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OpenVMS, also known as VMS, is a closed-source operating system that supports time-sharing, batch processing, transaction processing and workstation applications. It was first developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1977 and has been ported to run on VAX, Alpha, Itanium and x86-64 platforms.
Rust is a general-purpose language that emphasizes performance, type safety, and concurrency. It was created by Mozilla Research employee Graydon Hoare in 2006 and has been adopted by many companies and projects, including Linux kernel and Firefox.
Algebra is the branch of mathematics that studies abstract systems and operations. Learn about its origin, development, and major branches, such as elementary, linear, abstract, and universal algebra.
The Turing test is a test of a machine's ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable from, that of a human. It was proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 and has been influential and controversial in the philosophy of artificial intelligence.
On 13 March 2004, amendments to the Mexico City Civil Code that allow transgender people to change their gender and name on their birth certificates, took effect. [205] [206] In September 2008, the PRD-controlled Mexico City Legislative Assembly approved a law, in a 37–17 vote, making gender changes easier for transgender people. [207]
Debian, also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is one of the oldest and most popular Linux distributions, developed by a community of volunteers since 1993. It offers various editions, architectures, and user interfaces, and is the basis for many other distributions with different purposes.
Leonardo Torres Quevedo was a Spanish engineer, mathematician and inventor, known for his contributions to aeronautics, robotics and computing. He invented the Telekino, the Astra-Torres airship, the El Ajedrecista chess player and the Analytical Machine, among other devices.