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SALLY (microprocessor), a customised 6502 CPU chip used in some Atari computers and games consoles. Axis Sally, the name given to female radio propaganda broadcasters for the Axis in World War II. Hurricane Sally, a devastating category 2 hurricane that impacted Florida and the central gulf coast. Viking Sally, a cruise ferry launched in 1980.
Chartering is an activity within the shipping industry whereby a shipowner hires out the use of their vessel to a charterer. The contract between the parties is called a charterparty (from the French "charte partie", or "parted document"). The three main types of charter are: demise charter, voyage charter, and time charter .
Location of Panama between the Pacific Ocean (bottom) and the Caribbean Sea (top), with the canal at top center. The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.
e. The Incoterms or International Commercial Terms are a series of pre-defined commercial terms published by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) relating to international commercial law. [1] Incoterms define the responsibilities of exporters and importers in the arrangement of shipments and the transfer of liability involved at various ...
In computer science, garbage in, garbage out ( GIGO) is the concept that flawed, biased or poor quality ("garbage") information or input produces a result or output of similar ("garbage") quality. The adage points to the need to improve data quality in, for example, programming. Rubbish in, rubbish out ( RIRO) is an alternate wording. [1] [2] [3]
Shipping insurance is a service which may reimburse senders whose parcels are lost, stolen, and/or damaged in transit. In Canada and the US, shipping insurance is offered by postal services, courier companies, and shipping-insurance companies.
ModCloth ran the Make the Cut contest in 2012, where ModCloth created products based on consumer ideas. Customers were invited to submit clothing sketches, which were voted on by other users. The contest winners had their sketches adapted into real clothing for the spring line, with each Make the Cut garment product featuring the artist’s ...
Free writing is traditionally regarded as a prewriting technique practiced in academic environments, in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time with limited concern for rhetoric, conventions, and mechanics, sometimes working from a specific prompt provided by a teacher. [1] While free writing often produces raw, or even ...