Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The protein fiber of silk is composed mainly of fibroin and is produced...
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SILK is an audio compression format and audio codec developed by Skype Limited, now a Microsoft subsidiary. It was developed for use in Skype, as a replacement...
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Silk Silk Silk (stylised onscreen as Silk... Silk... Silk...) is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language masala film written by Selvakumar and directed by Y. V....
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The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over 6,400 km (4,000 mi),...
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Silk Road was an online black market and the first modern darknet market. It was launched in 2011 by its American founder Ross Ulbricht under the pseudonym...
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Ross Ulbricht (redirect from Dread Pirate Roberts (Silk road))
life imprisonment for creating and operating the darknet market website Silk Road from 2011 until his arrest in 2013. The site operated as a hidden service...
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Low-κ dielectric (redirect from SiLK)
In semiconductor manufacturing, a low-κ is a material with a small relative dielectric constant (κ, kappa) relative to silicon dioxide. Low-κ dielectric...
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Spider silk is a protein fibre or silk spun by spiders. Spiders use silk to make webs or other structures that function as adhesive traps to catch prey...
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The production of silk originated in Neolithic China within the Yangshao culture (4th millennium BCE). Though it would later reach other places in the...
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King's Counsel (redirect from Take silk)
wear silk gowns of a particular design, appointment as King's Counsel is known informally as taking silk and KCs are often colloquially called silks. Appointments...
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