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  2. Comparison of desktop application launchers - Wikipedia

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    An application launcher provides shortcuts to computer programs, and stores the shortcuts in one place so they are easier to find. In the comparison of desktop application launchers that follows, each section is devoted to a different desktop environment .

  3. LaunchBar - Wikipedia

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    LaunchBar is distributed as crippleware shareware - full usage of the application requires paying the registration fee, but up to 7 abbreviations may be used per session without paying anything. According to user interface researcher Bruce Tognazzini , "LaunchBar should be able to outperform a visual interface for complex, repetitive switching ...

  4. Bridle - Wikipedia

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    A hunt seat style English bridle Western show bridle. A bridle is a piece of equipment used to direct a horse. As defined in the Oxford English Dictionary, the "bridle" includes both the headstall that holds a bit that goes in the mouth of a horse, and the reins that are attached to the bit. It provides additional control and communication ...

  5. Mechanical hackamore - Wikipedia

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    A mechanical hackamore. A mechanical hackamore is a piece of horse tack that is a type of bitless headgear for horses where the reins connect to shanks placed between a noseband and a curb chain. [1]

  6. Snaffle bit - Wikipedia

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    Jointed mouthpiece: applies pressure to the tongue, lips, and bars with a "nutcracker" action. This is the most common mouthpiece found on a snaffle. [1]: 55 Straight mouthpiece: A straight bar with no curve. Several bit designs use a straight bar where the bit can be flipped over, thus using either the smooth bar side or a twisted bar.

  7. Double bridle - Wikipedia

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    A double bridle, also called a full bridle or Weymouth bridle, [1] is a bridle that has two bits and four reins (sometimes called "double reins"). One bit is the bradoon (or bridoon ), is a modified snaffle bit that is smaller in diameter and has smaller bit rings than a traditional snaffle, and it is adjusted so that it sits above and in front ...

  8. Bit (horse) - Wikipedia

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    The bits of a double bridle, showing both a type of snaffle bit called a bradoon and a curb bit. A bit consists of two basic components, the bit mouthpiece that goes inside the horse's mouth, and the bit rings of a snaffle bit or shanks of a curb bit, to which the bridle and reins attach.

  9. Aircraft catapult - Wikipedia

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    The bridle would then be caught by nets aside the horn. Bridles have not been used on U.S. aircraft since the end of the Cold War, and all U.S. Navy carriers commissioned since then have not had the ramps. The last U.S. carrier commissioned with a bridle catcher was USS Carl Vinson; starting with USS Theodore Roosevelt the ramps