• History of Google (redirect from BackRub)
    University in California, developed a search algorithm first (1996) known as "BackRub", with the help of Scott Hassan and Alan Steremberg. The search engine...
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    Massage (redirect from Backrub)
    Ancient Greek Olympians used a specific type of trainer ("aleiptes") who would rub their muscles with oil. Pehr Ling's introduction to massage also came about...
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    Stanford PhD student, would soon join Page's research project, nicknamed "BackRub." Together, the pair authored a research paper titled "The Anatomy of a...
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  • the main programmer of the original Google Search engine, then known as BackRub. He was research assistant at Stanford University at the time. Hassan left...
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    string. When Google was a Stanford research project, it was nicknamed BackRub because the technology checks backlinks to determine a site's importance...
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    Google was made available on the Stanford Web site. By early 1997, the BackRub page described the state as follows: Some Rough Statistics (from August...
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  • Zanker founded a chain of stress reduction stores called The Great American BackRub. He sold the company to The Barclay Group in 1997. In 2007, Zanker co-authored...
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  • There's the Rub is the fifth studio album by rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first album to feature guitarist-vocalist Laurie Wisefield, who would be...
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  • "Rub It In" is a song written and originally recorded by Layng Martine Jr., and credited as Layng Martine. His version, released on the Barnaby Records...
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    VapoRub is intended for use on the chest, back and throat for cough suppression or on muscles and joints for minor aches and pains. Users of VapoRub often...
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    The Rub' al Khali (/ˈrʊb æl ˈkɑːli/; Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي (/ar.rubʕ alxaːliː/), the "Empty Quarter") is the sand desert (erg) encompassing most...
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    but not all of them. When a dog rolls on their back, it may be an indication that the dog wants a belly rub, however it is not always the case. Dog's stomach...
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    diamond rattlesnake, red rattlesnake, red diamond snake, more Crotalus ruber is a venomous pit viper species found in southwestern California in the...
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    Page's ideas. Page and Brin originally nicknamed the new search engine "BackRub", because the system checked backlinks to estimate the importance of a...
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    Chest rub or cold rub is an aromatic topical medication applied to the chest, which is intended to assist with minor medical conditions that temporarily...
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    an internet radio show on Friday nights at 8 pm PST called "DDUB's R&B Back Rub" on Cherry Tree Radio and appeared in the 2011 comedy Zookeeper. Wahlberg...
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    "Rub-A-Dub-Dub" is an English language nursery rhyme first published at the end of the 18th century in volume two of Hook's Christmas Box under the title...
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  • students at Stanford University, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, decided that BackRub, the name of their research project that later became the search engine...
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    Christian Rub (pronounced Rhoob; April 13, 1886 – April 14, 1956) was an Austrian-born American character actor. He was known for his work in films of...
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    January–March New web search engine Larry Page and Sergey Brin begin working on BackRub, the predecessor to Google Search. The crawler begins activity in March...
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    Russian ruble (redirect from ISO 4217:RUB)
    romanized: rublʹ; symbol: ₽; abbreviation: руб or р. in Cyrillic, Rub in Latin; ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation. The ruble is subdivided...
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    processors, and 256 MB of RAM. This was the main machine for the original Backrub system. 2 × 300 MHz dual Pentium II servers donated by Intel, they included...
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    RUB A535 (also known as Antiphlogistine) is a rubefacient introduced in 1919 and manufactured by Church & Dwight in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. While little...
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  • students in computer science at Stanford University, begin working on BackRub, the precursor to Google Search. Page begins work alone initially, supported...
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  • "Distinct Complicity" 2:29 5. "False Start" 3:12 6. "R.I.P." 3:37 7. "No Backrub" 1:52 8. "Bloody Ice Cream" 1:25 9. "For Only" 2:25 10. "Tony Randall"...
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  • Rub It Better is the third studio album by English new wave band General Public, released on 4 April 1995 by Epic Records. The band had not recorded together...
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  • China. The Yangzhou bathhouses have a massage routine that consists of back-rubs (擦背 cā bèi), scalding (烫背 tàng bèi), and “drumming" (敲背 qiāo bèi). A genuine...
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    The red salamander (Pseudotriton ruber) is a species of salamander in the family (Plethodontidae) (lungless salamanders) endemic to the eastern United...
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    like "all heimin must bark like dogs", or "the hinmin must give me a backrub". The daifugō - can also add rules related to the game itself, such as...
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  • students at Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, developed "Backrub", a search engine that relied on a mathematical algorithm to rate the prominence...
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