Encyclopedia - Active Device: Encyclopedia - Active Device
An electrical circuit consists of various components or devices or elements, which may be active or passive. Active devices are sources o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Concealment Device: Encyclopedia - Concealment Device
Concealment devices, as the term suggests, are used to hide things for the purpose of secrecy. Examples in espionage include dead drop sp...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Devic: New Age Spiritual Dictionary On Devic
devic Nature kingdom   (See also: Devic , Body Mind and Soul)      » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blender Device: Encyclopedia - Blender Device
A blender is a kitchen appliance used to blend ingredients or puree food. The term typically refers to a stationary, upright electrical d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brannock Device: Encyclopedia - Brannock Device
The Brannock Device™ is a measuring instrument invented by Charles F. Brannock for computing a person's shoe size. The son of a shoe in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Device File: Encyclopedia - Device File
A device file or special file is an interface for a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file. This allo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Display Device: Encyclopedia - Display Device
A display device is a device for visual or tactile presentation of images (including text) acquired, stored, or transmitted in various fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device
In several science fiction universes, a cloaking device is an advanced stealth system which causes a spaceship or individual to be invisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agitator Device: Encyclopedia - Agitator Device
An agitator is a mechanism to put something into motion by shaking or stirring. Agitator device - Washing machine agitators. In a top l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Beartrap Helicopter Device: Encyclopedia - Beartrap Helicopter Device
The beartrap or bearclaw is the name of a device invented to enable smaller warships, like frigates and destroyers to carry helicopters, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unit Load Device: Encyclopedia - Unit Load Device
Unit Load Devices, or ULDs, are pallets and containers used to load luggage, freight, and mail on wide-body aircraft. They allow large qu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charge-coupled Device: Encyclopedia - Charge-coupled Device
A charge-coupled device (CCD) is a sensor for recording images, consisting of an integrated circuit containing an array of linked, or cou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Covert Listening Device: Encyclopedia - Covert Listening Device
A covert listening device, more commonly known as a bug, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor Device - Semiconductor Device Materials
By far, silicon (Si) is the most widely used material in semiconductor devices. Its combination of low raw material cost, relatively simp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor Device - Semiconductor Device Applications
All transistor types can be used as the building blocks of logic gates, which are fundamental in the design of digital circuits. In digit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor Device - Semiconductor Device Fundamentals
The main reason semiconductor materials are so useful is that the behaviour of a semiconductor can be easily manipulated by the addition ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Device Driver: Encyclopedia Ii - Device Driver - Device Driver Philosophy
The key design goal of device drivers is abstraction. Every model of hardware (even within the same class of device) is different. Newer ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Device Driver: Encyclopedia Ii - Device Driver - Device Driver Development
Writing a device driver is considered a challenge in most cases, as it requires an in-depth understanding of how a given platform functio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Valor Device - Criteria
The Valor device denotes those individuals who were awarded a decoration as a result of direct combat with an enemy force. It may also de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Device Driver: Encyclopedia Ii - Device Driver - Device Driver Applications
Because of the diversity of modern hardware and operating systems, many ways exist in which drivers can be used. Drivers are used for int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Valor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Valor Device - History
The first Valor devices were authorized in 1944 as an attachment to the Bronze Star Medal. Since then, the Valor device is authorized to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Escafil Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Escafil Device - Morphing
Escafil device - Pros and Cons. An individual can gain a limitless numbers of samples of DNA. There is a 2-hour time-limit for staying ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor Device - List Of Common Semiconductor Devices
Two-terminal devices: Avalanche diode (avalanche breakdown diode) DIAC Diode (rectifier diode) Gunn diode IMPATT diode Laser diode Light...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spring Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Spring Device - Theory
In classical physics, a spring can be seen as a device that stores potential energy by straining the bonds between the atoms of an elasti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infernal Devices: Encyclopedia Ii - Infernal Devices - Setting
Infernal Devices - Anchorage. The story continues sixteen years after the events of Predator's Gold. The peaceful city of Anchorage is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Semiconductor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Semiconductor Device - History Of Semiconductor Device Development
Semiconductor device - 1900s. Semiconductors had been used in the electronics field for some time before the invention of the transisto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Healing Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Healing Device - Goa'uld Interaction With The Device
The Goa'uld Telchak based the Sarcophagus technology on the Ancient's Healing Device. Originally, the device was so powerful that it was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medical Devices: Encyclopedia Ii - Medical Devices - Classifications
According to the FDA, there are three classes of medical devices. The classification of a medical device depends upon intended use and in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Star Trek Cloaking Device
In Star Trek, cloaking devices were first introduced and used by the Romulans in the original series episode "Balance of Terror". The inv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Star Wars Cloaking Device
Cloaking devices play a much less significant role in the Star Wars universe. None of the movies show a ship cloaking, although it is men...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Star Wars Cloaking Device
Cloaking devices play a much less significant role in the Star Wars universe. None of the movies show a ship cloaking, although it is men...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Governor Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Governor Device - History
Historically, in 1698 the first engine was built by the English engineer Thomas Savery. In 1769 the French engineer Nicolas Cugnot built ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Star Trek Cloaking Device
In Star Trek, cloaking devices were first introduced and used by the Romulans in the original series episode "Balance of Terror". The inv...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Traumagenic Device: Oceanography Dictionary - Traumagenic Device
  Definition and meaning of traumagenic device:   traumagenic device - any part of an organism which is concerned with t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telecommunications Devices For The Deaf: Encyclopedia Ii - Telecommunications Devices For The Deaf - Etiquette
There are some etiquette rules that users of TDDs must be aware of. Because of the inability to detect when a person has finished speakin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telecommunications Devices For The Deaf: Encyclopedia Ii - Telecommunications Devices For The Deaf - History
APCOM (Applied Communications)located in the San Francisco Bay area developed the acoustic coupler, or modem. Couplers were cabled to the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Healing Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Healing Device - The Tau'ri's First Encounter With The Device
The Tau'ri's first encounter with the device was when Dr. Daniel Jackson and Dr. Lee went on a mission to find a the device in South Amer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Other References
The title character of the Predator films uses an imperfect cloaking device; although the Predator is virtually invisible while stationar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Other References
The title character of the Predator films uses an imperfect cloaking device; although the Predator is virtually invisible while stationar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telecommunications Devices For The Deaf: Encyclopedia Ii - Telecommunications Devices For The Deaf - Protocols
There are many different textphone standards. The original standard used by TDDs is the Baudot code implemented asynchronously at either ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spring Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Spring Device - Types Of Spring
The most common types of spring are: the helical or coil spring (made by winding a wire around a cylinder) and the conical spring - thes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Programmable Logic Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Programmable Logic Device - Gals
An innovation of the PAL was the generic array logic device, or GAL, invented by Lattice Semiconductor. This device has the same logical ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intrauterine Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Intrauterine Device - Types Of Iuds
There are many types of IUDs worldwide, but only two types currently available in the United States: the copper-T intrauterine device (IU...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unit Load Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Unit Load Device - Identification
All ULDs are identified by their ULD number. A three-letter prefix identifies its type, followed by a 4 or 5 digit serial number to uniqu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Programmable Logic Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Programmable Logic Device - Cplds
PALs and GALs are available only in small sizes, equivalent to a few hundred logic gates. For bigger logic circuits, complex PLDs or CPLD...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intrauterine Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Intrauterine Device - Side-effects
Copper IUDs may make menstrual periods heavier or more painful in some women, especially for the first few months after they are inserted...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Programmable Logic Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Programmable Logic Device - Fpgas
While PALs were busy developing into GALs and CPLDs (all discussed above), a separate stream of development was happening. This type of d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sign Display Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Sign Display Device - History
The French enseigne indicates its essential connection with what is known in English as a flag and in France banners not infrequently too...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Residual-current Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Residual-current Device - Example
The photograph depicts the internal mechanism of an RCD. The device pictured is designed to be wired in-line in an appliance flex. It is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Residual-current Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Residual-current Device - Operation
Single phase RCDs operate by measuring the current balance between two conductors using a differential current transformer, and operating...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Residual-current Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Residual-current Device - Use
In most houses, only some (if any) circuits are protected by RCDs. German law, for example, requires the installation of RCDs only for ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Residual-current Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Residual-current Device - Types
In Europe RCDs can fit on the same DIN rail as the MCBs, however the busbar arrangements in consumer units and distribution boards can ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Devices: Encyclopedia Ii - United Devices - Public Philanthropy
United Devices also operates a series of public projects on their grid.org website as part of a philanthropic effort to improve humanity....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Residual-current Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Residual-current Device - Limitations
A residual current circuit breaker can improve the safety of an electrical system but cannot remove all risk of electric shock or fire. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seal Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Seal Device - Signet Rings
Signet rings, generally bearing a coat of arms, are made by intaglio engraving, either in metal or gems (generally semiprecious). Agate i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trigger Or Triggering Device: Magic Shamanism Dictionary On Trigger Or Triggering Device
An indicator, such as a sound or motion, you can use to cause you to do something. You might use it in shamanism to stop a difficult e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stargate Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Stargate Device - Operation Of Stargates
Each and every Stargate has its own unique "address", a combination of at least 7 of the symbols that appear on the dialing Stargate. Thu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stargate Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Stargate Device - Durability Of Stargates
The Stargates themselves are particularly resistant to damage or destruction: in Stargate SG-1 a Stargate survived a direct hit from a me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stargate Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Stargate Device - Pegasus' Stargates
In the spinoff series Stargate Atlantis, an expedition dials the 8-symbol address from Stargate Command to travel to the Ancient's Lost ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Devices: Encyclopedia Ii - United Devices - Commercial Operations
Its primary commercial product is called Grid MP and is offered in various editions, depending on the scalability needs of the customer. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seal Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Seal Device - Seal As Impression
The use of seals, in wax (sealing wax), in lacker or embossed on paper, to authenticate writings, is a practice as old as writing itself....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Real World Experimentation
Cloaking device - Philadelphia Experiment. The Philadelphia Experiment was a supposed secret experiment conducted by the U.S. Navy at t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charge-coupled Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Charge-coupled Device - Applications
CCDs containing grids of pixels are used in digital cameras, optical scanners and video cameras as light-sensing devices. They commonly r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charge-coupled Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Charge-coupled Device - Applications
CCDs containing grids of pixels are used in digital cameras, optical scanners and video cameras as light-sensing devices. They commonly r...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anti-theft Device: Car Insurance Glossary Dictionary - Anti-theft Device
Definition and meaning of Anti-Theft Device :   Anti-Theft Device:  Devices designed either to reduce the chance an auto w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cloaking Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Cloaking Device - Real World Experimentation
Cloaking device - Philadelphia Experiment. The Philadelphia Experiment was a supposed secret experiment conducted by the U.S. Navy at t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pin Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Pin Device - History Of The Pin
Pin device - Invention of the modern pin. The Sumerians used pins made of iron or bone to hold fabric together as early as 3000 BC. How...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Anti-theft Device: Auto Insurance Glossary Dictionary - Anti-theft Device
Definition and meaning of Anti-Theft Device :   Anti-Theft Device: Devices designed either to reduce the chance an auto will be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Repository Of The Ancients: Encyclopedia Ii - Repository Of The Ancients - The Device
The repository has an interface that allows it to transfer knowledge directly into the mind of the user. It has only ever been seen to do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zigbee: Encyclopedia Ii - Zigbee - Device Types
There are three different types of ZigBee devices: ZigBee coordinator: It is the most capable device. It might bridge to other networks,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intrauterine Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Intrauterine Device - Use As Emergency Contraception
Intrauterine devices can be used as emergency contraception to prevent pregnancy up to 5 days after unprotected sexual intercourse, or se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agitator Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Agitator Device - Washing Machine Agitators
In a top load washing machine the agitator projects from the bottom of the wash basket and creates the wash action by rotating back and f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Device File: Encyclopedia Ii - Device File - Unix Special Files
In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, special files support interaction with device drivers. Special files can be created in any direc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stargate Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Stargate Device - The Milky Way's Stargates
A Milky Way Stargate has thirty-nine inscribed symbols on the inner ring. When dialing, this inner ring rotates until the dialed symbol i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stargate Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Stargate Device - Origin Galaxy's Stargates
In the ninth season of Stargate SG-1, it was discovered that the Ancients, originally called the Alterans, were not native to the Milky W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sign Display Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Sign Display Device - Sign Uses
Sign display device - Commercial signs. Commercial signs advertise for or identify a business or similar entity, with the purpose of at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stargate Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Stargate Device - Plot Surrounding The Stargates
In the original movie only one valid set of destination coordinates was known, those to the planet Abydos, and it was thought that only t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stargate Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Stargate Device - Complexities Of Stargate-function
At least some planets possess "secondary" or "backup" Stargates. The second Stargate is normally inactive, with the primary Stargate rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cochlear Implant: Encyclopedia Ii - Cochlear Implant - The Device
The device can be divided into two parts, the part which is implanted, and the part worn outside the body. The external part of the devic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Abrams: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert Abrams - The Devices
The Dynomizer looked something like a radio, and it was not too much of a stretch for people to believe that if a radio could tune in dis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seal Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Seal Device - Seals In East Asia
Known as yingzhang in China and inkan or hanko in Japan, ink seals have been used in East Asia as a form of written identification since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lock Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Lock Device - Early History Of Locks
Securing ones possessions has long been a concern of people throughout the world. Beyond hiding the objects or constantly guarding them t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Unit Load Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Unit Load Device - Aircraft Compatibility
LD3s, LD6s, and LD11s will fit 787s, 777s, 747s, MD-11s, L-1011s, and all Airbus wide-bodies. The 767 uses the smaller LD2s and LD8s beca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Programmable Logic Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Programmable Logic Device - How Plds Remember Their Configuration
A PLD is a combination of a logic device and a memory device. The memory is used to store the pattern that was given to the chip during p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Programmable Logic Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Programmable Logic Device - Other Types Of Plds
There is much interest in reconfigurable systems at present. These are microprocessor circuits that contain some fixed functions and othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Programmable Logic Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Programmable Logic Device - Using A Rom As A Pld
Before PLDs were invented, read-only memory (ROM) chips were used to create arbitrary combinatorial logic functions of a number of inputs...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Flotation Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Flotation Device - Lifejacket/life Vest
Lifejackets or life vests are the most multiform of personal flotation devices. They are mandatory on airplanes travelling over water and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deathtrap Plot Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Deathtrap Plot Device - The Villain Speech
A simpler variation on the deathtrap is the villain speech, also known as monologuing (a term popularized by the film The Incredibles). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cbs: Encyclopedia Ii - Cbs - The Eye Device
CBS unveiled its Eye Device logo on October 17, 1951. The Eye device was designed by William Golden based on a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cbs: Encyclopedia Ii - Cbs - The Eye Device
CBS unveiled its Eye Device logo on October 17, 1951. The Eye device was designed by William Golden based on a Pennsylvania Dutch hex sig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stretcher: Encyclopedia Ii - Stretcher - Lifting And Carrying Devices
The casualty must be lifted (scoop) to be put on the stretcher. This lifting can be made manually, but it is also possible to use specifi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Personal Flotation Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Personal Flotation Device - Throwable Pfds
Throwable PFDs are often called "life savers", "life preservers" or "lifebelts" (although the terms "life savers" and "life preservers" c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sign Display Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Sign Display Device - Sign Technologies
Sign display device - Neon signs. Neon signs, introduced at the 1910 Paris Expo, are produced by the craft of bending glass tubing into...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Improvised Explosive Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Improvised Explosive Device - Detecting And Disarming An Ied
Since these devices are nonstandard, there are no specific guidelines for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel to use to positivel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Maiden Torture Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Maiden Torture Device - Features Of The Iron Maiden
Iron maiden torture device - Spikes. Inside the tomb-sized container, the Iron Maiden was fitted with dozens of sharp spikes. They were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Spring Loaded Camming Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Spring Loaded Camming Device - History
Vitaly Abalakov's invention of the Abalakov Cam was the first application to climbing of the principle of a constant-angle curved surface...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iron Maiden Torture Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Iron Maiden Torture Device - Fate Of The Iron Maiden
The number of Iron Maidens ever built, let alone used in judicial proceedings or executions, is much in doubt. Replicas may have been mad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Improvised Explosive Device: Encyclopedia Ii - Improvised Explosive Device - History Of Ieds
Improvised explosive device - WWII. One of the first examples of coordinated large scale uses of IED's was Belarusian 'Rail War' launch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medicine: Encyclopedia Ii - Medicine - Medical Devices
See also the main articles: implant, artificial limbs, corrective lenses, cochlear implants, ocular prosthetics, facial prosthetics, soma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Narratology: Encyclopedia Ii - Narratology - Plot Devices
A plot device is an object, a character or a concept introduced into the story by the author to advance its plot. A literary technique is...   » Read the article