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110:: "good to go", "got to go", or "get together"
530:– Ten-thousand concurrent connections problem
903:"Exclusive XML Canonicalization Version 1.0"
205:Examples of numerical contractions include:
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598:"Screening the Novel Words of Harry Potter"
431:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
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341:Examples of purely numeric words include:
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451:Learn how and when to remove this message
370:– The length of time associated with the
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573:"It's a Number! It's a Word! It's Both!"
793:"Localization vs. Internationalization"
723:"Modularization of XHTML in XML Schema"
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596:Jeffrey McQuain (September 16, 2001).
855:Jeffries, Andy (September 24, 2019).
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325:, which has been in use since before
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429:adding citations to reliable sources
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30:Microsoft Encarta College Dictionary
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630:"Origin Of The Abbreviation I18n"
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842:"Kubernetes (K8s) README"
571:Pope, Mike (2012-02-29).
478:World Wide Web Consortium
46:alphanumeric abbreviation
268:observability (software)
162:: "business-to-consumer"
51:
1011:"8 minutes, 46 seconds"
388:(All Cops Are Bastards)
676:"INTEROPERABILITY.net"
372:murder of George Floyd
362:Chinese Internet Slang
309:" for "information", "
186:account name given to
177:numerical contractions
167:Numerical contractions
23:is a word, usually an
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823:. Andreessen Horowitz
146:: "talk to you later"
425:improve this section
250:internationalization
192:system administrator
173:internationalization
154:business-to-business
42:alphanumeric acronym
960:"Incubator 143 Lab"
748:"p13n – Wiktionary"
610:on February 5, 2016
256:Andreessen Horowitz
983:The New York Times
603:The New York Times
288:volcano in Iceland
752:en.wiktionary.org
702:"a11yproject.com"
682:on August 2, 2012
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517:Year 2000 problem
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138:free-to-play
128:peer-to-peer
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772:"s{horte}n"
628:Tex Texin.
484:SI prefixes
124:pay-to-play
1035:Categories
1020:2020-06-02
996:2020-06-02
942:2023-11-27
912:2022-10-28
888:2021-01-24
827:2021-03-01
802:2021-03-01
757:2019-09-12
614:2010-04-12
582:2023-12-19
558:References
441:April 2024
303:New Yorker
284:E15 – The
262:Kubernetes
57:Homophones
35:phonewords
991:0362-4331
927:Faye Flam
883:Honeycomb
412:does not
144:T2UL/T2YL
116:: "great"
63:Homophone
21:numeronym
861:civo.com
821:a16z.com
707:July 22,
535:See also
94:: before
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817:"About"
433:removed
418:sources
384:1312 -
323:10-code
301:" for "
278:c14n –
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266:o11y –
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248:i18n –
242:l10n –
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196:surname
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776:s5n.pw
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307:4-1-1
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734:2007
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688:2007
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637:2005
541:Leet
496:1000
416:any
414:cite
386:ACAB
381:died
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