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  • An output signal switching device (OSSD) is an electronic device used as part of the safety system of a machine. It provides a coded signal which, when...
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    "VISUAL SIGNALLING", Royal Navy Communications Branch Museum/Library website "Visual Signalling". HMS Collingwood Heritage Collection. "Signaling lamp"...
    8 KB (950 words) - 07:54, 24 March 2024
  • A buzzer or beeper is an audio signaling device, which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric (piezo for short). Typical uses of buzzers...
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    shape, and use. One of the most significant uses was as a signalling device. Signalling fans came in two varieties: a folding fan that has wood or metal...
    8 KB (809 words) - 01:43, 28 May 2024
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    Level crossing signals are the electronic warning devices for road vehicles at railroad level crossings. Level crossings can be operated in various ways...
    8 KB (1,024 words) - 18:05, 30 April 2024
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    A time ball or timeball is a time-signalling device. It consists of a large, painted wooden or metal ball that is dropped at a predetermined time, principally...
    19 KB (1,945 words) - 09:21, 22 December 2023
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    vehicle has lighting and signaling devices mounted to or integrated into its front, rear, sides, and, in some cases, top. Various devices have the dual function...
    115 KB (13,106 words) - 20:10, 19 May 2024
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    Heliograph (redirect from Solar signal)
    reliably documented heliographic device, despite much speculation about possible ancient incidents of sun-flash signalling, and the documented existence...
    29 KB (3,262 words) - 18:33, 7 May 2024
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    ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling device, a target or landing zone marking device, or a screening device for unit maneuvering. The M18 was developed...
    4 KB (445 words) - 19:14, 30 September 2023
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    rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to...
    15 KB (1,894 words) - 21:44, 14 September 2023
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    with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term flag is also used to refer to the graphic...
    56 KB (6,493 words) - 05:37, 27 May 2024
  • pejorative usage of the term "virtue signalling," in a 2015 Spectator article. His 2015 formulation described virtue signalling as empty boasting (directly or...
    18 KB (1,981 words) - 16:40, 20 May 2024
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    Traffic light (redirect from Traffic signal)
    Traffic lights, traffic signals, or stoplights – also known as robots in South Africa and Namibia – are signalling devices positioned at road intersections...
    97 KB (10,635 words) - 21:42, 28 May 2024
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    A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed...
    26 KB (3,180 words) - 18:06, 8 February 2024
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    instrument of the percussion family and a warning/signaling device. It operates on the principle of the ratchet device, using a gearwheel and a stiff board mounted...
    8 KB (912 words) - 02:51, 20 February 2024
  • Road traffic control devices are markers, signs and signal devices used to inform, guide and control traffic, including pedestrians, motor vehicle drivers...
    10 KB (1,431 words) - 15:26, 23 January 2024
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    A doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near a door to a building's entrance. When a visitor presses a button, the bell rings inside the building...
    12 KB (1,443 words) - 19:31, 3 April 2024
  • In computing, an input device is a piece of equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system, such as a computer...
    13 KB (1,509 words) - 03:13, 20 April 2024
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    An alarm device is a mechanism that gives an audible, visual, combination, or other kind of alarm signal to alert someone to a problem or condition that...
    9 KB (1,075 words) - 04:37, 12 May 2024
  • An output device is any piece of computer hardware that converts information or data into a human-perceptible form or, historically, into a physical machine-readable...
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