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  • 1Parallel ATA — ATA connector on the right, with two motherboard ATA sockets on the left. Type …

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  • 2parallel — [par′ə lel΄, par′ələl] adj. [Fr parallèle < L parallelus < Gr parallēlos < para , side by side (see PARA 1) + allēlos, one another < allos, other: see ELSE] 1. extending in the same direction and at the same distance apart at every… …

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  • 3Parallel SCSI — Centronics 50 SCSI plug Parallel SCSI (formally, SCSI Parallel Interface, or SPI) is one of the interface implementations in the SCSI family. In addition to being a data bus, SPI is a parallel electrical bus: There is one set of electrical… …

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  • 4Parallel communication — In telecommunication and computer science, parallel communication is a method of sending several data signals simultaneously over a communication link (comprising of several wired channels in parallel) at one time. It contrasts with serial… …

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  • 5Parallel data — A&V Transmission of data bits in groups along a collection of wires (called a bus). Analogous to the rows of a marching band passing a review point. A typical parallel bus may accommodate transmission of one 8 , 16 , or 32 bit byte at a time …

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  • 6lecher wires — ˈleḵə(r) noun plural Usage: usually capitalized L Etymology: after Ernst Lecher died 1926 Austrian physicist : a pair of parallel wires so adjusted in length that the frequency of an electromagnetic wave may be determined from the position of… …

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  • 7Lech|er wires — «lehkh uhr», Electronics. parallel wires used to measure the wave length of currents having high frequencies, as those produced by radio waves. ╂[< Ernst Lecher, 1856 1926, a German physicist] …

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  • 8lecher wires — /lekh euhr/, Elect. parallel wires of such length and terminations that the system will resonate, producing standing waves, if the frequency of the excitation is correct. [1925 30; named after E. Lecher (d. 1926), Austrian physicist] * * * …

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  • 9lecher wires — /ˈlɛkə waɪəz/ (say lekuh wuyuhz) plural noun parallel wires of such length and terminations that the system will resonate (i.e., standing waves will appear) if the frequency of the excitation is correct. {named after Ernst Lecher, 1856–1926,… …

  • 10Cross wires — Cross Cross (kr[o^]s), a. 1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting. [1913 Webster] The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected;… …

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