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Bessie Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an early American civil aviator. She was the first woman of African American descent, and the first of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot license. She earned her pilot license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale on June 15, 1921, and was the first black person to earn an international pilot's license.
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A bachelor's degree is usually earned for an undergraduate course of study that normally requires three to five years of study (depending on institution and field of study).

Credit somebody with something: to give credit for something such as a work of art or a saying to a particular person, often wrongly

Sex assignment (sometimes known as gender assignment) is the discernment of the sex at the birth of a baby.

Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service.

opposing or prohibiting unfair discrimination against people based on race, religion, etc. : preventing or counteracting bias (as in hiring practices) merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antibias

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a step-by-step procedure for calculations. Algorithms are used for calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning.

Often referred to as 'The Rock', Alcatraz Island is located in the San Francisco Bay, the small island was developed with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, a military prison (1868), and a federal prison from 1933 until 1963.

ALAC may refer to: ALAC (Arma Leve Anticarro), a Brazilian light anti-tank weapon Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand, a New Zealand autonomous Crown entity Aluminium acetate or ALAc, the aluminium salts of acetic acid Apple Lossless Audio Codec, developed by Apple Inc. for lossless data compression of digital music and made open-source in 2011 Artificial Limb & Appliance Centre, facilities belonging to NHS Wales' Artificial Limb & Appliance Service At-Large Advisory Committee, an advisory committee to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. The term typically refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.

Adware is free software that is supported by advertisements. Common adware programs are toolbars that sit on your desktop or work in conjunction with your Web browser. Most adware is safe to use, but some can serve as spyware, gathering information about you from your hard drive, the Web sites you visit, or your keystrokes.

Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) is an audio coding standard for lossy digital audio compression. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at the same bit rate.AAC has been standardized by ISO and IEC, as part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 specifications. Part of AAC, HE-AAC ('AAC+'), is part of MPEG-4 Audio and also adopted into digital radio standards DAB+ and Digital Radio Mondiale, as well as mobile television standards DVB-H and ATSC-M/H.

How do I tell if my computer can run a 64-bit version of Windows? To run a 64-bit version of Windows, your computer must have a 64-bit-capable processor. To find out if your processor is 64-bit-capable, do the following:

A 404 error is a common website error message that indicates a webpage cannot be found. It may be produced when a user clicks an outdated (or 'broken') link or when a URL is typed incorrectly in a Web browser's address field