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  2. Escape from Tarkov - Wikipedia

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    Escape from Tarkov is a multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game in development by Battlestate Games for Microsoft Windows. The game is set in the fictional Norvinsk region in northwestern Russia , where a war is taking place between two private military companies (United Security "USEC" and the Battle Encounter Assault Regiment ...

  3. Activate (album) - Wikipedia

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    Activate is the fourth studio album by Back Door, released in 1976 by Warner Bros. Records. [1] It was produced by Carl Palmer , known for his drumming in the bands Atomic Rooster and ELP . Original member Tony Hicks had left the band before recording the album and had been replaced by Adrian Tilbrook on drums.

  4. Chubb detector lock - Wikipedia

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    A Chubb detector lock is a lever tumbler lock with an integral security feature, a re-locking device, which frustrates unauthorised access attempts and indicates to the lock's owner that it has been interfered with. When someone tries to pick the lock or to open it using the wrong key, the lock is designed to jam in a locked state until ...

  5. Lever escapement - Wikipedia

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    Most of the lever itself is hidden, but both pallets are visible. The lever escapement, invented by the English clockmaker Thomas Mudge in 1754 (albeit first used in 1769), is a type of escapement that is used in almost all mechanical watches, as well as small mechanical non-pendulum clocks, alarm clocks, and kitchen timers.

  6. Factory reset - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. Restoring the software of an electronic device to its original state For the Tilian Pearson album, see Factory Reset (album). A factory reset, also known as hard reset or master reset, is a software restore of an electronic device to its original system state by erasing all data ...

  7. Escapement - Wikipedia

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    The lever 'anchor' pallet locks the larger wheel and, on this being unlocked, a pallet on the end of the lever is given an impulse by the smaller wheel through the lever fork. The return stroke is 'dead', with the 'anchor' pallets serving only to lock and unlock, impulse being given in one direction through the single lever pallet.

  8. Mortise lock - Wikipedia

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    Chubb's lock was patented in 1818. Again, the term refers to the lock mechanism, so a lock can be both a mortise lock and a lever tumbler lock. In the modern lever tumbler lock, the key moves a series of levers that allow the bolt to move in the door. [5] Pin tumbler lock, commonly used for mortise locks in the US

  9. Safety (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    Heckler & Koch VP70 pistol with a push-button safety (cross bolt trigger block) at the back of the trigger guard. The most common form of safety mechanism is a switch, button or lever that when set to the "safe" position, prevents the firing of a firearm. [1]