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  2. Yale (company) - Wikipedia

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    Yale is a lock manufacturer and a subsidiary of Assa Abloy. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Its initial product was the Yale lock, invented by Linus Yale Sr., and it became the foundation of the enterprise founded by Linus Yale Jr. and Henry R. Towne. Its markets were initially in the United States, and expanded across the ...

  3. Kensington Security Slot - Wikipedia

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    Kensington Security lock: unlocked, locked The Kensington Security Slot is the rightmost opening on the side of this Acer Swift 3 laptop computer. The Kensington Security Slot (also called a K-Slot or Kensington lock) is part of an anti-theft system designed in the mid 1980s [1] and patented by Kryptonite in 1999–2000, [2] assigned to Schlage in 2002, and since 2005 owned and marketed by ...

  4. X10 (industry standard) - Wikipedia

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    X10 is a protocol for communication among electronic devices used for home automation (domotics). It primarily uses power line wiring for signaling and control, where the signals involve brief radio frequency bursts representing digital information. A wireless radio -based protocol transport is also defined.

  5. Tubular pin tumbler lock - Wikipedia

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    A tubular lock and key. A tubular pin tumbler lock, also known as a circle pin tumbler lock, radial lock, or the trademark Ace lock popularized by manufacturer Chicago Lock Company since 1933, is a variety of pin tumbler lock in which a number of pins are arranged in a circular pattern, and the corresponding key is tubular or cylindrical in shape.

  6. Pin tumbler lock - Wikipedia

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    The pin tumbler lock, also known as the Yale lock after the inventor of the modern version, is a lock mechanism that uses pins of varying lengths to prevent the lock from opening without the correct key. Pin tumblers are most commonly employed in cylinder locks, but may also be found in tubular pin tumbler locks (also known as radial locks or ...

  7. Kwikset - Wikipedia

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    Kwikset. A Kwikset electronic lock with optional operation using a conventional key. This electronic deadbolt uses a Weiser keypad and is a hybrid combining features of Kwikset and Weiser brand locks. Kwikset is an American lock and lockset manufacturer owned by Assa Abloy. Originally Gateway Manufacturing Company, Kwikset was founded in ...

  8. M-LOK - Wikipedia

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    2007–2014. Produced. 2014–present. Magpul MOE M-LOK handguard on a user-assembled AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. M-LOK, for Modular Lock, is a firearm rail interface system developed and patented by Magpul Industries. The license is free-of-charge, but subject to an approval process. M-LOK allows for direct accessory attachment onto the ...

  9. X-10 Graphite Reactor - Wikipedia

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    The X-10 Graphite Reactor is a decommissioned nuclear reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Formerly known as the Clinton Pile and X-10 Pile , it was the world's second artificial nuclear reactor (after Enrico Fermi 's Chicago Pile-1 ) and the first designed and built for continuous operation.