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  2. Time switch - Wikipedia

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    A time switch (also called a timer switch, or simply timer) is a device that operates an electric switch controlled by a timer. Intermatic introduced its first time switch in 1945, which was used for "electric signs, store window lighting, apartment hall lights, stokers, and oil and gas burners."

  3. Stopwatch - Wikipedia

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    The first digital timer used in organized sports was the Digitimer, developed by Cox Electronic Systems, Inc. of Salt Lake City Utah (1962). [1] It utilized a Nixie-tube readout and provided a resolution of 1/1000 second. Its first use was in ski racing but was later used by the World University Games in Moscow, Russia, the U.S. NCAA, and in ...

  4. Timer - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical timers use clockwork to measure time. [1] Manual timers are typically set by turning a dial to the time interval desired, turning the dial stores energy in a mainspring to run the mechanism. They function similarly to a mechanical alarm clock, the energy in the mainspring causes a balance wheel to rotate back and forth. Each swing of ...

  5. Digital clock - Wikipedia

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    Digital clocks typically use the 50 or 60 hertz oscillation of AC power or a 32,768 hertz crystal oscillator as in a quartz clock to keep time. Most digital clocks display the hour of the day in 24-hour format; in the United States and a few other countries, a commonly used hour sequence option is 12-hour format (with some indication of AM or PM).

  6. Egg timer - Wikipedia

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    Most traditional egg timers have a set time of about three minutes, that being the approximate time it takes to cook an average sized hen's egg in water. Hard-boiled eggs take longer to cook. The three minute egg timer is for soft-boiled eggs. [4] The egg changes rapidly during the first few minutes of cooking.

  7. Delay box - Wikipedia

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    Furrow's digital delay box was a substantial improvement in accuracy and ergonomics but suffered in reliability. In the United States many B.F. Electronics delay timers were sold Nationwide. Shortly thereafter the first microprocessor based delay box timer was introduced by Richard Beutnagel (Thorn Microsystems in Rochester, NY). Richard ...

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  9. Watchdog timer - Wikipedia

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    The act of restarting a watchdog timer is commonly referred to as kicking [a] the watchdog. [3] [4] In electronic watchdogs, kicking is typically done by writing to a watchdog control port or by setting a particular bit in a register. Alternatively, some tightly coupled [b] watchdog timers are kicked by executing a special machine language ...