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111Time from NPL — Map showing the location of the Anthorn VLF transmitter within Cumbria …
112Power line communication — or power line carrier (PLC), also known as power line digital subscriber line (PDSL), mains communication, power line telecom (PLT), power line networking (PLN), or broadband over power lines (BPL) are systems for carrying data on a conductor… …
113Diplexer — A diplexer is a passive device that implements frequency domain multiplexing. Two ports (e.g., L and H) are multiplexed onto a third port (e.g., S). The signals on ports L and H occupy disjoint frequency bands. Consequently, the signals on L and… …
114Cochlear implant — A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The cochlear implant is often referred to as a bionic ear. As of December 2010,… …
115RTLS communications — Articleissues essay=July 2008 copyedit=May 2008 refimprove=August 2008RTLS communications is a special breed of wireless communicating with the aim to support locating wireless nodes not only topologically, but merely topographically outdoors or… …
116Radio clock — A radio clock is a clock that is synchronized by a time code bit stream transmitted by a radio transmitter connected to a time standard such as an atomic clock. Such a clock may be synchronized to the time sent by a single transmitter, such as… …
117Battle of the Beams — The Battle of the Beams was a period in early World War II when bombers of the German Air Force ( Luftwaffe ) started using radio navigation for night bombing. British scientific intelligence at the Air Ministry fought back with a variety of… …
118Microwave transmission — The atmospheric attenuation of microwaves in dry air with a precipitable water vapor level of 0.001 mm. The downward spikes in the graph correspond to frequencies at which microwaves are absorbed more strongly, such as by oxygen molecules… …
119modem — /moh deuhm, dem/, Computers. n. 1. an electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer via telephone or other communication lines. v.t. 2. to send or receive (information, data, or the like) via a modem.… …
120Ultrasound — Not to be confused with Supersonic .Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is approximately 20 kilohertz (20,000 hertz) in healthy,… …
