In computer networking , the maximumtransmissionunit MTU of a communications protocol of a OSI model layer is the size in byte s of the largest protocol data unit that the layer can pass onwards. MTU ... MTU discovery tool for IPv4 and IPv6 networks DEFAULTSORT MaximumTransmissionUnit Category Packets information technology cs Maximumtransmissionunit da MaximumTransmissionUnit de MaximumTransmissionUnit es Unidad m xima de transferencia fr MaximumTransmissionUnit id Unit Transmisi Maksimum it MaximumTransmissionUnit he MaximumTransmissionUnit ms Unit penghantaran maksimum ja MaximumTransmissionUnit pl MaximumTransmissionUnit pt MTU ru MTU sv MaximumTransmissionUnit uk MTU ... 791, p. 13 ref and of 1280 for IPv6. ref RFC 2460, p. 13 ref class wikitable Media MaximumTransmissionUnit bytes Notes Internet IPv4 Path MTU At least 68 ref RFC 791, p. 24, Every internet module must ... packets take longer. Table of MTUs of common media Note the MTUs in this section are given as the maximum ... A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams over Ethernet Networks, Page 1, The minimum length of the data field of a packet sent over an Ethernet is 1500 octets, thus the maximum length of an IP ... the Path MTU of an Internet transmission path as the smallest MTU of any of the IP Hop telecommunications ... outages , etc. this could result in the path MTU changing sometimes repeatedly during a transmission ... on which part of the network one controls for example one can change the MSS maximum segment size in the initial packet that sets up the Transmission Control Protocol TCP connection at one s firewall ... a reduced MTU in software below the true maximum possible length supported for example where an ATM ... of a 22 byte reduction of the length of IP packets. RFC 2516 prescribes a maximum MTU for PPPoE DSL connections of 1492 bytes the 1500 byte maximum ethernet payload minus 8 bytes of PPPoE headers ... segmentation that divides the data frame into smaller segments. Disruption The transmission of a packet ... more details
The unit interval is the minimum time Interval time interval between condition changes of a data Transmission telecommunications transmission Signal electronics signal , also known as the pulse time or Symbol rate symbol duration time . A unit interval UI is the time taken in a data stream by each subsequent pulse or symbol . Time is a physical quantity. The UI is used as a Units of measurement unit of measurement of time and represents a definite predetermined time interval. Saying 10 unit intervals or 10 UI , actually means 10 times the definite predetermined time called UI . When UI is used as a measurement unit of a time interval, the resulting measure of such time interval is dimensionless. It expresses the time interval in terms of UI. Very often, but not always, the UI coincides with the bit time, i.e. with the time interval taken to transmit one bit binary information digit . The two coincide in fact in NRZ transmission they do not coincide in a 2B1Q transmission, where one pulse takes the time of two bits. For example, in a serial line with a baud rate of 2.5 Gb s, a unit interval is 1 2.5 Gb s 0.4 ns baud. The widespread use of UI in the jitter measurements comes from the need to apply the same requirements or results to cases of different symbol rates. This can be done when the phenomena investigated are not independent from the symbol duration time but closely related to it. For example, UI is used to measure timing jitter in serial communications or in on chip clock distributions. This measurement unit is extensively used in the jitter literature. Examples can be found in various ITU T Recommandations ref ITU T G.825 TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND MEDIA, DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS Digital networks . Quality and availability targets 03 2000 ref , or in the tutorial from Ransom Stephens ref Tektronics Jitter 360 Knowledge Series rom http www.tek.com learning . ref ... Data transmission telecomm stub Compu stub de Unit Interval pt Intervalo unit rio transmiss o de dados ... more details
unreferenced date May 2008 A transmission control unit or TCU is a device that controls modern electronic automatic transmission s. A TCU generally uses sensors from the vehicle as well as data provided by the Engine Control Unit to calculate how and when to change gears in the vehicle for optimum performance ... stages of electronic automatic transmission control development. Transmission solenoid s are a key component to these control units. The evolution of the modern automatic transmission and the integration of electronic controls have allowed great progress in recent years. The modern automatic transmission ... allows the modern automatic transmission to be used with appropriate transmission characteristics for each application. On some applications, the TCU and the ECU are combined into one unit, a Powertrain ..., automatic transmission sensors and from other electronic controllers to determine when and how to shift ... uphill or towing a trailer the transmission will change its gearshift patterns to suit the situation .... Transmission fluid Temperature sensor TFT This may also be known as Transmission Oil Temperature. This sensor determines the fluid temperature inside the transmission. This is often used for diagnostic purposes to check ATF Automatic Transmission Fluid at the correct temperature. The main use of this has been as a failsafe feature to downshift the transmission if the ATF becomes extremely ... past full throttle. When activated the transmission downshifts into the lowest permissible gear based ... on the brake. In more modern TCUs this input is also used to determine whether to downshift the transmission to increase Engine braking engine braking effect if the transmission detects that the vehicle ... needed to control the transmission engine speed, vehicle speed, throttle position or manifold ... hydraulic. This requires precise pressure control. Older automatic transmission designs only use a single line pressure control solenoid which modifies pressure across the entire transmission. Newer ... more details
wiktionary wiktionarypar transmit Transmission is the act of passing something on in another place. Specifically, it may refer to Transmission mechanics , a gear system transmitting mechanical power, as in a car Transmission telecommunications , the act of transmitting messages over distances Transmission medicine , the passing of a disease Share transmission , ownership change through other than transfer Transmission magazine Transmission magazine , a literary magazine based in the UK Transmission coefficient , in physics, chemistry, and optics Transmission TV series Transmission TV series , a British music television programme shown in the UK Electric power transmission , one process in the delivery of electricity to consumers Transmission tower , providing support for overhead power lines Transmission line , for the carriage of radio frequency signals Data transmission , the conveyance of information from one space to another Dharma transmission , the formal confirmation of a student s awakening in Zen Buddhism Transmission genetics , is the passing on of genetic information Software Transmission BitTorrent client , a free, open source and cross platform BitTorrent protocol BitTorrent client application. Music Transmission album Transmission album , the fourth album by the Canadian band The Tea Party Transmission band , an experimental post rock band based in the United Kingdom Transmission record label a record label set by British rock band Porcupine Tree Transmission song Transmission song , a song by post punk band Joy Division Transmissions album Transmissions album , the first album by trance musicians Juno Reactor Transmissions Cold War Kids EP Transmissions Cold War Kids EP , an album by indie rock band Cold War Kids Transmission Communications , a record label ... a medium Transmissivity in hydraulics disambig bg de Transmission es Transmisi n fr Transmission ... ru sv Transmission tl Transmisyon ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2007 Infobox musical artist image Thistransmission2006.jpg name This Transmission landscape yes background group or band alias origin flagicon USA St. Petersburg, FL St. Petersburg , Florida genre Indie rock br Punk Pop br Post hardcore years active 2003 &mdash Present label Standstill Records associated acts website http www.myspace.com thistransmission This Transmission current members Blake Daniels 2003&ndash br Ryan Shuck 2003&ndash br Brad Daniels 2006&ndash br Toly Chichov 2006&ndash br Kyle McCormick 2007&ndash br Nick Hughes 2007&ndash br Mandy Millot 2007&ndash This Transmission was an indie rock band from St. Petersburg, FL . Signed to Standstill Records . The band played with acts such as Moros Eros , Young Love band Young Love , and Evergreen Terrace. They were recording their first full length studio album album , entitled Tiny Abrasions at the time of their break up. It was not finished, however the band has now published the unfinished tracks on their MySpace page. Discography EPs Latitude, Longitude , 2005 Standstill Records Tour de Force This Transmission album Tour de Force , 2006 Standstill Records LPs Tiny Abrasions , 2007 unfinished Standstill Records External links http www.myspace.com thistransmission This Transmission MySpace http www.thistransmissionband.com Official Website Category Musical groups established in 2003 Category American post hardcore musical groups US band stub ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 orphan date November 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Maximum Maximum Maximum Type Album Artist Thee Michelle Gun Elephant Cover Released 1993 Genre Garage rock Length Label Self released Last album This album Maximum Maximum Maximum br 1993 Next album Cult Grass Stars br 1996 Maximum Maximum Maximum is the debut album by Thee Michelle Gun Elephant , released in 1993 in music 1993 . Track listing GOOD BYE GIRL 2 5 25 4 24 HEY, 4 11 2 53 3 28 3 48 You Can t Judge A Book By Its Cover 3 06 5 10 3 48 VIVA LA MICHELLE 3 12 Category Thee Michelle Gun Elephant albums Category 1993 albums ... more details
Maximum Security may refer to Supermax , control unit prisons, or units within prisons Maximum Security comics , a comic book miniseries published by Marvel Comics Maximum Security Tony MacAlpine album Maximum Security Tony MacAlpine album , 1987 Maximum Security Alien Sex Fiend album Maximum Security Alien Sex Fiend album , 1985 Maximum Security TV series Maximum Security TV series , an American drama television series on HBO Maximum Security novel , the third book of the CHERUB series Prison Tycoon 2 Maximum Security , a 2006 computer game See also Supermax disambiguation Maximum security prison disambiguation disambiguation ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Maximum mode is one of the two hardware modes available to the Intel 8086 and Intel 8088 8088 processors Central processing unit CPU . The other is minimum mode . Maximum mode is for large applications such as multiprocessing . The mode is hard wired into the circuit and cannot be changed by software. Specifically, pin 33 MN MX is either wired to voltage or to ground to determine the mode. Changing the state of pin 33 changes the function of certain other pins, most of which have to do with how the CPU handles the local computer bus bus . The IBM PC and PC XT use an Intel 8088 running in maximum mode. http www.8085projects.info post Maximum Mode Interface.aspx DEFAULTSORT Maximum Mode Category X86 architecture ... more details
For an Filter optics optical or electronic filter which is described by the fraction of its input that it transmits as a function of frequency or wavelength , the transmission curve or transmission characteristic is the mathematical function or graph that defines the transmission telecommunications transmission fraction as a function of frequency, the frequency response of the filter. It is a case of a transfer function but, unlike the case of, for example, an amplifier, output never exceeds input maximum transmission is 100 . Examples http www.schneiderkreuznach.com pdf filter bw filter transmission curves.pdf Example of transmission curves of many filters for monochrome photography, Schneider There are examples of transmission characteristics of electronic filters in the electronic filter article. Category Signal processing Signal processing stub ... more details
Maximum power can refer to different concepts In electronics, the maximum power theorem In systems theory, the maximum power principle disambig ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Maximum II Type studio Artist MAX band MAX Cover maximum2.jpg Released December 25, 1997 Recorded 1997 Genre Pop music Pop , Dance music Dance , Rhythm and Blues R&B Length 1 02 46 Label Avex Trax Producer Max Matsuura Reviews Last album Maximum MAX album Maximum br 1996 This album Maximum II br 1997 Next album Maximum Groove br 1998 Misc Singles Name Maximum II Type studio single 1 Give Me a Shake single 2 Love Is Dreaming single 3 Shinin on Shinin love Maximum II is Ryukyuan people Okinawan dance unit, MAX band MAX s second album. It was released on December 25, 1997 by record label, avex trax . The album is a departure from their debut effort completely void of the Eurobeat sound that made the group popular instead filled with slick R&B influenced pop numbers and ballads. The album peaked at 2 on the Oricon charts, but had their best opening sales number with over 700,000 units sold. First pressings of the album included a slipcase and six month calendar. Track list class wikitable bgcolor CCCCCC width 350 Title Songwriters Time 1. Easy Easy 2. Give me a Shake 3. Harmony 4. I will 5. Really Love Me 6. Love is Dreaming 7. Endless Love 8. I ll Be with You 9. Nobody else 10. Shinin on Shinin love 11. Wonderland 12. Forever Song 13. Give me a Shake Deep Club Mix MAX band Category MAX albums Category 1997 albums Category Avex Group albums ja MAXIMUM II ... more details
Maximum entropy may refer to The principle of maximum entropy The maximum entropy probability distribution Maximum entropy spectral estimation Maximum entropy spectral analysis Maximum entropy thermodynamics The law of maximum entropy production Entropy maximization Maximum entropy classifier See also Second law of thermodynamics also known as the law of increasing entropy disambig ... more details
In physiology , transport maximum alternatively Tm or T sub max sub refers to the point at which increases in concentration do not result in an increase in movement of a substance across a membrane. In renal physiology , the concept of transport maximum is often discussed in the context of glucose and Para aminohippurate PAH . For both substances as with all substances , the quantity excreted can be determined with the following equation excretion filtration secretion reabsorption The body wants to retain glucose, and eliminate para aminohippuric acid PAH . However, its ability to do so is proportionate to the channel proteins available for the transmission. Glucose is not secreted, so excretion filtration reabsorption . Both filtration and reabsorption are directly proportional to the concentration of glucose in the plasma. However, reabsorption has a transport maximum of about 300 mg dL in healthy nephrons, while filtration has effectively no limit within reasonable physiological ranges. So, if the concentration rises above 300 mg dL, the body cannot retain all the glucose, leading to glucosuria . PAH is not reabsorbed, so excretion filtration secretion . As with glucose, the transfer is at the proximal tubule, but in the opposite direction from the peritubular capillaries to the lumen anatomy lumen . At low levels, all the PAH is transferred, but at high levels, the transport maximum is reached, and the PAH takes longer to clear. In practice, the transport maximum is not all or nothing. As the concentration approaches the transport maximum, some of the channels are overwhelmed before others are. For example, with glucose, some sugar appears in the urine at levels ... to appear is called threshold , and the difference between threshold and transport maximum is called ... i.e., the maximum concentration . In Computer Science, TMax is used as shorthand for the Two s Complement maximum integer. References references External links GPnotebook 765067309 http www2.kumc.edu ... more details
wiktionary maximum The maximum is the extreme value in a set. Maximum may also refer to Maximum MAX album Maximum MAX album Maximum Murat Boz album Maximum Murat Boz album Maximum song Maximum song , a song by Murat Boz Maximum comics , a fictional superhero published by DC Comics Maximum break in snooker is often known as maximum The general maximum , an economic policy in the French Revolution Maximum film , a 2012 Bollywood movie SpeciesAbbreviation maximum See also Maxima disambiguation Maximus disambiguation Minimum disambig fr Maximum homonymie tr Maximum ... more details
In telecommunication , the term transmission block has the following meanings A group of bit s or characters transmitted as a unit and usually containing an encoding procedure for error control purposes. In data transmission , a group of records sent, processed, or recorded as a unit. A transmission block telecommunications block is usually terminated by an character computing End Of Block character EOB , End Transmission Block character ETB , end of text character End Of Text character ETX , or End of transmission character End Of Transmission character EOT . See also Packet information technology References FS1037C Category Data transmission ... more details
or a separate transmission control unit TCU . Hydraulic & lubricating oil called automatic transmission ... the driver to limit the maximum ratio that the transmission may engage. On older transmissions ...Refimprove date April 2010 Original research date April 2010 transmission types Image Automatic transmission cut.jpg thumb 220px An 8 gear automatic transmission An automatic transmission also called automatic gearbox, or Straight shift is one type of motor vehicle transmission mechanics transmission ... gears manual transmission manually . Most automatic transmissions have a defined set of gear ranges, often with a parking pawl feature that locks the output shaft of the transmission. Similar but larger ..., there are also other types of automated transmissions such as continuous variable transmission s CVTs and semi automatic transmission s, that free the driver from having to shift gears manually, by using the transmission s computer to change gear, if for example the driver were redline redlining ... uses a torque converter instead of clutch to manage the connection between the transmission gearing and the engine. In contrast, a CVT uses a belt or other torque transmission schema to allow an infinite ... like a manual transmission, but controls the clutch through Electrohydraulic manual transmission electrohydraulic means . A conventional manual transmission is frequently the base equipment in a car, with the option being an automated transmission such as a conventional automatic, semi automatic ... variable transmission s CVTs such as Lineartronic Subaru Lineartronic CVT Lineartronic . The first automatic ... Oldsmobile as the Hydra Matic transmission. They were incorporated into GM built tanks during WW II and, after the war, GM marketed them as being battle tested. Comparison with manual transmission Main Manual transmission Benefits and drawbacks l1 Comparison of manual and automatic transmissions Most cars sold in North America since the 1950s have been available with an automatic transmission Citation ... more details
Primary sources date December 2007 Infobox Monstertruck name Maximum Destruction image image MaxD2007.jpg 300px caption Maximum Destruction ost the Monster Jam in Stafford Springs, CT owner Tom Meents driver Tom Meents, Neil Elliott, Kreg Christensen home city Paxton, Illinois year created 2000 previous Goldberg 2000 2001, Team Meents 2002 2003 style Futuristic SUV chassis engine 540 CI Chevrolet, Blown and Injected with Alcohol transmission tires Maximum Destruction often referred to as Max. D. is a monster truck currently racing in the USHRA Monster Jam series. It is currently driven by Tom Meents . Tom Meents has won nine world championships which is the most anyone has won at the Monster Jam World Finals . As one of the most successful of the trucks it currently rivals Grave Digger truck Grave Digger in popularity. The truck was formerly known as Team Meents , and debuted as Bill Goldberg Goldberg . History In 1999, Clear Channel now Feld Entertainment signed a contract with World Championship ... both name and image to become Maximum Destruction, a name which Meents had intended to run the year ... date February 2010 There are currently two Maximum Destruction trucks touring. Neil Elliott, Kreg Christensen, Phil Foster, and Chuck Werner have all driven the second Maximum Destruction truck. Image Maximum destruction.JPG thumb right 250px Tom Meents signing autographs in front of Maximum Destruction ... graduated from the Tom Meents School of Monster Truck Driving . Maximum Destruction is one of few ..., at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Holland, Meents rolled on to the floor in Maximum Destruction and did ... Maximum Destruction has several new chassis for 2011. Tom Meents has a new front engine Willman style ... Monster Truck List of Monster Trucks External links http www.crushcars.com Tom Meents & Maximum Destruction ... Bios Trucks Maximum Destruction Maximum Destruction monsterjam.com Category Monster trucks it Maximum Destruction ... more details
Automotive tech stub Automotive part stub A transmission solenoid is an electro hydraulic valve that controls fluid flow into and throughout an automatic transmission . Solenoids can be normally open or normally closed. They operate via a voltage or current supplied via the transmission computer or controller. Transmission mechanics Transmission solenoids are usually installed in a transmission valve body, Transmission Control Unit , or transmission control module. Types Variable Force Solenoid VFS On Off Solenoid Pulse width modulation Pulse Width Modulated Solenoid Pulse width modulation PWM Low Leak Variable Bleed Solenoid Manufacturers BorgWarner http www.borgwarner.com products ts transmission controls Official Website Eaton Corporation Eaton http automotive.eaton.com product transmission controls transmissionsolenoids.html Official Website Robert Bosch GmbH Bosch http rb kwin.bosch.com en NA start v4 getriebe1.html Official Website Delphi http www.delphi.com manufacturers auto powertrain transmission actuators Official Website Hilite Industries http www.hilite.com products valves transmission valves.html Official Website Saturn Engineering and Electronics http www.saturnee.com Official Website TLX Technologies http www.tlxtech.com Official Website DEFAULTSORT Transmission Solenoid Category Auto parts Category Automotive transmission technologies Category Valves ... more details
Wiktionary Unit may refer to Mathematics Unit ring theory , an element that is invertible with respect to ring multiplication 1 number , the unit number Unit vector , a of the class of objects being studied Science and technology Units software , a software program for unit conversion Units of measurement , a standardized quantity of measurement of a physical quantity Enzyme unitUnit operation , a basic step in a chemical plant process Functional unit , a component of a computer system such as the CPU Unit of blood, a measurement in blood transfusion equal to one pint or 450 ml Unit of alcohol , 10 millilitres of pure ethanol in the United Kingdom Rack unit , a measure to describe the height of rack mounted computer equipment Geological unit or rock unit, a volume of identifiable rock or ice In statistics Unit of observation , a type of entity e.g. person, house, neighborhood specifying the level at which data is collected Unit of analysis , a type of entity e.g. person, house, neighborhood specifying the level at which data is analyzed Statistical unit , a single data point, or collection ... and the arts UNIT , a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series Doctor Who Unit album Unit album , by the Australian band Regurgitator Unit art collective , a British artists collective G Unit , a hip hop music group The Units , a synthpunk band The Unit , an American television series Second unit , a team that shoots footage which is of lesser importance for the final motion picture Unit of action , a discrete piece of action or beat in a theatrical presentation UNIT Post Production , a British company The Tony Rice Unit , an American bluegrass group Other uses Unit housing , a self contained suite of rooms within a set of similar dwellings Unit of account , a monetary unit of measurement An apartment Multiple unit , a passenger train where each carriage has it own motors Military unit Strategic business unit In real time strategy games, an individual ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Maximum II Type studio Artist MAX band MAX Cover maximumgroove.jpg Released December 2, 1998 Recorded 1998 Genre Pop music Pop , Dance music Dance , Rhythm and Blues R&B Length 1 06 28 Label Avex Trax Producer Max Matsuura Reviews Last album Maximum II br 1997 This album Maximum Groove br 1998 Next album Maximum Collection br 1999 Misc Singles Name Maximum Groove Type studio single 1 Hikari no Veil single 2 Ride on Time MAX song Ride on Time single 3 Grace of My Heart song Grace of My Heart Maximum Groove is the third studio album by Ryukyuan people Okinawan dance unit, MAX band MAX . It was released on December 2, 1998 by record label, avex trax . It is their second album to peak at the 1 position on the Oricon Weekly Album Charts and has since been certified a million seller by the Recording Industry Association of Japan ref citeweb title RIAJ 1998 Certifications url http www.riaj.or.jp data others million list 1998.html ref . It is one of two albums by the group to chart in Oricon s 1999 Year End album chart along with their first greatest hits compilation, Maximum Collection 1999 . It charted at 27 ref name oricon1999 citeweb title 1999 Oricon Album Chart url http www.geocities.jp object ori 1999a.html ref . The album was supported by their MAX Live Contact 1999 Sunny Holiday concert tour. Track list class wikitable bgcolor CCCCCC width 200px Title Songwriters Time 1. Only One Yuko Ebine, Hideaki Kuwabara 4 29 2. Hikari no Veil Goro Matsui, Kiichi Yokoyama 5 01 3. I m In Love Hiromi Mori, Masataka Sasamoto 4 24 4. Getting Over Matsui, Yokoyama 5 00 5. Sunny Holiday David Toball, Sandro Cajander, TH Olsen, Masato Ota, Jonas ... run 1 ref name mgoricon citeweb title Oricon Maximum Groove Data url http www.oricon.co.jp music ... Maximum Groove has been certified million for shipments of over 1,000,000 by the Recording Industry ... reflist MAX band Category MAX albums Category 1998 albums Category Avex Group albums ja MAXIMUM GROOVE ... more details
Orphan date November 2006 att August 2010 Infobox Software name Unit logo screenshot caption collapsible author developer released latest release version latest release date latest preview version latest preview date frequently updated programming language C operating system platform size language status genre library computing library or Software framework framework license website lowercase title unitunit is a Unit Test unit testing framework module for C . The author started it as an alternative to CppUnit , which he felt was insufficiently integrated into the C language. External links http unitpp.sourceforge.net Project s site . Category C libraries Category Extreme programming Category Unit testing frameworks compu prog stub ... more details
Italic title Taxobox image Bulbophyllum maximum as Megaclinium maximum Curtis 69 N.S. 16 pl. 4028 1843 .jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Asparagales familia Orchidaceae subfamilia Epidendroideae genus Bulbophyllum species B. maximum binomial Bulbophyllum maximum binomial authority synonyms Bulbophyllum maximum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum . References http bulbophyllum checklist.bulbophyllum.at The Bulbophyllum Checklist http www.orchidspecies.com indexbulb.htm The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia DEFAULTSORT Bulbophyllum Maximum Category Bulbophyllum maximum Bulbophyllum stub az Bulbophyllum maximum vi Bulbophyllum maximum ... more details
L. maximum may refer to Leucanthemum maximum , the max chrysanthemum, a flowering plant species native to France and Spain Lithophragma maximum , the San Clemente Island woodland star, a rare flowering plant species endemic to San Clemente Island, California See also Maximum disambiguation Species Latin name abbreviation disambiguation ... more details
Image FP9Au RLGN 1400.jpg thumb 300px An EMD FP9 A owned by Mackenzie Northern Railway . An A unit , in railroad terminology, is a locomotive generally a diesel locomotive diesel or electric locomotive equipped with a driving cab locomotive cab , or crew compartment, and the Multiple unit train control control system to control other locomotives in a multiple unit , and therefore able to be the lead unit in a consist of several locomotives controlled from a single position. This terminology is generally used in North America , since only there was it commonplace to build B unit s&mdash cabless locomotive units which normally could not lead a train. Typical features Typical driving cab features, and therefore A unit features, include windshields, rectangular side windows, crew seats, heating, and sometimes, radios, air conditioning and toilets. B units always lack all of these features, except that some EMD F unit s have an extra porthole style side window s for a hostler an employee permitted to move a locomotive in a yard only &mdash not on the road . Terminology This terminology has fallen out of use for newer locomotives, since it only really applied to the cab unit style of locomotive. Thus, the term cab unit is used only when an A unit has a Cab unit carbody design. Hood unit road switcher types were generally equipped with driving cabs and the term A unit was not generally applied to them, although the rare cabless road switchers were still called B units. Conversions In some cases, A units were converted to B units. If the unit had been involved in a collision which damaged the cab, it was sometimes more cost effective to rebuild the unit without the cab. In rarer cases, B units were converted to A units. The Chicago and North Western Railway converted several EMD ... to as Crandall Cabs. The BNSF also experimented with a single GP60B to make it a A unit by using a Ex ... of the unit to the middle of the unit to make room for the cab. References Pinkepank, Jerry A. 1973 ... more details
italictitle taxobox name Philodendron maximum image PhilodendronMaximum.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Monocots ordo Alismatales familia Araceae subfamilia Aroideae tribus Philodendreae genus Philodendron species P. maximum binomial authority K. Krause binomial Philodendron maximum Philodendron maximum is a species of flowering plant in the Araceae family. ref K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenr., IV, 23Db 49 1913 . ref References Reflist Category Philodendron maximum ru ... more details
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