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Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe.

They also voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Greenland, and Vinland (present-day Newfoundland in Canada, North America).

In their countries of origin, and some of the countries they raided and settled in, this period is popularly known as the Viking Age, and the term "Viking" also commonly includes the inhabitants of the Scandinavian homelands as a whole.

The Vikings had a profound impact on the early medieval history of Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Estonia, and Kievan Rus'.

A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory.

Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons.

To better understand the concept, see Nonbuilding structure for contrast.

A residential garage is a walled, roofed structure with a door for storing a vehicle or vehicles that may be part of or attached to a home ("attached garage"), or a separate outbuilding or shed ("detached garage").

Residential garages typically have space for one or two cars, although three-car garages are used.

When a garage is attached to a house, the garage typically has an entry door into the house, called the person door or man door, in contrast with the wider and taller door for vehicles, called the garage door, which can be opened to permit the entry and exit of a vehicle and then closed to secure the vehicle.

A garage protects a vehicle from precipitation, and, if it is equipped with a locking garage door, it also protects the vehicle(s) from theft and vandalism.

Most garages also serve multifunction duty as workshops for a variety of projects, including painting, woodworking, and assembly.

Garages also may be used for other purposes as well, such as storage or entertainment.

A shed is typically a simple, single-story roofed structure that is used for hobbies, or as a workshop in a back garden or on an allotment.

Sheds vary considerably in their size and complexity of construction, from simple open-sided ones designed to cover bicycles or garden items to large wood-framed structures with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets.

Sheds used on farms or in the industry can be large structures.

The main types of shed construction are metal sheathing over a metal frame, plastic sheathing and frame, all-wood construction (the roof may be asphalt shingled or sheathed in tin), and vinyl-sided sheds built over a wooden frame.

Small sheds may include a wooden or plastic floor, while more permanent ones may be built on a concrete pad or foundation.

Sheds may be lockable to deter theft or entry by children, domestic animals, wildlife, etc.

A carport is a covered structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, primarily cars, from rain and snow.

The structure can either be free standing or attached to a wall.

Unlike most structures, a carport does not have four walls, and usually has one or two.

Carports offer less protection than garages but allow for more ventilation.

In particular, a carport prevents frost on the windshield.