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  2. Annunciator panel - Wikipedia

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    An annunciator panel, also known in some aircraft as the Centralized Warning Panel (CWP) or Caution Advisory Panel (CAP), is a group of lights used as a central indicator of status of equipment or systems in an aircraft, industrial process, building or other installation. Usually, the annunciator panel includes a main warning lamp or audible ...

  3. Public address system - Wikipedia

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    The company also set up an experimental service, called the Musolaphone, that was used to transmitted news and entertainment programming to home and business subscribers in south-side Chicago, [8] but this effort was short-lived. The company continued to market the enunciators for making announcements in establishments such as hospitals ...

  4. Amazon Dash - Wikipedia

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    Amazon Dash was a consumer goods ordering service which uses proprietary devices and APIs for ordering goods over the Internet. Amazon Dash consisted of multiple components, which include: the Amazon Dash Wand, a Wi-Fi connected barcode scanner and voice command device, used to reorder consumer goods around the house, integrating with ...

  5. The Amazon Prime symbol probably doesn't mean what you think ...

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    In actuality, any of Amazon's 3 million marketplace sellers can use the Amazon warehouse to house and ship their items and get the so-called "coveted" mark on its products.

  6. Split-flap display - Wikipedia

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    The Signaltron main departure board at Praha-Smíchov station, Czech Republic (2012), manufactured by Pragotron Schematic of a split-flap display in a digital clock display An animation of how a split-flap display works Flap departure board at Gare du Nord, Paris (2007) Section of a split-flap display board at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (2005) Enlarged inner workings of a split-flap clock

  7. What 'secret' loudspeaker codes mean at department stores - AOL

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    If you've been shopping in a big box retail store you've probably heard an announcement on the loudspeaker such as, "code yellow toys, code yellow toys." This "code" is one of many innocuous ...

  8. Bulletin board - Wikipedia

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    1801: James Pillans, headmaster and geography teacher at the Old High School in Edinburgh, Scotland, is credited with inventing the first modern blackboard. [1]1925: George Brooks of Topeka, Kansas is issued a patent for the use of corkboard as a bulletin board which you could stick tacks into. [2]

  9. Glossary of broadcasting terms - Wikipedia

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    Also AM radio or AM. Used interchangeably with kilohertz (kHz) and medium wave. A modulation technique used in electronic communication where the amplitude (signal strength) of the wave is varied in proportion to that of the message signal. Developed in the early 1900s, this technique is most commonly used for transmitting an audio signal via a radio wave measured in kilohertz (kHz). See AM ...