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Dew shield A dew shield is a device used to prevent moisture or condensation buildup on the lens of a camera or telescope collector during cool night observations. The dew shield either shades the lens or provides a small amount of warm air directly in front of the lens or collector to prevent dew from collecting on the element.
Dew warning A dew warning, also known as a dew alarm or dew signal, is an error indication on VCR's and camcorders if the VCR/camcorder develops dew inside the unit from being exposed to extreme temperature and/or humidity changes.
Dewald Pretorius Dewald Pretorius is a cricket player (born 6 December, 1977 in Pretoria, South Africa). He is a right-arm fast bowler who debuted for the South African Test team in the second Test against Australia during the 2001/2002 series.
Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu Dewan Bandaraya Kota Kinabalu (DBKK) or Kota Kinabalu City Hall is the city council which administrates the city of Kota Kinabalu (KK) in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. This council was established in 2002 after the city was officially granted city status.
Dewan Farooque Motors In 1998, Dewan Mushtaq Group diversified its business activities by entering into the automobile industry. The Dewan Farooque Motors Limited signed Technical License Agreements with Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation in December 1998, as the manufacturer and distributor of Hyundai and Kia vehicles in Pakistan.
Dewan Negara The Dewan Negara (Malay: National Hall) or Senate is the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia. The Senate consists of 70 members, of which 26 are indirectly elected by the states, with two senators for every state in the Federation, and the other 44 being appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King).
Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (Malay: People's Hall) is the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia. All bills or proposed acts of law must pass through the Dewan Rakyat before proceeding to the upper house of the Dewan Negara, which must pass the bill as well to have it sent to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) for royal assent.
Dewaniya A place that is separate from the main house and usually used by men for social gathering, it offers a unique insight into local life. Within a social atmosphere the ‘Dewaniya’ provides a meeting place for discussions on politics, business, and life – a kind of forum that provides a barometer of public opinion.
Dewayne Bunch Dewayne Bunch (born March 15, 1959 in Athens, Tennessee) is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee Senate. He was elected to the 105th Tennessee General Assembly as a state senator after having served as a state representative during the 101st through 104th General Assemblies.
Dewayne Washington Dewayne Neron Washington (born December 27, 1972 in Durham, North Carolina) was an American football cornerback in the NFL. He played for the Minnesota Vikings (1994-1997), Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-2003), Jacksonville Jaguars(2004), and Kansas City Chiefs(2005) .
Dewcell Dew cells are instruments used for determining the dew point. They consist of a small heating element surrounded by a solution of lithium chloride, which is heated to the point where water is neither being absorbed by or evaporating from the solution.
Dewclaw A dewclaw is a vestigial digit of the paw of many mammals, birds, and reptiles (including some extinct orders, like certain therapods). It grows higher on the leg so that in digitigrade species, when the animal is standing, it does not make contact with the ground.
Dewdney (electoral district) Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its predecessor was the riding of Westminster-Dewdney, which was created for the 1894 election from a partition of the Westminster riding, which was a rural-area successor to the original New Westminster riding, which was one of the province's first twelve.
Dewdney Trail The Dewdney Trail is a 720-km (447-mile) trail in British Columbia, Canada that served as a major thoroughfare in mid-1800s British Columbia. The trail was a critical factor in the development and strengthening of the newly established British Colony of British Columbia, tying together mining camps and small towns that were springing up along the route during the gold rush era prior to the colony's joining Canadian Confederation in 1871.
Dewdrops in the Garden Dewdrops in the Garden is an album released in 1994 by the house music band Deee-Lite. Their third and last album moved away from the previous album's lyrical content, which was very political, not shunning topics such as the protection of the environment, sexual liberation through safe sex and the importance of voting.
Dewe Dewe is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 5, Dewe is located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by Artuma, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by the Administrative Zone 4, and on the east by the Awash River which separates it from Administrative Zone 3.
Dewetting Dewetting is one of the processes that can occur at a solid-liquid or liquid-liquid interface. Generally, dewetting describes the rupture of a thin liquid film on the substrate (either a liquid itself, or a solid) and the formation of droplets.
Dewey (deer) Dewey is the first cloned deer and was born on May 23, 2003. Specifically, he is a White-tailed Deer, or Odocoileus virginianus, and was cloned from a dead buck by the Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine.
Dewey B. Larson Dewey B. Larson (1898-1990) was an American engineer and the originator of the Reciprocal System of physical theory (or Reciprocal System for short), a comprehensive theoretical framework claimed to be capable of explaining all physical phenomena from subatomic particles to galactic clusters.
Dewey Ballantine Dewey Ballantine LLP is a white shoe corporate law firm headquartered in New York City. Formed in 1913 by the merger of two firms founded in 1909, Root, Clark & Bird and Buckner & Howland, the firm of Root, Clark, Buckner & Howland weathered many name changes from 1913 to 1955 as the named partners left the firm for periods of time to serve in a number of important government positions.
Dewey Commission The Dewey Commission (officially the "Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials") was initiated in March 1937 by the "American Committee for the Defense of Leon Trotsky." It was named after its Chairman, John Dewey.
Dewey Decimal Classification The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC, also called the Dewey Decimal System) is a proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876, and since greatly modified and expanded in the course of the twenty-two major revisions, the most recent in 2004.
Dewey Lake Dewey Lake, located near Prestonsburg, Kentucky is part of the integrated flood reduction system operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the entire Ohio River Basin. Jenny Wiley State Resort Park is located on Dewey Lake.
Dewey Luster Dewey William "Snorter" Luster was the head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1941-1945. He was also a player on the OU football team under then head coach Bennie Owen and was the captain of his 1920 undefeated team.
Dewey Medal The Dewey Medal was a military decoration of the United States Navy which was established by the United States Congress on June 3, 1898. The medal recognizes the leadership of Admiral of the Navy George Dewey, during the Spanish-American War, and the sailors and marines under his command.
Dewey Phillips "Daddy-O" Dewey Phillips (May 13, 1926 - September 28, 1968) was one of rock 'n' roll's pioneering disk jockeys, along the lines of Cleveland's Alan Freed, before Alan Freed. Starting his radio career in 1949 on WHBQ-AM in Memphis, he was the city's leading radio personality for nine years and was the first to simulcast his "Red, Hot & Blue" show on radio and television.
Dewey Robertson Dewey Robertson (born Byron James John Robinson in Kitchener, Ontario), grew up in Hamilton, Ontario where he currently resides. He is a retired professional wrestler, known best for his ring name The Missing Link.
Dewey Square Dewey Square is a square in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It lies at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Summer Street, Federal Street, Purchase Street and Surface Artery, with the Central Artery (I-93) passing underneath in the Dewey Square Tunnel and Big Dig.
Dewey Square Group The Dewey Square Group is a Washington, DC and Boston consulting firm that works for both political and corporate clients as lobbyists and campaign strategists. It was founded by Michael Whouley, who is currently the president of the firm.
Dewey Square Tunnel The Dewey Square Tunnel in Boston, Massachusetts, is part of Interstate 93, running under the heart of the city's financial district, including Dewey Square. Constructed in 1959, it was part of the original Central Artery project of the 1950s.
Deweyism Deweyism is the system of education expounded by John Dewey in his 1897 book, My Pedagogic Creed. It emphasized social interaction and group learning over individual education, and became the dominant model in American education.
Dewhurst Stakes The Dewhurst Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 7 furlongs (1,408 metres) at Newmarket's Rowley Mile course in October. It was first run in 1875.
Dewi Griffiths Dewi Griffiths joined BBC Wales from the RAF where he became a producer of outside TV sports programmes, notable Rugby. After retirement he has hosted he highly popular nostalgia record programme 'A String of Pearls' on Radio Wales.
Dewlap A dewlap is a flap of skin that hangs beneath the chin of an animal. More generally, the term refers to any pendulous mass of skin, such as a fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck, or the wattle of a bird.
Dewlies Dewlies is a word meaning "dual cans of Mountain Dew" - specifically one can in each hand. It is typically used by gamers and game developers who, without a steady stream of caffeine, would never be able to get as much done as they need to.
Dewoitine 371 The Dewoitine 371 was a French built monoplane fighter / interceptor of the 30s and was succeeded by its next version, the Dewoitine 372 that had some of the errors of the first version corrected. Both designs look externally identical.
Dewvaporation A method of desalination, invented by James Beckman. The dewvaporation apparatus vaporizes the salinated water in one compartment and sends the vapor into the collector compartment, where the fresh water condenses.
DeWayne Jessie DeWayne Jessie (born 1953) is an American actor best known for his portayal of Otis Day in National Lampoon's Animal House. In the movie, the songs "Shama Lama Ding Dong" and "Shout" were sung by Lloyd Williams and lip-synched by Jessie.
DeWayne White Dewayne White (born October 19, 1979 in Marbury, Alabama) plays professional football for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Was a solid contributor at various positions on the defensive line in 2004.
DeWint House The DeWint House at Tappan, New York is the oldest surviving structure in Rockland County, New York and is an outstanding example of Hudson Valley Colonial Dutch architecture. It was built using indigenous sandstone in 1700 by Daniel DeClark, a Hollander, who emigrated to America in 1676.
DeWitt Bodeen Dewitt Bodeen (July 25 1908, California — March 12 1988, Los Angeles, California) was a film screenwriter who today is probably best remembered for writing 1942's Cat People. Bodeen began his career as an actor and playwright before entering the film business.
DeWitt Clinton Cregier DeWitt Clinton Cregier (born: June 1, 1829; died: November 9, 1918; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1889-1891) for the Republican Party. Prior to this he was an engineer with the City of Chicago, and was awarded, in 1875, and in 1876, , both for fire hydrants.
DeWitt Wallace DeWitt Wallace (November 12, 1889 – March 30, 1981, also known as William Roy) was a United States magazine publisher. He co-founded Reader's Digest with his wife Lila Wallace and published the first issue in 1922.
DeWolf Hopper De Wolf Hopper (March 30, 1858 – September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of the musical stage, he was best-known for performing the popular baseball poem Casey at the Bat.
Dex Brown Dex Brown was an Australian porn star who appeared in one gay porn movie, Manly Beach, which was filmed on Australia's Manly Beach in 1991 by Kristen Bjorn. Brown was a muscular, brown-haired man with bedroom eyes.
Dex Dexter Dex Dexter was an English band formed in late 1994 when Xavior Roide (Xav) applied to an ad in Melody Maker looking for a singer. The lineup from the beginning was Xavior on vocals, Even on keyboards, Gjeih on guitar, and Gage on bass.
DexDrive The DexDrive is a hardware tool created by InterAct used for importing and exporting console game data from a memory card to a personal computer or PC to memory card. It comes with a power cable, install software, and a PC serial port plugin.
Dexchlorpheniramine Dexchlorpheniramine maleate (Polaramine®, Schering) is an antihistamine used to treat allergic conditions such as hay fever or urticaria. It is the pharmacologically active isomer of chlorpheniramine and seems to possess no advantage over the more common parent drug.
Dexia Dexia (, ) is a Belgian-French financial institution, specialized in public finance. It was founded in 1996 through the merger of Crédit Communal de Belgique (founded 1860) and Crédit Local de France (founded 1987).
Dexippus Publius Herennius Dexippus (c. 210-273), Roman historian, statesman and general, was an hereditary priest of the Eleusinian family of the Kerykes, and held the offices of archon basileus and eponymus in Athens.
Dexmethylphenidate Dexmethylphenidate (commercially known as Focalin) is a pharmaceutical drug used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It is very similar to Ritalin, but it only contains the d-isomer of methylphenidate.
Dexrazoxane Dexrazoxane hydrochloride (Zinecard®, Pharmacia) is a medication used to protect the heart against the cardiotoxic side effects of anthracycline chemotherapy. As a derivative of EDTA, dexrazoxane chelates iron, but the precise mechanism by which it protects the heart is not known.
Dexron Dexron is an automatic transmission fluid used in cars, usually GM. Dexron-VI was introduced in 2005 and backward compatible and recommended for previous year transmissions, as Dexron-III licensing will soon cease.
Dexter Building The Dexter Building was a landmark building located at 630 South Wabash Avenue, in the South Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. The building was designed by the firm of Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan, and built in 1887Dexter Building.
Dexter cattle Dexter cattle are a minority breed of cattle and until fairly recently, were in fact considered as a rare breed. They are the smallest native breed, and originated in the South of Ireland in the 1800's as an ideal "cottagers cow", producing plenty of milk for the house and a calf to be reared for beef each year.
Dexter Carter Dexter Anthony Carter (born September 15, 1967 in Baxley, Georgia), is the running backs coach at his alma mater, Florida State University. Carter was also a former American Football running back who played for the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Jets in the National Football League for seven seasons from 1990 to 1996.
Dexter Freebish Dexter Freebish is an Austin, Texas USA based band consisting of lead singer Rob Kyle, Lead Guitarist Charles Martin, bass and vocals of Chris Lowe, guitar and keys from Scott Romig, and the drums of Rob Schilz. They have released two albums.
Dexter Manley Dexter Manley (born February 2, 1959, in Houston, Texas) is a former American Football defensive end who played for the Washington Redskins, the Phoenix Cardinals, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in an eleven year career from 1981 to 1991. Manley was banned from the National Football League for life in 1991 after failing four drug tests.
Dexter Park (Brooklyn) Dexter Park was initially a racetrack, named for a famous racehorse called Dexter, and was situated in Brooklyn, New York. It was eventually the home of the Negro Leagues team called the Brooklyn Royal Giants, of the 1920s and 1930s.
Dexter Park (Chicago) Dexter Park was a horse race track in Chicago, Illinois built in the years following the Civil War. It was named for a gelding and trotter who had set world records for the mileinspired the naming of several new towns including Dexter, Missouri] and [[Dexter, Texas.
Dexter Reid Dexter Reid (born March 18, 1981) is a safety currently playing for the Indianapolis Colts in the National Football League. Born on March 18, 1981, he was drafted by the Patriots in the 4th round of the 2004 draft after four years playing for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Dexter Wansel Dexter Wansel is an American keyboardist, born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania. He contributed to the development of the "Philly Sound" and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records.
Dexter Wynn Dexter Wynn (born February 25, 1981 in Sumter, South Carolina) is a National Football League defensive back for the Houston Texans. He played college football at Colorado State University and was selected in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Dexter's Corner, Wisconsin Dexter's Corner is an unincorporated residential and agricultural community within the village of Pleasant Prairie in southeastern Kenosha County, Wisconsin located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 31 and Springbrook Road.
Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip Hop Experiment Dexter's Laboratory: the Hip Hop Experiment is a 2002 compilation album featuring songs by various hip hop artists. It is inspired by the animated series Dexter's Laboratory, which ran from 1996 to 2003 on the Cartoon Network.
Dexter-Russell Dexter-Russell, Inc. is a cutlery manufacturing company in the town of Southbridge, MA, It is considered to be the largest US manufacturer of professional cutlery, and is also the oldest cutlery manufacturer in the United States.
Dexterity programming language The Dexterity programming language was designed in the early 1990s for the implementation of platform independent graphical accounting software. Dexterity itself is written in the C programming language It was used in the development of [[Great Plains (accounting)|Great Plains] accounting software.
Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva Dextra Quotskuyva is the great-granddaughter of the Tewa potter Nampeyo (1860-1942) of Hano who revived Sikyatki style pottery on Hopi First Mesa. She was born on September 7, 1928 to Rachel and Emerson Namingha in the village of Polacca, Arizona located at the base of Hopi First Mesa.
Dextran Dextran is a complex, branched polysaccharide made of many glucose molecules joined into chains of varying lengths. The straight chain consists of α1->6 glycosidic linkages between glucose molecules, while branches begin from α1->3 linkages (and in some cases, α1->2 and α1->4 linkages as well).
Dextro Dextro is the Scottish electronic music production alias of Scottish producer and multi-instrumentalist Ewan Mackenzie (also the drummer/keyboard player from the band Snowblood). Under the Dextro moniker he has released a number of works, most notably the album Consequence Music and the 12" single Do You Need Help.
Dextroamphetamine Dextroamphetamine is a powerful psychostimulant which produces increased wakefulness, energy and self-confidence in association with decreased fatigue and appetite. It works primarily by inducing the release of the neurotransmitters dopamine and norepinephrine from their storage areas in nerve terminals.
Deyang Deyang () is a prefecture-level city in Sichuan province, China. Deyang is a mostly industrial city, with the Erzhong Steel Company,(东方电机) DongFangDianJi Electrical Company, and various high-tech industry contributing to its economy.
Deyangshar Deyangshar is the name given to the central open courtyard of a monastery in Tibet and parts of Myanmar where it is used for ceremonies, burning incense and prayer and to divide the living quarters from the temples of Buddhist prayer and study. One such example is the Potala Palace of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa where the great palacial monastery is divided into a white and a red palace with a yellow painted Deyangshar separating to two sectors.
Deyda Hydara Deyda Hydara (June 9, 1946 – December 16, 2004) was a co-founder and primary editor of The Point, a major independent Gambian newspaper. He was also a correspondent for both AFP News Agency and Reporters Without Borders.
Deyrülzafarân Monastery Deyrülzafarân Monastery is an important Syriac Orthodox monastery near the city of Mardin. The name means 'Saffron Monastery' from the warm colour of its stone, and is , Dayro d-Kurkmo, in Syriac and , Dayru l-Za‘farān, in Arabic; the monastery's Turkish name, Deyrülzafarân, is a transliteration from the Arabic.
Dez Giraldi Dez Giraldi (born March 24, 1986 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is a football (soccer) player. Giraldi signed with Australian A-League club Adelaide United for the 2006-07 season, after a four week stint with the Central Coast Mariners during the 2005-06 A-League season.
Dez White Edward Dezmon White (born August 23, 1979 in Orange Park, Florida) is an American football wide receiver, currently a free agent in the National Football League. White was originally selected in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears, then had a brief injury plagued stint with the Atlanta Falcons.
Deze In Zimbabwean Shona music, a deze is a halved Calabash gourd in which an Mbira is placed in order to amplify its sound. It is typically round in shape and has bottle caps, shells or other objects strung around its perimeter which vibrate with the Mbira, causing a buzzing sound.
Dezhou Dezhou () is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the southeast, Liaocheng to the southwest, Binzhou to the northeast, and the province of Hebei to the north.
Dezo Hoffmann Dezider Hoffmann (most often credited as Dezo Hoffmann or DeĹľo Hoffmann, 1912 - 1982) was a Slovak-Hungarian photographer, photojournalist and cameraman. He earned international acclaim in 60ies shooting bigs of pop and showbiz, such as
Dezső Szentgyörgyi Ensign Dezső Szentgyörgyi (January 16, 1915 - August 28, 1971) was the highest scoring Hungarian fighter ace of the Royal Hungarian Honvéd Air Force in World War II. Between 1939 and 1945 he accrued 1400 hours of combat time in 220 missions, flying Fiat CR.
DE400 DE400 (DE403, DE405, DE406, etc) is a series of software packages that provide a means of generating the JPL Planetary and Lunar Ephemerides Ephemerides] calculate the rectangular co-ordinates of the Sun, Moon and nine major planets, with respect to the [[International Celestial Reference Frame.
DEA list of chemicals The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) maintains lists regarding not only the classification of illicit drugs (see DEA Schedules). It also maintains List I of chemicals and List II of chemicals, which contain chemicals which are used to manufacture the controlled substances/illicit drugs.
DEA number The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency tasked with enforcing the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. It shares concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in narcotics enforcement matters.
DEAL In cryptography, DEAL (Data Encryption Algorithm with Larger blocks) is a block cipher derived from the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The design was proposed in a report by Lars Knudsen in 1998, and was submitted to the AES contest by Richard Outerbridge (who notes that Knudsen had presented the design at the SAC conference in 1997).
DEAP DEAP is a direct dark matter search experiment using liquid Argon as target material. DEAP (Dark Matter Experiment using Argon Pulse-Shape Discrimination) employs background discrimination based on the characteristic scintillation pulse shape in argon.
DEBtox The DEBtox method for the evaluation of effects of toxicants makes use of the Dynamic Energy Budget theory to quantify the effect. See the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report, below, for a description of the method.
DEC 3000 AXP DEC 3000 AXP was the name given to a series of computer workstations and servers, produced from 1992 to around 1995 by Digital Equipment Corporation. The DEC 3000 AXP series formed part of the first generation of computer systems based on the DEC Alpha AXP 64-bit microprocessor.
DEC Alpha The DEC Alpha, also known as the Alpha AXP, is a 64-bit RISC microprocessor originally developed and fabricated by Digital Equipment Corp (DEC). Designed to power successors to the VAX line of computers, it was used in a variety of DEC workstations and servers, eventually forming the basis for almost all of their entire mid-to-upper-scale lineup.
DEC Multia The Multia, later re-branded the Universal Desktop Box, was a line of computer workstations produced by Digital Equipment Corporation in the mid-1990s. The line is notable in that units were offered with either an Alpha AXP or Intel Pentium processor as the CPU, and most hardware other than the backplane and CPU were interchangeable.
DEC Professional (computer) The Professional 325 (PRO-325), Professional 350 (PRO-350) were PDP-11 compatible microcomputers introduced in 1982 by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) as high-end competitors to the IBM PC. Like the similar Rainbow-100 and DECmate-II (also introduced at that time), they used the LK201 keyboard and used 400kB single-sided quad-density floppy disk drives and offered a choice of color or monochrome monitors.
DEC PRISM PRISM was a 32-bit RISC CPU design from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It was the final outcome of a number of DEC-internal research projects from the 1982-85 time-frame, and was at the point of delivering silicon in 1988 when management canceled the project.
DECA (organization) DECA (formerly the Distributive Education Clubs of America, and also known as Delta Epsilon Chi on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship.
DECmate The DECmate was a series of computers produced by the Digital Equipment Corporation in the early 1980s. They were text-only and were aimed at the word-processing market, running the company's WPS-8 operating system.
DECnet DECnet is a proprietary suite of network protocols created by Digital Equipment Corporation, originally released in 1975 in order to connect two PDP-11 minicomputers. It evolved into one of the first peer-to-peer network architectures, thus making DEC into a networking powerhouse in the 1980s.
DECserver In computer networking, DECserver initially referred to a highly successful family of asynchronous terminal server products introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and later referred to a class of UNIX-variant application and file server products based upon the MIPS processor.
DECstation The DECstation was a brand of computers used by DEC, and refers to three distinct lines of computer systems—the first released in 1978 as a word processing system, and the latter (more widely known) two both released in 1989. These comprised a range of computer workstations based on the MIPS architecture and a range of PC compatibles.
DECSA DECSA is a communications platform developed by Digital Equipment Corporation based upon a PDP-11 core chassis, with the provision for user installable I/O cards including Asynchronous and Synchronous modules. This product was used as one of the earliest commercial platforms upon which networking products could be built, including X25 Gateways, SNA gateways, Routers and Terminal Servers.
DECtalk DECtalk was a speech synthesizer and text-to-speech technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation in the early 1980s, based largely on the work of Dennis Klatt at MIT, whose source-filter algorithm was variously known as KlattTalk or MITalk.
DECtape DECtape was a magnetic tape storage medium used with early Digital Equipment Corporation computers, including the PDP-6, PDP-8, LINC-8, PDP-10, PDP-11, PDP-12, and the PDP-15. DECtapes were 3/4 inch wide and formatted into blocks of data that could be read or written individually.

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