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	Pascal or PASCAL may refer to: People Pascal (name) Pascal (name) Pascal is a masculine Francophone given name derived from the Latin paschalis, which means "relating to Easter" from Latin Pascha , in turn from the Hebrew language pesach, which means "to be born on, or to be associated with, Passover day".... , a given name or surname Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal Blaise Pascal , was a France mathematician, physicist, and religion philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a civil servant.... (1623–1662), French mathematician and philosopher Adam Pascal Adam Pascal Adam Pascal is an American actor and singer, best known for his Tony Awards-nominated performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway theatre 1996, and in the 2005 Rent .... (born 1970), American actor and singer, best known for his role of Roger Davis in the Broadway musical Rent Rent (musical) *Rent* is a rock opera, with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La Boh?me. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemianism Alphabet City, Manhattan, under the shadow of AIDS.... Pascal Etcheber Pascal Etcheber Pascal Etcheber is a France author and philosopher. He co-edited ?Managing Sensitive Projects? published by Macmillan in the UK and Routledge in the US in 1998.... , the author of "Vagabond Earth" Fictional characters Pascal, the main character in the film The Red Balloon The Red Balloon *The Red Balloon* is a fantasy short film, directed by France filmmaker Albert Lamorisse.The thirty-four minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the M?nilmontant neighborhood of Paris, France, France.... Pascal, a character in the television series Beauty and the Beast (TV series) Beauty and the Beast (TV series) *Beauty and the Beast* is an United States television series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent , a mythic, noble man-beast, and his Catherine , a savvy assistant District attorney in New York city; and a secret Utopian community of s... , portrayed by Armin Shimerman Pascal, a character in the novel Felidae (novel) Felidae (novel) *Felidae* is a 1989 novel by German-Turkish writer Akif Pirin?ci. The main character is a cat named Francis who investigates the murders of several cats in a big city in an unspecified western country.... and in the movie Felidae (film) Felidae (film) *Felidae* is a 1994 in film Germany Film noir mystery animated film. It was directed by Michael Schaack and released by the Trickompany animation studio.... , voiced by Klaus Maria Brandauer Pascal (Nintendo), a character from the Nintendo video game series Animal Crossing Pascal Curious, a character from The Sims 2 The Sims 2 *The Sims 2* is a strategy game life simulation game computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the List of best-selling video games#PC, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000.... Things named after Blaise Pascal Pascal (unit) Pascal (unit) The pascal is the SI derived unit of pressure, stress , Young's modulus and tensile strength. It is a measure of force per unit area i.e. equivalent to one newton per square meter or one joule per cubic meter.... (Pa), the SI unit of pressure (equivalent to one newton per square meter) Pascal (crater) Pascal (crater) Pascal is a Moon Impact crater that lies near the northern limb of the Moon, on the western side of the pole. It is located to the north of the eroded crater Desargues , and just east of Brianchon .... , a lunar crater Pascal (programming language) Pascal (programming language) Pascal is an influential imperative programming and Procedural programming programming language, designed in 1968/9 and published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth as a small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structure.... , a programming language developed by Niklaus Wirth between 1968 and 1969 Pascal distribution, a special case of the negative binomial distribution Negative binomial distribution In probability and statistics the negative binomial distribution is a discrete probability distribution. It can be used to describe the distribution arising from an experiment consisting of a sequence of independent trials, subject to several constraints.... Pascal's law Pascal's law In the physical sciences, Pascal's law or Pascal's principle states that "a change in the pressure of an enclosed incompressible fluid is conveyed undiminished to every part of the fluid and to the surfaces of its container."... , a physics principle relating pressure at various points in an incompressible fluid Pascal's theorem Pascal's theorem In projective geometry, Pascal's theorem states that if an arbitrary hexagon is inscribed in any conic section, and opposite pairs of sides are extended until they meet, the three Line-line intersection points will lie on a straight line, the Pascal line of that configuration.... , also known as the Hexagrammum Mysticum Theorem Pascal's triangle Pascal's triangle In mathematics, Pascal's triangle is a geometric arrangement of the binomial coefficients in a triangle. Pascal's Triangle is named after Blaise Pascal in much of the western world, although other mathematicians studied it centuries before him in History of India, History of Iran, China, and Italy.... , a geometric arrangement of the binomial coefficients in a triangle Pascal's Wager Pascal's Wager Pascal's Wager is a suggestion posed by the French people philosopher Blaise Pascal that even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should "Gambling" as though God exists, because so living has everything to gain, and nothing to lose.... , a philosophical argument for belief in God Other uses PASCAL (INIST database) PASCAL (INIST database) PASCAL is a scientific bibliographic database, which is maintained by Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, French National Centre for Scientific Research.... , a scientific bibliographic database maintained by INIST Pattern Analysis, Statistical Modelling and Computational Learning (PASCAL), a Network of Excellence Network of Excellence Network of Excellence are medium-sized research projects funded by the European Commission in the FP6 and FP7 funding programs designed to strengthen scientific and technological excellence on a particular research topic through the durable integration of the research capacities of the participants.... funded by the European Union, which supports collaboration between experts in Machine Learning, Statistics and Optimization Pascal, an alias of Flip & Fill Flip & Fill Flip & Fill are a Manchester, England based dance act, consisting of prolific Mancunian producers/remixers, DJs Graham Turner and Mark Hall. They are signed to the All Around The World record label.... , dance music producers Graham Turner and Mark Hall Pascal Photocoagulator Pascal Photocoagulator The PASCAL Photocoagulator is an integrated semi-automatic pattern scan laser photocoagulation system designed to treat ocular diseases using a single shot or predetermined pattern array.... , a pattern scan laser used in ophthalmology J. Pascal's Furniture and Hardware, a Montreal hardware and furniture store trading under the name “Pascal” See also Paschal Paschal Paschal is a variant spelling of the name Pascal . Two popes and two antipopes have taken this name:* Antipope Paschal * Pope Paschal I ... (meaning Easter, and names) disambiguation page Paschal Paschal Paschal is a variant spelling of the name Pascal . Two popes and two antipopes have taken this name:* Antipope Paschal * Pope Paschal I ... (name of the lamb eaten by Christ at Easter) PAS/CAL PAS/CAL PAS/CAL are an indie pop band from Detroit, Michigan who formed in 2002 and released three EPs and two 12" inch split singles over the next four years.... , a pop band from Detroit, Michigan Royal Malaysian Navy PASKAL Royal Malaysian Navy PASKAL PASKAL, an abbreviation for Pasukan Khas Laut is the elite special operations force of the Royal Malaysian Navy, which conducts unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, jungle warfare, direct action, counter-terrorism, close protection for VIPs, specific enemy assassination, hostage rescue, and special reconnaissance as well as for... , special forces unit