X-Nico

unusual facts about Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic


Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic

The Colt's Manufacturing Company Advanced Colt Carbine-Monolithic is an improved version of the M4 carbine presented to the United States military at a conference as a possible replacement for the M16 rifle and M4 carbine within the military.


Caswell, Northamptonshire

The GaAs Field effect transistor and the GaAs monolithic ic were invented and developed at Caswell, but what is probably less well known is that scientists on the site were working on silicon integrated circuit(ic) technology almost 18 months before Jack Kilby demonstrated the first working ic at Texas Instruments in Dallas.

Chinese creation myth

Chinese creation myths fundamentally differ from monolithic traditions with one authorized version, such as the Judeo-Christian Genesis creation myth; Chinese classics record numerous, sometimes contradictory, origin myths.

Monolithic system

Mainframe computers used a monolithic architecture with considerable success.

Murata Manufacturing

products = Monolithic Ceramic capacitors, SAW filters, Ceramic resonators, Piezoelectric sensors, Ceramic filters, Piezoelectric Buzzers, Short-range wireless, Communication modules (including Bluetooth®) modules, Multilayer ceramic devices, Connectors, Isolators, Power supplies, Circuit modules, EMI Suppression filters, Inductor (coils), Sensors

Pavel Pavel

Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki, Pavel Pavel set out to demonstrate how the monolithic Moai of Easter Island might have been moved into place by a small number of people using only rudimentary technologies.

Rubble pile

A close analogy to a rubble pile is a shot and wax slug projectile commonly fired from a shotgun as opposed to a monolithic pure lead slug, with the former having a lower density as it is loosely held together by wax and is composed of numerous individual lead bird shot spheres.

Software modernization

Whereas 'legacy' languages such as COBOL are top on the list for what would be considered legacy, software written in newer languages can be just as monolithic, hard to modify, and thus, be candidates of modernization projects.

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Their greatest hatred is focused on the Glen Canyon Dam, a monolithic edifice of concrete that dams a beautiful, wild river, and which the monkeywrenchers seek to destroy.


see also