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  2. Event (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Event (computing) In programming and software design, an event is an action or occurrence recognized by software, often originating asynchronously from the external environment, that may be handled by the software. Computer events can be generated or triggered by the system, by the user, or in other ways.

  3. Event - Wikipedia

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    Event (computing), a software message indicating that something has happened, such as a keystroke or mouse click. Event (philosophy), an object in time, or an instantiation of a property in an object. Event (probability theory), a set of outcomes to which a probability is assigned. Event (relativity), a point in space at an instant in time, i.e ...

  4. Synchronicity - Wikipedia

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    Synchronicity ( German: Synchronizität) is a concept introduced by analytical psychologist Carl Jung "to describe circumstances that appear meaningfully related yet lack a causal connection ". [1] Synchronicity experiences refer to one's subjective experience whereby coincidences between events in one's mind and the outside world may be ...

  5. Anniversary - Wikipedia

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    Anniversary. An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints .

  6. Chain of events - Wikipedia

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    In value theory. In value theory, it is the amount of cause and effects of the chain of events before generating intrinsic value that separates high and low grades of instrumental value. The chain of events duration is the time it takes to reach the terminal event. In value theory this is generally the intrinsic value (also called terminal value).

  7. Black swan theory - Wikipedia

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    A black swan ( Cygnus atratus) in Australia. The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on a Latin expression which presumed that black swans did ...

  8. List of athletics events - Wikipedia

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    Men's Indoor 35lb Weight Throw and Women's Indoor 20lb Weight Throw. Octathlon, combined track and field event featured at the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. Throws pentathlon, a championship combined track and field event at the World Masters Athletics Championships. Fierljeppen, Frisian sport of pole vaulting for distance.

  9. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    Thesaurus. A thesaurus ( pl.: thesauri or thesauruses ), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...