Encyclopedia - X: Encyclopedia - X
X is the twenty-fourth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ex (/ɛks/). In phonetics, x is the IPA and X-SAMPA symbol fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Album: Encyclopedia - X Album
In popular music, X is the name of several albums, including: 1978 X (Klaus Schulze album) by Klaus Schulze 1990 X (INXS album) by INXS ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Band: Encyclopedia - X Band
X is the name of several bands: X (US band), a punk rock band featuring Exene Cervenka and John Doe X (Australian band), a punk rock ban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-factor: Encyclopedia - X-factor
X-Factor was a Marvel comic book series, published from 1985 until 1998. X-Factor was one of many spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ring: Encyclopedia - X-ring
The X-Ring is a ring given to senior students of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia every year on December 3, the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - !xóõ Language: Encyclopedia - !xóõ Language
!Xóõ is a Khoisan language with a very large number of phonemes, the most of any known language. These include many clicks and vowel ph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-force: Encyclopedia - X-force
Cover to X-Force Vol. 2 #1 (August 2004). Art by Rob Liefeld. X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, featured in an eponymous month...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boeing X-43: Encyclopedia - Boeing X-43
The X-43 is an unmanned experimental hypersonic aircraft design with multiple planned scale variations meant to test different aspects of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray Background: Encyclopedia - X-ray Background
The observed X-ray background is thought to result from, at the "soft" end (below 0.3 keV), Galactic X-ray emission (the "galactic" X-ray...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X.509: Encyclopedia - X.509
In cryptography, X.509 is an ITU-T standard for public key infrastructure (PKI). X.509 specifies, amongst other things, standard formats ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray Microscope: Encyclopedia - X-ray Microscope
An X-ray microscope uses electromagnetic radiation in the soft X-ray band to produce images of very small objects. Unlike visible light m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-statix: Encyclopedia - X-statix
Cover to X-Statix TPB Volume 1. Art by Mike Allred. Spike Saint Anna Fan Boy Henrietta Hunter X-Statix was the name of a fictional team ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-men: Encyclopedia - X-men
The X-Men Art by Salvador Larroca. (See also List of X-Men) (See also Ultimate X-Men) The X-Men are a team of comic book superheroes in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Window System: Encyclopedia - X Window System
CVS  () [+/-] In computing, the X Window System (commonly X11 or X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays. It provides the stand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cygnus X-1: Encyclopedia - Cygnus X-1
Cygnus X-1 (often abbreviated to Cyg X-1) is an X-ray source in the constellation Cygnus, and considered to be a black hole. It is a high...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chest X-ray: Encyclopedia - Chest X-ray
A chest X-ray is a radiological film obtained by X-ray taken of the thorax which is used to diagnose problems with that area. Examples of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vitis X Labruscana: Encyclopedia - Vitis X Labruscana
Vitis x labruscana are varieties of grapes originating from a hybridization of vinifera and labrusca. Other related archivesgrapes    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-patent: Encyclopedia - X-patent
The X-Patents are all the patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office from July 1790 (when the first U.S. patent was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray Machine: Encyclopedia - X-ray Machine
An x-ray machine is a machine used to produce x-rays via x-ray tubes. These machines are designed to generate man made x-ray photons on d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray: Encyclopedia - X-ray
X-ray or Röntgen radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 nanometers to 100 picometers (cor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Roller Coaster: Encyclopedia - X Roller Coaster
X is the worlds only "4th Dimensional Roller Coaster." It was built by roller coaster company Arrow Dynamics who are famous for making th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray Burster: Encyclopedia - X-ray Burster
X-ray bursters are a class of binary stars which have periodic outbursts luminous in X-rays. They contain a neutron star and an accreting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-rated: Encyclopedia - X-rated
X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Anime: Encyclopedia - X Anime
X, an early work of the hit all-female manga-ka group CLAMP, details the apocalypse in a very literal adaptation of the Book of Revelatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bell X-1: Encyclopedia - Bell X-1
The Bell X-1, originally XS-1 was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in controlled, level flight. It was the first of the so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Minus One: Encyclopedia - X Minus One
X Minus One was a half-hour radio program broadcast in America from April 1955 to January 1958 on NBC. A revival of Dimension X, X Minus ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray Astronomy: Encyclopedia - X-ray Astronomy
X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy, which deals with the study of X-ray emission from celestial objects. X-ray radia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Article: Encyclopedia - X Article
The X Article, formally titled "The Sources of Soviet Conduct", was published in Foreign Affairs in July 1947. Though signed pseudonymous...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antipope Benedict X: Encyclopedia - Antipope Benedict X
Pope Benedict X (reigned 1058-1059; died ca. 1073 or 1080), was born John Minicus, and later became Cardinal Bishop of Velletri. He was e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-day: Encyclopedia - X-day
X-Day is a military term that is shorthand for "attack day." It was the term used by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters for the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray Vision: Encyclopedia - X-ray Vision
In fictional stories, X-ray vision has generally been portrayed as the ability to see through layers of objects at the discretion of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine X: Encyclopedia - Constantine X
Constantine X Ducas (1006 - May, 1067) was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire (1059 - 1067). He came to power on the advice of Michael P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-force: Encyclopedia Ii - X-force - The Original X-force
X-Force - The Liefeld period. X-Force was concocted by illustrator Rob Liefeld, who started penciling The New Mutants in 1989. The imme...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caspian X: Encyclopedia - Caspian X
Caspian X, King of Narnia, Lord of Cair Paravel, and Emperor of the Lone Islands, also called Caspian the Seafarer and Caspian the Naviga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The X's: Encyclopedia Ii - The X's - Characters
The X's - Mr. X. The leader of the team. He is known for having a phone in his shoe that has an answering machine message that self-des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-factor: Encyclopedia Ii - X-factor - X-factor 2005
A new X-Factor series, spinnning out of the MadroX miniseries and the House of M event, has recently been announced, to be written by Pet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-men: Encyclopedia Ii - X-men - History Of X-men
X-Men - Beginning. The X-Men were founded by the paraplegic telepath Professor Charles Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X. Xavier gathered the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-men: Encyclopedia Ii - X-men - History Of X-men
X-Men - Beginning. The X-Men were founded by the paraplegic telepath Professor Charles Francis Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X. Xavier gathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-men: Encyclopedia Ii - X-men - History Of X-men
X-Men - Beginning. The X-Men were founded by the paraplegic telepath Professor Charles Francis Xavier, a.k.a. Professor X. Xavier gathe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - !xóõ Language: Encyclopedia Ii - !xóõ Language - Phonemes
!Xóõ language - Tones. There are 4 tones: high [á], mid [ā], low [à], and mid-falling [â]. !Xóõ language - Vowels. There are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Name
He explained the name he chose by saying, "To take one's 'X' is to take on a certain mystery, a certain possibility of power in the eyes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - !xóõ Language: Encyclopedia Ii - !xóõ Language - Relatives
Until the rediscovery of a few elderly speakers of N/u in the 1990s, !Xóõ was thought to be the last surviving member of the Ta’...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Africa
Among the little known and least mentioned facts about the life of Malcolm X are his excursions in Africa. In all, Malcolm X visited Afri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Assassination
In 1964, Life magazine published a famous photograph of Malcolm X holding an M1 Carbine and pulling back the curtains to peer out of a wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-force: Encyclopedia Ii - X-force - Creators
X-Force - Writers. Fabian Nicieza - X-Force Vol. 1 #1-43, Annuals #1-3 & Vol. 2 #1-6(August 1991 - February 1995 & October 200...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Racer X: Encyclopedia Ii - Racer X - Members
Racer X - Former members. Bruce Bouillet played guitar on Second Heat and Extreme Volume I & II. Harry Gschoesser played drums on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Marriage
In 1958 Malcolm married Betty X (née Sanders) in Lansing, Michigan. They had six daughters together, all of whom carried the surname of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth X: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth X - Story
In an outpost on the Moon, the robot known as X-51 watches events as they unfold on Earth, telling them to the Watcher who was responsibl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-patent: Encyclopedia Ii - X-patent - Recovery Of The X-patents
The United States Congress immediately passed a law to aid re-issuing of the missing patents after the fire. About 2,800 such patents hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Prison
Malcolm became a small time hustler and was known on the street as "Detroit Red", due to his lighter skin tone and hair color. He was arr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Tensions
By the summer of 1963, tension in the Nation of Islam reached boiling point. Malcolm believed that Elijah Muhammad was jealous of his pop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Hajj
On April 13, 1964, Malcolm departed JFK Airport, New York for Cairo, Egypt by way of Frankfurt, Germany. It was the second time Malcolm h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Projekct X: Encyclopedia Ii - Projekct X - Genesis
In 2000, while the band King Crimson recorded their album The ConstruKction of Light, the four members of this line-up also recorded the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray: Encyclopedia Ii - X-ray - Detectors
X-ray - Photographic plates. The detection of X-rays is based on various methods. The most commonly known method are a photographic pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planet X: Encyclopedia Ii - Planet X - Planet X Disproved
The distant space probes Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, and Voyagers 1 and 2 disproved the existence of Planet X, as hypothesized by Lowell, in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Professor X: Encyclopedia Ii - Professor X - Education
Undergraduate studies Charles Xavier graduated with honors at the age of 16 from Harvard University. Graduate studies Ph.D.s in Geneti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-mansion: Encyclopedia Ii - X-mansion - History
The X-Mansion is the inherited property of Charles Xavier (Professor X) and has been in the Xavier family for ten generations. As Xavier'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X.509: Encyclopedia Ii - X.509 - Certificates
In the X.509 system, a CA issues a certificate binding a public key to a particular Distinguished Name in the X.500 tradition, or to an A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Earth X: Encyclopedia Ii - Earth X - Story
In an outpost on the Moon, the robot known as X-51 watches events as they unfold on Earth, telling them to the Watcher who was responsibl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King's X: Encyclopedia Ii - King's X - History
King's X - Early days. The group traces its beginnings to 1980, when Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill, who had previously met while recor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray: Encyclopedia Ii - X-ray - Detectors
X-ray - Photographic plates. The detection of X-rays is based on various methods. The most commonly known method are a photographic pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray: Encyclopedia Ii - X-ray - Physics
X-ray with a wavelength approximately longer than 0.1 nm are called soft X-rays. At wavelengths shorter than this, they are called hard X...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-factor: Encyclopedia Ii - X-factor - The Original X-factor 1985-1991
Cover to X-Factor #1. Art by Jackson Guice. X-Factor - Previous History and Formation of the Team. Each member of the original X-Facto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - X Japan - Biography
Plans for the band started in 1976, when its original members, Toshi (Toshimitsu Deyama) and Yoshiki were only 12. Initially they were si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray: Encyclopedia Ii - X-ray - Physics
X-rays with a wavelength approximately longer than 0.1 nm are called soft X-rays. At wavelengths shorter than this, they are called hard ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Generation X: Encyclopedia Ii - Generation X - Culture
Generation X - Music. Gen X has tended to like "harder" forms of rock music than the Boomers did, although many also liked bubblegum po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X.25: Encyclopedia Ii - X.25 - Architecture
The general concept of X.25 was to create a universal and global packet-switched network on what was then the bit-error prone analog phon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-mansion: Encyclopedia Ii - X-mansion - Layout
Blueprints for the newly-rebuilt mansion were given in Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men 2004. The X-Mansion is in the shap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-factor: Encyclopedia Ii - X-factor - The Second X-factor 1991-1998
Cover to X-Factor #71. Art by Larry Stroman. Rather than end a successful series, Marvel hired writer Peter David and illustrator Larry ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-ray: Encyclopedia Ii - X-ray - History
Among the important early researchers in X-rays were Professor Ivan Pului, Sir William Crookes, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Eugen Goldstein, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weapon X: Encyclopedia Ii - Weapon X - The World
The World is a secret lab owned by the Weapon Plus Project, in which the program scientists intend to create superior humans employing eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Static-x: Encyclopedia Ii - Static-x - Members
Static-X - Current members. Wayne Static (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Programming) Tony Campos (Bass, Backing Vocals) Koichi Fukuda (Lead Gui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The X-files: Encyclopedia Ii - The X-files - Influence
The X-Files - Television. Chris Carter listed television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, and Kolcha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Factor X: Encyclopedia Ii - Factor X - Physiology
Factor X is synthesized in the liver and requires vitamin K for its synthesis. Factor X is activated into factor Xa by both factor IX (wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Article: Encyclopedia Ii - X Article - Background
Kennan had been stationed at the US Moscow embassy from 1944 as minister-counselor. Although he was highly critical of the Soviet system,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Anime: Encyclopedia Ii - X Anime - Music
The soundtrack for the 1996 movie was composed by Yasuaki Shimizu. The music for both the TV series and OAV (a.k.a. Episode 00), includin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bre-x: Encyclopedia Ii - Bre-x - History
David Walsh founded Bre-X Minerals Ltd. in 1989 as a subsidiary of Bresea Resources Ltd. The company did not make a significant profit be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bre-x: Encyclopedia Ii - Bre-x - The Aftermath
By May, Bre-X faced a number of lawsuits and angry investors who had lost billions. Among the major losers were three Canadian public sec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-force: Encyclopedia Ii - X-force - Recent Activity
Although all members of the final version of the first X-Force were apparently killed in an explosion, it was later revealed that they su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Window System: Encyclopedia Ii - X Window System - Limitations And Criticisms Of X
The UNIX-HATERS Handbook devoted an entire chapter, "The X-Windows Disaster", to the problems of X in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Why...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Window System: Encyclopedia Ii - X Window System - Competitors To X
Unix-like systems use X almost universally for graphics. Nevertheless, some people have attempted writing alternatives to and replacement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Window System: Encyclopedia Ii - X Window System - Competitors To X
Unix-like systems use X almost universally for graphics. Nevertheless, some people have attempted writing alternatives to and replacement...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Nation Of Islam
In 1952, after his release from prison, Malcolm went to meet Elijah Muhammad in Chicago. Malcolm couldn't receive his African last name "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - X Japan - Members
X Japan - Final line-up. Toshi (Toshimitsu Deyama (出山 利三, Toshimitsu Deyama?)   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Television X: Encyclopedia Ii - Television X - Programming
Television X often present themselves as presenting new programmes every night and that they provide a wider range of material than most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Siev-x: Encyclopedia Ii - Siev-x - Sinking
On 18 October 2001, a small, unnamed 19.5m by 4m fishing boat departed Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, with 421 passengers onboard. On the 19t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Liberty X: Encyclopedia Ii - Liberty X - Biography
Whilst the five winning contestants of Popstars formed Hear'Say, the five runners up (who would have been the "backup" had there been a p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Biographies And Speeches
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (ISBN 0345350685) was written by Alex Haley between 1964 and 1965, based on interviews conducted shortly b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Generation X: Encyclopedia Ii - Generation X - Beginnings
The generation was traditionally begun at 1965, when North American birth rates had dropped into what is frequently called the "Baby Bust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Generation X: Encyclopedia Ii - Generation X - Outlook
Despite their generational attitude against collectivism, Generation Xers take some group pride in their generation. In math, "X" stands ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-rated: Encyclopedia Ii - X-rated - France
Films may be shown in theaters in France only after classification by an administrative commission of the ministry of Culture. In 1975, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-men: Encyclopedia Ii - X-men - Real-life Comparison
The entire X-Men franchise is built on a sociopolitical undercurrent. Mutants are often seen as a metaphor for racial, religious and othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Symphony X: Encyclopedia Ii - Symphony X - Biography
In early 1994, Michael Romeo (ex-Gemini) recorded a demo tape entitled The Dark Chapter, which featured a few songs composed and performe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X Window System: Encyclopedia Ii - X Window System - Design Principles Of X
In 1984, Bob Scheifler and Jim Gettys set out the early principles of X: Do not add new functionality unless an implementor cannot compl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Malcolm X: Encyclopedia Ii - Malcolm X - Name
He explained the name he chose by saying, "To take one's 'X' is to take on a certain mystery, a certain possibility of power in the eyes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Static-x: Encyclopedia Ii - Static-x - Biography
Static-X was formed in 1994 from the ashes of Wayne Static and Ken Jay's former band, Deep Blue Dream. After searching for members in Chi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - X-force: Encyclopedia Ii - X-force - Cancellation And Replacement
In early 2001, Marvel's new editor-in-chief Joe Quesada cancelled many X-Books, arguing that so many titles featuring closely-related gro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - T-x: Encyclopedia Ii - T-x - Tactical Overview
The T-X is a generally superior design which hybridizes some of the concepts apparent in both the 800 and 1000 series models. It represen...   » Read the article

Dictionary - X - Letter X: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On X - Letter X
X - Letter X. - This letter is one of the important symbols in the Occult philosophy. As a numeral X stands, in mathematics, for the u...   » Read the article

Dictionary - X Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - X
X-Ray Dream Symbols: Seeing through one's inner self. Examining the unconscious motives.   (Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols) &nb...   » Read the article