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  2. Portal venous system - Wikipedia

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    In the circulatory system of vertebrates, a portal venous system occurs when a capillary bed pools into another capillary bed through veins, without first going through the heart. Both capillary beds and the blood vessels that connect them are considered part of the portal venous system. Most capillary beds drain into venules and veins which ...

  3. Vendor lock-in - Wikipedia

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    Promotional media. Research. v. t. e. In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products, unable to use another vendor without substantial switching costs . The use of open standards and alternative options makes systems tolerant of change, so that decisions ...

  4. Office of the MTA Inspector General - Wikipedia

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    mtaig .state .ny .us. The Office of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Inspector General (OIG) is the Office of Inspector General specific to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) that is responsible for conducting monitoring and oversight of MTA activities, programs, and employees. OIG provides oversight and monitors the ...

  5. MS-DOS - Wikipedia

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    MS-DOS ( / ˌɛmˌɛsˈdɒs / em-es-DOSS; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86 -based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft. Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few operating systems attempting to be compatible with MS-DOS, are sometimes ...

  6. Tiffani Thiessen - Wikipedia

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    Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) [1] is an American actress. Her roles as Kelly Kapowski on NBC 's Saved by the Bell (1989–1993) and its spin-off media, and as Valerie Malone on Fox 's Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994–98) established her as a teen idol of the 1990s. As an adult, she has played Wilhemina 'Billie' Chambers in Fox's ...

  7. Wikipedia:Contents - Wikipedia

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    Portal:Current events – Featured current events and related project activities; Human activities. Delve into diverse human actions, from leisure and entertainment to industry and warfare. Human activities; Mathematics and formal sciences. Explore the study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematics and logic; Natural sciences

  8. Rakuten - Wikipedia

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    Rakuten Group, Inc. (楽天グループ株式会社) ( Japanese pronunciation: [ɾakɯ̥teɴ]) is a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, founded by Hiroshi Mikitani in 1997. Centered around the online retail marketplace Rakuten Ichiba, its businesses include financial services utilizing Fintech, digital content and communications ...

  9. Hachi: A Dog's Tale - Wikipedia

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    Hachi: A Dog's Tale is a 2009 American drama film and a remake of Kaneto Shindo 's 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari. The original film told the true story of the Akita dog named Hachikō who lived in Japan 1923–1935. This film is an American adaptation of a true story set in 1985 Japan about a professor and his devoted dog.