According to the Jargon File, American hackers switched to what they later discovered to be the British quotation system because placing a period inside a quotation mark can change the meaning of data strings that are meant to be typed character-for-character.

File: British Museum Egypt 086. JPG | Room 4-Colossal statue of Amenhotep III, c. 1370 BC

File: British Museum Olduvai handaxe. jpg | Room 2-Handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, Olduvai Gorge, circa 1. 2 million years

File: Sleeping Reindeer 4512630872 d31dcb1207 o. jpg | Room 3-Swimming Reindeer carving, France, Ice-Age 13, 000 years ( both one of the world's oldest works of art, as well as the oldest work of art in the British Museum's collection )

File: British Museum gold thing 501594 fh000035. jpg | Room 51-Mold gold cape, North Wales, Bronze Age, c. 1900 – 1600 BC ( one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working )

File: British Museum Royal Gold Cup. jpg | Room 40-Royal Gold Cup or Saint Agnes Cup, c. AD 1370-80 ( generally agreed to be the outstanding surviving example of late medieval French plate )

File: British Museum Reading Room Panorama Feb 2006. jpg | British Museum Reading Room

File: British Museum 2010-06-04 B. jpg | Ceiling of the Great Court and the black siltstone obelisks of Nectanebo II, c. 350 BC

File: England ; London-The British Museum, Facade South Front ~-Main Entrance + West Wing-Collonade + The Africa Garden. 2. JPG | African Garden-created by BBC TV programme Ground Force

File: BM ; RM6-ANE, Assyrian Sculpture 32-East ( N ), Centre Island + North Wall-~ Assyrian Empire +-Lamassu, Stela's, Statue's, Obelisk's, Relief Panel's ) & Full Projection. 1. JPG | The British Museum, Room 6-Assyrian Sculpture

File: British Museum-Room 85, Roman Portrait Sculpture. JPG | Room 85-Portrait Sculpture, Roman

File: Ship Clock at British Museum. jpg | Room 38-39-Mechanical Galleon, Augsburg, around AD 1585

File: Egyptian harp. jpg | An ancient Egyptian harp on display in the British Museum

This Jargon File entry notes kludge apparently derives via British military slang from Scots kludge or kludgie meaning " a common toilet ", and became confused with U. S. kluge during or after World War II.

File: 1914 Sydney Half Sovereign-St. George. jpg | British

File: Antique Japanese tachi with koshirae. jpg | Antique tachi and koshirae, British museum.

File: Charge of the French Cuirassiers at Waterloo. jpg | Depicting French Cuirassiers charging onto the British squares during the Battle of Waterloo

File: British Museum Aztec or Mixtec shield. jpg | Ceremonial shield with mosaic decoration.

File: British Airborne Units. svg |< center > Airborne Units, Great Britain ( actually a winged unicorn, with pegasus features )

File: British gun, skansin ( Faroe Islands ). jpg | The British cannon at Skansin

File: British Shorthair, Classic Tabby. jpg | A British Shorthair with the classic tabby markings.

File: Dilute calico British Shorthair. jpg | A dilute tortoiseshell and white.

File: US-Army-APC-spraying-Agent-Orange-in-Vietnam. jpg | U. S. Army armored personnel carrier ( APC ) spraying Agent Orange over Vietnamese rice fields during the Vietnam War

File: Army. mil-2007-02-07-103140. jpg | An American soldier who was wounded by a rocket-propelled grenade in Iraq

File: Australian Army solider in Afghanistan during 2010. jpg | Light infantry in Australian service

File: Royal Dutch Army convoy. JPG | Vehicle-mounted, in Dutch service

File: Soong May-ling stitching uniform for soldiers. jpg | Soong stitching uniforms for National Revolutionary Army soldiers.

< imagemap > File: 1920s decade montage. png | From left, clockwise: Third Tipperary Brigade Flying Column No. 2 under Sean Hogan during the Irish Civil War ; Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol in accordance to the 18th amendment, which made alcoholic beverages illegal throughout the entire decade ; In 1927, Charles Lindbergh embarks on the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris on the Spirit of St. Louis ; A crowd gathering on Wall Street after the 1929 stock market crash, which led to the Great Depression ; Benito Mussolini and Fascist Blackshirts during the March on Rome in 1922 ; the People's Liberation Army attacking government defensive positions in Shandong, during the Chinese Civil War ; The Women's suffrage campaign leads to numerous countries granting women the right to vote and be elected ; Babe Ruth becomes the iconic baseball player of the time .| 420px | thumb

* The Army Fact File

* Army Fact File: HEMTT

File: DouglasMacArthur1945. jpg | General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of New York

File: Prussian Army during battle of Mollwitz 1741. PNG | The Prussian infantry during the Battle of Mollwitz, 1741

File: VBRITTO-invalides-paris-2007. jpg | Court of the museum of the Army

File: 44_12_HondoTX_1. jpg | Picture of Original Sign and LaVarian Schrandt taken by Robert Schrandt in 1941 while stationed in Hondo, TX at Army Air Field.

File: Terracotta Army 5. jpg | Terracotta Warrior, kneeling figurine.

File: Schwimmwagen_Dresden. jpg | Schwimmwagen, Army Museum Dresden

File: US-MOH-1862. png | 1862 – 1895 Army Medal

File: US-MOH-1896. png | 1896 – 1903 Army Medal

File: US-MOH-1904. png | 1904 – 1944 " Gillespie " Army Medal

File: Flag of the Korean People's Army. svg | Korean People's Army

File: Flag of Scotland defaced with Royal Arms. PNG | Unofficial design ; popular with members of the Tartan Army

File: Rank insignia of coronel of the Colombian Army. svg | Colombia

File: Colonel-Army-India. jpg | Indian Army

File: Colonel Pak Army. jpg | Pakistan

File: QF2. 95inchMountainGunMule. jpg |< center > Mule transport of barrel of US Army 75 mm pack howitzer circa.

File: Sheridan's Trevilian Station Raid return. png | Sheridan's return to the Army of the Potomac from his Trevilian Station raid, including the Battle of Saint Mary's Church