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  2. Vought F4U Corsair - Wikipedia

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    The Vought F4U Corsair is an American fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Designed and initially manufactured by Chance Vought, the Corsair was soon in great demand; additional production contracts were given to Goodyear, whose Corsairs were designated FG, and Brewster, designated F3A .

  3. CUDA - Wikipedia

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    CUDA. In computing, CUDA (originally Compute Unified Device Architecture) is a proprietary [1] parallel computing platform and application programming interface (API) that allows software to use certain types of graphics processing units (GPUs) for accelerated general-purpose processing, an approach called general-purpose computing on GPUs ...

  4. Edinburgh Castle - Wikipedia

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    Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland.It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age.There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633.

  5. General Motors LS-based small-block engine - Wikipedia

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    The General Motors LS-based small-block engines are a family of V8 and V6 engines designed and manufactured by American automotive company General Motors.First introduced in 1997, the family is a continuation of the earlier first- and second-generation Chevrolet small-block engine, of which over 100 million have been produced altogether, and is also considered to be one of the most popular V8 ...

  6. Modern liberalism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Northeast, Great Lakes region, parts of the Southwest, and the West Coast are the main liberal strongholds; the fraction of Massachusetts self-identified conservatives being as low as 21%. [48] [49] Voters in the urban cores of large metropolitan areas tend to be more liberal and Democratic.

  7. McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet - Wikipedia

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    Since it was not strengthened for carrier service, it was expected to be lighter and better performing, and a strong competitor to the F-16 Fighting Falcon then being offered to American allies. The F-18L's normal gross weight was lighter than the F/A-18A by 7,700 pounds (3,490 kg), via lighter landing gear, lack of wing folding mechanism ...

  8. Amino acid - Wikipedia

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    the carboxylation of glutamate allows for better binding of calcium cations, [79] Hydroxyproline, generated by hydroxylation of proline, is a major component of the connective tissue collagen. [80] Hypusine in the translation initiation factor EIF5A, contains a modification of lysine. [81] Some non-proteinogenic amino acids are not found in ...

  9. Tardigrade - Wikipedia

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    Researchers showed it takes 48 hours at 37.1 °C (98.8 °F) to kill half of active tardigrades that have not been acclimated to heat. Acclimation boosted the temperature needed to kill half of active tardigrades to 37.6 °C (99.7 °F). Tardigrades in the tun state fared a bit better, tolerating higher temperatures.