilton Barnhardt (1960-) is a former reporter for Sports Illustrated and is the author of Emma Who Saved My Life (1989), Gospel (1993), and Show World (1999). He teaches fiction writing to undergraduate and graduate students at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he is the director of the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing.
Wilton Felder Wilton Felder(born on August 31, 1940 in Houston, Texas) is a saxophone and bass player best known as a founder of The Crusaders, initially called the "Jazz Crusaders." Felder, Joe Sample, and Stix Hooper founded the group while in High School in Houston, Texas.
Wilton Figueiredo Wilton Aguiar Figueiredo, born March 17 1982 in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, is a Brazilian striker for Swedish club side AIK. After a season with another Swedish side, GAIS, he was brought to the Swedish capital following both team's promotion to the Swedish top flight, the Allsvenskan in 2005.
Wilton Lockwood Wilton Lockwood (September 12, 1861-March 21, 1914), American artist, was born at Wilton, Connecticut. He was a pupil and an assistant of John LaFarge, and also studied in Paris, becoming a well-known portrait and flower painter.
Wilton Mall The Wilton Mall at Saratoga (or simply The Wilton Mall) is a regional shopping center located just off Interstate 87 Exit 15, just north of Saratoga Springs, New York. The mall is anchored by Bon-Ton, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, and Sears; in addition, it features a food court and movie theater.
Wilton Windmill The Wilton Windmill is a five floor brick tower mill located on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire. It was built in 1821 because the construction of the Kennet and Avon Canal had included the canalisation of the River Bedwyn which had previously powered several water mills in the area.
Wilton, Wiltshire Wilton is a town in Wiltshire, (of which it was once the county town), England, with a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. Today it is dwarfed by its larger and more famous neighbour, Salisbury, but still has a range of notable shops and attractions, including Wilton House.
Wilts and Berks Canal The Wilts and Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington, near Melksham, to the river Thames at Abingdon, with a branch to the Thames and Severn Canal at Cricklade. Following local authority boundary changes in 1973 the part of Berkshire through which the canal passes (mostly the Vale of White Horse) was transferred to Oxfordshire.
Wiltshire Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. Considered as a ceremonial county, it is landlocked and borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon.
Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wiltshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832.
Wiltshire County Cricket Club Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service The Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. It is administered by a joint authority of 13 members, 9 appointed by Wiltshire County Council and 4 by Swindon Borough Council.
Wiltshire Times The Wiltshire Times is a weekly newspaper published in Trowbridge, Wiltshire in South West England. The paper serves the west Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Corsham, Chippenham, Warminster, Westbury and Melksham as well as many of the small villages in the west Wiltshire area.
Wiltshire Victoria County History The Wiltshire Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic history of the county of Wiltshire in England. It forms part of the overall Victoria County History of England founded in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria.
WilTel Communications WilTel Communications (formerly known as Williams Communications, which was formerly part of The Williams Companies, Inc) is a telco and Tier 2 Internet Service Provider with its own MPLS-enabled OC-192 optical wave division multiplexing backbone network. Its other products and services include IP VPNs, Private Line services (protected and unprotected), colocation, Ethernet-based wide area networking, ATM and Frame Relay network services.
Wiluna, Western Australia Wiluna is a town and shire in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The town of Wiluna is located at , 947 kilometres north east of Perth, 182 kilometres east of Meekatharra, and 518 metres above sea level.
Wilwood Alexander Sandys Clarke Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke (June 8, 1919- April 23, 1943) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Wiśniowiecki Wiśniowiecki is the name of a family notable in the history of Poland. They were powerful magnates of Ruthenian descent, Kniaz (prince) actually, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with vast possesions in the 16th to 18th centuries on the territories of today's Ukraine.
Wim Boost Willem Louis Joseph Boost (July 2, 1918 - August 1, 2005), was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo. Born in Breda, he started his career as a drawing teacher, and then started to work for the Toonder studios.
Wim Duisenberg Willem Frederik Duisenberg, commonly known as Wim Duisenberg, (July 9, 1935 – July 31, 2005) was a Dutch banker and politician. The first president of the European Central Bank (1998 – 2003), he was instrumental in the introduction of the euro in twelve European countries in 2002.
Wim Eyckmans Wim Eyckmans (born March 23, 1973, Herentals, Belgium), is a Belgian racecar driver who starting in karting in 1986 has been in prototype racing since 2003. He participated in Formula 3000 in 1996 and 1997 and ran the Indy Lights series in 1998.
Wim Hermsen Willem ("Wim") Hermsen (born September 7, 1947 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Two of his brothers, André and Henk, also played water polo on the highest level, and represented The Netherlands in the Summer Olympics, in 1960 and 1964.
Wim Kieft Willem ("Wim") Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft (born 12 November 1962 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch footballer, who obtained 43 caps and eleven goals for the Netherlands national football team (1981-1993).
Wim Koevermans Wilhelmus ("Wim") Jacobus Koevermans (born June 28, 1960 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany, although he didn't play under manager Rinus Michels.
Wim Rijsbergen Wilhelmus ("Wim") Gerardus Rijsbergen (born 18 January 1952 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland) is a football manager and former defender from the Netherlands, and is currently in charge of the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
Wim Slijkhuis Willem Frederik ("Wim") Slijkhuis (January 13, 1923 – June 28, 2003) was a Dutch athlete, who during his career from 1939 until 1954 for a long time was one of the world’s best middle distance runners. He excelled in all distances from 1500 to 5000 metres.
Wim Turkenburg Wim C. Turkenburg (1947) is Professor and head of department of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Utrecht, and he is scientific director of Scientific Director of the Utrecht Centre for Energy research (UCE) as well as the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Utrecht University.
Wim van de Schilde Willem ("Wim") van de Schilde (born November 4, 1948 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Wim van Est Wim van Est (March 25, 1923 - April 30, 2003) was a Dutch cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France of 1951 and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.
Wim van Spingelen Willem ("Wim") van Spingelen (born February 19, 1938 in Utrecht) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Men's National Team that finished in eighth position at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Wim Vriend Willem ("Wim") Jan Frederik Vriend (born November 9, 1941 in Amsterdam) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. His older brother Harry was also a member of that team.
Wiman Andrus William Wiman Andrus (born October 14, 1858 in Orono, Ontario, Canada - June 17, 1935 in Miles City, Montana) is a former major league baseball player, who only played one game for the Providence Grays. He made his Grays debut September 15, 1885 at third base, going 0-4 with a strikeout.
Wiman Joseon Wiman Joseon (194 - 108 BC) was the last confederacy of several Gojoseon's conferacies. It began with Wiman's seizure of the throne from a King Jun and ended with the death of King Ugeo who were a grandson of Wiman.
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) is an architecture firm with offices in Honolulu, Irvine, London, Orlando, and Seattle specialising in hotels and resorts. The firm also provides services in Interior Design, Master Planning, and Landscape Design.
Wimbledon (film) Wimbledon is a film released in September 2004. It is a romantic comedy about a washed-up tennis pro named Peter Colt (played by Paul Bettany) and an up and coming tennis star called Lizzie Bradbury (played by Kirsten Dunst) during the Wimbledon Championships.
Wimbledon Effect The Wimbledon Effect is a chiefly British and Japanese analogy (which possibly originated in Japancomparing the success of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club] in [[Wimbledon, London as the most famous international tennis venue with the global success of the United Kingdom's financial services industry - especially the City - since the deregulation of U.K.
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is a museum concerned with the sport of tennis which is located at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon in South London, the venue of the Wimbledon Championships. The collections include items dating back to 1555.
Wimbledon Park Wimbledon Park is a both a park in Wimbledon and the suburb around it to which it lends its name. It is the second largest park in the London Borough of Merton and also gives its name to Wimbledon Park tube station.
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Wimbledon Traincare depot The Wimbledon Traincare depot is one of Europe's most advanced train servicing complexes. It is located between Wimbledon and Earlsfield stations, on the South Western Main Line from Woking to London Waterloo, and is coincidentally situated next to South West Trains' other iconic landmark, the Wimbledon Train Viaduct.
Wimborne Minster Wimborne Minster (often referred to locally as Wimborne) is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. The central town has a population of 6,418 (according to the 2001 Census) and is situated at the confluence of the River Stour and River Allen, five miles north of Poole.
Wimborne Minster (church) Wimborne Minster, known locally as the Minster, is the Parish church of Wimborne, Dorset. The Minster has existed for over 1300 years and is recognised for its unusual chained library (one of the few surviving chained libraries in the world).
Wimbotsham Wimbotsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated close to the River Great Ouse, 2 km north of the town of Downham Market, 18 km south of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km west of the city of Norwich.
Wimme Saari Wimme Saari (also known as just Wimme) is one of the best known Sami yoik singers from Finland. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio.
Wimmera River The Wimmera River is a river in Western Victoria, Australia. It begins in the Pyrenees, and flows into Lake Hindmarsh and Lake Albacutya, although in many years flows do not reach these terminal lakes and the river contracts to a series of pools of varying sizes.
Wimperg A Wimperg is another word in German and Dutch language for a Gothic ornamental gable over windows with their tracery or portals, which are accompanied often with Pinnacles. It is a typical element in the Gothic Architecture especially in the Cathedral architecture.
Wimpey no-fines house The Wimpey No-fines House is a house design by the George Wimpey company and intended for mass-production of social housing for families. They were built in large numbers in the United Kingdom following the Second World War, and are now one of the most common building designs in Britain.
Wimpkiller Wimpkiller is a zine published by Michael Rice and Dave Rupert. Founded in a Houston suburb some time between 1989 and 2002 as a self-published print zine, Wimpkiller's popularity quickly spread beyond Houston to develop reader bases in Austin, TX, Durham, NC, Europe and Japan.
Wimpole Hall Wimpole Hall is a country house located within the Parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, about 8½ miles (14 km) southwest of Cambridge. The house, begun in 1640, and its 3,000 acres (12 km²) of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust and are regularly open to the public.
Wimpy Bar Wimpy is the brand name of a chain of hamburger restaurants based in the United Kingdom. The restaurants were originally called Wimpy Bars and many people still refer to them by this name, despite the fact that the name "Wimpy Bar" was dropped in favour of "Wimpy" many years ago.
Wimshurst machine The Wimshurst machine is a historical electrostatic machine for generating high voltages, and was developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832 – 1903). It is an electrical generator with a distinctive appearance, having two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres.
Wimund Wimund was a bishop who became a sea-faring war-lord adventurer in the years after 1147. His story is passed down to us by 12th century English historian William of Newburgh in his Historia rerum anglicarum, Book I, Chapter 24 entitled "Of bishop Wimund, his life unbecoming a bishop, and how he was deprived of his sight".
WiMAX WiMAX is defined as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access by the WiMAX Forum, formed in June 2001 to promote conformance and interoperability of the IEEE 802.16 standard, officially known as WirelessMAN.
Win (baseball) In Major League Baseball, a win (denoted W) is generally credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when they last took the lead. A starting pitcher must generally complete five innings to earn a win.
Win Aung Win Aung (Burmese: , born 28 February 1944) in Dawei (formerly Tavoy), Tanintharyi Division was the foreign minister of Myanmar from November 1998 until September 2004, when he was fired along with several other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle. During his worldwide travels as foreign minister, Win Aung often bore the brunt of international criticism on many issues, especially for his government's repression of political dissidents such as Aung San Suu Kyi.
Win Ben Stein's Money Win Ben Stein's Money was an American television game show that ran from July 28, 1997 to May 8, 2003 on Comedy Central. It featured three contestants who competed in a general knowledge trivia contest to win the grand prize of $5,000 from the show's host, Ben Stein.
Win Griffiths Winston James Griffiths, known as Win Griffiths, (11 February 1943) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and ex-member of Parliament for Bridgend for the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1987, having previously been a member of the European Parliament.
Win Hill Win Hill lies north west of Bamford in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. At 462Â m high, it is almost surrounded by the River Derwent to the east, River Noe to the south west and Ladybower Reservoir to the north, but a ridge running north west links it to Kinder Scout.
Win Mercer George Barclay "Win" Mercer (June 20, 1874 – January 12, 1903) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902. Born in Chester, West Virginia, he played primarily with the National League Washington Senators (1894-1899), winning 20 games twice with the club.
Win Mortimer James Winslow "Win" Mortimer (born May 1, 1919, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, died January 11, 1998) is a comic book and comic strip artist best known as one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman. He additionally drew for Marvel Comics, Gold Key, and other publishers.
Win n grin Win 'n' Grin is a claw machine game found in Australia. WGA ( Win n Grin Australia) has many different types of claw games including 'Chocolate Factory', 'Everbody Wins' (jumbo and junior) 'Plush Toys' and many more.
Win-3 Habitat The Win-3 Habitat is a small wooden structure intended for use as single person emergency shelter primarily for housing homeless individuals. The Win-3 Habitat utilizes no internal frame-type bracing whatsoever.
Win, Lose and Kaboom Win, Lose, and Kaboom is a Nickelodeon TV movie based on the popular TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It parodies reality TV in general, especially Survivor and The Apprentice, and for game shows like Wheel of Fortune.
Win, Lose or Die Win, Lose or Die, first published in 1989, was the eighth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.
Win, Lose or Draw Win, Lose or Draw was an American television game show that aired from September 1, 1987 to September 7, 1989 on NBC and in syndication from 1987 to 1990. It was taped at CBS Television City, often in Studio 33, and occasionally in Studio 31.
Win4Lin Win4Lin is a software application for Linux which allows a user to run a copy of Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 or XP applications on their desktop. The system works by acting in a similar way to a virtual machine, in that it provides an environment for the Windows operating system to run, and as such one must still have a copy of Windows to use with it.
Winalagalis Treaty Group The Winalagalis Treaty Group is a group of four First Nations governments on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. The group was formed to negotiate with the government of the Province of British Columbia to negotiate outstanding unresolved treaty issues, and has opted into the treaty process in a separate round of negotiation from the rest of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples (Kwak'wala speaking peoples, incorrectly called the Kwakiutl).
Winam Gulf Winam Gulf is a significant extension of northeastern Lake Victoria into western Kenya. Formerly called Kavirondo Gulf, Nyanza Gulf, or Lake Nyanza Gulf, it is a shallow inlet and is connected to the main lake by Rusinga Channel (3 mi wide), which is partly masked from the main body of the lake by islands.
Winamp Alternative Winamp Alternative is a codec package for Microsoft Windows created for playing SHOUTcast streams with any media player that supports DirectShow and Nullsoft Streaming Video with major browsers. The package contains SHOUTcast Source and Media Player Classic, both created by Gabest.
WinAce WinAce is an archiving program with its own relatively powerful "ACE" compression format and built-in support for other common archive formats types such as ZIP, RAR and MS-CAB. The Mac OS X and Linux versions are called Unace and are command line programs.
Winbond Winbond Electronics Corporation is a Taiwan-based corporation which was founded in 1987 and is a producer of semiconductors and several types of integrated circuits, most notably Dynamic RAM, Static RAM, microcontrollers, and personal computer ICs. Winbond is currently the largest brand name integrated circuit supplier in Taiwan, and one of the biggest suppliers of semiconductor solutions worldwide.
Winburg Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The trade of cattle for land between the Vaal and Vet Rivers, undertaken by Andries Pretorius and the Bataung Chief Makwana in 1836, led to a dispute between the Voortrekkers.
Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos (22 January 1874 - 31 October 1945) was an activist of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) from 1895 and leader of "Piast" faction from 1913. Member of parliament of Galician Sejm from 1908-1914, from 1911-1918 envoy to Austro-Hungarian National Council in Vienna.
Winckley Square Winckley Square is situated in the centre of Preston, Lancashire, between Avenham Park and Fishergate. Nowadays most of the buildings are occupied by businesses and professional offices, although some residential developments have recently been made.
Wincobank (hill fort) Wincobank () is an Iron Age hill fort in the district of Sheffield, England of the same name. The fort stands on the summit of a steep hill above the River Don, it is oval in shape and covers about 10,000 square metres (108,000 ft²), surrounded by a ditch that was originally 1.
Wincobank Station Wincobank Station, then Wincobank and Meadow Hall, was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The station served the communities of Brightside and Wincobank and was situated on the Midland Main Line on Meadowhall Road, lying between Holmes and Brightside stations.
Wincor Nixdorf Wincor Nixdorf () is a corporation that provides retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. Wincor Nixdorf is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs), retail banking equipment (such as passbook printers), lottery terminals, software and services for global financial and commercial markets.
WinCIM WinCIM was Compuserve Information Service's client software for Microsoft Windows. The program was a GUI front end to the text based Compuserve service, being a version of the DOS CIM (Compuserve Information Manager) software.
WinCustomize WinCustomize is a website that provides content for users to customize Microsoft Windows. The site hosts thousands of skins, themes, icons, wallpapers, and other graphical content to modify the Windows graphical user interface.
Wind Wind is the rough horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface. It occurs at all scales, from local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting tens of minutes to global winds resulting from solar heating of the Earth.
Wind and Structural Health Monitoring System The Wind and Structural Health Monitoring System (WASHMS) is a sophisticated bridge monitoring system, costing US$1.3 million, used by the Hong Kong Highways Department to ensure road user comfort and safety of the Tsing Ma, Ting Kau, and Kap Shui Mun bridges that run between Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Airport.
Wind braces Wind braces, in architecture, are diagonal braces to tie the rafters of a roof together and prevent racking. In the better sort of medieval roofs they are arched, and run from the principal rafters to catch the purlins.
Wind Beneath My Wings "Wind Beneath My Wings" is a number-one single by Bette Midler from the soundtrack of the movie Beaches,The song also went on to win 1989 best song Grammy for Midler, Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar,RISA Song Lyrics Archive it has also been recorded by Perry Como, Lee Greenwood, Willie Nelson, Kiki Carter, Nana Mouskouri and Sonata Arctica, among many others. Also was performed on Season Three of the hit Fox television show American Idol by semi-finalist Marque Lynche and again on Season Five by finalist Paris Bennett, who was criticized after the song choice by judge Simon Cowell as, "sounding too old for your age.
Wind class icebreaker The Wind-class icebreakers were a line of diesel electric-powered icebreakers in service with the US Navy, United States Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and Soviet Navy from 1944 through the late 1970's. Considered the most technologically advanced icebreakers in the world when first built, the Wind-class icebreakers were also heavily armed; the first operator of the class was the United States Coast Guard, which used the vessels for much-needed coastal patrol off Greenland during World War II.
Wind controller A wind controller, sometimes referred to as a "wind synth" or "wind synthesizer", can loosely be defined as an electronic wind instrument. Wind controllers are most commonly played and fingered like a saxophone though models have been produced that play and finger like other acoustic instruments such as the trumpet, recorder, tin whistle, and others.
Wind Dancer Wind Dancer (SofĂa Mantega Barrett) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute, and a member of the New Mutants squad therein. Her first appearance was in New Mutants (volume 2) #1.
Wilson's Bird of Paradise The Wilson's Bird of Paradise, Cicinnurus respublica is a small, up to 21cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The male is a red and black bird of paradise with a yellow mantle on its neck, light green mouth, rich blue feet and two curved violet tail feathers.
Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Wilson's Creek National Battlefield at 6424 West Farm Road 182 near Republic, Missouri preserves the site of the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Fought on August 10, 1861, it was the first major American Civil War engagement west of the Mississippi River.
Wilson's magnolia Wilson's Magnolia (Magnolia wilsonii) is a species of Magnolia native to China, in the provinces of western Guizhou, Sichuan and northern Yunnan, where it grows in the forest understory at altitudes of 1,900-3,000 m, rarely up to 3,300 m.
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House The Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House is believed to be the oldest house in Romney and the oldest public office building in the state of West Virginia. An assemblage of three separate buildings--a kitchen, a dwelling and an office--the Mytinger House, as it is commonly known, was built during colonial times probably dating from the 1740s to the 1780s, although there are no records to indicate the exact dates.
Wilson, Keppel and Betty Wilson, Keppel and Betty were a popular British music hall act in the early 20th century who capitalised on the trend for Egyptian imagery following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. Their stage act, called the "sanddance" was a parody of Egyptian postures, combined with references to Arabic costume.
Wilsone Black Wilsone Black (1837–1909) was a British military officer and colonial administrator, who became an Acting Administrator in Hong Kong for a period between February to November of 1898. He was eventually succeeded by Sir Henry Arthur Blake, who became the 12th Governor of Hong Kong.
Wilsonia, West Virginia Wilsonia is an unincorporated community on the North Branch Potomac River in Grant County, West Virginia, USA. Wilsonia originated as a railroad stop on the Western Maryland Railroad in northwestern Grant County.
Wilsonian Wilsonianism or Wilsonian are words used to describe a certain type of ideological perspectives on foreign policy. The term comes from the ideology of American President Woodrow Wilson, and his famous Fourteen Points that he believed would help create world peace if implemented.
Wilsonian Armenia Wilsonian Armenia, is a term used for the borders drawn by Woodrow Wilson at the Treaty of Sèvres The History of the Armenian Genocide: Ethnic Conflict from the Balkans to Anatolia to the Caucasus By Vahakn N. Dadrian - Page 356.
Wilsons Fuel The Wilson Fuel Company Limited (also known as Wilsons Fuel) is an independent petroleum wholesaler, distributor and retailer headquartered in Truro, Nova Scotia. Wilsons brands itself as the largest independent home heating fuel and gasoline retailer in Atlantic Canada.
Wilsons Promontory Wilsons Promontory or Wilson's Promontory is a peninsula that forms the southernmost part of the Australian mainland and is located at . South Point is the southernmost tip of Wilsons Promontory and hence of mainland Australia.
Wilston, Queensland Wilston, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is located approximately three kilometres from the Brisbane central business district, and is a mixture of the old and the new, from workers' cottages to modern architect-designed homes on Wilston Hill.
Wiltern Theatre The Wiltern Theatre and adjacent 12-story Pellissier Building are an Art Deco landmark located on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue in Los Angeles, California (the entire complex is commonly referred to as simply the Wiltern). Clad in a blue-green terra-cotta tile and situated on a diagonal to the street corner, the complex is considered one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.
Wilton Barnhardt Wilton Barnhardt (1960-) is a former reporter for Sports Illustrated and is the author of Emma Who Saved My Life (1989), Gospel (1993), and Show World (1999). He teaches fiction writing to undergraduate and graduate students at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he is the director of the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing.
Wilton Felder Wilton Felder(born on August 31, 1940 in Houston, Texas) is a saxophone and bass player best known as a founder of The Crusaders, initially called the "Jazz Crusaders." Felder, Joe Sample, and Stix Hooper founded the group while in High School in Houston, Texas.
Wilton Figueiredo Wilton Aguiar Figueiredo, born March 17 1982 in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil, is a Brazilian striker for Swedish club side AIK. After a season with another Swedish side, GAIS, he was brought to the Swedish capital following both team's promotion to the Swedish top flight, the Allsvenskan in 2005.
Wilton Lockwood Wilton Lockwood (September 12, 1861-March 21, 1914), American artist, was born at Wilton, Connecticut. He was a pupil and an assistant of John LaFarge, and also studied in Paris, becoming a well-known portrait and flower painter.
Wilton Mall The Wilton Mall at Saratoga (or simply The Wilton Mall) is a regional shopping center located just off Interstate 87 Exit 15, just north of Saratoga Springs, New York. The mall is anchored by Bon-Ton, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, and Sears; in addition, it features a food court and movie theater.
Wilton Windmill The Wilton Windmill is a five floor brick tower mill located on a chalk ridge between the villages of Wilton and Great Bedwyn in the southern English county of Wiltshire. It was built in 1821 because the construction of the Kennet and Avon Canal had included the canalisation of the River Bedwyn which had previously powered several water mills in the area.
Wilton, Wiltshire Wilton is a town in Wiltshire, (of which it was once the county town), England, with a rich heritage dating back to the Anglo-Saxons. Today it is dwarfed by its larger and more famous neighbour, Salisbury, but still has a range of notable shops and attractions, including Wilton House.
Wilts and Berks Canal The Wilts and Berks Canal is a canal in the historic counties of Wiltshire and Berkshire, England, linking the Kennet and Avon Canal at Semington, near Melksham, to the river Thames at Abingdon, with a branch to the Thames and Severn Canal at Cricklade. Following local authority boundary changes in 1973 the part of Berkshire through which the canal passes (mostly the Vale of White Horse) was transferred to Oxfordshire.
Wiltshire Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. Considered as a ceremonial county, it is landlocked and borders the counties of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon.
Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency) Wiltshire, was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It was represented by two Members of Parliament until 1832.
Wiltshire County Cricket Club Wiltshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Wiltshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service The Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide, statutory emergency fire and rescue service for the ceremonial county of Wiltshire, England. It is administered by a joint authority of 13 members, 9 appointed by Wiltshire County Council and 4 by Swindon Borough Council.
Wiltshire Times The Wiltshire Times is a weekly newspaper published in Trowbridge, Wiltshire in South West England. The paper serves the west Wiltshire towns of Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Corsham, Chippenham, Warminster, Westbury and Melksham as well as many of the small villages in the west Wiltshire area.
Wiltshire Victoria County History The Wiltshire Victoria County History is an encyclopaedic history of the county of Wiltshire in England. It forms part of the overall Victoria County History of England founded in 1899 in honour of Queen Victoria.
WilTel Communications WilTel Communications (formerly known as Williams Communications, which was formerly part of The Williams Companies, Inc) is a telco and Tier 2 Internet Service Provider with its own MPLS-enabled OC-192 optical wave division multiplexing backbone network. Its other products and services include IP VPNs, Private Line services (protected and unprotected), colocation, Ethernet-based wide area networking, ATM and Frame Relay network services.
Wiluna, Western Australia Wiluna is a town and shire in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The town of Wiluna is located at , 947 kilometres north east of Perth, 182 kilometres east of Meekatharra, and 518 metres above sea level.
Wilwood Alexander Sandys Clarke Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke (June 8, 1919- April 23, 1943) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Wiśniowiecki Wiśniowiecki is the name of a family notable in the history of Poland. They were powerful magnates of Ruthenian descent, Kniaz (prince) actually, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, with vast possesions in the 16th to 18th centuries on the territories of today's Ukraine.
Wim Boost Willem Louis Joseph Boost (July 2, 1918 - August 1, 2005), was a Dutch cartoonist, using the alias WiBo. Born in Breda, he started his career as a drawing teacher, and then started to work for the Toonder studios.
Wim Duisenberg Willem Frederik Duisenberg, commonly known as Wim Duisenberg, (July 9, 1935 – July 31, 2005) was a Dutch banker and politician. The first president of the European Central Bank (1998 – 2003), he was instrumental in the introduction of the euro in twelve European countries in 2002.
Wim Eyckmans Wim Eyckmans (born March 23, 1973, Herentals, Belgium), is a Belgian racecar driver who starting in karting in 1986 has been in prototype racing since 2003. He participated in Formula 3000 in 1996 and 1997 and ran the Indy Lights series in 1998.
Wim Hermsen Willem ("Wim") Hermsen (born September 7, 1947 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Two of his brothers, André and Henk, also played water polo on the highest level, and represented The Netherlands in the Summer Olympics, in 1960 and 1964.
Wim Kieft Willem ("Wim") Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft (born 12 November 1962 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is a retired Dutch footballer, who obtained 43 caps and eleven goals for the Netherlands national football team (1981-1993).
Wim Koevermans Wilhelmus ("Wim") Jacobus Koevermans (born June 28, 1960 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland) is a former football central defender from The Netherlands, who earned one cap for the Netherlands national football team. He was a member of the Dutch team that won the European title at the 1988 European Football Championship in West Germany, although he didn't play under manager Rinus Michels.
Wim Rijsbergen Wilhelmus ("Wim") Gerardus Rijsbergen (born 18 January 1952 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland) is a football manager and former defender from the Netherlands, and is currently in charge of the Trinidad and Tobago national team.
Wim Slijkhuis Willem Frederik ("Wim") Slijkhuis (January 13, 1923 – June 28, 2003) was a Dutch athlete, who during his career from 1939 until 1954 for a long time was one of the world’s best middle distance runners. He excelled in all distances from 1500 to 5000 metres.
Wim Turkenburg Wim C. Turkenburg (1947) is Professor and head of department of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Utrecht, and he is scientific director of Scientific Director of the Utrecht Centre for Energy research (UCE) as well as the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Utrecht University.
Wim van de Schilde Willem ("Wim") van de Schilde (born November 4, 1948 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in seventh position with the Dutch Men's Water Polo Team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Wim van Est Wim van Est (March 25, 1923 - April 30, 2003) was a Dutch cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France of 1951 and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.
Wim van Spingelen Willem ("Wim") van Spingelen (born February 19, 1938 in Utrecht) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch Men's National Team that finished in eighth position at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Wim Vriend Willem ("Wim") Jan Frederik Vriend (born November 9, 1941 in Amsterdam) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who finished in eighth position with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. His older brother Harry was also a member of that team.
Wiman Andrus William Wiman Andrus (born October 14, 1858 in Orono, Ontario, Canada - June 17, 1935 in Miles City, Montana) is a former major league baseball player, who only played one game for the Providence Grays. He made his Grays debut September 15, 1885 at third base, going 0-4 with a strikeout.
Wiman Joseon Wiman Joseon (194 - 108 BC) was the last confederacy of several Gojoseon's conferacies. It began with Wiman's seizure of the throne from a King Jun and ended with the death of King Ugeo who were a grandson of Wiman.
Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG) is an architecture firm with offices in Honolulu, Irvine, London, Orlando, and Seattle specialising in hotels and resorts. The firm also provides services in Interior Design, Master Planning, and Landscape Design.
Wimbledon (film) Wimbledon is a film released in September 2004. It is a romantic comedy about a washed-up tennis pro named Peter Colt (played by Paul Bettany) and an up and coming tennis star called Lizzie Bradbury (played by Kirsten Dunst) during the Wimbledon Championships.
Wimbledon Effect The Wimbledon Effect is a chiefly British and Japanese analogy (which possibly originated in Japancomparing the success of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club] in [[Wimbledon, London as the most famous international tennis venue with the global success of the United Kingdom's financial services industry - especially the City - since the deregulation of U.K.
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum is a museum concerned with the sport of tennis which is located at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in Wimbledon in South London, the venue of the Wimbledon Championships. The collections include items dating back to 1555.
Wimbledon Park Wimbledon Park is a both a park in Wimbledon and the suburb around it to which it lends its name. It is the second largest park in the London Borough of Merton and also gives its name to Wimbledon Park tube station.
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Wimbledon Traincare depot The Wimbledon Traincare depot is one of Europe's most advanced train servicing complexes. It is located between Wimbledon and Earlsfield stations, on the South Western Main Line from Woking to London Waterloo, and is coincidentally situated next to South West Trains' other iconic landmark, the Wimbledon Train Viaduct.
Wimborne Minster Wimborne Minster (often referred to locally as Wimborne) is a market town in the East Dorset district of Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. The central town has a population of 6,418 (according to the 2001 Census) and is situated at the confluence of the River Stour and River Allen, five miles north of Poole.
Wimborne Minster (church) Wimborne Minster, known locally as the Minster, is the Parish church of Wimborne, Dorset. The Minster has existed for over 1300 years and is recognised for its unusual chained library (one of the few surviving chained libraries in the world).
Wimbotsham Wimbotsham is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It is situated close to the River Great Ouse, 2 km north of the town of Downham Market, 18 km south of the town of King's Lynn, and 60 km west of the city of Norwich.
Wimme Saari Wimme Saari (also known as just Wimme) is one of the best known Sami yoik singers from Finland. Wimme Saari combines traditional Sami singing with his own improvisations, usually to a techno-ambient accompaniment by members of Finnish electronic group RinneRadio.
Wimmera River The Wimmera River is a river in Western Victoria, Australia. It begins in the Pyrenees, and flows into Lake Hindmarsh and Lake Albacutya, although in many years flows do not reach these terminal lakes and the river contracts to a series of pools of varying sizes.
Wimperg A Wimperg is another word in German and Dutch language for a Gothic ornamental gable over windows with their tracery or portals, which are accompanied often with Pinnacles. It is a typical element in the Gothic Architecture especially in the Cathedral architecture.
Wimpey no-fines house The Wimpey No-fines House is a house design by the George Wimpey company and intended for mass-production of social housing for families. They were built in large numbers in the United Kingdom following the Second World War, and are now one of the most common building designs in Britain.
Wimpkiller Wimpkiller is a zine published by Michael Rice and Dave Rupert. Founded in a Houston suburb some time between 1989 and 2002 as a self-published print zine, Wimpkiller's popularity quickly spread beyond Houston to develop reader bases in Austin, TX, Durham, NC, Europe and Japan.
Wimpole Hall Wimpole Hall is a country house located within the Parish of Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, about 8½ miles (14 km) southwest of Cambridge. The house, begun in 1640, and its 3,000 acres (12 km²) of parkland and farmland are owned by the National Trust and are regularly open to the public.
Wimpy Bar Wimpy is the brand name of a chain of hamburger restaurants based in the United Kingdom. The restaurants were originally called Wimpy Bars and many people still refer to them by this name, despite the fact that the name "Wimpy Bar" was dropped in favour of "Wimpy" many years ago.
Wimshurst machine The Wimshurst machine is a historical electrostatic machine for generating high voltages, and was developed between 1880 and 1883 by British inventor James Wimshurst (1832 – 1903). It is an electrical generator with a distinctive appearance, having two large contra-rotating discs mounted in a vertical plane, and a spark gap formed by two metal spheres.
Wimund Wimund was a bishop who became a sea-faring war-lord adventurer in the years after 1147. His story is passed down to us by 12th century English historian William of Newburgh in his Historia rerum anglicarum, Book I, Chapter 24 entitled "Of bishop Wimund, his life unbecoming a bishop, and how he was deprived of his sight".
WiMAX WiMAX is defined as Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access by the WiMAX Forum, formed in June 2001 to promote conformance and interoperability of the IEEE 802.16 standard, officially known as WirelessMAN.
Win (baseball) In Major League Baseball, a win (denoted W) is generally credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when they last took the lead. A starting pitcher must generally complete five innings to earn a win.
Win Aung Win Aung (Burmese: , born 28 February 1944) in Dawei (formerly Tavoy), Tanintharyi Division was the foreign minister of Myanmar from November 1998 until September 2004, when he was fired along with several other ministers in a cabinet reshuffle. During his worldwide travels as foreign minister, Win Aung often bore the brunt of international criticism on many issues, especially for his government's repression of political dissidents such as Aung San Suu Kyi.
Win Ben Stein's Money Win Ben Stein's Money was an American television game show that ran from July 28, 1997 to May 8, 2003 on Comedy Central. It featured three contestants who competed in a general knowledge trivia contest to win the grand prize of $5,000 from the show's host, Ben Stein.
Win Griffiths Winston James Griffiths, known as Win Griffiths, (11 February 1943) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and ex-member of Parliament for Bridgend for the Labour Party. He was first elected in 1987, having previously been a member of the European Parliament.
Win Hill Win Hill lies north west of Bamford in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. At 462Â m high, it is almost surrounded by the River Derwent to the east, River Noe to the south west and Ladybower Reservoir to the north, but a ridge running north west links it to Kinder Scout.
Win Mercer George Barclay "Win" Mercer (June 20, 1874 – January 12, 1903) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1894 to 1902. Born in Chester, West Virginia, he played primarily with the National League Washington Senators (1894-1899), winning 20 games twice with the club.
Win Mortimer James Winslow "Win" Mortimer (born May 1, 1919, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, died January 11, 1998) is a comic book and comic strip artist best known as one of the major illustrators of the DC Comics superhero Superman. He additionally drew for Marvel Comics, Gold Key, and other publishers.
Win n grin Win 'n' Grin is a claw machine game found in Australia. WGA ( Win n Grin Australia) has many different types of claw games including 'Chocolate Factory', 'Everbody Wins' (jumbo and junior) 'Plush Toys' and many more.
Win-3 Habitat The Win-3 Habitat is a small wooden structure intended for use as single person emergency shelter primarily for housing homeless individuals. The Win-3 Habitat utilizes no internal frame-type bracing whatsoever.
Win, Lose and Kaboom Win, Lose, and Kaboom is a Nickelodeon TV movie based on the popular TV series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. It parodies reality TV in general, especially Survivor and The Apprentice, and for game shows like Wheel of Fortune.
Win, Lose or Die Win, Lose or Die, first published in 1989, was the eighth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder and Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.
Win, Lose or Draw Win, Lose or Draw was an American television game show that aired from September 1, 1987 to September 7, 1989 on NBC and in syndication from 1987 to 1990. It was taped at CBS Television City, often in Studio 33, and occasionally in Studio 31.
Win4Lin Win4Lin is a software application for Linux which allows a user to run a copy of Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000 or XP applications on their desktop. The system works by acting in a similar way to a virtual machine, in that it provides an environment for the Windows operating system to run, and as such one must still have a copy of Windows to use with it.
Winalagalis Treaty Group The Winalagalis Treaty Group is a group of four First Nations governments on Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. The group was formed to negotiate with the government of the Province of British Columbia to negotiate outstanding unresolved treaty issues, and has opted into the treaty process in a separate round of negotiation from the rest of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples (Kwak'wala speaking peoples, incorrectly called the Kwakiutl).
Winam Gulf Winam Gulf is a significant extension of northeastern Lake Victoria into western Kenya. Formerly called Kavirondo Gulf, Nyanza Gulf, or Lake Nyanza Gulf, it is a shallow inlet and is connected to the main lake by Rusinga Channel (3 mi wide), which is partly masked from the main body of the lake by islands.
Winamp Alternative Winamp Alternative is a codec package for Microsoft Windows created for playing SHOUTcast streams with any media player that supports DirectShow and Nullsoft Streaming Video with major browsers. The package contains SHOUTcast Source and Media Player Classic, both created by Gabest.
WinAce WinAce is an archiving program with its own relatively powerful "ACE" compression format and built-in support for other common archive formats types such as ZIP, RAR and MS-CAB. The Mac OS X and Linux versions are called Unace and are command line programs.
Winbond Winbond Electronics Corporation is a Taiwan-based corporation which was founded in 1987 and is a producer of semiconductors and several types of integrated circuits, most notably Dynamic RAM, Static RAM, microcontrollers, and personal computer ICs. Winbond is currently the largest brand name integrated circuit supplier in Taiwan, and one of the biggest suppliers of semiconductor solutions worldwide.
Winburg Winburg is a small mixed farming town in the Free State Province of South Africa. The trade of cattle for land between the Vaal and Vet Rivers, undertaken by Andries Pretorius and the Bataung Chief Makwana in 1836, led to a dispute between the Voortrekkers.
Wincenty Witos Wincenty Witos (22 January 1874 - 31 October 1945) was an activist of the Polish Peasant Party (PSL) from 1895 and leader of "Piast" faction from 1913. Member of parliament of Galician Sejm from 1908-1914, from 1911-1918 envoy to Austro-Hungarian National Council in Vienna.
Winckley Square Winckley Square is situated in the centre of Preston, Lancashire, between Avenham Park and Fishergate. Nowadays most of the buildings are occupied by businesses and professional offices, although some residential developments have recently been made.
Wincobank (hill fort) Wincobank () is an Iron Age hill fort in the district of Sheffield, England of the same name. The fort stands on the summit of a steep hill above the River Don, it is oval in shape and covers about 10,000 square metres (108,000 ft²), surrounded by a ditch that was originally 1.
Wincobank Station Wincobank Station, then Wincobank and Meadow Hall, was a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The station served the communities of Brightside and Wincobank and was situated on the Midland Main Line on Meadowhall Road, lying between Holmes and Brightside stations.
Wincor Nixdorf Wincor Nixdorf () is a corporation that provides retail and retail banking hardware, software, and services. Wincor Nixdorf is engaged primarily in the sale, manufacture, installation and service of self-service transaction systems (such as ATMs), retail banking equipment (such as passbook printers), lottery terminals, software and services for global financial and commercial markets.
WinCIM WinCIM was Compuserve Information Service's client software for Microsoft Windows. The program was a GUI front end to the text based Compuserve service, being a version of the DOS CIM (Compuserve Information Manager) software.
WinCustomize WinCustomize is a website that provides content for users to customize Microsoft Windows. The site hosts thousands of skins, themes, icons, wallpapers, and other graphical content to modify the Windows graphical user interface.
Wind Wind is the rough horizontal movement of air (as opposed to an air current) caused by uneven heating of the Earth's surface. It occurs at all scales, from local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting tens of minutes to global winds resulting from solar heating of the Earth.
Wind and Structural Health Monitoring System The Wind and Structural Health Monitoring System (WASHMS) is a sophisticated bridge monitoring system, costing US$1.3 million, used by the Hong Kong Highways Department to ensure road user comfort and safety of the Tsing Ma, Ting Kau, and Kap Shui Mun bridges that run between Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Airport.
Wind braces Wind braces, in architecture, are diagonal braces to tie the rafters of a roof together and prevent racking. In the better sort of medieval roofs they are arched, and run from the principal rafters to catch the purlins.
Wind Beneath My Wings "Wind Beneath My Wings" is a number-one single by Bette Midler from the soundtrack of the movie Beaches,The song also went on to win 1989 best song Grammy for Midler, Written by Larry Henley and Jeff Silbar,RISA Song Lyrics Archive it has also been recorded by Perry Como, Lee Greenwood, Willie Nelson, Kiki Carter, Nana Mouskouri and Sonata Arctica, among many others. Also was performed on Season Three of the hit Fox television show American Idol by semi-finalist Marque Lynche and again on Season Five by finalist Paris Bennett, who was criticized after the song choice by judge Simon Cowell as, "sounding too old for your age.
Wind class icebreaker The Wind-class icebreakers were a line of diesel electric-powered icebreakers in service with the US Navy, United States Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Coast Guard and Soviet Navy from 1944 through the late 1970's. Considered the most technologically advanced icebreakers in the world when first built, the Wind-class icebreakers were also heavily armed; the first operator of the class was the United States Coast Guard, which used the vessels for much-needed coastal patrol off Greenland during World War II.
Wind controller A wind controller, sometimes referred to as a "wind synth" or "wind synthesizer", can loosely be defined as an electronic wind instrument. Wind controllers are most commonly played and fingered like a saxophone though models have been produced that play and finger like other acoustic instruments such as the trumpet, recorder, tin whistle, and others.
Wind Dancer Wind Dancer (SofĂa Mantega Barrett) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute, and a member of the New Mutants squad therein. Her first appearance was in New Mutants (volume 2) #1.
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