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  2. Netflix button - Wikipedia

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    The Netflix button is a button available on many modern remote controllers, used to directly connect to the popular streaming service Netflix. It was initially implemented in America in 2011. [1] In 2015, the button was added to European remotes. [2] This button sends an infrared (IR) signal to the television and opens up the Netflix app.

  3. Crosswalks in North America - Wikipedia

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    A common-style marked crosswalk with the MUTCD Crosswalk sign. Crosswalks in the United States and Canada are normally found at intersections, though sometimes may be found mid-block. Crosswalk installations must follow the regulations specified in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). [1]

  4. Red Button (digital television) - Wikipedia

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    'Red Button' on a Bush TV remote control. The Red Button is a push-button on the remote control for certain digital television set top boxes in the UK, Australia, Belgium, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand and by DirecTV and Comcast in the United States. It is for interactive television services [1] such as BBC Red Button and Astro (Malaysia).

  5. Rules for traffic lights - Wikipedia

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    In some jurisdictions (such as New York City), [citation needed] there are ordinances or by-laws against "gridlocking".A motorist entering an intersection (even if on a green light) but unable to proceed and who gets stranded in the intersection (when traffic ahead fails to proceed), and who remains after the light turns red (thus blocking traffic from other directions) may be cited.

  6. Remote control - Wikipedia

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    Existing infrared remote controls can be used to control PC applications. [43] Any application that supports shortcut keys can be controlled via infrared remote controls from other home devices (TV, VCR, AC). [44] This is widely used [citation needed] with multimedia applications for PC based home theater systems. For this to work, one needs a ...

  7. Consumer Electronics Control - Wikipedia

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    For example, a user press on a remote control will generate a 3-byte frame: a header byte, a <User Control Pressed> opcode (0x44), and an operand byte identifying the button. Including the initial idle time and extra-long start bit, this takes 88.5 ms (37 bit times). A later <User Control Released> opcode (0x45) has no operands.

  8. Placebo button - Wikipedia

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    A walk button in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Many walk buttons at pedestrian crossings were once functional in New York City, but now serve as placebo buttons. [7]In the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, pedestrian push-buttons on crossings using the Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique may or may not have any real effect on crossing timings, depending on their location and the time of day, and ...

  9. Signal timing - Wikipedia

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    Red Clearance determines the all-red time for the associated movement. Walk time provides the length of the walk indication. Flashing Don't Walk is the duration of the flashing pedestrian clearance. This is timed as the length of the crosswalk divided by a speed of 3.5 feet per second, minus the yellow clearance for the adjacent vehicle movement.