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Baal

2007-10-26T15:06:13Z

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'''Baal''' [[is]] [[the]] [[name]] [[of]] [[several]] [[other gods|gods]] [[that]] [[date]] [[back]] [[to]] [[the]] [[14th]] [[century]] [[BC]] [[among]] [[the]] [[ancient]] [[Semitic]] peoples, the descendants of [[Shem]], the oldest son of Biblical [[Noah]]. Semitic is more of a linguistic classification than a racial one. Thus, people speaking the same or similar languages first worshiped Baal in his many forms. In ancient religions the name denoted sun, lord or god. Baal was common a name of small [[Syria]]n and [[Persia]]n deities. Baal is still principally thought of as a Canaanite fertility deity. The Great Baal was of Canaan.The cult of Baal celebrated annually his death and resurrection as a part of the Canaanite fertility rituals. <ref>http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/baal.html</ref> Some [[Christians]] and [[Jewish]] people view Baal as an [[evil]] [[god]] that some of the children of [[Israel]] served in the book of [[Judges]].

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United States Marshals Service

2007-10-26T15:04:45Z

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The '''[[United States]] Marshal's Service''' [[is]] the [[agency]] which serves civil and [[criminal]] [[process]] [[in]] [[federal]] [[court|courts]].

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Computer worm

2007-10-26T15:03:11Z

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[[A]] [[computer]] [[worm]] [[is]] [[a]] [[program]] [[that]] [[is]] [[self-replicating]]. [[It]] [[typically]] [[makes]] [[use]] [[of]] [[a]] [[network]] [[to]] [[circulate]] [[its]] [[duplicate]] [[copies]] [[to]] [[other]] [[computers]] [[on]] [[the]] [[network]].

In contrast with a [[computer virus]], a worm need not hide in an existing program. Worms attack and possibly overload a network, while viruses corrupt files on computers.
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