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  2. Service Access Point - Wikipedia

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    A Service Access Point ( SAP) is an identifying label for network endpoints used in Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networking. The SAP is a conceptual location at which one OSI layer can request the services of another OSI layer. As an example, PD-SAP or PLME-SAP in IEEE 802.15.4 can be mentioned, where the medium access control (MAC) layer ...

  3. Telecommunications - Wikipedia

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    Because certain application-level protocols use certain ports, network administrators can manipulate traffic to suit particular requirements. Examples are to restrict Internet access by blocking the traffic destined for a particular port or to affect the performance of certain applications by assigning priority.

  4. SCADA - Wikipedia

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    SCADA ( supervisory control and data acquisition) is a control system architecture comprising computers, networked data communications and graphical user interfaces for high-level supervision of machines and processes. It also covers sensors and other devices, such as programmable logic controllers, which interface with process plant or machinery.

  5. Dallas - Wikipedia

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    Dallas ( / ˈdæləs /) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. [11] It is the most populous city in and seat of Dallas County with portions ...

  6. AccessAir - Wikipedia

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    AccessAir was founded in 1998 and, after multiple delays, [1] began operating flights in February 1999. [2] Looking to provide lower rates at niche markets such as Des Moines, the Quad Cities, and Peoria, major investors at its start included many local companies, such as Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria) [3] and FBL Financial Group, Principal ...

  7. Computer file - Wikipedia

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    The grandfather-father-son backup method automatically makes three back-ups; the grandfather file is the oldest copy of the file and the son is the current copy. File systems and file managers. The way a computer organizes, names, stores and manipulates files is globally referred to as its file system. Most computers have at least one file system.

  8. General-purpose computing on graphics processing units

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    Given sufficient graphics processing power even graphics programmers would like to use better formats, such as floating point data formats, to obtain effects such as high-dynamic-range imaging. Many GPGPU applications require floating point accuracy, which came with video cards conforming to the DirectX 9 specification.

  9. The Seven-Ups - Wikipedia

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    The Seven-Ups is a 1973 American neo-noir mystery action thriller film produced and directed by Philip D'Antoni.It stars Roy Scheider as a crusading policeman who is the leader of the Seven-Ups, a squad of plainclothes officers who use dirty, unorthodox tactics to snare their quarry on charges leading to prison sentences of seven years or more upon prosecution, hence the name of the team.