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  2. Speech-generating device - Wikipedia

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    Speech-generating devices ( SGDs ), also known as voice output communication aids, are electronic augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems used to supplement or replace speech or writing for individuals with severe speech impairments, enabling them to verbally communicate. [1] SGDs are important for people who have limited means ...

  3. Telecommunications equipment - Wikipedia

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    Telecommunications equipment (also telecoms equipment or communications equipment) is a type of hardware which is used for the purposes of telecommunications. Since the 1990s the boundary between telecoms equipment and IT hardware has become blurred as a result of the growth of the internet and its increasing role in the transfer of telecoms ...

  4. Handshake (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a handshake is a signal between two devices or programs, used to, e.g., authenticate, coordinate. An example is the handshaking between a hypervisor and an application in a guest virtual machine . In telecommunications, a handshake is an automated process of negotiation between two participants (example "Alice and Bob") through ...

  5. Walkie-talkie - Wikipedia

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    Walkie-talkie. Recreational, toy and amateur radio walkie-talkies. Assorted two-way FRS and GMRS walkie talkies with hand mic. A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver ( HT ), is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald Hings, radio ...

  6. List of tool manufacturers - Wikipedia

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    List of tool manufacturers. This is a list of manufacturers of Woodworking hand tools, hand-held power tools and stationary machines. Western Forge, [18] Pratt-Read, [19] SK Hand Tools. [20] [21] Milwaukee, Hart, Ridgid power tools, [31] Ryobi, Homelite, Hoover, Vax, [32] Bissell, Dirt Devil. [33]

  7. Communications system - Wikipedia

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    Communications system. A communications system or communication system is a collection of individual telecommunications networks systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and terminal equipment usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. The components of a communications system serve a common purpose ...

  8. Gestures in language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Gestures in language acquisition are a form of non-verbal communication involving movements of the hands, arms, and/or other parts of the body. Children can use gesture to communicate before they have the ability to use spoken words and phrases. In this way gestures can prepare children to learn a spoken language, creating a bridge from pre ...

  9. Manual communication - Wikipedia

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    Manual communication systems use articulation of the hands (hand signs, gestures, etc.) to mediate a message between persons. Being expressed manually, they are received visually and sometimes tactually. When it is the primary form of communication, it may be enhanced by body language and facial expressions . Manual communication is employed in ...