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Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace
The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) was an independent multistakeholder commission, active 2017 to 2021, that proposed norms for responsible behavior in cyberspace.
Global Convenience
Global Convenience is a 2026 floating public art installation in Toronto's Harbour Square Park Basin by Trevor Wheatley, Cosmo Dean, and Puncture for Waterfront Toronto: a fully stocked but inaccessible replica corner store marking the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Global cooling
Global cooling was a 1970s hypothesis that Earth was entering a period of falling temperatures, possibly toward a new ice age; it never had scientific consensus.
Global Country of World Peace
The Global Country of World Peace is an organization founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in 2000 within the Transcendental Meditation movement, describing itself as a nation without borders.
Global Crossing
Global Crossing was a Bermuda-based telecommunications company founded by Gary Winnick in 1997 that built a 100,000-mile fiber-optic network, reached a $47 billion valuation in 1999, and was acquired by Level 3 Communications in 2011.
Global Data Assimilation System
The Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) is the NCEP system that combines surface, balloon, aircraft, radar, and satellite observations onto a gridded analysis initializing NOAA's Global Forecast System four times daily.
Global developmental delay-alopecia-macrocephaly-facial dysmorphism-structural brain anomalies syndrome
Global developmental delay-alopecia-macrocephaly-facial dysmorphism-structural brain anomalies syndrome, also called Bachmann-Bupp syndrome or ODC1-related neurodevelopmental disorder, is an ultra-rare autosomal dominant polyaminopathy caused by gain-of-function ODC1 variants, marked by postnatal alopecia, hypotonia, macrocephaly, and treatable with eflornithine (DFMO).
Global developmental delay-facial dysmorphism-hands and feet anomalies syndrome
Global developmental delay-facial dysmorphism-hands and feet anomalies syndrome, also called CUL3-related neurodevelopmental disorder or NEDAUS (MIM 619239), is a rare autosomal dominant condition caused by loss-of-function CUL3 variants, causing intellectual disability, autism or seizures in some, hypotonia, and distinctive facial features.
Global developmental delay-lung cysts-overgrowth-Wilms tumor syndrome
GLOW syndrome (global developmental delay-lung cysts-overgrowth-Wilms tumor syndrome; OMIM 618272) is a rare mosaic DICER1 RNase IIIb overgrowth syndrome with lung cysts, nephromegaly, bilateral Wilms tumor, and dysmorphism.
Global developmental delay-recurrent infections-facial dysmorphism syndrome
Global developmental delay-recurrent infections-facial dysmorphism syndrome, also called Chopra-Amiel-Gordon syndrome (OMIM 619504), is a rare autosomal dominant ANKRD17 haploinsufficiency disorder with speech delay, intellectual disability, recurrent bacterial infections, and subtle facial dysmorphism.
Global dimension
Global dimension, also called global homological dimension, is the supremum of the projective dimensions of modules over a ring, measuring how far the ring is from semisimple.
Global dimming
Global dimming is the widespread decrease in sunlight reaching Earth's surface between the 1950s and 1980s, caused mainly by air pollution and aerosols, followed by a partial recovery known as brightening.
Global distribution system
A global distribution system, also called a computerized reservation system, is a network that lets travel agencies book flights instantly, dominated by Amadeus, Sabre, and Travelport since Sabre's 1960 debut.
Global Drifter Program
The Global Drifter Program (GDP) is a NOAA-led ocean observing program that maintains a global array of about 1,250 satellite-tracked drifting buoys measuring ocean currents and sea surface temperature.
Global Eagle Entertainment (now Anuvu)
Global Eagle Entertainment, now operating as Anuvu, is an American provider of in-flight entertainment content and satellite connectivity for airlines, created in 2013 and renamed Anuvu in 2021.
Global Energy and Water Exchanges project
The Global Energy and Water Exchanges project (GEWEX), launched in 1988, is a core project of the World Climate Research Programme that studies Earth's water cycle and energy fluxes.
Global Ensemble Forecast System
The Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) is the medium-range global ensemble prediction system run by NOAA's NCEP since December 1992, whose 31 members estimate forecast uncertainty.
Global Entry
Global Entry is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection program, launched in 2008, that gives pre-approved, low-risk travelers expedited airport entry through dedicated kiosks; membership lasts five years.
Global Environment Facility
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a family of multilateral funds for the environment, serving as the financial mechanism for six international conventions and financing projects in developing countries.
Global Environment for Network Innovations
Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) was a National Science Foundation-sponsored US virtual laboratory for networking research that shut down in 2023, succeeded by FABRIC.
Global Esports Federation
The Global Esports Federation (GEF) is a Singapore-based not-for-profit esports body founded in December 2019 with backing from Tencent, convening 178 member federations and staging the Global Esports Tour and Games.
Global field
A global field is a field that is either a number field, a finite extension of the rationals, or a function field over a finite field.
Global Financial Centres Index
The Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) is a twice-yearly ranking of financial centers by Z/Yen and the China Development Institute, with New York first since 2018.
Global financial system
The global financial system, also known as the international financial system, is the network of banks, markets, and payment infrastructure through which money moves across borders.
Global Flood Awareness System
The Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS) is a global flood forecasting service of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service, developed by ECMWF and fully operational since 2018.
Global Force Wrestling
Global Force Wrestling (GFW), American pro wrestling promotion founded April 7, 2014 by Jeff and Karen Jarrett in Nashville; presented NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9, taped GFW Amped, merged briefly with Impact Wrestling, and closed in 2018.
Global Forecast System
The Global Forecast System (GFS) is a global numerical weather prediction system run by the U.S. National Weather Service since 1980, producing forecasts up to 16 days ahead.
Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes is an OECD-hosted multilateral framework in which 173 jurisdictions peer review standards against bank secrecy and tax evasion.
Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases
The Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) is a joint FAO and WOAH initiative, established in 2004 to prevent and control transboundary animal diseases.
Global Gaming Expo
The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is an annual Las Vegas trade show for the legal gaming industry, organized by RX and first held in 2001.