Diacritic

A diacritic /daɪ.əˈkrɪtɪk/ – also diacritical mark, diacritical point, or diacritical sign – is a glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, "distinguishing"), which is composed of the ancient Greek διά (diá, through) and κρίνω (krínein or kríno, to separate). Diacritic is primarily an adjective, though sometimes used as a noun, whereas diacritical is only ever an adjective. Some diacritical marks, such as the acute ( ´ ) and grave ( ` ), are often called accents. Diacritical marks may appear above or below a letter, or in some other position such as within the letter or between two letters.

The main use of diacritical marks in the Latin script is to change the sound-values of the letters to which they are added. Examples from English are the diaereses in naïve and Noël, which show that the vowel with the diaeresis mark is pronounced separately from the preceding vowel; the acute and grave accents, which can indicate that a final vowel is to be pronounced, as in saké and poetic breathèd; and the cedilla under the "c" in the borrowed French word façade, which shows it is pronounced /s/ rather than /k/. In other Latin alphabets, they may distinguish between homonyms, such as the French là ("there") versus la ("the") that are both pronounced /la/. In Gaelic type, a dot over a consonant indicates lenition of the consonant in question.

My Word!

My Word! was a long-running radio panel game broadcast by the BBC on the Home Service (1956–67) and Radio 4 (1967–90). It was created by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane, and featured comic writers Denis Norden and Frank Muir, famous in Britain for the series Take It From Here. The show was piloted in June 1956 on the Midland Home Service and first broadcast as a series on the BBC Home Service on 1 January 1957.

For decades it was also broadcast worldwide via BBC World Service shortwave. In the United States, the show was syndicated on the WFMT Fine Arts Network until 1 October 2013, when BBC ended US distribution.Australia's Radio National had also been airing reruns for years but discontinued them in July 2014.

A companion program, My Music, ran from 1967 to 1993.

Personnel

The host of the show was originally the cricket broadcaster John Arlott, but he was soon replaced by Jack Longland, who spent over twenty years as chairman. Longland was succeeded by John Julius Norwich and finally Michael O'Donnell.

Release Date

Release Date is the 12th studio album by the Finnish avant-garde progressive metal band Waltari.

The track "Spokebone" is a collaboration between Waltari, Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis, and the Finnish folk group Värttinä.

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Sweet XVI

Sweet XVI is an EP by American recording artist Mýa. Her second EP, it was released on April 21, 2014 worldwide via digital media store iTunes, marking Harrison's fifth independently released project through her own label imprint Planet 9 via INgrooves. The six-track EP commemorates the release of her debut studio album Mýa (1998) and 16th anniversary in the entertainment industry. Its release was preceded by its first and only single, the Eric Bellinger-assisted "Same Page".

Described as "more up-tempo" than its predecessor, the EP With Love, Sweet XVI is intended to celebrate not only Harrison's journey thus far, but be an indication of a new path as she reinvents her career and gears up to tour and work on her ninth studio project. Production on Sweet XVI was primarily handled by longtime friend and frequent collaborator Yonni with additional contributions from musicians Antione Hart and Nate "Impact" Jolley as well as her in-house team of producers The Alliance. Just as Harrison did on previous projects, she used existing material she personally pulled from her archive of unreleased music.

Software release life cycle

A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software: ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix bugs still present in the software.

History

Usage of the "alpha/beta" test terminology originated at IBM. As long ago as the 1950s (and probably earlier), IBM used similar terminology for their hardware development. "A" test was the verification of a new product before public announcement. "B" test was the verification before releasing the product to be manufactured. "C" test was the final test before general availability of the product. As software became a significant part of IBM's offerings, the alpha test terminology was used to denote the pre-announcement test and beta test was used to show product readiness for general availability. Martin Belsky, a manager on some of IBM's earlier software projects claimed to have invented the terminology. IBM dropped the alpha/beta terminology during the 1960s, but by then it had received fairly wide notice. The usage of "beta test" to refer to testing done by customers was not done in IBM. Rather, IBM used the term "field test".