Obsolescence is the process of becoming antiquated, out of date, old-fashioned, no longer in general use, or no longer useful, or the condition of being...
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economics and industrial design, planned obsolescence (also called built-in obsolescence or premature obsolescence) is the concept of policies planning or...
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Look up planned obsolescence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Planned obsolescence is the policy of deliberately manufacturing a product with a limited...
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Continuous obsolescence or perpetual revolution is a phenomenon where industry trends, or other items that do not immediately correspond to technical needs...
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Digital obsolescence is the risk of data loss because of inabilities to access digital assets, due to the hardware or software required for information...
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Job obsolescence, occupational obsolescence or skills obsolescence is a situation in which an occupation loses its field of work or its competitiveness...
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Obsolescence is the fourth album by American death metal band Abysmal Dawn. It was released on October 24, 2014 by Relapse Records. It's also to be considered...
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life of such bulbs, which is commonly cited as an example of planned obsolescence. Corporations based in Europe and the United States, including Tungsram...
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Ending the Depression Through Planned Obsolescence. Scholars credit him with coining the term "planned obsolescence". London was born in 1872 or 1873 and...
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The Blues Project (redirect from Planned Obsolescence (album))
"assistant stage manager" to "Chip" Monck. A fourth album, 1968's Planned Obsolescence, featured only Blumenfeld and Kulberg from the original lineup, but was...
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Security through obscurity (redirect from Security through obsolescence)
Secrecy, Security and Obscurity & The Non-Security of Secrecy by Bruce Schneier "Security through obsolescence", Robin Miller, linux.com, June 6, 2002...
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Language death (redirect from Language obsolescence)
the Dalmatian language. During language loss—sometimes referred to as obsolescence in the linguistic literature—the language that is being lost generally...
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Commercial off-the-shelf (section Obsolescence)
In general, COTS product obsolescence can require customized support or development of a replacement system. Such obsolescence problems have led to government-industry...
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Planned Obsolescence: Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy is a book by Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Scholarly Communication at the...
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XFree86 Modeline (section Obsolescence)
A mode line may also refer to a line for the Emacs and Vim editors that provides information about the file and modes. A modeline is a configuration line...
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Apple supply chain (redirect from Planned obsolescence of iPhones)
Apple Inc. manufactures most of its products in China through partners like Foxconn. Apple's decision to outsource its manufacturing has received significant...
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Günther Anders (section The Obsolescence of Humankind)
States. Back to Europe in the 1950s, he published his major book, The Obsolescence of Humankind, in 1956. An important part of Gunther Anders' work focuses...
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M3 Stuart (section Obsolescence and replacement)
The M3 Stuart/light tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II. An improved version of the tank entered service as the M5 in 1942 to be supplied...
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History of the harpsichord (section Obsolescence)
The harpsichord was an important keyboard instrument in Europe from the 15th through the 18th centuries, and as revived in the 20th, is widely played today...
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Minié rifle (section Obsolescence)
The Minié rifle was an important infantry rifle of the mid-19th century. A version was adopted in 1849 following the invention of the Minié ball in 1847...
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documentary thematizes the planned obsolescence of industrial products for commercial reasons. The film documents planned obsolescence in industrial production...
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Wakashū (section Obsolescence)
Wakashū (若衆, lit. 'young person', although never used for girls) is a historical Japanese term indicating an adolescent boy, used particularly during the...
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Leblanc process (section Obsolescence)
The Leblanc process was an early industrial process for making soda ash (sodium carbonate) used throughout the 19th century, named after its inventor,...
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Linstock (section Obsolescence)
A linstock (also called a lintstock) is a staff with a fork at one end to hold a lighted slow match. The name was adapted from the Dutch lontstok, "match...
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"Planned Obsolescence, as Myth or Reality". The New York Times. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2016. Jones, Brad (22 May 2016). "Planned Obsolescence Has...
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Philips (section Planned obsolescence)
Koninklijke Philips N.V. (lit. 'Royal Philips'), commonly shortened to Philips, is a Dutch multinational conglomerate corporation that was founded in Eindhoven...
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Solar dial (section Obsolescence)
A solar dial is a type of time switch used primarily for controlling lighting. The benefit of a solar dial over a conventional 'on-off' time switch is...
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Warship (section Obsolescence of battleships)
A warship or combatant ship is a ship that is used for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the navy branch of the armed forces of a nation, though they...
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I386 (section Obsolescence)
The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor designed by Intel. The first pre-production samples of the...
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Faxlore (section Growing obsolescence)
Faxlore is a sort of folklore: humorous texts, folk poetry, folk art, and urban legends that are circulated, not by word of mouth, but by fax machine....
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