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  2. Emoji - Wikipedia

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    Originally meaning pictograph, the word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, 'picture') + moji (文字, 'character'); the resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental. [4] The first emoji sets were created by Japanese portable electronic device companies in the late 1980s and the 1990s. [5]

  3. Astronomical symbols - Wikipedia

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    The use of astronomical symbols for the Sun and Moon dates to antiquity. The forms of the symbols that appear in the original papyrus texts of Greek horoscopes are a circle with one ray () for the Sun and a crescent for the Moon. [3] The modern Sun symbol, a circle with a dot (☉), first appeared in Europe in the Renaissance.

  4. Astrological symbols - Wikipedia

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    True Black Moon ⯞ U+2BDE: The lunar apogee calculated from its current position (disregarding solar perturbation), as opposed to its mean position. [34] symbols related to Lilith: White Moon, or Selena ⯝ U+2BDD: Russian astrologer Pavel Globa invented this to serve as the symbolic opposite of the Black Moon in the 1980s. [34] True White ...

  5. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

  6. Algebraic notation (chess) - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic notation is the standard method for recording and describing the moves in a game of chess. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. [1] It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE, the international ...

  7. Symbols of Islam - Wikipedia

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    Green – The silk and pillows of Jannah are believed to be green. [4] [5] Muhammad's favorite color was green. [6] White – Considered the purest and cleanest color in Islam and the color of the flag of Muḥammad, the Young Eagle. [7] [8] Black – The color of Jahannam as well as the color of the Black Standard. [9] [10]

  8. The Password Game - Wikipedia

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    In this screenshot, the inclusion of the moon emoji satisfies Rule 13; however, it splits the word "may", breaking Rule 6. The Password Game is a web-based puzzle video game. The player is tasked with typing a password in an input box. The game has a total of 35 rules that the password must follow and which appear in a specific order.

  9. Star and crescent - Wikipedia

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    Sealing depicting the Neo Sumerian King, Ibbi-Sin seated with a star or Dingir and crescent adjacent to him Depiction of the emblems of Ishtar (Venus), Sin (Moon), and Shamash (Sun) on a boundary stone of Meli-Shipak II (12th century BC) Venus, Sun and Moon on the Stele of Nabonidus (r. 556–539 BC) found at Harran (Şanlıurfa Museum) [10]