Information: - In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and short growing seasons. The term "tundra" comes through Russian ("tundra") from the Kildin Sami word "tndar" "uplands", "treeless mountain tract". There are three types of tundra: Arctic tundra, alpine tundra, and Antarctic tundra. In tundra, the vegetation is composed of dwarf shrubs, sedges and grasses, mosses, and lichens. Scattered trees grow in some tundra regions. The ecotone (or ecological boundary region) between the tundra and the forest is known as the tree line or timberline. - Charles de Lint ( born December 22 , 1951 ) is a Canadian writer of Dutch origins . In 1974 he met MaryAnn Harris , and married her in 1980 . They live in Canada . Along with writers like Terri Windling , Emma Bull , and John Crowley , de Lint popularized in the 1980s the genre of urban fantasy , most notably through The Borderland Series of books . His fantasy fiction is described under the fantasy subgenres urban fantasy , contemporary magical realism , and mythic fiction . De Lint writes novels , novellas , short stories , poetry , and lyrics . His most famous works include : The Newford series of books ( Dreams Underfoot , Widdershins , The Blue Girl , The Onion Girl , Moonlight and Vines , Someplace to be Flying etc. ) , as well as Moonheart , The Mystery of Grace , The Painted Boy and A Circle of Cats ( children 's book illustrated by Charles Vess ) . His distinctive style of fantasy draws upon local American folklore and European folklore ; De Lint was influenced by many writers in the areas of mythology , folklore , and science fiction , including J.R.R. Tolkien , Lord Dunsany , William Morris , Mervyn Peake , James Branch Cabell , E.R. Eddison etc. Some of his mythic fiction poetry can be found online on the Endicott Studio website . As an essayist / critic / folklorist he writes book reviews for The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . Charles de Lint has also been a judge for the Nebula Award , the World Fantasy Award , the Theodore Sturgeon Award and the Bram Stoker Award . Furthermore , he has taught creative writing workshops in Canada and the United States , and served as writer - in - residence for two public libraries in Ottawa . Besides being an author , he is also a musician , together with his wife MaryAnn . He plays multiple instruments and sings and writes his own songs . In 2011 De Lint released his first album , Old Blue Truck , which was released alongside his wife MaryAnn Harris 's album , Crow Girls in which he also contributes . - Canada (French: ) is a country in the northern half of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering , making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. About four-fifths of the country's population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border. Its capital is Ottawa, its largest city is Toronto; other major urban areas include Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton. - Montreal officially Montreal in both Canadian English and French, is the most populous municipality in Quebec and the 2nd-most populous in Canada. Originally called "Ville-Marie", or "City of Mary," it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Ile Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters. What object entity has the relation of 'languages spoken or written' with the subject 'charles de lint'? Choices: - canadian english - french - russian
canadian english
Question: Information: - A printed circuit board (PCB) mechanically supports and electrically connects electronic components using conductive tracks, pads and other features etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. Components capacitors, resistors or active devices are generally soldered on the PCB. Advanced PCBs may contain components embedded in the substrate. - Through-hole technology, also spelled "thru-hole", refers to the mounting scheme used for electronic components that involves the use of leads on the components that are inserted into holes drilled in printed circuit boards (PCB) and soldered to pads on the opposite side either by manual assembly (hand placement) or by the use of automated insertion mount machines. - Surface - mount technology ( SMT ) is a method for producing electronic circuits in which the components are mounted or placed directly onto the surface of printed circuit boards ( PCBs ) . An electronic device so made is called a surface - mount device ( SMD ) . In the industry it has largely replaced the through - hole technology construction method of fitting components with wire leads into holes in the circuit board . Both technologies can be used on the same board , with the through - hole technology used for components not suitable for surface mounting such as large transformers and heat - sinked power semiconductors . An SMT component is usually smaller than its through - hole counterpart because it has either smaller leads or no leads at all . It may have short pins or leads of various styles , flat contacts , a matrix of solder balls ( BGAs ) , or terminations on the body of the component . - An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields. Electronic components are mostly industrial products, available in a singular form and are not to be confused with electrical elements, which are conceptual abstractions representing idealized electronic components. What object entity has the relation of 'subclass of' with the subject 'surface-mount technology'? Choices: - assembly - board - electronic component - printed circuit board - technology
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electronic component