query: Firefox is an operating system shell.

positive: Firefox Mozilla Firefox ( or simply Firefox ) is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary the Mozilla Corporation . Firefox is available for Windows , macOS and Linux operating systems , with its Firefox for Android available for Android ( formerly Firefox for mobile , it also ran on the discontinued Firefox OS ) ; where all of these versions use the Gecko layout engine to render web pages , which implements current and anticipated web standards . An additional version , Firefox for iOS , was released in late 2015 , but this version does not use Gecko due to Apple 's restrictions limiting third-party web browsers to the WebKit-based layout engine built into iOS .   Firefox was created in 2002 under the name `` Phoenix '' by Mozilla community members who desired a standalone browser , rather than the Mozilla Application Suite bundle . Even during its beta phase , Firefox proved to be popular with its testers and was praised for its speed , security , and add-ons compared to Microsoft 's then-dominant Internet Explorer 6 . Firefox was released in November 2004 , and was highly successful with 60 million downloads within nine months , which was the first time that Internet Explorer 's dominance was challenged . Firefox is considered the spiritual successor of Netscape Navigator , as the Mozilla community was created by Netscape in 1998 before their acquisition by AOL .   Firefox usage grew to a peak of 32 % at the end of 2009 , temporarily making version 3.5 the world 's most popular browser . Usage then declined in competition with Google Chrome . , Firefox has between 9 % and 16 % of worldwide usage as a `` desktop '' browser , making it the second most popular web browser . Firefox is still the most popular desktop browser in Cuba ( even most popular overall ) , Eritrea , and Germany , with 85.93 % , 79.39 % , and 37.01 % of the market share , respectively . It is also the most popular desktop browser in many other African countries . According to Mozilla , there were half a billion Firefox users around the world .

negative: Firefox 3.0 Mozilla Firefox 3.0 is a version of the Firefox web browser released on June 17 , 2008 by the Mozilla Corporation .   Firefox 3.0 uses version 1.9 of the Gecko layout engine for displaying web pages . This version fixes many bugs , improves standards compliance , and implements many new web APIs compared to Firefox 2.0 . Other new features include a redesigned download manager , a new `` Places '' system for storing bookmarks and history , and separate themes for different operating systems .   Firefox 3.0 had over 8 million unique downloads the day it was released , and by July 2008 held over 5.6 % of the recorded usage share of web browsers . Estimates of Firefox 3.0 's global market share were generally in the range of 4 -- 5 % , and then dropped as users migrated to Firefox 3.5 and later Firefox 3.6 .  Partially as a result of this , between mid-December 2009 and the end of January 2010 , Firefox 3.5 was the most popular browser ( when counting individual browser versions ) passing Internet Explorer 7 .   Mozilla ended support for Firefox 3 on March 30 , 2010 with the release of 3.0.19 .

negative: Comparison of Firefox OS devices Firefox OS is an operating system for mobile devices . This page seeks to list and compare hardware devices that are shipped with Firefox OS operating system .

negative: Light (web browser) Light , formerly known as Firefox Light , is a free and open-source web browser based on Firefox . Light is available for the Windows , OS X and Linux operating systems . It differs from Firefox by being built for performance , which it achieves by removing several of Firefox 's built in components , including the crash reporter , safe browsing , spell checker , development tools , and support for various types of video and audio media .

negative: Firefox Portable Mozilla Firefox , Portable Edition ( formerly known as Portable Firefox and commonly known as Firefox Portable ) is a repackaged version of Mozilla Firefox created by John T. Haller . The application allows Firefox to be run from a USB flash drive , CD-ROM , or other portable device on any Windows computer or Linux/UNIX computer running Wine . The program does not require Firefox to be installed on the computer , nor does it leave personal information on the computer or interfere with any installed versions of Firefox , though installation on a hard drive is possible .   It is compatible with Windows XP , Vista , 7 , 8 , 8.1 , 10 as well as Wine on UNIX-based systems . Although recent versions have serious compatibility issues with WinPE XP and BartPE XP , the old version 2.0.0.20 is compatible with Windows 98 , Me , and PE XP and 2000 .

negative: Firefox for Android Firefox for Android ( codenamed Fennec ) is the build of the Mozilla Firefox web browser for devices such as smartphones and tablet computers . Mozilla makes another mobile browser called Firefox for iOS , and for a while , Firefox for Android had a different name , and supported more than just the Android operating system .   Firefox for Android uses the same Gecko layout engine as Mozilla Firefox . For example , version 1.0 used the same engine as Firefox 3.6 , and the following release , 4.0 , shared core code with Firefox 4.0 . Its features include HTML5 support , Firefox Sync , add-ons support and tabbed browsing .

negative: Shell (computing) In computing , a shell is a user interface for access to an operating system 's services . In general , operating system shells use either a command-line interface ( CLI ) or graphical user interface ( GUI ) , depending on a computer 's role and particular operation . It is named a shell because it is a layer around the operating system kernel .   The design of a shell is guided by cognitive ergonomics and the goal is to achieve the best workflow possible for the intended tasks ; the design can be constricted by the available computing power ( for example , of the CPU ) or the available amount of graphics memory . The design of a shell is also dictated by the employed computer periphery , such as computer keyboard , pointing device ( a mouse with one button , or one with five buttons , or a 3D mouse ) or touchscreen , which is the direct human -- machine interface .   CLI shells allow some operations to be performed faster , especially when a proper GUI has not been or can not be created ; however , they require the user to be familiar with commands and their calling syntax , and to understand concepts about the shell-specific scripting language ( for example bash script ) , which may prove difficult for those with little computer experience . CLIs are also easier to be operated via refreshable braille display and provide certain advantages to screen readers .   Graphical shells place a low burden on beginning computer users , and they are characterized as being simple and easy to use . With the widespread adoption of programs with GUIs , the use of graphical shells has gained greater adoption . Since graphical shells come with certain disadvantages , most GUI-enabled operating systems also provide additional CLI shells .

negative: Firefox (disambiguation) Firefox is a web browser .   Firefox or fire fox may also refer to :

negative: History of Firefox The Mozilla Firefox project was created by Dave Hyatt and Blake Ross as an experimental branch of the Mozilla browser .   Firefox 1.0 was released on November 9 , 2004 , Firefox 1.5 was released on November 29 , 2005 , and version 2.0 was released on October 24 , 2006 . Firefox 3.0 was released on June 17 , 2008 , with version 3.5 and version 3.6 released on June 30 , 2009 and January 21 , 2010 , respectively . Version 4.0 was released on March 22 , 2011 . Since the version 5.0 , a rapid release cycle was put into effect , resulting in a new major version release every six weeks on Tuesday .   The latest version , Firefox 53.0 , was released on April 19 , 2017 .

negative: Comparison of command shells A command shell is a command line interface computer program to an operating system .

negative: Firefox for iOS Firefox for iOS is a browser from Mozilla , for the Apple iPhone , iPad and iPod touch mobile devices . It is the first Firefox branded browser not to use the Gecko layout engine as is used in Firefox for desktop and mobile . Due to iOS security restrictions chosen by Apple ( specifically the inability to set writable pages executable , which is essential for just-in-time compilation ) , Firefox has to use the built-in iOS WebKit-based rendering framework instead of Gecko . Firefox for iOS supports Firefox Sync and is able to sync Firefox 's browsing history , bookmarks , and recent tabs .

negative: Swiftfox Swiftfox is a web browser based on Mozilla Firefox . It is available for Linux platforms and distributed by Jason Halme . Swiftfox is a set of builds of Firefox optimized for different Intel and AMD microprocessors . Swiftfox is freely downloadable with open source code and proprietary binaries . Firefox extensions and plugins are compatible with Swiftfox , with notable exceptions . The name Swiftfox comes from the animal swift fox . Swiftfox differs from Firefox by a limited number of changes , and builds for different processors .

negative: Unix shell A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter or shell that provides a traditional Unix-like command line user interface . Users direct the operation of the computer by entering commands as text for a command line interpreter to execute , or by creating text scripts of one or more such commands . Users typically interact with a Unix shell using a terminal emulator , however , direct operation via serial hardware connections , or networking session , are common for server systems . All Unix shells provide filename wildcarding , piping , here documents , command substitution , variables and control structures for condition-testing and iteration .

negative: Firefox 2 Mozilla Firefox 2 is a version of Firefox , a web browser released on October 24 , 2006 by the Mozilla Corporation .   Firefox 2 uses version 1.8 of the Gecko layout engine for displaying web pages . The release contained many new features not found in Firefox 1.5 , including improved support for Scalable Vector Graphics ( SVG ) and JavaScript 1.7 , as well as user interface changes .   On March 22 , 2006 , the first alpha version of Firefox 2 ( Bon Echo Alpha 1 ) was released . It featured Gecko 1.8.1 for the first time . Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.x is the final version officially supported on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 98 , although it can run on Windows 95 using tweaks . Mac OS X 10.5 support was added October 18 , 2007 with version 2.0.0.8 .   Firefox 2.0 featured updates to tabbed browsing environment , the extensions manager , the GUI , and the find , search and software update engines ; a new session restore feature ; inline spell checking ; and an anti-phishing feature which was implemented by Google as an extension , and later merged into the program itself .   Mozilla ended support for Firefox 2 on December 18 , 2008 .

negative: FUEL (Firefox User Extension Library) Firefox User Extension Library ( FUEL ) was a JavaScript library intended for developing Firefox extensions . Co-created by Mark Finkle and John Resig , it provided JavaScript libraries and wrappers for the most commonly used operations in Firefox extensions .

negative: CometBird CometBird was a web browser developed from the source code of Mozilla Firefox . It is a BitComet product . It is compatible with the Windows 98 , Windows 2000 , Windows XP , Windows Vista , Windows 7 , Windows 8 , Windows 8.1 , and Windows 10 operating systems . As of 2015 it is no longer being updated .

negative: TenFourFox TenFourFox is a web browser based on Mozilla 's Gecko layout engine . It is a port of Mozilla Firefox for PowerPC-based Macintosh computers running Mac OS X to retain compatibility with the older architecture and older versions of the operating system , and to add PowerPC-specific optimizations for improved performance . The project was started after Mozilla announced that it would not release Firefox 4 for PowerPC versions of OS X. Like Firefox , it includes compatibility with a wide range of addons , Acid2 and Acid3 compliance , and HTML 5 and CSS 3 features ; however , it also includes JavaScript just-in-time compilation , custom builds for specific PowerPC processor families , and AltiVec acceleration of key media codecs . The primary maintainer is Cameron Kaiser .   The project shares administration with Classilla , a fork of Mozilla Application Suite for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS 8.6 .

negative: Firefox 3.6 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 is a version of the Firefox web browser released in January 2010 . The release 's main improvement over Firefox 3.5 is improved performance ( due to further speed improvements in the TraceMonkey JavaScript engine ) . It uses the Gecko 1.9.2 engine ( compared to 1.9.1 in FF 3.5 ) , which improves compliance with web standards . It was codenamed Namoroka . In this version , support for X BitMap images was dropped .   This release marked the beginning of a new development cycle for Firefox . As well as receiving major updates , the browser also received minor updates with new features . This was to allow users to receive new features more quickly and the dawn of a new roadmap that reflected these changes .   It was superseded by Firefox 4 , released the next year , although FF 3.6 had a prolonged period of use and version 4 had noted user interface changes . Firefox 3.6 is the last major version of an official Firefox release to run on PowerPC-based Macintoshes ( see TenFourFox for a much-more-recent version of Firefox for PowerPC-based computers running Mac OS X ) . Soon after 4 , much less weight was given to major version numbers , with 6 numbers used by September of that year ( 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , and 9 ) compared to 3 in nearly a decade of Firefox development ( 1 , 2 and 3 ) .   Firefox versions 4 through 9 had all reached end-of-life status while Mozilla continued supporting Firefox 3.6 with security updates . Coinciding with a proposal to cater to Enterprise users with optional Extended Support Releases beginning in 2012 based upon Firefox 10 , Mozilla discontinued support for Firefox 3.6 on April 24 , 2012 with automatic update to Firefox 12 pushed out to compatible devices by June 2012 .

negative: HTML5 in mobile devices In mobile devices , HTML5 is often used for mobile websites and mobile applications on mobile operating systems such as Firefox OS , Sailfish OS , Tizen and Ubuntu Touch .

negative: Mozilla Application Suite The Mozilla Application Suite ( originally known as Mozilla , marketed as the Mozilla Suite ) is a discontinued cross-platform integrated Internet suite . Its development was initiated by Netscape Communications Corporation , before their acquisition by AOL . It was based on the source code of Netscape Communicator . The development was spearheaded by the Mozilla Organization from 1998 to 2003 , and by the Mozilla Foundation from 2003 to 2006 . It has been superseded by SeaMonkey Internet suite ( SeaMonkey was the original code name for the project ) , a community-driven Internet suite that is based on the same source code and continued to be developed with newer Mozilla codebase .   The Mozilla Suite was composed of several main programs : Navigator ( a Web browser ) , Communicator ( Mozilla Mail & Newsgroups ) , a Web page developer ( Mozilla Composer ) , an IRC client ( ChatZilla ) and an electronic address book . Also included were tools to synchronise the application with PalmPilot devices , and several extensions for advanced Web development including the DOM Inspector and Venkman ( a JavaScript debugger ) .   Versions 6 and 7 of the Netscape suite were based on the Mozilla Suite . The last official version is 1.7.13 , as Mozilla Foundation is currently focusing on the development of Firefox and Thunderbird . The Mozilla Suite is available under the terms of the Mozilla project 's tri-license , as free and open source software .

negative: Waterfox Waterfox is an open-source web browser based on Mozilla Firefox for 64-bit Windows , macOS and Linux systems . It is compiled using various compilers and uses Intel 's Math Kernel Library , Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 and Advanced Vector Extensions . It is compatible with most Firefox add-ons and 64-bit NPAPI browser plug-ins . Waterfox contains modifications designed to take advantage of the 64-bit system architecture and provide speed improvements over Mozilla 's flagship browser . Waterfox also removes Adobe DRM , the Pocket feature and standard data collection of Firefox , and claims compatibility with Windows XP 64 bit .   As of Waterfox version 50.0 , Linux builds are also available and are built with Clang   32-bit Firefox outperformed 64-bit Waterfox in Peacekeeper browser benchmark tests run by TechRepublic in 2012 , and 64-bit Waterfox slightly outperformed 32-bit Firefox in tests run by Softpedia in 2014 . However , in 2016 64-bit Waterfox performed worse than 64-bit Mozilla Firefox in the Kraken , SunSpider , JetStream , and Octane 2.0 benchmarks . Benchmarks were once available on the developers website but have since been removed .  Waterfox was presented at an event called `` Pitch@Palace” at St. James Palace for Prince Andrew , Duke of York .   To date Waterfox has had over 6,000,000 downloads spanning 180 countries . The default search engine of the browser is Ecosia .

negative: Ubiquity Ubiquity is a synonym for omnipresence , the property of being present everywhere .   Ubiquity may also refer to :   Ubiquity ( software ) , a simple graphical installer made for the Ubuntu operating system  Ubiquity ( Firefox ) , an experimental extension for the Firefox browser  Ubiquity ( role-playing game system ) , a table-top RPG system  Ubiquity Global Services , an American offshore outsourcing company  Ubiquiti Networks ( Technology ) , a Network Hardware/Software company also known as ubnt  Ubiquity Records , an American music label  Ubiquity , an ACM publication

negative: Glide OS Glide OS is a cross-platform web desktop developed by TransMedia Corporation . It is notable for operating on both desktop operating systems , like Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X and Linux and mobile operating systems like Apple iOS , Google Android and Honeycomb , BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry Tablet OS ( QNX ) , webOS , Symbian and Windows Mobile . Glide OS is compatible with a variety of web browsers , including Microsoft Internet Explorer , Mozilla Firefox , Apple Safari , and Google Chrome .

negative: Web browser A web browser ( commonly referred to as a browser ) is a software application for retrieving , presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web . An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier ( URI/URL ) that may be a web page , image , video or other piece of content . Hyperlinks present in resources enable users easily to navigate their browsers to related resources .   Although browsers are primarily intended to use the World Wide Web , they can also be used to access information provided by web servers in private networks or files in file systems .   The most popular web browsers are Google Chrome , Microsoft Edge ( preceded by Internet Explorer ) , Safari , Opera and Firefox .

negative: Firefox 3.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is a version of the Firefox web browser released in June 2009 , adding a variety of new features to Firefox . Version 3.5 was touted as being twice as fast as 3.0 ( due its TraceMonkey JavaScript engine and rendering improvements ) . It includes private browsing , has tear-off tabs , and uses the Gecko 1.9.1 engine .  It was codenamed Shiretoko during development , and was initially numbered Firefox 3.1 before Mozilla developers decided to change the version to 3.5 , to reflect the inclusion of a significantly greater scope of changes than were originally planned . It is the last major version to support X BitMap images .   Estimates of Firefox 3.5 's global market share in February 2010 were around 15 -- 20 % and rose rapidly in July 2009 as users migrated from Firefox 3.0 . From January 2010 it began to decline as users migrated to Firefox 3.6 . Between mid-December 2009 and February 2010 , Firefox 3.5 was the most popular browser ( when counting individual browser versions ) according to StatCounter , and was one of the top 3 browser versions according to Net Applications . Both milestones involved passing Internet Explorer 7 , which previously held the No. 1 and No. 3 spots in popularity according to StatCounter and Net Applications , respectively .   Due to the January 2010 , well-publicized vulnerability in Microsoft 's Internet Explorer browser , the German , French , and Australian governments had publicly issued warnings to Internet Explorer users to use alternative browsers , at least until a fix for the security hole was made . The first browser they recommended was Mozilla Firefox , followed by Google Chrome .

negative: Shell shoveling Shell shoveling , in network security , refers to the act of redirecting the input and output of a shell to a service so that it can be remotely accessed .   In computing , the most basic method of interfacing with the operating system is the shell , on Microsoft Windows based systems this is a program called CMD.EXE or COMMAND.COM , on Linux or Unix based systems it may be any of a variety of programs such as bash , ksh etc. . This program accepts commands typed from a prompt and executes them , usually in real time , displaying the results to what is referred to as standard output , usually a monitor or screen .   In the shell shoveling process , one of these programs is set to run ( perhaps silently or without notifying someone observing the computer ) accepting input from a remote system and redirecting output to the same remote system ; therefore the operator of the shoveled shell is able to operate the computer as if they were present at the console .

negative: Mozilla browser Mozilla browser may refer to one of the following web browsers produced by the Mozilla Foundation :   Mozilla Application Suite  Mozilla Firefox ( previously known as mozilla/browser , Phoenix and Mozilla Firebird )  Camino ( previously known as Chimera )  Minimo ( a.k.a. Mini Mozilla )

negative: Shell script A shell script is a computer program designed to be run by the Unix shell , a command-line interpreter . The various dialects of shell scripts are considered to be scripting languages .   Typical operations performed by shell scripts include file manipulation , program execution , and printing text . A script which sets up the environment , runs the program , and does any necessary cleanup , logging , etc. is called a wrapper .   The term is also used more generally to mean the automated mode of running an operating system shell ; in specific operating systems they are called other things such as batch files ( MSDos-Win95 stream , OS/2 ) , command procedures ( VMS ) , and shell scripts ( Windows NT stream and third-party derivatives like 4NT -- article is at cmd.exe ) , and mainframe operating systems are associated with a number of terms .   The typical Unix/Linux/Posix-compliant installation includes the Korn Shell ( ksh ) in several possible versions such as ksh88 , Korn Shell '93 and others . The oldest shell still in common use is the Bourne shell ( sh ) ; Unix systems invariably also include the C Shell ( csh ) , Bourne Again Shell ( bash ) , a remote shell ( rsh ) , a secure shell for SSL telnet connections ( ssh ) , and a shell which is a main component of the Tcl/Tk installation usually called tclsh ; wish is a GUI-based Tcl/Tk shell . The C and Tcl shells have syntax quite similar to that of said programming languages , and the Korn shells and Bash are developments of the Bourne shell , which is based on the ALGOL language with elements of a number of others added as well . On the other hand , the various shells plus tools like awk , sed , grep , and BASIC , Lisp , C and so forth contributed to the Perl programming language .   Other shells available on a machine or available for download and/or purchase include ash , msh , ysh , zsh ( a particularly common enhanced Korn Shell ) , the Tenex C Shell ( tcsh ) , a Perl-like shell ( psh ) and others . Related programs such as shells based on Python , Ruby , C , Java , Perl , Pascal , Rexx & c in various forms are also widely available . Another somewhat common shell is osh , whose manual page states it `` is an enhanced , backward-compatible port of the standard command interpreter from Sixth Edition UNIX . ''   Windows-Unix interoperability software such as the MKS Toolkit , Cygwin , UWIN , Interix and others make the above shells and Unix programming available on Windows systems , providing functionality all the way down to signals and other inter-process communication , system calls and APIs . The Hamilton C Shell is a Windows shell that is very similar to the Unix C Shell . Microsoft distributes Windows Services for UNIX for use with its NT-based operating systems in particular , which have a Posix environmental subsystem .

negative: Li Gong (computer scientist) Gong Li , also known in English as Li Gong , is the chairman and CEO of Acadine Technologies , a systems software company specializing in mobile operating systems for mobile , wearable , and IoT devices . Acadine 's core product H5OS is a web-centric operating system that is primarily based on the open web standard HTML5 . It is derived from Firefox OS , whose development Li had overseen as president of Mozilla Corporation .

negative: Gecko (software) Gecko is a web browser engine ( a sub-component , by now developed as part of Firefox ) used in many applications developed by Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation ( notably the Firefox web browser including its mobile version other than iOS devices , and their e-mail client Thunderbird ) , as well as in many other open source software projects . Gecko is free and open-source software subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public License version 2 .   It 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 was written in C++ and JavaScript , but since 2016 additionally in Rust ; and it is made to work for Android , Linux , macOS , and Windows . At least older versions of Gecko have been unofficially ported to e.g. BSDs and Solaris ( and ancient versions have been ported to several operating systems ) , and old versions officially supported e.g. MeeGo . Its development is now overseen by the Mozilla Foundation .

negative: History of Mozilla Application Suite The history of the Mozilla Application Suite began with the release of the source code of the Netscape suite as an open source project . Going through years of hard work ( with the help of the community contributors ) , Mozilla 1.0 was eventually released on June 5 , 2002 . Its backend code base , most notably the Gecko layout engine , has become the foundation of a number of applications based on Mozilla , including the Mozilla Foundation 's flagship product Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird . While the suite is no longer a formal Mozilla product , its development and maintenance is continued as the SeaMonkey community project .

negative: Internet OS Internet operating system , or Internet OS , is a term used in the computer industry to refer to any type of operating system designed to run all of its applications and services through an Internet client , generally a web browser . The advantages of such an OS would be that it would run on a thin client , allowing cheaper , more easily manageable computer systems ; it would require all applications to be designed on cross-platform , open standards ; and would not tie a user 's applications , documents , and preferences to a single computer , but rather place them on the cloud . The Internet OS has also been promoted as the perfect type of platform for software as a service .

negative: SpyEye SpyEye is a malware program that attacked users of web browsers running on the Microsoft Windows operating system . SpyEye exploited all four major web browsers : Google Chrome , Firefox , Internet Explorer and Opera . It uses keystroke logging and form grabbing to steal user credentials .


query: Google Search cannot find sports scores.

positive: Google Search Google Search , commonly referred to as Google Web Search or simply Google , is a web search engine developed by Google . It is the most-used search engine on the World Wide Web , handling more than three billion searches each day . , it is the most used search engine in the US with 64.0 % market share .   The order of search on Google 's search-results pages is based , in part , on a priority rank called a `` PageRank '' . Google Search provides many different options for customized search , using Boolean operators such as exclusion ( '' - xx '' ) , alternatives ( `` xx OR yy OR zz '' ) , and wildcards ( `` Winston * Churchill '' returns `` Winston Churchill '' , `` Winston Spencer Churchill '' , etc. ) . The same and other options can be specified in a different way on an Advanced Search page .   The main purpose of Google Search is to hunt for text in publicly accessible documents offered by web servers , as opposed to other data , such as images or data contained in databases . It was originally developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1997 . Google Search provides several features beyond searching for words . These include synonyms , weather forecasts , time zones , stock quotes , maps , earthquake data , movie showtimes , airports , home listings , and sports scores . There are special features for numbers , dates , and some specific forms , including ranges , prices , temperatures , money and measurement unit conversions , calculations , package tracking , patents , area codes , and language translation . In June 2011 Google introduced `` Google Voice Search '' to search for spoken , rather than typed , words . In May 2012 Google introduced a Knowledge Graph semantic search feature in the U.S.   Analysis of the frequency of search terms may indicate economic , social and health trends . Data about the frequency of use of search terms on Google can be openly inquired via Google Trends and have been shown to correlate with flu outbreaks and unemployment levels , and provide the information faster than traditional reporting methods and surveys . As of mid-2016 , Google 's search engine has begun to rely on these deep neural networks .   In October 2016 , Gary Illyes , a webmaster trends analyst with Google , announced that the search engine will be making a new , primary web index dedicated for mobile , with a secondary , less up-to-date index for desktop use . The change is a response from the continued growth in mobile , and a push for web developers to adopt a mobile-friendly version of their websites . Illyes stated the change will happen in `` months '' .   Competitors of Google include Baidu and Soso.com in China ; Naver.com and Daum.net in South Korea ; Yandex in Russia ; Seznam.cz in the Czech Republic ; Yahoo in Japan , Taiwan and the US , as well as Bing and DuckDuckGo . Some smaller search engines offer facilities not available with Google , e.g. not storing any private or tracking information ; one such search engine is Ixquick .

negative: Constrained clustering In computer science , constrained clustering is a class of semi-supervised learning algorithms . Typically , constrained clustering incorporates either a set of must-link constraints , cannot-link constraints , or both , with a Data clustering algorithm . Both a must-link and a cannot-link constraint define a relationship between two data instances . A must-link constraint is used to specify that the two instances in the must-link relation should be associated with the same cluster . A cannot-link constraint is used to specify that the two instances in the cannot-link relation should not be associated with the same cluster . These sets of constraints acts as a guide for which a constrained clustering algorithm will attempt to find clusters in a data set which satisfy the specified must-link and cannot-link constraints . Some constrained clustering algorithms will abort if no such clustering exists which satisfies the specified constraints . Others will try to minimize the amount of constraint violation should it be impossible to find a clustering which satisfies the constraints . Constraints could also be used to guide the selection of a clustering model among several possible solutions .   A cluster in which the members conform to all must-link and cannot-link constraints is called a chunklet .


query: Pierce County, Washington is the location of the highest mountain of the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

positive: Mount Rainier Mount Rainier ( pronounced : -LSB- reɪˈnɪər -RSB- ) , Mount Tacoma , or Mount Tahoma is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest , and the highest mountain in the U.S. state of Washington . It is a large active stratovolcano located 54 mi south-southeast of Seattle , in the Mount Rainier National Park . It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States and the Cascade Volcanic Arc , with a summit elevation of 14411 ft.   Mt. Rainier is considered one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world , and it is on the Decade Volcano list . Because of its large amount of glacial ice , Mt. Rainier could produce massive lahars that could threaten the entire Puyallup River valley , and poses a grave threat to the southern sections of the Seattle metropolitan area , a city of over 650,000 people with more than 3.7 million living in its metropolitan area .

positive: Pierce County, Washington right | thumb | Tacoma -- seat of Pierce County   Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington . As of the 2010 Census , the population was 795,225 , making it the second-most populous county in Washington behind King County . The county seat and largest city is Tacoma . Formed out of Thurston County on December 22 , 1852 , by the legislature of Oregon Territory , it was named for U.S. President Franklin Pierce . Pierce County is in the Seattle metropolitan area ( formally the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue , WA metropolitan statistical area ) .   Pierce County is notable for being home to Mount Rainier , the tallest mountain and a volcano in the Cascade Range . Its most recent recorded eruption was between 1820 and 1854 . There is no imminent risk of eruption , but geologists expect that the volcano will erupt again . If this should happen , parts of Pierce County and the Puyallup Valley would be at risk from lahars , lava , or pyroclastic flows . The Mount Rainier Volcano Lahar Warning System was established in 1998 to assist in the evacuation of the Puyallup River valley in case of eruption .

negative: Mount Pierce Hills and mountains named Pierce , some of them after Franklin Pierce ( 1804 -- 1869 ) , 14th president of the United States :   Pierce Pond Mountain , Maine  Pierce Peak ( Alaska )  Pierce Peak ( Antarctica ) ( named after psychiatrist Chester Pierce )  Pierce Peak ( New Mexico )  Pierce Mountain ( Arizona )  Pierce Mountain ( Arkansas )  Pierce Mountain ( Kentucky )  Pierce Mountain ( Virginia )  Pierce Mountain ( Washington )  Pierce Hill ( Somerset County , Maine )  Pierce Hill ( Waldo County , Maine )  Pierce Hill ( Norfolk County , Massachusetts )  Pierce Hill ( Worcester County , Massachusetts )  Pierce Hill ( Broome County , New York )  Pierce Hill ( Cattaraugus County , New York )  Pierce Hill ( Vermont )  Pierce Hill ( Washington )  Mount Pierce ( New Hampshire )  Mount Pierce ( California )  Pierces Hill , Alabama

negative: Palmetto Mountains The Palmetto Mountains are a mountain range in Esmeralda County , Nevada . The Lida Mining District and Lida , Nevada are located in the range .   The mountains are east of the Sylvania Mountains and north of the Slate Range and Death Valley . It is a sub-range of the Silver Peak Range further northwest . Blue Dick Benchmark , at 9,289 ft above sea level , is the highest point of the Palmettos .

negative: Sand Mountain Sand Mountain may refer to :   Sand Mountain , a ski resort in the fictional city of Bikini Bottom , in the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants  Sand Mountain ( Florida ) , the fourth-highest point in Florida  Sand Mountain ( Nevada ) , a singing sand dune in Nevada  Sand Mountain ( Oregon ) , a volcanic field in Oregon  Sand Mountain ( Juab County , Utah ) , a 700-foot wall of sand in the Little Sahara Recreation Area  Sand Mountain ( Washington County , Utah ) , a mountain in the southern part of the county , near the Arizona border  Sand Mountain ( Alabama ) , a sandstone plateau in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama ( and , to a far lesser extent , extreme northwest Georgia )  Sand Mountain ( Colorado ) , a prominent peak located in Northwest Colorado

negative: Rocky Mountain (Rockbridge County, Virginia) See Rocky Mountain for other mountains of the same name .   Rocky Mountain is a peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia .  It is located about 2 miles ( 3.5 km ) east of Irish Gap , on the border of Rockbridge County and Amherst County ; it is the highest point of both counties .  Rocky Mountain is flanked to the northeast by Elk Pond Mountain , to the southwest by Grapevine Ridge , and to the south by Tar Jacket Ridge ( 3,860 ft / 1,180 m ) .   Rocky Mountain stands within the watershed of the James River , which drains into Chesapeake Bay .  The northwest side of Rocky Mtn . drains into the Nettle Springs Branch of Nettle Creek , thence into Irish Creek , the South River , the Maury River , and the James River .  The southwest side of Rocky Mtn . drains into Statons Creek , thence into the Pedlar River and the James .  The east side of Rocky Mtn . drains into the Greasy Spring Branch of the South Fork of the Piney River , thence into the Tye River and the James .   Rocky Mountain is located in the George Washington National Forest .  The summit of Rocky Mtn . is occupied by several radio towers , accessed by a dead-end dirt road . A VDEN packet node , ROCKND , is also located on this mountaintop .  The Appalachian Trail , a 2,170-mile ( 3,500-km ) National Scenic Trail from Georgia to Maine , passes 0.3 miles ( 0.5 km ) to the southeast of the summit , while the Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.6 mi . ( 1 km ) to the northwest .

negative: Blue Mountain Railroad Blue Mountain Railroad may refer to :  Blue Mountain Railroad ( Pacific Northwest ) , 1992-1999 , now part of Palouse RIver and Coulee City Railroad  Blue Mountain Railroad ( Pennsylvania ) , never built

negative: Quirauk Mountain Quirauk Mountain is the highest point on South Mountain . The 2145 ft peak is located in northeastern Washington County , Maryland . It lies just southwest of Fort Ritchie Military Reservation in the village of Cascade and about 1/2 mile southeast of the community of Blue Mountain . The Appalachian Trail and South Mountain State Park are about 1/2 mile to the west of the mountain 's summit .

negative: Saddle Mountain State Natural Area Saddle Mountain State Natural Area is a state park in northwest Oregon . It is located in the Northern Oregon Coast Range in central Clatsop County , about 20 mi by road from Seaside . A 2.5 mi long hiking trail climbs to the top of Saddle Mountain , which is located in the park . On clear days , the Pacific Ocean , Columbia River mouth and several of the Cascade mountains in Washington and Oregon can be seen from the summit .

negative: Grandfather Mountain Grandfather Mountain is a mountain , a non-profit attraction , and a North Carolina state park  near Linville , North Carolina . At 5,946 feet ( 1,812 m ) , it is the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains , one of the major chains of the Appalachian Mountains . The Blue Ridge Parkway passes by the south side of the mountain and also passes over the nearby Grandmother Gap . It is located at the meeting point of Avery , Caldwell ( highest point ) , and Watauga ( highest point ) counties .

negative: Gila Mountains (Graham County) The Gila Mountains of Graham County are a mountain range in central-east Arizona . It borders the Gila River and Gila Valley on the valley 's northeast in north-central Graham County ; also the San Carlos Indian Reservation . The mountain range sits on the southern perimeter of the White Mountains and is located in the southeast area of Arizona 's transition zone .   The Gila Mountains lie northwest of Safford , Arizona and the Santa Teresa Mountains lie to the southwest across the Gila Valley . The highest point of the Gila Mountains is Slaughter Mountain at 6556 ft ; the Fishhooks Wilderness is located on the northwest end of the mountain range .   The Safford copper mine is located on the south flank of the range .

negative: Short Hill Mountain Short Hill Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Loudoun County , Virginia .

negative: Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center The Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center ( NWAC ) is a weather forecasting center located in Seattle , Washington . Its twice daily forecasts are important for recreational and professional users of mountains and other rural areas in the Pacific Northwest .

negative: Mount Silverthrone Mount Silverthrone , officially named Silverthrone Mountain , is a mountain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia , Canada , located over 320 km northwest of the city of Vancouver and about 50 km west of Mount Waddington , British Columbia , Canada . It is the highest peak in the Ha-Iltzuk Icefield , which is the largest icefield in the Coast Mountains south of the Alaska Panhandle .

negative: Black Mountain (Washington County, New York) Black Mountain is a mountain located in Washington County , New York , of which its peak is the highest point .  Isolated from the rest of the Adirondack Mountains by Lake George , Black Mtn . has the seventh highest topographic prominence of all the mountains in New York .   Black Mountain stands within the watershed of Lake Champlain , thence into Canada 's Richelieu River , the Saint Lawrence River , and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence .  The northwest and south sides of Black Mtn . drain into Lake George , thence into La Chute River , and Lake Champlain .  The northeast side of Black Mtn . drains into Pike Brook , thence into the South Bay of Lake Champlain .   Black Mountain is within New York 's Adirondack Park .   On the top of Black Mountain is a weather station and wind turbine as well as a fire tower that is now out of commission and has been fenced off from the public .

negative: Hat Mountain (California) Hat Mountain is a mountain located in the Warner Mountains south of Eagle Peak in California . The peak , which rises to an elevation of 8741 ft , is the highest point in Lassen County . Lost Lake is located to the northwest of the summit .  Most of the precipitation that falls on Hat Mountain is snow due to the high elevation .

negative: Black Mountain (Georgia) For other mountains with the same name , see Black Mountain . Should not be confused with Black Mountain , Union County , Georgia .   Black Mountain is located in Georgia USA on the boundary between Dawson and Gilmer counties . The summit is the highest point in Dawson County . It is in the Chattahoochee National Forest and is part of the Blue Ridge Wildlife Management Area .

negative: Apple Orchard Mountain Apple Orchard Mountain is a peak of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia .   Located in Jefferson National Forest , Apple Orchard Mountain is the county highpoint for both Bedford County and Botetourt County , Virginia as well as the highest point on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia . It is also the most topographically prominent mountain in the state . The summit is open , and an FAA radar stands nearby . This radar stand makes the mountain recognizable from miles away .

negative: Goat Mountain (Blaine County, Idaho) Goat Mountain , at 11913 ft above sea level is the second highest peak in the Pioneer Mountains of Idaho . The peak is located on the border of Sawtooth and Salmon-Challis National Forests as well as Blaine and Custer counties . It is the 16th highest peak in Idaho and less than 2 mi north-northwest of Hyndman Peak .

negative: Langlitinden Langlitinden is the highest mountain on the island of Andørja and is also the highest mountain on any Norwegian island ( except Beerenberg , Jan Mayen ) . It is located on the northeastern part of the island in the municipality of Ibestad in Troms county , Norway , just to the south of the Mjøsund Bridge and just northwest of the shore of the Astafjorden . The mountain is 1276 m tall .

negative: Loddo Loddo or Løddo is a mountain in the municipality of Austevoll in Hordaland county , Norway . The 243 m tall mountain is located on the island of Huftarøy and it is the highest point in the municipality of Austevoll . The mountain is located near the southeast coast of the island , about 2 km northwest of the coastal village of Otterå .

negative: Jiaozi Snow Mountain Jiaozi Snow Mountain is a mountain located in northern central Yunnan , China . The mountain peak lies on the border Dongchuan District and Luquan County in Kunming city-level prefecture . The peak is the highest point in the Eastern Yungui Plateau and the highest point of the Gongwang Mountains . Jiaozi Snow Mountain is drained on all sides by tributaries of the Yangtze River , whose main stem flows past 20km to the northwest .

negative: Paris Mountain Paris Mountain is a peak of Blue Ridge Mountain on the border of Loudoun County and Clarke County in Virginia . The 1926 ft peak , which is located just north of Ashby 's Gap and the town of Paris , for which it is named , represents the highest elevation in both counties . The peak is accessible by Blue Ridge Mountain Road from the gap . The Appalachian Trail is crosses the western slope of the peak .

negative: Sumas Mountain Sumas Mountain is a mountain located in Whatcom County , Washington , 15 miles northeast of Bellingham and southwest of Vedder Mountain . Located in the Skagit Range the mountain is notable for its high biodiversity and year-round hiking trails . It is sometimes referred to as American Sumas to distinguish it from an identically named mountain just to the north in British Columbia . It is largely owned by the Washington Department of Natural Resources , but some parcels are privately held . While the public land is open for recreation , it is managed primarily for timber harvest . Clearcuts are present on many slopes and most all the remaining forest is in varying stages of recovery and regrowth .   Washington State Route 547 , which traverses a low pass on the mountain 's northern flank , runs northwest from the Mount Baker Highway , ( SR 542 ) in Kendall to SR 9 in Sumas , which is located on the Canada -- United States border and south of Abbotsford , British Columbia . The Chicago , Milwaukee , St. Paul and Pacific Railroad once traversed the same pass .   The controversial Swift Creek Landslide is located on the mountain 's western slope .

negative: Breidtinden (Berg) Breidtinden ( Reaiddaidčohkka ) is the highest mountain on the island Senja in Troms county , Norway . It is located in the northeastern part of the municipality of Berg , southeast of the Mefjorden and southwest of the village of Mefjordbotn . The village of Senjahopen lies about 10 km northwest of the mountain . The lake Svartholvatnet is located along the southwestern base of the mountain .

negative: Wintergreen Resort Wintergreen Resort is a four-season mountain resort on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains , located in Nelson County , Virginia and the town of Nellysford . The resort is also in close proximity to the cities of Lynchburg , Waynesboro , and Charlottesville , and within a three-hour drive of Washington , D.C. . It opened in 1975 and is currently owned by EPR Properties and managed by Pacific Group Resorts , Inc. . Unlike other ski resorts , Wintergreen is a `` Mountain Top '' resort in which all of the amenities are built on the peaks and ridges , rather than at the traditional base .

negative: Forollhogna Forollhogna ( or Forelhogna ) is a mountain located on the border between three municipalities in Norway : Midtre Gauldal and Holtålen ( in Sør-Trøndelag county ) and Os ( in Hedmark county ) . The 1332 m tall Forollhogna is the highest mountain inside Forollhogna National Park .   The mountain is about 27 km2 southeast of the village of Enodden and about 30 km northwest of Røros .

negative: Baldy Mountain (Manitoba) Baldy Mountain is the highest peak in Manitoba , Canada . It is located in the Duck Mountain Provincial Park , northwest of Dauphin . It is 832 m tall , making it the highest mountain in the 563 km long Manitoba Escarpment .   Category : Mountains of Manitoba

negative: Mount Adams Mount Adams usually refers to  Mount Adams ( Washington ) ( 3,743 m ) , a volcano in the Cascades and second highest mountain in the Pacific Northwest   It may also refer to any of several other mountains in the United States , and one each in Australia , Antarctica and New Zealand :  Mount Adams ( New Hampshire ) ( 1,760 m ) in the White Mountains near Mount Washington , second highest in New England  Mount Adams ( Saguache County , Colorado ) ( 4,248 m ) in the Rocky Mountains near the Crestones  Mount Adams ( Grand County , Colorado ) ( 3,696 m )  Mount Adams ( Montana ) ( 2,344 m )  Mount Adams ( New York ) ( 1,073 m )  Mount Adams ( New Zealand ) ( 2,208 m )  Mount Adams ( Western Australia ) ( 258 m )  The chief peak of Adams Mountains , Antarctica   Mount Adams may also refer to :  Mount Adams , Cincinnati , a neighborhood in the Ohio city , centered on the eponymous hill  Mount Adams ( Bel Air , Maryland ) , a house on the National Register of Historic Places  Mount Adams , Alpharetta , Georgia , The first directional mountain bike trail .   Category : Place name disambiguation pages

negative: Mount Weeks Mount Weeks , formerly Round Mountain , is a mountain located in Coos County , New Hampshire . Mt. Weeks is the northeasternmost of the Pliny Range of the White Mountains and the highest point within the city limits of Berlin , New Hampshire . Mount Weeks is flanked to the southwest by South Weeks , and faces Terrace Mountain to the northwest across Willard Notch .

negative: Hummingbird Springs Wilderness The Hummingbird Springs Wilderness is a 31200 acres wilderness administered by the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) . The wilderness is located in the northwest of Maricopa County in northern regions of the central Sonoran Desert of Arizona .   The wilderness is located at the northwest end of the Belmont Mountains ; the southwest border of the wilderness is the northeast border of the Big Horn Mountains Wilderness , of the Big Horn Mountains ( Arizona ) ; this two-mountain region lies at the north and northwest of the small Tonopah Desert , a desert plains region . The northwest of both mountain ranges drain northwest into Tiger Wash , in the upper-central region of a southeast flowing Centennial Wash , a tributary to the Gila River in central , lower elevation desert Arizona .   Sugarloaf Mountain ( Arizona ) is the highest elevation of the Hummingbird Springs Wilderness and the Belmont Mountains at 3418 ft.

negative: Germany Valley, Georgia Germany Valley , located four miles northwest of Clayton , Georgia in Rabun County , is surrounded by Blue Ridge Mountain peaks . At an elevation of approximately 2,600 feet , Germany Valley is generally considered the third highest valley in the state . The trail is primarily used for road biking and is accessible year-round .

negative: Mustang Mountains The Mustang Mountains are a mountain range located in the southeast region of Arizona , are on the northwest side of Fort Huachuca . They are found at the southern end of the Whetstone Mountains .   The highest peak rises to 6,469 feet .

negative: Gridley Mountain Gridley Mountain , 2211 ft , is the third highest elevation in the state of Connecticut . The mountain , part of the Taconic Range , has no official trail and is located on private property . The Mount Washington Road passes the mountain from the west .   Gridley Mountain is located in Salisbury , Connecticut . It is flanked to the northwest by Round Mountain , to the northeast by Bear Mountain , and to the west by Brace Mountain . The west side of the mountain drains into Riga Lake and South Pond , then into Wachocostinook Brook , Salmon Creek , the Housatonic River , and Long Island Sound . The east side drains into Brassie Brook , Ball Brook , Moore Brook , then into the Housatonic River .


query: The Icelandic Coast Guard is rarely performs a service.

positive: Icelandic Coast Guard The Icelandic Coast Guard ( , Landhelgisgæslan or simply Gæslan ) is the service responsible for Iceland 's coastal defense and maritime and aeronautical search and rescue . Its origins can be traced to 1859 , when the corvette Ørnen started patrolling Icelandic waters . In 1906 , Iceland 's first purposely built guard-ship , Islands Falk , began operation . Iceland 's own defense of its territorial waters began around 1920 and the Icelandic Coast Guard was formally founded on July 1 , 1926 . The first cannon was put on the trawler Thor in 1924 and on June 23 , 1926 the first ship built for the Coast Guard , named Óðinn , arrived in Iceland . Three years later , on the 14 July 1929 the coastal defence ship Ægir was added to the Coast Guard fleet .   The Icelandic Coast Guard played its largest role during the Cod Wars between 1972 and 1975 , when the Coast Guard ships would cut the trawl wires of British and West German trawlers and engaged in confrontations with Royal Navy warships , in order to enforce a disputed expansion on Icelandic fishing territory .   The Coast Guard also maintains the Iceland Air Defence System which conducts ground surveillance of Iceland 's air space .

negative: Icelandic Prison Service The Icelandic Prison Service ( Icelandic : Fangelsismálastofnun ríkisins ) is the national correctional agency of the Republic of Iceland . Along with the Icelandic National Police , Directorate of Customs , and the Icelandic Coast Guard , the Icelandic Prison Service is one of the few law-enforcement agencies in Iceland . The current director of the Prison Service is Páll Egill Winkel .

negative: Hvalur 9 RE399 Hvalur 9 RE399 is an Icelandic whaling ship built in 1952 in Norway . It has been a part of the Icelandic whaling fleet operated and owned by the company Hvalur HF since 1966 .  In 1973 she was requisitioned by the Icelandic Coast Guard , repainted , renamed Týr and armed with a 57 mm gun and subsequently used to cut the fishing gear from foreign fishing vessels fishing illegally ( according to Icelandic law ) in a newly claimed fishery zone during the Second Cod War . During her service in the Coast Guard she was usually nicknamed Hval-Týr to differentiate from previously commissioned patrol vessels of the same name .   Between 1987 and 2006 , while commercial whaling ceased in Iceland , the ship remained unused at pier but the recommencement of whaling in Iceland brought it back into action .

negative: Net cutter (fisheries patrol) Net cutters , or trawlwire cutters were secret weapons employed by the Icelandic Coast Guard during the later two Cod Wars to cut the trawling wires of foreign fishing trawlers working within the then newly claimed Exclusive Fisheries zones .   They were invented by Commander Pétur Sigurðsson , Director of the Coast Guard , with assistance from Friðrik Teitsson from the Icelandic lighthouse institution and Tómas Sigurðsson , who were both ironmongers . The invention was known as the trawlwire cutter , and was tested in 1958 -- but not used until 5 September 1972 , after every Icelandic ship had been equipped with it .

negative: Icelandic Police The Police is responsible for law enforcement throughout the country , except in Icelandic territorial waters which fall under the jurisdiction of the Icelandic Coast Guard . Police affairs in Iceland are the responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior and are administered by the Office of the National Commissioner of the Police on behalf of the ministry . The organisation is divided into 9 districts , the largest being the Reykjavik Metropolitan Police , which is responsible for the Capital Region and its total population of around 208,000 people .

negative: Ægir-class offshore patrol vessel The Ægir-class offshore patrol vessel is a class of two vessels serving in the Icelandic Coast Guard ( ICG ) . They participated in the two latter Cod Wars .  The vessels conduct EEZ patrol , search and rescue , fishery inspections , general law enforcement and counter-terrorism operations in Icelandic waters and the waters of the surrounding territories , such as Greenland and Jan Mayen .

negative: History of the United States Coast Guard The history of the United States Coast Guard goes back to the United States Revenue Cutter Service , which was founded on 4 August 1790 as part of the Department of the Treasury . The Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Life-Saving Service were merged to become the Coast Guard per which states : `` The Coast Guard as established January 28 , 1915 , shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times . '' In 1939 , the United States Lighthouse Service was merged into the Coast Guard . The Coast Guard itself was moved to the Department of Transportation in 1967 , and on 25 February 2003 it became part of the Department of Homeland Security . However , under as amended by section 211 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006 , upon the declaration of war and when Congress so directs in the declaration , or when the President directs , the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Department of the Navy .

negative: ICGV Óðinn ICGV Óðinn is a decommissioned offshore patrol vessel formerly operated by the Icelandic Coast Guard . She is the oldest ship in the coastguard 's fleet , and it is believed that her Burmeister & Wain engines are the only such engines that are still serviceable in the world today . Since her withdrawal from active duty , she has served as a floating exhibit at the Vikin Maritime Museum in Reykjavík Harbour . The engines are maintained , and still operative as of June 2011 .

negative: Coast Guard Command (Turkey) The Coast Guard Command ( -LSB- ) is the coast guard service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces . During peacetime , the Turkish Coast Guard is under the command of the Ministry of the Interior . However , during emergency and wartime it falls under the command of the Turkish Armed Forces .   The Turkish Coast Guard is organized into four area commands : the Black Sea , the Sea of Marmara , the Aegean Sea , and the Mediterranean Sea .

negative: List of wars involving Iceland The following is a list of wars involving Iceland . Although modern Iceland does not maintain a standing army , navy , or air force , it maintains a militarized Coast Guard which is in charge of defending the country and has internationally deployed a small peacekeeping force on a few occasions .   None of the Cod Wars meets any of the common thresholds for a conventional war . They may more accurately be described as militarized interstate disputes .

negative: Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal The Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal was established on 20 May 1976 by Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Owen W. Siler . The medal is awarded to any member of the United States Coast Guard who performs twenty one days of consecutive duty afloat or ashore north of the Arctic Circle . Air crews flying in and out of areas north of the Arctic Circle may also be awarded the medal for 21 days of non-consecutive service . The medal depicts a polar bear under the North Star , while the reverse side carries the Coast Guard Shield .

negative: Coast Guard Investigative Service The Coast Guard Investigative Service ( CGIS ) is a division of the United States Coast Guard that investigates crimes where the U.S. Coast Guard has an interest . It is composed of civilian ( GS-1811 ) , active duty , reserve enlisted , and warrant officer Special Agents .

negative: Belize Coast Guard Service The Belize Coast Guard Service was established in November 2005 with the assistance of the United States Coast Guard .

negative: ICGV Týr ICGV Týr is an Ægir-class offshore patrol vessel and the flagship of the Icelandic Coast Guard , built by Aarhus Flydedok , in Denmark .   Týr is the second biggest ship in the Icelandic Coast Guard and participated in the last Cod War . On December 28 , 1975 , Týr rammed the HMS Andromeda , which was escorting two fishing trawlers at the time . In May 1976 she survived being rammed twice by HMS Falmouth , which led Captain Guðmundur Kjærnested to give the order to man the guns against the much more powerful warship to deter further rammings .   Týr was originally armed with a manually loaded 57 mm M1898 Hotchkiss cannon which was replaced in 1990 with the current Bofors 40 mm cannon .  In 1994 a large crane was added on the starboard side of the flight deck and in 1997 the flight deck was extended .  In 2001 , the ship was sent to Poland for modification and received a second rudder .  In 2006 she was sent to Poland again for replacement of her bridge and other renovations .   The Icelandic Coast Guard fleet takes part in Frontex operations , and in that role the Týr played a major part in the rescue of over 300 Syrian refugees in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in January 2015 . On 11 June 2015 , Týr was rammed and damaged by at Reykjavík .

negative: Coast Guard (Russia) The Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB ( Береговая охрана Пограничной службы ФСБ России , Beregovaya okhrana Pogranichnoy sluzhby FSB Rossii ) , previously known as the Maritime Units of the KGB Border Troops , is the coast guard of the Russian Federation . The Coast Guard is part of the Border Guard Service of Russia under the Federal Security Service of Russia .

negative: Icelandic Air Policing Icelandic Air Policing is a NATO operation conducted to patrol Iceland 's airspace . As Iceland does not have an air force , in 2006 it requested that its NATO allies periodically deploy fighter aircraft to Keflavik Air Base to provide protection of its airspace . The first deployment of aircraft took place in May 2008 .

negative: List of companies of Iceland Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean . It has a population of and an area of 103000 km2 , making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe . The capital and largest city is Reykjavík . Reykjavík and the surrounding areas in the southwest of the country are home to over two-thirds of the population . Iceland is volcanically and geologically active .   Iceland has a market economy with relatively low taxes compared to other OECD countries . It maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens . Iceland ranks high in economic , political and social stability and equality . In 2013 , it was ranked as the 13th most-developed country in the world by the United Nations ' Human Development Index . Iceland runs almost completely on renewable energy . Affected by the ongoing worldwide financial crisis , the nation 's entire banking system systemically failed in October 2008 , leading to a severe depression , substantial political unrest , the Icesave dispute , and the institution of capital controls . Many bankers were jailed , and the economy has made a significant recovery , in large part due to a surge in tourism .   As of 2011 , there are approximately 32,500 companies registered in Iceland of which 14,500 ( 45 % ) are active .

negative: Border guard A border guard of a country is a national security agency that performs border control , i.e. , enforces the security of the country 's national borders . Some of the national border guard agencies also perform coast guard ( as in Germany or Ukraine ) and rescue service duties .

negative: Iceland Crisis Response Unit The Iceland Crisis Response Unit ( ICRU ) or Íslenska Friðargæslan , is an Icelandic non-military unit with a capacity roster of up to 200 people , of whom about 30 are active at any given time . It is operated by the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs . It is primarily designated for peacekeeping operations and was established in the 1990s to participate in operations and peacekeeping projects , including in support of NATO peacekeeping operations . That role later evolved into providing an appropriate forum for deploying personnel within other organizations such as with OSCE field missions as well as with UN DPKO , and organizations such as UNIFEM , UNRWA and UNICEF .   The ICRU personnel has been deployed to the former territories of Yugoslavia , Kosovo and Afghanistan through NATO missions and UNIFEM and to the Middle East and North Africa with UNICEF , UNRWA and UNHCR . It had a civilian observer mission in Sri Lanka in co-operation with Norway ( previously a Nordic mission ) and has explosive ordnance disposal personnel from the Icelandic Coast Guard to Lebanon and Iraq .   Iceland deployed its first peacekeepers in 1950 , when two Icelandic policemen were sent to Palestine as a part of an UN peacekeeping operation . Though many Icelandic specialists have taken part in various peacekeeping operations since , mostly within the UN and its organizations but also within NATO , it was not until the 1990s that organized participation in peacekeeping operations was initiated , formalized with the establishment of the ICRU in 2001 .   In 2008 , a portion of uniformed ICRU deployed personnel still armed for self-defense returned their weapons and changed to civilian clothing . The policy since 2008 , is that , unless under special circumstances , ICRU personnel do not wear uniforms or carry weapons .   The Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Iceland oversees the roster and deployment of personnel ,

negative: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary ( USCG Aux ) is the uniformed auxiliary component of the United States Coast Guard ( USCG ) . Congress established the USCG Aux on June 23 , 1939 , as the United States Coast Guard Reserve . On February 19 , 1941 , it was re-designated the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary . The Auxiliary exists to support all USCG missions except roles that require `` direct '' law enforcement or military engagement . As of 2015 , there were approximately 32,000 members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary .   Collectively the Auxiliary contributes over 4.5 million hours of service each year and completed nearly 500,000 missions in service to support the Coast Guard . Every year Auxiliarists help to save approximately 500 lives , assist 15,000 distressed boaters , conduct over 150,000 safety examinations of recreational vessels , and provide boater safety instruction to over 500,000 students . In total the Coast Guard Auxiliary saves taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars each year .

negative: Swedish Coast Guard The Swedish Coast Guard ( Kustbevakningen ) is a Swedish civilian government agency tasked with :  maritime surveillance and other control and inspection tasks as well as environmental cleanup after oil spills at sea .  co-ordinate the civilian needs for maritime surveillance and maritime information .  follow international development within the field and take part in international efforts to establish border controls , law enforcement at sea , environmental protection at sea and other maritime surveillance tasks .   The Swedish Coast Guard carries out some of its surveillance by air ( from its base at Skavsta Airport south-west of Stockholm ) , and in the winter-time by hovercraft on the ice-covered waters of the Bothnian Bay from its Luleå station . The Coast Guard also has regular maritime duties in Vänern , Europe 's third largest lake , operating out of Vänersborg .

negative: Sea Service Ribbon A Sea Service Ribbon is an award of the United States Navy , United States Marine Corps , United States Coast Guard , the United States Army , and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration which recognizes those service members who have performed military duty while stationed on a United States Navy , Coast Guard , Army , or NOAA vessel at sea and/or members of the Navy , Marine Corps or Coast Guard who have been forward-deployed with their home unit .   Additional awards of the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon , Naval Reserve Sea Service Ribbon , Coast Guard Sea Service Ribbon , Army Sea Duty Ribbon , and NOAA Corps Sea Service Deployment Ribbon are denoted by bronze and/or silver service stars on the ribbon .

negative: Iceland Air Defence System The Iceland Air Defence System ( Íslenska Loftvarnarkerfið ) is a part of the Icelandic Coast Guard . It was founded in 1987 under the Office of Defence of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs , and between 2009-2011 , it was a part of the Icelandic Defence Agency ( Varnarmálastofnun Íslands ) . It operates four radar complexes , a software and support facility as well as a command and report centre . , it does not independently possess any offensive capabilities , but is primarily used instead to monitor air traffic and direct allied interceptors based out of country .   According to the U.S. Department of State website ( Office of Public Diplomacy , Iceland page , updated August 2008 ) , the 2008 budget for the Government of Iceland is the first in the country 's history to include funding for defence ( US$ 8.2 million ) ; the money is earmarked for support of cooperative defence activities , military exercises in Iceland , and maintenance of defence-related facilities . This funding is in addition to roughly US$ 12 million in new expenditures for the operation of the Iceland Air Defence System radar sites , which the United States handed over to Iceland on August 15 , 2007 . At the start of 2010 Iceland Air Defence reported having a force of 25 employees .

negative: Norwegian Coast Guard The Norwegian Coast Guard ( Kystvakten ) is a maritime military force which is part of the Royal Norwegian Navy . The coast guard 's responsibility are for fisheries inspection , customs enforcement , border control , law enforcement , shipping inspection , environmental protection , and search and rescue . It operates throughout Norway 's 2385178 km2 exclusive economic zone ( EEZ ) , internal waters and territorial waters . It is headquartered at Sortland Naval Base . In 2013 the Coast Guard had 370 employees , including conscripts , and a budget of 1.0 billion Norwegian krone .   The force is subdivided into three main divisions . The Outer Coast Guard covers the EEZ and consists of three Nordkapp-class offshore patrol vessels , three Barentshav-class offshore patrol vessels as well as Ålesund , Svalbard and Harstad . The Inner Coast Guard consists of five Nornen-class patrol vessels and one Reine-class patrol vessel . The Coast Guard has air support of the P-3 Orion patrol aircraft and Westland Lynx helicopters , both operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force . The Westland Lynx is being phased out in Norwegian service , and replaced with the NH90 .   The Coast Guard has its basis in the defunct Fisheries Surveillance Service , which was established in 1908 . It was a jointly military and civilian operation ; it leased fishing vessels during the season to supplement larger navy vessels . This was converted into the Military Fisheries Surveillance in 1961 . The Coast Guard was established on 1 April 1977 , the same year as Norway delineated its EEZ . The restructuring led to the delivery of the Nordkapp-class and the Lynx helicopters . The Inner Coast Guard was established in 1996 . The Coast Guard has participated in the 1990 -- 91 Gulf War and the 2014 destruction of Syria 's chemical weapons .

negative: Distinguished Service Medal (United States Coast Guard) The Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medal ( CGDSM ) is a personal decoration of the United States Coast Guard that was established 4 August 1949 by . Prior to this date , members of the Coast Guard were eligible to receive the Navy Distinguished Service Medal . The medal is presented for , `` Exceptionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great responsibility . ''   The Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal , which replaced the Transportation Distinguished Service Medal in 2002 , is another higher precedence Distinguished Service Medal that may be awarded to Coast Guardsmen .

negative: Iceland Base Command The Icelandic Base Command ( IBC ) is an inactive United States Army organization . It was established for the United States defense of the Kingdom of Iceland during World War II . It was inactivated on 4 March 1947 .

negative: Italian Coast Guard Air Service The Italian Coast Guard Air Service ( It : Servizio Aereo della Guardia Costiera ) was established in 1989 by the Corps of the Port Captaincies -- Coast Guard .

negative: United States Coast Guard Academy The United States Coast Guard Academy ( USCGA ) is the service academy of the United States Coast Guard , founded in 1876 and located in New London , Connecticut . It is the smallest of the five federal service academies and provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of eight major fields of study . Unlike the other service academies , however , admission to the Coast Guard Academy does not require a congressional nomination .   Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as cadets . Tuition for cadets is fully funded by the Coast Guard in exchange for an obligation of five years active duty service upon graduation . This obligation increases if the cadet chooses to go to flight school or graduate school . Approximately 250 cadets enter the academy each summer , with about 200 graduating . Graduates are commissioned as ensigns . The academic program grants a Bachelor of Science degree in one of eight majors , with a curriculum that grades cadets ' performance upon a holistic education of academics , physical fitness , character , and leadership .   Cadets are required to adhere to the academy 's `` Honor Concept , '' `` Who lives here reveres honor , honors duty , '' which is emblazoned in the halls of the academy 's entrance . The academy 's motto is Scientiæ cedit mare , which is Latin for `` the sea yields to knowledge '' .   The Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges , ABET , and AACSB for its various programs . ·

negative: Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation The Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation was a unit award of the United States Coast Guard which was awarded to all active , reserve , auxiliary , and civilian personnel of the Coast Guard for service from March 1989 to October 1989 .   The award was issued only to those whose service up to the issuance date was honorable and it could be issued to members of other services who were assigned to the Coast Guard and served in that period .   Wearing of the ribbon was stipulated to be placed after the Coast Guard `` E '' ribbon and before the Prisoner of War Medal .

negative: Coast Guard Medal The Coast Guard Medal is a decoration of the United States military that is awarded to any service member who , while serving in any capacity with the United States Coast Guard , distinguishes themselves by heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy . For the decoration to be awarded , an individual must have performed a voluntary act of heroism in the face of great personal danger or of such a magnitude that it stands out distinctly above normal expectations .   The Coast Guard Medal was first authorized by on 4 August 1949 , but it was not until 1958 that the medal was actually bestowed . The first recipients of the Coast Guard Medal were FN Earl H. Leyda and BM3 Albert Raymond Johnson who were awarded the decoration in March 1958 . The citation for the Coast Guard Medal was for actions performed in August 1957 while attempting to rescue trapped workers from the Oswego Water Works Tunnel , under Lake Ontario , in Oswego , New York .   Additional awards of the Coast Guard Medal are annotated by inch gold stars . The Coast Guard Medal is the equivalent to the Soldier 's Medal , Airman 's Medal , and Navy and Marine Corps Medal .

negative: Coast Guard Aviation Association The Coast Guard Aviation Association , formerly known as the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl ( AOP ) is a fraternal association founded in 1977 . The organization has the purpose of focusing on United States Coast Guard aviation history . On 5 May 2007 , the organization was renamed the Coast Guard Aviation Association .   Membership is for former and present officers and enlisted personnel of the United States Coast Guard , and designated pilots of other military services and foreign governments who have piloted Coast Guard aircraft while involved in exchange programs between the Coast Guard and their respective service or government .   Its goals include furthering and preserving the history of Coast Guard aviation and maintaining camaraderie between past and present Coast Guard members . The Coast Guard Aviation Association is headquartered in Chantilly , Virginia .

negative: Isle of Man Coastguard The Isle of Man Coastguard also known as the Manx Coastguard is the coastguard service of the Isle of Man Government . It is responsible for the provision of coastguard services throughout the Isle of Man , an independent Crown dependency located in the Irish Sea between England and Ireland . Its main responsibilities are coastal patrol , pollution control , and the provision of shore-based search and rescue services .

negative: Service number (United States Coast Guard) For other versions of United States military service numbers , see `` Service number ( United States armed forces ) ''  United States Coast Guard service numbers were first created in the later half of 1921 . In 2004 the Coast Guard began using Employee Identification Numbers , or EMPLIDs , to replace the Social Security Number on official forms .