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2 unusual facts about TOS


Terminal Operating System

A Terminal Operating System, or TOS, is a key part of the supply chain and primarily aims to control the movement and storage of various types of Cargo in and around a Container terminal or Port.

TOS-1

The nickname Buratino matches the name of the hero of a Russian version of a Pinocchio-style tale (by Alexey Tolstoy), because of the big "nose" of the launcher.


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Differentiated services

In December 1998, the IETF published RFC 2474 - Definition of the Differentiated services field (DS field) in the IPv4 and IPv6 headers, which replaced the IPv4 TOS field with the DS field.

Klingon alphabets

It holds more closely to the D7 battlecruiser hull markings and is also loosely based upon the conceptual art of Matt Jeffries, TOS set designer.

Lee Erwin

He is probably best known for his Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy", his two part Tarzan episode "The Deadly Silence", and his episode of The Lieutenant, "To Set It Right", which was never aired because the subject matter, racial prejudice, was taboo for entertainment television at the time.

Lempel–Ziv–Oberhumer

Various LZO implementations are reported to work under Win32, AIX, ConvexOS, IRIX, Mac OS, Palm OS, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Wii, Solaris, SunOS, TOS (Atari ST), Linux and VxWorks.

Robert April

Commodore Robert April is mentioned in the computer game Star Trek: Legacy during the early part of the TOS campaign, where he is still in Starfleet service in 2270.

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town

The acclaimed actor Leonard Nimoy (who played Mr Spock in Star Trek TOS) made a cover of the song which was featured on the album "Spaced Out- The very best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner", released in 1997.

Sancus

This theonym is rooted in an ancient IE *bh(e)idh-tos and is formed on the rootstem *bheidh- which is common to Latin Fides.

Satandisk

The interface allows the connection of an SD or MMC card to be attached to the ACSI (Hard Disc) port of Atari Computers, and has been tested to be compatible with TOS versions 1.02 to 2.06.

Simha of Speyer

Simḥah was the author of the following works: (1) commentary on the treatise Horayot, quoted in Tos.

Toxic oil syndrome

None of the in vivo or in vitro studies performed with toxic-oil-specific components, such as fatty acid anilides and esters of PAP, have provided evidence that these markers are causally involved in the pathogenesis of TOS.

Venita Wolf

Venita Wolf (born August 25, 1943) is a retired American actress who appeared in the Star Trek episode "TOS: The Squire of Gothos" as Yeoman Teresa Ross.


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