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Toyota Industries Toyota Industries Corporation (豊田自動織機, Toyota Jidō Shokki) is a Japanese machine maker, founded in 1926 by Sakichi Toyoda, it was originally called Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. Today, the head office is located in the city of Kariya, Aichi.
Toyota Jido Shokki (rugby union club) Toyota Jido Shokki (also called Toyota Industries as distinct from Toyota, which has now been renamed Toyota Verblitz) is a Japanese rugby team owned by Toyota Industries. This Japanese rugby union team is very fit and competitive.
Toyota Kijang / Tamaraw Revo Toyota entered the AUV (or Asian Utility Vehicle) market with the Kijang (deer) in Indonesia and the Tamaraw (water buffalo) in the Philippines. The original Tamaraw built in the 1970's was conceptualized to provide a vehicle for rugged use in Asian countries.
Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series The Toyota FJ70 is the model designation for a Toyota Land Cruiser made from 1984 until present day. In 1984/1985, Toyota introduced an entirely new design to replace the aging and now 25 year old 40 series Land Cruiser.
Toyota Mark X The Toyota Mark X (Japanese:ăă¨ă‚żă»ăžăĽă‚ŻXă€ď˝žă‚¨ăクス) is a mid-size automobile created by Toyota for the Japanese market. The Mark X was introduced in 2004 and is manufactured in Kanegasaki, Iwate, Japan.
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA) is an automobile manufacturing and research and development company owned by Toyota Motor Company. It is the result of a merger of Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America and Toyota Technical Center, U.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia is a Toyota Motor Corporation factory in Buffalo, West Virginia. It is estimated to date, the company has spent nearly US$1 billion to build the automobile engine and transmission plant.
Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car The Toyota Motor Triathlon Race Car (MTRC) is a fuel cell concept race car designed and built by Toyota's European design studio ED2. It made it's world premier at the Geneva Motor Show, and made it's US debut at the 2004 New York International Auto Show.
Toyota MR2 The Toyota MR2 is a two-seat, mid-engined, rear wheel drive sports car produced by Toyota from 1984 until July 2007 when production stops in Japan, in three different design series. The latest version was called the Toyota MR-S in Japan, the Toyota MR2 Spyder in the United States, and the Toyota MR2 Roadster in Europe.
Toyota Park (Bridgeview) Toyota Park is the home stadium for the Chicago Fire Soccer Club, members of Major League Soccer. Located at 71st Street and Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview, Illinois, it is a soccer-specific stadium and concert venue developed at a cost of more than $100 million.
Toyota Park (Cronulla) Toyota Park (formerly Endeavour Field, Ronson Field and Caltex Field, known colloquially as Shark Park) is a rugby league stadium in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. It is the home ground for the Cronulla Sharks rugby league team and Sydney Olympic FC football (soccer) team.
Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech Toyota Peugeot Citroën Automobile Czech (TPCA) is an automobile manufacturing company in Kolin, Czech Republic. It is a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan and PSA Peugeot Citroën of France.
Toyota Platz The Toyota Platz and the Toyota Echo sedan are small vehicles manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation based on the Toyota Vitz, the vehicle's hatchback variant. The first generation car was known as the Platz in Japan and Echo in North America; while the second generation models were renamed Belta and Yaris, respectively.
Toyota Previa The Toyota Previa, also known as the Toyota Estima (エスă†ă‚Łăž) in Japan and the Toyota Tarago in Australia, is an MPV or multi-purpose vehicle (known as a minivan in North America) produced by Toyota Motor Corporation since 1990.
Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race The Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race is an annual 10-lap auto race held each April since 1977 as part of the United States Grand Prix West, and later the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach weekend on the street course at Long Beach, California. Since 1991, the event has raised money for "Racing for Kids," a national fund-raising program benefiting children's hospitals in Long Beach and Orange County.
Toyota Production System The Toyota Production System (TPS) (ăă¨ă‚żç”źç”Łć–ąĺĽŹ) is the philosophy which organizes manufacturing and logistics at Toyota, including the interaction with suppliers and customers. TPS is known more generically as Lean manufacturing.
Toyota Project Genesis Project Genesis was a plan by the Toyota Motor Sales to attract more youthful buyers to the company's products. Though widely considered by the media to be one of Toyota's worst flops, the learnings from the experimental team provided the foundation that the successful Scion marque had been built upon.
Toyota Publica The Toyota Publica was a small car manufactured by the Japanese automaker Toyota from 1961 to 1978. Conceived as a family car to fulfill the requirements of the "national car concept", it was the smallest Toyota car during that period and was superseded in that role by the Toyota Starlet, which itself started out as a version of the Publica.
Toyota R transmission Toyota Motor Corporation's R family is a family of 5-speed RWD/4WD transmissions built by Aisin. They share much in common (such as the bell housing-to-body bolt patterns) with the General Motors AR-5 (titled MA-5 internally by GM), Jeep AX-15, NV3550, and Isuzu AR5 transmissions.
Toyota Racing Development Toyota Racing Development or TRD is the in-house tuning shop for all Toyota, Lexus, and Scion cars, which are Toyota brands and domestically branded as such in Japan. TRD is responsible both for improving street cars for more performance and supporting Toyota's racing interests around the world.
Toyota RAV4 The Toyota RAV4 (pronounced "rav-four") is a compact crossover SUV built and marketed by the Toyota Motor Corporation. It was introduced in Japan and Europe in 1994 and in North America in 1996 to cater to consumers wanting a vehicle that had most of the benefits of SUVs, such as increased cargo room, higher visibility, and the option of four-wheel drive, along with the maneuverability and fuel economy of a smaller car.
Toyota RSC The Toyota RSC ("Rugged Sport Coupe") was a Toyota concept car that was never produced for consumer sales. It was designed as a 2-door SUV that would have competed with the Japan Domestic Market (JDM) Mitsubishi Pajero 2-door.
Toyota Sequoia The Toyota Sequoia is a full-size SUV built by Toyota and based on their Tundra pickup truck. Introduced in 2000 for the 2001 model year, it was slotted in price between the midsize 4Runner and the Land Cruiser.
Toyota Sera The Toyota Sera was a small car built by Toyota solely for the Japanese market in the early 1990s, although enthusiasts in New Zealand, India, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and the UK have since imported a handful of them. It was initially revealed as the Toyota AXV-II concept car in 1988, and was shown in almost production-ready form.
Toyota Sienna The Toyota Sienna is a minivan built in the United States for the North American market, and shares its platform and engine with the Toyota Camry. It replaced the Previa in 1998 as a more conventional front wheel drive van, and was updated for 2004 with a larger model.
Toyota Sports Center The Toyota Sports Center (formerly HealthSouth Training Center) is a practice facility for the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Sparks, and the Los Angeles Kings, located on 555 North Nash Street in El Segundo, California. The $24 million facility broke ground on April 28, 1999 and officially opened in March 5, 2000 as the HealthSouth Training Center.
Toyota Starlet The Toyota Starlet was a small automobile (or a microcar) manufactured by Toyota from 1973 to 1999, replacing the Toyota Publica (and retaining the Publica's "P" code and generation numbering). However, the Publica name continued to be used in some of Toyota's export markets.
Toyota Super Corollas The Toyota Super Corollas was a former professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975-1983. The team had various monikers such as the Comets, the Tamaraws, the Silver Tamaraws, the Super Diesels, the Super Coronas and were last known as the Super Corollas.
Toyota Supra The Toyota Celica Supra was a sports car/grand tourer produced by Toyota Motor Company from 1979 to 2002. The styling of the Toyota Celica Supra was derived from the Toyota Celica, but it was both longer and wider.
Toyota Supra Turbo-A The Turbo-A was Toyota's evolution model for Group A touring car championships all over the world which required a minimum of 500 which were only sold in Japan and was produced in 1988. Some noted differences between the standard supra and the Turbo-A model are both cosmetic and some mechanical.
Toyota T engine The Toyota T series is a family of inline-4 automobile engines manufactured by Toyota starting in 1970 and ending in 1985. It started as a Push Rod Overhead Valve(OHV) design and later, performance oriented Dual Overhead Cam(DOHC) variants were added to the lineup.
Toyota T100 The Toyota T100 was a full-size pickup truck introduced by Toyota in 1993 to compete with the American-made Ford F-150, Dodge Ram, and the Chevrolet C/K. But the T100 was criticized for being too small to appeal to buyers of full-size work trucks, and the lack of a V8 engine was also a serious limiter to sales.
Toyota Technological Institute The Toyota Technological Institute is a university located in Nagoya, Japan. Founded in 1981 by a large endowment from Toyota Motors Corporation, it originally only accepted students with some industrial work experience.
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago In 2003 Toyota Technological Institute opened the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago, jointly with the University of Chicago. The stated purpose of the institute is to impact research and education in computer science.
Toyota Tercel The Tercel was Toyota's entry-level vehicle in North America during the 1980s and 1990s. The Tercel was slotted between the Corolla and the Starlet, and was meant to offer basic affordable transportation while introducing young buyers to the Toyota brand.
Toyota Tundra The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck sold by Toyota, replacing the T100. The Tundra was nominated for the North American Truck of the Year award and was Motor Trend magazine's Truck of the Year for 2000.
Toyota Van The Toyota Van was a vehicle made by Toyota and was available worldwide in a multitude of different versions. It featured a sharply sloped front, in contrast to the upright flat front common in other similar Japanese vans.
Toyota Vista The Toyota Vista was launched by Toyota in 1982 as a sister nameplate to the Toyota Camry. The name was introduced to tie in with Toyota's dealership network of the same name, and launched around the same time.
Toyota Vitz The Toyota Vitz, Toyota Yaris liftback, and Toyota Echo hatchback are all models of a small subcompact car first launched by Toyota in 1999, designed by Sotiris Kovos. The Vitz is a 3 and 5 door hatchback automobile.
Toyota Voltz The Toyota Voltz was a tall station wagon sold from 2002 to 2004 by Toyota in its home market of Japan but curtailed after a disappointing sales volume of just over 10,000 units. It was produced alongside the Pontiac Vibe in Fremont, California, in the United States by NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc), a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota.
Toyota W transmission Toyota Motor Corporation's W family is a family of RWD/4WD transmissions built by Aisin. Physically, these transmissions have much in common (like the bell housing-to-body bolt pattern) with other Aisin-built transmissions, like the Jeep AX-5 and the Toyota G-series.
Toyota/Save Mart 350 The Toyota/Save Mart 350 is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event held at Infineon Raceway. This race is one of the only two Nextel Cup races each year that is run on a non-oval track, with 12 turns over the 2 mile (3.
Toyotama-hime (Japanese for "luminous jewel"), also known as , was a goddess in Japanese mythology, and the daughter of Ryujin, the god of the sea. She married the hunter Hoori and gave birth to a son, who in turn produced Emperor Jimmu, the first Emperor of Japan.
Toyotomi clan Toyotomi clan was a clan that thrived throughout the Sengoku period of the 16th century of Japan, originating in the province of Owari. Throughout the course of the Sengoku period, the Toyotomi served as retainers under the Oda clan.
Toyotomi Hidenaga (1540-1591) was a half-brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, one of the most powerful (and significant) warlords of Japan's Sengoku period. Hidenaga oversaw the construction of Wakayama Castle in 1585, and led Hideyoshi's vanguard force a few years later into Satsuma Province, contributing heavily to his half-brother's victories in gaining control of Kyūshū.
Toyotomi Hideyori Toyotomi Hideyori (豊臣 ç§€é Ľ Toyotomi Hideyori), 1593-1615, was the son and designated successor of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the general who first united all of Japan. His mother, Lady Yodo, was the niece of Oda Nobunaga.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Shinjitai (modern Japanese) writing: ; KyĹ«jitai (historical) writing: č±č‡Łç§€ĺ‰; born Hiyoshi-maru ; coming of age (Genpuku) as Kinoshita TĹŤkichirĹŤ and later made Hashiba and martial nobility in the style of Hashiba Chikuzen no Kami Hideyoshi ; 1536 – September 18, 1598), was a Sengoku daimyo who unified Japan. He succeeded his former liege, Oda Nobunaga, and brought an end to the Sengoku period.
Toypedo The Toypedo is a hand-launched projectile developed by Swim Ways. It is a sleek, fin-stabilized hydrodynamic design resembling a rocket or missile and painted a variety of bright colors in newer models or molded of brightly-colored rubber a lĂ the Super Ball in the older, original design.
Toys "R" Us Toys "R" Us (often typeset as Toys "ĐŻ" Us to fit their logo) is a toy store chain based in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The company operates 587 stores in the United States and nearly 600 stores are operating in 29 other countries, some of them under franchises or licenses.
Toys for Tots Toys For Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks.
Toys For Bob Toys For Bob is a small video game developer founded in 1989 by Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford. They created the cult-hit Star Control series (including Star Control II, but not the third installment) for Accolade, after which they went on to create a number of games for Crystal Dynamics, including the hectic combination of action and strategy, The Horde, Pandemonium and The Unholy War (as well as Little Witching Mischiefs in Japan for Bandai).
Toys Went Berserk Toys Went Berserk was a Sydney post-punk band that formed in the late 1980s. The band consisted of talented members who had previously been in various indie bands such as Box Of Fish, Lavender Disaster, Happy Hate Me Nots, and Dusk Furrow.
Toyvesky Anomaly Coordinates The Toyvesky Anomaly Coordinates, in William Gibson's short story Hinterlands is the precise co-ordinates in space where Russian Cosmonaut Olga Toyvesky is lost for 2 years at the hands of some unknown alien civilization.
Tozovac Predrag Živković nicknamed Tozovac (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Живковић Тозовац) is one of the most famous Serbian folk singers and composers. He is also an accomplished accordion player and entertainer who appeared in movies and hosted several music TV shows.
TO LUCKEY TO LUCKEY(ăă©ăă‚ăĽ) is the mascot character of the Hanshin Tigers Japanese professional baseball team. With his girlfriend LUCKEY, he always applies himself to entertain the Tigers' fans and the audiences of every game.
TO-TCP Terminal Originated-TCP connection establishment method provides the terminal with a means to establish a TCP connection towards the Push Proxy Gateway that can be used for subsequent registration and push delivery.
TO&E A TO&E, or "Table of Organization and Equipment," is a table, usually in document form, of the United States military that prescribes the organizational chart, number of assigned personnel, and the type and number of weapons and equipment authorized for a military unit. In the U.
TO220 The TO-220 is a style of electronic component package, commonly used for transistors, silicon-controlled rectifiers, and integrated circuits. TO-220 packages commonly have three leads although units with two, four, or five leads are also manufactured.
TO3 TO-3 or "metal can" is an older style of electronic component package, commonly used for very large transistors, silicon-controlled rectifiers, and, occasionally, integrated circuits. The component is mounted on a metal plate with a metal can crimped on top of it, providing excellent heat conduction and durability.
TOAD (software) TOAD is a database administration and SQL development software application, considered a de-facto tool of choice for Oracle developers and DBAs (database administrators). TOAD is now available for the following databases: Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, and MySQL.
TOC protocol The TOC protocol, or Talk to OSCAR protocol, was a protocol used by some third-party AOL Instant Messenger clients and several clients that AOL produced itself. Sometime near August 19 2005 AOL discontinued support for the protocol and no longer uses it in any of the instant messaging clients it actively maintains, such as its Windows and Mac clients for the AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ systems.
TOCA TOCA are the organisers and administrators of the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship). The BTCC is the UK's biggest motor racing championship and one the world's most highly respected motor racing series TOCA.
TOCA Touring Car series TOCA is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters, initially focusing specifically on Touring car racing but more recently expanding to cover a wide variety of motorsport. Since the series began in 1997 with TOCA Touring Car Championship, the franchise has been released on PC, Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable, and Microsoft Xbox, with particular success in Europe and Australia where the motorsports featured are most popular.
TODA Racing TODA Racing was established in 1970 in Okayama Japan as a maintenance company for racing vehicles and engines. Since its inception, company activities have grown to include manufacturing and development of racing engines for various forms of Japanese motorsports, ranging from Formula 3 to GT300.
TODALS TODALS is a mnemonic used in education, specifically for teaching students how to make maps. It is an acronym for "Title, Orientation, Date, Author, Legend, Source", six components that are included on a useful map.
TOE (award winner) TOE describes those whom have won a Tony Award, an Oscar Award, and an Emmy Award. The list includes: Jack Albertson, Paul Scofield, Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Mitchell, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Booth, Helen Hayes, Liza Minnelli and Cloris Leachman.
TOEFL The Test of English as a Foreign Language (or TOEFL, pronounced "toe-full" or sometimes "toffle") evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand Standard American English at a college level. It is required for non-native applicants at many English-speaking colleges and universities.
TOG1 (tank) The Tank, Heavy, TOG 1 was a prototype British heavy tank design produced in the early part of the Second World War in the expectation that battlefields might end up like those of the first world war. A single prototype was built but interest faded with the success of the Churchill tank design and the mobile war that was being fought.
TOG2 (tank) The Tank, Heavy, TOG 2 was a prototype British heavy tank design produced in the early part of the Second World War in case the battlefields of Northern France turned into a morass of mud, trenches and craters as had happened during the First World War.
TOGA TOGA is an acronym used in aviation, standing for Take Off/Go Around. It is used to refer to buttons, often mounted on the throttle quadrant, that allow the engines to quickly be brought to full power, either for take off or in the event of a go around.
TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) is a framework for Enterprise Architecture which provides a comprehensive approach to the design, planning, implementation, and governance of an enterprise information architecture. The architecture is typically modeled at four levels or domains; Business, Application, Data, Technology.
TOGO TOGO was a Japanese roller coaster design company, famous for inventing the stand-up roller coaster. TOGO went bankrupt in the early 2000s due to a lawsuit by Knott's Berry Farm for problems with their Windjammer roller coaster.
TONGASAT TONGASAT is the licenced agent of the Kingdom of Tonga which is responsible for making and coordinating Tonga's satellite filings to the International Telecommunication Union and then licencing those satellite filings to international satellite operators for their commercial use.
TONTO's Expanding Head Band Tonto's Expanding Head Band was an influential electronic music duo from the 1970s, despite releasing a relatively small number of albums. The project was conceived by two Grammy-winning musicians and sound designers: Malcolm Cecil and Robert Margouleff.
TOP TEN TOP TEN is an Estonian record label which has started the career of a number of successful Baltic chart acts, including the internationally successful girl group Vanilla Ninja, who are currently the label's most successful act.
TOPEX/Poseidon The TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimeter was a science project to measure the ocean surface topography. It had (near) global coverage from 66°N to 66°S (almost all of the ice-free oceans) from late 1992 to the end of 2005.
TOPIK The TOPIK, or Test of Proficiency in Korean, is a test administered by the Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) to non-native Korean speakers to measure their knowledge of the Korean language. It is offered twice annually in many locations worldwide.
TOPLAP TOPLAP (The (Temporary|Transnational|Terrestrial|Transdimensional) Organisation for the (Promotion|Proliferation|Permanence|Purity) of Live (Algorithm|Audio|Art|Artistic) Programming) is an organization which explores the practice of live coding in relation to the performing arts. It began in February 2003.
TOPS The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. It was originally developed by the Southern Pacific Railroad and was widely sold; it is best known in the UK for its use by British Rail.
TOra TOra (Toolkit for Oracle) is a free software program for Oracle RDBMS developers and administrators. It features a PL/SQL debugger, an SQL worksheet with syntax highlighting, a database browser and a comprehensive set of database administration tools.
TORCH report In 2006, German Green Member of the European Parliament Rebecca Harms, commissioned two British scientists to write an alternate report (TORCH, The Other Report on Chernobyl) in response to the United Nations report on Chernobyl. The TORCH Report stated that:
TORUxxx TORUxxx is the present (possibly former) support guitarist for The Mad Capsule Markets. before joining The Mad Capsule Markets, TORUxxx was a member of Japanese punk groups Star-Club and Londs Of Three and later joined mad in 1997 on the Digidogheadlock album after a long line of live backing guitars had come and gone (one of them including Takashi Fujita, formerly of Doom (Japanese band)).
TOS-1 TOS-1 Buratino () is a Russian 30-barrel multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank chassis. TOS-1 was designed for defeating the enemy manpower on the open country and in defences, as well as for lightly armoured vehicles and transport means kill.
TOS/360 TOS/360 (Tape Operating System/360) was an IBM operating system for the System/360, used in the early days around 1965 to support the IBM 360 model 30 and similar platforms. TOS was a predecessor to IBM's DOS/360.
TOSLINK TOSLINK is a standardized optical fiber connection system. Its most common use is in consumer audio equipment (via a "digital optical" socket), where it carries a digital audio stream between components such as MiniDisc and CD players and DAT recorders.
TOSRV The two-day bicycle Tour of the Scioto River Valley is better known by its acronym, TOSRV. It began as a father-and-son outing in 1962 before quickly growing into the nation’s largest bicycle touring weekend.
TOtable Tornado Observatory [TOtable Tornado Observatory (nicknamed "TOTO" after the dog in the movie The Wizard of Oz]) was a large, instrumented metal barrel which scientists attempted to put in the path of a [[tornado during the 1980's. Invented in 1979 by Dr.
TOTEM Total Cross Section, Elastic Scattering and Diffraction Dissociation (TOTEM) is one of the five detector experiments being constructed at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland. It shares intersection point I5 with the Compact Muon Solenoid.
TOTimal A TOTimal is a drawing or picture of a ficticious animal used to stimulate tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) events. TOTimals generally combine features of many different animals, creating a familiar feel, while still making it impossible to identify the animal.
Tpb3d Theme Park Builder 3D is a community developing 3DRCG (3D Roller Coaster Game) and Theme Park Builder originally founded by DoctorJ and "Mark Paul" Sebar. The project is registered at Source Forge under the GNU license and is expected to be free for downloading to the Computing public.
Tpoint TPoint is computer software that implements a mathematical model of conditions leading to errors in telescope pointing and tracking. The model can then be used in a telescope control system to correct the pointing and tracking.
TP53 TP53 is a tumor suppressor gene that is named after, and provides instructions for making, a protein called tumor protein 53 (TP53). Through the effect of the protein that it produces, TP53 is a tumor suppressor gene, which means that it regulates the cycle of cell division by keeping cells from growing and dividing too fast or in an uncontrolled way.
TPC at Sawgrass The TPC at Sawgrass is a well-known golf course in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and was the inaugural Tournament Players Club. Sawgrass has two courses, the Stadium Course and the Valley Course, and is also home to the PGA Tour's headquarters.
TPC at Sugarloaf TPC at Sugarloaf (full name Tournament Players Club at Sugarloaf) is an 18-hole golf course, located in Duluth, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. The course, which was created in 1996 to a design by Greg Norman, has been the home of the annual BellSouth Classic golf tournament (part of the PGA TOUR) since 1997.
TPEG The Transport Protocol Experts Group or TPEG, for short (pronounced T-Peg) was founded in 1997 by the European Broadcasting Union. It is a group of experts led by the EBU coming from all areas of the Traffic and Travel Information businesses, as well as broadcasting.
TPN WEB DESIGN INC. TPN Web Design, founded in 2006, is one of the most leading and innovating web design institutions located in the heart of Toronto. The company's founder, Thinesh Paramalingam, was only 22 when he readily approached the opportunity to build a remarkable web design company in August of 2006.
TPP Nikola Tesla TPP Nikola Tesla is a power plant complex located on the right bank of the river Sava, approximately 40 km upstream from Belgrade, near the town of Obrenovac. By far the largest one in Serbia, the complex generates around 16 TWh annually, which covers almost half of Serbia's needs for electricity.
TPS report (Office Space) "TPS report" became a term to describe any mindless paperwork after its use in the comedy film Office Space, which followed three software engineers who were fed up with their jobs. The main character is reminded several times by several different people that he had forgotten to put the new cover sheet on his TPS report, which is now standard practice according to a recent memo.
TPz Fuchs TPz (Transportpanzer) Fuchs (fox) is an armoured personnel carrier developed by Daimler-Benz and built by Thyssen-Henschel (now Rheinmetall Landsysteme) in 1979. It was the second wheeled armoured vehicle to be fielded in the Bundeswehr.
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