typically as long as power is supplied to the tube. A specialized type of storage tube, the Williams tube, was used as a main memory system on a number...
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Gas cylinder (redirect from Gas storage tube)
February 2023. "UG: Gas Kelly Tubes & Banks". www.uniquegroup.com. Retrieved 8 April 2024. "High Pressure Gas Storage Tube Trailers". www.easonindustrial...
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practical functional camera tube needed a different technological approach, which later became known as Charge - Storage camera tube. It was based on a new...
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limitation can be overcome by the use of a direct view storage cathode-ray tube (storage tube). A storage tube will continue to display the event after it has...
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digital storage device, and was used successfully in several early computers. The Williams tube works by displaying a grid of dots on a cathode-ray tube (CRT)...
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Zworykin. It was a vacuum tube that stored digital data as electrostatic charges using technology similar to the Williams tube storage device. The team was...
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even magnetic data storage. Vacuum-tube memory A Williams tube used a cathode-ray tube, and a Selectron tube used a large vacuum tube to store information...
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storage tube, which went on to be widely used in oscilloscopes and computer terminals. 1922 Monochrome cathode ray tube: 1954 Color cathode ray tube for...
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Direct-view bistable storage tube (DVBST) was an acronym used by Tektronix to describe their line of storage tubes. These were cathode ray tubes (CRT) that stored...
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A test tube, also known as a culture tube or sample tube, is a common piece of laboratory glassware consisting of a finger-like length of glass or clear...
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series was a family of text-and-graphics computer terminals based on storage-tube technology created by Tektronix. Several members of the family were introduced...
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A vacuum tube, electron tube, valve (British usage), or tube (North America) is a device that controls electric current flow in a high vacuum between...
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A Nixie tube (English: /ˈnɪk.siː/ NIK-see), or cold cathode display, is an electronic device used for displaying numerals or other information using glow...
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traveling-wave tube (TWT, pronounced "twit") or traveling-wave tube amplifier (TWTA, pronounced "tweeta") is a specialized vacuum tube that is used in...
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A gas-filled tube, also commonly known as a discharge tube or formerly as a Plücker tube, is an arrangement of electrodes in a gas within an insulating...
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generating cathode ray tube XP – Photomultiplier XQ – Camera tube XR – Monoscope XS – Cathode ray charge storage tube XT – Memory display tube XV – Infrared detector...
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Photomultiplier tubes (photomultipliers or PMTs for short) are extremely sensitive detectors of light in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared ranges...
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Klystron (redirect from Klystron tube)
A klystron is a specialized linear-beam vacuum tube, invented in 1937 by American electrical engineers Russell and Sigurd Varian, which is used as an amplifier...
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professional video editing, not for final delivery or storage) are also accepted, such as ProRes. YouTube provides recommended encoding settings. Each video...
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Oscilloscope (redirect from Storage oscilloscope)
oscilloscopes—called storage scopes—preserve the most recent sweep on the screen. This was originally achieved with a special CRT, a storage tube, which retained...
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Memory cell (computing) (section Storage)
Freddie Williams applied for a patent on his cathode-ray tube (CRT) storing device (Williams tube) with 128 40-bit words. It was operational in 1947 and...
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secondary storage (IBM RAMAC 305), the direct ancestor of all the hard disk drives we use today. Even computer graphics began during the vacuum tube era with...
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the motherboard, to a main memory bank, hard drive or other permanent storage, and peripherals, such as a keyboard and mouse. Graphics processing units...
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Electronic symbol (section Vacuum tubes)
mode, P‑channel MOSFET Vacuum tube diode Vacuum tube triode Vacuum tube tetrode (pin letters not part of symbol) Vacuum tube pentode For multiple pole switches...
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field effects in solid state materials, with the aim of replacing vacuum tubes with a smaller device that consumed less power. The critical experiment...
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Krytron (category Gas-filled tubes)
cold-cathode gas-filled tube intended for use as a very high-speed switch, somewhat similar to the thyratron. It consists of a sealed glass tube with four electrodes...
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Electronic component (section Vacuum tubes (valves))
'Numitron') Nixie tube Dekatron (aka glow transfer tube) Magic eye tube indicator Penetron (a 2 colour see-through CRT) A vacuum tube is based on current...
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Cigar (redirect from Cigar tube)
typically larger than those used for cigarette smoking. A cigar holder is small tube in which the end of the cigar is held while smoked, to protect the hand from...
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anode tubes, in which the target disk rotates inside a stationary vacuum tube. The target cools by conduction rather than radiation. Heat storage is less...
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reasons, for safe storage of test tubes, and to ease the transport of multiple tubes. Test tube racks also ease the organization of test tubes and provide support...
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