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Merc
Merc or MERC may refer to: Merc * Merc (MUD), a text-based online game software platform * Merc (role-playing game), 1981 * Merc (script) or Meroitic Cursive, derived from Demotic Egyptian * Merc 2000, an alternative setting for the ''Twilight 2000'' role-playing game * Merc Clothing, classic British clothing brand * ''Mark Hazzard: Merc'', a comic book series published by Marvel Comics Merc. as an abbreviation * Mercury (automobile), a former division of Ford Motor Company * Chicago Mercantile Exchange, or the building where it operates, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center * Mercantile National Bank Building, a building in Downtown Dallas * Mercury Marine, and their line of outboard motors * Mercedes-Benz, a motor manufacturer and its products (primarily U.K. slang) * Merc, a slang term for a mercenary * ''The Mercury News'', a newspaper * Mercian Regiment, an infantry regiment of the British Army Acronyms * Mobile emission reduction credit, used in pollution reduction * Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz (), commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German automotive brand that was founded in 1926. Mercedes-Benz AG (a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz Group, established in 2019) is based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Mercedes-Benz AG manufactures luxury vehicles and light commercial vehicles, all branded under the Mercedes-Benz name. From November 2019 onwards, the production of Mercedes-Benz-branded heavy commercial vehicles (trucks and buses) has been managed by Daimler Truck, which separated from the Mercedes-Benz Group to form an independent entity at the end of 2021. In 2018, Mercedes-Benz became the world’s largest premium vehicle brand, with a sales volume of 2.31 million passenger cars. The roots of the brand trace back to the 1901 Mercedes (marque), Mercedes by Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen and 1894 Benz Velo by Carl Benz, which is widely recognized as the first automobile powe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury (automobile)
Mercury was a brand of medium-priced Car, automobiles that was produced by American manufacturer Ford Motor Company between the 1939 and 2011 motor years. Created by Edsel Ford in 1938, Mercury was established to bridge the gap between the Ford and Lincoln Motor Company, Lincoln model lines within Ford Motor Company. From 1945 until its closure, it formed half of the Lincoln-Mercury Division of the company. In addition to serving as a combined sales network for Ford's two premium automotive brands, Lincoln-Mercury also represented the Lincoln Motor Company#Continental Division (1956–1959), Continental (1956–1960), Edsel (1958–1960, formally designated Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Division), Comet (marque), Comet (1960–1961), Mercury Capri, Capri (1970-1978), De Tomaso Pantera, De Tomaso (1972-1975), and Merkur (1985–1989, forming Lincoln-Mercury-Merkur). Through the use of platform sharing and manufacturing commonality, Mercury vehicles often shared components and engineerin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merc (MUD)
DikuMUD is a multiplayer text-based role-playing game, which is a type of multi-user domain (MUD). It was written in 1990 and 1991 by Sebastian Hammer, Tom Madsen, Katja Nyboe, Michael Seifert, and Hans Henrik Stærfeldt at DIKU (''Datalogisk Institut Københavns Universitet'')—the department of computer science at the University of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Commonly referred to as simply "Diku", the game was greatly inspired by AberMUD, though Diku became one of the first multi-user games to become popular as a freely-available program for its gameplay and similarity to ''Dungeons & Dragons''. The gameplay style of the great preponderance of DikuMUDs is hack and slash, which is seen proudly as emblematic of what DikuMUD stands for. Diku's source code was first released in 1990. Development and history DikuMUD was created by the University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science among a group of student friends: Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen, Hans Henrik Staerfel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Emission Reduction Credit
A mobile emission reduction credit (MERC) is an emission reduction credit generated within the transportation sector. The term “mobile sources” refers to motor vehicles, engines, and equipment that move, or can be moved, from place to place. Mobile sources include vehicles that operate on roads and highways ("on-road" or "highway" vehicles), as well as nonroad vehicles, engines, and equipment. Examples of mobile sources are passenger cars, light trucks, large trucks, buses, motorcycles, earth-moving equipment, nonroad recreational vehicles (such as dirt bikes and snowmobiles), farm and construction equipment, cranes, lawn and garden power tools, marine engines, ships, railroad locomotives, and airplanes. In California, mobile sources account for about 60 percent of all ozone forming emissions and for over 90 percent of all carbon monoxide (CO) emissions from all sources. Background Government agencies worldwide have struggled with finding new and innovative approaches to addres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merk (other)
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Merk may refer to: * Merk (coin), old Scottish coin worth 13 schillings and 4 pence Scots * Merkland, old Scottish unit of land measurement * Mérk, village in eastern Hungary * Merk, Iran, village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Ernst Merk (1903–1976), World War II German army officer * Frederick Merk (1887–1977), American historian * Joseph Merk (1795–1852), Austrian cellist and composer * Larisa Merk (born 1971), Russian rower * Markus Merk (born 1962), German football referee * Ron Merk, American independent filmmaker * Waldemar Merk (born 1959), Polish sprint canoer * Merk (musician) (born 1994), New Zealander indie musician See also * Merc (other) * Merck (other) * Mark (other) Mark may refer to: In the Bible * Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark * Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels Currencies * Mark (currency), a curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merck (other)
Merck refers primarily to the German Merck family and three companies founded by the family, including: * the Merck Group, a German chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company founded in 1668 ** Merck Serono (known as EMD Serono in the United States and Canada), a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, and a brand and division of Merck focused on biopharmaceuticals * Merck & Co., Inc. (known as MSD (''Merck Sharp & Dohme'') outside North America), an American pharmaceutical company and a former subsidiary of the German Merck company, as founded in 1891/1917 * H. J. Merck & Co., a German bank founded in 1799 Merck may also refer to: People * Carl Merck (1809–1880), Syndicus (foreign affairs head) of the Free City of Hamburg *Ernst Merck (1811–1863), German businessman and politician * George W. Merck (1894–1957), American president of Merck & Co. *Heinrich Emanuel Merck (1794–1855), German apothecary whose descendants were the founders of Merck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercs
''Mercs'', released as in Japan, is a 1990 run and gun video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. It is a sequel to the 1985 arcade video game ''Commando'' ( in Japan). While not as successful as its predecessor, ''Mercs'' was well received by critics and was a moderate commercial success. It was followed by '' Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3'' in 2008, a downloadable game. Gameplay The arcade version of the game had up to three players available for play. The players are members of a covert mercenary team known as the "Wolf Force". The team is composed of Joseph Gibson (Player 1 in blue), Howard Powell (Player 2 in red), and Thomas Clarke (Player 3 in yellow). Their objective is to rescue a former President from rebels in the fictional African country of Zutula, which is administered by an apartheid government. The game has six levels, plus the final level where the objective is to rescue the president from the Hercules Transport. The controls consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mineral Exploration Research Centre
The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) is a semi-autonomous research centre associated with the Harquail School of Earth Sciences at Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury Ontario, Canada, and one of the largest mineral exploration research-teaching clusters in the world. MERC is housed in the Willett Green Miller Mineral and Mining Research Centre on the Laurentian University campus, together with the Ontario Geological Survey, Ontario Geoscience Laboratories (Geo Labs), the John B. Gammon Mines Library, and the administrative offices of the Minerals and Mining Division of the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. The mission of MERC is to conduct and promote cutting-edge, field-based, collaborative research on mineral deposits and their environments, and to educate and train highly qualified personnel (HQP) for careers in the minerals industry, academia or government. The objectives of MERC are to: 1) promote collaborative university-government-indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kashmir University
University of Kashmir (UoK), informally known as Kashmir University (KU), is a collegiate public state university located in the Hazratbal neighbourhood, on the western side of Dal Lake in the city of Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir, India, which was established in 1948. The university is divided into three parts; Hazratbal Campus (main campus), Naseem Bagh Campus, and Mirza Bagh Campus. The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in the fields of liberal arts, business, commerce & management studies, education, law, applied sciences & Technology, biological sciences, physical & material sciences, social sciences, medicine, dentistry, engineering, oriental learning, and music & fine arts. It has been awarded Grade "A++" by the NAAC in june 2025. It has also been awarded rank 45 among universities in India by NIRF ranking 2024. History The inception of the University of Kashmir dates back to the establishment of Jammu and Kashmir University in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission
Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) (http://www.merc.gov.in) is a governing body to control certain regulatory and safety functions in Maharashtra based in Mumbai. It was incorporated under the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act, 1998, of Central Act in August 1999. In 2003, it was continued as regulatory body under Section 82 of the Electricity Act. It was established to promote competition, efficiency and economy in the power sector. It also regulates tariffs of power generation, transmission and distribution in Maharashtra. See also * Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited * Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited * Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited * Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport * Maharashtra Energy Development Agency * Tata Power Tata Power Company Limited is an Indian electric utility and electricity generation company based in Mumbai, India and is part of the Tata Group. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Peter Blake Marine Education And Recreation Centre
Sir Peter Blake Marine Education & Recreation Centre (MERC) is a not for profit charity (Registration Number CC29903) based in Long Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. MERC offers marine-based environmental education Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably. It is a multi-disciplinary field integrating discipli ... and outdoor recreational experiences to schools, not-for-profit organisations, and business and corporate groups. MERC can accommodate up to 85 people at any time for overnight stays and activities, and up to a total of 120 people per day. A day programme consists of 3 activities on the day and instruction is given between 9 am and 4 pm. There is scope to organise short duration, single day and multi-day courses, and these are specifically developed to meet the needs of each group. MERCs facilities have separate teacher/lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle East Rally Championship
The Middle East Rally Championship (MERC) is a motor Rallying, rally championship run under the auspicies of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA. History First held in 1984 the championship encompasses a series of rallies held across Western Asia. The championship has featured long-running events like Rally of Lebanon, Rally Oman and the Cyprus Rally, Troodos Rally in Cyprus as well as World Rally Championship event Jordan Rally. Many of the rallies in the region pre-date national independence, mostly from the United Kingdom. The championship has been dominated by Nasser Al-Attiyah who has won 19 titles. The championship features events in Qatar International Rally, Qatar, Kuwait International Rally, Kuwait, Shiraz Rally, Iran, Rally of Lebanon, Lebanon, Cyprus Rally, Cyprus, Jordan Rally, Jordan, Oman International Rally, Oman and the Dubai International Rally, United Arab Emirates. The championship has also visited Bahrain, Syria and Saudi Arabia. List of ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
