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  2. Master boot record - Wikipedia

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    The MBR bootstrap code loads and runs (a boot loader- or operating system-dependent) volume boot record code that is located at the beginning of the "active" partition. The volume boot record will fit within a 512-byte sector, but it is safe for the MBR code to load additional sectors to accommodate boot loaders longer than one sector, provided ...

  3. Bootstrapping (finance) - Wikipedia

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    In finance, bootstrapping is a method for constructing a (zero-coupon) fixed-income yield curve from the prices of a set of coupon-bearing products, e.g. bonds and swaps.. A bootstrapped curve, correspondingly, is one where the prices of the instruments used as an input to the curve, will be an exact output, when these same instruments are valued using this curve.

  4. List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters - Wikipedia

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    Will Turner. William "Will" Turner Jr. appears in as a protagonist of the first three films in the series ( The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man's Chest, and At World's End) and is one of the leading men, portrayed by Orlando BLoom. He is the only child of pirate William "Bootstrap Bill" Turner.

  5. jQuery - Wikipedia

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    Overview. jQuery, at its core, is a Document Object Model (DOM) manipulation library. The DOM is a tree-structure representation of all the elements of a Web page. jQuery simplifies the syntax for finding, selecting, and manipulating these DOM elements. For example, jQuery can be used for finding an element in the document with a certain ...

  6. Bootstrapping (compilers) - Wikipedia

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    Bootstrapping (compilers) In computer science, bootstrapping is the technique for producing a self-compiling compiler – that is, a compiler (or assembler) written in the source programming language that it intends to compile. An initial core version of the compiler (the bootstrap compiler) is generated in a different language (which could be ...

  7. Out-of-bag error - Wikipedia

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    One set, the bootstrap sample, is the data chosen to be "in-the-bag" by sampling with replacement. The out-of-bag set is all data not chosen in the sampling process. When this process is repeated, such as when building a random forest, many bootstrap samples and OOB sets are created. The OOB sets can be aggregated into one dataset, but each ...

  8. Neurath's boat - Wikipedia

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    Neurath's boat (or Neurath's ship) is a simile used in anti-foundational accounts of knowledge, especially in the philosophy of science. It was first formulated by Otto Neurath. It is based in part on the Ship of Theseus which, however, is standardly used to illustrate other philosophical questions, to do with problems of identity. [1]

  9. Plant life-form - Wikipedia

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    Plant life-form. Plant life-form schemes constitute a way of classifying plants alternatively to the ordinary species-genus-family scientific classification. In colloquial speech, plants may be classified as trees, shrubs, herbs ( forbs and graminoids ), etc. The scientific use of life-form schemes emphasizes plant function in the ecosystem and ...