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  2. Pawl - Wikipedia

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    A pawl is used in an anchor windlass to prevent a free-spooling chain by grabbing and snubbing an individual link. Similar mechanisms include a Devil's claw, or a claw and dog. Ratchet A pawl is used in combination with a ratchet gear in socket wrenches, bicycle freehubs, winches, ratchet reels for diving, fishing, and many other applications ...

  3. Ratchet (device) - Wikipedia

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    A ratchet (occasionally spelled rachet) is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction. Ratchets are widely used in machinery and tools. The word ratchet is also used informally to refer to a ratcheting socket wrench.

  4. Microsoft Power BI - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Power BI is an interactive data visualization software product developed by Microsoft with a primary focus on business intelligence (BI). [7] It is part of the Microsoft Power Platform . Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors that work together to turn various sources of data into static and interactive ...

  5. Detent - Wikipedia

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    The ratchet wrench, which is employed to intentionally use force against the detent and comes in an increasing variety of types. It was designed to allow one to keep the wrench engaged with the bolt or nut which it is turning, in an area where the swing arc of the wrench is limited, while being able to continue to turn it in one direction by ...

  6. Power Query - Wikipedia

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    Power Query was first announced in 2011 under the codename "Data Explorer" as part of Azure SQL Labs. In 2013, in order to expand on the self-service business intelligence capabilities of Microsoft Excel, the project was redesigned to be packaged as an add-in Excel and was renamed "Data Explorer Preview for Excel" [4], and was made available for Excel 2010 and Excel 2013. [5]

  7. Freehub - Wikipedia

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    A freehub is a type of bicycle hub that incorporates a ratcheting mechanism. A set of sprockets (called a " cassette ") is mounted onto a splined shaft of the freehub to engage the chain . The ratcheting mechanism is a part of the hub, in contrast to a freewheel , an older technology, which contains both the sprockets and a ratcheting mechanism ...

  8. Dog (engineering) - Wikipedia

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    In engineering, a dog is a tool or part of a tool, such as a pawl, that prevents or imparts movement through physical engagement. [1] It may hold another object in place by blocking it, clamping it, or otherwise obstructing its movement.

  9. Business intelligence software - Wikipedia

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    Business intelligence software is a type of application software designed to retrieve, analyze, transform and report data for business intelligence (BI). The applications generally read data that has been previously stored, often - though not necessarily - in a data warehouse or data mart .