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  2. Halo antenna - Wikipedia

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    A halo antenna, or halo, is a center-fed ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ wavelength dipole antenna, which has been bent into a circle, with a break directly opposite the feed point. The dipole's ends are close, but do not touch, and the ends on either side of the gap may be flared out to form a larger air gap capacitor , whose spacing is used to fine-adjust the ...

  3. Glossary of American football terms - Wikipedia

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    halo violation From 1983 until the end of the 2002 season, in the NCAA (college football) the halo rule was a foul for interference with the opportunity to catch a kick. The so called "halo rule" stated that no player of the kicking team may be within two yards of a receiving team player positioned to catch a punt or kickoff (before that person ...

  4. Perimeter fence - Wikipedia

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    An example of detector applied on a perimeter fence is the mems accelerometer. The advantages of having a perimeter intrusion detection system are various, and of great importance, for example we obtain a remarkable capacity to analyse the information produced by each sensor, without the need to increase the resources at the centre.

  5. Starting gate - Wikipedia

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    Hastings Racecourse's starting gate, 2009. Start of the Belmont Stakes 2014 Horses leaving barrier stalls at the start of a Hong Kong Derby.. A starting gate, also called a starting barrier or starting stalls, is a machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse racing and dog racing.

  6. List of Halo media - Wikipedia

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    Halo franchise logo. Halo is a science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Xbox Game Studios.Central to the Halo series are the three first-person shooter video games Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2 and Halo 3; novelizations, soundtracks, and other media are also available.

  7. Rail fence cipher - Wikipedia

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    The rail fence cipher (also called a zigzag cipher) is a classical type of transposition cipher. It derives its name from the manner in which encryption is performed, in analogy to a fence built with horizontal rails.

  8. Halo (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Halo was a critical and commercial success, selling alongside half of every Xbox sold. [8] By July 2006, the game had sold 4.2 million copies and earned $170 million in the United States alone. [9] Halo: Combat Evolved introduced many elements common to the franchise. Players battle enemies on foot and in vehicles to complete objectives across ...

  9. Split-rail fence - Wikipedia

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    Simple split-rail fence Log fence with double posts (photo taken in 1938). A split-rail fence, log fence, or buck-and-rail fence (also historically known as a Virginia, zigzag, worm, snake or snake-rail fence due to its meandering layout) is a type of fence constructed in the United States and Canada, and is made out of timber logs, usually split lengthwise into rails and typically used for ...