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100 (one hundred) (the Roman numeral is C
C

C or c is a consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a voiceless postalveolar affricate , and is equivalent to the voiceless postalveolar affricate, , or the voiceless retroflex affricate, ...
 for centum) is the natural number
Natural number

In mathematics, a natural number can mean either an element of the Set = *n = = ? = ? ...
 following 99
99 (number)

99 is the natural number following 98 and preceding 100 .99 is the ninth repdigit, a palindromic number and a Kaprekar number. It is the sum of divisors of the first eleven positive integers....
 and preceding 101
101 (number)

101 is the natural number following 100 and preceding 102 . In British English it is pronounced "one/a hundred and one", in American English "one/a hundred one", or "one oh one" in both....
.

ne hundred is the square of 10
10 (number)

10 is an Even and odd numbers natural number following 9 and preceding 11 ....
 (in scientific notation
Scientific notation

Scientific notation, also known as standard form or as exponential notation, is a way of writing numbers that accommodates values too large or small to be conveniently written in standard decimal notation....
 it is written as 102). The standard SI prefix
SI prefix

An SI prefix is a name or associated symbol that precedes a basic unit of measure to form a decimal multiple . The abbreviation SI is from the French language name Syst?me International d?Unit?s ....
 for a hundred is "hecto
Hecto

hecto or hecta is a SI prefix in the SI system of Units of measurements denoting a factor of 1 E2 .Adopted in 1795, it comes from the Greek language hekaton, meaning hundred....
-".

One hundred is the basis of percentages (literally "per hundred"), with 100% being a full amount.

It is the sum of the first nine prime numbers, as well as the sum of 4 pairs of prime numbers (47 + 53, 17 + 83, 3 + 97, 41 + 59), and the sum of the cubes of the first four integers (100 = 13 + 23 + 33 + 43).






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100 (one hundred) (the Roman numeral is C
C

C or c is a consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing a voiceless postalveolar affricate , and is equivalent to the voiceless postalveolar affricate, , or the voiceless retroflex affricate, ...
 for centum) is the natural number
Natural number

In mathematics, a natural number can mean either an element of the Set = *n = = ? = ? ...
 following 99
99 (number)

99 is the natural number following 98 and preceding 100 .99 is the ninth repdigit, a palindromic number and a Kaprekar number. It is the sum of divisors of the first eleven positive integers....
 and preceding 101
101 (number)

101 is the natural number following 100 and preceding 102 . In British English it is pronounced "one/a hundred and one", in American English "one/a hundred one", or "one oh one" in both....
.

In mathematics

One hundred is the square of 10
10 (number)

10 is an Even and odd numbers natural number following 9 and preceding 11 ....
 (in scientific notation
Scientific notation

Scientific notation, also known as standard form or as exponential notation, is a way of writing numbers that accommodates values too large or small to be conveniently written in standard decimal notation....
 it is written as 102). The standard SI prefix
SI prefix

An SI prefix is a name or associated symbol that precedes a basic unit of measure to form a decimal multiple . The abbreviation SI is from the French language name Syst?me International d?Unit?s ....
 for a hundred is "hecto
Hecto

hecto or hecta is a SI prefix in the SI system of Units of measurements denoting a factor of 1 E2 .Adopted in 1795, it comes from the Greek language hekaton, meaning hundred....
-".

One hundred is the basis of percentages (literally "per hundred"), with 100% being a full amount.

It is the sum of the first nine prime numbers, as well as the sum of 4 pairs of prime numbers (47 + 53, 17 + 83, 3 + 97, 41 + 59), and the sum of the cubes of the first four integers (100 = 13 + 23 + 33 + 43). Also, 26 + 62 = 100, thus 100 is a Leyland number
Leyland number

In number theory, a Leyland number is a number of the form x'y + y'x, where x and y are integers greater than 1....
.

One hundred is also an 18-gonal number
Polygonal number

In mathematics, a polygonal number is a number represented as dots or pebbles arrayed in the shape of a polygon. The dots were thought of as alphas ....
. It is divisible by the number of primes below it, 25 in this case. But it can not be expressed as the difference between any integer and the total of coprime
Coprime

In mathematics, the integers a and b are said to be coprime or relatively prime if they have no common divisor other than 1 or, equivalently, if their greatest common divisor is 1....
s below it, making it a noncototient
Noncototient

A noncototient is a positive integer n that can not be expressed as the difference between a positive integer m and the number of coprime integers below it....
. However, it can be expressed as a sum of some of its divisors, making it a semiperfect number
Semiperfect number

In mathematics, a semiperfect number or pseudoperfect number is a natural number n that is equal to the sum of all or some of its proper divisors....
.

100 is a Harshad number
Harshad number

A Harshad number, or Niven number in a given numeral system, is an integer that is divisible by the digit sum when written in that base....
 in base 10, and also in base 4, and in that base it is a self-descriptive number
Self-descriptive number

A self-descriptive number is an integer m that in a given radix b is b-digits long in which each digit d at position n counts how many instances of digit n are in m....
.

In science


  • 100 degrees Celsius
    Celsius

    Celsius is a temperature scale that is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death....
     is the boiling temperature of pure water
    Water

    Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
     at sea level
    Sea level

    Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
  • 100 is the atomic number of fermium
    Fermium

    Fermium is a synthetic element with the symbol Fm and atomic number 100. A highly radioactive metallic transuranic element of the actinide series, fermium is made by bombarding plutonium with neutrons and is named after nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi....
    .


Astronomy

The Messier object
Messier object

The Messier objects are a set of astronomical objects first listed by France astronomy Charles Messier in his "Catalogue des N?buleuses et des Amas d'?toiles" included in the Connaissance des Temps for 1774 ....
 M100
Messier 100

Messier 100 is a spiral galaxy about 52.5 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by Pierre M?chain in 1781....
, a magnitude 10.5 spiral galaxy
Spiral galaxy

A spiral galaxy is a galaxy belonging to one of the three main galaxy morphological classification originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work ?The Realm of the Nebulae? and, as such, forms part of the Hubble sequence....
 in the constellation
Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that appear to have a physical proximity in the sky. The stars in a constellation are often vastly distant from each other, but they appear close to each other from the perspective of Earth....
 Coma Berenices
Coma Berenices

Coma Berenices...
.

The New General Catalogue
New General Catalogue

The New General Catalogue is a well-known astronomical catalog of deep sky objects in amateur astronomy. It contains 7,840 objects, known as the NGC objects....
 object NGC 100, a magnitude 13.3 spiral galaxy
Spiral galaxy

A spiral galaxy is a galaxy belonging to one of the three main galaxy morphological classification originally described by Edwin Hubble in his 1936 work ?The Realm of the Nebulae? and, as such, forms part of the Hubble sequence....
 in the constellation Pisces
Pisces (constellation)

Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac. Its name is the Latin plural for fish, and its symbol is . It lies between Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east....
.

The Saros
Saros

Saros or S?ros may refer to:*Saros cycle, a method for predicting solar eclipses*SS Saros, a shipwreck off the southeast coast of Australia...
 number of the solar eclipse
Solar eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth so that the Sun is wholly or partially obscured. This can only happen during a new moon, when the Sun and Moon are in conjunction as seen from the Earth....
 series which began on 264
264

Events...
 May 13 and ended on 1526 June 10 with a duration of 1262.1 years and 71 solar eclipses. Further, the number of the lunar eclipse
Lunar eclipse

A lunar eclipse occurs whenever the Moon passes through some portion of the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are aligned exactly, or very closely so, with the Earth in the middle....
 series which began on 403
403

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 November 15 and ended on 1864 April 22 with a duration of 1460.4 years, and 82 lunar eclipses.

In other fields

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One hundred is also:

  • The number of years in a century
    Century

    A century is one hundred consecutive years.Centuries are numbered names of numbers in English#Ordinal_numbers in English and many other languages ....
  • A 100 year old person is known as a centenarian
    Centenarian

    A centenarian is a person who has attained the senescence of 100 years or more. Because current average life expectancy across the world are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity....
    . George Burns
    George Burns

    George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
    . Bob Hope
    Bob Hope

    Bob Hope, Order of the British Empire, Order of St. Gregory the Great , was an British-born American comedian and actor who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway theatre, and in radio, television and movies....
    , and United States Senator Strom Thurmond
    Strom Thurmond

    James Strom Thurmond was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senate. He also ran for the President of the United States in United States presidential election, 1948 as the segregationist Dixiecrat candidate, receiving 2.4% of the popular vote and 39 Electoral College ....
     were among those who had lived to 100.
  • The number of pounds in an American short hundredweight
    Hundredweight

    Centum weight or Hundred weight / hundredweight is a unit of measurement for mass in U.S. customary units and was historically used in the Imperial system in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations....
  • The United States Senate
    United States Senate

    The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
     has 100 Senators
    United States Senate

    The United States Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism United States Congress, the lower house being the United States House of Representatives....
  • The number of subunits into which many of the world's currencies
    Currency

    A currency is a Medium of exchange, facilitating the trade of goods and/or Service s. It is coins and paper bills used as money. It is one form of money, where money is anything that serves as a medium of exchange, a store of value, and a standard of value....
     are divided; for example, one euro
    Euro

    The euro is the official currency of 16 out of 27 European Union member state of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain....
     is one hundred cents and one Pound Sterling
    Pound sterling

    ----The pound sterling , subdivided into 100 pence , is the currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown dependency and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory....
     is one hundred pence
  • The number of tiles in a standard Scrabble
    Scrabble

    Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15-by-15 grid....
     set
  • The denomination of the U.S. hundred-dollar bill with Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author and Printer , Satire, list of political philosophers, politician, scientist, inventor, activism, statesman, and diplomacy....
    's portrait; the "Benjamin" is the largest U.S. bill in print
  • The denomination of American savings bonds with Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
    's portrait
  • The denomination of American treasury bonds with Andrew Jackson
    Andrew Jackson

    Andrew Jackson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States . He was List of governors of Florida of Florida , commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans , and eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy....
    's portrait
  • In Greece
    Greece

    Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
    , India
    India

    India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
     and Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
    , 100 is the police telephone number.
  • In Belgium
    Belgium

    * A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
    , 100 is the ambulance and firefighter telephone number.
  • In United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , 100 is the operator
    Telephone operator

    A telephone operator is either* a person who provides assistance to a telephone caller, usually in the placing of operator assisted telephone calls such as calls from a pay phone, collect calls , calls which are billed to a credit card, station-to-station and person-to-person calls, and certain List of country calling codess which cannot...
     telephone number
  • Hundred Days
    Hundred Days

    The Hundred Days marked the period between Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII of France on 8 July 1815 ....
    , aka the Waterloo
    Battle of Waterloo

    In the Battle of Waterloo forces of the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
     Campaign
  • "The First Hundred Days" is an arbitrary benchmark of a President of the United States
    President of the United States

    The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
    ' performance at the beginning of his or her term.
  • 100 is the HTTP status code indicating that the client should continue with its request
  • STS-100
    STS-100

    STS-100 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station flown by Space Shuttle Endeavour. STS-100 installed the ISS Canadarm2 robotic arm....
     Space Shuttle Endeavour
    Space Shuttle Endeavour

    Space Shuttle Endeavour is one of the three currently operational Space Shuttle orbiter in the Space Shuttle fleet of NASA, the space agency of the United States....
     launched April 19, 2001
  • The 100-Series Highways
    100-Series Highways

    The 100-Series Highways are a series of arterial highways in the Canada province of Nova Scotia.A 100-series highway is a designation applied to a highway that can be a controlled-access expressway, Super-2, or fully-divided freeway....
     are a series of arterial highways in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia
    Nova Scotia

    Nova Scotia is a Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada located on Canada's southeastern coast. It is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada....
  • SEPTA Route 100, also known as the Norristown High-Speed Line, is an interurban line system operating between Upper Darby and Norristown, Pennsylvania
    Norristown, Pennsylvania

    Norristown is a municipality in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 6 miles northwest of the city limits of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill River....
  • NASDAQ-100
    NASDAQ-100

    The NASDAQ-100 is a stock market index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange, it is a modified market value-weighted index; the companies weight in the index are based on their market capitalization, with certain rules capping the influence of the largest components....
     is a stock market
    Stock market

    A stock market, or equity market, is a private or public Market system for the trade of Corporation stock and Derivative s of company stock at an agreed price; these are security listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately....
     index of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange
  • The American Film Institute series
    AFI 100 Years... series

    The American Film Institute, celebrating the 100th anniversary of American film, created several top 100 lists covering movies in United Statesn cinema....
  • Radio stations such as Z100 WHTZ
    WHTZ

    WHTZ, also known as Z100, is a radio station that serves New York City metropolitan area, broadcasting on the FM band at a frequency of 100.3 MHz....
     New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
     and Z100 KKRZ
    KKRZ

    KKRZ is a commercial broadcast radio station in Portland, Oregon, also known as Z-100, broadcasts popular rhythmic-leaning Top 40 Mainstream music....
    , Portland, Oregon
    Portland, Oregon

    Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States United States, near the confluence of the Willamette River and Columbia River rivers in the state of Oregon....
  • In American slang
    Slang

    Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's dialect or language....
    , adding the number 100 to a particular skill or subject denotes introductory knowledge ("Physics 100", "Soccer 100"), akin to the name of a first year university
    University

    A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
     subject.
  • Games 100
    GAMES 100

    The Games 100 is an annual feature of Games , a United States-based magazine devoted to games and puzzles. The Games 100 first appeared in the November/December 1980 issue as an alphabetic list of the 100 games preferred by the editors of the magazine....
     is an annual listing of the year’s top games
  • The Time 100
    Time 100

    The Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as assembled by Time . Developed as a result of a debate among several academics, the list has developed into an annual event....
     is a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as assembled by Time. The list has developed into an annual event.
  • The One Hundred Years War
  • One Hundred Men and a Girl
    One Hundred Men and a Girl

    One Hundred Men and a Girl is a 1937 in film musical comedy film, written by Charles Kenyon, Bruce Manning and James Mulhauser from a story by Hanns Kr?ly and directed by Henry Koster....
     is a 1937 musical comedy film starring Deanna Durbin
    Deanna Durbin

    Deanna Durbin is a Canada singer and actress....
  • 100 Grand Bar
    100 Grand Bar

    100 Grand Bar is a candy bar produced by Nestl? in the United States. It weighs 1.5 ounces and includes chocolate, caramel, and crisped rice. The bar contains 190 calories; it is low in cholesterol and sodium, but high in saturated fats and sugar....
     (formerly known as $100,000 Bar) is a candy bar produced by Nestlé
    Nestlé

    Nestl? is a Multinational corporation packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange with a turnover of over 87 billion Swiss francs....
  • Monterrey, Mexico is located at 25 degrees 40' N latitude
    Latitude

    Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. Lines of Latitude are the horizontal lines shown running east-to-west on maps ....
     and 100 degrees 18' W longitude
    Longitude

    Longitude , symbolized by the Greek character lambda , is the geographic coordinate most commonly used in cartography and global navigation for east-west measurement....
  • Pope Valentine
    Pope Valentine

    Valentine, , pope for thirty or forty days in 827, was a Rome by birth, and, according to the Liber Pontificalis, was first made a deacon by Pope Paschal I ....
     succeeded Pope Eugene II
    Pope Eugene II

    Eugene II, , pope was a native of Rome and was chosen to succeed Pope Paschal I. Another candidate, Zinzinnus, was proposed by the plebeian faction, and the presence of Lothair I, son of the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious was necessary in order to maintain the authority of the new pope....
     to become the 100th Pope in August 827
  • Abraham
    Abraham

    Abraham is a man featured in the Book of Genesis and an important figure in several monotheistic religions. Judaism, Christianity and Islam traditions regard him as the founding Patriarchs of the Israelites, Ishmaelites and Edomite peoples....
     was 100 years old when his son Isaac
    Isaac

    According to the Hebrew Bible, Isaac The New Testament contains few references to Isaac. The Early Christianity views Abraham's willingness to follow God's command to Binding of Isaac as an example of faith and obedience....
     was born (Gen.
    Genesis

    Genesis or Breishit is the first book of the Bible used by Judaism and Christianity, and the first of five books of the Pentateuch or Torah....
     21:5).


Vehicles

  • Audi 100
    Audi 100

    The Audi 100 and Audi 200 are mid-sized automobiles from Audi , made between 1968 and 1994. The C3 model of the Audi 100 was sold in the United States as the Audi 5000 until 1988....
     is a mid-sized automobile produced by Audi
    Audi

    AUDI AG, is a Germany car manufacturer which produces cars under the Audi brand, . The name Audi is based on a latin translation of the last name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word for ?hear." Another explanation for the origin of the name is as an acronym for ?Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt."...
     from 1968-97.
  • Rover P4
    Rover P4

    The Rover P4 series was a group of sedan automobiles produced from 1949 through to 1964. Along with the later Rover P5, it was replaced by the far more modern Rover P6....
     100 produced by The Rover Co. Ltd. from 1960-62.
  • Rover 100
    Rover Metro

    The Metro is a supermini car that was produced by the Austin Rover Group division of British Leyland and its successors. It was launched in 1980 as the Austin mini Metro....
     a supermini car that was produced by the Rover Group
    Rover Group

    Rover Group plc was the name that was given by the British government, in 1986, to the nationalisation vehicle manufacturer British Leyland or BL....
     from 1990-98.


Books

  • "Hundred Dollar Holiday: The Case For A More Joyful Christmas" by Bill McKibben
    Bill McKibben

    Bill McKibben is an United States environmentalist and writer who frequently writes about global warming, alternative energy, and the need for more localized economies....
  • "One Hundred Days: Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander" by Admiral Sandy Woodward
    Sandy Woodward

    Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom Admiral who joined the Royal Navy in 1946 at age thirteen....
  • "The Hundred Days" by Patrick O'Brian
    Patrick O'Brian

    Patrick O'Brian, Order of the British Empire was an England novelist and translation, best known for his Aubrey?Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centered on the friendship of English Naval Captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician Stephen Maturin....
  • "100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History
    The 100

    The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. It is a ranking of the 100 people who most influenced human history....
    " by Michael H. Hart
    Michael H. Hart

    Michael H. Hart is an astrophysicist who has also written three books on history and controversial articles on a variety of subjects.Hart, a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science who enlisted in the U.S....
  • 100 Books by August Derleth is a bibliography of books by American author August Derleth
  • "One Hundred Years of Solitude
    One Hundred Years of Solitude

    One Hundred Years of Solitude is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez. It was first published in Spanish language in 1967....
    " by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
    Gabriel García Márquez

    Gabriel Jos? de la Concordia Garc?a M?rquez is a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garc?a M?rquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, is considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century....
  • "Red Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson
    Kim Stanley Robinson

    Kim Stanley Robinson is an United States science fiction writer, probably best known for his award-winning Mars trilogy.His work delves into ecological and sociological themes regularly, and many of his novels appear to be the direct result of his own scientific fascinations, such as the 15 years of research and lifelong fascination with M...
     focuses on the First Hundred colonists of Mars


In music

  • Pop 100
    Pop 100

    The Pop 100 is a songs chart that debuted in February 2005 and is released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It ranks songs based on airplay on mainstream top 40 radio stations, singles sales, and digital downloads....
     is a chart created in 2005 and released weekly by Billboard
    Billboard Hot 100

    The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
     in the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    . It measures mainstream radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Singles Sales and Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Pop 100 chart.
  • Triple J Hottest 100
    Triple J Hottest 100

    The Triple J Hottest 100 is an annual music poll, based on the votes of national Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners, in order to determine their favourite song of the year....
     is an annual music poll, based on the votes of Australian youth radio station Triple J listeners
  • The album 100 Days, 100 Nights
    100 Days, 100 Nights

    100 Days, 100 Nights is the third full-length studio album by United States funk band Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. It was released on Daptone Records on October 2 2007....
     by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
    Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

    Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are a funk/soul music band. They are signed to Daptone Records, where the Dap-Kings are the house band. They are widely thought to be spearheads of a revivalist movement that aims to capture the essence of funk/soul music as it was at its height in the mid-1960s to mid-1970s....
  • The song "100 Years Ago
    100 Years Ago

    "100 Years Ago" is a song by the Rolling Stones featured on their 1973 album Goats Head Soup.Credited to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, guitarist Mick Taylor said at the time of its release, "Some of the songs we used were pretty old....
    " by the Rolling Stones
  • The song "100 Years
    100 Years

    "100 Years" is the first single from the album The Battle for Everything released by Five for Fighting in 2004.The song is about a man who is 99 years old, about to turn 100, that is on his deathbed....
    " by Five for Fighting
    Five for Fighting

    Five for Fighting is the stage name of United States singer-songwriter John Ondrasik. His 2000 album America Town went platinum in the U.S....
  • The song "A Hundred Men" by Glenn Yarbrough
    Glenn Yarbrough

    Glenn Yarbrough is an United States folk music singer. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin and attended St. John's College, U.S. in Annapolis, Maryland, Maryland....
  • The song "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" by Gene McDaniels
    Gene McDaniels

    Gene McDaniels is an United States singing and songwriter who had his greatest sound recording and reproduction success in the early 1960s....
  • The song "Nothing Like a Hundred Miles" by James Taylor
    James Taylor

    James Vernon Taylor is a Grammy Award winning United States singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina, North Carolina....
  • The song "One Hundred Years From Now" by the Byrds
  • The song “One Hundred Ways” by Quincy Jones
    Quincy Jones

    Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. , is an United States music Conductor , record producer, musical arranger, film composer and trumpeter. During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend Award in 1991....
  • The song "100 Ways" by Porno for Pyros
    Porno for Pyros

    Porno for Pyros was an United States alternative rock group formed in 1992. It was Perry Farrell's and Stephen Perkins' next project after the breakup of their former band Jane's Addiction....
  • The song "100 Miles and Runnin'
    100 Miles and Runnin'

    100 Miles and Runnin' is the title of an Extended play by hip hop culture group N.W.A., released in 1990 on Ruthless Records.Prior to recording, all of the group members had signed a long-term contract with the Ruthless Records label....
    " by N.W.A
  • 100
    100 (Album)

    100, Dear Jane's debut album, was released on August 27, 2006. The name "100" is because of the 100 shows they played prior to releasing the album....
    , Dear Jane
    Dear Jane

    Dear Jane is a Hong Kong band that consists of Tim Wong - Lead Vocalist, Howie Yung- Bassist/Supporting Vocalist, Adam Diaz - Guitarist/Supporting Vocalist and Jackal Ng- Drummer....
    's debut album, released on August 27, 2006, came with a DVD with some of the band's MVs and a documentary.
  • Haircut 100
    Haircut 100

    Haircut 100 was an early synthpop band , 1980 in music#Bands formed by Nick Heyward, whose most successful single was "Love Plus One."The group broke up in 1984 then briefly reunited in 2004....
     was a pop rock-influenced band, formed in 1980 by Nick Heyward, whose most successful single was "Love Plus One"
  • The 100 Club
    100 Club

    Not to be confused with 100 Club, the name of several civic clubs in the United States which support families of public servants killed or injured in the line of duty....
     is a music venue at 100 Oxford Street in London
  • 100 Proof (Aged in Soul)
    100 Proof (Aged in Soul)

    100 Proof was a funk music/soul music group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1969. Put together by Motown Records songwriter team Holland-Dozier-Holland, they signed to Hot Wax Records and went on to release several hit singles between 1969 and 1972....
     was a funk/soul group formed in Detroit, Michigan
    Michigan

    Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
     in 1969


In television

  • 100 episodes
    100 episodes

    100 episodes is considered to be the general threshold at which point a television series produced for the United States becomes viable for television syndication....
    , generally the point at which a TV series becomes viable for syndication (often reached during a prime time series' 5th season)
  • "I Married Joan
    I Married Joan

    I Married Joan is a situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1952 to 1955. It starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne Joan Davis as the manic wife of a mild-mannered community judge, Bradley Stevens ....
    ," starring Joan Davis
    Joan Davis

    Joan Davis was an United States Comedy actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio and television. Remembered best for the 1952–55 television comedy, I Married Joan, Davis also had a successful earlier career as a B-movie actress and...
     and Jim Backus
    Jim Backus

    James Gilmore Backus was a radio, television, film actor, character actor, and voice actor. Among his most famous roles are the voice of "Mr. Magoo," the rich "Hubert Updike, III," of the Alan Young radio show, Joan Davis' husband on TV's I Married Joan, James Dean's father in Rebel Without a Cause and "Thurston Howell, III" on the...
    , aired on NBC for 100 episodes from 1952 to 1955
  • Unhappily Ever After
    Unhappily Ever After

    Unhappily Ever After is an United States Situation comedy that aired for 100 episodes on The WB Television Network network from January 11, 1995 to May 23, 1999, for a total of four and a half seasons....
     aired on the The WB
    The WB Television Network

    The WB Television Network or simply The WB, was a television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture of Tribune Broadcasting and Warner Bros....
     Network for 100 episodes from 1995 to 1999
  • 100 Biggest Weather Moments
    100 Biggest Weather Moments

    100 Biggest Weather Moments is a 2007 in television five-part miniseries on The Weather Channel , that premiered on April 15th and aired nightly through Thursday, April 19, and is the biggest documentary film effort in The Weather Channel?s 25-year history....
    , hosted by Harry Connick, Jr.
    Harry Connick, Jr.

    Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. is an American Popular Music/Performers, pianist, composer, actor, and humanitarian. Connick?s music encompasses jazz, some of it very much in the style of the crooners of the 1940s and early 1950s, funk and blues....
     on The Weather Channel in 2007
  • On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television program that premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, ending in 1999. Rooted in Gene Roddenberry?s Star Trek universe, it was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, and produced by CBS Paramount Television....
    , "The Hundred" refers to a group of 100 young changelings sent out to explore the galaxy
  • 100 Greatest British Television Programmes
    100 Greatest British Television Programmes

    100 Greatest British Television Programmes was a list compiled in 2000 by the British Film Institute , chosen by a poll of industry professionals, to determine what were the greatest United Kingdom television programmes of any genre ever to have been screened....
  • 100 Greatest Britons
    100 Greatest Britons

    100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC. The programme was the result of a vote conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considers the greatest British people have been in history....
    , a BBC poll
  • SABC3's Great South Africans
    SABC3's Great South Africans

    Great South Africans was a South African television series that aired on SABC3 and hosted by Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu and Denis Beckett. In September 2004, thousands of South Africans took part in an informal nationwide poll to determine the "100 Greatest South Africans" of all time....
     was a South African television series that aired on SABC3 and hosted by Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu and Denis Beckett
  • 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
    100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd

    100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd was a television program that ran from 1999 to 2002 on Nickelodeon ....
     is a television program that ran on Nickelodeon
    Nickelodeon (TV channel)

    Nickelodeon is an United States cable television network owned by Viacom International, founded in 1977 as Pinwheel. The Pinwheel name was used until 1981....
     from 1999 to 2002
  • 100 Grand
    100 Grand (game show)

    '100 Grand' was a short-lived United States game show hosted by game show announcer Jack Clark with Bill Wendell the announcing.The series ran from September 15 to 29, 1963 on the highly-touted "New ABC" as the network's attempt to bring back high-stakes game shows after the quiz show scandals of 1958; this is despite the fact that Jackpot...
     was a short-lived American game show hosted by Jack Clark
    Jack Clark (television)

    Jack Clark was an United States game show emcee and announcer. He is most noted for his hosting duties on The Cross-Wits, which ran from December 15, 1975 to September 12, 1980....


In sports

  • The number of yards in an American football
    American football

    American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive team sport known for mixing strategy with physical play....
     field (not including the end zones).
  • The number of runs required for a cricket
    Cricket

    Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
     batsman to score a Century
    Century (cricket)

    In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more run in the innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together....
    , a significant milestone
  • The record number of points scored in one NBA
    National Basketball Association

    The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
      game
    Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game

    Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point game, named by the National Basketball Association as one of its greatest games, was a regular-season game between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks held on March 2, 1962 at Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania....
    , set by Wilt Chamberlain
    Wilt Chamberlain

    Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain , nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional National Basketball Association basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters....
     of the Philadelphia Warriors
    Golden State Warriors

    The Golden State Warriors are an USA professional basketball team based in Oakland, California, California, representing the San Francisco Bay Area....
     on March 2, 1962
  • The Freedom 100
    Freedom 100

    The Firestone Freedom 100 is a Firestone Indy Lights Series auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It is currently held the Friday before the Indianapolis 500....
     is an Indy Pro Series auto race held the Friday before the Indianapolis 500
    Indianapolis 500

    The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 or commonly known simply as The 500, is an USA automobile auto racing, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana....
     at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
    Indianapolis Motor Speedway

    The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 race.It has existed since 1909, and is the original "Speedway," the first racing facility historically to incorporate the word....
  • The 2004 World Series
    2004 World Series

    The 2004 World Series was the Major League Baseball championship series for the 2004 Major League Baseball season. It was the 100th World Series and featured the American League champion Boston Red Sox against the National League champion St....
     between the Boston Red Sox
    Boston Red Sox

    The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in . The Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball?s American League East. Since , the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park....
     and the St. Louis Cardinals
    St. Louis Cardinals

    The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the National League Central in the National League of Major League Baseball....
     was the 100th Fall Classic
  • San Diego Chargers
    San Diego Chargers

    The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. They are currently members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
     running back LaDainian Tomlinson
    LaDainian Tomlinson

    LaDainian Tomlinson is an American football player who currently plays running back for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League....
     became the fastest player in NFL history to reach 100 touchdowns on November 19, 2006
  • Ryan Howard
    Ryan Howard

    Ryan James Howard is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. Howard is 6'4" and 260 lbs. He bats and throws left-handed....
     of the Philadelphia Phillies
    Philadelphia Phillies

    The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and are the reigning 2008 World Series champions....
     became the fastest MLB
    Major League Baseball

    Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
     player to reach 100 home runs on June 27, 2007
  • The minimum distance in yards for a Par 3 on a golf course
    Golf course

    A golf course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing ground, Golf course#Fairway and rough, rough and other hazards, and a green with a pin and cup, all designed for the game of golf....


See also

  • 100 Greatest Britons
    100 Greatest Britons

    100 Greatest Britons was broadcast in 2002 by the BBC. The programme was the result of a vote conducted to determine whom the United Kingdom public considers the greatest British people have been in history....
  • 100 Greatest Christmas Moments
    100 Greatest Christmas Moments

    The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments was a Documentary film which featured a opinion poll conducted by the United Kingdom television channel Channel 4....
  • 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows
    100 Greatest Kids' TV shows

    The 100 Greatest Kids' TV shows was a opinion poll conducted by the United Kingdom television channel Channel 4 in 2001. The 100 children's television series were chosen by Channel 4 and then ranked by the public in an internet and phone poll....
  • Hundred (division)
    Hundred (division)

    A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in England, Wales, Denmark, South Australia, some parts of the USA, Germany , Sweden, Finland and Norway, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative divisions....
  • Hundred (word)
    Hundred (word)

    Today in English language a hundred is always taken to be equal to 100 . However, before the 18th century, it could mean other values, depending on the objects being counted....
  • Hundred Days
    Hundred Days (disambiguation)

    The Hundred Days was Napoleon Bonaparte's final military campaign in 1815.Hundred Days may also refer to:* Hundred Days Offensive, the final Allied offensive on the Western Front during the World War I...
  • Hundred Years' War
    Hundred Years' War

    The Hundred Years' War was a prolonged conflict lasting from 1337 to 1453 between two royal houses for the French throne, which was vacant with the extinction of the senior House of Capet line of French kings....
  • List of highways numbered 100
  • 100 Songs of the South
  • Top 100
    Top 100

    Top 100 may refer, among very many other lists, to:*Billboard Hot 100, the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine...
  • The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
    The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time

    The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the British-based Crime Writers' Association. Five years later, the Mystery Writers of America published a similar list entitled The Top 100 Mystery Novels of All Time....
  • Top 100 winning pitchers of all time
    Top 100 winning pitchers of all time

    This is a list of the top 500 Major League Baseball winningest pitchers. In the sport of baseball, a win is a statistic credited to the pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead....
  • 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
    100 Most Influential Books Ever Written

    The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today is a book of intellectual history written by Martin Seymour-Smith , a United Kingdom poet, critic, and biographer....


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