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Some DSC comments serve a second function, specifying a way to tell the document manager to do certain things, like inserting a font or other PostScript code (collectively called resources) into the file. DSC comments that serve this second function are more akin to preprocessing directives and are not purely comments. Documents using those ...
The German passport serial-number format (previously 10-digit, all-numeric, sequentially assigned) was modified on 1 November 2007, in response to concerns about the low entropy of BAC session keys. The new 10-character serial number is alphanumeric and generated with the help of a specially-designed block cipher , to avoid a recognizable ...
Maritime identification digits are used by radio communication facilities to identify their home country or base area in digital selective calling (DSC), Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS), and Automatic identification system (AIS) messages as part of their Maritime Mobile Service Identities.
G. Gabonese passport; Gambian passport; Georgian passport; German passport; Ghanaian passport; British passport (Gibraltar) Greek passport; Greenlandic passport; Grenadian passport; Guatemalan passport; Guernsey-variant British passport; Guinea-Bissau passport; Guinean passport; Guyanese passport
A Distress DSC call is called an Alert. Urgency, Safety and Routine are called Announcements. Class A VHFs, used on commercial ships, have the ability to send distress, distress relay, all ships urgency, all ships safety, individual, group, geographic area and telephone alerts/announcements on DSC channel 70 (Digital channel reserved for DSC ...
Big news for American travelers with a U.S. passport, the State Department will allow for renewal online thanks to an update to the agency's previous pilot program. The State Department announced ...
The passport number will also be laser cut as perforated holes that get progressively smaller through pages—just one of several components of the "Next Generation" passport, including artwork upgrade, new security features such as a watermark, "tactile features," and more "optically variable" inks. [35]
"Type 3" is typical of passport booklets. The MRZ consists of 2 lines × 44 characters. "Type 2" is relatively rare with 2 lines × 36 characters. "Type 1" is of a credit card-size with 3 lines × 30 characters. The fixed format allows specification of document type, name, document number, nationality, date of birth, sex, and document ...