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unusual facts about specifications



Atca

Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture, a series of specifications by the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group

Automatic transmission fluid

There are many specifications for ATF, such as the DEXRON and MERCON series, and the vehicle manufacturer will identify the ATF specification appropriate for each vehicle.

Central Power Research Institute

Testing of LED lamps as per manufactures specifications is undertaken at ECDD

Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

The Royal Australian Navy had three Charles F. Adams class units constructed to their own specifications (these ships were designated the Perth class).

Charpy impact test

In 1901 Georges Charpy proposed a standardized method improving Russell's by introducing a redesigned pendulum, notched sample and generally giving precise specifications.

Congress of Berlin

Montenegro obtained Nikšić, Podgorica, Bar, and Plav-Gusinje The Turkish government, or Porte, agreed to obey the specifications contained in the Organic Law of 1868, and to guarantee the civil rights of non-Muslim subjects.

Crystal Cathedral organ

Funded by a $2 million gift from Hazel Wright, a viewer of the church's Hour of Power telecast, the organ was constructed by Fratelli Ruffatti, based on specifications by Virgil Fox and expanded by Frederick Swann.

Detlef Michel

Michel's personal best under the old (pre-1986) javelin design specifications of 96.72 meters, thrown in Berlin on June 8, 1983, was for a while tied with Ferenc Paragi for second best in the world, behind only Petranoff's world record; it was later also exceeded by Uwe Hohn.

Eclipse Gemini

The Eclipse Gemini project an implementation of the OSGi enterprise framework specifications, organized by the Eclipse Foundation.

Emil Mosbacher

Mosbacher was the son of Gertrude (née Schwartz) and Emil Mosbacher, Sr., a wealthy stock trader who divested himself of his holdings just before the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and who, as a member of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club, help formulate specifications for the Interclub class of racing sloops.

Eureka Jack

The PMS colour specifications are transposed with the colour for green (384C) being given as the colour for gold (116C).

Flag of California

In 1953, the design and specifications for the state flag were standardized in a bill signed by Governor Earl Warren.

HD ready

The labels and relevant specifications are based on agreements between over 60 broadcasters and manufacturers of the European HDTV Forum at its second session in June 2004, held at the Betzdorf, Luxembourg headquarters of founding member SES Astra.

Israel Fire and Rescue Services

The fire-rescue apparatus are custom built in Israel at Kibbutz Beit Alfa Industries on chassis of Mercedes-Benz, Man, Iveco, E-One, Chevrolet, and Ford modified to Israeli specifications in Israel.

J1939

SAE J1939 can be considered the replacement for the older SAE J1708 and SAE J1587 specifications.

James M. Ryan

It was an imposing structure that was built to his specifications and known simply as The House, where it still stands today.

Janus Kamban

Since 1970 he has lived in a house on the coast (Yviri við Strond in Tórshavn) with a view to Nólsoy, built according to his specifications in the classical style, with black asphalt outside walls and grass roof.

Joseph Paris Duverney

In December 1721, he acquired the lordship of Plaisance (near Nogent) and undertook the reconstruction of the château there, turning it into a residence designed according to his own specifications.

Jørlunde church

The specifications and tonal design is created by the composer Frederik Magle.

Lancelot de Mole

Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt, the Director of Naval Construction, and Chairman of the Landships Committee, and Major-General E.D. Swinton were each awarded £1,000, for their work in advocating the overall concept, setting design specifications, and overseeing the project.

Language primitive

There are some elements of interpreted language primitives embodied in 4gl and 5gl specifications but the approach to the original problem is less a procedural language construct and are more oriented toward problem solving and systems engineering.

Midland Railway of Western Australia

These units, numbered 50 and 51, had EE 8SVT engines (the only such engines in Australian built locomotives), and were built to the British Rail Class 20 specifications excepting rail gauge and some body detail.

NEC PC-9801

Despite having hardware specifications far inferior to the Fujitsu FM Towns and Sharp X68000 personal computers, the massive install base and steady flow of game titles (in particular "dōjin" style dating sims and RPGs, as well as early games of the Touhou Project franchise) kept it as the favored platform for PC game developers in Japan until the rise of the DOS/V clones.

Nickerson Field

In 1989, to accommodate commencement speakers U.S. President George H. W. Bush and French President François Mitterrand, a large platform was constructed to Secret Service specifications on one side of the field.

Nokia X

A few days later, the specifications were leaked by @evleaks, with the device having a dual core Snapdragon processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB internal storage memory, 1500 MAh battery, Nokia Store and third-party app stores, confirming its placement into the low-end market segment.

NYCO Synthetic Lubricants

These products are formulated and approved against the relevant military specifications and validated by major aerospace Original Equipment Manufacturers (Airbus, Boeing, Eurocopter, CFM International, International Aero Engines V2500, Rolls-Royce, Pratt & Whitney…).

Ottawa Soccer Stadium

The field would have had a natural grass surface built to MLS and FIFA specifications.

Our Lady of the Elms High School

The project is going to be green, and meet LEED specifications.

Outlook.com

Outlook.com uses DMARC specifications to provide better security for message transmission and Extended Validation Certificate to secure the user's connection with Outlook.com.

Preserved GWR Modified Hall Class locomotives

The locomotive was built by British Railways to GWR specifications at Swindon in January 1949, and named after the Yorkshire stately home.

Professional Petroleum Data Management Association

The specifications DDL are provided for use in Oracle and SQL Server systems.

Project Liberty

Liberty Alliance Project, a broad-based industry standards consortium developing suites of specifications defining federated identity management and web services communication protocols

Public land mobile network

A GSM PLMN may be described by a limited set of access interfaces and a limited set of GSM PLMN connection types to support the telecommunication services described in the GSM 02-series of specifications.

Quad Quandary

In the 2007-2008 FIRST Tech Challenge robot competition, Quad Quandary is the first challenge theme replacing the former FIRST Vex Challenge, with similar general rules regarding the specifications of the robot and the game play.

Royal Brunei Navy

These have been completed but have not been delivered from BAE Systems Naval Ships in Scotstoun due to claims by the Royal Brunei Navy that the ships fail to meet the required specifications.

SECME

Egg-Drop - Students build containers that meet predetermined specifications.

Squad 51

Because of the tight filming schedule, Universal Studios decided to build the vehicle entirely from scratch according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department's specifications at that time.

The Battle of the Kegs

The kegs themselves were made by Colonel Joseph Borden's cooperage to the specifications of Caleb Carman and designed by David Bushnell, an inventor and graduate of Yale College.

U.S. 500

While the Indianapolis 500 had continued to be sanctioned by the United States Auto Club (USAC) since the formation of CART in 1979, CART teams and drivers represented the vast majority of the Indy field, and USAC had taken steps to ensure that the technical specifications for Indy did not preclude CART teams from participating.

UICC

: Note: the official definition for UICC is found in ETSI TR 102 216 where it is defined as a "smart card that conforms to the specifications written and maintained by the ETSI Smart Card Platform project".

Unicorn APC

These proved so successful that the then Minister for National Security, Hon Lalith Athulathmudali, co-opted all the engineering firms in the country to build the vehicles to the specifications drafted by Major de Silva.

Versit Consortium

The Encyclopedia was built on existing technologies and specifications such as ECMA's call control specifications, TSAPI and industry expertise of the core technical team.

Virginia Transformer Corporation

Low profile construction, tough environmental conditions, and other non-standard specifications required for both Dry-type and Liquid-filled Power Transformers in this application started VTC down the road of custom transformer designs and manufacturing.

Wallace John Eckert

A massive machine built to Eckert's specifications was built and installed behind glass at IBM's headquarters on Madison Avenue in January 1948.

Walter Somers

By the last decade of the 19th century, it was delivering forgings to Admiralty specifications - a customer relationship that continued throughout World War I. Somers' company also produced parts of the anchors used on the RMS Titanic.

William Henry Walenn

W. H. Walenn was one of the earliest abridgers of specifications to the Patent Office, beginning under the then Comptroller, Mr. Woodcroft, for whom he compiled the Series of Abridgments relating to "Electricity and Magnetism," "Photography," and other subjects.

WMAN

IEEE 802.16, the group preparing formal specifications for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks

XMDR

The Extended Metadata Registry (XMDR) is a project proposing and testing a set of extensions to the ISO/IEC 11179 metadata registry specifications that deal with the development of improved standards and technology for storing and retrieving the semantics of data elements, terminologies, and concept structures in metadata registries.

Zoetrope

In order to test the initial concept of the film, Zwart invited Academy-Award winning Ex-Pixar Animation Studios Scientist David DiFrancesco, to apply his science and math skills to determine the positioning, optimal speeds, shutter angle and camera specifications.


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