The Hamburger Schule (German for ‘Hamburg School’) is a musical current in Germany during the 1980s and early 1990s. With some active bands and artists it is still present. It […]
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Thai television soap opera
Soap operas are a popular genre of Thai television. They are known in Thai as ละครโทรทัศน์ (RTGS: lakhon thorathat lit. television play) or simply ละคร (lakhon pronounced [la.kʰɔːn] also spelled […]
Vallenato
Vallenato along with cumbia is a popular folk music of Colombia. It primarily comes from the Colombia’s Caribbean region. Vallenato literally means born in the valley. The valley influencing this […]
MUD client
A MUD client is a computer application used to connect to a MUD a type of multiplayer online game. Generally a MUD client is a very basic telnet client that […]
Home theater PC
A home theater PC (HTPC) or media center computer is a convergence device that combines some or all the capabilities of a personal computer with a software application that supports […]
Old Style and New Style dates
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are sometimes used with dates to indicate either whether the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January […]
Transcoding
Transcoding is the direct analog-to-analog or digital-to-digital conversion of one encoding to another such as for movie data files (PAL SECAM and NTSC Etc.) or audio files (MP3 WAV Etc.). […]
Plot twist
A plot twist is a radical change in the expected direction or outcome of the plot of a novel film television series comic video game or other work of narrative. […]
Finger wave
A finger wave is a method of setting hair into waves (curls) that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s and in the late 1990s in North America and Europe. […]
Gaelic games
Gaelic games are sports played in Ireland under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). Gaelic football and hurling are the two main games. Other games organised by the […]