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  2. O-ring - Wikipedia

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    Typical O-ring and application. An O-ring, also known as a packing or a toric joint, is a mechanical gasket in the shape of a torus; it is a loop of elastomer with a round cross-section, designed to be seated in a groove and compressed during assembly between two or more parts, forming a seal at the interface.

  3. Torrent file - Wikipedia

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    The torrent system has been created to ease the load on central servers, as instead of having individual clients fetch files from the server, torrent can crowd-source the bandwidth needed for the file transfer and reduce the time needed to download large files. Many free/freeware programs and operating systems, such as the various Linux ...

  4. Obturating ring - Wikipedia

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    Obturating rings are common in artillery, where the steel or cast-iron casing of the shell is too hard to practically deform to provide a tight seal for the propellant gases. An obturating ring which is called driving band made of a softer material is the standard solution for that problem.

  5. Wills Ring - Wikipedia

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    A Wills Ring or Cooper Ring is a form of all-metallic O-ring seal. They are used for extremely arduous service, such as sealing the head gasket of high performance piston engines . Hollow, metallic Wills Rings are used as they have better springback than yielding soft metal seals and higher temperature limits than elastomer O rings.

  6. Ozone cracking - Wikipedia

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    Cracks can be formed in many different elastomers by ozone attack, and the characteristic form of attack of vulnerable rubbers is known as ozone cracking.The problem was formerly very common, especially in tires, but is now rarely seen in those products owing to preventive measures.

  7. No-disc crack - Wikipedia

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    A No-disc crack, No-CD crack or No-DVD crack is an executable file or a special "byte patcher" program which allows a user to circumvent certain Compact Disc and DVD copy protection schemes. They allow the user to run computer software without having to insert their required CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. This act is a form of software cracking.

  8. Seal (mechanical) - Wikipedia

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    O-ring; O-ring boss seal; Piston ring; Glass-to-metal seal; Glass-ceramic-to-metal seals; Heat seal; Hose coupling, various types of hose couplings; Hermetic seal; Hydrostatic seal; Hydrodynamic seal; Inflatable seal Seals that inflate and deflate in three basic directions of operation: the axial direction, the radial-in direction, and the ...

  9. Category:Seal rings - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item ... Category for different types of ring-shaped mechanical seal, and the technology involved. ...