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  2. Space Shuttle Inspiration - Wikipedia

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    Inspiration was housed in a tent outside the Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center in Downey, California. [7] Despite receiving a $3 million federal loan in May 2013 to build a community center to house the mockup, the Downey City Council voted to place Inspiration into storage until an executive director was hired to oversee the project.

  3. Flip-disc display - Wikipedia

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    The flip-disc display (or flip-dot display) is an electromechanical dot matrix display technology used for large outdoor signs, normally those that will be exposed to direct sunlight. Flip-disc technology has been used for external destination signs on buses and trains across North America , Europe and Australia , as well as for variable ...

  4. List of in-memory databases - Wikipedia

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    Proprietary, with a free-to-use edition (Polyhedra Lite) Relational (SQL, ODBC, JDBC) in-memory database system originally developed for use in SCADA and embedded systems, but used in a variety of other applications including financial systems. Supports data durability via snapshots and journal logging, and high availability via a hot-standby.

  5. Mockup - Wikipedia

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    In manufacturing and design, a mockup, or mock-up, is a scale or full-size model of a design or device, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, and other purposes. A mockup may be a prototype if it provides at least part of the functionality of a system and enables testing of a design. [1]

  6. Signage - Wikipedia

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    Signage is the design or use of signs and symbols to communicate a message. [1] [2] Signage also means signs collectively or being considered as a group. [3] The term signage is documented to have been popularized in 1975 to 1980. [2] Signs are any kind of visual graphics created to display information to

  7. American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Mock-ups of the glass panels were placed in their planned locations, and various sticks and flags indicated the position and height of other memorial elements. CFA members made minor suggestions regarding the opacity of the lettering and the typography on the glass panels, and expressed ongoing concern about the site's accessibility.

  8. Roadside memorial - Wikipedia

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    A typical memorial includes a cross (usually wooden), flowers, hand-painted signs, and, in the case of a child's death, stuffed animals. The origin of roadside crosses in the United States has its roots with the early Mexican settlers of the south-western United States, and are common in areas with large Hispanic populations.

  9. Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower Memorial Commission officials claimed the Eisenhower Memorial would be the first presidential memorial to be augmented with an e-memorial. [93] The e-memorial will be a free mobile app designed by Local Projects, a media design firm which has worked with museums and historic sites to develop similar projects. [93]