A protocol similar to RS232 which permits data interchange on multidrop networks of up to 32 nodes using a single twisted pair cable. In order for this protocol to be used, each device on a network must have some level of intelligence in order establish o ...

Purchase Order.

On a square-rigged ship, the area between the after end of the forecastle and the forward end of the booms where lines, blocks, and tackle were stored.

The position of anchor as it is raised clear of the bottom.

When a company decides to list its shares on a stock market it has to go through an elaborate.

A thermal spraying process in which the coating material is melted with heat from a plasma torch that generates a nontransferred arc: molten coating material is propelled against the base metal by the hot, ionized gas issuing from the torch.

Heat treatment carried out in steel to reduce internal stresses.

Where the boat is pointed directly into the wind, sails luffing

An arbitrary filter efficiency rating.

National Strike Force Coordinator

Coasting Service in Argentina.

A small low rail around the deck of a boat. The toe rail may have holes in it to attach lines or blocks and to allow drainage. A larger wall is known as a gunwale.

The capability of doing work; different forms of energy can be converted to other forms, but the total amount of energy remains the same.

Hauled out of the water for repairs or storage

A tank used in a closed-loop solar heating system that provides space for the expansion of the heat transfer fluid in the pressurized collector loop.

A standard unit of atmospheric pressure, defined as the pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at standard gravity (980.665 cm/sec2 ) at O

An instrument which measures the transmissivity of the atmosphere between two points for the determination of visual range.

Carry over of particles or contaminant from the filter or other filter materials into the clean side of the air flow.

This represents three layers of glazing in a window with an airspace between the middle glass and the exterior and interior panes.

Provision in a salvage agreement that money is not payable unless the property is salved in accordance with that accordance.