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  • 121Chinese box — (or Chinese room ) A thought experiment introduced by the American philosopher J. R. Searle in ‘Minds, Brains, and Programs’ in the journal Behavioural and Brain Sciences (1980). We suppose that I am locked in a room and given a large batch of… …

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  • 122Alex (parrot) — Infobox Person name = Alex image size = 200px caption = birth date = 1976 birth place = death date = death date|2007|9|6|mf=y death place = Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. death cause = Sudden death secondary to atherosclerosis… …

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  • 123Vāc — Vāk or Vāc (stem IAST|vāc , nominative IAST|vāk ) is the Sanskrit word for speech , voice , talk , or language , from a verbal root IAST|vac speak, tell, utter .Personified, Vāk is a goddess, most frequently she is identified with Bharati or… …

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  • 124Mens mentis praecelsus — is Latin, literally translated into English meaning exceedingly high thought . It is a non religious, philosophical idea which can be applied to many beliefs. It states that everywhere, at all time, you have an equal, and an opposite. The only… …

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  • 125Linux startup process — The Linux startup process is the process by which Linux based operating systems initialize. It is in many ways similar to the BSD and other Unix style boot processes, from which it derives.Overview of typical processIn Linux, the flow of control… …

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  • 126understand — I. v. a. 1. Apprehend, conceive, perceive, know, penetrate, discern, see, comprehend, have knowledge of, see through, make out. 2. Be informed, be apprised, learn. 3. Interpret, take, suppose to mean. 4. Mean, imply. II. v. n. 1. Be an… …

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  • 127Skill — Skill, v. i. 1. To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I can not skill of these thy ways. Herbert. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a difference; to signify; to matter; used impersonally. Spenser.… …

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  • 128understand — v. (past and past part. stood) 1 tr. perceive the meaning of (words, a person, a language, etc.) (does not understand what you say; understood you perfectly; cannot understand French). 2 tr. perceive the significance or explanation or cause of… …

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