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Jenkins
Jenkins may refer to: People * Jenkins (name), history of the surname * List of people with surname Jenkins * The Jenkins, country music group Places United States *Jenkins, Illinois *Jenkins, Kentucky *Jenkins, Minnesota *Jenkins, Missouri *Jenkins County, Georgia * Jenkins Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota *Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Other *Jenkins (crater), on the Moon and VA Politics and history *Jenkins Commission (UK), an English voting reform commission *Jenkins Commission (EU), a European monetary commission *War of Jenkins' Ear, a colonial war between Britain and Spain Software *Jenkins (software), a continuous integration tool *Jenkins hash function Other *Jenkins activity survey, a psychological assessment tool *Jenkins (drinking game) * "Jenkins" (''How I Met Your Mother''), a television episode *Leeroy Jenkins, an Internet meme related to ''World of Warcraft'' See also *Hundred of Jenkins, a region in South Australia *Jenkin *Jenkyns *Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People With Surname Jenkins
This is a list of real and fictional surnamed Jenkins. * See Jenkins (name) for the etymology of related first and last names. Real people The following is a list of real people surnamed Jenkins. A *Ab Jenkins (1883–1956), American racing car driver * Al Jenkins (other), several people *Alan Jenkins (engineer) (born 1947), English automotive engineer and designer *Alan Jenkins (poet) (born 1955), English poet *Albert Jenkins (footballer) (1865−1940), English footballer who formed Doncaster Rovers in 1879. * Albert Jenkins (rugby union) (1895–1953), Welsh international rugby union player *Albert G. Jenkins (1830–1864), American soldier and politician *Allan Jenkins (footballer) (born 1981), Scottish footballer *Allen Jenkins (1900–1974), American actor and singer * Austin Jenkins (born 1989), American professional wrestler better known as Adam Cole B *Barbara Jenkins, Trinidadian writer * Bert Jenkins (1885–1943), Welsh rugby league and rugby union footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins (software)
Jenkins is an open source automation server. It helps automate the parts of software development related to building, testing, and deploying, facilitating continuous integration and continuous delivery. It is a server-based system that runs in servlet containers such as Apache Tomcat. It supports version control tools, including AccuRev, CVS, Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Perforce, ClearCase and RTC, and can execute Apache Ant, Apache Maven and sbt based projects as well as arbitrary shell scripts and Windows batch commands. History The Jenkins project was originally named ''Hudson'', and was renamed in 2011 after a dispute with Oracle, which had forked the project and claimed rights to the project name. The Oracle fork, ''Hudson'', continued to be developed for a time before being donated to the Eclipse Foundation. Oracle's Hudson is no longer maintained and was announced as obsolete in February 2017. Around 2007 Hudson became known as a better alternative to Cruise Control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of Jenkins' Ear
The War of Jenkins' Ear, or , was a conflict lasting from 1739 to 1748 between Britain and the Spanish Empire. The majority of the fighting took place in New Granada and the Caribbean Sea, with major operations largely ended by 1742. It is considered a related conflict of the 1740 to 1748 War of the Austrian Succession. The name was coined in 1858 by British historian Thomas Carlyle, and refers to Robert Jenkins, captain of the British brig "Rebecca", whose ear was allegedly severed by Spanish coast guards while searching his ship for contraband in April 1731. Response to the incident was tepid until opposition politicians in Parliament, backed by the South Sea Company, used it seven years later to incite support for a war against Spain, hoping to improve British trading opportunities in the Caribbean. They also wanted to retain the lucrative '' Asiento de Negros'' giving British slave traders permission to sell slaves in Spanish America, which is why the Spanish call it the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins, Kentucky
Jenkins is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Letcher County, Kentucky, Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,203 as of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History In autumn of 1911, the Consolidation Coal Company purchased the current location of Jenkins as part of a tract of land in Pike County, Kentucky, Pike, Letcher, and Floyd County, Kentucky, Floyd list of Ky counties, counties from the Northern Coal and Coke Company. After the acquisition was finalized, plans were made to extend the Lexington and Eastern Railroad from Jackson, Kentucky, Jackson to a town named McRoberts, Kentucky, McRoberts. The plans also included the establishment of the town of Jenkins for George C. Jenkins, one of the Consolidation Coal Company's directors. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leeroy Jenkins
Leeroy Jenkins is a player character created by Ben Schulz in Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG ''World of Warcraft''. The character became popular in 2005 from his role in a viral video of game footage where, having been absent during his group's discussion of a meticulous plan, Leeroy returns and ruins it by charging straight into combat while shouting his own name as a battle cry. The video capturing the character's behavior became an Internet meme. As a result of positive reception to the meme, Blizzard subsequently added Leeroy Jenkins into ''World of Warcraft'' as an official non-player character and as a minion card and later as a hero in the online card game '' Hearthstone''. Video The original video, titled ''Leeroy!!'', was released by the ''World of Warcraft'' player guild "Pals for Life" to video-sharing site Warcraftmovies on May 11, 2005. The video features a group of players discussing a detailed battle plan for their next encounter while Leeroy is away from his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins (drinking Game)
Up Jenkins, also known by the shortened name Jenkins, is a party game in which players conceal a coin (or ring, button, etc.) in their palm as they slap it on a table with their bare hands. The goal of the game is for the players on the team without the coin to correctly identify which hand the coin is under. The game typically consists of two- to four-player teams, one on each side of a table. There are no official rules, so rules may vary widely, the game is often played with alcohol beverages with which to drink as a forfeit. Gameplay The captain of one team takes a coin and passes it under the table to the second person of the team. The players on that team pass the coin under the table back and forth from one player to another. The object of the game is to do it so carefully that the opposing team cannot guess which player has the coin. Once this selection is made, the opposing team's captain yells "Up Jenkins" at which point all players on the team with the coin place thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins (How I Met Your Mother)
"Jenkins" is the 13th episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy '' How I Met Your Mother'' and 101st episode overall. It originally aired on January 18, 2010. The episode hit a season high with 10.52 million viewers and high overall ratings. The episode is directed by starring actor and first-time director Neil Patrick Harris. Plot Ted and Marshall walk into a college bar, and Ted is worried about meeting his students there. Marshall goes to the bar often to maintain his skeeball high score. Marshall tells him that Jenkins, a particularly quirky co-worker who has been the subject of a number of funny office stories that Marshall has told the group about, will be joining them. Because Marshall neglected to mention Jenkins's gender, Ted pictures Jenkins as a goofy fat man, and is therefore taken by surprise when Barney announces his intention to sleep with Jenkins. He finally gets the resolution when Jenkins arrives and turns out to be a beautiful woman. Marshall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Jenkins Township is a township in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,282 at the 2020 census. History Settlement Isaac Gould and Joseph Gardner were the first permanent settlers in modern-day Jenkins Township. The first important settlement in the territory was Joseph Gardner's gristmill in 1794 (on Gardner's Creek). The first schoolhouse was built in the early 1810s. Jenkins Township was formed from a section of Pittston Township on June 24, 1852. It was named after Col. John Jenkins (who settled the area with his family in 1769). He served as an officer in the American Revolution (1775-1782), and as a Representative of Luzerne County in the Pennsylvania Legislature (elected in 1797). Coal mining Logging and farming were the first major employers in the region, but due to the abundance of anthracite coal under the township, the coal mining industry quickly expanded. Port Griffith was named in honor of one of the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins County, Georgia
Jenkins County is a county located in the southeastern area of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,674. The county seat is Millen. The county was created on August 17, 1905, and named after the 44th Governor of Georgia, Charles Jones Jenkins. History During the Red Summer of 1919, there was a race riot on April 13, 1919 in Jenkins County, in which white mobs attacked the black community. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.5%) is water. Most of the southern portion of Jenkins County, from southwest of Millen to west of Hiltonia, is located in the Lower Ogeechee River sub-basin of the Ogeechee River basin, with the exception of very small parts of the southwestern corner of the county, north and east of Garfield, which are located in the Canoochee River sub-basin of the same Ogeechee River basin. The northwestern portion of Jenkins County is located in the Upper Ogeec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins (name)
Jenkins is a surname that originated in Cornwall, but came to be popular in southern Wales. The name "Jenkin" originally meant "little John" or "son of John". The "kin" portion is of Dutch language, Dutch or Danish language, Danish origin (''-kijn''), which then gained a certain popularity in England. History As a forename John, followed by kin/ken meaning 'little', Germanic umlaut#I-mutation in Old English, gave Jenkin or Jenken. The first use of the name "Jenkins" or "Jenkens" in England occurred as early as 1086 as a diminutive of the English form of John (given name), ''John''.About the Jenkins' Family Name: http://www.djenkins.org/blog/?page_id=45 It was often translated (Diminutive#English, a loan word) from the Flemish/French as "John the younger" or seen as "John Jenken" and incorrectly, but frequently referred to as "Little John". The non-diminutive Jehan/Jehannes (pronounced "Jo-han/Jon-han-es") was also translated into English as John. When Jen/Jean and Jehan/Jehannes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins Hash Function
The Jenkins hash functions are a collection of (non-cryptographic) hash functions for multi-byte keys designed by Bob Jenkins. The first one was formally published in 1997. The hash functions one_at_a_time Jenkins's one_at_a_time hash is adapted here from a WWW page by Bob Jenkins, which is an expanded version of his ''Dr. Dobb's'' article. It was originally created to fulfill certain requirements described by Colin Plumb, a cryptographer, but was ultimately not put to use. uint32_t jenkins_one_at_a_time_hash(const uint8_t* key, size_t length) Sample hash values for one_at_a_time hash function. one_at_a_time("a", 1) 0xca2e9442 one_at_a_time("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", 43) 0x519e91f5 The avalanche behavior of this hash is shown on the right. Each of the 24 rows corresponds to a single bit in the 3-byte input key, and each of the 32 columns corresponds to a bit in the output hash. Colors are chosen by how well the input key bit affects the given output ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenkins Commission (EU)
The Jenkins Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1977 to 6 January 1981. Its President was Roy Jenkins. Work It was the successor to the Ortoli Commission and was succeeded by the Thorn Commission. Despite stagnating growth and a higher energy bill, the Jenkins Commission oversaw the development of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union from 1977, which began in 1979 as the European Monetary System, a forerunner of the Single Currency or euro. President Jenkins was the first President to attend a G8 summit on behalf of the Community. Membership Summary by political leanings The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme: References External links European commission websitePDF Archive of Commission MembershipPDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membershipby UK politician Tom King and the Centre for Policy Studies The Centre for Policy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
