• allow for dialing back to Earth from other locations (without altering the dialing system), it was later stated that the DHD ("Dial-Home Device") normally...
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  • Definition or HD DVD, a discontinued high-density optical disc format Dial-Home Device, technology from the science-fiction TV series Stargate SG-1 used to...
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    date of the Saros dial was shortly after the astronomical new moon of 28 April 205 BC. The Exeligmos dial is the secondary lower dial on the rear of the...
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    computer, and to encode signals from the latter two devices to send to another modem at the ISP. Dial-up internet reached its peak popularity during the...
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    rotary dial is a component of a telephone or a telephone switchboard that implements a signaling technology in telecommunications known as pulse dialing. It...
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  • SG-1, Amanda Tapping ad-libbed that the Air Force had to "MacGyver" a Dial Home Device for the Stargate, and a split-second shot following this shows Anderson...
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  • similar device. DIAL Server: a device implementing the server side of the DIAL protocol, usually a 1st screen device. DIAL Client: a device that can...
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    most common device to produce such pulse trains is the rotary dial of the telephone, lending the technology another name, rotary dialing. The pulse repetition...
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  • Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is a 2023 American action adventure film directed by James Mangold, who co-wrote it with David Koepp and the writing...
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    Modem (redirect from Dial-up modem)
    between devices was normally manual, using an attached telephone handset. By the 1970s, higher speeds of 1,200 and 2,400 bit/s for asynchronous dial connections...
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    or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or a mobile telephone, or to other devices for data transmission via the public...
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    when the work was installed in 2018. The astronomical dial is a form of mechanical astrolabe, a device used in medieval astronomy. Alternatively, one may...
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  • Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) is a networking protocol that provides centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA)...
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  • sometimes do not need to include area prefixes when dialing within the same area, but devices that dial telephone numbers automatically may include the full...
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    Clock (redirect from Timekeeping device)
    A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals...
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  • Stargate Command remains unaffected as they do not use a traditional Dial-Home Device with the Earth Stargate, but instead use their own contraption. Stargate...
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  • Microsoft announced a new type of computing device called the Surface Dial. The promoted Surface Dial's purpose is to be used to control functions that...
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  • Dial H for Hero is a comic book feature published by DC Comics about a magical dial that enables an ordinary person to become a superhero for a short...
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    Calipers (redirect from Dial caliper)
    Many types of calipers permit reading out a measurement on a ruled scale, a dial, or an electronic digital display. A common association is to calipers using...
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    Blue box (redirect from Spiro (device))
    A blue box is an electronic device that produces tones used to generate the in-band signaling tones formerly used within the North American long-distance...
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  • devices used for establishing networks or dial-up connections include: Network interface controller (NIC): a device connecting a computer to a computer network...
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    plumb line on the left of the device, and two scales for adjusting the device for a particular latitude. However, the dial itself is lying in front, apparently...
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  • 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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  • compatible with pulse dialing telephones. Due to the wide availability of traditional telephone services, new types of communications devices, such as modems...
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    Phoneword (redirect from Vanity dialling)
    smartphones to dial using the numeric phone number. However, devices which have virtual keyboards, including iOS and Android devices, will translate...
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  • set. The "Mobile Dialer" or "Mobile VoIP Dialer" uses SIP signaling and can be mapped to a Softswitch or an IP device to work a device for voice communication...
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  • invasions, a plot device in thriller films that Home Alone lampoons List of films featuring fictional films List of Christmas films Home Alone (video game)...
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    which a normal landline modem could be plugged, this only provided slow dial-up connections, usually 2.4 kilobit per second (kbit/s) or less. The next...
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  • other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android has historically been developed...
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    MSN Dial-up is an Internet service provider operated by Microsoft in the United States and formerly also in several other countries. Originally named The...
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