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Multitasking

Multitasking is the human ability to attend to more than one function at a time, for example reading a book and listening to music while attending an event.

Cepheid Variables

Cepheid variables are stars whose regular change of luminosity has a period that correlates with their average luminosity. They are very bright.

Heisler Locomotive

A Heisler locomotive is a steam engine with the pistons in a V configuration on opposite sides of the engine cab.

KISS Programming

KISS stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. It was introduced by the Navy in 1960 when they realized that the best systems are typically the simplest.

The X-Files

X-Files is a science fiction television show starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully that ran from 1993 to 2002.

Chrysaor

The brother of Pegasus born out of the neck of Medusa, Chrysaor is sometimes depicted as a young man but is also depicted as a winged boar.

Shiva

Shiva is a Hindu God. He has two arms and a blue spot at his throat. In the Hindu pantheon he is know as the destroyer or the transformer and Lord of Dance.

Pegasus

Pegasus is a winged-horse-like mythological beast. Its origins can be traced to Greek mythology. Originally the term referred to a specific single winged-horse.

OCD

OCD stands for obsessive compulsive disorder. This is a serious mental disorder but the acronym is often used as slang for a person who is interested in order.

Kapha Dosha

Kapha Dosha is an Ayurvedic term used to indicate those systems in the human body/mind and material universe that relate to immunity, strength and stability.