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• CandyFab
  The '''CandyFab''' is a method of producing physical objects out of a computer representation of the structure. It differs from some other [[3D printing]] The CandyFab uses a heat source mounted on a computer-controlled X-Y positioning head to fuse the surface of a granular bed of th
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• Polycarbonate
  ...used in myriad products associated with electrical and telecommunications hardware. They are used as [[dielectric]] in high stability [[capacitor]]s.<ref name ...ms: [[Digital audio player|MP3/Digital audio player cases]], [[Ocarina]]s, computer cases, [[riot shields]], [[visor]]s, instrument panels. Many toys and hobb
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• Audiobook
  ...y suffer by comparison to recordings by a human voice. On the other hand, computer-voiced reading enables the proliferation of more works faster through autom ...for their printed counterparts despite the high market penetration of the hardware (MP3 and WMA players) and despite the massive market penetration achieved b
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• Braille embosser
  A '''Braille embosser''' is a [[computer printer|printer]], necessarily an [[impact printer]], that renders text as ...the embosser on its own table, as otherwise the vibrations can damage the computer by eventually causing microchips and other components to come loose from th
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• Braille technology
  ...e. It enables professionals to do their jobs and teachers to lecture using hardware and software applications. The advances of Braille technology are meaningfu ...eil Educational Systems|Kurzweil]]" that allows scanning of texts into the computer and narrates it.
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• Talking Tactile Tablet
  ...nnects audio-files to parts of the overlays. The device is connected to a computer and run with a programme CD, and has a tactile surface which produces touch {{Compu-hardware-stub}}
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• Telesensory Systems
  ...oducts consisted of software only, but most also needed custom electronics hardware. ...cessdate=2009-01-25}}</ref>. Concurrently computer technology improved and computer operating systems began to incorporate accessibility options such as speech
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• Dead man's switch
  ...period of time, or merely failing to type a code within a few minutes of a computer's [[booting|boot]]. ...rs a "command loss" algorithm that cycles through a predefined sequence of hardware and/or software modes (such as the selection of a backup command receiver)
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• Personal health record
  ...ost, reliable, and accessible without the need for a computer or any other hardware. ...health information is recorded and stored in [[Personal Computer|personal computer]]-based software that may have the capability to print, backup, encrypt, an
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• Stability constants of complexes
  ...first=A.|coauthors=Vacca, A; Gans, P.|date=1974|title=MINIQUAD - A general computer program for the computation of Stability constants|journal=Talanta|volume=2 ...''_a values]] are ''dissociation'' constants. In general purpose computer programs it is customary to define all constants as association constants.
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• List of eponymous laws
  ...al world, e.g. with a hand or finger, and on a [[computer]], e.g. with a [[Computer mouse|mouse]]. *[[Gustafson's Law]] (also known as Gustafson-Barsis' Law) is a law in [[computer engineering]] which states that any sufficiently large problem can be effic
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• Ted Kaczynski
  ...mparison, most [[pipe bomb]]s usually use threaded metal ends sold in many hardware stores. Wooden ends lack the strength to allow significant pressure to buil ...d bomb, placed in the parking lot of his store. A similar attack against a computer store occurred in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] on February 20, 1987. The bomb,
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• PISCES
  ...ries in improving their watchlisting capabilities by providing a mainframe computer system to facilitate immigration processing in half a dozen countries. Fore ...ited States Department of State]]. TIP provides all necessary software and hardware (mostly commercial and off-the-shelf, such as cameras and passport scanners
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• Barrel shifter
  A common usage of a barrel shifter is in the hardware implementation of [[floating-point]] arithmetic. For a floating-point add o [[Category:Computer arithmetic]]
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• Dadda multiplier
  The '''Dadda multiplier''' is a hardware multiplier design invented by computer scientist [[Luigi Dadda]] in 1965. It is similar to the [[Wallace multipli [[Category:Computer arithmetic]]
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• Timer
  ...[[electronics|electronic]] (quartz), or even [[software]] as all modern [[computer]]s include digital timers of one kind or another. When the set period expir ...ndividual timers are implemented as a simple single-chip [[embedded system|computer system]], similar to a [[watch]] and usually using the same, [[Mass product
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• 74181
  ...7.org/users/gbell/Computer_Structures_Principles_and_Examples/csp0079.htm 'Computer Structures: Principles and Examples'] [[C. Gordon Bell]] page 63: "The earl ...sometimes used in 'hands-on' college courses, to train future [[CPU design|computer architects]].
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• Wallace tree
  ...two integers, devised by an Australian Computer Scientist [[Chris Wallace (computer scientist)|Chris Wallace]] in 1964.<ref> [[Category:Computer arithmetic]]
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• Binary multiplier
  ...is an [[electronic circuit]] used in [[digital electronics]], such as a [[computer]], to [[Multiplication|multiply]] two [[binary number]]s. It is built using A variety of [[:Category:computer arithmetic|computer arithmetic]] techniques can be used to implement a digital multiplier. Mos
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• Counter
  Synchronous counters can also be implemented with hardware [[finite state machine]]s, which are more complex but allow for smoother, m Hardware-based counters are of this type.
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