** CISC — move a -> c ; add c += b.

** CISC — It becomes either a single instruction: add a, b, c, or more typically: move a, reg1 ; add reg1, b, c as most machines are limited to two memory operands.

** Battle of Placentia — Emperor Aurelian is defeated by the Alemanni forces invading Italy

** Battle of Fano — Aurelian defeats the Alemanni, who begin to retreat from Italy

** Battle of Pavia — Aurelian destroys the retreating Alemanni army.

** Battle of Lingones — Caesar Constantius Chlorus defeats the Alemanni

** Battle of Vindonissa — Constantius again defeats the Alemanni

** Thoracic aorta — the half of the descending aorta above the diaphragm

** Abdominal aorta — the half of the descending aorta below the diaphragm

** France — voltage change 3 kV DC – 25 kV AC

** Germany — voltage change 3 kV DC – 15 kV AC

** Netherlands — voltage change 3 kV DC – 1500 V DC

** Luxembourg — no voltage change at the border ( the line Arlon-Luxembourg is at 3 kV DC and the line Gouvy-Luxembourg is at 25 kV AC )

** Channel Tunnel — voltage remains at 25 kV AC.

** UK — voltage remains at 25 kV AC — voltage change 750 V DC third rail ( The Southern Region ).

** CS — Caught stealing: times tagged out while attempting to steal a base

** SBA / ATT — Stolen base attempts: total number of times the player has attempted to steal a base ( SB + CS )

** DI — Defensive Indifference: if the catcher does not attempt to throw out a runner ( usually because the base would be insignificant ), the runner is not awarded a steal.

** Autecology: autotroph — heterotroph — acclimatization — endotherm — ectotherm — hibernation — homeostasis — behavior — circadian rhythm

** howitzers: capable of high angle fire, they are most often employed for indirect-fire.

** New Curonian ( nearly extinct ; often considered a separate language, but mutually intelligible to Latvian )

** Hardware bug, a defect in hardware, often with close affinity to software

** Occasional frost, often with summer rainfall maximum

** contemporaneous ancient copies minted as counterfeits ( often gold-or silver-plated ) to fool merchants and consumers

** modern copies sold as replicas ( often, but not always, marked as such )

** The program and data memories are often integrated on the same chip.

** Buttermilk, the liquid left over after producing butter from cream, often dried as livestock feed

** Design brief or Parti pris – an early ( often the beginning ) statement of design goals

** English studies, the study of English language and literature, often as a school subject

** A ground bus or earth bus is a conductor used as a zero voltage reference in a system, often connected to ground or earth.

** Industrial fermentation, the breakdown and re-assembly of biochemicals for industry, often in aerobic growth conditions

** Alcohol induced hypoglycemia often linked with ketoacidosis ( depletion of NAD + leads to a block of gluconeogenesis )

** Monkey lemurs, most terrestrial of lemurs, often compared to baboons or macaques.

** The Art of Computer Programming, often referred to by the author's name

** The first transfinite ordinal number, often identified with the set of natural numbers including 0 ( sometimes written )

** in a closed consensus process: Restricted membership and often having formal procedures for due-process among voting members

** Comedy of errors – a work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone, in which the action usually features a series of comic instances of mistaken identity, and which typically culminates in a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.

** Comedy of manners – satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters.

** Farce – aims at entertaining the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include word play, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases, culminating in an ending which often involves an elaborate chase scene.

** St. James's church ( often mistakenly called St Jacob's ), a basilica from the 14th century, with monumental wall paintings and Gothic stalls

** Black tie (" dinner jacket " in the UK ; often referred to as a " tuxedo " in the US ; traditionally appropriate only for use after 6: 00 p. m., but also seen in daytime, especially in the United States )

** In more egalitarian weddings, the bride responds verbally, often giving the groom a ring in return.

** Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Lugou Bridge ( aka Marco Polo Bridge Incident ): Japanese forces invade China ( often seen as the beginning of World War II in Asia ).

In the US, magazines and newspapers often do not use it, instead printing " family-friendly " censored versions, usually " n * gg * r ", " n ** ger ", " n ——", and " the N-word "; however, historians and social activists, such as Dick Gregory, criticize the euphemisms and their usage as intellectually dishonest, because using the euphemism " the N-word " instead of nigger robs younger generations of Americans of the full history of Black people in America.