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81Chairlift — For the musical group, see Chairlift (band). A stairlift is sometimes called a chairlift . Hunter Mountain chairlift …
82TXE — TXE, which stands for Telephone eXchange Electronic, was the designation given to a family of telephone exchanges developed by the British General Post Office (GPO), now BT, designed to replace the ageing Strowger systems. When World War II ended …
83Battery holder — A battery holder is one or more compartments or chambers for holding a battery or batteries. In the case of dry cells the holder is also usually responsible for making electrical contact. In the case of wet cells cables normally make contact with …
84Regret (decision theory) — Regret (often also called opportunity loss) is defined as the difference between the actual payoff and the payoff that would have been obtained if a different course of action had been chosen. This is also called difference regret. Furthermore,… …
85Boolean satisfiability problem — For the concept in mathematical logic, see Satisfiability. 3SAT redirects here. For the Central European television network, see 3sat. In computer science, satisfiability (often written in all capitals or abbreviated SAT) is the problem of… …
86Autoland — In aviation, autoland describes a system that fully automates the landing phase of an aircraft s flight, with the human crew merely supervising the process.DescriptionAutoland systems were designed to make landing possible in visibility too poor… …
87Audience scanning — An audience watches a laser light show during the SIB trade fair in Rimini, Italy in 2002. Audience scanning (sometimes called crowd scanning ) occurs when a laser beam is directed toward the people observing a laser show or display. Although… …
88Downhole safety valve — A downhole safety valve refers to a component on an oil and gas well, which acts as a failsafe to prevent the uncontrolled release of reservoir fluids in the event of a worst case scenario surface disaster. It is almost always installed as a… …
89Polar city — Infobox title = Polar City name = Polar City caption = This is an artist s rendition of a Polar City planned for Longyearbyen. It represents both above and below ground components which contain city infrastructure, residential housing, limited… …
90Sortierverfahren — Ein Sortierverfahren ist ein Algorithmus, der dazu dient, eine Liste von Elementen zu sortieren. Voraussetzung ist, dass auf der Menge der Elemente eine strenge schwache Ordnung definiert ist, z. B. die lexikographische Ordnung von… …
