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11Participatory action research — Action Research or Participatory action research has emerged in recent years as a significant methodology for intervention, development and change within communities and groups. It is now promoted and implemented by many international development …
12Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
13Head-up display — A head up display, or HUD, is any transparent display that presents data without requiring the user to look away from his or her usual viewpont. The origin of the name stems from the user being able to view information with their head up and… …
14Traffic Collision Avoidance System — The Traffic alert and Collision Avoidance System (or TCAS) is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid air collisions between aircraft. It monitors the airspace around an aircraft for other aircraft equipped… …
15Automatic Identification System — The Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a system used by ships and Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) principally for identification and locating vessels. AIS provides a means for ships to electronically exchange ship data including:… …
16Air traffic control radar beacon system — The air traffic control radar beacon system (ATCRBS) is a system used in air traffic control (ATC) to enhance radar monitoring and separation of air traffic. ATCRBS assists ATC radars by acquiring information about the aircraft being monitored,… …
17Electronic Instrument System — The Electronic Instrument System is a component of the Glass cockpit in an MD 11 aircraft. This is similar to the Electronic Flight Instrument System system in more modern aircraft.The MD 11 EIS consists of six display units (DU) mounted in the… …
18IBM System/36 — The IBM System/36 was a minicomputer marketed by IBM from 1983 to 2000. It was a multi user, multi tasking successor to the System/34. Like the System/34 and the older System/32, the System/36 was primarily programmed in the RPG II language. One… …
19Aircraft Communication Addressing and Reporting System — Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (or ACARS) is a digital datalink system for transmission of small messages between aircraft and ground stations via radio or satellite. The protocol, which was designed by ARINC to replace… …
20IBM System/34 — The IBM System/34 was a minicomputer marketed by IBM from 1978 to 1983. It was a multi user, multi tasking successor to the single user System/32. Most notably, it included two very different processors, one based on System/32 and the second… …
