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  • In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information (referred to as plaintext) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually ...
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  • Epstein-Barr virus, frequently referred to as EBV, is a distinct member of the herpesvirus family (Herpesviridae) of DNA viruses and one of the most common viruses in humans. ...
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  • Diphtheria is a highly-contagious disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, an aerobic Gram-positive bacterium. It is generally an upper respiratory tract illness characterized ...
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  • Ichneumonidae is a diverse family of wasps, typically characterized by a parasitic component to the life cycle, antennae with 16 or more segments, an elongated abdomen, and females ...
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  • Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm), located at the confluence point of the White Nile and the Blue Nile, is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. Although the region ...
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  • Tunis ( تونس, Tūnis ) is the capital and largest city of the Tunisian Republic. It is the center of Tunisian commerce, as well as focus of political and administrative life ...
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  • category:image wanted Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel music and originated in the late 1950s in the United States. Rhythm and blues (a combination ...
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  • Pumpkin is the common name for large-fruited varieties of several species of trailing and climbing plants of the genus Cucurbita, characterized by a round, pulpy, orange or orange ...
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  • Mani (c.216–274 A.D.) was an Iranian religious prophet and preacher who founded Manichaeism, an ancient dualistic religion that was once prolific in Persia but is now extinct ...
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  • Category:Image wanted Sayyid Abul Ala al-Maududi (Urdu: سيد ابو الاعلى مودودی, Arabic: سيد أبو الأعلى المودودي; alternative spellings of first ...
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  • Viperidae, whose members are commonly known as vipers, is a family of venomous snakes characterized by a head that is distinct from the body and with a single pair of long, hollow ...
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  • Exoskeleton is a hard, external structure that covers, supports, and protects an animal's body, such as the chitinous covering of a crab, the silica shells (frustules) of ...
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  • The nervous system is the network of specialized cells, tissues, and organs in a multicellular animal that coordinates the body's interaction with the environment, including ...
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  • Alexandria, with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo. It is the country's largest seaport, serving in excess of 50 percent of all ...
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  • In religious discourse, Inclusivism designates a particular theological position regarding the relationship between religions. This position is characterized by the belief that ...
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  • Capuchin monkey is the common name for the tropical New World monkeys comprising the genus Cebus of the primate family Cebidae, characterized by a hairy, prehensile tail, and ...
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  • Strep throat, also known as Streptococcal pharyngitis or Streptococcal sore throat, is a contagious infection of the mucous membranes of the pharynx caused by group A Streptococcus ...
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  • The Ghana Empire or Wagadou Empire (existed c. 750-1076) was located in what is now southeastern Mauritania, Western Mali, and Eastern Senegal. This is believed to be first of ...
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  • Bukhara ( Buxoro , Бухоро , بُخارا , Бухара ), also spelled as Bukhoro and Bokhara, from the Soghdian βuxārak ("lucky place"), is the capital of the ...
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  • Penguin (PEN-gwin or PENG-gwin) is the common name for any of the aquatic, gregarious, flightless birds comprising the family Spheniscidae, living almost exclusively in the Southern ...
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