Although the Three Kingdoms were reunified by the Jin Dynasty in 280, this structure was essentially the same until the Wu Hu uprising.

Although it varied in size and color and was at times cropped by the edges of the cover, or briefly rotated 4 degrees, it remained essentially unchanged for nearly three decades.

Although Magloire declared martial law, a general strike essentially shut down Port-au-Prince.

Although the group's early work was essentially punk-oriented, they quickly settled into a sunny, melodic, and slightly jangly pop style reminiscent in style of early R. E. M.

Although the kingdom had essentially been restored, the Lombard War continued to occupy the kingdom's nobility.

" Although Muslims, as well as Jews and Eastern Christians, had virtually no rights in the countryside, where they were essentially the property of the crusader lord who owned the land, tolerance for other faiths was in general higher than that found elsewhere in the Middle East.

Although reuptake of Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > by the ER ( concomitant with its release ) modulates the intensity of the puffs, thus insulating mitochondria to a certain degree from high Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > exposure, the MAM often serves as a firewall that essentially buffers Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > puffs by acting as a sink into which free ions released into the cytosol can be funneled .< ref name = Kopach > This Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > tunneling occurs through the low-affinity Ca < sup > 2 +</ sup > receptor VDAC1, which recently has been shown to be physically tethered to the IP3R clusters on the ER membrane and enriched at the MAM.

Although subtle issues remained to be settled, the Cabinet system of government is essentially the same today as it was in 1830.

Although trusts are often associated with intrafamily wealth transfers, they have become very important in American capital markets, particularly through pension funds ( essentially always trusts ) and mutual funds ( often trusts ).

Although the term implies suggestion, the process is deterministic, and done by executable code, essentially a special-purpose computer language.

Although essentially more presidential than parliamentary, the Legislative Council had inherited many elements of the Westminster system, including parliamentary powers, privileges and immunity, and the right to conduct inquiries, amongst others.

Although the DFA is essentially a polarization independent amplifier, a small proportion of the dopant ions interact preferentially with certain polarizations and a small dependence on the polarization of the input signal may occur ( typically < 0. 5 dB ).

Although the whistle is essentially a diatonic instrument, it is possible to get notes outside the principal major key of the whistle, either by half-holing ( partially covering the highest open finger hole ) or by cross-fingering ( covering some holes while leaving some higher ones open ).

Although itself essentially a comedy, this original movie was much cruder and edgier than the family-friendly TV series that would evolve from it.

Although not as complex as other measures, and now essentially replaced by the Human Development Index, the PQLI is notable for Morris's attempt to show a " less fatalistic pessimistic picture " by focussing on three areas where global quality of life was generally improving at the time, and ignoring Gross National Product and other possible indicators that were not improving.

Although Compaq kept its BIOS proprietary, eventually the Phoenix BIOS and similar commercially-available products permitted computer makers to build essentially 100 %- compatible clones without having to reverse-engineer the IBM PC BIOS themselves.

Although the Experimenta Nova does contain correspondence from 1665, there is no reason to doubt von Guericke's assertion that the work was essentially finished by March 1663.

Although specialised techniques and tools have been developed to address the challenges of working under water, the archaeological goals and process are essentially the same as in any other context.

Although refinements in technique and advancements in technology have made smoking much easier, the basic steps involved remain essentially the same today as they were hundreds if not thousands of years ago.

Although a prominent member of the Central Cultural Revolution Group and a major player in Chinese politics from 1966 to 1976, she essentially remained on the sidelines.

Although the film is not essentially experimental, at several points it undermines the narrative reality.

Although both the consumer desktop and the workstation benefit from CPUs designed around the multicore concept ( essentially, multiple processors on a die, the application of which IBM's POWER4 was a pioneer ), modern workstations typically use multiple multicore CPUs, error correcting memory and much larger on-die caches than those found on " consumer-level " CPUs.

Although this may have been done to ensure that his widow was well provided for ; by doing this, Ralph essentially split his family into two, and the result was years of bitter conflict between Joan and her stepchildren, who fiercely contested her acquisition of their father's lands.

Although many of his escapes relied on technical skills such as lock-picking and contortion, he also performed tricks such as Metamorphosis and the Chinese Water Torture Cell, which are essentially classic stage illusions reliant on cleverly designed props.

Although she had essentially a supporting role, one entire episode, " Molly's Holiday " revolved around her character dealing with the effects of her parents ' divorce.

Although a dormant company, dormancy does not preclude a company actively operating as a nominee shareholder.

Although positively charged cations always move towards the cathode ( hence their name ) and negatively charged anions move away from it, cathode polarity depends on the device type, and can even vary according to the operating mode.

Although the way programs manipulate files varies according to the operating system and file system involved, the following operations are typical:

Although neither machine has a built-in disk operating system ( cassette tapes being the default data-storage mechanism in the home computer market at the time ), DragonDOS was supplied as part of the disk controller interface from Dragon Data Ltd.

Although a few limited-production battery-powered electric vehicles have appeared, they have not proved to be competitive owing to costs and operating characteristics.

Although it can be used as a traditional networking system, Myrinet is often used directly by programs that " know " about it, thereby bypassing a call into the operating system.

Although PAGAD's leadership denied involvement, PAGAD's G-Force, operating in small cells, was believed responsible for killing a large number of gang leaders, and also for a bout of urban terrorism — particularly bombings — in Cape Town.

Although ATM initially cost money, rather than coming free with the operating system, it became a de facto standard for anyone involved in desktop publishing.

Although Penn began operating as an academy or secondary school in 1751 and obtained its collegiate charter in 1755, it initially designated 1750 as its founding date ; this is the year which appears on the first iteration of the university seal.

Although no current version of WordStar is available for modern operating systems, some former WordStar users still prefer WordStar's interface, especially the cursor diamond commands described earlier in this article.

Although the company may be best known as the maker of TOAD, a product used by database professionals, it offers other products that develop, manage, monitor and protect packaged and custom software applications, as well as associated software infrastructure components, such as databases, application servers, operating systems and hypervisors.

Although the order had officially been destroyed, individual members of the Assassins may have continued operating well into the 14th century, accepting private contracts.

Although ' American Stores ' food divisions retained an operating presence in their geographical locations and other centralized marketing, merchandising and other staff functions were relocated between 1992 and 1998 from Oak Brook, Illinois to Salt Lake City to occupy the then-new American Stores Tower, pharmacy operations were relocated to Scottsdale Arizona with certain pharmacy systems-related resources continuing to operate from the Chicago area after being relocated to 3030 Cullerton Drive in Franklin Park, Illinois, the location that previously served as Osco Drug's divisional headquarters prior to its relocation to its new purpose-built office facilities at 1818 Swift Drive in Oak Brook, Illinois ' Windsor Office Park during the early 1970s.

Although his band was camped on a defined reservation, complying with the government's orders, some of its members had been linked to raiding into Kansas by bands operating out of the Indian Territory.

Although South African investors built or renovated several hotels during the 1980s ( with assistance from the South African and Comoran governments ), only one resort, the 182-room Galawa Beach on Njazidja, was operating by late 1992.

Although operating with a tiny city grant, the museum is a non-profit operation.

Although the German commanders were able to maintain open lines of communication and issue operating orders, even with swift staff work the tempo of the assault was such that German decision cycle was unable to react decisively.

Although a high-level language is used, the operating system is not designed to be independent of the underlying hardware architecture: on the contrary, the software and hardware architecture are closely integrated.

Although built as a mixed rail and road bridge, there is no current rail line operating over the bridge.

Although this system was never released, Commodore's negotiations with AT & T over the proper way to bundle their VCOS / VCAS operating system software in a personal computer environment helped Apple Computer deliver their AV-series Macintosh systems, two years later.

Although the Icon disappeared, the QNX operating system is alive and well, if particularly different from its earliest versions.

Although mostly concerned with the military transport as a means of delivery using different modes of transport from military trucks to container ships operating from permanent military base, it also involves creating field supply dumps in the rear of the combat zone, and even forward supply points in specific unit's Tactical Area of Responsibility.

Although the platform was eventually supported by several Unix flavours as well as Windows NT and OS / 2, these operating systems generally ran just as well on Intel-based hardware so there was little reason to use the PReP systems.

Although originally pioneered in the 1960s, dynamic linking did not reach operating systems used by consumers until the late 1980s.

Although there were mines operating in the vicinity, it was primarily designed as a bedroom community for the more affluent citizens of the mining district.