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Duck typing is a humorous way of describing the typing checking system typical of some scripting languages, where the language guesses at the type of a value. Initially coined by Dave Thomas in the Ruby community, its premise is that (referring to a value) "if it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, then it is a duck". Programming Computer humor

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Duck HuntDuck Hunt was a hugely popular Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES arcade video-game title. It was a launch title. In Duck Hunt, players had a special gun apparatus, the Nintendo Zapper Gun that they plugged into the NES console, and attempted to shoot	DuckburgDuckburg is a fictional city created by Carl Barks in Disney comic books. It is located in the fictional state of Calisota. Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Daisy Duck and others live here. Duckburg has been given a long history by	DuckDendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae The word duck was also used as slang for the WWII amphibious vehicle called a DUKW. The word duck meaning the bird, came from the verb "to duck" meaning to bend down as if to get under something, because of the w
Duck AmuckDuck Amuck is a surreal 1953 Warner Brothers cartoon starring Daffy Duck, who is tormented by a sadistic animator who constantly changes Daffy's clothing, location, appearance, and even shape. Its creator, Chuck Jones, claims this film demonstrates for th	Duck SoupDuck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers comedy film in which Groucho Marx plays Rufus T. Firefly, the dictator of the small country of Freedonia, who finds himself on the verge of war with the neighboring country of Sylvania. It also stars Harpo Marx, Chico Mar	Duck familyThe duck family is a fictional family created by The Walt Disney Company. Its most well known member is Donald Duck. Its earliest member was Pintail Duck. His descedents include Humperdink Duck who married Elvira Coot and they had three children named Qua
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