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  2. Strategic Defense Initiative - Wikipedia

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    The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), derisively nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles. The program was announced in 1983, by President Ronald Reagan. [1]

  3. List of commercial failures in computing - Wikipedia

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    Digital Convergence ended up giving out four million units in the United States—far short of its 50 million goal—with six million left unsold, [2] and the company folded in 2001. The CueCat was ranked No. 20 on PC World ' s list of "The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time". [ 7 ]

  4. Spatial data infrastructure - Wikipedia

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    The original example of an SDI is the United States National Spatial Data Infrastructure , first mandated in the OMB Circular A-16 in 1996. In Europe since 2007, INSPIRE is a European Commission initiative to build a European SDI beyond national boundaries; the United Nations Spatial Data Infrastructure ( UNSDI ) plans to do the same for over ...

  5. Samsung SDI finalizes deal with GM to build $3.5 billion ...

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    The two companies will invest about $3.5 billion to build a battery cell manufacturing plant with an annual production capacity of 27 gigawatt hours (GWh) initially, Samsung SDI said in a statement.

  6. Missile Defense Agency - Wikipedia

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    The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a component of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a comprehensive defense against ballistic missiles. It had its origins in the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) which was established in 1983 by Ronald Reagan and which was headed by Lt. General James Alan Abrahamson.

  7. The 35 Most Fascinating Days in History - AOL

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    February 4: A Day for Visionary Debuts. Stop us if you've heard this one before: One man had a vision for a product he felt could change the world, and everybody around him (except the people who ...

  8. Selective dissemination of information - Wikipedia

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    SDI services pre-date the World Wide Web, and the term itself is somewhat dated. Contemporary analogous systems for SDI services include alerts, current awareness tools or trackers. These systems provide automated searches that inform the user of the availability of new resources meeting the user's specified keywords and search parameters.

  9. SDI - Wikipedia

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    Samsung SDI, battery manufacturer; Scottish Development International; Scuba Diving International; SDI Media Group, providing subtitling and language services; SDI Presence, US IT consultancy; SDI Technologies, a consumer electronics manufacturer, New Jersey, U.S.A. Service Desk Institute, for computer help desk staff; Slum Dwellers International