) Like the central processing unit ( CPU ) in a modern computer, the mill would rely upon its own internal procedures, to be stored in the form of pegs inserted into rotating drums called " barrels ", to carry out some of the more complex instructions the user's program might specify.

Like the trumpet and all other modern brass wind instruments, the cornet makes a sound when the player vibrates (" buzzes ") the lips in the mouthpiece, creating a vibrating column of air in the tubing.

Like the rest of the world, social mobility in modern England-and Europe-has increased because of industrialization, economic growth, access to knowledge, and cultural transformations.

Like the term " tyrant " ( which was originally a respectable Ancient Greek title ), and to a lesser degree " autocrat ", " dictator " came to be used almost exclusively as a non-titular term for oppressive, even abusive rule, yet had rare modern titular uses.

Like Baroque harps, but unlike modern Western harps, they do not stand upright when unattended.

* Like quicksort, merge sort on arrays has considerably better data cache performance, often outperforming heapsort on modern desktop computers because merge sort frequently accesses contiguous memory locations ( good locality of reference ); heapsort references are spread throughout the heap.

Like the Christian libraries, they mostly contained books which were made of paper, and took a codex or modern form instead of scrolls ; they could be found in mosques, private homes, and universities, from Timbuktu to Afghanistan and modern day Pakistan.

Like their modern relatives, mammoths were quite large.

" Monkey Gone to Heaven " was a Top 10 modern rock radio hit in the U. S., and reached the Top 100 in the U. K. Like Surfer Rosa, Doolittle was acclaimed by fans and music critics alike.

Like most modern programming languages and unlike earlier Lisps such as Maclisp or Emacs Lisp, Scheme is lexically scoped: all possible variable bindings in a program unit can be analyzed by reading the text of the program unit without consideration of the contexts in which it may be called.

Like the latter, Prosalirus did not have greatly enlarged legs but had the typical three-pronged pelvic structure of modern frogs.

Like modern corals, these ancestors built reefs, some of which ended as great structures in sedimentary rocks.

Like many other patronymics in other languages, with the formalization of naming conventions by laws in the late modern contemporary age many turned into surnames.

Like most modern sets, this wooden tangram is stored in the square configuration.

Like Simonides, he followed the lyric tradition of coining compound adjectives – a tradition in which the poet was expected to be both innovative and tasteful – but the results are thought by some modern scholars to be uneven.

Like most modern diesel engines used in tanks, gas turbines are usually multi-fuel engines.

Like all modern sirenians, the dugong has a fusiform body with no dorsal fin or hind limbs, instead possessing paddle-like forelimbs used to manoeuvre.

Like modern analog VGA connectors, the DVI connector includes pins for the display data channel ( DDC ).

Like some other crops of long domestication, the relationship of the modern soybean to wild-growing species can no longer be traced with any degree of certainty.

Like modern joint-stock companies, the publicani were legal bodies independent of their members whose ownership was divided into shares, or partes.

Like modern open-circuit scuba with single-hose regulators, they consisted of one or more high pressure diving cylinders and a diving regulator ( the Aqua-Lung ) that supplied the diver with breathing gas at ambient pressure via a demand valve.

Like much of modern and contemporary art, noise music takes characteristics of the perceived negative traits of noise mentioned below and uses them in aesthetic and imaginative ways.

Like the Lee-Enfield bolt system, the Mosin-Nagant system can be suitable for use with modern " Magnum " calibre centrefire rifle cartridges ( the BOHICA Arms. 50 BMG being one ), although it is worth noting that its standard Russian 180-grain 7. 62x54R ammunition is comparable to some loadings of the 7 mm Remington Magnum.

Like many of its neighbors, modern Duarte is a bedroom community.

Like Holmes, the American private eye rejects the social conventions of his time.

Like other American tales of banshees, this legend does not connect her to any particular death ( aside, perhaps, from her own ).

Like all Central American countries, Costa Rica is considered part of a biodiversity hotspot.

Like many other devices that were more fully developed in Europe during the next decade, what could be called the " atmospheric insert shot " made its first appearance in American films during the years before 1919.

Like other architects who viewed the Wasmuth Portfolio and its associated exhibit, Mies was enthralled with the free-flowing spaces of inter-connected rooms which encompass their outdoor surroundings as demonstrated by the open floor plans of the American Prairie Style work of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Like non-Latinos, a Latino can be of any race or combination of races: White / Caucasian, Black / African American, Asian, Native American, Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander American, or two or more races.

Like many of his movies, it is richly allusive and generates a lot of its humour and charm out of its references to American film of the 1930s and 1940s.

Like the 1992 remake of The Last of the Mohicans and Geronimo: An American Legend ( 1993 ), Dances with Wolves employed a number of Native American actors, and made an effort to portray Indigenous languages.

Like Susan Sontag, Jameson served to introduce a wide audience of American readers to key figures of the 20th Century Continental European intellectual Left, particularly those associated with the Frankfurt School, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism.

Like Heinlein in " Solution Unsatisfactory ", Anderson assumed that the imposition of an American military rule over the rest of the world would necessarily entail the destruction of American democracy and the imposition of a harsh tyrannical rule over the United States ' own citizens.

Edward J. Larson, a historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion, notes: " Like so many archetypal American events, the trial itself began as a publicity stunt.

Like Mississippi John Hurt, he was welcomed into the music scene of the 1960s and played at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964, the New York Folk Festival in July 1965, and the October 1967 European tour of the American Folk Festival along with Skip James and Bukka White.

American electronic pop duo, Microfilm, did a tribute song to Billy Mackenzie in 2009 titled " I'll Sing Like Billy Mackenzie in Heaven " which featured guitar and additional vocals by Scissor Sisters ' member Del Marquis.

Like its predecessor, American Doll Posse debuted at # 5 on the Billboard 200.

Like other German-American groups, the American Turners experienced discrimination during World War I.

Like many other areas of American law, the Fourth Amendment finds its roots in English legal doctrine.

Like most Latin American countries, Venezuela has an unequal distribution of wealth.

Like most American philosophers, Alston is counted among the analytic philosophers.

Like the American ' International Greyhound Racing Association ' ( or the In. G. R. A.

Now recognized as a major talent, Altman had critical breakthroughs with McCabe & Mrs. Miller ( 1971 ), known for its gritty portrayal of the American frontier ; The Long Goodbye ( 1973 ), a remake of a Raymond Chandler novel ; Thieves Like Us ( 1974 ), and Nashville ( 1975 ).

Like other American films of 1999 — such as Fight Club, Bringing Out the Dead and Magnolia — American Beauty instructs its audience to " more meaningful lives ".