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Encyclopedia > Merge

Merge, merging, or merger can have several different meanings:

  • In business and economics, a merger is the combination of two companies into one larger company
  • In computer science, either:
    • the merge algorithm which combines two or more sorted lists into a single sorted one
    • the merge sort, a sort algorithm that sorts a list by relying on the merge algorithm
    • Merge is a computer package, a cut-down 'Virtual Machine', for running Windows 9x on x86 processors under UNIX (see Win4Lin)
  • In criminal law, merger characterises situations where one crime subsumes another
  • In linguistics, especially historical linguistics and dialectology, a merger is a sound change whereby two sounds that were originally separate phonemes come to be pronounced exactly the same. The so-called cot-caught merger in modern American English is an example.
  • In music,
  • In transportation,
    • merging is when a vehicle signals a lane change and then switches lanes, either because one lane is ending, to reach the correct lane to exit, or to reach a less congested lane in which one can go faster; merging is among the times when car accidents are more likely


For information about how to merge duplicate articles in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Duplicate articles


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Wikipedia:Duplicate articles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4943 words)
Missed approach should be merged with go around, which is the more general term (the former is more common in North America, with the latter being used worldwide) and probably has most information already.
Random number and random sequence should be merged into randomness (or at least, most of the discussion on random number should be in randomness; a bit on the specific meaning of "random number" in statistics could be left).
Merging raver into rave party should probably be sufficient.
FAQs regarding Merged Plans (713 words)
For example, if the merged plan provided for a QJSA (an IRC 411(d)(6) - protected benefit) while the surviving plan did not, the surviving plan must be amended to preserve this option for benefits accrued under the merged plan.
The QJSA provisions of the surviving plan should also apply to the merged plan to the extent necessary to allow the plan to comply with current law prior to its merger into the surviving plan.
For each plan merged out of existence, the latest determination letter received by the plan sponsor with, if necessary, copies of the signed and dated amendments for IRC 401(a)(31) and 401(a)(17), plus a signed and dated copy of the plan document currently in effect.
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