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Processing (programming language)
Processing is an open-source programming language and development environment for visual computing, built on Java and created in 2001 by Ben Fry and Casey Reas for artists and designers.
Processing snoRNAs
Processing snoRNAs are small nucleolar RNAs, including U3, U8, U14, and U17/snR30, that guide cleavage of precursor ribosomal RNA instead of guiding chemical modification of rRNA nucleotides.
Processional Way (Babylon)
The Processional Way (Aibur-shabu) was the principal ceremonial avenue of Babylon, built under Nebuchadnezzar II and lined with glazed-brick lions, along which Marduk's statue passed at the New Year festival.
Processor (computing)
A processor, also known as a computer processor, is the part of a computer that executes instructions, covering CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, microcontrollers, and ASICs; the first commercial single-chip example was Intel's 4004 of 1971.
Processor design
Processor design, also known as CPU design, is the engineering of a processor at two levels: the instruction set architecture defining the instructions, and the microarchitecture implementing them in silicon.
Processor register
A processor register, also called a CPU register, is a small, fast storage location inside a CPU holding data the processor is actively working on.
Processor sharing
Processor sharing is a queueing discipline in which a single server divides its capacity equally among all jobs present; introduced by Leonard Kleinrock in 1967, it models round-robin time sharing.
Procgen
Procgen, or the Procgen Benchmark, is a suite of 16 procedurally generated game-like environments built by OpenAI, released in December 2019 to measure generalization in reinforcement learning.
Prochilodus lineatus
Prochilodus lineatus (streaked prochilod, curimbatá, sábalo) is a large South American migratory detritivorous characiform fish of the Paraná-Paraguay basin, key to La Plata basin fisheries, farmed via hormone-induced spawning and introduced to Asia.
Prochirality
Prochirality is the property of an achiral molecule that can become chiral in a single desymmetrization step, such as replacing one of two identical groups.
Prochloraz
Prochloraz: imidazole (DMI) fungicide, CAS 67747-09-5, used on cereals, mushrooms, and post-harvest citrus and avocado; EU approval expired 31 December 2021, MRLs lowered to LOQ; not registered in the US.
Prochlorococcus
Prochlorococcus: tiny (0.6 µm) marine cyanobacterium with chlorophyll b, discovered 1988, most abundant photosynthetic organism on Earth, producing up to 20% of biosphere oxygen, with HL/LL ecotypes and streamlined genomes, now threatened by warming above 28 °C.
Prochloron–didemnid ascidian symbiosis
Prochloron–didemnid ascidian symbiosis: obligate photosymbiosis between the chlorophyll b-containing cyanobacterium Prochloron and tropical didemnid ascidians (Didemnum, Trididemnum, Lissoclinum, Diplosoma), the only such symbiosis in chordates, with multiple independent origins.
Prochlorperazine
Prochlorperazine (Stemetil, Buccastem, Compazine) is a piperazine phenothiazine dopamine D2 antagonist used as an antiemetic, antipsychotic, and acute migraine treatment; IV form carries a level A emergency department recommendation.
Proclamation of Ammi-ṣaduqa
The Proclamation of Ammi-ṣaduqa, or Edict of Ammi-ṣaduqa, is the mēšarum debt-remission edict of Babylonian king Ammi-ṣaduqa, issued in 1646 BC, canceling debts and freeing debt-servants.
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
Proklamasi: Indonesia's independence declaration, read by Sukarno and Hatta on 17 August 1945 in Batavia, two days after Japan's surrender, after pemuda pressure and drafting at Admiral Maeda's residence; the Netherlands recognized sovereignty only in 1949.
Proclamation of the Arab Revolt
The Proclamation of the Arab Revolt was issued by Sharif Husayn at Mecca in June 1916, declaring an Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in alliance with Britain and France.
Proclamation of the French Third Republic
The proclamation of the French Third Republic abolished Napoleon III's Second Empire and established a republic in Paris on 4 September 1870, after the defeat at Sedan.
Proclamation of the Gold Coast Colony (1874)
The Proclamation of the Gold Coast Colony, issued by Letters Patent on 24 July 1874, united the British Gold Coast settlements with Lagos as one Crown Colony after the Anglo-Asante war.
Proclamation of the Irish Republic
The Proclamation of the Irish Republic (Forógra Phoblacht na hÉireann), printed at Liberty Hall and read by Patrick Pearse outside Dublin's GPO on 24 April 1916, declared an Irish Republic with seven signatories and egalitarian guarantees, launching the Easter Rising.
Proclamation of the Korean Empire
The Proclamation of the Korean Empire (대한제국 선포) was the October 1897 declaration by which King Gojong became emperor of the new Great Han Empire, asserting Korea's independence.
Proclamation of the Mahdia
The Proclamation of the Mahdia (بيان المهدي) is the declaration by which Sudanese Sufi teacher Muhammad Ahmad announced on 29 June 1881 that he was the Expected Mahdi.
Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil
The Proclamation of the Republic in Brazil (Proclamação da República do Brasil) was the bloodless military coup of 15 November 1889 that deposed Emperor Pedro II.
Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey
Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey (Cumhuriyet'in İlanı): 29 October 1923 vote of the Grand National Assembly declaring a republican form of government; Mustafa Kemal first president, İsmet İnönü first prime minister, after abolition of the sultanate.
Proclamation of the Russian Empire
The Proclamation of the Russian Empire (Провозглашение Российской империи 1721) was the 1721 ceremony in Saint Petersburg at which Peter the Great became Emperor of All Russia.
Proclamation of the Zhongtong era and founding of Kublai's state
The proclamation of the Zhongtong era was Kublai Khan's 1260 enthronement at Kaiping, the first Chinese-style era name taken by a Mongol ruler, founding his dynasty.
Proclamation Relinquishing Counties to Clarify My Original Intent
The Proclamation Relinquishing Counties to Clarify My Original Intent (让县自明本志令) is a 210 proclamation by Cao Cao returning three counties to Emperor Xian of Han.
Proclus
Proclus (Πρόκλος, 412–485), also called Proclus Diadochus, was the head of the Athenian Neoplatonic school for almost fifty years; author of Elements of Theology and Platonic Theology, transmitted to medieval Christianity and Islam via Pseudo-Dionysius and Liber de causis.
Proclus (patriarch of Constantinople)
Proclus, patriarch of Constantinople from 434 to 446, was a celebrated preacher and writer whose Marian sermons became fundamental texts for the Christology of the Council of Ephesus.
Procol Harum
Procol Harum: English progressive/art-rock band formed 1967 from the Paramounts, known for 'A Whiter Shade of Pale' (six weeks UK No. 1), led by Gary Brooker until its 2022 dissolution.