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serialFilm presented in a series of episodes over several months. The serials, usually adventure melodramas, probably developed from the adventure stories published in monthly installments in magazines. The first internationally popular serial, The Perils of Pauline (1914), starring Pearl White, was followed by other serials such as The Hazards of Helen, which ran for 119 episodes (1914–17). Serials focused on action sequences, with cliff-hanging endings for each episode. They remained popular with movie audiences, especially children, into the 1940s. serialOne after the other. serial 1. Computing of or operating on items of information, instructions, etc., in the order in which they occur 2. of, relating to, or using the techniques of serialism 3. Logic maths (of a relation) connected, transitive, and asymmetric, thereby imposing an order on all the members of the domain, as less than on the natural numbers serial [′sir·ē·əl] (computer science) Pertaining to the internal handling of data in sequential fashion. (industrial engineering) An element or a group of elements within a series which is given a numerical or alphabetical designation for convenience in planning, scheduling, and control. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Modeled after the adult journal Granta and projected to be published by Delacorte twice a year, Rush Hour is a "hybrid," says Cart, a serial publication that appears in book-size trade paperback, but also in library binding. It is a list of all the serial publications owned by the Gallaudet University Library, regardless of importance, place of origin, philosophy of publisher, or any other consideration. Our non serial publications cover a wide range of topics such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, epidemiology (Diabetes Atlas 2000), health economics, etc. |
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