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condom
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1.condom - The protective plastic bag that accompanies 3.5-inch microfloppy diskettes. Rarely, also used of (paper) disk envelopes. Unlike the write protect tab, the condom (when left on) not only impedes the practice of SEX but has also been shown to have a high failure rate as drive mechanisms attempt to access the disk - and can even fatally frustrate insertion.
2.condom - The protective cladding on a light pipe.
3.condom - "keyboard condom": A flexible, transparent plastic cover for a keyboard, designed to provide some protection against dust and programming fluid without impeding typing.
4.condom - "elephant condom": the plastic shipping bags used inside cardboard boxes to protect hardware in transit.


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Michael Swan, in his article 'Church caught up in condom conundrum' in The Catholic Register, August, 2006, stated that "There is no official Church position on the use of condoms to prevent transmission of a virus, or on the use of condoms outside marriage.
The church and AIDS by Shea, John B. / Catholic Insight
1) Compared with their counterparts whose male partners used condoms less than 5% of the time for vaginal intercourse, women whose partners used them at least half the time had a 50% lower risk of infection and women whose partners used them every time had a 70% lower risk.
Frequent male condom use decreases women's risk of HPV infection by London, S. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
While condoms have been shown to limit the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, their effectiveness has been less clear against HPV, a common, sexually transmitted pathogen that infects roughly three-fourths of U.
Proof of protection: condoms limit infection by cervical cancer virus by Seppa, N. / Science News
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