• The Plessey Company plc was a British electronics, defence and telecommunications company. It originated in 1917, growing and diversifying into electronics...
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  • Wikisource has original text related to this article: Plessy v. Ferguson Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision...
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  • Siemens Plessey was the name given to the Plessey assets acquired by Siemens in 1989. Today most of these units are part of BAE Systems while some units...
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  • Plessey was a British electronics company. It can also refer to: Plessey Code, a British barcode system Plessey System 250, a computer system that implements...
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    plc (GEC), was founded in August 1998 through the amalgamation of GEC Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) with other GEC subsidiaries: Marconi SpA, GEC...
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  • Plessey Code is a 1D linear barcode symbology based on pulse-width modulation, developed in 1971 by The Plessey Company plc, a British-based company....
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  • GEC Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) was a British manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, notably the System X telephone exchange. The company...
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    The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his...
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  • Homer Plessy (redirect from Homer Plessey)
    Homer Adolph Plessy (born Homère Patris Plessy; 1858, 1862 or March 17, 1863 – March 1, 1925) was an American shoemaker and activist, who was the plaintiff...
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  • Divisions of Plessey in 1989 (others acquired by its partner in the deal, Siemens AG, to meet with regulatory approval). Plessey Avionics Plessey Naval Systems...
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  • UDP-N-acetylglucosamine—undecaprenyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase GEC Plessey Telecommunications, a defunct British telecommunications manufacturer GPT...
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  • Plessey System 250, also known as PP250, was the first operational computer to implement capability-based addressing, to check and balance the computation...
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    MSI Barcode (redirect from Modified Plessey)
    (also known as Modified Plessey) is a barcode symbology developed by the MSI Data Corporation, based on the original Plessey Code symbology. It is a continuous...
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    Plessey Woods is a country park situated on the north bank of the River Blyth, in Northumberland. The park is accessed from the A192 in the village of...
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  • The AR-320 is a 3D early warning radar developed by the UK's Plessey in partnership with US-based ITT-Gilfillan. The system combined the receiver electronics...
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    Interleaved 2 of 5 ITF-14 Matrix 2 of 5 MSI Barcode Patch Code Pharmacode Plessey Telepen UPC Post office barcodes CPC Binary Barcode Facing Identification...
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    aircraft), which is the former Abbey Works site of Plessey Dynamics (Mechanical Systems) and Plessey Aerospace. Raymarine Marine Electronics (owned by...
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  • This is a list of microprocessors. Nios 16-bit (soft processor) Nios II 32-bit (soft processor) List of AMD K5 processors List of AMD Athlon processors...
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  • Plessey railway station served the hamlet of Plessey, Northumberland, England from 1859 to 1962 on the East Coast Main Line. The station opened in July...
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  • Systems Division of the Plessey Company, then it became Plessey Marine Research Unit, and Plessey Marine, before becoming Plessey Naval Systems, producing...
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  • defence related sales, principally GEC Alsthom, GEC-Plessey Telecommunications (GPT) and GEC Plessey Semiconductors. Marconi Avionics Marconi North America...
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    Centre was a solid-state physics optoelectronics research centre of the Plessey company at Caswell, near Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. It was opened...
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  • Decca HF200 (redirect from Plessey HF200)
    and continuing sales into the 1970s after the division was purchased by Plessey in 1965. It was one of the company's successful heavy radar projects, winning...
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  • was a military air traffic control and early warning radar developed by Plessey and first produced in 1975. It used a pencil beam and simple frequency...
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    graduation, Berners-Lee worked as an engineer at the telecommunications company Plessey in Poole, Dorset. In 1978, he joined D. G. Nash in Ferndown, Dorset, where...
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  • Associated Electrical Industries in 1967, Yarrow Shipbuilders in 1985, Plessey companies in 1989, parts of Ferranti's defence business in 1990, the rump...
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    Mod 0 4.5 inch general purpose & 1 × twin 35mm Oerlikon AA Electronics - Plessey AWS 1 air surveillance radar with on-mounted IFF; 2 × Contraves Seahunter...
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    substrates commercially, and GaN-on-silicon LEDs are in production at Plessey Semiconductors. As of 2017, some manufacturers are using SiC as the substrate...
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    Percival Steadman (1912–1991), who worked as a production controller for Plessey, an electronics firm. Steadman was educated at Childwall Valley High School...
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    company Plessey. Plessey's holdings were split, and Siemens took over the avionics, radar and traffic control businesses—as Siemens Plessey. In 1977...
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