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  2. Identification friend or foe - Wikipedia

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    Identification friend or foe. Identification, friend or foe ( IFF) is a combat identification system designed for command and control. It uses a transponder that listens for an interrogation signal and then sends a response that identifies the broadcaster. IFF systems usually use radar frequencies, but other electromagnetic frequencies, radio ...

  3. High-CRI LED lighting - Wikipedia

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    For example, the top bulbs listed in the 2016 Consumer Review have a CRI of 80. [3] In 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy created the L Prize to find an incandescent light bulb replacement that met efficiency metrics and had a CRI above 90. [4] On August 3, 2011, Philips was declared as the first winner of the L Prize. [5]

  4. Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs - Wikipedia

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    It was proposed [110] that all regular light bulbs and some other kinds of light bulbs sold from October 2009 would have to meet the new minimum energy performance standards. Incandescent light bulbs that meet the new standards, for example high-efficiency halogen bulbs, would continue to be available. [111]

  5. Search and rescue transponder - Wikipedia

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    The unit is 251 mm high. A search and rescue transponder (SART) is a self-contained, waterproof transponder intended for emergency use at sea. These devices may be either a radar-SART, or a GPS -based AIS-SART ( automatic identification system SART). The radar-SART is used to locate a survival craft or distressed vessel by creating a series of ...

  6. Transponder (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    A transponder (short for trans mitter-res ponder [1] and sometimes abbreviated to XPDR, [2] XPNDR, [3] TPDR [4] or TP [5]) is an electronic device that produces a response when it receives a radio-frequency interrogation. Aircraft have transponders to assist in identifying them on air traffic control radar. Collision avoidance systems have been ...

  7. Book Review: 'Secret Life of the Universe' is a primer on ...

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    In “The Secret Life of the Universe: An Astrobiologist's Search for the Origins and Frontiers of Life,” readers won't walk away with a clear-cut answer to that question. Cabrol writes that we ...

  8. Radio-frequency identification - Wikipedia

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    Radio-frequency identification ( RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify and track tags attached to objects. An RFID system consists of a tiny radio transponder called a tag, a radio receiver, and a transmitter. When triggered by an electromagnetic interrogation pulse from a nearby RFID reader device, the tag transmits ...

  9. Here's what the CrowdStrike outage exposed about our ... - AOL

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    A lack of coherent rules. According to the announcement statement by CrowdStrike, the company issued a software update on July 19 that included a flaw that went undetected in validation checks ...