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Pornhub

Pornhub is a Canadian-owned adult video sharing website launched in 2007 as a free tube site, owned by Aylo and bought in 2023 by the Canadian consortium Ethical Capital Partners.

Poro / Viking (model family)

Poro and Viking are related open-source multilingual large language model families trained on Finland's LUMI supercomputer by SiloGen, TurkuNLP, and HPLT, released in 2024 under Apache 2.0.

Porous aromatic frameworks (PAFs) for CO2 capture

Porous aromatic frameworks (PAFs) are porous organic polymers built entirely from rigid carbon-carbon bonds between aromatic building blocks, first reported in 2009, used as adsorbents and membranes for capturing carbon dioxide.

Porous silicon anode

A porous silicon anode is a lithium-ion battery electrode made of silicon with internal pores that absorb the ~300% volume change of lithiation, enabling capacities far above graphite.

Porpoising

Porpoising is a longitudinal instability of high-speed planing craft and seaplane floats, where the hull oscillates in coupled pitch and heave and can grow until it capsizes the boat.

Porsche

Porsche, formally Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, is a German sports car manufacturer in Stuttgart, founded by Ferdinand Porsche in 1931 and famous for the 911.

Porsche 356

The Porsche 356 is the first sports car sold under the Porsche name, a rear-engined, air-cooled two-seater built from 1948 to 1965 and ancestor of all later Porsches.

Porsche 550

The Porsche 550 is a mid-engine racing sports car built by Porsche from 1952 to 1956, its first purpose-built racer, with a lightweight aluminum body and four-camshaft Fuhrmann engine.

Porsche 718

The Porsche 718, also known as Porsche RSK, is a mid-engine racing car built from 1957 to 1965, and since 2016 the name of Porsche's Boxster and Cayman.

Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 is a two-door, rear-engined sports car built by Porsche at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen since 1964, powered by a flat-six engine and now in its eighth generation, with around 1.2 million built.

Porsche 911 (964)

The Porsche 911 (964) is the third generation of the Porsche 911 sports car, built from 1988 to 1994, introducing all-wheel drive, ABS, and Tiptronic to the 911.

Porsche 911 (996)

The Porsche 911 (996) is a generation of the 911 sports car, built from 1998 to 2005 and presented in 1997 as the first series 911 with a water-cooled engine.

Porsche 911 (997)

The Porsche 911 (997) is the sixth generation of the 911 sports car, launched in 2004, with 213,004 built through 2012 and round headlights recalling the air-cooled cars.

Porsche 911 (classic)

The classic Porsche 911 is the original air-cooled, rear-engined Porsche sports car, debuted in 1963 and built through the 993 generation, the last air-cooled, until 1998.

Porsche 911 GT1

The Porsche 911 GT1 is a racing car Porsche developed for GT motorsport, which débuted in 1996 and won the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Porsche 911 GT2

The Porsche 911 GT2, also known as the Porsche GT2, is a rear-wheel-drive version of the 911 Turbo with more power and less weight, introduced in 1994.

Porsche 911 GT3

The Porsche 911 GT3 is a high-performance variant of the Porsche 911 introduced in 1999, built around a high-revving naturally aspirated flat-six engine derived from Porsche's race cars.

Porsche 912

The Porsche 912 is a four-cylinder sports car Porsche built from 1965 to 1969, pairing the 911's body and chassis with the 356's 1.6-liter flat-four engine.

Porsche 914

The Porsche 914, sold in Europe as the VW-Porsche 914, is a mid-engine, Targa-roofed sports car produced from 1969 to 1976 as a Porsche and Volkswagen joint project.

Porsche 917

The Porsche 917 is a flat-12 endurance racing car built from 1969 to 1971 that gave Porsche its first Le Mans wins in 1970 and 1971.

Porsche 918 Spyder

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a mid-engine plug-in hybrid sports car built by Porsche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen from late 2013 to June 2015 in a run of 918 units.

Porsche 924

The Porsche 924 is a front-engined, water-cooled sports car produced by Porsche from 1976 to 1988 as its entry-level model, originally designed for Volkswagen before Porsche bought the design.

Porsche 928

The Porsche 928 is a front-engine, V8-powered grand tourer built by Porsche from 1977 to 1995, with 61,056 built and the 1978 European Car of the Year award.

Porsche 935

The Porsche 935 is a Group 5 racing car built by Porsche from 1976 to 1981, based on the 911 Turbo and Porsche's most successful 911 racer.

Porsche 944

The Porsche 944 is a front-engined sports car built by Porsche from 1982 to 1991, known for its balanced transaxle layout and as the highest-selling sports car in the company's history up to that point.

Porsche 959

The Porsche 959 is a limited-production sports car built by Porsche from 1987 to 1988 as a Group B technology demonstrator, with only 292 examples built.

Porsche 961

The Porsche 961 was a one-off racing car built from the 959 supercar, the first all-wheel-drive car to race at Le Mans, where it placed seventh in 1986.

Porsche 968

The Porsche 968 is a front-engine sports car produced from 1991 to 1995 as the successor to the 944 and the final model of Porsche's transaxle era.

Porsche Boxster and Cayman

The Porsche Boxster and Cayman, marketed together as the 718 since 2016, are two-seat, mid-engine Porsche sports cars: the Boxster roadster introduced in 1996 and the Cayman coupé in 2005.

Porsche Carrera GT

The Porsche Carrera GT, developed from an unraced Le Mans prototype, is a mid-engine V10 supercar of which Porsche built 1,270 handcrafted units between 2003 and 2006.