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1. Shannon
   [n] - United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
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2. shannon
   a unit of selective information in binary notation,i.e.the amount of information derived from knowledge of the occurrence of one of two equiprobable,exclusive and exhaustive events Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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3. Shannon
   Claude Shannon noun United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
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4. Shannon
   (from the article `Ireland`) International airports are located at Dublin, Shannon, and Cork, and there are several regional airports. Aer Rianta, a public limited-liability ...
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5. Shannon
   Shannon is a Irish mixed name. The meaning of the name is `little old wise one` Where is it used? The name Shannon is mainly used In English. The name Shannon appears In the name list top 1000 for both male and female. Below you can find the statistics for both sexes. Shannon as a boys nameShannon...
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6. Shannon
   [horse] Shannon (1941–1955), named Shannon II in America, was an outstanding Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who was inducted into the Hall of Fame. He created new racecourse records in Australia before he was sold to an American buyer who exported him to California in 1948. There Shanno...
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7. Shannon
   The USS Shannon was an American Allen M Sumner Class destroyer of 2200 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Shannon was powered by four boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 350 and was armed with six 5 inch guns; twelve 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eleven 20 m...
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8. Shannon
   Shannon is a cultivated variety of potato.
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9. Shannon
   [singer] ==Biography== In the spring of 1983, Shannon was enrolled at York College and toured with the New York Jazz Ensemble. Quintin Hicks, an associate of the production team of Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa, later saw Shannon singing with a live band in her cousin`s recording studio. Sh...
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10. Shannon
    [given name] Shannon is a Gaelic unisex given name. Alternative spellings include Shannen, Shanon, Shannan, Seanan and Siannon. Some variants of the name are Shan, Shania, Shana, Shanna,Shany and Shane. == Origin and meaning == Shannon means "the wise one" or "little owl". The name Shannon i...
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11. shannon
    a unit of logarithmic measure of information equals to the decision content of a set of two mutually exclusive events, expressed as a logarithm to base two Example: The decision content of a character set of eight characters equal to the logarithm to base two of 8 being 3.
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12. Shannon
    Shannon, principal river of the Republic of Ireland and longest (c.240 mi/390 km) in the British Isles. It rises near Cuilcagh Mt., NW Co. Cavan, and flows S through the Central Plain into Co. Limerick, where it turns west in a broad estuary (c.70 mi/110 km) to the Atlantic Ocean between Loop Head a...
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13. Shannon
    Longest river in Ireland, rising 105 m/344 ft above sea level in the Cuilcagh Mountains in County Cavan, and flowing 386 km/240 mi to the Atlantic Ocean past Athlone, and through loughs Allen, Boderg, Forbes, Ree, and Derg. The estuary, which is 110 km/68 mi long and 3–16 km/2
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14. Shannon
    [1961 TV series] Shannon is an American crime drama series that aired in syndication from September 1961 to June 1962. The series stars George Nader as the title character. ==Synopsis== Nader stars as Joe Shannon, an insurance investigator for the Transport Bonding and Surety Company. Regis ...
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15. Shannon
    [1981 TV series] Charlie Fields April 7, 1982 (nonconsecutively) Shannon is an hour-long 9-episode CBS crime drama starring Kevin Dobson as Jack Shannon, a former New York City police officer who, after the death of his wife, relocates with his ten-year-old son, John, to San Francisco, Calif...
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