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  2. Rest area - Wikipedia

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    A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names include motorway service area (UK), services (UK), travel plaza, rest stop, oasis (US), service area, rest and service area ...

  3. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    A city or location posted on a series of traffic signs along a particular stretch of road indicating destinations on that route. Controlled-access highway, motorway, or freeway. A type of highway which has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow and ingress/egress regulated. The corduroy.

  4. Broadcast range - Wikipedia

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    Broadcast range. A broadcast range (also listening range or listening area for radio, or viewing range or viewing area for television) is the service area that a broadcast station or other transmission covers via radio waves (or possibly infrared light, which is closely related). It is generally the area in which a station's signal strength is ...

  5. Service area - Wikipedia

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    Service area may refer to: Rest area, a public facility, located next to a large thoroughfare such as a highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel. Service area (computing), a hidden portion of the hard disk drive that usually contains drive's firmware and adaptive data required for normal operation of the device. Service ...

  6. Public utility - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A public utility company (usually just utility) is an organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service (often also providing a service using that infrastructure). Public utilities are subject to forms of public control and regulation ranging from local community-based groups to statewide government monopolies .

  7. Catchment area - Wikipedia

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    In human geography, a catchment area is the area from which a location, such as a city, service or institution, attracts a population that uses its services and economic opportunities. Catchment areas may be defined based on from where people are naturally drawn to a location (for example, labour catchment area [1]) or as established by ...

  8. Wireless LAN - Wikipedia

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    An example of a Wi-Fi network. A wireless LAN ( WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building. This gives users the ability to move around within the area and remain ...

  9. Servants' quarters - Wikipedia

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    Servants' quarters. At 18th-century Holkham Hall, service and secondary wings (foreground) clearly flank the mansion and were intended to be viewed as part of the overall facade. Servants' quarters are those parts of a building, traditionally in a private house, which contain the domestic offices and staff accommodation.