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hit

In computing, request sent to a file server.

Sites on the World Wide Web often measure their popularity in numbers of hits. However, this is misleading, as a single Web page may be made up of many files, each of which counts as a hit when a user downloads the whole page. Counting individual visits is a better indication of a site's success.

Hit

Town in Iraq, on the River Euphrates, 150 km/93 mi northwest of Baghdad. In ancient times (when the town was called Is) there were bitumen and naphtha pits here. Hit is now an important oilfield centre.
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For ``Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams,'' Rodriguez hits the ground running, with gadgets and gizmos aplenty and a plot that takes the junior spies to an island where - gasp - none of the contraptions work.
GROWTH SPURT ROBERT RODRIGUEZ ISN'T KIDDING AROUND WITH `SPY KIDS 2' by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
In today's world, this suspenseful novel hits the ground running and includes many of today's, and perhaps tomorrow's, sophisticated weapons, modern technology, and international intrigue.
America by Boyd, John E. / Kliatt
This highly readable mystery hits the ground running, as Sammy (of Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief [rev.
Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man by Parravano, Martha V. / The Horn Book Magazine
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