<P> In OpenOffice.org software (prior to version 3.4) if = ANTWORT ("Das Leben, das Universum und der ganze Rest") (German for = ANSWER ("life, the universe and everything")) is typed into any cell of a spreadsheet, the result is 42 . </P> <P> ISO / IEC 14519 - 2001 / IEEE Std 1003.5 - 1999, IEEE Standard for Information Technology--POSIX (R) Ada Language Interfaces--Part 1: Binding for System Application Program Interface (API), uses the number 42 as the required return value from a process that terminates due to an unhandled exception . The Rationale says "the choice of the value 42 is arbitrary" and cites the Adams book as the source of the value . </P> <P> The random seed chosen to procedurally create the whole universe of the online multi-player computer game EVE Online was chosen as 42 by its lead game designer in 2002 . </P> <P> In the computer game Gothic "42" is a code that deactivates all activated cheats . After typing "42" in a right place, text "What was the question?" appears . </P>

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