Pochemuchka's definitions

The Turk

An 18th-century chess-playing automaton. The machine was later proven to have a hidden human chess master controlling its movements. The mechanical turk was showcased around Europe and America for over 80 years.

The Turk's final game in Paris was against Benjamin Franklin, who was serving as ambassador to France from the United States

by Pochemuchka October 6, 2016

MAU

Monthly Average User is a statistic used on internet sites to track the number of unique users to a site over the past 30 days.

The percentage of Twitter MAUs located outside the United States is 79% in 2016.

by Pochemuchka November 16, 2016