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Peek
Peek or PEEK may refer to: Computing * Peek (data type operation), an operation on data types such as stacks and queues * PEEK and POKE, the low-level commands of the BASIC programming language * Peek (mobile Internet device), an email-only mobile handheld device * Peek, an ADABAS/NATURAL utility * Peek (software), a Linux application to create GIF animations People with the surname * Antwan Peek (born 1979), American footballer * Ben Peek (born 1976), Australian author * Bertrand Meigh Peek (1891–1965), British astronomer * Burton Peek (1872–1960), former president of Deere & Company * Dan Peek (1950–2011), musician * Frank William Peek (1881–1933), American electrical engineer and inventor * Kim Peek Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951December 19, 2009) was an American savant syndrome, savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability ... (1951–200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peek (data Type Operation)
In computer science, peek is an operation on certain abstract data types, specifically sequential collection (abstract data type), collections such as Stack (abstract data type), stacks and Queue (abstract data type), queues, which returns the value of the top ("front") of the collection without removing the element from the collection. It thus returns the same value as operations such as "pop" or "dequeue", but does not modify the data. The name "peek" is similar to the basic "push" and "pop" operations on a stack, but the name for this operation varies depending on data type and language. Peek is generally considered an inessential operation, compared with the more basic operations of adding and removing data, and as such is not included in the basic definition of these data types. However, since it is a useful operation and generally easily implemented, it is frequently included in practices, and in some definitions peek is included as basic, with pop (or analog) defined in terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Peek
Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951December 19, 2009) was an American savant syndrome, savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital Human brain, brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie ''Rain Man''. Although Peek was previously diagnosed with autism, he is now thought to have had FG syndrome.Weber B (December 26, 2009)"Kim Peek, inspiration for 'Rain Man,' dies at 58" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved January 8, 2010. The Utah Film Center's Peek Award honors his legacy. Early life, family and education Laurence Kim Peek was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Francis "Fran" Peek and Jeanne W. Buchi. He had two siblings: a brother and a sister. Kim was diagnosed with macrocephaly, damage to the cerebellum, and agenesis of the corpus callosum, (documentary film) a condition in which the nerves t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peek, Oklahoma
Peek is an extinct town in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States. A post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ... called Peek was established in 1906, and remained in operation until 1954. The community was named for Vestal Peek, a pioneer citizen. References Ghost towns in Oklahoma Populated places in Ellis County, Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyether Ether Ketone
Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is a beige coloured organic thermoplastic polymer in the polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family, used in engineering applications. It was invented in November 1978 and brought to market in the early 1980s by part of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), the PEEK division was acquired through a management buyout, giving rise to Victrex PLC. Synthesis PEEK polymers are obtained by step-growth polymerization by the dialkylation of bis phenolate salts. Typical is the reaction of 4,4'-difluorobenzophenone with the disodium salt of hydroquinone, which is generated in situ by deprotonation with sodium carbonate. The reaction is conducted around 300 °C in polar aprotic solvents - such as diphenyl sulfone. Properties PEEK is a semicrystalline thermoplastic with excellent mechanical and chemical resistance properties that are retained to high temperatures. The processing conditions used to mould PEEK can influence the crystallinity and hence the me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuthbert Peek
Sir Cuthbert Edgar Peek, 2nd Baronet (30 January 1855 – 6 July 1901) was an astronomer and meteorologist, and took part in activities of several learned societies. Life Peek was born at Wimbledon, London on 30 Jan. 1855, the only child of Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Baronet, of Wimbledon House, Wimbledon, Surrey, a partner in the firm of Messrs. Peek Brothers & Co., colonial merchants, of East Cheap, and MP for East Surrey from 1868 to 1884. His mother was Margaret Maria, second daughter of William Edgar of Eagle House, Clapham Common. Cuthbert, after education at Eton College, entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, in 1876 and graduated BA in 1880, proceeding MA in 1884. A Freemason, he was initiated into Isaac Newton University Lodge while a student at Cambridge. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Peek
Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Baronet DL (26 February 1825 – 26 August 1898) was an importer of spices, tea and other groceries, philanthropist and Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). Parents, marriage and residence Peek was born in 1825 to James Peek of Watcombe, Torquay, Devon and Elizabeth, his first wife. He married in 1848, Margaret Maria (d 1884), second daughter of William Edgar of Clapham Common, Surrey. Wimbledon House, Wimbledon Village stood near the west end of its short High Street, about west of the parish church. It was probably built about the middle of the 18th century. It housed Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé in some of his final years (died 1818), MP Joseph Marryat then after a time Peek. It was demolished about 1900-1902 passing to a building syndicate. Political work At the 1865 general election he was an unsuccessful candidate in the Eastern division of Surrey but a new dual-member constituency was created along its western belt ( Mid Surrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peek Baronets
The Peek Baronetcy, of Rousdon in the County of Devon, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 13 May 1874 for Henry Peek. He was an importer of spices, tea and other groceries, a philanthropist and Conservative Member of Parliament for Surrey Mid. The second Baronet was an astronomer and meteorologist; the third Baronet was high sheriff of Devon in 1912. Peek baronets, of Rousdon (1874) * Sir Henry William Peek, 1st Baronet (1825–1898) * Sir Cuthbert Edgar Peek, 2nd Baronet (1855–1901) * Sir Wilfrid Peek, 3rd Baronet (1884–1927) * Sir Francis Henry Grenville Peek, 4th Baronet (1915–1996) * Sir William Grenville Peek, 5th Baronet (1919–2004) * Sir Richard Grenville Peek, 6th Baronet (born 1955) The heir apparent is the present holder's son Timothy Peek (born 1989). Notes {{reflist ReferencesInformation on Sir Henry Peek, 1st Baronet Peek Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is a beige coloured organic thermoplastic polymer in the poly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Peek (politician)
William Paul Peek (June 5, 1904 – April 7, 1987) was an American attorney, Democratic politician and jurist. Peek practiced law in southern California prior to his election in 1936 to the California Assembly, where he served as Speaker during the 1939 session. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1940 and then to the Court of Appeal, in December 1942, where he served for 20 years. In 1962, Governor Pat Brown appointed Peek to the California Supreme Court. Justice Peek retired from the bench in 1966, but continued to work as a consulting attorney and teacher. He died in Sacramento.State of California Courts official site accessed 10/07/2006 Biography Early years Born in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Peek
Paul Edward Peek Jr. (June 23, 1937 – April 3, 2001) was an early rockabilly pioneer. Peek was born in High Point, North Carolina, and was raised in Greenville, South Carolina. Paul learned to play the guitar, steel guitar, and bass while he was 12 years old. When he was 14 he played in several local country bands. He graduated from Greenville Senior High School in 1955 and performed on steel guitar with Claude Casey and the Sagedusters on WFBC-TV in 1955 on a weekly TV show. In 1956 Paul was recruited as an early member of Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps, sometimes stealing the limelight. As a member of the Blue Caps, Peek was one of the first rock artists to appear in the movies, appearing in ''The Girl Can't Help It'' (1956). Peek had the distinction of being the first artist to record for National Recording Corporation out of Atlanta. In 1958, NRC 001 ("Sweet Skinny Jenny"/"The Rock-A-Round") was recorded at WGST Radio Station. In 1958 Paul recorded a novelty song, "Old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank William Peek
Frank William Peek Jr. (August 20, 1881, Mokelumne Hill, California – July 27, 1933, near Gaspé, Quebec) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, known as a pioneer in engineering research on the creation of extremely high voltage electricity. He is often given the sobriquet "inventor of man-made lightning". He is known for Peek's law. Biography Peek graduated in 1905 with a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and in 1911 with a master's degree in electrical engineering from Schenectady's Union College. He then became a consulting and research engineer for General Electric (GE) in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In June 1931 Harris J. Ryan and Herbert Hoover offered Peek the chair of the Engineering College of Stanford University, but he rejected the offer in favor of "the top engineering job at GE". Peek patented inventions related to electrical transmission, insulation, and protective devices. He did fundamental research on laws of corona discharge, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PEEK And POKE
In computing, PEEK and POKE are commands used in some high-level programming languages for accessing the contents of a specific Memory cell (computing), memory cell referenced by its memory address. PEEK gets the byte located at the specified memory address. POKE sets the memory byte at the specified address. These commands originated with machine code monitors such as the PDP-10, DECsystem-10 monitor; these commands are particularly associated with the BASIC programming language, though some other languages such as Pascal (programming language), Pascal and COMAL (programming language), COMAL also have these commands. These commands are comparable in their roles to Pointer (computer programming), pointers in the C (programming language), C language and some other programming languages. One of the earliest references to these commands in BASIC, if not the earliest, is in Altair BASIC. The PEEK and POKE commands were conceived in early personal computing systems to serve a variet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Peek
Daniel Milton Peek () was an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the co-founder of the band America, and later a "pioneer" in contemporary Christian music. Early life Peek was born in Panama City, Florida, on November 1, 1950, while his father was in the U.S. Air Force. Beginning in 1963, Peek was educated at London Central Elementary High School at Bushey Hall in North London. For the 1965–66 school year, Peek attended San Angelo Central High School after his family relocated from Pakistan earlier that year. He moved again to England in 1968 with his family when his father was assigned to a base in London. It was there that he met Bunnell and Beckley at London Central Elementary High School, London Central High School. In 1973, he married Catherine Maberry (d. March 11, 2021), with whom he would write a number of songs, including "Lonely People". When Peek was young he suffered from rheumatoid arthritis and had to be hospitalized away from the family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
