Cordless telephones & Wireless phone systems

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Cisco 7920 Wireless IP Phone Cordless telephones Cordless telephones consist of a base unit that connects to the land-line system and also communicates with remote handsets by low power radio. This permits use of the handset from any location within … Read More

Without reference to previous correspondence

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Without reference to previous correspondence Când nu se face referire la corespondenţa anterioară 1. We are pleased to inform you that … 2. We owe your address to … 3. We should be grateful (obliged) if you would let us … Read More

Sportsbook

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Sportsbook at Wynn Las Vegas, during Super Bowl XLII, February 2008 A sportsbook (sometimes abbreviated as book) or a race and sports book is a place where a gambler can wager on various sports competitions, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, … Read More

Ad filtering

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Ad filtering or ad blocking is a service which removes or alters advertising content in a webpage. This content can be represented in a variety of ways including pictures, animations, text, or pop-up windows. More advanced filters allow fine-grained control … Read More

Poker jargon – W

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wash To mix the deck by spreading the cards face down on the table and mixing them up. A dealer may wash the deck before shuffling. weak ace An ace with a low kicker (e.g. four). Also “small ace,” “soft … Read More

Typical Areas for Web Development

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Web Development can be split into many areas and a typical and basic web development hierarchy might consist of; Client Side Coding CSS XHTML (in accordance to modern web design standards, XHTML’s use is replacing the older HTML) Javascript Server … Read More

Punchboard

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A punchboard is a game board, primarily consisting of a number of holes which was used once for lottery playings. History Punchboards were originally used in the eighteenth century for gambling purposes. A local tavern owner would constuct a game … Read More

Teleprinters

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A teleprinter (teletypewriter, teletype or TTY) is a now largely obsolete electro-mechanical typewriter which can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel. It had a very limited character set, and poor … Read More

Atom smasher restarts to prepare for new science (AP)

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AP – Operators of the world’s largest atom smasher restarted their massive machine Sunday in a run up to experiments probing secrets of the universe, a spokeswoman said.

Chicago poker

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The poker game called Chicago is one of the most popular card games in Sweden today. Relying on the keeping of score instead of the placing of bets, it is suitable even for environments such as schools, where gambling is … Read More

Commonly observed etiquette in craps

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When offered the dice to shoot, a player may pass the dice to the next player without fear of offending anyone; however, keep in mind that at least one player must always be a “shooter” betting on either the pass … Read More

Poker jargon – V

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vig, vigorish The rake. vnh Abbreviation for “very nice hand”, used in online poker chat.

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