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Lock (computer science) In computer science, a lock is a synchronization mechanism for enforcing limits on access to a resource in an environment where there are many threads of execution. Locks are one way of enforcing concurrency control policies.
Lock (water transport) On navigable waterways, a lock is a particular type of device for raising or lowering boats between stretches of water at different levels. The distinguishing feature of a lock is a fixed chamber whose water level can be varied; whereas in a boat lift or canal inclined plane, it is the chamber itself which moves.
Lock and fly The Lock and fly is a hand gesture used in the West Indies and Caribbean Islands and popular among the Rasta community. It consists of two movements: a full flat-palm grasping of a partners hand followed by sliding of the palms in a forward motion finally finishing with a flexion & extension of the fingers.
Lock and tag Lock and tag or lock-out tag-out is a safety procedure which is used in industry and research settings to ensure that dangerous machines are properly shut off and not started up again prior to the completion of maintenance or servicing work. It requires that hazardous energy sources be "isolated and rendered inoperative" before any repair procedure is started.
Lock bypass A lock bypass is a technique in lockpicking, of defeating a lock through unlatching the underlying locking mechanism without operating the lock at all. It is commonly used on devices such as combination locks, where there is no natural access (such as a keyhole) for a tool to reach the locking mechanism.
Lock convoy In computer science, a lock convoy is a type of problem that can arise in certain uses of locks for concurrency control. A lock convoy, when it occurs, does not usually affect the correctness of the program, but can greatly hurt the performance of multithreaded applications.
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, commonly abbreviated LHU, is a state university in Lock Haven, a town in central Pennsylvania located along the Susquehanna river, and is roughly thirty miles from the major towns of Williamsport and State College. The main campus is composed of a 200-acre campus, and the branch campus is located on a 12.
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Lock Haven is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the principal city of and is included in the Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Williamsport, Pennsylvania-Lock Haven, Pennsylvania Combined Statistical Area.
Lock keeper A lock keeper (or lock operator) looks after a lock, operating it and if necessary maintaining it or organizing its maintenance. Traditionally, the lock keeper lived on-site, often in a small purpose-built cottage.
Lock Museum of America The Lock Museum of America holds the largest collection of colonial and antique locks in the United States. Located in Terryville, Connecticut, the museum features eight display rooms, including rooms devoted to bank locks and Yale locks.
Lock On: Modern Air Combat Lock On: Modern Air Combat is a popular modern fighter simulation developed by Eagle Dynamics and published by Ubisoft that is widely regarded as one of the best simulators in its class. It contains 8 flyable aircraft and over 30 AI controlled planes.
Lock picking Lock picking is the art of unlocking a lock by analysing and manipulating the components of the lock device, without the original key. Although lock picking can be associated with criminal intent, it is an essential skill for a locksmith.
Lock Step (dance move) Lock Step refers to any of dance steps which involve the "locking" of the moving foot: the moving foot approaches to the standing foot, crosses in front of or behind it in the direction of the approach, stops close to the standing foot, and the weight is fuly transferred on the (previously) moving foot.
Lock Stock & Barrel Grooming Lock Stock & Barrel Grooming, or LS&B Grooming, is a premium brand of male hair and body preparations. Launched in 2005, LS&B Grooming is headquartered in London, England, and derives it's name from the popular term Lock Stock and Barrel meaning 'total'.
Lock Stock and Barrel Popular term used prodominately in the UK and North America meaning 'all', 'total', 'everything'. The term itself derives from the components of a Musket; the 'Lock' being the firing mechanism, 'Stock' being the wooden butt-end of the gun and 'Barrel; being cylindrical component, concurring 'all' the components of the gun.
Lock up period A lock up period is a predetermined amount of time following an initial public offering during which employees and close associates of the company who are given shares are not allowed to sell those shares. Generally, a lock in period is a condition of exercising an employee stock option.
Lock Up (UK band) Lock Up was a deathgrind side project created by bassist Shane Embury (Napalm Death), with Peter Tägtgren (Hypocrisy) on vocals, the late Jesse Pintado (ex Napalm Death, Terrorizer co-founder) on guitar, and Nicholas Barker (ex-Cradle of Filth, ex-Dimmu Borgir) on drums. They released Pleasures Pave Sewers in 1999, and Hate Breeds Suffering in 2002, with new vocalist Tomas Lindberg (ex-At the Gates).
Lock-and-key model (enzyme) The lock and key structure in biochemistry is a theory on why enzymes catalyse reactions. This theory states that all enzymes and substrates (the object which the enzyme act on) have specified structures (active site) and chemical properties.
Lock-free and wait-free algorithms In contrast to algorithms that protect access to shared data with locks, lock-free and wait-free algorithms are specially designed to allow multiple threads to read and write shared data concurrently without corrupting it. "Lock-free" refers to the fact that a thread cannot lock up: every step it takes brings progress to the system.
Lock-up provision Lock-up provision is a term used in corporate finance which refers to the option granted by a seller to a buyer to purchase a target company’s stock as a prelude to a takeover. The major or controlling shareholder is then effectively "locked-up" and is not free to sell the stocks to a party other than the designated party (potential buyer).
Lock-Up (comics) Lock-Up is a DC Comics villain and an enemy of Batman, featured in one episode Batman: The Animated Series, in which he was voiced by Bruce Weitz. He was incorporated into mainstream comics continuity even before the more popular Harley Quinn in Robin (2nd series) #23 (December 1995) on Batman: The Animated Series==
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) is a violent black comedy, British film directed and written by Guy Ritchie. The story is a heist film involving a cocky young card shark who loses ÂŁ500,000 to a powerful crimelord in a rigged game of three card brag.
Lockdown A lockdown is an emergency protocol to prevent people or information escaping, which usually can only be ordered by someone in command. They are also used to protect people inside a facility from a dangerous external event: schools practice lockdown drills in the wake of the Columbine High School shootings in which students with guns entered the school; or from an internal event: prison facilities also practice lockdown procedure on their inmates when faced with rioting or unrest.
Lockdown High School The term is a play on the name of the actual education center, Lockview High School, which sits in Fall River, NS. In 2006 when vice principal Ward Duncan was awarded the position of principal at the school, the spot he left behind was filled by the current VP; Glenn McInnis.
Locke, Liddell & Sapp Locke Liddell & Sapp is a United States law firm with headquarters in Dallas, Texas. It was formed in 1999 by the merger of two of Texas's oldest and largest law firms, Locke Purnell Rain Harrell and Liddell Sapp Zively Hill & LaBoon.
Locked Away Locked Away is an independent horror film directed by Jason Morisette and released in 2006 by Bay City, Michigan based Say Hello Productions. It was co-produced by Morisette and Tim Rooney of Saginaw, Michigan.
Locked In Time Locked in Time, by Lois Duncan, tells the story of Elenore (Nore) Robbins who attends a boarding school. Nore is a typical seventeen-year-old - except for the fact that she is gifted with "an uncanny awareness of time" Nore is still grieving over the recent death of her mother and her father's quick remarriage.
Locked room mystery A locked room mystery is a sub-genre of detective fiction wherein a murder or other crime is apparently committed under impossible circumstances: no one could have entered or left the scene of the crime, and the death involved could not have been a suicide.
Locked Up "Locked Up" is the debut single by the Senegalese singer Akon, which appears on his debut album, Trouble. The single was released in 2004 and gave him large successes already, reaching top 10 in both the U.
Locked-In syndrome Locked-In syndrome is a condition in which a patient is aware and awake, but cannot move or communicate due to complete paralysis of nearly all voluntary muscles in the body. It is the result of a brain stem stroke in which the ventral part of the pons (part of the brain stem) is damaged.
Lockerbie Lockerbie (Scottish Gaelic: Logarbaidh) is a town located in the Dumfries and Galloway region of south-western Scotland. It is situated approximately 75 miles from Glasgow, and 20 miles from the English border.
Lockgate Mill Lockgate Mill also refered to locally and hisorically as 'Freethorpe Mill', 'Banham's Black Mill' and 'Duffel's Mill' is a windpump located on the Halvergate Marshes in the detached parish of Freethorpe within the Norfolk Broads National Park, United Kingdom. It can be found at and is approximately two miles west of Great Yarmouth, and 3 miles east of Berney Arms on the northern edge of Breydon Water.
Lockhart River, Queensland Lockhart River is an Aboriginal community on Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia. The population of 800 consists mostly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, whose descendents were forcibly moved to the area beginning in 1924.
Lockhart Road Lockhart Road (駱克道) is a road spanning the whole length of Wan Chai from east to west on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It begins at Arsenal Street in the west and ends in East Point Road in East Point.
Lockhart Stadium Lockhart Stadium, located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a soccer stadium that also serves as the home of the Florida Atlantic University football team. Built in 1959 as an athletic facility for local high schools, it is part of a sports complex that also includes Fort Lauderdale Stadium.
Lockharts of Lee The Lockharts of Lee were a Lanarkshire family that traced their descent from Sir Simon Locard (the name being originally territorial, de Loch Ard). The family estate was the barony of Lee, centred on Lee Castle, originally built around 1272 but much expanded in the 19th century.
Lockheed AC-130 The AC-130 gunship is a heavily-armed airplane manufactured by Boeing and Lockheed as a variant of the C-130 Hercules transport plane. The AC-130 is mainly used by the United States Air Force, which uses AC-130H Spectre and AC-130U Spooky gunships powered by four turboprops and featuring armament ranging from Gatling guns to howitzers.
Lockheed Air Express The Lockheed Air Express was the second aircraft design created by the Lockheed Aircraft Company after its founding in 1927; the type first flew in April 1928. The Air Express was based around the original fuselage of the Vega, but the wing was raised to a parasol configuration above the fuselage and the cockpit was moved behind the wing.
Lockheed CATBird The Lockheed Martin CATBird is a highly modified Boeing 737-330 designed as an avionics flight testbed aircraft. The name is an adaptive acronym, from Cooperative Avionics Test Bed; coincidentally, CATBIRD is Lockheed's ICAO-designated company callsign.
Lockheed CL-400 Suntan Suntan was the code-name of a prototype reconnaissance aircraft program, with the goal of creating a much faster and higher-altitude successor to the U-2, enabled by the use of liquid hydrogen as fuel. From 1956-1958, the United States Air Force funded a highly secretive program of research and development on the aircraft (the CL-400, designed at the Lockheed Skunk Works) and engine design, and made significant investments in large-scale LH2 production.
Lockheed Constellation The Lockheed Constellation, affectionately known as the “Connie”, was a four-engine propeller-driven airliner built by Lockheed between 1943 and 1958 at its Burbank, California, USA, facility. A total of 856 aircraft were produced in four models, all distinguished by a distinctive triple-tail design and graceful, dolphin-shaped fuselage.
Lockheed D-21/M-21 The Lockheed D-21 was a Mach 3+ reconnaissance drone that began development in October 1962. Originally known by the Lockheed designation Q-12, it was intended to be launched off the back of the Lockheed A-12 for extra-long range flights and/or missions that were too dangerous for a manned vehicle.
Lockheed Hudson The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson was the first significant aircraft construction contract for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation—the initial RAF order for 200 Hudsons far surpassed any previous order the company had received.
Lockheed J37 The J37, known inside Lockheed as the L-1000, was the first turbojet engine designed in the United States. It was not considered important at first, and by the time it was British designs were already entering production.
Lockheed JetStar The Lockheed L-1329 JetStar (C-140 in USAF service) is a business jet produced from the early 1960s through the 1970s. It is distinguishable from other small jets by its four engines, mounted on the rear of the fuselage in a similar layout to the Vickers VC-10 airliner, and the "slipper"-style fuel tanks fixed to the wings.
Lockheed L-100 Hercules The Lockheed L-100 Hercules was the Lockheed Corporation's less successful civilian variant of the prolific C-130 military transport aircraft. Its first flight occurred in 1964 with certification the following year.
Lockheed L-1011 The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, commonly referred to as just L-1011 (pronounced "ell-ten-eleven"), was the third widebody passenger jet airliner to enter operation, following the Boeing 747 and the McDonnell Douglas DC-10. Between 1968 and 1984, Lockheed manufactured a total of 250 TriStars.
Lockheed L-2000 The Lockheed L-2000 was Lockheed's entry in a government-funded competition to build the United States' first supersonic transport (SST) in the 1960s. The L-2000 lost the contract to the Boeing 2707, but that competing design was ultimately canceled for political, environmental and economic reasons.
Lockheed L-9 Orion The Lockheed Orion was the last wooden monoplane design produced by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The Orion design was a combination of elements of many of the Lockheed designs preceding it: the fuselage of the Vega, the cowling of the Air Express, the low wing of the Explorer, and the retractable undercarriage of the Altair.
Lockheed Lodestar The Lockheed 18 Lodestar was a passenger transport aircraft of the Second World War era. The prototype, which first flew in 1939, was constructed from one of a batch of Lockheed L-14 Super Electras which had been returned to the manufacturer by Northwest Airlines after a series of crashes of L-14s.
Lockheed Martin Information Technology Lockheed Martin Information Technology (I&TS) (also known as Lockheed Martin Information & Technology Services & Lockheed Martin Technology Services) is a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin that consists of dozens of smaller companies and units have been acquired and integrated. The company also administers a number of U.
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors (LM MS2) is a Lockheed Martin business segment, headquartered in Moorestown, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia. MS2 is a part of Lockheed Martin Electronic Systems sector.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control (LM MFC) is a Lockheed Martin business unit based in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, Texas. The unit's offensive and defensive arsenal includes air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, naval rockets and missiles, fire control and sensor systems, fire support systems, missile launchers, missile defense systems, and anti-tank weapons.
Lockheed Martin Orincon Lockheed Martin Orincon Corporation (originally ORINCON Corporation International) is a systems integration and information technology company that supports Lockheed Martin's position in the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) industry.
Lockheed Martin Polecat The Lockheed Martin Polecat is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs division in Palmdale, California. "Polecat" is a colloquialism for a skunk, in an apparent reference to the popular "Skunk Works" nickname for the Advanced Development Programs division.
Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support (LM STS) is a Lockheed Martin business unit based in Orlando, FL. The company's simulation business is focused on supplying training solutions for military and commercial platforms, as well as staff training functions.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Lockheed Martin Space Systems is one of the 5 major business divisions of Lockheed Martin. From a rich history of major companies Lockheed Martin has brought them together to offer design, integration, and production of:
Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego (LMSI) is a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, in the Electronic Systems sector, located in Owego, New York, with approximately 5,000 employees. It was formerly known as Lockheed Martin Federal Systems.
Lockheed Martin Transportation & Security Solutions Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Solutions (or LMTSS) is a Lockheed Martin business unit, formed of the combination of Lockheed Martin's Air Traffic Management (LMATM) unit with several other Systems Integration business units. LMTSS concentrates on Air Traffic Management and security-centric programs that involve large scale systems integration and transformational solutions.
Lockheed Martin X-33 The X-33 was a subscale technology demonstrator for the VentureStar, a next-generation, commercially operated reusable launch vehicle. The X-33 would flight test a range of technologies that NASA believed it needed for single stage to orbit reusable launch vehicles (SSTO RLVs), such as metallic thermal protection systems, composite cryogenic fuel tanks for liquid hydrogen, the aerospike engine, autonomous (unmanned) flight control, rapid flight turn-around times through streamlined operations, and its lifting body aerodynamics.
Lockheed Martin X-35 The X-35 was an experimental aircraft by Lockheed Martin for the Joint Strike Fighter Program. It was declared the winner over the Boeing X-32 and went on to enter production in the early 21st century as the F-35 Lightning II.
Lockheed Saturn The Saturn (Model 75) was a small feeder airliner produced by Lockheed in the mid 1940s. The design team, lead by Don Palmer, created a high-wing, twin-engine monoplane with 14 seats and a top speed of 228 mph.
Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company, aka Lockheed Shipbuilding, was a shipyard in Seattle, Washington on Harbor Island at the mouth of the Duwamish River. Founded in 1898 as the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company, the company that built Harbor Island, it was purchased by Lockheed in 1959.
Lockheed Sirius The Lockheed 8 Sirius was single engine, propeller driven monoplane designed and built by Jack Northrop and Gerard Vultee while they were engineers at Lockheed in 1929, at the request of Charles Lindbergh. Two versions of the same basic design were built for the United States Air Force, one made largely of wood with a fixed landing gear, and one with a metal skin and retractable landing gear, designated Y1C-25 and Y1C-23, respectively.
Lockheed U-2 The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed Dragon Lady, is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude surveillance aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. It provides continuous day and night, high-altitude (70,000 ft, 21,000 m plus), all-weather surveillance of an area in direct support of U.
Lockheed Vega The Vega was a six-passenger monoplane built by the Lockheed company starting in 1927. It became famous for its use by a number of record breaking pilots who were attracted to the rugged and very long-ranged design.
Lockheed Ventura The Lockheed Ventura was a bomber and patrol aircraft of World War II, used by United States and British Commonwealth forces in several guises. It was developed from the Lockheed Lodestar transport, as a replacement for the Lockheed Hudson bombers then in service with the Royal Air Force.
Lockheed XH-51 The Lockheed XH-51 was the designation given to an experimental helicopter design by Lockheed utilizing a fixed rotor. What became known as the XH-51 was the submission of a design, the Lockheed Model 186, for a US military requirment for a high speed research helicopter.
Lockheed-Martin Space Applications Laboratory The Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) is part of the Lockheed-Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) that is known primarily for its scientific work in the field of solar physics, astronomy and space weather. Located in Palo Alto, California, LMSAL is involved in many ground and space based missions to study the Sun, including SOHO, TRACE, Yohkoh, STEREO, and the pending GOES/SXI, Solar-B and Solar Dynamics Observatory missions.
Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo Lockie Leonard: Human Torpedo (ISBN 0-09-997320-0) is a 1990 children's novel by Booker Prize nominee, Tim Winton. It tells the story of a 13 year old boy called Lockie Leonard, who lives in Angelus, Western Australia after moving with his police officer father from Perth.
Locking (dance) Locking (originally Campbellocking) is a style of funk dance and street dance, which is today also associated with hip hop. It relies on fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more relaxed hips and legs.
Locking differential A locking differential or locker is a variation on the standard automotive differential. A locking differential provides increased traction compared to a standard, or "open" differential by disallowing wheel speed differentiation between two wheels on the same axle under certain conditions.
Locking Up the Sun Locking Up the Sun is the third single and the fourth track off Carnival of Rust album by the Finnish rock band Poets of the Fall. This maxi single includes the title track, its remix entitled "The Absolution" done by the member of the band, Captain and a music video directed by Tuomas "stObe" Harju, who shot two previous clips of the band as well.
Lockington rail crash The Lockington rail crash occurred on July 26 1986 at Lockington, Humberside (now in the East Riding of Yorkshire), England, when the 09:33 passenger train from Bridlington to Hull on the Yorkshire Coast Line hit a Ford Escort van on a level crossing. Eight passengers on the train, and a boy of 11 in the van, lost their lives.
Lockleaze, Bristol Lockleaze is an area in the northern suburbs of the city of Bristol, England, three miles north of the city centre, south of Filton, east of Horfield and west of Frenchay. Lockleaze is a long narrow residential area built on the western flank of Pur Down on a north-south axis, separated from Horfield by the main Bristol to South Wales railway line.
Lockman Foundation The Lockman Foundation, started in 1942 by F. Dewey Lockman and his wife Minna Lockman, is a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian ministry dedicated to the translation, publication, and distribution of the New American Standard Bible, Amplified Bible, La Biblia de las Américas, Nueva Biblia de los Hispanos, and other Biblical resources.
Lockport Powerhouse The Lockport Powerhouse is a dam used by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to control the outflow of the Sanitary and Ship Canal and limit the diversion of water from Lake Michigan into the Des Plaines River.
Locks of Love Locks of Love is a non-profit charity based in the United States. The organization accepts donations of human hair and money, with the stated intention of making wigs for needy children who have lost their hair due to a medical condition.
Locks on the C&O Canal The Locks on the C&O Canal were numbered from 1 to 75 with two locks, 63â…“ and 64â…”, having fractional numbers and no lock 65. There is also a lock at the downstream end of the canal in Washington, DC where Rock Creek flows into the Potomac River which is sometimes called Lock 0 or the Tidewater Lock.
Locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal There are a total of 105 locks on the Kennet and Avon Canal on its 87 miles (140 km) from Bristol and to the River Thames, including 6 on the navigable section of the River Avon from Bristol to Bath and 9 on the navigable section of the River Kennet to its confluence with the Thames near Reading. The remaining 90 locks lie along the 57 miles (92 km) of canal.
Locksley (band) Locksley is a four-piece rock and roll band that was originally formed in Madison, Wisconsin but is now based in Brooklyn. Their music is very derivitave of early British Invasion bands such as the Kinks, the Beatles, and the Hollies.
Lockview High School Lockview High School is a high school located in Fall River, Nova Scotia, serving the areas of Fall River, Beaverbank, Windsor Junction, Waverley and Wellington. It opened its doors in 2000, relieving overcrowding at Charles P.
Lockville, North Carolina The historic community of Lockville or Ramsey's Mill is located along the north side of the Deep River in southeastern Chatham County, North Carolina, near the modern town of Moncure. The Deep River marks the boundary between present-day Chatham and Lee County, North Carolina.
Lockwood Broadcasting Group Lockwood Broadcasting Group is a television broadcasting company that owns three television stations, with one in the process of being sold. Two stations, including the one being sold, are CW Network affiliates.
Lockwood Phillips Lockwood Phillips hosts a talk radio program called "Viewpoints" on The Talkstation (AM 1240 & FM 107.3) located in Morehead City, North Carolina and broadcasting throughout Eastern North Carolina.
Lockyer v. Andrade Leandro Andrade was convicted of two counts of petty theft and given two sentences of 25-years-to-life in prison, due to California's 3-strike law and two previous convictions also for petty theft. States Supreme Court cases]
Lockyer Valley, Queensland The Lockyer Valley is area of rich farmlands that lies to the west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and east of Toowoomba. The Lockyer Valley is rated among the top ten most fertile farming areas in the world.
Loco Dice Loco Dice (real name Dice Corleone) is a German DJ and electronic music producer based in DĂĽsseldorf. Born in Tunisia, Dice started his career as Hip-Hop DJ, playing support slots to the likes of Usher, Ice Cube, Jamiroquai, Snoop Dog and R.
Loco Locass Loco Locass, founded en 1995, is a Quebec City hip hop group. In Quebec the group is known especially for its enthusiastic defence of the role of the French language and for its political championing of Quebec sovereignty.
Locofocos The Locofocos were a radical faction of the Democratic Party that existed from 1835 until the mid-1840s. The faction was created in New York City as a protest against that city's regular Democratic organization ("Tammany Hall"), and contained a mixture of anti-Tammany Democrats and labor union veterans of the Working Men's Party.
Locomotion (TV channel) [Logo]Locomotion was a TV channel that aired in Latin America from fall 1996 until July 31], [[2005. The network, whose corporate offices were based in Miami, Florida (though the network was not available in the United States aside from a few cable systems in southern Florida) was a joint venture between the US-based Hearst Corporation(50%) and the Venezuelan-based Cisneros Group] (50%) In May 2002, Cisneros Group sold its shares in the network to Canadian-based [[Corus Entertainment].
Locomotiv FC Beginning Locomotiv FC(Formally Locomotiv Maynooth)are a football team founded in 2005 by Eoin McLoughlain and Conn Deegan.They are team from Blanchardstown in Dublin 15,Ireland They are currently awaiting the start of there second season in the AFL(Amateur Football League) Sunday Divisions, Division 3.
Locomotive A locomotive (from Latin loco - 'from a place', ablative of 'locus' = 'place' + Medieval Latin motivus = 'causing motion') is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. It has no payload capacity of its own, and its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks.
Locomotive Act The Locomotive Act (also known as the Red Flag Act) is a reference to the Locomotives Act 1865 introduced by the British parliament as one of a series of measures to seriously control the use of mechanically propelled vehicles on British public highways during the latter part of the 19th century.
Locomotive bed A locomotive bed is a one-piece steel casting for a steam locomotive that consists of the locomotive frame, the cylinders and valve chests, steam pipes, and smokebox saddle, all as a single component. It was a development of the final years of steam locomotive development in the United States.
Locomotive BASIC Locomotive Basic is a proprietary dialect of the BASIC programming language written by Locomotive Software used only on the Amstrad CPC (where it was built-in on ROM). It was the main ancestor of Mallard BASIC, the interpreter for CP/M supplied with the Amstrad PCW and later the Amstrad-designed and built ZX Spectrum +3.
Locomotive classification of the Deutsche Bundesbahn Originally, both Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn continued the classification system of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) - see also a short overview of the numbering system of the German railways. When UIC introduced a new classification system that could be processed by the computers of the late 1960s, DB did a major modification of their system, effective 1 January 1968.
Locomotive frame A locomotive frame is the structure that forms the backbone of the railway locomotive, giving it strength and supporting the superstructure elements such as a cab, boiler or bodywork. The vast majority of locomotives have had a frame structure of some kind.
Locomotive Games Locomotive Games is a video game developer acquired by THQ in 1999 which develops games mainly for Sony's PlayStation Portable console. Their focus is to develop high quality "console-quality" games for portable platforms.
Locomotive Leasing Partners Locomotive Leasing Partners is the division of GATX responsible for leasing, buying, selling, and overhauling locomotives to railroads and/or industrial owners. The company was jointly owned by both GATX and EMD from its outset in 1996 until 2004, when GATX became the sole owner after having purchased EMD's 50% share.

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