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Emergency Alert System — The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the U.S. put into place in 1994, superseding the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) and the CONELRAD System and is jointly coordinated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),… … Wikipedia
Vibrating alert — A vibrating alert is on communications devices to notify the user of an incoming connection. They are particularly common on mobile phones and pagers and are usually used to supplement the ring tone.Two primary uses of the vibrating alert are… … Wikipedia
Off-hook tone — The off hook tone (also receiver off hook tone or off hook warning) is a telephony signal used to alert a user that the telephone has been left off hook for an extended period, effectively disabling the telephone line. See permanent signal.… … Wikipedia
Sig Alert — A Sig Alert is defined by the California Highway Patrol as any unplanned event that causes the closing of one lane of traffic for 30 minutes or more, as opposed to a planned event like road construction, which is planned separately. Sig Alerts… … Wikipedia
Red Alert — (1958) Peter George had first published his novel Red Alert (under the title Two Hours to Doom) in England in 1958. His own experiences in the Royal Air Force provided a background to the events depicted in the novel. Although George’s primary … The Encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick
Zip tone — In telephony, a zip tone is a tone an automatic call distributor device makes to an alert a worker in a call centre that he or she is about to be connected to a customer … Wikipedia
Motorola Minitor — Front view of the Minitor V pager. The Motorola Minitor is a portable, analog, receive only, voice pager typically carried by fire, rescue, and EMS personnel (both volunteer and paid) to alert of emergencies. The Minitor, slightly smaller than a… … Wikipedia
Thunderbolt siren — The Thunderbolt siren is a discontinued electro mechanical warning siren that was once manufactured in the United States by Federal Signal Corporation. The Thunderbolt siren consists of three motors. The blower motor is housed inside a large… … Wikipedia
Emergency Broadcast System — For the record label, see Emergency Broadcast System Records. For the multimedia group, see Emergency Broadcast Network. The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was an emergency warning system in the United States, used from 1963 to 1997, when it… … Wikipedia
WeatherStar — refers to the technology used by The Weather Channel (TWC) to generate their Local Forecast segments (currently known as Local on the 8s ) on cable TV systems nationwide. The hardware takes the form of a computerized unit installed at the headend … Wikipedia
WCCO (AM) — Infobox Radio station name = WCCO city = Minneapolis, Minnesota area = Minneapolis St. Paul branding = Newsradio 830 WCCO slogan = The Good Neighbor Today s 8 3 0 WCCO airdate = 1922 frequency = 830 kHz AM HD Radio simulcasted on WLTE HD2 102.9 2 … Wikipedia
