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: This in discipline of computer science is often referred to as the of .

Since 2014, the award has been accompanied by a prize of US$1 million, with financial support provided by .

What is this award?

A. Fields Medal
B. Turing Award
C. Abel Prize8
D. John von Neumann Medal

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: is a programming model and framework designed for processing large datasets in a parallel and distributed manner.

It's particularly useful for tasks that can be broken down into smaller, independent pieces.

What is MapReduce? MapReduce is a programming framework designed for processing large datasets in a parallel and distributed manner.

: The Problem describes a scenario where people in a circle are eliminated every k-th person until only one remains, and the goal is to determine the survivor's initial position.

This mathematical puzzle, inspired by a historical account, can be solved using simulation or more efficiently with recursive or iterative formulas.

Josephus Problem The Josephus Problem describes a scenario where people in a circle are eliminated every k-th person until only one remains, and the goal is to determine the survivor's initial position.

: The East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province is a massive, newly discovered network of 30 subglacial V-shaped basins that radiate outward from the South Pole, hidden beneath nearly half of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

East Antarctic Fan-Shaped Basin Province An international team of researchers has discovered a vast geological structure hidden beneath the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

: Lake MacKay, Australia

Brown hills speckle the eastern part of Australia’s Lake MacKay in this satellite image.

Located on the border of the states of Western Australia and Northern Territory, the salt lake only sees water after seasonal rainfall – if at all. It is classified as an ephemeral lake, meaning it exists only after precipitation. This is not the same as a seasonal lake, which sees water for longer periods.

Lake MacKay, Australia Lake MacKay

: Toggle one pixel (dark to light or reverse) to make this equation correct.

Puzzles of the week - Part 5 Here is a list of logic / math puzzles - for puzzle fans

is the sustained capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem, supporting plant and animal productivity, maintaining water quality, and storing carbon.

It relies on a balanced mix of organic matter, microbiota, and physical structure.

Declining Soil Health Soil health is the sustained capacity of soil to function as a living ecosystem, supporting plant and animal productivity, maintaining water quality, and storing carbon.

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Birth Anniversary of Alan Turing (1912) - highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of and .

Battle of (1757) took place leading to decisive victory of the British East India Company under the leadership of Robert Clive over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies.

Christoper Lotham Sholes received patent for Typewriter (1868).

Birth Anniversary of P. K. Banerjee (1936) and Norman Pritchard (1875) - first Asian-born athlete to win an medal.

Happy Birthday Zinedine Zidane (1972).

Today is UN Public Service Day, International .

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: The Book "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in Classical Economics.

Who was Author of this book?

A. John Maynard Keynes
B. Adam Smith
C. Amartya Sen
D. Karl Marx

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