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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fingers before Forks "This Vulcan was a smith, they tell us, That first invented tongs and bellows; For breath and fingers did their works (We'd fingers long before we'd forks)." King: Art of Love. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 4E 47 45 52 53      42 45 46 4F 52 45      46 4F 52 4B 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01001001 01001110 01000111 01000101 01010010 01010011 00100000 01000010 01000101 01000110 01001111 01010010 01000101 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 01001011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I N G E R S   B E F O R E   F O R K S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 004E 0047 0045 0052 0053      0042 0045 0046 004F 0052 0045      0046 004F 0052 004B 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40434841395253236394049523924049524553 |
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