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Ting may refer to: Politics and government * Thing (assembly) or ting, a historical Scandinavian governing assembly * Ting (administrative unit) (亭), an administrative unit in China during the Qin and Han Dynasties * Ting (廳,厅), an administrative unit ( subprefecture) in China during the Qing Dynasty Products and services * Ting Inc., an internet service provider run by Tucows * Ting Mobile, a cell phone service provider owned by Dish Wireless * Ting (drink), a carbonated grapefruit beverage popular in the Caribbean People * Ding (surname) or Ting, a Chinese surname *Ting (cartoonist), Merle Tingley (1922–2017), Canadian editorial cartoonist *Ting Ju ch'ang (1836–1895), Chinese admiral *Samuel C. C. Ting (born 1936), American physicist *Ting Tse-Ying, Chinese scholar and associate of the French writer Marcel Schwob Other uses * Ding (vessel) or ting, an ancient Chinese cauldron * Ting, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran * Ting River, a river ...
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Thing (assembly)
A thing, german: ding, ang, þing, enm, thing. (that is, "assembly" or folkmoot) was a governing assembly in early Germanic society, made up of the free people of the community presided over by a lawspeaker. Things took place at regular intervals, usually at prominent places that were accessible by travel. They provided legislative functions, as well as being social events and opportunities for trade. In modern usage, the meaning of this word in English and other languages has shifted to mean not just an assemblage of some sort but simply an object of any sort. Earliest reference and etymology The first detailed description of a thing was made by Tacitus in AD 98. Tacitus suggested that the things were annual delegate-based meetings that served legal and military functions. The oldest written reference of the thing is on a stone pillar found along Hadrian's Wall at Housestead in the UK. It is dated AD 43-410 and reads: "DEO MARTI THINCSO ET DUABUS ALAISIAGIS BEDE ET FI ...
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