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  2. Axon Enterprise - Wikipedia

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    In 1969, NASA researcher Jack Cover began to develop a non-lethal electric weapon to help police officers control suspects, as an alternative to firearms. [4] By 1974, Cover had completed the device, which he named the "Tom Swift Electric Rifle" (TSER), referencing the 1911 novel Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle; to make it easier to pronounce as a word, Cover later added an "A" to the acronym ...

  3. Taser - Wikipedia

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    A TASER (also variously "Taser" or "taser") is a conducted energy device (CED) primarily used to incapacitate people by delivering an intense electric shock that briefly disrupts voluntary control of the muscles, allowing the person to be approached and handled without resistance.

  4. Taser (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    A Taser is an electroshock weapon. Taser or Tazer may refer to: Taser International, the former name of Axon, a firm which makes tasers and other items; Tasar, a type of sailboat; Tazer (musician), a British musician "Tazer", a song on the soundtrack for the video game Age of Empires 2

  5. Category:Taser - Wikipedia

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  6. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  7. List of generic and genericized trademarks - Wikipedia

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    Originally a brand name owned by Lenzing, an austrian based company, for a viscose-type fiber fabricated via the NMMO process. In the meantime Lyocell is a generic name used by various manufacturers. Mimeograph Originally trademarked by Albert Dick. [24] A low-cost printing press that works by forcing ink through a stencil onto paper. Quonset

  8. Electroshock weapon - Wikipedia

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    A taser, with cartridge removed, making an electric arc between its two electrodes. An electroshock weapon is an incapacitating weapon.It delivers an electric shock aimed at temporarily disrupting muscle functions and/or inflicting pain, usually without causing significant injury.

  9. Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle - Wikipedia

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    Sixty years later a non-lethal weapon delivering an electric shock was developed by Jack Cover and marketed by Taser International under the name "Taser", an acronym for Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle. The middle initial 'A' is used to produce a word more pronounceable than "TSER", as no other name than "Tom Swift" is used for the book's hero ...