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Azure
Azure may refer to: Color * Azure (color), a hue of blue ** Azure (heraldry) ** Shades of azure, shades and variations Arts and media * ''Azure'' (Art Farmer and Fritz Pauer album), 1987 * Azure (Gary Peacock and Marilyn Crispell album), 2013 * ''Azure'' (design magazine), Toronto, Ontario * Azure (heraldry), a blue tincture on flags or coats of arms * ''Azure'' (magazine), a periodical on Jewish thought and identity * ''Azure'' (painting), by Gustave Van de Woestijne * "Azure" (song), by Duke Ellington * "Azure", a song by The Third and the Mortal from the album ''Painting on Glass'' *''Azure'', a 2007 single by Slam also featured on the album ''Human Response'' Computing * Microsoft Azure, a cloud computing platform * Mozilla Azure, a graphics abstraction API Places * Azure, Alberta, a locality in Canada * Azure, Montana, a census-designated place in the United States * Azure Window, a former natural arch in Malta * Azure Swimming Pool, one of the indoor swimming pools ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure, or just Azure ( /ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər/ ''AZH-ər, AY-zhər'', UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər/ ''AZ-ure, AY-zure''), is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft. It has management, access and development of applications and services to individuals, companies, and governments through its global infrastructure. It also provides capabilities that are usually not included within other cloud platforms, including software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Microsoft Azure supports many programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. Azure was first introduced at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in October 2008 under the codename "Project Red Dog". It was officially launched as Windows Azure in February 2010 and later renamed to Microsoft Azure on March 25, 2014. Services Microsoft Azure uses large-scale virtualizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure Window
The Azure Window (), also known as the Dwejra Window (), was a natural arch on the island of Gozo, located just off the shores of Malta. The limestone feature, which was in Dwejra Bay close to the Inland Sea, Gozo, Inland Sea and Fungus Rock, was one of the island's major tourist attractions until it collapsed in stormy weather on 8 March 2017. The arch, together with other natural features in the area, has appeared in a number of international films and media productions. The rock formation, which consisted of a pillar rising from the sea joined to the cliff by a horizontal slab, was created by the collapse of a sea cave, probably during the 19th century. The final collapse in 2017 followed a century of natural erosion, during which large sections of the limestone arch had broken off and fallen into the sea. History Formation The Azure Window developed through sea erosion of a limestone cliff face. The progress starts with an initial notch resulting from wave action. This s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bentley Azure
The Bentley Azure is a four-seater convertible grand tourer produced by British automobile manufacturer Bentley Motors. The first version debuted in 1995 on the Bentley Continental R platform and was made until 2003. After a three-year break, a completely new version debuted in 2006 and was produced until 2010. It was powered by a significantly updated engine and based on the newer Bentley Arnage, Arnage platform. First generation (1995–2003) The name was taken from earlier Robert Jankel sportier 2-door conversions that evolved into the Bentley Continental R, Continental R. The Azure debuted in March 1995 at the Geneva Motor Show#1995, Geneva Motor Show on the platform of the Bentley Continental R, Continental R model, which had been originally launched in 1991. Production only crept to a start, with a mere nine examples finished in the first year – in 1996, after full production had started, no less than 251 cars were finished. Pininfarina assisted in the two-year proce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure (color)
Azure ( , ) is the color between cyan and blue on the visible spectrum, spectrum of visible light. It is often described as sky blue, the color of the sky on a clear day. On the :File:RGB color wheel.svg, RGB color wheel, "azure" (Web colors#Hex triplet, hexadecimal #0080FF) is defined as the color at 210 degrees, i.e., the hue halfway between Shades of blue#Blue (RGB) (X11 blue), blue and cyan. In the RGB color model, used to create all the colors on a television or computer screen, azure is created by adding a 50% of green light to a 100% of blue light. In the X11 color names, X11 color system, which became a model for early web colors, azure is depicted as a pale cyan or white cyan. Etymology and history The color azure ultimately takes its name from the vivid-blue gemstone lapis lazuli, a metamorphic rock. ' is the Latin word for "stone" and ' is the genitive form of the Medieval Latin ', which is taken from the Arabic ''lāzaward'' (), itself from the Persian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure (Gary Peacock And Marilyn Crispell Album)
''Azure'' is an album by bassist Gary Peacock and pianist Marilyn Crispell. It was recorded at Nevessa Production in Saugerties, New York in January and February 2011, and was released on ECM in 2013. Peacock and Crispell had previously recorded together as part of a trio with drummer Paul Motian on '' Nothing Ever Was, Anyway: Music of Annette Peacock'' (1997) and ''Amaryllis'' (2001), and would reunite again on '' In Motion'' (2016) in a trio with drummer Richard Poole. Crispell recalled that she had looked forward to recording with Peacock as a duo for years, and reflected: "He and I have played a lot of duo tours, and we've always wanted to document our partnership – but it just never came to pass. It was so great to finally have the chance to do it." Reception ''DownBeat'' reviewer John Corbett described the album as "deeply engaging," calling Peacock "equally alert and penetrating, paradoxically somehow both direct and oblique," and depicting Crispell's impressionistic pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure Ryder
Azure Ryder, is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter from Sydney, Australia but is currently based in London. She released her debut EP, ''Running With The Wolves'', on 27 March 2020. Azure Covered Dua Lipa's song "Don't Start Now" for Triple J's Like a Version Ryder's third EP, ''Ladder to the Moon'' was released on 29 October 2021 Speaking on the ''Ladder to the Moon'' Ryder said "This EP is the journey I took through discovering how to stand strongly in who I am, unapologetic about my voice, my dreams and the depth of how I love. When you choose to surrender to love whether it be for yourself or another, these landscapes that once held limitations become wide, commanding and wild like a woman." Early life Her family is of Lebanese origin. After finishing high school, Ryder went traveling through America and decided to do a music course at Berklee College of Music in Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonweal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shades Of Azure
Varieties of the color blue may differ in hue, chroma (also called saturation, intensity, or colorfulness), or lightness (or value, tone, or brightness), or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a blue or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these colors is shown below. Definitions of blue Blue (RGB) (X11 blue) The colour defined as blue in the RGB color model, X11 blue, is the most chromatic (colourful) blue that can be reproduced on a computer screen, and is the colour named blue in X11. It is one of the three primary colors used in the RGB colour space, along with red and green. The three additive primaries in the RGB colour system are the three colours of light chosen such as to provide the maximum gamut of colours that are capable of being represented on a computer or television set. This colour is also called color wheel blue. It is at 240 degrees on the HSV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure (design Magazine)
''Azure'' is a media brand covering architecture and design published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ''Azure'' is described as ''"an indispensable resource for architects, designers and the design-savvy public"'' on its website. It was founded in 1985 by Nelda Rodger and Sergio Sgaramella. In 2000, it won the Canadian National Magazine Awards The National Media Awards Foundation (NMAF) is a Canadian charity whose mission is to recognize excellence in the content and creation of Canadian magazines and Canadian digital publishing through two annual awards programs: the National Magazine ...' ''Magazine of the Year''. In 2011, the magazine launched the AZ Awards, an international competition open to architects, landscape architects, designers, students, clients, and manufacturers. In February 2013, deputy editor Catherine Osborne was named the magazine's editor-in-chief, with founding editor Nelda Rodger remaining as editorial director for Azure Publishing. In February 2021 Elizabet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mozilla Azure
Gecko (stylized as ɢecko) is a browser engine developed by Mozilla. It is used in the Firefox browser, the Thunderbird email client, and in a discontinued state on AOL's Netscape 4, Netscape 6, Netscape 7, Netscape Browser and Netscape Navigator 9; this is alongside many other projects. Gecko is designed to support open Internet standards, and is used by different applications to display web pages and, in some cases, an application's user interface itself (by rendering XUL). Gecko offers a rich programming API that makes it suitable for a wide variety of roles in Internet-enabled applications, such as web browsers, content presentation, and client/server. Gecko is written in C++ and JavaScript, and, since 2016, additionally in Rust. It is free and open-source software subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License version 2. Mozilla officially supports its use on Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows. History Development of the layout engine now known as Gecko began at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure (magazine)
''Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation'' (, Techelet) was a quarterly magazine published 1996–2012 by the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel. It published new writing on issues relating to Jewish thought and identity, Zionism, and the State of Israel. It was published in both Hebrew and English, allowing for the exchange of ideas between Israelis and Jews worldwide. The magazine was established in 1996 and was originally published twice a year, but grew into a quarterly. The magazine's founding editor-in-chief was Ofir Haivry, followed by and David Hazony. Assaf Sagiv was editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2012. The emphasis of the magazine was on strengthening Jewish and Zionist values. It was highly critical of post-national and radical trends in academia, opposed judicial activism in the Israeli legal system, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure, Montana
Azure is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hill County, Montana, United States. The population was 286 at the 2010 census. Geography Azure is located in southeastern Hill County within the Rocky Boy Indian Reservation. It is bordered to the south by the Sangrey CDP. It is east of Box Elder and U.S. Route 87. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Azure CDP has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 253 people, 55 households, and 47 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 59 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 2.77% White, 95.26% Native American, and 1.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.40% of the population. There were 55 households, out of which 49.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 25.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.5% were non-famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azure Swimming Pool
The Azure Swimming Pool () is one of the indoor swimming pools in the Ghost town, abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, which was affected by the Chernobyl disaster, 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. History The complex was built in the 1970s and remained in use until 1998 (12 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster); during those 12 years the swimming pool was mainly used by Chernobyl liquidators. The swimming pool was considered to be one of the cleanest places in Pripyat. However, the swimming pool and the adjacent indoor basketball court have been abandoned and left to decay since its closure in 1998. In popular culture The swimming pool appears in the following: * Ukraine, Ukrainian writer Markiyan Kamysh's novel ''A Stroll to the Zone'', which is centred around Disaster tourism, illegal trips to Pripyat * The video game ''Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' in the mission "One Shot, One Kill" and also in the multiplayer map "Bloc" * Music video of the song "Marooned (inst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
