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  2. Quiet PC - Wikipedia

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    A fanless CPU cooler based on heat pipe technology. A quiet, silent or fanless PC is a personal computer that makes very little or no noise.Common uses for quiet PCs include video editing, sound mixing and home theater PCs, but noise reduction techniques can also be used to greatly reduce the noise from servers.

  3. Noise control - Wikipedia

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    Using a combination of sound absorption materials, arrays of microphones and speakers, and a digital processor, a restaurant operator can use a tablet computer to selectively control noise levels at different places in the restaurant: the microphone arrays pick up sound and send it to the digital processor, which controls the speakers to output ...

  4. Soundproofing - Wikipedia

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    A pair of headphones being tested inside an anechoic chamber for soundproofing. Soundproofing is any means of impeding sound propagation.There are several methods employed including increasing the distance between the source and receiver, decoupling, using noise barriers to reflect or absorb the energy of the sound waves, using damping structures such as sound baffles for absorption, or using ...

  5. Active noise control - Wikipedia

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    Commercial applications of 3-D noise reduction include the protection of aircraft cabins and car interiors, but in these situations, protection is mainly limited to the cancellation of repetitive (or periodic) noise such as engine-, propeller- or rotor-induced noise. This is because an engine's cyclic nature makes analysis and noise ...

  6. How to quiet the noise in your head, and feel happier ... - AOL

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    All of the ways your presentation could go wrong swirl in your mind. Yesterday's tense exchange with your boss plays on a loop. Worry about the threat of layoffs, a recent parenting mishap, and an ...

  7. Sound masking - Wikipedia

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    Sound masking is the inclusion of generated sound (commonly, though inaccurately, referred to as "white noise" or "pink noise") into an environment to mask unwanted sound. It relies on auditory masking. Sound masking is not a form of active noise control (noise cancellation technique); however, it can reduce or eliminate the perception of sound ...

  8. I stayed at a treehouse in Florida for only $200 a night. It ...

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    After a long day of driving, I arrived at the property in the dark. Towering oak and magnolia trees framed a dirt driveway that led to the secluded treehouse.

  9. Noise regulation - Wikipedia

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    A "quiet zone" sign, indicating that "no person operating any vehicle within the zone shall sound the horn or other warning device of the vehicle, except in an emergency" [1] Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government