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2 unusual facts about Increment


Inc.

Increment, a short form in computer programming languages, particularly assembler mnemonics

Increment

Increment and decrement operators, the operators ++ and -- in computer programming


Lowest safe altitude

The AMA is the lowest off-airway altitude to be used under Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) that will provide a minimum vertical clearance of 1 000 feet (AGL), or in designated mountainous terrain 2 000 feet above all obstacles located in the area specified, rounded up to the nearest 100 foot increment.

Thermodynamic temperature

1859: William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872) proposed a thermodynamic temperature scale similar to William Thomson's but which used the degree Fahrenheit for its unit increment.


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