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  2. Code word (figure of speech) - Wikipedia

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    A code word is a word or a phrase designed to convey a predetermined meaning to an audience who know the phrase, while remaining inconspicuous to the uninitiated. For example, a public address system may be used to make an announcement asking for "Inspector Sands" to attend a particular area, which staff will recognise as a code word for a fire or bomb threat, and the general public will ignore.

  3. The Mother of All Demos - Wikipedia

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    The Mother of All Demos. Engelbart practicing for the demo. " The Mother of All Demos " was a landmark computer demonstration of developments by the Augmentation Research Center, given at the Association for Computing Machinery / Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (ACM/IEEE)—Computer Society's Fall Joint Computer Conference in ...

  4. Third Eye Blind - Wikipedia

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    Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993.After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recording contract with Elektra Records in 1996.

  5. Three Dollar Bill, Y'all - Wikipedia

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    Three Dollar Bill, Y'all (stylized as Three Dollar Bill, Yall$) is the debut studio album by American nu metal band Limp Bizkit, released on July 1, 1997, through Flip and Interscope Records.

  6. Corey Taylor - Wikipedia

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    Corey Todd Taylor (born December 8, 1973) is an American musician, songwriter, author and actor. He is the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #8, as well as the lead vocalist, guitarist, lyricist, and sole continuous member of the rock band Stone Sour.

  7. What's My Age Again? - Wikipedia

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    Background and writing Bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus initially composed the song as a joke. Blink-182, consisting of bassist Mark Hoppus, guitarist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Scott Raynor, formed in the early 1990s, and by the end of the decade, had reached commercial success with their second album, 1997's Dude Ranch. Its lead single, "Dammit (Growing Up)", became one of the most-played U.S ...

  8. List of ISO 3166 country codes - Wikipedia

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    See the ISO 3166-3 standard for former country codes. British Virgin Islands – See Virgin Islands (British) . Burma – See Myanmar . Cape Verde – See Cabo Verde . Caribbean Netherlands – See Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba . China, The Republic of – See Taiwan (Province of China) . Democratic People's Republic of Korea – See Korea ...

  9. Randy Travis - Wikipedia

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    The two of them live together on Chrysalis Ranch, a ranch they own outside Tioga, Texas. Travis underwent a number of public intoxication incidents in the early 2010s. He was arrested in February 2012, when he was found in a parked car outside of a church in Sanger, Texas, with an open bottle of wine and smelling of alcohol.