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Reliability is an important issue in systems architecture. Components may be replicated to enhance reliability and increase availability of the system functions. Such applications as aircraft control ...
lighthouse
The acetylene-gas illumination system, being fully automatic and reliable, enabled automatic lights to be operated early on. Its main use today is in buoys, which inherently have to operate ...
Vandross, Luther Ronzoni
American singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. April 20, 1951, New York, N.Y.-d. July 1, 2005, Edison, N.J.), dominated the rhythm and blues charts in the 1980s with his smooth, romantic vocals ...
computer memory
Although the main/auxiliary memory distinction is broadly useful, memory organization in a computer forms a hierarchy of levels, arranged from very small, fast, and expensive registers in the CPU to ...
steel
Plates are produced by hot-rolling, the technology for which developed in the early 19th century. In order to produce sheet from plate, the steel is cold-rolled, and, as there is a limit to the ...
lighthouse
structure, usually with a tower, built onshore or on the seabed to serve as an aid to maritime coastal navigation, warning the mariner of hazards, establishing his position, and guiding him to his ...
Houston, Whitney
American singer and actress whose first four albums, released between 1985 and 1992, amassed global sales in excess of 86 million copies.Stafford, Jo Elizabeth
American singer possessed a strong, unwavering voice and flawless intonation, and during the 1940s and '50s she became a sensation, hosting and performing on the radio show The Chesterfield Supper ...
Tucker, Ira B.
American gospel singer was for seven decades the arresting lead singer of the a cappella soul-gospel group the Dixie Hummingbirds, who enjoyed a flourishing career and influenced such performers as ...
Media and Publishing
Despite the rise of the Internet, more than two million people throughout the world in 1997 continued to communicate over the air as amateur radio operators. Most of these hams--nearly 700,000, by ...
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