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Encyclopedia > Knock
Look up knock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...

Places

Knock is a place-name found in a number of countries.


Germany

The landscape to the north of Greetsiel, in East Frisia. ...

Ireland

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Altar sculpture at Knock, based on accounts of the apparition. ... Ireland West Airport Knock (IATA: NOC, ICAO: EIKN) or Aerfort na Connacht in Irish, is located near Charlestown, County Mayo, Ireland. ...

United Kingdom

Knock is an electoral ward of East Belfast. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. ...

Other

Knock may also refer to:

  • Knock Nevis, a Norwegian supertanker formerly known as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking
  • Engine knocking
  • Knock (movie), (1950) by Guy Lefranc based on the Jules Romain play
  • Knock (play), (1922) by Jules Romain about a medic
  • "Knock" (short-story), supposedly the shortest short-story ever written
  • The Knock, a UK television drama, running from 1994 to 2000
  • The Knock (Drums of Death, Pt. 2)," a song by UNKLE from the 1998 album Psyence Fiction

The Knock Nevis is a Norwegian owned supertanker, formerly known as Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, and Jahre Viking. ... A supertanker is an unofficial nickname that applies to a certain class of tanker ship built to transport very large quantities of liquids; in practice this typically refers to crude oil. ... Knocking (also called pinking or pinging)— colloquially detonation—in internal combustion engines occurs when air/fuel mixture in the cylinder detonates or ignites prior to the timed pre-set conditions in the engines cylinder(s). ... Jules Romains photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Jules Romains, real name Louis-henri-jean Farigoule (August 26, 1885 - August 14, 1972) was a French author and the founder of unanimism. ... The first publication of the story Knock, written by Fredric Brown, is a science fiction short story that starts with a description of a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long. ... The Knock was a UK television drama, running from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majestys Customs and Excise. ... Psyence Fiction is the title of the debut album by the group UNKLE, released in 1998 for MoWax. ...

See also


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Marian Shrine, Knock, Mayo, Ireland - Our Lady's Shrine Ireland (152 words)
The Story of Knock began on the 21st August 1879 when Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. John the Evangelist appeared at the south gable of Knock Parish Church.
From this miraculous occurrence Knock has grown to the status of an internationally recognised Marian Shrine.
The personal pilgrimage of Pope John Paul II in 1979, commemorating the centenary of the apparition, inspired an even greater devotion to the Shrine and endorsed the indelible seal of Vatican approval.
Knock, Knock, Knock (1243 words)
A legitimate port knocking application would often parse firewall logs, waiting for a sequence of logged errors and then spring to life, manipulating firewall rules to open a port.
Generally, the process or daemon quietly listens for a sequence of pings (such a hitting ports 100, 109, 101, 101 three times in that sequence, a code of 911 that could be used to bring the backdoor to life), or by using packet type, such as sending SYN requests in a similar predetermined sequence.
Port knocking is a legitimate security concept that has been discussed on Slashdot recently, and some virus writers have started using it "secure" their own backdoors.
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