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• Construction aggregate
  ...recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates. Aggregates are a component of [[composite material]]s such as [[concrete]] and [[asphalt concrete]]; the ...for specific construction purposes. These products include specific types of coarse and fine aggregate designed for such uses as additives to asphalt an
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• Tile
  ...the [[Latin Language|Latin]] word ''tegula'', meaning a roof tile composed of baked clay. ...ay tiles have a waterproof glaze. A large number of shapes (or "profiles") of roof tiles have evolved. These include:
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• Optacon
  ...tape recorder connected by a thin cable to a camera module about the size of a penknife (See Fig. 1). ...he image threshold between white and black needed to turn on the vibration of the rods in the tactile array, and a switch that determines whether images
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• Telesensory Systems
  == History == ...5}}</ref> in 1970 in [[Palo Alto]], California, USA. TSI developed a line of products for blind people during the 1970s, and expanded into the low visio
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• Air safety
  ...pplied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]]. ...eronautics Branch of the [[United States Department of Commerce|Department of Commerce]].
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• Ergonomics
  ...age:Computer Workstation Variables.jpg|thumb|240px|Ergonomics: the science of designing the job, equipment, and workplace to fit the worker.]] '''Ergonomics''' is the science of designing jobs, equipment and workplaces to fit workers. Proper ergonomic d
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• Chromium
  ...rom the Greek word "chrōma" (χρώμα), meaning [[color]], because many of its compounds are intensely colored. It was discovered by [[Louis Nicolas V ...] ([[electroplating]] with chromium) are currently the highest-volume uses of the metal. Chromium and [[ferrochromium]] are produced from the single comm
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• Wildfire
  ...ropagation|propagation]], the combustible material present, and the effect of weather on the fire.<ref name=UToronto /> ...cial effects on wilderness areas. Some plant species depend on the effects of fire for growth and reproduction,<ref name=NOVA /> although large wildfires
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• Lead
  ...lead''' from [[Långban]], Sweden. This is a very fine, very rare specimen of crystallized native lead. Size 8×3×2 cm.]] ...2. Lead is a soft, [[malleable]] [[poor metal]]. It is also counted as one of the [[heavy metal (chemistry)|heavy metal]]s. Metallic lead has a bluish-wh
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• Electronic health record
  [[Image:VistA Img.png|thumb|300px|Sample view of an electronic health record based on images]] [[File:Electronic medical record.jpg|thumb|300px|Sample view of an electronic health record]]
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• Hitachi
  ...l technology companies|third largest]] technological company by revenue as of 2009. ==History==
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• PH
  ...to have a higher pH, a base must be dissolved in it, which binds away many of these rare hydrogen ions. Hydrogen ions in water can be written simply as H ...=/32395-i7huuc/webviewable/|title=13C and 170 NMR Binding Constant Studies of Uranyl Carbonate Complexes in Near-Neutral Aqueous Solution Yucca Mountain
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• Semiconductor intellectual property core
  ...d and used by a single party alone. The term is derived from the licensing of the [[patent]] and source code [[copyright]] intellectual property rights t ==History==
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• Honeywell
  ...]s, [[engineering]] services, and [[aerospace]] systems for a wide variety of customers, from private consumers to major [[corporation]]s and [[governmen ...is [[David M. Cote]]. The company and its corporate predecessors were part of the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] Index from December 7, 1925 until Febr
  28 KB (3,757 words) - 14:49, 10 December 2011
• Phase-locked loop
  ...of the signal derived from its output oscillator and adjusts the frequency of its oscillator to keep the phases matched. The signal from the phase detect ...rack an input frequency, or it can generate a frequency that is a multiple of the input frequency. The former property is used for [[demodulation]], and
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• Electronic design automation
  '''Electronic design automation''' ('''EDA''' or '''ECAD''') is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as [[printed circuit board]]s a == History ==
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• Superheterodyne receiver
  ==History== ...table in their frequency output.<ref name=nahin1>Nahin, Paul ''The Science of Radio'' (Chapter 7), p. 91, figure 7.10. ISBN 0-387-95150-4</ref><ref name
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• Logic synthesis
  ...le others target the creation of [[ASIC]]s. Logic synthesis is one aspect of [[electronic design automation]]. == History of logic synthesis ==
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• Moore's law
  ...Law - 2011.svg|thumb|350px|Plot of CPU [[transistor count]]s against dates of introduction. Note the [[Semi-log plot|logarithmic vertical scale]]; the li ...as much (adjusting for inflation), and has 1/100th the [[clock frequency]] of the iPhone.]]
  53 KB (7,743 words) - 14:51, 10 December 2011
• Semiconductor curve tracer
  ...s, the Type 575 is used to display dynamic characteristics of a wide range of semiconductor devices." (Tektronix, Catalog, 1967)]] ...piece of [[electronic test equipment]] used to analyse the characteristics of discrete [[semiconductor device]]s such as [[diode]]s, [[transistor]]s, and
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