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  2. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...

  3. Baseline (configuration management) - Wikipedia

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    However, some baselines, dynamic baselines, are established to carry forward as a reference to the item itself regardless of any changes to the item. These latter baselines evolve with the progression of the work effort but continue to identify notable work products in the project.

  4. Carry (arithmetic) - Wikipedia

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    When speaking of a digital circuit like an adder, the word carry is used in a similar sense. In most computers , the carry from the most significant bit of an arithmetic operation (or bit shifted out from a shift operation) is placed in a special carry bit which can be used as a carry-in for multiple precision arithmetic or tested and used to ...

  5. Badla (stock trading) - Wikipedia

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    Badla was an indigenous carry-forward system invented on the Bombay Stock Exchange as a solution to the perpetual lack of liquidity in the secondary market. Badla were banned by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in 1993, effective March 1994, amid complaints from foreign investors, with the expectation that it would be replaced by a futures-and-options exchange. [1]

  6. Error Carried Forward - Wikipedia

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  7. Cataphora - Wikipedia

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    Example of a cataphora in German. In linguistics, cataphora (/ k ə ˈ t æ f ə r ə /; from Greek, καταφορά, kataphora, "a downward motion" from κατά, kata, "downwards" and φέρω, pherō, "I carry") is the use of an expression or word that co-refers with a later, more specific expression in the discourse. [1]

  8. Glossary of road transport terms - Wikipedia

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    A road vehicle designed to carry many passengers. Bus lane A lane restricted to buses, and sometimes certain other vehicles such as taxis. Bus rapid transit, BRT, busway, or transitway A bus-based public transport system designed to improve capacity and reliability relative to a conventional bus system. Bus station or bus depot

  9. Glossary of rugby league terms - Wikipedia

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    The momentum rule is related to the law governing forward passes. Whether a ball has been illegally passed forward is judged by its movement relative to the player passing it. [6] This method is used because most passes involve the ball moving forward relative to the ground as the players carrying it move towards their opponents' goal line. [6 ...