Ziggurat (disambiguation)
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A ziggurat
is a pyramidal structure that first appeared during ancient times in the Middle East. It may also refer to:
Ziggurat
Ziggurats were massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels.Notable ziggurats include the Great Ziggurat of Ur near Nasiriyah, Iraq; the Ziggurat of Aqar Quf near...
is a pyramidal structure that first appeared during ancient times in the Middle East. It may also refer to:
- a ziggurat algorithmZiggurat algorithmThe ziggurat algorithm is an algorithm for pseudo-random number sampling. Belonging to the class of rejection sampling algorithms, it relies on an underlying source of uniformly-distributed random numbers, typically from a pseudo-random number generator, as well as precomputed tables. The...
, a number generating algorithm - The ZigguratThe ZigguratThe Ziggurat is a ten-story, stepped pyramidal office building and adjacent 5 story concrete parking structure located in West Sacramento, California on the shore of the Sacramento River. Designed to resemble the ancient Mesopotamian ziggurats, the building was built by The Money Store in 1997 and...
, an office building in California - Ziggurats (album)Ziggurats (album)Ziggurats is the 2007 album from Australian three-piece band The Beautiful Girls. It was released in May, 2007 and features the single I Thought About You.-Track listing:All songs written by Mat...
, a 2007 album by the The Beautiful GirlsThe Beautiful GirlsThe Beautiful Girls are an Australian band, predominantly playing roots music. They have released three EPs, Morning Sun, Goodtimes and Weight Of The World. Plus four full length albums, Learn Yourself, We're Already Gone, Ziggurats and Spooks. They played at Dusty Days on 15 March 2008 in Wagga...
- Zigurat (video game developers), a Spanish videogame developing company