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A residual-current device (RCD), residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) or ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) is an electrical safety device that...

A payphone (alternative spelling: pay phone or pay telephone or public phone) is typically a coin-operated public telephone, often located in a telephone...

Apache Lucene is a free and open-source search engine software library, originally written in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software...

The Macintosh II is a family of personal computers that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from 1987 to 1993. The Macintosh II...

A firearm malfunction is the failure of a firearm to operate as intended for causes other than user error. Malfunctions range from temporary and relatively...

A stratified charge engine describes a certain type of internal combustion engine, usually spark ignition (SI) engine that can be used in trucks, automobiles...

A xenon arc lamp is a highly specialized type of gas discharge lamp, an electric light that produces light by passing electricity through ionized xenon...

Free and open-source software portal Apache Pivot is an open-source platform for building rich web applications in Java or any JVM-compatible language...

A bimetallic strip or bimetal strip is a strip that consists of two strips of different metals which expand at different rates as they are heated. They...

Aldus Corporation was an American software company best known for its pioneering desktop publishing software. PageMaker, the company's most well-known...

Plug In America (PIA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization that promotes and advocates the use of plug-in cars, trucks and sports utility...

The LG Optimus 7 (also known as the LG-E900) is a slate smartphone which runs Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. The Optimus 7 is part of the...

The Huawei Sonic is a low-range smartphone manufactured by Huawei. It runs Android 2.3, has a 3.2mpx camera and access to the Internet. Radio services...

Albino Blacksheep (ABS) is an animation website made by Steven Lerner in Toronto, Ontario on January 4, 1999. It publishes member submitted digital media...

A spline consists of a long strip fixed in position at a number of points whose tension creates a smooth curve passing through those points, for the purpose...

This is a Glossary of Internet Terminology; words pertaining to Internet Technology, a subset of Computer Science. ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line...

The RES Group (Renewable Energy Systems) is a company operating in the global renewable energy sector for over 40 years. The company specializes in developing...

Visual Basic .NET was released by Microsoft in 2002 as a successor to the original Visual Basic computer programming language. It was implemented on the...

Sodipodi is a free and open-source vector graphics editor, superseded since 2003 by Inkscape, an independent Sodipodi fork. Sodipodi started as a fork...

A drain is the primary vessel or conduit for unwanted water or waste liquids to flow away, either to a more useful area, funnelled into a receptacle, or...