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2. Stopwatch - Wikipedia

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   A stopwatch is a timepiece designed to measure the amount of time that elapses between its activation and deactivation. A large digital version of a stopwatch designed for viewing at a distance, as in a sports stadium, is called a stop clock. In manual timing, the clock is started and stopped by a person pressing a button.

3. Timer - Wikipedia

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   A timer or countdown timer is a type of clock that starts from a specified time duration and stops when reaching 00:00. A simple timer is an hourglass. Commonly, a timer triggers an alarm when it ends. A timer can be implemented through hardware or software . Stopwatches operate in the opposite direction, upwards from 00:00, measuring elapsed ...

4. Chess clock - Wikipedia

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   Chess clock. A chess clock is a device that comprises two adjacent clocks with buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, so that the two clocks never run simultaneously. The clocks are used in games where the time is allocated between two parties. The purpose is to keep track of the total time each party takes and prevent delays.

5. Decimal time - Wikipedia

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   On 23 October 1998, the Swiss watch company Swatch introduced a decimal time called Internet Time for its line of digital watches, which divided the day into 1,000 ".beats," (each 86.4 seconds in standard time) counted from 000–999, with @000 being midnight and @500 being noon standard time in Switzerland, which is Central European Time (one ...

6. US factory activity slips for a second month in May, ISM says

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   The Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing purchasing managers index for May fell to 48.7 from 49.2 in April. The factory sector has been under pressure for well over a year, with ISM's ...

7. Mooresville native Austin Cindric wins second race of ... - AOL

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   The win in the Enjoy Illinois 300 is the second of Cindric’s career — and first since the 2022 Daytona 500. Cindric almost assuredly secures a spot in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs ...