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• Four-wheel-drive
  ...aforza]] for the US and European markets was a 4WD vehicle with a transfer case to select low range or high range 4WD.]] ...t shafts, causing all wheels to turn at the same rate, providing torque in case of slippage. This is generally used for the center differential, which dis
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• The Man with the Golden Gun (film)
  ...[[Scaramanga]]. A great stunt in the film takes place using the [[UNIVAC]] computer-calculated 'Calspan Spiral', permitting a fantastic feat of automotive acro ...The gun also separated into a gold [[cigarette lighter]], a gold cigarette case, a gold [[cuff link]], and a gold [[pen]] so as to avoid detection.
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• Manual transmission
  ...educes the amount of [[Torsion (mechanics)|torsion]] that the transmission case has to bear. ...on the input shaft itself, meshed with gears on the countershaft, in which case the countershaft then turns the output shaft. In other words, it's a matter
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• Cockpit
  In a less prominent part of the cockpit, in case of failure of the other instruments, there will be a set of back-up instrum ...esign disciplines include [[Cognitive Science]], [[Neuroscience]], [[Human Computer Interaction]], [[Human Factors|Human Factors Engineering]] and [[Ergonomics
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• SI
  * Symbols for units are written in [[lower case]], except for symbols derived from the name of a person. For example, the u ...idus. Many computer users will type the / character provided on American [[computer keyboard]]s, which in turn produces the Unicode character U+002F, which is
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• Steering
  ...her [[vehicle]] to follow a course determined by its driver, except in the case of [[rail transport]] by which [[rail tracks]] combined together with [[rai In most four-wheel steering systems, the rear wheels are steered by a computer and actuators. The rear wheels generally cannot turn as far as the front wh
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• List of James Bond gadgets
  ...y adaptations had only relatively minimal pieces like the modified attache case in ''[[From Russia with Love]]''. However, the gadgets took on a more spec ; Self-destructor bag : M tells Bond that the case notes will be sent to him at the airport in one of these.
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• Fuel injection
  *ECM - Engine Control Module; includes a digital computer and circuitry to communicate with sensors and control outputs. A contemporary EFI system comprises a digital computer "engine control module" (ECM) and a number of [[sensor]]s to measure the en
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• Tractor
  ** [[Case IH]] A tractor is also the part of a [[computer printer]] that pulls paper into the device or pushes it along. This usuall
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• Diesel engine
  ...parate source of ignition [[energy]] (such as a [[spark plug]]), as is the case in the [[gasoline engine]]. ...ule]] (ECM) or [[electronic control unit]] ([[ECU]]) - the engine-mounted "computer". The ECM/ECU receives an engine speed signal from a [[sensor]] and then u
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• James Bond music
  ...ry, David Arnold has left his own mark in the music of James Bond. In this case, he has established what can be called the "suspense motif", which is a des ...sonal computer]]s, in addition to the continued popularity of [[Video game|computer and video games]], [[video game publisher|publisher]] [[Electronic Arts]] a
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• Formula One regulations
  Onboard electrical and [[computer]] systems, once inspected at the start of the season, may not be changed wi ...ive some points even though he retired before the end of the race. In that case the scoring is based on the distance completed in comparison to other drive
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• Never Say Never Again
  ...r Say Never Again''. Like Paula, Nicole ran afoul of Fatima/Fiona. In this case, she wasn't captured, but was brutally strangled by Fatima and stuffed into ...hn Gardner]] from having a somewhat similar scene involving Bond playing a computer game over a [[LAN]] in Gardner's novel ''[[Role of Honour]]''. Bond was sup
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• Spacecraft propulsion
  ...delta-v. These mission delta-vs are typically numerically integrated on a computer. ...s limited by available power, e.g. if [[solar power]] is used, then in the case of a large <math>v_e</math> the maximum acceleration is inversely proportio
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• Hybrid vehicle drivetrain
  ...in the Prius, Highlander [[sport-utility vehicle]] (SUV), and [[Camry]]. A computer oversees operation of the entire system, determining which half should be r ...ng the battery. Regime (3) is used for idling as well, except that in this case the battery [[SOC]] is low and requires charging, which is provided by the
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• Italian language
  ...Latin ''iocus'' originated Italian ''giuoco'' (play, game), though in this case ''gioco'' is more common: ''giocare'' means "to play". From Latin ''homo'' ...ccent mark is sometimes used in order to disambiguate its meaning (in this case, ''prìncipi'', princes, or ''princìpi'', principles). This is however not
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• Sean Connery
  ...nce more in 2005, providing the voice and likeness of James Bond for the [[Computer and video games|video game]] adaptation of ''[[From Russia with Love (video ...fter his experience with ''Never Say Never Again'' and the following court case, Connery became unhappy with the major studios and for two years did not ma
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• Scuderia Ferrari
  ...e the use of an alternative, backup testing facility and/or invest more in computer simulations, such advice would appear not to have been heeded. The Ferrari ...ess release stated: {{cquote|Ferrari announces it has recently presented a case against Nigel Stepney and an engineer from the Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes te
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• Pisa
  ...ileges and immunity from taxation, but had to contribute to the defence in case of attack. In the 12th century the Pisan quarter in the Eastern part of Con ...nowed in the fields of [[Physics]], [[Mathematics]], [[Engineering]] and [[Computer Science]], the [[Pisa Sant'Anna|Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna]] and the [[Scuo
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• Carburetor
  ...ock car racing]]. However, most cars built since the early [[1980s]] use [[computer]]ized electronic [[fuel injection]] instead of carburetion. The majority of ...ic floats can eventually become porous and lose their flotation; in either case the float will fail to float, fuel level will be too high, and the engine w
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