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Wire signal. A wire signal is a brevity code used by telegraphers to save time and cost when sending long messages. The best-known code was the 92 Code adopted by Western Union in 1859. The code was designed to reduce bandwidth consumption over telegraph lines, thus speeding transmissions by utilizing a numerical code system for frequently used ...
Of the 197 women surveyed, 40 percent said they experienced phantom kicks after giving birth for the first time. On average, the women surveyed felt phantom kicks for 6.8 years postpartum ...
Postpartum cardiomyopathy, which is also called peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), is a rare form of heart failure. It occurs in the last month of pregnancy or up to 5 months after delivery. It is ...
Gmail is the email service provided by Google. As of 2019, it had 1.5 billion active users worldwide, making it the largest email service in the world. [1] It also provides a webmail interface, accessible through a web browser, and is also accessible through the official mobile application. Google also supports the use of third-party email ...
Countersign (military) In military terminology, a countersign is a sign, word, or any other signal previously agreed upon and required to be exchanged between a picket or guard and anybody approaching his or her post. The term usually encompasses both the sign given by the approaching party as well as the sentry's reply.
This is a list of NATO country codes. Up to and including the seventh edition of STANAG 1059, these were two-letter codes (digrams). The eighth edition, promulgated 19 February 2004, and effective 1 April 2004, replaced all codes with new ones based on the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes. Additional codes cover gaps in the ISO coverage, deal with ...
Semiotics. In the broadest sense, a code is an arrangement of physical matter, including the electromagnetic spectrum, that stores the potential (when activated) to convey meaning (or a pre-specified result). [1] For instance, the pattern of vibration we call 'sound' when activated within the mind, triggers an image; say the word "cat".
Button Gwinnett. Button Gwinnett (March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration of Independence. [1] Gwinnett was also, briefly, the provisional president of Georgia ...