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A website where you can read and write reviews about restaurants, nightlife, local businesses, etc.

How did Yelp get its name?

Contrary to common belief, the name does not come from "help" or "Yellow Pages" directly. David Galbraith, who instigated the local services project based on user reviews, came up with the name "Yelp". The domain name was just available for purchase for a reasonable price from a squatter, according to co-founder Jeremy Stoppelman. 'The word "yelp" was short, memorable, easy to spell, and was familiar with the "help" and "yellow pages"', he stated in an interview published in February 2013.

Violent crime is a crime that the perpetrator uses violent force to cause injury or death to the victim.

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault are classified as violent while burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson are classified as property crimes.

In the United States, crime is divided into two categories for the purpose of reporting, Part I offenses and Part II offenses. Part I offenses include violent crime and property crime. All other crimes count come under Part II.

There is a recent increase in violent crime in countries where guns and deadly weapons are easy to buy.

Assembly is a group of people gathered together regularly in one place for a common purpose. Assembly also may refer to the action of gathering people together as a group for a common purpose, for example, a school assembly.

A type of small boat used in water sports with a double-ended paddle. Kayaking is an Olympic sport. Both the Canoe and Kayak are raced in the Olympic level.

Paddler is in a seated position in Kayak. In a canoe, the paddler kneels and uses a single-bladed paddle.

Going cold turkey in early drug slang referred to suddenly and totally stopping drugs. The term is now used in general slang with the broader meaning of stopping any habit or practice suddenly.

Allegedly, the term "cold turkey" comes from the comparison of a cold turkey that has been refrigerated and the state of a withdrawing addict, the cold sweats and gooseflesh.

Example sentence:
Doctor says that you can't just go cold turkey in your situation. We have to move gradually.

Affiliate marketing is the use of performance based advertising on the internet to promote products or services on a digital platform.

The promoters (affiliates) are rewarded for each traffic or subscription from their referral or any customer who purchases a product.

The merchant company are typically referred to as affiliate merchants and the promoters are referred to as affiliates.

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer which launched in 1995 and is located in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Jeff Bezos, the company is named after the Amazon River.

It started as a book seller, then has expanded to sell a wide variety of products as well as its own electronic devices, such as Kindle Fire tablet. They also have a cloud computing platform named AWS (Amazon Web Services).

How did Amazon get its name?

Jeff Bezos selected the name Amazon because Amazon River was one of the largest rivers in the world, to reflect his plan for the company's size.

Hacking is an unauthorized access into a network system for the purpose of alter system features to achieve a goal, usually with malicious intent (black hat). The attacker referred to as a hacker.

Breaking into a network system to test their security is known as "white hat" hacking, and performing illegal activities are known as "black hat" hacking.

A robot in human form. The word is derived from the words "anthrop" (human being) and "-oid" (likeness).

"Droid" is an another term that became popular after the Star Wars movie and is now widely used within science fiction. The word "droid" was just short for "android" in the movie and it has been used in referring to any kind of robot, including the robots in human appearance.

1. An official request (usually in written) for employment, admission to a school, etc.. The person who applied for it, called as "applicant".

2. The act of putting something into operation: e.g. the process of applying some medicine to the skin.

3. Computer programs in operating systems are also called as application.

Backslash is a backward-sloping slash used to separate directories in operating systems. C:\windows\users\...
The "\" character is called a backslash and the "/" character is called a forward slash or just "slash" (most commonly).

It is also used in some programming languages to declare the following character must be treated in a different way. String str="example \[title\]"

In Internet, URLs are separated with a "/" (slash) sign. People sometimes use the "forward slash" term instead of slash to avoid confusion.

You can also print a backslash on the screen without pressing backslash key. Every keyboard character has an ASCII code and it is "92" for backslash character. Press and hold the "Alt" key and then press "9" and "2" respectively. (Alt + 92)

:: Origin ::
First time, "\" sign was used by Bob Bemer in 1961 to represent some Boolean operators in the ALGOL language (an early programming language used for scientific calculations). He used it in ASCII and then it became a standard key in keyboards.

"back up" is the act of making a copy of files, data or hard drive in case the original is lost or damaged.
Please back up the data every night.

:: Note ::
The file backed up is called as a backup. It is written as one word when it is used as a noun or adjective.

A diet that contains adequate amounts of the nutrients necessary for good health. Balanced diet needs a balance of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats which contains the correct amounts of nutrients, vitamins, and minerals.

To lose weight, the amount of calories you get should be lower than you burned in a day. The following examples are the estimated calorie needs per day, by age, sex, and physical activity level based on United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) guidelines.

:: Males ::

Age	Sedentary	Moderately Active	Active
19-20	2,600	2,800	3,000
21-25	2,400	2,800	3,000
26-30	2,400	2,600	3,000
31-35	2,400	2,600	3,000
36-40	2,400	2,600	2,800
41-45	2,200	2,600	2,800
46-50	2,200	2,400	2,800
51-55	2,200	2,400	2,800
56-60	2,200	2,400	2,600

:: Females ::

Age	Sedentary	Moderately Active	Active
19-20	2,000	2,200	2,400
21-25	2,000	2,200	2,400
26-30	1,800	2,000	2,400
31-35	1,800	2,000	2,200
36-40	1,800	2,000	2,200
41-45	1,800	2,000	2,200
46-50	1,800	2,000	2,200
51-55	1,600	1,800	2,200
56-60	1,600	1,800	2,200

:: More Info ::
Here is an example balanced diet plan
Full list of estimated calorie needs by the USDA

The conditions which are connected with your job, such as cleanliness, lighting, equipment, safety, levels of noise, stress, paid overtime, uniforms, access to amenities, etc.

Employers are legally responsible for ensuring working conditions, but workers also have a responsibility to work safely .

The workers asked for better working conditions but their demands were not accepted.

If the love that you feel for someone is unrequited, it is not shared or returned by him/her.

He hasn't felt very good recently mainly because of his unrequited love for a beautiful married woman.