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  2. Long baseline acoustic positioning system - Wikipedia

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    In 1981, acoustic positioning was proposed as part of the U.S. military's MX missile system. [10] A network of 150 covert transponder fields was envisioned. Submarines typically are guided by inertial navigation systems, but these dead reckoning systems develop position drift which must be corrected by occasional position fixes from a GNSS system.

  3. Token (railway signalling) - Wikipedia

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    The system is designed so that the control centre cannot issue a new token for a section of line until the current one is 'returned'. Trains cannot send tokens to each other. This system allows the whole line to operate without any additional signalling personnel, and has functioned without major incident.

  4. Ocean Network Express - Wikipedia

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    Ocean Network Express Holdings, Ltd., branded as ONE, is a Japanese container transportation and shipping company jointly owned by the Japanese shipping Lines Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, and K Line.

  5. Single-line working - Wikipedia

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    A pilot [2] will be appointed to take local control of the single line. Liaising with the signaller, they will authorise all movements. Every driver must be given an RT 3193 Single-line working ticket, unless they are going into the single line to: [1] assist a failed train; evacuate passengers from a failed train; remove a portion of a divided ...

  6. Bill of lading - Wikipedia

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    One answer is to make the bill an electronic document. [26] An electronic bill of lading (or eB/L) is the legal and functional equivalent of a paper bill of lading. [ 27 ] An electronic bill of lading must replicate the core functions of a paper bill of lading, [ 28 ] namely its functions as a receipt, as evidence of or containing the contract ...

  7. Single-line diagram - Wikipedia

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    A typical one-line diagram with annotated power flows. Red boxes represent circuit breakers, grey lines represent three-phase bus and interconnecting conductors, the orange circle represents an electric generator, the green spiral is an inductor, and the three overlapping blue circles represent a double-wound transformer with a tertiary winding.

  8. 1 Line (Sound Transit) - Wikipedia

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    Following the failed Forward Thrust initiatives, Metro Transit was created in 1972 to oversee a countywide bus network, and plan for a future rail system. [14] In the early 1980s, Metro Transit and the Puget Sound Council of Governments (PSCOG) explored light rail and busway concepts to serve the region, [15] ultimately choosing to build a downtown transit tunnel that would be convertible from ...

  9. UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records

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    A study on the impact of the adoption of a law aligned to the MLETR in the United Kingdom has quantified the benefits of such adoption. Besides economic benefits, which include up to £224 billion in efficiency savings, adoption of such legislation may reduce the number of days needed for processing trade documents by up to 75%.