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  2. Forward assist - Wikipedia

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    The forward assist is a button found on firearms with non-reciprocating (i.e. not attached to the bolt/bolt carrier) cocking handles, commonly on AR-15 rifle derivatives, such as the M16 rifle, and is usually located on the receiver near the bolt closure. [1]

  3. Yamaha XG - Wikipedia

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    Yamaha YMF744B-V XG chip Yamaha DB50XG daughterboard Yamaha DB51XG daughterboard Yamaha SW60XG ISA card A PCI sound card with Yamaha XG YMF724E-V chipset. Yamaha XG (Extended General MIDI) is an extension to the General MIDI standard, created by Yamaha. It is similar in purpose to the Roland GS standard.

  4. Blow forward - Wikipedia

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    Blow forward (left) vs. blowback (right) operation. The Mannlicher M1894 pistol, the first blow-forward firearm. Blow forward is a firearm action where the propellant gas pressure and the friction of the bullet traveling down the bore drag the whole gun barrel forward to facilitate the opening of the breech . [ 1 ]

  5. Forward auction - Wikipedia

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    Two types of forward auctions are common. The first is a liquidate auction. Here buyers seek to obtain the lowest price for an item they are interested in. The second type is a marketing efficiency auction. Buyers wish to obtain a unique item.

  6. Clutch control - Wikipedia

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    Clutch control is the controlling of the speed of a manual transmission vehicle by partially engaging the clutch plate, using the clutch pedal instead of (or in conjunction with) the accelerator pedal. The purpose of a clutch is in part to allow such control; in particular, a clutch provides transfer of torque between shafts spinning at ...

  7. Feed forward (control) - Wikipedia

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    A control system which has only feed-forward behavior responds to its control signal in a pre-defined way without responding to the way the system reacts; it is in contrast with a system that also has feedback, which adjusts the input to take account of how it affects the system, and how the system itself may vary unpredictably.

  8. Universal Japanese Motorcycle - Wikipedia

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    There have been several market revivals led by increased demand for simplified standard general purpose, [18] or naked [19] bikes and has led Japanese manufacturers to introduce modern interpretations of the UJM; first in the early 1990s with the Honda CB750 RC42 and CB1000, Suzuki GS1100G and VX800, the Kawasaki Zephyr Series, and Yamaha ...

  9. Yamaha DX7 - Wikipedia

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    Yamaha created the first hardware implementation of FM synthesis. [4] The first commercial FM synthesizer was the Yamaha GS1, released in 1980, [5] which was expensive to manufacture due to its integrated circuit chips. [4] At the same time, Yamaha was developing the means to manufacture very-large-scale integration chips.