In a Unix shell, the full stop called the dot command (.) is a command that evaluates commands in a computer file in the current execution context. In...
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Family Portrait series of images, which included Pale Blue Dot, NASA mission managers commanded Voyager 1 to power its cameras down, as the spacecraft was...
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Bindi (decoration) (redirect from Indian red dot)
A bindi (from Sanskrit bindú meaning "point, drop, dot or small particle") is a coloured dot or, in modern times, a sticker worn on the centre of the...
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Full stop (redirect from Dot on the line)
computing, it is called a dot. It is sometimes called a baseline dot to distinguish it from the interpunct (or middle dot). The full stop symbol derives...
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Hidden file and hidden directory (redirect from Dot file)
with a dot character (for example, /home/user/.config), commonly called a dot file or dotfile, is to be treated as hidden – that is, the ls command does...
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Amazon Echo (redirect from Echo Dot)
speak commands. However, a February 2017 software update allows the option of activating the Tap with an activation word, just like the Echo and the Dot. Some...
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negative), or the relative command value in a digital prepress system. Dot gain is caused by ink spreading around halftone dots. Several factors can contribute...
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Decimal separator (redirect from Decimal dot)
Symbol-specific names are also used; decimal point and decimal comma refer to a dot (either baseline or middle) and comma respectively, when it is used as a...
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of the Metropolitan Police's Protection Command, identifiable by their red paintwork, use the same yellow dot markings to denote the carrying of firearms...
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