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Xvfb In the X Window System, Xvfb or X window virtual framebuffer is an X11 server that performs all graphical operations in memory, not showing any screen output. From the point of view of the client, it acts exactly like any other server, serving requests and sending events and errors as appropriate.
Xvidcap xvidcap is a free software used for recording a screencast or digital recording of an X Window System screen output with an audio narration. Screen capture tools are very handy for developers to document software and installation procedures.
XvMC X-Video Motion Compensation, often abbreviated as XvMC, is an extension of the X video extension for the X Window System. It allows video programs to offload portions of the MPEG2 decoding process to the GPU hardware.
XV Corps (India) The Indian XV Corps was a British Commonwealth corps. It took part in the initial stages of the Burma Campaign and formed the nucleus of the force which was to grow into the Fourteenth Army during World War II.
XV Corps (United States) Initially constituted on October 1, 1933 as part of the Organized Reserves, the XV Corps was activated on 15 February 1943 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. XV Corps fought for 307 days in the European Theater of Operations, fighting from Normandy through France and southern Germany into Austria.
XV José Iturbi International Piano Competition The XV José Iturbi International Piano Competition took place in Valencia, from September 14th to the 30th, 2006. The competition is held every two years and is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
XV-179 On September 18, 2006, The United Kingdom's Channel 4 News aired an article critising the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) for having only fitted 1 C-130 Hercules with a foam surpressant system which could well have have prevented the loss of the aircraft, which was shot down in January 2005, killing all 10 on board.
XVe arrondissement The 15th arrondissement (XVe arrondissement), located on the Left Bank (Rive Gauche), is the most populous of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It shares the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements.
XView XView is a widget toolkit from Sun Microsystems introduced in 1988, providing an OPEN LOOK user interface for X Window System applications. It has the same look and feel of the earlier SunView system, and provides a similar object-oriented application programming interface for the C programming language.
XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006 The XVI International AIDS Conference was held in Toronto, Ontario, during the week of August 13-18, 2006. This was the third time that Canada has hosted the International AIDS Conference, after Montréal in 1989 and Vancouver in 1996.
XVIe arrondissement The 16th arrondissement (XVIe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. The arrondissement hosts the famous Avenue Foch which is the widest in Paris, as well as the mainly residential district of Auteuil and Passy.
XVIIe arrondissement The 17th arrondissement (XVIIe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. This arrondissement hosts two very active districts: in the northern part, the district around Place de Clichy which is very popular ; in the southern part, the district around Avenue des ternes, where the Marché Poncelet is located, is more in the style of Haussmann.
XVIII Airborne Corps (United States) The XVIII Airborne Corps is the corps of the United States Army designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world. It is referred to as "America's Contingency Corps" and is the Army's largest warfighting organization.
XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery In the First Gulf War XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery consisted of the 5/8th, 3/8th and 1/39th Field Artillery Regiments. The living quarters for these three units were situated between division and special forces at Fort Bragg.
XVIIIe arrondissement The 18th arrondissement (XVIIIe arrondissement), located on the Rive Droite (Right Bank), is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is mostly known for hosting the district of Montmartre, which contains a hill dominated by the Sacré Coeur basilica, as well as the famous Moulin Rouge.
XVRML xVRML (eXtensible Virtual Reality Modeling Language, usually pronounced ex-vermal) is a standard file format for representing 3-dimensional (3D) interactive computer graphics, designed particularly with the World Wide Web in mind.
XVT XVT is a software development environment for easily building cross-platform GUI applications in C or C++. XVT allows developers to graphically lay out an application's GUI, and provides cross-platform libraries to aid development.
Xwemelch'stn Xwemelch'stn, usually anglicized as Homulchesan, is a large community within the Squamish Nation of the Skwxwu7mesh people, who are a part of the Coast Salish ethnic and linguistic group. The name Xwemelch'stn, translates to "Fast Moving Water of Fish", relating to the Capilano River.
Xwrits xwrits is a Linux software application which reminds computer users to take wrist breaks. This helps prevent them from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive strain injuries.
XWin Keith Packard started the XWin project in 2003 in order to provide forums for collaborative and co-operative discussion between X developers, X end-users, and potential developers. Due to misleading media reports from news sites such as Slashdot and others, the public gained the incorrect impression that the project had forked the XFree86 source code.
XWinLogon XWinLogon is an interface to the Cygwin/X Server (The graphical interface of an X Window System) to allow the user to easily connect to a Unix/Linux box from Windows computer. The XWinLogon system is free and stable.
Xxencode Xxencode is an obsolete binary to text encoding similar to Uuencode which uses only the alphanumeric characters, and the plus and minus signs. It was invented as a means to transfer files in a format which would survive character set translation.
Xxplosive productions Xxplosive Productions is a music label founded in early 2005. Founded by Joe 'JNaz' Nazareth, Ryan 'RJGrand' Jackman and David 'DJR' Rankine, the label is currently independant with no major distribution contracts.
XX Corps (United Kingdom) The British XX Corps was a World War I army corps that was formed in Palestine in 1917. Following the British failure in the Second Battle of Gaza, the Egyptian Expeditionary Force underwent a major rearrangement with the appointment of General Edmund Allenby as the new Commander-in-Chief.
XX gonadal dysgenesis XX gonadal dysgenesis is a type of female hypogonadism in which no functional ovaries are present to induce puberty in an otherwise normal girl whose karyotype is found to be 46, XX. With nonfunctional streak ovaries she is low in estrogen levels (hypoestrogenic) and has high levels of FSH and LH.
XX-Large Analogue Dreams XX-Large Analogue Dreams is a sample CD released by Best Service, available in Akai S1000, Audio CD, Roland and SampleCell Mac formats. It contains samples of single notes that have, where appropriate, been looped to allow the musician to sustain notes indefinitely.
XX/XY XX/XY is a film released in 2002 starring Mark Ruffalo and Maya Stange. The film is a romantic drama written and directed by Austin Chick, the title referring to the different chromosome pairings present in men and women.
XXe arrondissement The 20th arrondissement (XXe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains the cosmopolitan districts of MĂ©nilmontant and Belleville which have welcomed many successive waves of immigration since the middle of the 19th century.
XXI Corps (United States) Initially constituted on December 2, 1943 in the Army of the United States, the XXI Corps was activated on December 6, 1943 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. XXI Corps fought for 116 days in the European Theater of Operations, fighting from Alsace through southern Germany and into Austria.
XXIII BRDC International Trophy The 23rd BRDC International Trophy meeting - fomally the GEN/Daily Express BRDC International Trophy - was held on 8 May 1971 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. The race was run to Formula One and Formula 5000 regulations, and was held over two heats of 26 laps each, the final results being an aggregate of the two.
XXL Megadiscount XXL Megadiscount is a discount Romanian supermarket chain owned by Rewe International of Germany, which also operates the Billa brand in Romania. As opposed to Billa, XXL stores are generally larger and geared towards low-income and middle-income consumers.
XXV Corps (ACW) XXV Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was unique in that it was made up almost entirely of African-American troops, which had previously belonged to the X and XVIII Corps.
XXVIIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVIIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXVIII Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique) is planned to be held in Quebec City from 23 June to 28 June 2008. This will be the twenty eighth Congress to be held since 1929.
XXVIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXVII Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique) was a major meeting of genealogists and heraldists. The gathering took place in St Andrews, Scotland in August of 2006 and was held at the University of St Andrews.
XXVIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXVI Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique) was held from 6 September to 11 September 2004. The gathering of heraldists and genealogists was held in Bruges, Belgium, and was sponsored by the Flemish Heraldic Council.
XXVth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXV Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique)was held in Dublin from 16 September to 21 September 2002. The proceedings took place at Dublin Castle, and the theme of the Congress was "Genealogy and Heraldry: Their Place and Practice in Changing Times.
XXX (film) XXX (also written xXx), pronounced "Triple X", is a 2002 action movie starring Vin Diesel. XXX was marketed as a James Bond style film for the new millennium and featured similar gadgetry, international schemes and intrigues, villain-sponsored take-over-the-world schemes backed up by doomsday devices, a female co-star/love interest, and elaborate stunts (as Roger Ebert put it, "Why blow up two cars when you can blow up twenty?
XXX (Family Restaurant) The XXX Family Restraunt (also spelled Triple-X, like how the name is pronounced) is the name of two 50's-style root beer and hamburger joints, one in Issaquah,Washington, and the main one in Lafayette,Indiana.
XXX Action Clips Channel XXX Action Clips Channel is a Canadian category 2 subscription based television channel available through satellite and digital cable. The channels programming comes in the form of 5 to 20 minutes clips from adult feature films from various adult film genres.
XXX: State of the Union XXX: State Of The Union, released as XXX: The Next Level outside of the United States and Canada, is a 2005 action/adventure film, directed by Lee Tamahori. It is a sequel to the 2002 film XXX (pronounced "triple x").
XXXDial XXXDial is a spyware/dialer application currently (as of December 2004) causing havoc in the UK. It changes a victim's PPP settings so that it automatically tries to reconnect to a premium rate number, as opposed to a user's normal dial-in number.
XXXenophile XXXenophile is an American comic book series, published by Palliard Press and later Studio Foglio, that is structured as an anthology of whimsical erotic fantasy and science fiction stories written and penciled by Phil Foglio; each story was inked by a different artist, including among many others Matt Howarth, William Messner-Loebs, Frank Kelly Freas, Kevin Eastman, and Bob Eggleton.The Phil Foglio Gallimaufry 1 - Major Works as the Writer and Artist
XXXG-01S2 Altron Gundam The XXXG-01S2 Altron Gundam (Traditional Chinese: 二é 龍; Simplified Chinese: 二头龙, pinyin: èr tĂłu lĂłng) is a gundam type mobile suit from the fictional anime and manga series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.
XXXX XXXX (pronounced four-eks) is a brand of beers brewed in Milton, Brisbane by Queensland brewers, Castlemaine Perkins. It enjoys wide popularity in the state of Queensland and is commonly found on-tap in most Queensland pubs and bars.
XXXX syndrome XXXX syndrome (also called tetrasomy X, quadruple X, or 48, XXXX) is a rare chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of four X chromosomes instead of two X chromosomes, which are normally found in females. This condition only occurs in females, as there are no Y chromosomes present.
Xybots Xybots was developed by Atari Games in 1987 as an arcade video game, then later released on other platforms. In Xybots, the player must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all humankind.
Xyelidae The Xyelidae is a small family of sawflies known from fewer than 50 extant species in 5 genera, but with an extensive fossil record; they are the oldest fossil Hymenoptera, dating back to the Triassic, some 200 million years ago. Most species occur in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in boreal regions, though there are a few neotropical species.
Xyeloidea The Xyeloidea are a small superfamily within the Symphyta, containing fewer than 200 extant species, but with an extensive fossil record. They are sometimes believed to be the oldest group within the Hymenoptera.
Xylazine Xylazine is a drug that is used for sedation, anesthesia, muscle relaxation, and analgesia in animals such as horses, cattle and other large mammals {non-human}. An analogue of clonidine, it is an agonist at the α2 class of adrenergic receptor.
Xylella fastidiosa Xylella fastidiosa is a Gamma Proteobacteria that is an important plant pathogen, causing several plant diseases including phoney peach disease in the southern United States, oleander leaf scorch and Pierce's disease in California, and citrus X disease in Brazil.
Xylem In vascular plants, xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in plants, phloem being the other one. The word "xylem" is derived from classical Greek ξυλον (xylon), "wood", and indeed the best known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout the plant.
Xylene The term xylenes refers to a group of 3 benzene derivatives which encompasses ortho-, meta-, and para- isomers of dimethyl benzene. The o-, m- and p- isomers specify to which carbon atoms (of the main benzene ring) the two methyl groups are attached.
Xylene (Community) Xylene Online Community, now called Xylene Community, was started by James Preece in late 1998. It was originally a community of Linux users who would register on the site to talk about various computing topics (and other stuff).
Xylene cyanol Xylene cyanol can be used as a color marker to monitor the process of agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; in 1% agarose gels, it typically migrates at about the same rate as a 4000 base pair DNA fragment. Bromophenol blue and orange G can also be used for this purpose.
Xylenol Xylenol or dimethylphenol is an arene compound with two methyl groups and a hydroxyl group. 6 isomers exist of xylenol of which 2,6-xylenol with both methyl group in an ortho position with respect to the hydroxyl group is the most important.
Xylenol orange Xylenol orange is an organic reagent, most commonly used as a tetrasodium salt as an indicator for metal titrations. Historically, commercial preparations of it have been notoriously impure, sometimes consisting of as little as 20% xylenol orange, and containing large amounts of semi-xylenol orange and iminodiacetic acid.
Xylitol Xylitol, also called wood sugar or birch sugar, is a five-carbon sugar alcohol that is used as a sugar substitute. Xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener found in the fibers of many fruits and vegetables, including various berries, corn husks, oats, and mushrooms.
Xylocopinae The subfamily Xylocopinae occurs worldwide, and includes the familiar Carpenter bees and their more obscure relatives; there are many species, but relatively few genera (only 4 genera outside of the allodapines). The tribes within the subfamily other than Xylocopini consist mostly of small, relatively hairless, shiny bees, whose close relationship to the large, hairy carpenter bees is not easily apparent.
Xylokastro Xylokastro (Greek:, Modern: ΞυλόκαĎĎ„ĎÎż, Ancient: Xylokastron, ΞυλόκαĎĎ„Ďον Greek word meaning wooden castle) is a city that is 40 km W of Corinth via GR-8, which is also E65. Its interchange is about 1.
Xylophagidae The Brachyceran infraorder Xylophagomorpha is a small group that consists solely of the family Xylophagidae, which presently contains subfamilies that were sometimes considered to be two small related families (Coenomyiidae and Rachiceridae). Other obsolete names for members of this family include Exeretonevridae and Heterostomidae.
Xylophagy Xylophagy is a term used in biology to describe the habits of an animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood. Most such animals are arthropods, primarily insects of various kinds, in which the behavior is quite common, and found in many different orders.
Xylorimba The xylorimba (sometimes known as the xylo-marimba or marimba-xylophone) is a pitched percussion musical instrument which is a xylophone with an extended range (and not a combination of the xylophone and the marimba, although the name might imply that).
Xylosynth The Xylosynth is a MIDI mallet controller invented by Will Wernick of Wernick Musical Instruments based in Leicester in the United Kingdom. Will began the process in the 1980s when he was commissioned by a band called Dream Theater to design a sculptural mallet percussion instrument for a video they were making.
Xylotechnigraphy Xylotechnigraphy is an architectural term for a decorative treatment to wood by means of staining, finishing and graining to resemble a more expensive or finer wood. The process was patented in England in 1871.
Xylotymvou Xylotymvou (Greek]: Ξυλοτύμβου) is a village in [[Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus. It is one of two villages surrounded by the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia the others are Ormidhia and Dhekelia Power Station.
Xymalos Xymalos monospora, commonly known as Lemonwood, is a species of evergreen tree native to Africa. Xymalos is an Afromontane endemic, and can be found from 900-2700 meters elevation in the highlands of Eastern Africa from Sudan to South Africa, as well as on Mount Cameroon and Bioko in west-central Africa.
Xynisteri Xynisteri (also spelt xynistery, xinisteri) (Greek: ξυνιĎĎ„ÎĎÎą) is an indigenous white grape grown on Cyprus. 13% of Cyprus vineyards page 454, Larousse Encyclopaedia of Wine by Christopher Foulkes, ISBN 0-600-60475-6.
Xynomizithra Xynomizithra (Greek: ΞυνομυζήθĎα, feminine gender) is a traditional, unpasteurized cheese, made from sheep's and/or goat's whey with the addition of milk. The cheese is soft, snow-white, unguent and granulated.
Xyrichtys Xyrichtys is a genus of wrasses found in sandy-bottomed ocean habitats throughout the world. They are commonly known as razorfishes as they are very laterally compressed with a sharp bony ridge at the front of the head.
Xystus Xystus was the Greek architectural term for the covered portico of the gymnasium, in which the exercises took place during the winter or in rainy weather. The Romans applied the term to the garden walk in front of the porticoes, which was divided into flower beds with borders of box, and to a promenade between rows of large trees.
Xyzoo Animation Xyzoo Animation is an animation studio founded by director/animator Lindsay van Blerk in 1991. Situated in Cape Town, South Africa, the studio has produced five stop-motion/clay-animated films, three of which have won a number of awards.
XY TV XY TV was a lifestyle channel targeted towards generation 'x' and generation 'y', basically the 12-34 yr old demographic. Programming deals with a whole range of issues such as sex, dating, relationships, jobs, nightlife and more.
XYZ (band) XYZ was the proposed name for an abortive supergroup. The name XYZ is taken from eX-Yes-&-Zeppelin as the group consisted of ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, along with ex-Yes members Chris Squire (bass guitar, vocals, keyboards) and Alan White (drums).
XYZ Affair The XYZ Affair was a 1797 diplomatic episode that worsened relations between the United States and France and led to the undeclared Quasi War of 1798. The Jay Treaty of 1795 angered France, which was at war with Britain and misinterpreted the treaty as evidence of an Anglo-American alliance.
XYZ Records Frank Slay and Bob Crewe ran their own label "XYZ" mainly as an outlet for their own songs.The label opened in 1957 and was sporadically active till about 1960 ,their only success was with The Rays"Silhouettes" that was taken over for national distribution by Cameo Records in Philadelphia.
XYZZY Award The XYZZY Awards are an event to recognize extraordinary interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards or Grammy Awards but for a far smaller community. The XYZZY awards have been presented yearly in the early spring since 1996 by Eileen Mullin, the editor of XYZZYnews.
Xzibit Alvin Nathaniel Joiner IV (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit, is an American hip hop performer, actor, and television personality who was born in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in New Mexico by his father and stepmother. He is also known for hosting MTV's Pimp My Ride.
Xvidcap xvidcap is a free software used for recording a screencast or digital recording of an X Window System screen output with an audio narration. Screen capture tools are very handy for developers to document software and installation procedures.
XvMC X-Video Motion Compensation, often abbreviated as XvMC, is an extension of the X video extension for the X Window System. It allows video programs to offload portions of the MPEG2 decoding process to the GPU hardware.
XV Corps (India) The Indian XV Corps was a British Commonwealth corps. It took part in the initial stages of the Burma Campaign and formed the nucleus of the force which was to grow into the Fourteenth Army during World War II.
XV Corps (United States) Initially constituted on October 1, 1933 as part of the Organized Reserves, the XV Corps was activated on 15 February 1943 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. XV Corps fought for 307 days in the European Theater of Operations, fighting from Normandy through France and southern Germany into Austria.
XV José Iturbi International Piano Competition The XV José Iturbi International Piano Competition took place in Valencia, from September 14th to the 30th, 2006. The competition is held every two years and is a member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions.
XV-179 On September 18, 2006, The United Kingdom's Channel 4 News aired an article critising the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) for having only fitted 1 C-130 Hercules with a foam surpressant system which could well have have prevented the loss of the aircraft, which was shot down in January 2005, killing all 10 on board.
XVe arrondissement The 15th arrondissement (XVe arrondissement), located on the Left Bank (Rive Gauche), is the most populous of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It shares the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements.
XView XView is a widget toolkit from Sun Microsystems introduced in 1988, providing an OPEN LOOK user interface for X Window System applications. It has the same look and feel of the earlier SunView system, and provides a similar object-oriented application programming interface for the C programming language.
XVI International AIDS Conference, 2006 The XVI International AIDS Conference was held in Toronto, Ontario, during the week of August 13-18, 2006. This was the third time that Canada has hosted the International AIDS Conference, after Montréal in 1989 and Vancouver in 1996.
XVIe arrondissement The 16th arrondissement (XVIe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. The arrondissement hosts the famous Avenue Foch which is the widest in Paris, as well as the mainly residential district of Auteuil and Passy.
XVIIe arrondissement The 17th arrondissement (XVIIe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. This arrondissement hosts two very active districts: in the northern part, the district around Place de Clichy which is very popular ; in the southern part, the district around Avenue des ternes, where the Marché Poncelet is located, is more in the style of Haussmann.
XVIII Airborne Corps (United States) The XVIII Airborne Corps is the corps of the United States Army designed for rapid deployment anywhere in the world. It is referred to as "America's Contingency Corps" and is the Army's largest warfighting organization.
XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery In the First Gulf War XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery consisted of the 5/8th, 3/8th and 1/39th Field Artillery Regiments. The living quarters for these three units were situated between division and special forces at Fort Bragg.
XVIIIe arrondissement The 18th arrondissement (XVIIIe arrondissement), located on the Rive Droite (Right Bank), is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It is mostly known for hosting the district of Montmartre, which contains a hill dominated by the Sacré Coeur basilica, as well as the famous Moulin Rouge.
XVRML xVRML (eXtensible Virtual Reality Modeling Language, usually pronounced ex-vermal) is a standard file format for representing 3-dimensional (3D) interactive computer graphics, designed particularly with the World Wide Web in mind.
XVT XVT is a software development environment for easily building cross-platform GUI applications in C or C++. XVT allows developers to graphically lay out an application's GUI, and provides cross-platform libraries to aid development.
Xwemelch'stn Xwemelch'stn, usually anglicized as Homulchesan, is a large community within the Squamish Nation of the Skwxwu7mesh people, who are a part of the Coast Salish ethnic and linguistic group. The name Xwemelch'stn, translates to "Fast Moving Water of Fish", relating to the Capilano River.
Xwrits xwrits is a Linux software application which reminds computer users to take wrist breaks. This helps prevent them from developing or aggravating occupational diseases such as carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive strain injuries.
XWin Keith Packard started the XWin project in 2003 in order to provide forums for collaborative and co-operative discussion between X developers, X end-users, and potential developers. Due to misleading media reports from news sites such as Slashdot and others, the public gained the incorrect impression that the project had forked the XFree86 source code.
XWinLogon XWinLogon is an interface to the Cygwin/X Server (The graphical interface of an X Window System) to allow the user to easily connect to a Unix/Linux box from Windows computer. The XWinLogon system is free and stable.
Xxencode Xxencode is an obsolete binary to text encoding similar to Uuencode which uses only the alphanumeric characters, and the plus and minus signs. It was invented as a means to transfer files in a format which would survive character set translation.
Xxplosive productions Xxplosive Productions is a music label founded in early 2005. Founded by Joe 'JNaz' Nazareth, Ryan 'RJGrand' Jackman and David 'DJR' Rankine, the label is currently independant with no major distribution contracts.
XX Corps (United Kingdom) The British XX Corps was a World War I army corps that was formed in Palestine in 1917. Following the British failure in the Second Battle of Gaza, the Egyptian Expeditionary Force underwent a major rearrangement with the appointment of General Edmund Allenby as the new Commander-in-Chief.
XX gonadal dysgenesis XX gonadal dysgenesis is a type of female hypogonadism in which no functional ovaries are present to induce puberty in an otherwise normal girl whose karyotype is found to be 46, XX. With nonfunctional streak ovaries she is low in estrogen levels (hypoestrogenic) and has high levels of FSH and LH.
XX-Large Analogue Dreams XX-Large Analogue Dreams is a sample CD released by Best Service, available in Akai S1000, Audio CD, Roland and SampleCell Mac formats. It contains samples of single notes that have, where appropriate, been looped to allow the musician to sustain notes indefinitely.
XX/XY XX/XY is a film released in 2002 starring Mark Ruffalo and Maya Stange. The film is a romantic drama written and directed by Austin Chick, the title referring to the different chromosome pairings present in men and women.
XXe arrondissement The 20th arrondissement (XXe arrondissement), located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains the cosmopolitan districts of MĂ©nilmontant and Belleville which have welcomed many successive waves of immigration since the middle of the 19th century.
XXI Corps (United States) Initially constituted on December 2, 1943 in the Army of the United States, the XXI Corps was activated on December 6, 1943 at Camp Polk, Louisiana. XXI Corps fought for 116 days in the European Theater of Operations, fighting from Alsace through southern Germany and into Austria.
XXIII BRDC International Trophy The 23rd BRDC International Trophy meeting - fomally the GEN/Daily Express BRDC International Trophy - was held on 8 May 1971 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. The race was run to Formula One and Formula 5000 regulations, and was held over two heats of 26 laps each, the final results being an aggregate of the two.
XXL Megadiscount XXL Megadiscount is a discount Romanian supermarket chain owned by Rewe International of Germany, which also operates the Billa brand in Romania. As opposed to Billa, XXL stores are generally larger and geared towards low-income and middle-income consumers.
XXV Corps (ACW) XXV Corps was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was unique in that it was made up almost entirely of African-American troops, which had previously belonged to the X and XVIII Corps.
XXVIIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVIIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXVIII Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique) is planned to be held in Quebec City from 23 June to 28 June 2008. This will be the twenty eighth Congress to be held since 1929.
XXVIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVIIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXVII Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique) was a major meeting of genealogists and heraldists. The gathering took place in St Andrews, Scotland in August of 2006 and was held at the University of St Andrews.
XXVIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVIth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXVI Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique) was held from 6 September to 11 September 2004. The gathering of heraldists and genealogists was held in Bruges, Belgium, and was sponsored by the Flemish Heraldic Council.
XXVth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences The XXVth International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences (French XXV Congrès International des Sciences Généalogique et Héraldique)was held in Dublin from 16 September to 21 September 2002. The proceedings took place at Dublin Castle, and the theme of the Congress was "Genealogy and Heraldry: Their Place and Practice in Changing Times.
XXX (film) XXX (also written xXx), pronounced "Triple X", is a 2002 action movie starring Vin Diesel. XXX was marketed as a James Bond style film for the new millennium and featured similar gadgetry, international schemes and intrigues, villain-sponsored take-over-the-world schemes backed up by doomsday devices, a female co-star/love interest, and elaborate stunts (as Roger Ebert put it, "Why blow up two cars when you can blow up twenty?
XXX (Family Restaurant) The XXX Family Restraunt (also spelled Triple-X, like how the name is pronounced) is the name of two 50's-style root beer and hamburger joints, one in Issaquah,Washington, and the main one in Lafayette,Indiana.
XXX Action Clips Channel XXX Action Clips Channel is a Canadian category 2 subscription based television channel available through satellite and digital cable. The channels programming comes in the form of 5 to 20 minutes clips from adult feature films from various adult film genres.
XXX: State of the Union XXX: State Of The Union, released as XXX: The Next Level outside of the United States and Canada, is a 2005 action/adventure film, directed by Lee Tamahori. It is a sequel to the 2002 film XXX (pronounced "triple x").
XXXDial XXXDial is a spyware/dialer application currently (as of December 2004) causing havoc in the UK. It changes a victim's PPP settings so that it automatically tries to reconnect to a premium rate number, as opposed to a user's normal dial-in number.
XXXenophile XXXenophile is an American comic book series, published by Palliard Press and later Studio Foglio, that is structured as an anthology of whimsical erotic fantasy and science fiction stories written and penciled by Phil Foglio; each story was inked by a different artist, including among many others Matt Howarth, William Messner-Loebs, Frank Kelly Freas, Kevin Eastman, and Bob Eggleton.The Phil Foglio Gallimaufry 1 - Major Works as the Writer and Artist
XXXG-01S2 Altron Gundam The XXXG-01S2 Altron Gundam (Traditional Chinese: 二é 龍; Simplified Chinese: 二头龙, pinyin: èr tĂłu lĂłng) is a gundam type mobile suit from the fictional anime and manga series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.
XXXX XXXX (pronounced four-eks) is a brand of beers brewed in Milton, Brisbane by Queensland brewers, Castlemaine Perkins. It enjoys wide popularity in the state of Queensland and is commonly found on-tap in most Queensland pubs and bars.
XXXX syndrome XXXX syndrome (also called tetrasomy X, quadruple X, or 48, XXXX) is a rare chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of four X chromosomes instead of two X chromosomes, which are normally found in females. This condition only occurs in females, as there are no Y chromosomes present.
Xybots Xybots was developed by Atari Games in 1987 as an arcade video game, then later released on other platforms. In Xybots, the player must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all humankind.
Xyelidae The Xyelidae is a small family of sawflies known from fewer than 50 extant species in 5 genera, but with an extensive fossil record; they are the oldest fossil Hymenoptera, dating back to the Triassic, some 200 million years ago. Most species occur in the Northern Hemisphere, especially in boreal regions, though there are a few neotropical species.
Xyeloidea The Xyeloidea are a small superfamily within the Symphyta, containing fewer than 200 extant species, but with an extensive fossil record. They are sometimes believed to be the oldest group within the Hymenoptera.
Xylazine Xylazine is a drug that is used for sedation, anesthesia, muscle relaxation, and analgesia in animals such as horses, cattle and other large mammals {non-human}. An analogue of clonidine, it is an agonist at the α2 class of adrenergic receptor.
Xylella fastidiosa Xylella fastidiosa is a Gamma Proteobacteria that is an important plant pathogen, causing several plant diseases including phoney peach disease in the southern United States, oleander leaf scorch and Pierce's disease in California, and citrus X disease in Brazil.
Xylem In vascular plants, xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in plants, phloem being the other one. The word "xylem" is derived from classical Greek ξυλον (xylon), "wood", and indeed the best known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout the plant.
Xylene The term xylenes refers to a group of 3 benzene derivatives which encompasses ortho-, meta-, and para- isomers of dimethyl benzene. The o-, m- and p- isomers specify to which carbon atoms (of the main benzene ring) the two methyl groups are attached.
Xylene (Community) Xylene Online Community, now called Xylene Community, was started by James Preece in late 1998. It was originally a community of Linux users who would register on the site to talk about various computing topics (and other stuff).
Xylene cyanol Xylene cyanol can be used as a color marker to monitor the process of agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; in 1% agarose gels, it typically migrates at about the same rate as a 4000 base pair DNA fragment. Bromophenol blue and orange G can also be used for this purpose.
Xylenol Xylenol or dimethylphenol is an arene compound with two methyl groups and a hydroxyl group. 6 isomers exist of xylenol of which 2,6-xylenol with both methyl group in an ortho position with respect to the hydroxyl group is the most important.
Xylenol orange Xylenol orange is an organic reagent, most commonly used as a tetrasodium salt as an indicator for metal titrations. Historically, commercial preparations of it have been notoriously impure, sometimes consisting of as little as 20% xylenol orange, and containing large amounts of semi-xylenol orange and iminodiacetic acid.
Xylitol Xylitol, also called wood sugar or birch sugar, is a five-carbon sugar alcohol that is used as a sugar substitute. Xylitol is a naturally occurring sweetener found in the fibers of many fruits and vegetables, including various berries, corn husks, oats, and mushrooms.
Xylocopinae The subfamily Xylocopinae occurs worldwide, and includes the familiar Carpenter bees and their more obscure relatives; there are many species, but relatively few genera (only 4 genera outside of the allodapines). The tribes within the subfamily other than Xylocopini consist mostly of small, relatively hairless, shiny bees, whose close relationship to the large, hairy carpenter bees is not easily apparent.
Xylokastro Xylokastro (Greek:, Modern: ΞυλόκαĎĎ„ĎÎż, Ancient: Xylokastron, ΞυλόκαĎĎ„Ďον Greek word meaning wooden castle) is a city that is 40 km W of Corinth via GR-8, which is also E65. Its interchange is about 1.
Xylophagidae The Brachyceran infraorder Xylophagomorpha is a small group that consists solely of the family Xylophagidae, which presently contains subfamilies that were sometimes considered to be two small related families (Coenomyiidae and Rachiceridae). Other obsolete names for members of this family include Exeretonevridae and Heterostomidae.
Xylophagy Xylophagy is a term used in biology to describe the habits of an animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood. Most such animals are arthropods, primarily insects of various kinds, in which the behavior is quite common, and found in many different orders.
Xylorimba The xylorimba (sometimes known as the xylo-marimba or marimba-xylophone) is a pitched percussion musical instrument which is a xylophone with an extended range (and not a combination of the xylophone and the marimba, although the name might imply that).
Xylosynth The Xylosynth is a MIDI mallet controller invented by Will Wernick of Wernick Musical Instruments based in Leicester in the United Kingdom. Will began the process in the 1980s when he was commissioned by a band called Dream Theater to design a sculptural mallet percussion instrument for a video they were making.
Xylotechnigraphy Xylotechnigraphy is an architectural term for a decorative treatment to wood by means of staining, finishing and graining to resemble a more expensive or finer wood. The process was patented in England in 1871.
Xylotymvou Xylotymvou (Greek]: Ξυλοτύμβου) is a village in [[Larnaca District in south-eastern Cyprus. It is one of two villages surrounded by the British Sovereign Base Area of Dhekelia the others are Ormidhia and Dhekelia Power Station.
Xymalos Xymalos monospora, commonly known as Lemonwood, is a species of evergreen tree native to Africa. Xymalos is an Afromontane endemic, and can be found from 900-2700 meters elevation in the highlands of Eastern Africa from Sudan to South Africa, as well as on Mount Cameroon and Bioko in west-central Africa.
Xynisteri Xynisteri (also spelt xynistery, xinisteri) (Greek: ξυνιĎĎ„ÎĎÎą) is an indigenous white grape grown on Cyprus. 13% of Cyprus vineyards page 454, Larousse Encyclopaedia of Wine by Christopher Foulkes, ISBN 0-600-60475-6.
Xynomizithra Xynomizithra (Greek: ΞυνομυζήθĎα, feminine gender) is a traditional, unpasteurized cheese, made from sheep's and/or goat's whey with the addition of milk. The cheese is soft, snow-white, unguent and granulated.
Xyrichtys Xyrichtys is a genus of wrasses found in sandy-bottomed ocean habitats throughout the world. They are commonly known as razorfishes as they are very laterally compressed with a sharp bony ridge at the front of the head.
Xystus Xystus was the Greek architectural term for the covered portico of the gymnasium, in which the exercises took place during the winter or in rainy weather. The Romans applied the term to the garden walk in front of the porticoes, which was divided into flower beds with borders of box, and to a promenade between rows of large trees.
Xyzoo Animation Xyzoo Animation is an animation studio founded by director/animator Lindsay van Blerk in 1991. Situated in Cape Town, South Africa, the studio has produced five stop-motion/clay-animated films, three of which have won a number of awards.
XY TV XY TV was a lifestyle channel targeted towards generation 'x' and generation 'y', basically the 12-34 yr old demographic. Programming deals with a whole range of issues such as sex, dating, relationships, jobs, nightlife and more.
XYZ (band) XYZ was the proposed name for an abortive supergroup. The name XYZ is taken from eX-Yes-&-Zeppelin as the group consisted of ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, along with ex-Yes members Chris Squire (bass guitar, vocals, keyboards) and Alan White (drums).
XYZ Affair The XYZ Affair was a 1797 diplomatic episode that worsened relations between the United States and France and led to the undeclared Quasi War of 1798. The Jay Treaty of 1795 angered France, which was at war with Britain and misinterpreted the treaty as evidence of an Anglo-American alliance.
XYZ Records Frank Slay and Bob Crewe ran their own label "XYZ" mainly as an outlet for their own songs.The label opened in 1957 and was sporadically active till about 1960 ,their only success was with The Rays"Silhouettes" that was taken over for national distribution by Cameo Records in Philadelphia.
XYZZY Award The XYZZY Awards are an event to recognize extraordinary interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards or Grammy Awards but for a far smaller community. The XYZZY awards have been presented yearly in the early spring since 1996 by Eileen Mullin, the editor of XYZZYnews.
Xzibit Alvin Nathaniel Joiner IV (born September 18, 1974), better known by his stage name Xzibit, is an American hip hop performer, actor, and television personality who was born in Detroit, Michigan and was raised in New Mexico by his father and stepmother. He is also known for hosting MTV's Pimp My Ride.
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