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  2. Cape Peninsula University of Technology - Wikipedia

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    Cape Peninsula University of Technology ( Afrikaans: Kaapse Skiereiland Universiteit van Tegnologie) is a university in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the only university of technology in the Western Cape province, and is also the largest university in the province, with over 32,000 students. It was formed by merging the Cape Technikon and ...

  3. Office of Price Administration - Wikipedia

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    Office for Emergency Management. The Office of Price Administration ( OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28, 1941. The functions of the OPA were originally to control money ( price controls) and rents after the outbreak of World War II.

  4. Central processing unit - Wikipedia

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    A central processing unit ( CPU ), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the most important processor in a given computer. [1] [2] Its electronic circuitry executes instructions of a computer program, such as arithmetic, logic, controlling, and input/output (I/O) operations. [3] [4] [5] This role contrasts with ...

  5. Optical parametric amplifier - Wikipedia

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    An optical parametric amplifier, abbreviated OPA, is a laser light source that emits light of variable wavelengths by an optical parametric amplification process. It is essentially the same as an optical parametric oscillator, but without the optical cavity (i.e., the light beams pass through the apparatus just once or twice, rather than many ...

  6. Phased-array optics - Wikipedia

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    An optical phased array (OPA) is the optical analog of a radio-wave phased array. By dynamically controlling the optical properties of a surface on a microscopic scale, it is possible to steer the direction of light beams (in an OPA transmitter [2] ), or the view direction of sensors (in an OPA receiver [3] ), without any moving parts.

  7. Oropharyngeal airway - Wikipedia

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    ICD-9-CM. 96.02. [ edit on Wikidata] An oropharyngeal airway (also known as an oral airway, OPA or Guedel pattern airway) is a medical device called an airway adjunct used in airway management to maintain or open a patient's airway. It does this by preventing the tongue from covering the epiglottis, which could prevent the person from breathing.

  8. Outward Processing Arrangement - Wikipedia

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    The Outward Processing Arrangement (OPA) concerns the textile industry in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China. It states that Hong Kong manufacturers can subcontract subsidiary and finishing processes to mainland factories, as long as the "major transformation" of the garment takes place in Hong Kong. [1]

  9. Optical parametric oscillator - Wikipedia

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    An optical parametric oscillator ( OPO) is a parametric oscillator that oscillates at optical frequencies. It converts an input laser wave (called "pump") with frequency into two output waves of lower frequency ( ) by means of second- order nonlinear optical interaction. The sum of the output waves' frequencies is equal to the input wave ...