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A telescopic sight, commonly called a scope informally, is an optical sighting device based on a refracting telescope. [ 1] It is equipped with some form of a referencing pattern – known as a reticle – mounted in a focally appropriate position in its optical system to provide an accurate point of aim.
Although the term 12 is a police radio call code, urban slang has changed it into a warning phrase. Possible etymologies include 1312, the numeric representation of the acronym " ACAB " which stands for "all cops are bastards", as well as an account of the phrase deriving from the 1970s television show Adam-12 .
Da Hood (slang for "the neighborhood ") usually refers to an underclass big-city neighborhood, with high crime rates and low-income housing. It may also refer to: Da Hood (album), a 1995 album by the Menace Clan. A rap group signed to Hoo-Bangin' Records. A rap supergroup; see Mack 10 Presents da Hood. "Da Hood", a song by Da Youngsta's from ...
ANSI escape code. Output of the system-monitor htop, an ncurses-application (which uses SGR and other ANSI/ISO control sequences). ANSI escape sequences are a standard for in-band signaling to control cursor location, color, font styling, and other options on video text terminals and terminal emulators. Certain sequences of bytes, most starting ...
Zone 5 uses eight 2-digit codes (51–58) and two sets of 3-digit codes (50x, 59x) to serve South and Central America. Zone 6 uses seven 2-digit codes (60–66) and three sets of 3-digit codes (67x–69x) to serve Southeast Asia and Oceania. Zone 7 uses an integrated numbering plan; two digits (7x) determine the area served: Russia or Kazakhstan.
Head-up display. A head-up display, or heads-up display, [ 1] also known as a HUD ( / hʌd /) or head-up guidance system ( HGS ), is any transparent display that presents data without requiring users to look away from their usual viewpoints. The origin of the name stems from a pilot being able to view information with the head positioned "up ...
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Ninja is the on'yomi ( Early Middle Chinese–influenced) the two kanji "忍者". In the native kun'yomi reading, it is pronounced shinobi, a shortened form of shinobi-no-mono (忍びの者). [7] The word shinobi appears in the written record as far back as the late 8th century in poems in the Man'yōshū.