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XER
XER can stand for: XER (AM), a radio station in the 1930s in Villa Acuña, MexicoXML Encoding Rules, a set of ASN.1 encoding rules for formatting data in XML This page disambiguates a three-character combination which might be any or all of an abbreviation, an acronym, an initialism, a word in Engl..
Xeranthemum
Xeranthemum is a flower of the genus Xeranthemum native to Southern Europe. It has silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers. ..
Xerardo Fernández Albor
Xerardo Fernández Albor was president of the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. He lost a motion of no confidence in 1987. |- style="text-align: center;" ..
XERA (AM)
XERA (1935-1939) are the call letters of a famous border-blaster radio station licensed in September 1935 to Cia Mexicana Radiofusori Fronteriza in Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico. This station was the successor to XER which had been situated at the same location but who transmitter had been dismantl..
Xerbo
Greyhawk Deity Xerbo Title(s) The Sea Dragon, Keeper of the Seas, the Master of Mains, the Unwavering Rudder, the Vault of the Oceans Homeplane Elemental Plane of Water Power Level Lesser Alignment Neutral Portfolio the Sea, Sailing, Money, Business Domains Animal, Knowled..
XERB (AM)
XERB are the call letters of a border-blaster radio station licensed to the Tijuana / Rosarito area of Baja California, Mexico. It is the station that was made famous by Wolfman Jack in the George Lucas movie American Graffiti. After Wolfman Jack left XERF he moved to XERB. Although the movie Ameri..
Xerces
For the Persian emperors named Xerces, see List of kings of Persia. Xerces is a family of software packages for parsing and manipulating XML, part of the Apache XML project. Xerces (named after the Xerces Blue butterfly) provides both XML parsing and generation. The Java XML version was one of th..
Xerces Blue
The Xerces Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) is an extinct species of butterfly. The species lived in coastal sand dunes of the Sunset District of San Francisco. The Xerces butterfly is believed to be the first American butterfly species to become extinct as a result of loss of habitat caused by..
Xerces Society
The Xerces Society is an environmental organization that focuses on invertebrates which are essential to biological diversity. The name is in honor of the extinct California butterfly, Xerces Blue. The Xerces Society is an international non-profit organization that advocates for invertebrates and t..
XERCN
XERCN (1470 Radio Hispana) is a radio station licensed to Tijuana, Baja California with an Spanish News/Talk format. It is owned by Uniradio. External links [Official website][XERCN-AM Radio Hispana 1470 AM][Query the FCC's AM station database for XERCN] AM radi..
Xerez CD
Xerez Club Deportivo are a Spanish football team from Jerez, in Cádiz province, Andalusia. Founded on September 24 1947, they currently play in the Segunda División. They play in blue shirts and white shorts. Home stadium is the Municipal de Chapin that seats 18,435 spectators. This stadium was..
XERF (AM)
The call letters XERF are assigned to a licensed border-blaster radio station that was located in Villa Acuña (later renamed Ciudad Acuña) and that was operated under the laws of Mexico. Once world-famous, XERF commenced operations in 1947 using the old facilities of John R. Brinkley's XERA, which..
Xericscaping
Xericscaping refers to landscaping in ways that do not require supplemental irrigation. It is promoted in areas that do not have easily accessible supplies of fresh water. Some common plants used in xericscaping are Agave, cactus, lavender, juniper, Sedum and thyme. ..
Xeric Foundation
The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation established by Peter Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Planet Racers. It is based in Northampton, Mass. The Foundation offers financial assistance to fully committed, self-publishing comic book creators and qualified ..
Xeriscaping
Xeriscape symbol Xeriscaping, a word coined by combining xeros (Greek for "dry") with landscaping, is a water-conservative approach to landscaping. Plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate are emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and ..
Xermade
Xermade, is a municipality in the Spanish province of Lugo. [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Municipalities of Lugo Abadín | Alfoz | Antas de Ulla | Baleira | Baralla | Barreiros | Becerreá | Begonte | Bóveda | Burela | Carballedo | Castro de Rei | Castroverde | Cervantes ..
Xernona Clayton
--> Xernona Clayton born August 30, 1930 in Muskogee, Oklahoma is a civil rights leader and Broadcasting executive. During the Civil Rights Movement, Ms. Clayton was an active participate on the front lines. She would organize events for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), under ..
Xero
Xero is: A webmaster of few juggalo sites with a fan base of over 5000 including "Juggalo Revolution" and a million other sitesA character from The Atrocity Exhibition by J. G. Ballard.An Australian punk rock band from the late 1970s and early 1980s: Xero (band)An unsigned American Nu Metal/Hip Hop ..
Xerochrysum
Xerochrysum (syn. Bracteantha) is a genus of six species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Australia. Selected species Xerochrysum bracteatum (Strawflower or Golden Everlasting; syn. Bracteantha bracteata)Xerochrysum subundulatum (Alpine Everlasting or Orange Everlasting) The ge..
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Xerochrysum bracteatum (syn. Bracteantha bracteata, Helichrysum bracteatum; Golden Everlasting) is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to southern and eastern Australia. External links [ASGAP: Xerochrysum bracteatum] ..
Xerocracy
Xerocracy (pronounced zee-ROK-ruh-see, in IPA [ziˈɹokɹɘsiː]) is the idea of "rule through photocopying". It is a form of anarchic organization. The word was coined to describe the organizational principle of Critical Mass, and it is used almost exclusively within that context. Th..
Xeroderma
Xeroderma literally means "dry skin". It is a condition involving the integumentary system, which in most cases can safely be treated with emollients and/or moisturizers. Xeroderma occurs most commonly on the lower legs, arms, the sides of the abdomen and thighs. Symptoms most associated with Xerode..
Xeroderma pigmentosum
Xeroderma pigmentosum, or XP, is a genetic disorder of DNA repair in which the body's normal ability to fix mutations caused by ultraviolet (UV) light is disabled. This leads to multiple basaliomas and other skin malignancies at a young age. In severe cases, it is necessary to avoid sunlight. C..
Xerogel
Xerogel, a solid formed from a gel by drying with unhindered shrinkage. Gelatin is one example. Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. See also aerogel External links http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/X06700.pdf ..
Xerography
Chester F. Carlson Xerography (or Electrophotography) is a photocopying technique developed by Chester Carlson in 1938 and patented on October 6, 1942. He received United States Patent number 2,297,691 for his invention. Xerography is used in most photocopying machines and in laser and LED pr..
XEROK (AM)
XEROK-AM is an AM (mediumwave) radio station that is a Mexican border-blaster licensed to operate at a power of 150 kW (150,000 watts) on a carrier frequency of 800 kilohertz from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. In the 1970s and into the 1980s, this station was known as "X-Rock 80, The Sun City Rocker" ..
Xeromammography
Basic Definition Xeroradiography of the breast. Xeroradiography is a photoelectric method of recording an x-ray image on a coated metal plate, using low-energy photon beams, long exposure time and dry chemical developers. Prefix The prefix xero- comes from the Greek "xeros" meaning "dry." ..
Xeronema
Xeronema is a genus of flowering plants containing two species: The Poor Knights lily (Xeronema callistemon) is endemic to the Poor Knights Islands and Taranga Island in the north of New Zealand. It was discovered in 1924. The Poor Knights lily has large bottlebrush flower clusters that grow hori..
Xeronemataceae
Xeronemataceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants: it was only recently published. Such a family has therefore been recognized only by recent taxonomists. The APG II system, of 2003 does recognize this family and places it in the order Asparagales, in the clade monocots. The ..
Xerophagy
Xerophagy means 'dry eating'. In some instances, this means bread and water only - particularly if being used as a form of discipline. In other cases, such as the Lenten fast, vegetables cooked with water and salt are eaten, and also such things as fruit, nuts, bread and honey. Eastern Orthodox C..
Xerophile
Xerophiles are extremophilic organisms that can grow and reproduce in conditions with a low availability of water, also known as water activity. Water activity (aw) is a measure of the amount of water within a [[Wiktionary:substrate|substrate]] that an organism can use to support growth. Xerophile..
Xerophthalmia
Xerophthalmia (Greek for dry eyes) is a medical condition in which the eye fails to produce tears. It may be caused by a deficiency in Vitamin A and is sometimes used to describe that lack, although there may be other causes. Xerophthalmia is a term that usually implies a destructive dryness of t..
Xerophyllum
Xerophyllum is the name of two genera Xerophyllum a genus of lilyXerophyllum a genus of grasshopper This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the..
Xerophyllum (plant)
Xerophyllum is a genus of perennial lily from the family Melanthiaceae. The genus is native to North America, and has only four species. Species include: Xerophyllum asphodeloidesXerophyllum douglasiiXerophyllum setifoliumXerophyllum tenax The long leaves of X. tenax, commonly know as bear grass,..
Xerophyllum tenax
Xerophyllum tenax (syn. Helonias tenax) is a grasslike perennial in the family Melanthiaceae, closely related to lilies. It is known by several common names, including bear grass, squaw grass, soap grass, quip-quip, and Indian basket grass. It can grow to 15-150 cm in height and grows in bunches w..
Xerophyte
A xerophyte describes a plant that has structural (xeromorphic) and physiological adaptations which enable them to survive, or even thrive, in areas with very little free moisture. Xerophytes occur in all kind of environments, not simply those which immediately appear free of water such as deserts. ..
Xerorchis
Xerorchis (from Greek xeros, dry, and orchis, testicle-shaped) is a genus in the subfamily Epidendroideae, which belongs to the Orchidaceae family. This is a very primitive genus consisting of terrestrial orchids. Habitat Xerorchis thrives in South America. Abnormality It is unclear whether this..
Xerosere
Xerosere: The different stages in a Xerarch succession. Xerarch succession: Succession of ecological communities originated in extremely dry situation such as sand deserts, sand dunes, salt deserts, rock deserts etc. ..
Xerosicyos
Xerosicyos is a flowering plant genus of the family Cucurbitaceae. Its name comes from Greek xeros (meaning "dry") and sicyos ("cucumber"). They are lianas with succulent leaves. ..
Xerosis
Xerosis is the medical term for dry skin. It can have many different causes, including general dehydration, Vitamin A deficiency, and diabetes. Treatment is primarily symptomatic. External links [Penn State][AOCD][SkinSite][Merck Manual of Geriatrics] ..
Xerostomia
Xerostomia is the medical term for a dry mouth due to a lack of saliva. Xerostomia is sometimes colloquially called pasties or cottonmouth, the latter especially when occurring as a side effect, primarily after smoking marijuana or during a hangover. Xerostomia can cause difficulty in speech a..
Xerotes
Xerotes is a genus of lily from the family Liliaceae found in Australia ..
Xerotic eczema
Xerotic eczema refers to the skin changes that occur when skin becomes abnormally dry, itchy, and cracked. Lower legs tend to be especially affected. It is common in older people. ..
Xerox
Xerox Corporation (NYSE: [XRX]) is a document management company, which manufactures and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies. Xerox is headquartered in ..
Xerox 820
The Xerox 820 was an 8-bit desktop computer sold by Xerox. The computer featured floppy disk drives for mass storage, and used the CP/M operating system. The design of the microprocessor board was a licensed variant of the Bigboard computer. It used a Zilog Z80 processor clocked at 2.5 MHz, and boa..
Xerox 914
Xerox 914 photo copier. The Xerox 914 was the first successful commercial plain paper copier which in 1959 revolutionized the document-copying industry. The culmination of inventor Chester Carlson's work on the xerographic process, the 914 was fast and economical. One of the most successful X..
Xerox Alto
--> The Xerox Alto, developed at Xerox PARC in 1973, was the first personal computer and the first computer to use the desktop metaphor and graphical user interface (GUI). Contents 1 Architecture2 Software3 Diffusion and evolution4 See also5 Further reading6 Refere..
Xerox art
Xerox art (sometimes, more generically, called electrostatic art or copy art) is created by putting objects on the glass, or image area, of a copying machine, and by pressing "start," making an image. If the object is not flat, or the cover does not totally cover the object, the image is distorted ..
Xerox Classic
The Xerox Classic is a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is played annually in August at Irondequoit Country Club in Rochester, New York, USA. The 2006 purse is $575,000, with $103,500 going to the winner. Winners 2005 Rick Price External links [PGATOUR.com Tournament webs..
Xerox Daybreak
Xerox Daybreak (a.k.a. Xerox 6085, Xerox 1186) is a workstation computer developed by Xerox in the 1980s. It ran the ViewPoint (later GlobalView) GUI and was used extensively throughout Xerox until being replaced by Suns and PCs. Despite being years ahead of its time it was never a major commercial..
Xerox Development Environment
The Xerox Development Environment was one of the first Integrated Development Environments. It was first implemented on the Xerox Alto in 1977. See also Mesa programming languageBCPL programming language External links [The Xerox Development Environment (XDE)][Paper on XDE] ..
Xerox Docushare
DocuShare, part of the Xerox Corporation, provides a Web-based enterprise content management solution providing sophisticated functionality, with an efficient pay-as-you-go model that with scaling, modular extensibility, and flexible payments supporting a lower TCO than most. According to Gartner, ..
Xerox India
Xerox India used to be called Modi Xerox Xerox India is the Indian subsidiary of Xerox Corporation, the printer, photocopier, document supplies, technology & services company. Originally Modi Xerox, the business was derived from a joint venture formed between Dr Bhupendra Kumar Modi through ..
Xerox Network Services
Xerox Network Services (commonly XNS) was a protocol suite promulgated by Xerox, which provided routing and packet delivery, as well as higher level functions such as a reliable stream, and remote procedure calls. It is the canonical local area networking protocol, copied to some degree by practical..
Xerox NoteTaker
The Xerox NoteTaker was perhaps the first portable computer. It was developed at Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, California, in 1976. Although it did not enter production, and only around ten prototypes were built, it strongly influenced the design of the later Osborne 1 and Compaq Portable computers. ..
Xerox PARC
This article is about the computer research center. PARC is also an abbreviation for President's Appalachian Regional Commission and Palo Alto Rowing Club. Xerox PARC logo. Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) was a flagship research division of the Xerox Corporation, based in Palo Alto, Ca..
Xerox Phaser
Xerox Phaser is a line of color and black and white printers produced and sold by Xerox. ..
Xerox Star
The Star workstation, officially known as the 8010 Star Information System, was introduced by Xerox Corporation in 1981. It was the first commercial system to incorporate various technologies that today have become commonplace in personal computers, including a bitmapped display, a windows-based gra..
Xero (band)
This article is about the punk rock band. For the nu metal group, see Xero (rock band). Xero (also known as Zero, Ziro and Xiro) was a Brisbane, Australia punk rock band from the early 1980s. The band is named after the character Xero from the book The Atrocity Exhibition by J. G. Ballard. The in..
Xero (comics)
Xero (usually lettered as Xerø, with the final character mimicking the representation of the numeral 0 on computer displays) is a comic book character created by Christopher Priest and ChrisCross, the title character of a 12-issue series published by DC Comics in 1997-1998. Background The charac..
Xero (rock band)
Xero was the first name for Linkin Park (an American nu metal/rapcore band), formed in 1996. It included Mark Wakefield, Mike Shinoda, Rob Bourdon, Joe Hahn, Brad Delson and Dave Farrell. Contents 1 Band history2 Demo Track Listing3 Concert Track Listing4 See Also5 Ava..
Xero (SF fanzine)
Xero was a science fiction fanzine edited and published from 1960 to 1963 by Dick Lupoff, Pat Lupoff and Bhob Stewart. Best known for articles about comics, Xero also included articles, satires, art and cartoons on a wide range of topics. The contents pages and letter columns often featured well-..
Xerri's Grotto
Xerri's Grotto (pronounced sherry) is an underground cave in the village of Xagħra, Gozo, Malta. It was discovered in 1924 underneath a house during digging for a well. Tours are given by the owners of the house. Xerri's Grotto is not far from another underground feature, Ninu's Cave. External li..
XERV-TV
XERV is a Mexican broadcast station that repeats Televisa's XEW-TV Mexico City. It broadcasts over the air on channel 9 and on cable television via channel 19. ..
Xerver
Xerver is a free web and FTP server written in the Java by the JavaScript.nu team and distributed under the GNU GPL license. External links [Official site.] ..
Xervish Flydd
Xervish Flydd is one of the main characters in Ian Irvine's The Well of Echoes quartet. Contents 1 Physical Appearance2 Position as Scrutator3 Flydd's Role3.1 Geomancer3.2 Tetrarch3.3 Scrutator/ Alchymist Physical Appearance Xervish Flydd is an older man who appears..
Xerxes
Xerxes (the Greek form of the Persian Khshayārsha) is the name of two Persian kings of the Achaemenid dynasty: Xerxes I, reigned 485–465 BC.Xerxes II, reigned 424 BC. Xerxes may also refer to: Xerxes, an Armenian king, killed about 212 BC by Antiochus III the Great.A son of Mithradates the Great ..
XERXES
XERXES, in System Shock 2. XERXES is the primary computer system of the starship Von Braun in the computer game System Shock 2. Contents 1 Overview2 XERXES-controlled enemies2.1 Security2.2 Robots2.2.1 Utility robots2.2.2 Protocol Droids2.3 Cyborg Assass..
Xerxes (Dune)
Xerxes is a fictional character from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. He is a member of the Titan reign. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. This titan came from an incredibly wealthy family of the Old Empire, and was by this virtue, the main f..
Xerxes II of Persia
Xerxes II was a Persian king and the son and successor of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of forty-five days, he was assassinated in 424 BC by his brother Sogdianus, who in turn was murdered by Darius II. He is an obscure historical figure known primarily from the writings of Ctesias. He was reportedly ..
Xerxes I of Persia
Xerxes I (Persian: خشایارشاه, 'Khashâyâr Shâh'), was a Persian Emperor (Shahanshah) (reigned 485 - 465 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty. "Xerxēs" (Ξερξης) is the Greek transliteration of the Persian throne name Khshayarsha or Khsha-yar-shah, meaning "King of heroes". In the Book of..
Xerxes of Armenia
Xerxes (died c.212 BC) was the King of Sophene and son of Arsames II. During his reign Antiochus III the Great invaded his capital Arsamosata. Xerxes recognized Antiochus as his sovereign and received his sister Antiochia as his bride[#endnote_Polyb], who later assassinated him. Notes ↑&..
XER (AM)
XER (1932-1933) are the call letters of a famous border-blaster radio station licensed to Villa Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico upon license appliction of Dr. John R. Brinkley of Kansas. It first came on the air on August 18, 1932 with a 50 kW transmitter and claimed 75 kW erp via an omindirectional antenn..
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