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  1. Janus
    [TV series] Janus is an Australian drama television series screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994 and 1995. Two series were produced, with a total of 26 episodes. Janus (known in some countries as "Criminal Justice") was a spin-off series from the earlier ABC-TV crime se...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(TV_s

  2. Janus
    [science fiction magazine] Janus ISSN 0197-775X was a feminist science fiction fanzine edited by Janice Bogstad and Jeanne Gomoll in Madison, Wisconsin, and closely associated with that city`s science fiction convention, WisCon (Several early WisCon program books doubled as special issues of...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(scie

  3. Janus
    [programming language] ==Concurrent Constraint Programming== Janus is a computer programming language partially described by K. Kahn and Vijay A. Saraswat in "Actors as a special case of concurrent constraint (logic) programming", in SIGPLAN Notices, October 1990. Janus is a concurrent const...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(prog

  4. Janus
    [DRM] Janus is the codename for portable version of Windows Media DRM for portable devices, whose marketing name is Windows Media DRM for Portable Devices (or in short form WMDRM-PD) introduced by Microsoft in 2004 for use on portable media devices which store and access content offline. Nap...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(DRM)

  5. Janus
    [n] - (Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  6. Janus
    Satellite of the planet Saturn. See TABLE 8. SATURN - SATELLITE DATA
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  7. Janus
    In Roman mythology, the god of all openings, including doorways and passageways, and the beginning of the day, month, and year. January was dedicated to him. He is represented as having two faces,...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  8. janus
    antenna system for an airborne Doppler radar,designed to eliminate the effects of aircraft movement other than displacemement over the ground Category: News-systems and communications
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Janus
    Ja'nus noun [ Latin See January .] (Rom. Antiq.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/4

  10. Janus
    • (n.) A Latin deity represented with two faces looking in opposite directions. Numa is said to have dedicated to Janus the covered passage at Rome, near the Forum, which is usually called the Temple of Janus. This passage was open in war and closed in peace.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. Janus
    (from the article `Saturn`) Janus and Epimetheus are co-orbital moons—they share the same average orbit. Every few years they make a close approach, interacting gravitationally ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/7

  12. Janus
    in Roman religion, the animistic spirit of doorways (januae) and archways (jani). Janus and the nymph Camasene were the parents of Tiberinus, whose ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/7

  13. Janus
    Janus is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `Beginnings` The name Janus doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Janus seems to be unique!
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  14. Janus
    Janus The name of an ancient Italian deity, regarded as the doorkeeper of heaven, as guardian of doors and gates, and as presiding over the entrance upon or beginning of things; represented with a face on the front and another on the back of his head; the doors of his temple in the Roman Forum were ...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  15. Janus
    HMS Janus was a British Javelin Class destroyer of 1690 tons displacement launched in 1938 and sunk during the Second World War. She was armed with six 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots and carried a complement of 183.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  16. Janus
    1. Distributed language with an ask/tell constraint system. qdjanus is a Janus-to-Prolog compiler for Sicstus Prolog and jc is compiles to C. ['Janus: A Step Towards Distributed Constraint Programming', V. Saraswat (saraswat@parc.xerox.com) et al in Logic Programming: Proc 1990 North Am Conf, S. Deb...
    Found on http://foldoc.org/Janus

  17. Janus
    [moon] Janus (s;{efn|name=US dict-def} Latin: Ianus) is an inner satellite of Saturn. It is also known as Saturn X (Roman numeral X = 10). It is named after the mythological Janus. == Discovery and orbit == Janus occupies practically the same orbit as the moon Epimetheus. This caused some co...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(moon

  18. Janus
    In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Janus is the god of beginnings and transitions, thence also of gates, doors, doorways, endings and time. He is usually a two-faced god since he looks to the future and the past. The Romans dedicated the month of January to Janus. == Etymology == The etymolog...
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  19. Janus
    An inner moon of Saturn. Janus was discovered on December 15, 1966, by Audouin Dollfus and is also known as Saturn X. It is nearly co-orbital (shares its orbit) with Epimetheus and is located between Saturn`s F- and G-rings. Because Janus and Epimetheus differ in their orbital radii by only 50 km, t...
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  20. Janus
    Janus (jā'nus) , in Roman religion, god of beginnings. He was one of the principal Roman gods, the custodian of the universe. The first hour of the day, the first day of the month, the first month of the year (which bears his name) were sacred to him. His chief function was as guardian dei...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  21. Janus
    Janus (jā'nus) , in astronomy, one of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn X (or S10), Janus is an irregularly shaped (nonspherical) body measuring about 122 mi (196 km) by 119 mi (192 km) by 93 mi (150 km); it orbits Saturn at a mean distance of 94,120 m...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08259

  22. Janus
    Janus was a two faced Roman god of doorways, and of beginnings and ends. In the earliest days of the universe, Janus was created by Ouranos as a love-gift for Hecate. But Janus (as Hecate called him) was appalled by life in the Underworld and jumped into the river Styx and was carried to the Upper W...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  23. Janus
    In Roman mythology, the god of all openings, including doorways and passageways, and the beginning of the day, month, and year. January was dedicated to him. He is represented as having two faces, one looking forwards and one back, (in sculpture, a herm), and was associated with wisdom because he kn...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  24. JANUS
    USIO Database System
    Found on http://www.iodp.org/acronyms/

  25. Janus
    [musical project] == History == From the beginning, Janus consisted of only two members - Dirk "Rig" Riegert, songwriter and vocalist, and Tobias "Toby" Hahn, programmer and piano player. Throughout their albums Janus has used many guest musicians, up to and including an entire orchestra. De...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_(musi



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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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