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Ulsterisation Ulsterisation refers to a supposed British Government strategy on the 1970s to pacify Northern Ireland during the conflict known as The Troubles. The strategy was to disengage the non-Ulster regiments of the British Army as much as possible from security duties in Northern Ireland and replace them with members of the locally recruited Royal Ulster Constabulary and Ulster Defence Regiment.
Ulteo Ulteo is a forthcoming open source operating system based on GNU/Linux started by Gaël Duval, the creator of the distribution Mandrake (now called Mandriva Linux). After working with Mandrake for more than seven years, Duval was fired Duval's personal view on being fired from Mandriva.
Ultiboard Ultiboard is a computer program to create and modify printed circuit boards. The program was originally created by Ultimate Technologies, until that company merged with Interactive Image Technologies and eventually renamed itself to Electronics Workbench.
UltiDev Cassini Web Server UltiDev Cassini Web Server is a simple, light-weight, redistributable web server software capable of simultaneously running multiple ASP.NET applications and static HTML web sites on Microsoft Windows computers that either don't have IIS installed, or can't run IIS at all, like Windows XP Home Edition.
Ultima (Freedom City) The Ultima are a fictional race in the Freedom City campaign setting from the role-playing game, Mutants and Masterminds. Like most Freedom City characters, they are analogous to comic book characters; in this case, the Ultima are similar to the Eternals of Marvel Comics, combined with aspects of ancient mythology.
Ultima I Ultima, later known as Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness or simply Ultima I, is the first game in the Ultima series of computer role-playing games and was published by California Pacific Computer Co. on September 2nd, 1980 (USCO# PA-317-501).
Ultima II Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress, released on August 24, 1982 (USCO# PA-317-502), is the second computer role-playing game in the Ultima series. It was also the last Ultima game published by Sierra On-Line before series creator Richard Garriott founded Origin Systems.
Ultima IV Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, first released in 1985 (USCO# PA-317-504) for the Apple II, is the fourth in the series of Ultima computer role-playing games. It is the first in the "Age of Enlightenment" trilogy, shifting the series from the hack and slash, dungeon crawl gameplay of its "Age of Darkness" predecessors towards an ethically-nuanced, story-driven approach.
Ultima Online Released on September 25, 1997, by Origin Systems, Ultima Online (UO) is a popular graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was instrumental to the development of the genre, and is still running today. The game is played online, in a fantasy setting similar to that of the other Ultima games that preceded it.
Ultima Online game mechanics Ultima Online continued the tradition of previous Ultima games in many ways, but due to advancing technology and the simple fact that it was Origin's first persistent online game, there were many new game mechanics as well. Partially designed as a social and economic experiment, the game had to account for the widespread player interaction as well as deal with the long history of players feeling as if they were the center of attention, as had been the case in single-player games.
Ultima Online shard emulation Fans of Ultima Online have reverse-engineered the game to produce server emulators of the original Electronic Arts servers. With the modern emulation server software available today, it is possible to customize most aspects of the game and support large numbers of concurrent players on a single server.
Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge (2002) was the first of the two "darker" Ultima Online MMORPG expansions (the second being Ultima Online: Age of Shadows). The game featured creatures designed by Todd McFarlane (creator of Spawn in comics).
Ultima Online: Renaissance Ultima Online: Renaissance is the second expansion to the popular Ultima Online (UO) MMORPG. Released on April 3, 2000, it added content, fixed bugs, and made gameplay changes in response to common player complaints.
Ultima Online: Samurai Empire Samurai Empire is the sixth expansion to the Ultima Online MMORPG, featuring an oriental-themed environment, allowing players to play archetypical characters such as Samurai and Ninja. It also added a new area named the Tokuno Islands.
Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss Ultima Online: Sygian Abyss is the nineth expansion pack for the 1997 MMORPG Ultima Online. It is planned for release in 2007 and will feature a new playable race Gargoyles as well as the largest dungeon in game to date named Sygian Abyss.
Ultima Online: The Second Age Ultima Online: The Second Age was the first expansion for the Ultima Online MMORPG. It added several features to the game, including a new region called the Lost Lands, new creatures, and support for player-built cities.
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds, developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems in 1993, is a computer game, and the sequel to Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. It is part of the Ultima series.
Ultima VIII Ultima VIII: Pagan (1994) is the eighth part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima. It was not as well received as Ultima VII leading many, including Richard Garriott, to blame its faults on hasty development used to meet the release date and appease Origin Systems owner Electronic Arts.
Ultima Worlds Online: Origin Ultima Worlds Online: Origin (UWO:O) — originally titled Ultima Online 2 (UO2) — was to be the first sequel to the popular 1997 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Ultima Online. Origin Systems revealed that they were developing UO2 in September 1999 for release within a year or two, but development was cancelled in March 2001.
Ultimania is a series of comprehensive video game guides published by Square Enix (formerly under the title of their now-disbanded publishing subsidiary, DigiCube) in Japan. Although they are primarily known as a resource for the Final Fantasy series, there have also been Ultimania guides published for several other Square Enix titles, including Chrono Cross and the Kingdom Hearts series.
Ultimate (sport) Ultimate (often called ultimate Frisbee) is a competitive non-contact team sport played with a flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc into the opposing endzone, similar to an endzone in American football or Rugby.
Ultimate Adventures Ultimate Adventures was a six-issue comic book, written by Ron Zimmerman and drawn by Duncan Fegredo, and published by Marvel Comics. It starred Hawk-Owl and Woody, two characters who were purposefully designed as blatant copies of Batman and Robin.
Ultimate Aero TT The SSC Ultimate Aero TT(TWIN TURBO), is a supercar made specifically to break the world production car speed record. Its impressive performance figures are 1180Â bhp at 6875rpm and 961 lb-ft of torque at 6150rpm.
Ultimate Air Combat Ultimate Air Combat (known as Aces: Iron Eagle III in Japan) is a semi-realistic combat flight simulator developed and published by Activision for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Having relatively good graphics for the console, Ultimate Air Combat differs from other similar games by having both a cockpit view and an isometric view throughout the missions.
Ultimate Arena Paintball League UAPL, the Ultimate Arena Paintball League, is a paintball tournament in Las Vegas that premiered on Superstation WGN in January 2006. It features weekly paintball 3-on-3 matches in a 50’ × 100’ arena with inflatable barriers distributed throughout for cover.
Ultimate Avengers Ultimate Avengers (also known as Ultimate Avengers: The Movie) is a direct-to-video animated film based on the Marvel comic book The Ultimates. This is one of two Marvel Comics properties to be released by Lions Gate Entertainment on DVD.
Ultimate Avengers 2 Ultimate Avengers 2 (also known as Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther) is the sequel to Ultimate Avengers. Part of the film takes place in Wakanda and the Black Panther is featured as a central character.
Ultimate bungalow Ultimate bungalow is a term most commonly used to describe the very large and detailed Craftsman style homes of such California architects as Greene and Greene, Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan. The first (and most of the) homes built in this style are or were in and around Pasadena, California.
Ultimate Baseball Online Ultimate Baseball Online also know by its acronym UBO is the first baseball massively multiplayer online game. It was developed and published by Netamin Communication of Diamond Bar, CA with the assistance of former Major League Baseball player and World Series champion Darrell Evans.
Ultimate Breaks and Beats Ultimate Breaks and Beats, commonly abbreviated as UBB, is the name of a 25-volume compilation of mostly full-length songs that were known for their breaks. The series features music, released between 1966 and 1984, which features a prominent drum break.
Ultimate Collection (Keith Green DVD) Keith Green - The Ultimate Collection is a 2-disc package released posthumously in 2002 containing a CD with 20 of Keith Green's most influential songs, and an hour-long DVD documentary and biography entitled Your Love Broke Through: The Keith Green Story about his life as described by his wife, business partners and friends in interviews.
Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra is a four issue comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics. The story introduced Marvel characters Daredevil and Elektra to the Ultimate universe, and was written by novelist Greg Rucka with art by Salvador Larroca.
Ultimate Duck Hunting Ultimate Duck Hunting is a duck hunting game developed by Mid Carolina Media for the PC. The goal of the game is to shoot ducks and then collect them with hunting dogs, a concept similar to that of the classic NES game, Duck Hunt.
Ultimate ensemble The Ultimate Ensemble is a speculative theory of everything (TOE), suggested by Max Tegmark. Related to the Anthropic principle and Multiverse theories, the Ultimate Ensemble suggests that not only should worlds corresponding to different sets of initial conditions or different physical constants be considered real, but also worlds ruled by altogether different equations.
Ultimate Electronics Ultimate Electronics (nasdaq ULTE) is a consumer electronics store in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. They incorporated in the state of Delaware and their principal offices reside in Thornton, Colorado.
Ultimate Extinction Ultimate Extinction is a comic book published by Marvel Comics and set within Ultimate Marvel continuity. The five-issue (it was originally to be six) limited series began in January 2006 and was written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Brandon Peterson.
Ultimate failure In mechanical engineering, ultimate failure describes what, in layman's terms, would be called "breaking"—when a part separates or cracks. Depending on the application, yield may be considered failure even when ultimate failure does not occur.
Ultimate Fan Guides The Ultimate Fan Guides are a series of roleplaying game supplements published by Guardians of Order. They combine information on the episodes, characters and themes of anime series with statistics and game information for those series for the roleplaying game Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM).
Ultimate Fantastic Four Ultimate Fantastic Four is a comic book published by Marvel Comics, part of the Ultimate Marvel line featuring classic Marvel Universe characters re-imagined for a modern audience. It features the adventures of Reed Richards, siblings Susan and Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm, who get engulfed in a malfunctioned teleporter experiment and get super powers: Reed can stretch, Susan project force fields and make herself invisible, Johnny becomes a human torch and Ben a superstrong granite giant.
Ultimate Fighting Championship: Sudden Impact UFC Sudden Impact is a Mixed Martial Arts game for the Playstation 2, which was released on April 21, 2004. It is the eigth Ultimate Fighting Championship game released, and it's the second on the Playstation 2.
Ultimate Force Ultimate Force is a British television drama series shown on ITV1, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the Special Air Service. Four series have been broadcast since it began in 2002.
Ultimate Full Contact Ultimate Full Contact or Full-contact fighting appeals to participants who want to engage in realistic combat with an opponent. Competitions tend to be more aggressive and may have few rules or almost no rules except the imperative to physically defeat the opponent.
Ultimate Galactus trilogy Ultimate Galactus Trilogy is a collection of three miniseries in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Universe written by Warren Ellis. The series describes the coming of Gah Lak Tus, and features the Ultimate Fantastic Four, the Ultimates, and the Ultimate X-Men.
Ultimate Guitar Archive Ultimate Guitar Archive, also known as Ultimate-Guitar.com, is a large guitarist community website known for its large amount of guitar and bass tablature, reviews of music and equipment, interviews with notable musicians, online lessons, and forums.
Ultimate High Ultimate High is the debut album of Carly Hennessy, released in 2001 by MCA Records. It failed to find an audience despite getting good reviews and MCA Records spending over $2 million on the production and promotion of the album, and became a textbook example for the economics of today's music industry.
Ultimate Invasion Ultimate Invasion is a comic book mini-series that takes place in the Ultimate Marvel universe. Springing out of the “Tomb of Namor” arc in Ultimate Fantastic Four #24-26 that introduces Namor and Atlantis to the Ultimate Universe, the series will be called "Ultimate Invasion" and will be written by Brian Bendis based on an idea he’s had for 1½ years.
Ultimate Marvel Ultimate Marvel is an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring reimagined and updated versions of the company's most popular superhero characters, including Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, the X-Men, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four. The characters have new origins, freeing them from the sometimes convoluted back-histories of the original versions which were thought to turn off new readers unfamiliar with their extensive histories.
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Ultimate Marvel Team-Up was a Marvel Comics title which ran for 16 issues (plus a concluding Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special), set in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. The whole series starred Spider-Man teaming up with another superhero each issue.
Ultimate Nightmare Ultimate Nightmare is a five-issue comic book limited series written by Warren Ellis of Transmetropolitan, Planetary, and The Authority fame, after signing an exclusive two-year work-for-hire contract with Marvel Comics). Issues 1, 2, 4 and 5 were penciled by Trevor Hairsine noted for working on the Ultimate Six limited series with Brian Michael Bendis), and inked by Simon Coleby who has previously worked on Marvel UK's Warhead series in the 1990s.
Ultimate Oscillator The Ultimate Oscillator is a technical analysis oscillator developed by Larry Williams based on a notion of buying or selling "pressure" represented by where a day's closing price falls within the day's true range.
Ultimate Paint Ultimate Paint (UPaint) is a bitmap graphics editor for the Windows platform modelled after Electronic Arts' Deluxe Paint. Most functionality of Deluxe Paint has been implemented while there are also some additions such as built-in filters / effects and support for Adobe plug-ins.
Ultimate Power Ultimate Power is a nine-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. The series is a crossover that ties the Supreme Power universe into the Ultimate Marvel universe, and is written by Brian Michael Bendis, J.
Ultimate Rogue Rogue, real name Marian, is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics Ultimate Universe and a member of the Ultimate X-Men. Created by Mark Millar and Adam Kubert, she first appeared in Ultimate X-Men #7 (2001).
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, often shortened to Ultimate Showdown, is a comedy music song by Lemon Demon released on December 7 2005. It features lyrics from Neil Cicierega of Lemon Demon and with its video, which uses Flash animation, features the artwork and Flash skills of Shawn Vulliez.
Ultimate Six Ultimate Six is a seven-issue comic book limited series and crossover between Spider-Man and the Ultimates, featuring the Ultimate Marvel version of the Sinister Six. The series was written by Brian Michael Bendis, pencilled by Trevor Hairsine and inked by Danny Miki.
Ultimate Soccer Manager Ultimate Soccer Manager or USM is a soccer management video game series for MS-DOS and later Windows 95, produced by Impressions and distributed by Sierra from 1995 to 1999. The game was never more than a minor hit in Europe (except in Germany, where it was better received due to some similarities with managers produced by local software houses such as Software 2000 and Ascaron), although it gained much support in Japan.
Ultimate Soundtracker The Ultimate Soundtracker, or "SoundTracker" for short, is considered by most to be the grandfather of all tracker programs. It is the creation of Karsten Obarski, a German software developer who was part of a team called EAS.
Ultimate Spider-Man (story arcs) Featured here is a comprehensive timeline of the comic book series "Ultimate Spider-Man" created by Brian Michael Bendis and Bill Jemas, and drawn by Mark Bagley. Ultimate Spider-Man is a teenage drama, in contrast the married Spider-Man in the normal Marvel continuity.
Ultimate Spider-Man (video game) Ultimate Spider-Man is a video game based on the comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. The game was released for all current-generation video game consoles, including PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, DS, GBA, and PC as well as a Mobile Phone game.
Ultimate Spinach The Ultimate Spinach were a psychedelic band from Boston. They specialized in sophisticated suites such as "Ballad of the Hip Death Goddess", from Ultimate Spinach (1968) and "Genesis of Beauty", from Behold And See (1968).
Ultimate Toni Braxton Ultimate Toni Braxton, released in 2003, is the first greatest hits collection by R&B singer Toni Braxton. It features many of her greatest hits, and includes all the singles from her debut Toni Braxton and all but one of the singles from her sophomore album Secrets.
Ultimate Tour 2006 The Ultimate Tour 2006 is a reunion tour by British pop group, Take That. The tour, featuring four of the original members of the group — Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald — ran for a total of 30 shows in Britain and Ireland.
Ultimate Transformers Ultimate Transformers is the name given by Transformers fans to the Transformers universe created by IDW Publishing, consisting of a various mini-series and single issue comics beginning with The Transformers: Infiltration #0 in October 2005. The order of the comics can be identified by a number in an outlined Autobot symbol near the barcode.
Ultimate Ultimate 1995 The Ultimate Ultimate (also referred to as "Ultimate Ultimate 1995" and "UFC 7.5") was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 16, 1995, at the Mammoth Gardens in Denver, Colorado.
Ultimate Warrior (comic book) Beginning in May 1996, Ultimate Warrior began writing with Jim Callahan and The Sharp Brothers illustrating a comic book entitled WARRIOR, featuring himself as the main character. The comics sold well in the first two months of their distribution, before sales plummeted and the comic was taken out of circulation in early 1997.
Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk is a Marvel Comics six-issue miniseries set in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, written by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, and illustrated by artist Leinil Francis Yu and colorist Dave McCaig.
Ultimate Wrestling Alliance The Ultimate Wrestling Alliance is a professional wrestling promotion run out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 2003 by Scarecrow and promoted previous to its formal introduction by an "invasion" of PCW in Melbourne in September 2002, the promotion has three titles, Tag Team Titles, Elite Title and The Ultimate Title.
Ultimate X-Men Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book published by Marvel Comics. Ultimate X-Men is a modern reimagining of the long-running Marvel comic X-Men, set in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, outside of the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity.
Ultimate Zone Rating Ultimate Zone Rating or UZR is a method developed by Mitchel Lichtman which measures how many runs a baseball player saves for his team on defense where 0 represents an average player. The system is based on Zone Rating or ZR.
UltimateChaosmon UltimateChaosmon is a Mega Level Unique Digimon, the fusion of BantyoLeomon, Darkdramon, Valdurmon and Sleipmon. Because the power balance of his body cannot be taken by the distortion that merged the four at a time, the power is consolidated into the arms, it is huge in size.
Ultimates The Ultimates are a fictional government-sponsored team of superheroes in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, appearing primarily in their self-titled comic book limited series The Ultimates and The Ultimates 2, published by Marvel Comics, written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch. The series began as a monthly publication in January 2002, but due to amount of time required by Millar and Hitch to complete each issue, the series is released on an irregular schedule.
UltimateTV UltimateTV was the name of a Web site for all-things-television officially launched in May 1998 in Encino, Calif. Originally a hobby website ("TV Net") started by David Cronshaw, an engineer at KCAL-TV 9, it caught the attention of Jeff Rowe, a Vice President at NBC and JD Publishing, a publisher of TV schedules located in Wisconsin.
Ultimaton Ultimaton, also known as Weapon XV, is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe and enemy of the X-Men. Ultimaton first appeared in New X-Men #143 (August, 2003) and was created by Grant Morrison and Chris Bachalo.
Ultimatum An ultimatum () is a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a threat to be followed through in case of noncompliance. An ultimatum is generally the final demand in a series of requests.
Ultimatum (album) Ultimatum is an EP by indie rock band The Long Winters. It was released by Barsuk Records on October 11 2005, featuring six tracks, four of which were new songs released as a preview for their later release Putting the Days to Bed.
Ultimatum (comics) ULTIMATUM (the Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind) is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Comics universe. It was founded by the Flag-Smasher in his attempts to destroy nationalism.
Ultimatum game The ultimatum game is an experimental economics game in which two parties interact anonymously and only once, so reciprocation is not an issue. The first player proposes how to divide a sum of money with the second party.
Ultimen The Ultimen are a fictional superhero group featured in the animated series Justice League Unlimited. Based on original characters from the Super Friends, they are a group of young heroes who used their gifts to not only help people, but also to gain media attention.
Ultimo (comics) Ultimo is a fictional giant robot in the Marvel Comics universe. It was once controlled by the Mandarin and used against Iron Man, but has fought Iron Man several times even when not under the Mandarin's control.
Ultimo Mondo Cannibale (film) Ultimo Mondo Cannibale (1977), also known as Last Cannibal World or Jungle Holocaust, is an Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato, with Massimo Foschi, Ivan Rassimov, and Me Me Lai in the lead roles. It uses innovative storytelling techniques (such as emphasizing imagery and action over dialogue), and is somewhat distinct from the cannibal genre in that it is a survivalist adventure, not a horror film.
Ultimogeniture Ultimogeniture, also known as postremogeniture or junior right, is the tradition of inheritance by the last-born of the entirety of, or a privileged position in, a parent's wealth, estate or office. The tradition has been far rarer historically than primogeniture, inheritance by the first-born.
Ultisols Ultisols are an order in USA soil taxonomy. They are defined as mineral soils which contain no calcareous material anywhere within the soil, have less than 10% weatherable minerals in the extreme top layer of soil, and have less the 35% base saturation throughout the soil.
Ultra Ultra (sometimes capitalized ULTRA) was the name used by the British for intelligence resulting from decryption of German communications in World War II. The term eventually became the standard designation in both Britain and the United States for all intelligence from high-level cryptanalytic sources.
Ultra (band) Ultra was a rap duo consisting of Kool Keith (formerly of rap group, Ultramagnetic MC's) and Tim Dog who had previously appeared on past Ultramagnetic songs, such as A Chorus Line. They only released one album, Big Time, which consisted of a large amount of disses towards fellow rappers.
Ultra (Malaysia) During the 1960s in Malaysia and Singapore, some racial extremists were referred to as "ultras". The phrase was most commonly used by the first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, and other leaders of his political party, the People's Action Party (PAP), to refer to Malay extremists.
Ultra 1 The Ultra 1 is a family of Sun Microsystems computer workstations based on the 64-bit UltraSPARC microprocessor. It was the first model in the Sun Ultra series of Sun computers, which succeeded the SPARCstation series.
Ultra Cricket Ultra Cricket is a play-by-e-mail cricket simulation. Originally created by Tim Astley as a stand-alone program, the game was adapted to be played by means of predetermined orders, and began its first season as a PBeM in 1992.
Ultra fast laser spectroscopy Ultra-fast laser spectroscopy is the study of molecules on extremely short time scales (nanoseconds to femtoseconds) after their excitation with a pulsed laser. This method is used extensively to examine the energy states and electron dynamics of any molecule whose reaction to light is of interest.
Ultra Games Ultra Software Corporation was a spinoff company created in 1988 as a subsidiary of Konami of America, in an effort to get around Nintendo of America's strict licensing rules. One of these rules was that a third-party company could only publish up to five games per year for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
Ultra Girl Ultra Girl (Suzanna "Suzy" Lauren Sherman) (Tsu-Zana in Kree), is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Her real name is Suzanna "Suzy" Lauren Sherman and first appeared in Ultra Girl #1.
Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3 GHz. Waves whose frequency is above the UHF band fall into the SHF (Super high frequency) and EHF (Extremely high frequency) bands; all of which fall under the Microwave frequency range.
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), also known as high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) or high performance polyethylene (HPPE), is a thermoplastic. It has extremely long chains, with molecular weight numbering in the millions, usually between 2 and 6 million.
Ultra high vacuum Ultra high vacuum (UHV) is the regime characterised by pressures lower than about 10â’7 pascal or 100 nanopascals (~10â’9 torr). UHV requires the use of special materials, extreme cleanliness, and baking the entire system to remove water and other trace gases.
Ultra High Frequency (rock band) Ultra High Frequency is a Long Island, NY based rock band formed in the mid 1990s in Long Island, NY by Frank Fussa (vocals, guitar), Jon Tehel (guitar / vocals), Chris Johanidesz (bass / vocals) and Dennis Joseph (drums / vocals). It wasn't until 2004 with Dennis Joseph's return that the band's heat got turned on with their first official release "Sun Never Sets in Dramaville".
Ultra Jump Ultra Jump (ウă«ă㩠ジăŁăłă— Urutora Janpu) is a monthly manga magazine published by Shueisha, it was first issued in 1999. The manga carried are mostly fantasy and science fiction stories aimed at a young adult audience.
Ultra low sulphur diesel Ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) is a term used to describe a standard for defining diesel fuel with substantially lowered sulphur contents. As of October 15, 2006, most diesel fuel sold at retail locations in the United States and Canada is ULSD.
Ultra Low Delay Audio Coder The Ultra Low Delay Audio Coder (short: ULD) is a development of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT), which is headed by one of the fathers of MP3, Karlheinz Brandenburg, and of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS). The ULD is a lossy audio data compression scheme that only introduces a very small amount of delay into the audio signal compared to commonly known audio coders like MP3 or AAC.
Ultra Low Emission Vehicle A ULEV or Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle is a vehicle that has been verified by the California Air Resources Board to emit 50% less polluting emissions than the average for new cars released in that model year. The ULEV is one of a number of designations given by the CARB to signify the level of emissions that car-buyers can expect their new vehicle to produce and forms part of a whole range of designations, listed here in order of decreasing emissions:
Ultra Marines Ultra Marines is one of a series of 4 "introductory" games released by Games Workshop in the mid-1990s. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, it is effectively a 'scaled-down' version of Space Hulk and Tyranid Attack, using plastic Marine Scouts from the Ultramarines, Space Wolves and Dark Angels chapters.
Ultra Mega Sports Show The Ultra Mega Sports Show is a weekly, half hour-long sports radio show, broadcast on CKUW, the University of Winnipeg radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The show airs Mondays at 4:30pm CST, and is hosted by Thomas Asselin and Rhys Kelso, who both write for "The Uniter", the university's weekly student newspaper.
Ulteo Ulteo is a forthcoming open source operating system based on GNU/Linux started by Gaël Duval, the creator of the distribution Mandrake (now called Mandriva Linux). After working with Mandrake for more than seven years, Duval was fired Duval's personal view on being fired from Mandriva.
Ultiboard Ultiboard is a computer program to create and modify printed circuit boards. The program was originally created by Ultimate Technologies, until that company merged with Interactive Image Technologies and eventually renamed itself to Electronics Workbench.
UltiDev Cassini Web Server UltiDev Cassini Web Server is a simple, light-weight, redistributable web server software capable of simultaneously running multiple ASP.NET applications and static HTML web sites on Microsoft Windows computers that either don't have IIS installed, or can't run IIS at all, like Windows XP Home Edition.
Ultima (Freedom City) The Ultima are a fictional race in the Freedom City campaign setting from the role-playing game, Mutants and Masterminds. Like most Freedom City characters, they are analogous to comic book characters; in this case, the Ultima are similar to the Eternals of Marvel Comics, combined with aspects of ancient mythology.
Ultima I Ultima, later known as Ultima I: The First Age of Darkness or simply Ultima I, is the first game in the Ultima series of computer role-playing games and was published by California Pacific Computer Co. on September 2nd, 1980 (USCO# PA-317-501).
Ultima II Ultima II: The Revenge of the Enchantress, released on August 24, 1982 (USCO# PA-317-502), is the second computer role-playing game in the Ultima series. It was also the last Ultima game published by Sierra On-Line before series creator Richard Garriott founded Origin Systems.
Ultima IV Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar, first released in 1985 (USCO# PA-317-504) for the Apple II, is the fourth in the series of Ultima computer role-playing games. It is the first in the "Age of Enlightenment" trilogy, shifting the series from the hack and slash, dungeon crawl gameplay of its "Age of Darkness" predecessors towards an ethically-nuanced, story-driven approach.
Ultima Online Released on September 25, 1997, by Origin Systems, Ultima Online (UO) is a popular graphical massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was instrumental to the development of the genre, and is still running today. The game is played online, in a fantasy setting similar to that of the other Ultima games that preceded it.
Ultima Online game mechanics Ultima Online continued the tradition of previous Ultima games in many ways, but due to advancing technology and the simple fact that it was Origin's first persistent online game, there were many new game mechanics as well. Partially designed as a social and economic experiment, the game had to account for the widespread player interaction as well as deal with the long history of players feeling as if they were the center of attention, as had been the case in single-player games.
Ultima Online shard emulation Fans of Ultima Online have reverse-engineered the game to produce server emulators of the original Electronic Arts servers. With the modern emulation server software available today, it is possible to customize most aspects of the game and support large numbers of concurrent players on a single server.
Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge (2002) was the first of the two "darker" Ultima Online MMORPG expansions (the second being Ultima Online: Age of Shadows). The game featured creatures designed by Todd McFarlane (creator of Spawn in comics).
Ultima Online: Renaissance Ultima Online: Renaissance is the second expansion to the popular Ultima Online (UO) MMORPG. Released on April 3, 2000, it added content, fixed bugs, and made gameplay changes in response to common player complaints.
Ultima Online: Samurai Empire Samurai Empire is the sixth expansion to the Ultima Online MMORPG, featuring an oriental-themed environment, allowing players to play archetypical characters such as Samurai and Ninja. It also added a new area named the Tokuno Islands.
Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss Ultima Online: Sygian Abyss is the nineth expansion pack for the 1997 MMORPG Ultima Online. It is planned for release in 2007 and will feature a new playable race Gargoyles as well as the largest dungeon in game to date named Sygian Abyss.
Ultima Online: The Second Age Ultima Online: The Second Age was the first expansion for the Ultima Online MMORPG. It added several features to the game, including a new region called the Lost Lands, new creatures, and support for player-built cities.
Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth of Worlds, developed by Looking Glass Technologies and published by Origin Systems in 1993, is a computer game, and the sequel to Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss. It is part of the Ultima series.
Ultima VIII Ultima VIII: Pagan (1994) is the eighth part of the computer role-playing game series Ultima. It was not as well received as Ultima VII leading many, including Richard Garriott, to blame its faults on hasty development used to meet the release date and appease Origin Systems owner Electronic Arts.
Ultima Worlds Online: Origin Ultima Worlds Online: Origin (UWO:O) — originally titled Ultima Online 2 (UO2) — was to be the first sequel to the popular 1997 massively multiplayer online role-playing game Ultima Online. Origin Systems revealed that they were developing UO2 in September 1999 for release within a year or two, but development was cancelled in March 2001.
Ultimania is a series of comprehensive video game guides published by Square Enix (formerly under the title of their now-disbanded publishing subsidiary, DigiCube) in Japan. Although they are primarily known as a resource for the Final Fantasy series, there have also been Ultimania guides published for several other Square Enix titles, including Chrono Cross and the Kingdom Hearts series.
Ultimate (sport) Ultimate (often called ultimate Frisbee) is a competitive non-contact team sport played with a flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc into the opposing endzone, similar to an endzone in American football or Rugby.
Ultimate Adventures Ultimate Adventures was a six-issue comic book, written by Ron Zimmerman and drawn by Duncan Fegredo, and published by Marvel Comics. It starred Hawk-Owl and Woody, two characters who were purposefully designed as blatant copies of Batman and Robin.
Ultimate Aero TT The SSC Ultimate Aero TT(TWIN TURBO), is a supercar made specifically to break the world production car speed record. Its impressive performance figures are 1180Â bhp at 6875rpm and 961 lb-ft of torque at 6150rpm.
Ultimate Air Combat Ultimate Air Combat (known as Aces: Iron Eagle III in Japan) is a semi-realistic combat flight simulator developed and published by Activision for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Having relatively good graphics for the console, Ultimate Air Combat differs from other similar games by having both a cockpit view and an isometric view throughout the missions.
Ultimate Arena Paintball League UAPL, the Ultimate Arena Paintball League, is a paintball tournament in Las Vegas that premiered on Superstation WGN in January 2006. It features weekly paintball 3-on-3 matches in a 50’ × 100’ arena with inflatable barriers distributed throughout for cover.
Ultimate Avengers Ultimate Avengers (also known as Ultimate Avengers: The Movie) is a direct-to-video animated film based on the Marvel comic book The Ultimates. This is one of two Marvel Comics properties to be released by Lions Gate Entertainment on DVD.
Ultimate Avengers 2 Ultimate Avengers 2 (also known as Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther) is the sequel to Ultimate Avengers. Part of the film takes place in Wakanda and the Black Panther is featured as a central character.
Ultimate bungalow Ultimate bungalow is a term most commonly used to describe the very large and detailed Craftsman style homes of such California architects as Greene and Greene, Bernard Maybeck and Julia Morgan. The first (and most of the) homes built in this style are or were in and around Pasadena, California.
Ultimate Baseball Online Ultimate Baseball Online also know by its acronym UBO is the first baseball massively multiplayer online game. It was developed and published by Netamin Communication of Diamond Bar, CA with the assistance of former Major League Baseball player and World Series champion Darrell Evans.
Ultimate Breaks and Beats Ultimate Breaks and Beats, commonly abbreviated as UBB, is the name of a 25-volume compilation of mostly full-length songs that were known for their breaks. The series features music, released between 1966 and 1984, which features a prominent drum break.
Ultimate Collection (Keith Green DVD) Keith Green - The Ultimate Collection is a 2-disc package released posthumously in 2002 containing a CD with 20 of Keith Green's most influential songs, and an hour-long DVD documentary and biography entitled Your Love Broke Through: The Keith Green Story about his life as described by his wife, business partners and friends in interviews.
Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra is a four issue comic book mini-series published by Marvel Comics. The story introduced Marvel characters Daredevil and Elektra to the Ultimate universe, and was written by novelist Greg Rucka with art by Salvador Larroca.
Ultimate Duck Hunting Ultimate Duck Hunting is a duck hunting game developed by Mid Carolina Media for the PC. The goal of the game is to shoot ducks and then collect them with hunting dogs, a concept similar to that of the classic NES game, Duck Hunt.
Ultimate ensemble The Ultimate Ensemble is a speculative theory of everything (TOE), suggested by Max Tegmark. Related to the Anthropic principle and Multiverse theories, the Ultimate Ensemble suggests that not only should worlds corresponding to different sets of initial conditions or different physical constants be considered real, but also worlds ruled by altogether different equations.
Ultimate Electronics Ultimate Electronics (nasdaq ULTE) is a consumer electronics store in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. They incorporated in the state of Delaware and their principal offices reside in Thornton, Colorado.
Ultimate Extinction Ultimate Extinction is a comic book published by Marvel Comics and set within Ultimate Marvel continuity. The five-issue (it was originally to be six) limited series began in January 2006 and was written by Warren Ellis and illustrated by Brandon Peterson.
Ultimate failure In mechanical engineering, ultimate failure describes what, in layman's terms, would be called "breaking"—when a part separates or cracks. Depending on the application, yield may be considered failure even when ultimate failure does not occur.
Ultimate Fan Guides The Ultimate Fan Guides are a series of roleplaying game supplements published by Guardians of Order. They combine information on the episodes, characters and themes of anime series with statistics and game information for those series for the roleplaying game Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM).
Ultimate Fantastic Four Ultimate Fantastic Four is a comic book published by Marvel Comics, part of the Ultimate Marvel line featuring classic Marvel Universe characters re-imagined for a modern audience. It features the adventures of Reed Richards, siblings Susan and Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm, who get engulfed in a malfunctioned teleporter experiment and get super powers: Reed can stretch, Susan project force fields and make herself invisible, Johnny becomes a human torch and Ben a superstrong granite giant.
Ultimate Fighting Championship: Sudden Impact UFC Sudden Impact is a Mixed Martial Arts game for the Playstation 2, which was released on April 21, 2004. It is the eigth Ultimate Fighting Championship game released, and it's the second on the Playstation 2.
Ultimate Force Ultimate Force is a British television drama series shown on ITV1, which deals with the activities of the fictional Red Troop of the Special Air Service. Four series have been broadcast since it began in 2002.
Ultimate Full Contact Ultimate Full Contact or Full-contact fighting appeals to participants who want to engage in realistic combat with an opponent. Competitions tend to be more aggressive and may have few rules or almost no rules except the imperative to physically defeat the opponent.
Ultimate Galactus trilogy Ultimate Galactus Trilogy is a collection of three miniseries in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Universe written by Warren Ellis. The series describes the coming of Gah Lak Tus, and features the Ultimate Fantastic Four, the Ultimates, and the Ultimate X-Men.
Ultimate Guitar Archive Ultimate Guitar Archive, also known as Ultimate-Guitar.com, is a large guitarist community website known for its large amount of guitar and bass tablature, reviews of music and equipment, interviews with notable musicians, online lessons, and forums.
Ultimate High Ultimate High is the debut album of Carly Hennessy, released in 2001 by MCA Records. It failed to find an audience despite getting good reviews and MCA Records spending over $2 million on the production and promotion of the album, and became a textbook example for the economics of today's music industry.
Ultimate Invasion Ultimate Invasion is a comic book mini-series that takes place in the Ultimate Marvel universe. Springing out of the “Tomb of Namor” arc in Ultimate Fantastic Four #24-26 that introduces Namor and Atlantis to the Ultimate Universe, the series will be called "Ultimate Invasion" and will be written by Brian Bendis based on an idea he’s had for 1½ years.
Ultimate Marvel Ultimate Marvel is an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring reimagined and updated versions of the company's most popular superhero characters, including Spider-Man, Wolverine, the Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, the X-Men, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four. The characters have new origins, freeing them from the sometimes convoluted back-histories of the original versions which were thought to turn off new readers unfamiliar with their extensive histories.
Ultimate Marvel Team-Up Ultimate Marvel Team-Up was a Marvel Comics title which ran for 16 issues (plus a concluding Ultimate Spider-Man Super Special), set in the Ultimate Marvel Universe. The whole series starred Spider-Man teaming up with another superhero each issue.
Ultimate Nightmare Ultimate Nightmare is a five-issue comic book limited series written by Warren Ellis of Transmetropolitan, Planetary, and The Authority fame, after signing an exclusive two-year work-for-hire contract with Marvel Comics). Issues 1, 2, 4 and 5 were penciled by Trevor Hairsine noted for working on the Ultimate Six limited series with Brian Michael Bendis), and inked by Simon Coleby who has previously worked on Marvel UK's Warhead series in the 1990s.
Ultimate Oscillator The Ultimate Oscillator is a technical analysis oscillator developed by Larry Williams based on a notion of buying or selling "pressure" represented by where a day's closing price falls within the day's true range.
Ultimate Paint Ultimate Paint (UPaint) is a bitmap graphics editor for the Windows platform modelled after Electronic Arts' Deluxe Paint. Most functionality of Deluxe Paint has been implemented while there are also some additions such as built-in filters / effects and support for Adobe plug-ins.
Ultimate Power Ultimate Power is a nine-issue comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. The series is a crossover that ties the Supreme Power universe into the Ultimate Marvel universe, and is written by Brian Michael Bendis, J.
Ultimate Rogue Rogue, real name Marian, is a comic book superhero in the Marvel Comics Ultimate Universe and a member of the Ultimate X-Men. Created by Mark Millar and Adam Kubert, she first appeared in Ultimate X-Men #7 (2001).
Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, often shortened to Ultimate Showdown, is a comedy music song by Lemon Demon released on December 7 2005. It features lyrics from Neil Cicierega of Lemon Demon and with its video, which uses Flash animation, features the artwork and Flash skills of Shawn Vulliez.
Ultimate Six Ultimate Six is a seven-issue comic book limited series and crossover between Spider-Man and the Ultimates, featuring the Ultimate Marvel version of the Sinister Six. The series was written by Brian Michael Bendis, pencilled by Trevor Hairsine and inked by Danny Miki.
Ultimate Soccer Manager Ultimate Soccer Manager or USM is a soccer management video game series for MS-DOS and later Windows 95, produced by Impressions and distributed by Sierra from 1995 to 1999. The game was never more than a minor hit in Europe (except in Germany, where it was better received due to some similarities with managers produced by local software houses such as Software 2000 and Ascaron), although it gained much support in Japan.
Ultimate Soundtracker The Ultimate Soundtracker, or "SoundTracker" for short, is considered by most to be the grandfather of all tracker programs. It is the creation of Karsten Obarski, a German software developer who was part of a team called EAS.
Ultimate Spider-Man (story arcs) Featured here is a comprehensive timeline of the comic book series "Ultimate Spider-Man" created by Brian Michael Bendis and Bill Jemas, and drawn by Mark Bagley. Ultimate Spider-Man is a teenage drama, in contrast the married Spider-Man in the normal Marvel continuity.
Ultimate Spider-Man (video game) Ultimate Spider-Man is a video game based on the comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley. The game was released for all current-generation video game consoles, including PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, DS, GBA, and PC as well as a Mobile Phone game.
Ultimate Spinach The Ultimate Spinach were a psychedelic band from Boston. They specialized in sophisticated suites such as "Ballad of the Hip Death Goddess", from Ultimate Spinach (1968) and "Genesis of Beauty", from Behold And See (1968).
Ultimate Toni Braxton Ultimate Toni Braxton, released in 2003, is the first greatest hits collection by R&B singer Toni Braxton. It features many of her greatest hits, and includes all the singles from her debut Toni Braxton and all but one of the singles from her sophomore album Secrets.
Ultimate Tour 2006 The Ultimate Tour 2006 is a reunion tour by British pop group, Take That. The tour, featuring four of the original members of the group — Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Howard Donald — ran for a total of 30 shows in Britain and Ireland.
Ultimate Transformers Ultimate Transformers is the name given by Transformers fans to the Transformers universe created by IDW Publishing, consisting of a various mini-series and single issue comics beginning with The Transformers: Infiltration #0 in October 2005. The order of the comics can be identified by a number in an outlined Autobot symbol near the barcode.
Ultimate Ultimate 1995 The Ultimate Ultimate (also referred to as "Ultimate Ultimate 1995" and "UFC 7.5") was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 16, 1995, at the Mammoth Gardens in Denver, Colorado.
Ultimate Warrior (comic book) Beginning in May 1996, Ultimate Warrior began writing with Jim Callahan and The Sharp Brothers illustrating a comic book entitled WARRIOR, featuring himself as the main character. The comics sold well in the first two months of their distribution, before sales plummeted and the comic was taken out of circulation in early 1997.
Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk is a Marvel Comics six-issue miniseries set in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, written by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof, and illustrated by artist Leinil Francis Yu and colorist Dave McCaig.
Ultimate Wrestling Alliance The Ultimate Wrestling Alliance is a professional wrestling promotion run out of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 2003 by Scarecrow and promoted previous to its formal introduction by an "invasion" of PCW in Melbourne in September 2002, the promotion has three titles, Tag Team Titles, Elite Title and The Ultimate Title.
Ultimate X-Men Ultimate X-Men is a superhero comic book published by Marvel Comics. Ultimate X-Men is a modern reimagining of the long-running Marvel comic X-Men, set in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, outside of the mainstream Marvel Universe continuity.
Ultimate Zone Rating Ultimate Zone Rating or UZR is a method developed by Mitchel Lichtman which measures how many runs a baseball player saves for his team on defense where 0 represents an average player. The system is based on Zone Rating or ZR.
UltimateChaosmon UltimateChaosmon is a Mega Level Unique Digimon, the fusion of BantyoLeomon, Darkdramon, Valdurmon and Sleipmon. Because the power balance of his body cannot be taken by the distortion that merged the four at a time, the power is consolidated into the arms, it is huge in size.
Ultimates The Ultimates are a fictional government-sponsored team of superheroes in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, appearing primarily in their self-titled comic book limited series The Ultimates and The Ultimates 2, published by Marvel Comics, written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch. The series began as a monthly publication in January 2002, but due to amount of time required by Millar and Hitch to complete each issue, the series is released on an irregular schedule.
UltimateTV UltimateTV was the name of a Web site for all-things-television officially launched in May 1998 in Encino, Calif. Originally a hobby website ("TV Net") started by David Cronshaw, an engineer at KCAL-TV 9, it caught the attention of Jeff Rowe, a Vice President at NBC and JD Publishing, a publisher of TV schedules located in Wisconsin.
Ultimaton Ultimaton, also known as Weapon XV, is a supervillain in the Marvel Universe and enemy of the X-Men. Ultimaton first appeared in New X-Men #143 (August, 2003) and was created by Grant Morrison and Chris Bachalo.
Ultimatum An ultimatum () is a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a threat to be followed through in case of noncompliance. An ultimatum is generally the final demand in a series of requests.
Ultimatum (album) Ultimatum is an EP by indie rock band The Long Winters. It was released by Barsuk Records on October 11 2005, featuring six tracks, four of which were new songs released as a preview for their later release Putting the Days to Bed.
Ultimatum (comics) ULTIMATUM (the Underground Liberated Totally Integrated Mobile Army To Unite Mankind) is a fictional terrorist organization in the Marvel Comics universe. It was founded by the Flag-Smasher in his attempts to destroy nationalism.
Ultimatum game The ultimatum game is an experimental economics game in which two parties interact anonymously and only once, so reciprocation is not an issue. The first player proposes how to divide a sum of money with the second party.
Ultimen The Ultimen are a fictional superhero group featured in the animated series Justice League Unlimited. Based on original characters from the Super Friends, they are a group of young heroes who used their gifts to not only help people, but also to gain media attention.
Ultimo (comics) Ultimo is a fictional giant robot in the Marvel Comics universe. It was once controlled by the Mandarin and used against Iron Man, but has fought Iron Man several times even when not under the Mandarin's control.
Ultimo Mondo Cannibale (film) Ultimo Mondo Cannibale (1977), also known as Last Cannibal World or Jungle Holocaust, is an Italian cannibal film directed by Ruggero Deodato, with Massimo Foschi, Ivan Rassimov, and Me Me Lai in the lead roles. It uses innovative storytelling techniques (such as emphasizing imagery and action over dialogue), and is somewhat distinct from the cannibal genre in that it is a survivalist adventure, not a horror film.
Ultimogeniture Ultimogeniture, also known as postremogeniture or junior right, is the tradition of inheritance by the last-born of the entirety of, or a privileged position in, a parent's wealth, estate or office. The tradition has been far rarer historically than primogeniture, inheritance by the first-born.
Ultisols Ultisols are an order in USA soil taxonomy. They are defined as mineral soils which contain no calcareous material anywhere within the soil, have less than 10% weatherable minerals in the extreme top layer of soil, and have less the 35% base saturation throughout the soil.
Ultra Ultra (sometimes capitalized ULTRA) was the name used by the British for intelligence resulting from decryption of German communications in World War II. The term eventually became the standard designation in both Britain and the United States for all intelligence from high-level cryptanalytic sources.
Ultra (band) Ultra was a rap duo consisting of Kool Keith (formerly of rap group, Ultramagnetic MC's) and Tim Dog who had previously appeared on past Ultramagnetic songs, such as A Chorus Line. They only released one album, Big Time, which consisted of a large amount of disses towards fellow rappers.
Ultra (Malaysia) During the 1960s in Malaysia and Singapore, some racial extremists were referred to as "ultras". The phrase was most commonly used by the first Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, and other leaders of his political party, the People's Action Party (PAP), to refer to Malay extremists.
Ultra 1 The Ultra 1 is a family of Sun Microsystems computer workstations based on the 64-bit UltraSPARC microprocessor. It was the first model in the Sun Ultra series of Sun computers, which succeeded the SPARCstation series.
Ultra Cricket Ultra Cricket is a play-by-e-mail cricket simulation. Originally created by Tim Astley as a stand-alone program, the game was adapted to be played by means of predetermined orders, and began its first season as a PBeM in 1992.
Ultra fast laser spectroscopy Ultra-fast laser spectroscopy is the study of molecules on extremely short time scales (nanoseconds to femtoseconds) after their excitation with a pulsed laser. This method is used extensively to examine the energy states and electron dynamics of any molecule whose reaction to light is of interest.
Ultra Games Ultra Software Corporation was a spinoff company created in 1988 as a subsidiary of Konami of America, in an effort to get around Nintendo of America's strict licensing rules. One of these rules was that a third-party company could only publish up to five games per year for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US.
Ultra Girl Ultra Girl (Suzanna "Suzy" Lauren Sherman) (Tsu-Zana in Kree), is a fictional superhero in the Marvel Comics universe. Her real name is Suzanna "Suzy" Lauren Sherman and first appeared in Ultra Girl #1.
Ultra high frequency Ultra high frequency (UHF) designates a range (band) of electromagnetic waves whose frequency is between 300 MHz and 3 GHz. Waves whose frequency is above the UHF band fall into the SHF (Super high frequency) and EHF (Extremely high frequency) bands; all of which fall under the Microwave frequency range.
Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), also known as high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) or high performance polyethylene (HPPE), is a thermoplastic. It has extremely long chains, with molecular weight numbering in the millions, usually between 2 and 6 million.
Ultra high vacuum Ultra high vacuum (UHV) is the regime characterised by pressures lower than about 10â’7 pascal or 100 nanopascals (~10â’9 torr). UHV requires the use of special materials, extreme cleanliness, and baking the entire system to remove water and other trace gases.
Ultra High Frequency (rock band) Ultra High Frequency is a Long Island, NY based rock band formed in the mid 1990s in Long Island, NY by Frank Fussa (vocals, guitar), Jon Tehel (guitar / vocals), Chris Johanidesz (bass / vocals) and Dennis Joseph (drums / vocals). It wasn't until 2004 with Dennis Joseph's return that the band's heat got turned on with their first official release "Sun Never Sets in Dramaville".
Ultra Jump Ultra Jump (ウă«ă㩠ジăŁăłă— Urutora Janpu) is a monthly manga magazine published by Shueisha, it was first issued in 1999. The manga carried are mostly fantasy and science fiction stories aimed at a young adult audience.
Ultra low sulphur diesel Ultra-low sulphur diesel (ULSD) is a term used to describe a standard for defining diesel fuel with substantially lowered sulphur contents. As of October 15, 2006, most diesel fuel sold at retail locations in the United States and Canada is ULSD.
Ultra Low Delay Audio Coder The Ultra Low Delay Audio Coder (short: ULD) is a development of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT), which is headed by one of the fathers of MP3, Karlheinz Brandenburg, and of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS). The ULD is a lossy audio data compression scheme that only introduces a very small amount of delay into the audio signal compared to commonly known audio coders like MP3 or AAC.
Ultra Low Emission Vehicle A ULEV or Ultra-Low Emissions Vehicle is a vehicle that has been verified by the California Air Resources Board to emit 50% less polluting emissions than the average for new cars released in that model year. The ULEV is one of a number of designations given by the CARB to signify the level of emissions that car-buyers can expect their new vehicle to produce and forms part of a whole range of designations, listed here in order of decreasing emissions:
Ultra Marines Ultra Marines is one of a series of 4 "introductory" games released by Games Workshop in the mid-1990s. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, it is effectively a 'scaled-down' version of Space Hulk and Tyranid Attack, using plastic Marine Scouts from the Ultramarines, Space Wolves and Dark Angels chapters.
Ultra Mega Sports Show The Ultra Mega Sports Show is a weekly, half hour-long sports radio show, broadcast on CKUW, the University of Winnipeg radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The show airs Mondays at 4:30pm CST, and is hosted by Thomas Asselin and Rhys Kelso, who both write for "The Uniter", the university's weekly student newspaper.
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