Image Apricot portable.png thumb 300px ApricotPortable The ApricotPortable was a portable computer made by Apricot Computers , first released in 1984. It had a 3.5 floppy drive , 4.77 MHz CPU and 256 KiB RAM . It was the first computer to use an 80 column 25 line LCD and speech recognition for input output. The speech recognition software held 4096 words, with only 64 available at a given time. It had a wireless keyboard and optional wireless mouse, which communicated with the computer using an infrared link ref cite web url http actapricot.org history apricot adverts.html title 1984 advertisement for ApricotPortable ref this was relatively new at the time. However, if an object blocked the infrared beam, communications would be cut off. The Apricot also featured a somewhat Macintosh Mac like graphical interface. It was originally priced at 1965. Notes and references reflist External links http www.old computers.com museum computer.asp?c 492 ACT ApricotPortable at the OLD COMPUTERS.COM Museum Compu hardware stub Category Apricot Computers es ApricotPortable sr ACT ApricotPortable ... more details
About the tree and its fruit taxobox image Apricots.jpg image caption Apricot fruits status LC status ... Joseph Dumortier Dumort. ref name GRIN The apricot , Prunus armeniaca , is a species of Prunus ... extensive prehistoric cultivation. Description File Turkey.Pasa Baglari005.jpg thumb left Apricot ... ISBN 0 00 220013 9. ref File Apricot and cross section.jpg thumb left Apricot and its cross section ... 7 g sugars 53 g iron mg 2.7 vitC mg 1 vitA ug 180 betacarotene ug 2163 source usda 1 right 1 The apricot ... www.actahort.org books 121 121 36.htm VII Symposium on Apricot Culture and Decline ref Its scientific .... ref An archaeological excavation at Garni in Armenia found apricot seeds in an Eneolithic era site ... Vavilov centers Vavilov center of origin locates the origin of the apricot s domestication in the Chinese region, and other sources say the apricot was first cultivated in India in about 3000 BC ... General Lucullus 106 57 B.C. also exported some trees the cherry, white heart cherry, and apricot ... English settlers brought the apricot to the Thirteen Colonies English colonies in the New World. Most ... Dried apricot 01 Pengo.jpg thumb Dried organic apricot, produced in Turkey. The colour is dark because it has not been treated with sulfur dioxide E220 Although the apricot is native to a continental ... C or lower if healthy. A limiting factor in apricot culture is spring frost s They tend to flower very ... apricot hardy to 50 C but with less palatable fruit offers options for breeding more cold tolerant plants. ref http www.pfaf.org database plants.php?Prunus sibirica Prunus sibirica L. ref Apricot ... apricot plant provides the fruit characteristics such as flavour, size, etc., but the rootstock provides ... adage that an apricot tree will not grow far from the mother tree the implication is that apricots ... graft transmissible problems. Production trends File 2005apricot.PNG thumb 220px Apricot output in 2005 class wikitable align left style clear left colspan 2 Top twelve apricot producers 2009 ... more details
wiktionarypar portablePortable may refer to Portable building , a manufactured structure that is built off site and moved in upon completion of site and utility work Portable classroom , a temporary building installed on the grounds of a school to provide additional classroom space where there is a shortage of capacity Portable toilet , a modern, portable, self contained outhouse manufactured of molded plastic In computing Portable object computing , a distributed computing term for an object which can be accessed through a normal method call while possibly residing in memory on another computer Software portability , software that can easily be porting ported to multiple platforms Portable application s, applications that do not require any kind of installation onto a computer, and can store data in the program s directory In electronics Portable electronics Portable communications device , a wearable or handheld device Portable audio player , a personal electronic device that allows the user to listen to recorded or broadcast audio whilst being mobile Portable computer , a computer that is designed to be moved from one place to another Compaq Portable series Compaq Portable series 1982&ndash ? ApricotPortable 1984 IBM Portable Personal Computer 1984 Macintosh Portable 1989&ndash 1991 from Apple Computer Handheld game console , a lightweight, portable electronic machine for playing video games In music Portable Life , a 1999 album by Danielle Brisebois Portable Sounds a 2007 album by TobyMac. See also Portability disambiguation disambig fr Portable simple PortablePorTable bordet blev tegnet til N rum amtsgymnasium nu N rum Gymnaium og designet af Arne J rgensen, produceret af http www.flexformstolehuset.dk Flexform Stolehuset ... more details
thumb left ApricotPortable In 1984 ACT released a home computer , the Apricot F1. It ran MS DOS ... infra red trackball pointing device used with the ApricotPortable was also available for the F1. Also in 1984, the ApricotPortable was released, with an infra red keyboard, a voice system, 4.77 ...Inappropriate tone date January 2009 Image ApricotComputersLogo.png right 150px Apricot Computers logo Apricot Computers is a United Kingdom British manufacturer of business personal computer s, originally founded in 1965 as Applied Computer Techniques ACT , changing its name to Apricot Computers, Ltd ... Electric Mitsubishi Electric Corporation , which hoped that Apricot would help them compete ... at the time. Mitsubishi eventually shut down the Apricot brand a management buyout resulted in new company Network Si UK Ltd being formed. In 2008 a new, independent Apricot company was launched in the UK. Apricot was a remarkably innovative computer hardware company. The Birmingham R&D center could ... and aggressive engineering team allowed Apricot to be the first company in the world with several ... superior Micro Channel Architecture MCA , Apricot was the only other OEM using it, in the Apricot ... power which helped IBM survive the failure of MCA. Apricot continued to experiment with unusual ... that Apricot was slow to adapt as the worldwide market grew and changed. By the mid 1990s major ... some of their manufacturing to cheaper locations overseas. Apricot was very late in adopting this method of manufacturing, even though a motherboard designed and manufactured in Asia cost Apricot as little as a third of the cost of design and testing in Birmingham and manufacture in Scotland. Apricot ... hardware compatible with the IBM PC . In September 1983 the Apricot PC was released, based on an Intel 8086 microprocessor running at 4.77 MHz. It was often referred to as the ACT Apricot ... line, or in the current application. Microsoft Word and Multiplan were supplied with the Apricot PC ... more details
wikt apricotApricot is a tree in family Rosaceae and the fruit it bears. Apricot may also refer to Desert apricot, Prunus eriogyna Apricot color APRICOT conference Apricot Computers Apricot, the code name for the open source video game Yo Frankie Slang for a part of the brain often used as a target for sniper s Disambig da Abrikos fr Abricot homonymie ja ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2008 Infobox VG title Kaitou Apricot image caption developer KID small PlayStation small publisher Takuyo released vgrelease JP March 15, 2002 PC vgrelease JP March 6, 2003 DC vgrelease JP May 22, 2003 PS vgrelease JP January 1, 2005 PS2 vgrelease JP October 25, 2007 PSP genre Otome game , Visual novel modes Single player ratings 12 platforms Personal computer PC , PlayStation PS , PlayStation 2 PS2 , PlayStation Portable PSP , Dreamcast DC media requirements input Nihongo Kait Apricot Kait Apurikotto translates to Mysterious Thief Apricot is an otome game otome visual novel video game for Microsoft Windows . The game was created by Takuyo . It was originally released on March 15, 2002, and was later ported to the PlayStation , Dreamcast , PlayStation 2 and Play Station Portable . Plot Anzu Mochizuki is an average high school student. On the day of her 17th birthday, her mother tells her that she is the succesor of the family s title as thiefs and that she is the next Thief Apricot. She ll have to combine her two lives and she ll meet some boys that will make her think which of the two sides of her life she should choose... Gameplay Kaitou Apricot gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that appears on the game screen which represents either dialogue between the various characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a decision point where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two or three at a time. The time between these decision points is variable and can occur anywhere from a minute to much longer. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice ... Mochizuki Mochizuki Anzu a.k.a. Mysterious Thief Apricot Kait Apurikotto Voiced by Rio .... See also Otome game External links http www.takuyo.co.jp products apricot index.html Official website ... more details
Apricot brandy can refer to a liquor or Eau de Vie distilled from fermentation food fermented apricot juice or a liqueur made from apricot flesh and kernels. Brands Various brands of both types of products exist, including Zwack Kecskem ti Barack brandy Barack P linka , from Kecskem t , Hungary , a true Apricot Brandy or Eau de Vie made from fermented Apricot juice. Marillenschnaps or Marillenbrand, also an Eau de Vie made from apricots it is produced mainly in the Wachau region of Austria . Maraska Apricot , from Croatia , a liqueur. Marie Brizard Marie Brizard Apry , from France , a liqueur. Sweet Lucy, a Bourbon whiskey Bourbon apricot liqueur mix. Meaghers apricot Brandy, from Canada , a liqueur. See also Apricot brandy sour References Grocers http store.yahoo.com randalls index.html Internet Wines and Spirits Category Brandies Distilled beverage stub it Apricot brandy pl Apricot Brandy ... more details
File Apricot and cross section.jpg thumb right 250px An apricot and its cross section Apricot is a light yellow yellowish orange colour orangeish color that attempts to represent the color of apricot s. Actually, it is somewhat paler than actual apricots. The etymology of the color apricot and the fruit the word comes from the Arabic language Arabic Al birquq itself from Greek berikokon, ultimately from Latin praecoquum . Apricot has been in use as a color name since 1851. ref Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York 1930 McGraw Hill. See page 189 for year of first recorded use of color name reference and page 43, Plate 10 Color Sample 7F for color sample of Apricot. ref Nowadays it is used in the flag of Armenia. Crayola infobox color title Apricot hex FDD5B1 r 253 g 213 b 177 c 0 m 6 y 29 k 0 h 30 s 22 v 89 source List of Crayola crayon colors Crayola Displayed at right is the color called apricot since 1949 in Crayola crayons. See also List of colors References references Shades of orange Shades of pink Shades of yellow es Albaricoque fr Abricot couleur it Albicocca colore ko sr ... more details
Infobox single Name Apricot Stone Cover Apricot Stone.jpg Border yes Artist Eva Rivas Released 2010 Format Digital single , CD single Recorded 2010 Genre Pop music Pop Length 3 02 Label Lyrics Armen Martirosyan musician Armen Martirosyan & Karen Kavaleryan Producer Chart position Last single This single Next single Misc Infobox ESC entry song Flag icon Armenia Apricot Stone image caption year 2010 country Armenia artist Eva Rivas as with language English composer Armen Martirosyan musician Armen Martirosyan lyricist Karen Kavaleryan place 7th points 141 place semi 6th points semi 83 lyrics prev Jan Jan prev link Jan Jan next Boom Boom next link Boom Boom Emmy song Apricot Stone Armenian language Armenian , a song by Armenia n Russia n singer Eva Rivas , was the Armenian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 held in Oslo , Norway . The song was written by two former Eurovision ... to feature in a Eurovision Song Contest performance. The instrument is traditionally made of apricot wood. Image Apricot seeds.jpg left thumb Apricot stone is another name for the seed of an apricot The apricot ... has been called The motherland of the apricot. ref http www.welcomearmenia.com main.php?id 1&sid 112&lang eng Armenian apricot at welcomearmenia.com ref Some have interpreted the lyrics of Apricot ... armenia eurovision song apricot stone genocide turkey Conspiracy theory in Eurovision Turkey claims genocide hint in Armenia s Apricot stone at armenianow.com ref Charts class wikitable sortable align ... showitem.asp?interpret Eva Rivas&titel Apricot Stone&cat s Swiss Singles Chart ref align center 54 References Reflist External links http www.youtube.com watch?v buGOZExVf8o Apricot Stone Official music video at Youtube http www.clipland.com Summary 701013910 Apricot Stone Official music video ... az Apricot Stone cy Apricot Stone da Apricot Stone es Apricot stone eo Apricot stone hu Apricot Stone pt Apricot stone ro Apricot Stone ru Apricot Stone sq Apricot Stone tr Apricot Stone ... more details
Image Apricot seed and kernel.jpg thumb The kernel bottom and broken seed shell of an apricot An apricot kernel Prunus armeniaca , Armenian plum in Latin refers to the seed kernel of a species of Prunus , classified with the plum in the subgenus Prunus. It is known for containing amygdalin , a toxic cyanogenic glycoside . ref cite journal author Krashen, Stephen D. authorlink Stephen Krashen title Are Apricot Kernels Toxic? journal The Internet Journal of Health volume 9 issue 2 year 2009 url http www.ispub.com journal the internet journal of health volume 9 number 2 13 article are apricot kernels toxic.html issn 1528 8315 ref Seeds or kernels of the apricot grown in central Asia and around the Mediterranean region Mediterranean are so sweet that they may be substituted for almond s. The Italian liqueur amaretto and amaretti biscotti are flavored with extract of apricot kernels as well as almonds ... Article Apricots section kernel ref Apricot kernels can sometimes be strong tasting and bitter taste bitter . They feature in recipes for apricot jam , and Italian amaretto cookies and liqueur. Citation ... gram 8oz packages of apricot kernels that were imported from Pakistan which were being sold in health ... double the minimum lethal dosage of cyanide for an adult human. The apricot pits were recalled ... Imported Bitter Apricot Pits Recalled as Cyanide Hazard By DENNIS HEVESI Published ... one serious toxicity from apricot kernels reported from 1979 to 1998. ref cite journal doi 10.1016 ... by apricot kernel ingestion journal Ann Emerg Med volume 32 issue 6 pages 742 4 year 1998 month December pmid 9832674 ref On average, an apricot kernel contains about 0.5 mg of cyanide. Image Apricot seeds.jpg thumb right 300 px Apricot seeds kernels are inside Nutritional content nutritionalvalue name Oil from apricot kernels, each 100 gram s kJ 883 fat 100 g br Saturated fat 6.3 g br Monounsaturated ... Apricot Kernel Category Prunus Category Edible nuts and seeds de Aprikosenkern fr Noyau d abricot ... more details
Apricot Morning is an album by Quantic musician Quantic , released in 2002. Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Apricot Morning Type Album Artist Quantic musician Quantic Cover Quantic Apricot Morning.jpg Released 2002 Recorded Genre Electronic music Electronic Length Label Producer Reviews Last album The 5th Exotic br 2001 This album Apricot Morning br 2002 Next album Mishaps Happening br 2004 Track listing Apricot Morning 6 26 Transatlantic 4 43 Brand New Watusi featuring EQ 6 01 Search the Heavens 5 53 Wider than the Sky 3 55 Primate Boogaloo featuring Aspects band Aspects 3 35 Blackstone Rock 4 10 Sweet Calling featuring Alice Russell 4 43 Trouble From The River 6 26 Not So Blue 5 07 Off the Beaten Track 3 30 External links http www.quantic.org releases.php?aj go more&id 1018895580&archive &start from &ucat 3 Official album page Allmusic class album id r636199 pure url yes Apricot Morning review at Allmusic Will Holland Category 2002 albums 2000s electronic album stub ... more details
Orphan date April 2008 Image gawith apricot.png right thumb Gawith Apricot Snuff logo Gawith Apricot is a type of nasal snuff , produced by P schl Tabak Germany . Use and market It is less common then other P schl bands, but has a more classic apricot smell compared to newer brands. Each plastic tin has 10 grams of tobacco and is normally sniffed up the nose. Their products are much less common in the North American marketplace. There are also other products with the Gawith logo such as Gawith Cola. Citation needed date January 2008 External links http poeschl tobacco.com P schl Tabak Category Chewing tobacco brands product stub ... more details
Refimprove date May 2011 Apricot oil is pressed from the Seed kernels of the Prunus armeniaca apricot . The kernels have an oil content of 40 50 . The oil is similar to almond oil and peach oil , both of which are also extracted from the kernels of the respective fruit. Apricot oil and almond oil, are used similarly in cosmetics to soften skin. ref cite web url http www.botanical.com botanical mgmh a apric050.html title A Modern Herbal chapter Apricot publisher http www.botanical.com Botanical.com author Mrs. M. Grieve accessdate 2008 08 20 ref Specifically, apricot oil can be used on the scalp to improve its condition Citation needed date May 2011 . The seed cake is also used separately to extract an essential oil , which contains Amygdalin a colorless crystalline glucoside . The oil is chiefly composed of oleic acid and linoleic acid , both of which are unsaturated fat s. References references vegetable oil stub Category Vegetable oils ca Oli d albercoc es Aceite de albaricoque ... more details
The Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies APRICOT is the annual Internet operations conference for the Asia Pacific region . See also List of Internet Network Operators Groups External links http www.apricot.net int org stub Asia stub Oceania stub Category Internet Network Operators Groups ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 orphan date November 2009 Apricot File was a British magazine catering for users of early Apricot Computers microcomputer systems. It was based in London, published by TP Group and edited throughout its lifetime by Dennis Jarrett. There were 36 issues, all in ISO 216 A4 format the first, called Release 1.1 , was dated October 1985 and the last, Release 3.12 , was undated but appeared in September or October 1988. Contents included consumer reviews of Apricot hardware and software, and technical advice on programming for Apricots. David Langford regularly contributed the The Disinformation Column from Release 1.2 November 1985 until the final issue. Other regular contributors were Edward N Bromhead, Henry Deckhand a pseudonymous cynic , Lindsay Doyle, Roger Gann, Paul N Humphreys, Garreth Keogh, Kathy Lang, Paul Lavin, Simon Potter, David St. John Wallis and Mark Whitehorn. Dennis Jarrett s farewell editorial The Last Word noted that Apricot File subscribers were being steadily lost to the beckoning lure of IBM PC compatible IBM compatibility . Category Defunct British computer magazines Category Magazines established in 1985 Category Magazines disestablished in 1988 Europe compu mag stub UK sci mag stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2011 Apricot is a populated place in Benton County, Washington Benton County , Washington U.S. state Washington . The name was collected between 1976 and 1979 by the United States Geologic Survey , and entered into the Geographic Names Information System on September 10, 1979. ref http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic f?p gnispq 3 NO P3 FID 1510784 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report Apricot ref References reflist Benton County, Washington coord 46 14 11 N 119 51 27 W display title Category Populated places in Benton County, Washington BentonWA geo stub ... more details
The Apricot PC was Apricot Computers first personal computer made for business use. The press received it well, especially for the high resolution nowrap 800 x 400 of its time and its trackball cable future models will be IR . It uses a Intel 8086 processor running at nowrap 4,77 MHz . Optional 8087 math co processor were possible. Memory is nowrap 256 kB expandable to nowrap 768 kB . Cathode ray tube CRT green screen 9 ref name ocapr shows picture with text mode nowrap 80 x 25 or graphics nowrap 800 x 400 pixels . Equipped with two floppy discs and a keyboard with an integrated LCD Passive matrix and active matrix addressed LCDs LCD display. Released in 1983, it achieved success in the United Kingdom UK . The manufacturer failed completely to clone the IBM BIOS, so although it ran MS DOS and CP M CP M 86 , it was not IBM PC compatible as the underlying system BIOS and hardware is very different. An Intel 8089 I O controller was used, instead of the Intel 8237 DMA chip used in IBM computers ... disk format was not quite compatible attempting to read an ordinary PC floppy in an Apricot, or vice versa, would result in a scrambled directory listing with some files missing. Apricot later ... with one equipped with an Intel 80286 processor. The Apricot Xi is a similar computer released ..., ACT Apricot PC ref DMA chip Intel 8089 Graphics Comes with a green phosphor screen 9 that weights .... At the rear two proprietary Apricot connector slots for expansion, parallel printer port of Centronics ... expansion connectors or internal Apricot Operating system came with standard MS DOS 2.11 and CP M 86 ... ACT Apricot PC http www.actapricot.org disks aprid5ks.htm apr00003.dsk actapricot.org ACT Apricot has technical manuals in the WordStar format http tech.groups.yahoo.com group actapricot yahoo.com ... apr00003.dsk ACT Apricot Technical Reference Manual ACT Apricot Technical Reference Manual WordStar , retrieved 18 July 2006 microcompu stub Category Apricot Computers es Apricot PC sr ACT Apricot PC ... more details
Image Portable commutator.JPG 250px right thumb Northern Electric Portable commutator The Portable commutator was a telecommuncations device that was used by the military during World War I. This device was manufactured by Northern Electric. br br br br br See also Commutator electric References reflist telecom stub Category Nortel ... more details
Orphan date November 2010 unreferenced date November 2010 The portable system for telemetry applications is a solution which gathers in a portable computer full functionalities and performances. Based on Data acquisition software, Portable Telemetry is an essential tool for the test engineer to run tests on site. Function Portable Telemetry system acquires, analyzes and visualizes data form PCM telemetry signal, whatever the format IRIG , CCSDS , CE83 . Portable Telemetry is defined in various configuration laptop with PCMCIA card s, with PCI card s, or external USB modules. It provides all the functionality in the same working environment. Use Portable Telemetry can be used in various applications such as Missile applications J.A.V Applications Aircraft Flight test ing Space Category Telemetry ... more details
15, 1990 Original br October 21, 1991 Backlit The Macintosh Portable was Apple Inc. s first attempt at making a Battery electricity battery powered Portable computer portable Apple Macintosh Macintosh ... off the shelf portable computer used in space and the first to send an email from space, in 1991 aboard ... mode. Criticism Unlike later portable computer s from Apple and other manufacturers, the battery ... tend to fail if they are fully discharged, another common complaint about the Portable. The batteries ... 6 V batteries http www.lowendmac.com pb portabattery.shtml . The sealed lead acid cells used in the Portable ... flash use. One of the drawbacks of the Portable was poor readability in low light situations. So in February 1991, Apple introduced a backlit Macintosh Portable model M5126 . Along with the new ..., which plugged into the ROM expansion slot. The Portable was discontinued in October of the same year. In addition, at 16 pounds and 4 inches thick, the Portable was a heavy and bulky portable ... Portable and PowerBook 100 can run Macintosh System Software 6 System 6.0.4 through System 7 Macintosh System 7.5.5 . In May 2006, PC World magazine PC World rated the Macintosh Portable as the seventeenth ... , a Mac compatible laptop available at the same time as the Portable, but significantly smaller References reflist External links http lowendmac.com pb macintosh portable.html Mac Portable profile on Low End Mac http www.mir.com.my lb mpug Mac Profile Portable Mac index.htm More pictures on this Mac Portable Navbox with columns name Navbox with columns doc state uncollapsed title Apple Model Navigation ... Model col3header Successor col1 none br br Macintosh SE col2 br Macintosh Portable col3 PowerBook ... Portable Category Macintosh computers by case type Portable Category Macintosh computers by product line Portable Category Portable computers de Macintosh Portable fr Macintosh Portable it Macintosh Portable pl Macintosh Portable pt Macintosh Portable ro Macintosh Portable sr Apple Macintosh portable ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 File Buddha Portable shrine in Lacquer case.jpg thumb left 200px Portable shrine Ksitigarbha , cylindrical case Convert 2 ft m high. Field Museum Image Bosatsu,Kannon.jpg thumb right 200px Portable shrine Bosatsu and Kannon, Ivory. Field Museum . hand Palm sized. Image AizenMyoo,ShokyoKannon.jpg thumb right 200px Portable shrine Aizen Myoo, Shokyo Saraswati Kannon . Field Museum . hand Palm sized. Image Mikoshii.jpg thumb 200px right Japanese mikoshi In Buddhism , portable shrines were made so that devout travelers with nowhere to worship could carry their shrines with them. The shrines were two piece, and could be shut together to preserve the artwork. Miniature Buddharupa Buddhas and Goddesses could be carried in small lacquer cases, much resembling the portable phone cases of today, carried on the wrist. In Tibet , the shrines were sometimes made of metal, and carried with over the shoulder straps. The mikoshi is a Japanese type of portable shrine used mostly during Shinto religious festivals called matsuri . Image Buddha,Closeup.jpg thumb left 200px detail of shrine Buddhism2 DEFAULTSORT Portable Shrine Category Buddhist ritual implements ... more details
related website The Compaq Portable was the first product in the Compaq portable series to be commercially ... portable computer . Compaq derived their company name from the phrase Compatibility and Quality ... Portable , and if so, was it a true IBM PC compatible? Announced in November 1982 and first shipped ... computer developed at Xerox PARC in 1976. The 28 lb 12.5 kg of computer that made up the Compaq Portable folded up into a luggable case the size of a portable sewing machine . Compaq sold 53,000 units .... The Compaq Portable had basically the same computer hardware hardware as an IBM PC, transplanted ... making the Compaq Portable very well suited for the spreadsheet software driving computer sales ... 102 ref This machine was the first of a Compaq Portable series series of Compaq Portable machines including the Portable Plus, Portable 286, Portable II, Portable III, Portable 386, Portable 486 and Portable 486c. See also IBM Portable References reflist External links http oldcomputers.net compaqi.html Old Computers Compaq Portable http www.cedmagic.com history compaq portable.html CED in the History of Media Technology Compaq Portable http www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org compaq Obsolete Computer Museum Compaq Portable description Category IBM PC compatibles Category Portable computers Category 1983 introductions ca Compaq Portable eo Compaq Portable ja Compaq Portable pl Compaq Portable pt Compaq Portable sr Compaq Portable fi Compaq Portable ... more details
A portable cord , which is also known as portable cordage or flexible cord , is a cable with multiple electrical conductor conductors used for functions requiring flexibility. The cord can be employed for power in a range of applications, such as operating electric motor motors in small and large tools, equipment, power extensions, home appliances and machinery . Portable cords may be used in commercial, industrial and residential applications. They work well on job sites where resistance to oil , chemicals and Abrasion mechanical abrasion is vital and also perform well in extreme environments both the heat and the cold, outside or inside. Additionally, some portable cords can be water resistant or water submersible. Because of their characteristics, portable cords are commonly used in a range of facilities, such as construction sites, mills, mines, sports complexes, or even marinas. Although the construction of a portable cord varies depending on the type, a standard cord has at least two stranded copper conductors . The copper stranding, Electrical insulation insulation and jacket directly influence the physical properties of the cord. Varieties A variety of portable cords, differing in styles, lengths and thicknesses, exist in the marketplace. Common types include Type SJT, SVT, SEOW, SJ, SJOW, SO and SOW. Each has specific applications associated with it. A portable cord is usually made of thermoset , thermoplastic elastomer , or thermoplastic . Thermoset cords have heavy duty grade rubber jackets and are extremely sturdy. Thermoplastic elastomer cords have medium duty grade ... duty plastic compound jacket and thus work for light duty use. Portable Cord Letter Connotations The letters used to describe portable cords hold significance. Below are the meanings for each letter ... let portable Don t Let Your Portable Cord Tie You Up . EC&M Electrical Construction & Maintenance, May ..., June 2002. Portable Cord FAQs. World Class Wire and Cable Web. See also Power cable Electrical wiring ... more details
apps internet firefox portable Firefox Portable Website Firefox TOC Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition formerly known as Portable Firefox and commonly known as Firefox Portable is a repackaged version ..., CA isbn 0 596 00922 4 ref CD ROM , or other portable device on any Microsoft Windows Windows computer ... XP. Differences from Mozilla Firefox Firefox Portable retains all of Mozilla Firefox s abilities such as Browser ... under the release of 2.0. Firefox Portable s ability to delete cookies and the download history on exit ... are stored on the flash drive along with Firefox Portable. This allows the user to move from computer ... and Macromedia Shockwave Shockwave cannot be installed to Portable Firefox in the usual sense, but the plug in files can be copied from a local installation to the appropriate portable folder. ref name support http portableapps.com support firefox portable Retrieved on 2009 05 14. ref Features Launcher ... in certain instances, adjustment of some extension setting paths making non portable extensions portable. ref name mod http portableapps.com support firefox portable modifications Retrieved ... the browser on a flash drive can be very slow, Firefox Portable asks you if you d like to update ... however, PortableApps.com released Multiple Profile Support for Firefox Portable. ref name profiles ... 02 13. ref See also Portal Free software Mozilla Firefox PortableApps.com Portable application creators References Reflist 1 External links http portableapps.com apps internet firefox portable Firefox Portable Website Category Firefox Category Portable software ar hu Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition ru Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition sv Mozilla Firefox Portable Edition ta vi Mozilla Firefox, Phi n b n Di ng zh Mozilla Firefox, Portable Edition ... more details
Refimprove date September 2007 TOCright A portable building , or demountable building Australian English ... design is sometimes called a modular building , but portable buildings can be different in that they are more often used temporarily and taken away later. Portable buildings e.g. yurt s have been used since prehistoric times. ref Houses in Motion The Genesis, History and Development of the Portable Building by Robert H. Kronenburg ISBN 978 1854903952 ref The most familiar modern type of portable ... by a Crane machine crane . Modern usage The modern portable building, or knock down building, was first developed by United States firm Porta Kamp in 1955. The first portable building under the trade name Portakabin was built in 1961 in England. Portable modular buildings have various uses. They are often ... uses for these and other types of portable buildings are as Guardhouse guard shacks , rural offices, on site changing room s, etc. Some portable buildings are very complex by joining units these forming ... Council have even used portable buildings to create temporary permanent domestic housing for communities ... areas, portable buildings are sometimes brought in to schools to provide relief from overcrowding. Portable classroom buildings often include two classroom s separated by a partition wall and a toilet ... refers to portable classroom s. In the United Kingdom the words portakabin , portacabin , bunkabin ... descriptions of portable buildings has caused contention amongst some manufacturers. Spelling with a K ... with an uppercase P but portakabin or portacabin is often used unofficially to mean any portable ... 17 July 2002 publisher UK Intellectual Property Office ref , like Portakabin, is a portable building ... usage for any portable classroom . Images gallery Image Portakabin mere 2.jpg Portable cabin, stacked on two goods container s also used as site cabins. Mere, Cheshire , England . Image Aa Portable cabins ashley.jpg Stack of two portable cabins, Ashley, Cheshire , England gallery See also modular building ... more details
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