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  2. Crossbow Technology - Wikipedia

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    Crossbow was founded by Mike A. Horton in 1995. It created products based on technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley , supported by A. Richard Newton [ 1 ] and had investment from Cisco , Intel , and the Paladin Capital Group in 2005.

  3. Mike A. Horton - Wikipedia

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    Mike Horton was born October 23, 1973, in Austin, Texas, the second of two children of Claude Wendell Horton Jr. and Elisabeth Alice Becker. [ 1 ] Horton received a B.S. and an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley .

  4. Crossbow - Wikipedia

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    21st-century hunting compound crossbow. A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called a tiller, which is hand-held in a similar fashion to the stock of a long gun. Crossbows shoot arrow-like projectiles called bolts or quarrels.

  5. Bullet-shooting crossbow - Wikipedia

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    A bullet-shooting crossbow, also known as prodd, [1] pelletbow, ballester, stone bow, or rock-throwing crossbow, is a modified version of the classic crossbow. The bow was usually constructed with wood or steel, depending on the preference.

  6. Genoese crossbowmen - Wikipedia

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    The main armament of the Genoese crossbowmen was the crossbow, made in Genoa by the Balistrai Corporation. As well, the mercenaries were equipped with a dagger, a light metal helmet, a gorget, a hauberk and a large shield, called a pavese , which was used while reloading the crossbow. The usual team consisted of a crossbowman and two assistants ...

  7. Hortonworks - Wikipedia

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    The company name refers to the character Horton the Elephant, since the elephant is the symbol for Hadoop. [4] [8] In October 2018, Hortonworks and Cloudera announced they would be merging in an all-stock merger of equals. [9] After the merger, the Apache products of Hortonworks became Cloudera Data Platform.

  8. D. R. Horton - Wikipedia

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    D.R. Horton, Inc. is an American home construction company based in Arlington, Texas. Since 2002, the company has been the largest homebuilder by volume in the United States. [2] [3] [4] The company ranked number 194 on the 2019 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. [5] The company operates in 113 markets in 33 ...

  9. Thomas W. Horton - Wikipedia

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    Thomas W. Horton (born May 24, 1961) [1] is a partner of Global Infrastructure Partners and is lead director at Walmart Inc. and General Electric Corp. [2]. He was chairman, president, and CEO of AMR Corporation until it merged with US Airways Group to form American Airlines Group, Inc., then became chairman of American Airlines Group, Inc. and American Airlines.