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Veth Veth was the custom of servitude imposed upon peasants in the Indian state of Gujarat in the early twentieth century by the officials of the British Raj. Indian peasants would be forced to serve British officers and civilians transport luggage and perform chores for their benefit, without payment.
Vethathiri Shri Vethathiri Maharishi (August 14 1911 - March 28 2006) is the founder of the World Community Service Center,an organisation founded in 1958] with the aim of bringing peace in the society through individual harmony. He is celebrated by many as one of the greatest thinkers of the century.
Vetiver (band) Vetiver is an American folk band headed by songwriter Andy Cabic and often joined by Devendra Banhart, cellist Alissa Anderson, drummer Otto Hauser, violin Carmen Biggers, guitarists Kevin Barker and Sanders Trippe, bassist Brent Dunn.
Vetlanda Speedway Vetlanda Speedway, earlier known as Njudungarna and VMS Elit, was founded in 1946 and arranged the first match three years later. In 2003 when the club was promoted to the top division in the Swedish speedway league Elitserien they changed the name to VMS Elit.
Veto override In the United States, Congress can override a presidential veto by having a 2/3 majority vote in both the House of Representatives and Senate, thus signing the bill into law despite the president's veto. However, a bill may not be overridden if it is a pocket veto.
Vets For Freedom Action Fund The Vets for Freedom Action Fund (formerly Vets For Freedom) is a non-partisan, tax-exempt American organization whose stated purpose is to give voice to America's veterans and active duty troops who support the Global War on Terror, War in Afghanistan, and War in Iraq. The founders of the organization have all seen combat in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006) is a Tamil film starring Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj and music composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film is directed by Gautham Menon and produced by Manickam Narayan.
Vetting Broadly, vetting is a process of examination and evaluation. Specifically, vetting often refers to performing a background check on someone before giving them an award or honor, offering them a position in an organization, etc.
Vettisfossen Vettisfossen located in the mountain range of Jotunheimen, is one of Norway's tallest waterfalls, with a single drop of a waterfall in Norway, at 275 m. The waterfall can be accessed by nice walking tour of app one hour from Øvre Årdal in the municipality of Årdal.
Vettones The Vettones were one of the pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania, modern Spain and Portugal), dwelling in the northwestern part of the meseta—the high central upland plain of the Iberian peninsula—the region where the modern Spanish provinces of Ávila and Salamanca are today, as well as parts of Zamora, Toledo, Cáceres and also border areas of modern Portuguese territory. Roman authors recognized the cohesion of cultural features and called the tribe the Vettones.
Vetulonia Vetulonia, formerly called Vetulonium or Vatluna, was an ancient town of Etruria, Italy, the site of which is probably occupied by the modern village of Vetulonia, which up to 1887 bore the name of Colonnata and Colonna di Buriano: the site is currently a frazione of the comune of Castiglione della Pescaia, with some 200 inhabitants.
Vetus Latina Vetus Latina is a collective name given to the Biblical texts in Latin that were translated before St Jerome's Vulgate Bible became the standard Bible for Latin-speaking Western Christians. The phrase Vetus Latina is Latin for Old Latin, and the Vetus Latina is sometimes known as the Old Latin Bible.
Vetustodermis planus Vetustodermis planus is an extinct animal that lived during the Cambrian Period. It is a 5 to 10 centimeter-long fossil, found in Anning, China in 1979, and has since triggered a debate over its classification; although it has some clear molluscan affinities, such as the large muscular foot, it is not considered to be close enough to warrant placement in that phylum, meaning that a new phylum may have to be erected to hold this one species.
Vetustovermis planus Vetustovermis planus is a softbodied animal originally described from the South Australian Emu Bay shale which is Lower Cambrian in age. It is better known from the Chinese Chengjiang biota (also Lower Cambrian) described recently by Chen et al (2005).
Veuve Clicquot Veuve Clicquot is a brand of champagne, easily recognized by its distinctive bright yellow bottle labels. Founded in 1772 by Philippe Clicquot-Muiron, Veuve Clicquot played an important role in establishing champagne as the beverage of choice of European nobility and the wealthy bourgeoisie.
Vevi Vevi, rarely Veve (Greek]: Βεύη), also known as Banitsa ([[Greek language|Greek: Μπάνιτσα, Πάνιτσα, Slavic Баница) is a village located in the Municipality of Meliti in Macedonia, Greece. The village has a main roads and railroad systems which leads to Thessaloniki, Kastoria and Kozani.
Vex The Vex Robotics Design System is a robotic kit intended for to introduce students as well as adults to the world of robotics. The Vex Robotics Design System is centered around the Vex Starter Kit (which retails for USD$300+).
Vexatious litigation Vexatious litigation is legal action which is brought, regardless of its merits, solely to harass or subdue an adversary. It may take the form of a primary frivolous lawsuit or may be the repetitive, burdensome, and unwarranted filing of meritless motions in a matter which is otherwise a meritorious cause of action.
Vexatious stalking Vexatious stalking is a term for a fabricated false criminal accusation(s) by a stalker, which is brought regardless of its merit, solely to harass or subdue a victim. Vexatious stalkers may use manipulative behavior in order to have the victim falsely arrested or falsely convicted of a crime.
Vexillarius The Vexillarius was a type of signiferi in the Roman legions who carried a miliatary stadnard known as a Vexillum, the name and emblem of the legion woven onto a fabric banner suspended from a crossbar which was attached to a pole or lance. It could be used by infantry or cavalry.
Vexillatio A vexillatio (plural vexillationes) was a detachment of a Roman legion formed as a temporary task force created by the Roman Army of the Principate. It was named from the standards carried by legionary detachments, vexillum (plural vexilla), which bore the emblem and name of the parent legion.
Vexillum The vexillum was a flag-like object used in the Classical Era of the Roman Empire. The vexillum resembles the modern flag; however, the cloth is draped vertically from a horizontal edge, unlike the horizontally-flown flags most used today.
Veysonnaz Veysonnaz is a Swiss village located in the district of Sion in the Valais canton. It is most known for its winter sports, as the home of winter sports resorts and the Piste de l'Ours ("Path of the Bear") trail on which some Alpine Ski World Cup competitions take place.
Vezina Trophy The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the person deemed the best ice hockey goaltender as voted on by the general managers of the teams in the National Hockey League. The most recent winner was Miikka Kiprusoff.
VECSEL A Vertical-External-Cavity Surface-Emitting-Laser (VECSEL) is a small semiconductor laser similar to a VCSEL. VECSELs are used primarily as near infrared devices in laser cooling and spectroscopy, but have also been explored for applications such as telecommunications.
VEGA computer algebra system Vega is a computer algebra system (CAS) for manipulating discrete mathematical structures in Mathematica. The ongoing project is located under mentorship of TomaĹľ Pisanski at the Department of Theoretical Computer Science at IMFM at University of Ljubljana.
VEISHEA VEISHEA (pronounced "VEE-sha") is an annual week long celebration held each spring on the campus of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The celebration features a parade and many open-house demonstrations of the university facilities and departments.
VELAM VELAM (VĂ©hicule LĂ©ger Ă  Moteur, or "light vehicle with motor") was a French automobile manufacturer that made VELAM microcars under the licence of the Isetta from the Italian Iso. Powered by a 236cc engine, it was capable of speeds in excess of 50 m.
VELS In the state of Victoria, Australia, the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) is the new Preparatory to Year 10 education framework replacing the Curriculum and Standards Framework II (CSF 2) from 2006. Students starting their Year 11 normally proceed to complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), but other education options are available.
VEM Aktienbank AG VEM Aktienbank AG (German symbol: VAB, Homepage, Quote) is a Munich-based investment bank with a strong focus on corporate actions and designated sponsoring for exchange-listed SME’s. Having transacted over 250 capital increases and listings since its founding in 1997, VEM is a major player in the German IPO and secondaries market.
VENCorp VENCorp ("the Victorian Energy Networks Corporation") is responsible for the efficient operation of gas and electricity industries in Victoria, Australia. VENCorp, which was established in December 1997, is a Victorian State Government-owned entity within Victoria's privatised energy industries.
VERA passive sensor VERA (in Czech known as radar Věra, Věra being a female first name which means faith in russian) is an electronic support measures (ESM) system that uses measurements of time difference of arrival (TDOA) of pulses at three or four sites to accurately detect and track airborne emitters. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to in the media as a radar.
VERITAS File System The Veritas File System, (or VxFS, called JFS and OJFS in HP-UX ), is an extent-based file system that was the first commercial journaling file system. It was originally developed by VERITAS Software which merged with Symantec in 2005.
VESA The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) is an international body, founded in the late 1980s by NEC Home Electronics and eight other video display adapter manufacturers. The initial goal was to produce a standard for 800x600 SVGA resolution video displays.
VESA BIOS Extensions VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE) comprise a VESA standard, currently at version 3, that defines the interface that can be used by software to access compliant video boards at high resolutions and bit depths. This is opposed to the "traditional" int 10h BIOS calls, which max out at the resolution of 640Ă—480 pixels with 16 color (4-bit) depth.
VESA Display Power Management Signaling VESA Display Power Management Signaling (or DPMS) is a standard from the VESA consortium for managing the power supply of video monitors for computers through the graphics card. The most common use is to shut off the monitor after the computer has been idle for some time.
VESA Local Bus The VESA Local Bus (usually abbreviated to VL-Bus or VLB) was mostly used in personal computers. VESA Local Bus worked alongside the ISA bus; it acted as a high-speed conduit for memory-mapped I/O and DMA, while the ISA bus handled interrupts and port-mapped I/O.
VESDA In firefighting a VESDA™ (Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus) is a brand of aspirated smoke detector which is capable of detecting the microscopic particles of combustion also known as smoke. Generally aspirating smoke detectors work by drawing air in through a network of small-bore pipes laid out above or below a ceiling in parallel runs covering a protected area.
VEST VEST (Very Efficient Substitution Transposition) ciphers are a set of families of general-purpose hardware-dedicated ciphers that support single pass authenticated encryption and can operate as collision-resistant hash functions. VEST cannot be implemented efficiently in software.
VfB Eppingen VfB Eppingen is a German football club based in Eppingen, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg with a membership of about 450 people. The club has its roots in the sports club Turnverein 1865 Eppingen whose primary focus was gymnastics and formed a football side around 1910.
VfR Mannheim VfR Mannheim is a German football club based in Mannheim, Baden-WĂĽrttemberg formed in 1911 out of the fusion of Mannheimer FG 1896, Mannheimer FG 1897 Union, and FC Viktoria 1897 Mannheim. The team has played out most of its history as an unheralded local amateur side with the exception of a brief flash of glory.
VF-0 In the Macross Zero anime science fiction series, the VF-0 was an advanced prototype for the VF-1 Valkyrie which served as a flight test unit and later in 2008 as a front-line fighter, before the Valkyrie's mass production in November 2008. In most respects, the VF-0 resembled the VF-1, although its legs were longer because the EGF-127 conventional turbofan engines used by the fighter were larger and bulkier than the VF-1's FF-2001 thermonuclear engines.
VF-1 Valkyrie In the fictional series Macross and its English adaptation Robotech: The Macross Saga, the first mass-produced variable fighter (Macross) or Veritech fighter (Robotech) is called the VF-1 Valkyrie. The VF-1 was initially designed by the legendary Japanese mecha designer Shoji Kawamori (with contributions by his Studio Nue partner Kazutaka Miyatake) in 1980-1982 to be the centerpiece mecha design of the anime series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982-1983).
VF-101 VF-101 Grim Reapers were the F-14 training unit of the United States Navy for all the east coast F-14's until the mid-1990s when the west coast training unit was disestablished and VF-101 became the sole F-14 training unit at Naval Air Station Oceana until disestablished in 2005.
VF-133 VF-133 was a United States Navy fighter aircraft squadron. It was created in 1948 during the reorganization of CAG 13 in which VF-13A became VF-131, VF-14 became VF-132, VF-133 was commissioned, VA-13A became VA-134, and VA-14A became VA-135.
VFA-11 VFA-11, also known as the "Red Rippers", are a United States Navy fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. Their call sign is Ripper, tail code is AC, and they have transitioned to the F/A-18F Super Hornet.
VFA-125 Strike Fighter Squadron 125 (VFA-125) also known as the "Rough Raiders" is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore, California. The "Rough Raiders" are an operational fleet squadron flying the F/A-18 Hornet.
VFA-132 VFA-132 Strike Fighter Squadron 132, also known as the "Privateers" was a United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron that was based at Naval Air Station Cecil Field, Florida prior to being disestablished on 1 June 1992.
VFA-136 Strike Fighter Squadron 136 (VFA-136) also known as the "Knighthawks" is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The "Knighthawks" are an operational fleet squadron flying the F/A-18 Hornet.
VFA-137 Strike Fighter Squadron 137 (VFA-137), also known as the "Kestrels", are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore. Their tail code is NE.
VFA-143 Strike Fighter Squadron 143 (VFA-143) also know as the "Pukin Dogs" are a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The Pukin Dogs are an operational fleet squadron and flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet.
VFA-147 VFA-147 Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) also known as the "Argonauts" is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore California. The squadron is named after a band of heroes in Greek mythology named the Argonauts.
VFA-151 The Strike Fighter Squadron One Five One Vigilantes (VFA-151) are a United States Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 2 and are attached to the USS Abraham Lincoln.
VFA-154 Strike Fighter Squadron 154 (VFA-154), also known as the "Black Knights", are a United States Navy strike fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore. The Black Knights are an operational fleet squadron flying the F/A-18E Super Hornet.
VFA-192 Strike Fighter Squadron 192 (VFA-192), also known as the "Golden Dragons", are a United States Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. They are attached to Carrier Air Wing 5.
VFA-195 Strike Fighter Squadron 195 (VFA-195), also known as the "Dambusters", are a United States Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 5 and their catail code is NF.
VFA-22 Strike Fighter Squadron 22 (VFA-22), also known as the "Fighting Redcocks", are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore. Their tail code is NH.
VFA-27 Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27), also known as the "Royal Maces", are a United States Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 5 and are attached to the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63).
VFA-34 Strike Fighter Squadron 34 (VFA-34), also known as the "Blue Blasters", are a United States Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 2 and are attached to the USS Abraham Lincoln.
VFA-81 Strike Fighter Squadron 81 (VFA-81), also known as the "Sunliners", are a United States Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 5 and their catail code is AA.
VFA-83 Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83), also known as the "Rampagers", are a United States Navy F/A-18C Hornet fighter squadron stationed at Naval Air Station Oceana. They are a part of Carrier Air Wing 7.
VFAX VFAX for Naval Fighter Attack Experimental was actually two specifications for two US Naval fighter projects. The first was for a low cost lightweight complement for the F-111B which could replace the F-4 Phantom II for air superiority, escort, and ground attack missions in the early 1960s.
VFG VFG is the callsign of an aeronautical radio station at Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, co-located with and used by a Nav Canada area control centre that handles air traffic over the east coast of Canada and the western North Atlantic Ocean. One of VFG's broadcasts, found on shortwave, contains weather reports for major airports in Canada and Greenland.
VFH-10 Veritech AGAC In the fictional Robotech anime series the VFH-10 AGAC Veritech Fighter/Helicopter is a mecha used by the Tactical Armored Space Corps, after TASC's existing VF-8 Logan light Veritech Fighter proves to be utterly useless against the sophisticated and heavily-armed Bioroid mecha of the Robotech Masters. The design of the Auroran is large and heavily-armed enough to do battle with the Masters on their terms.
VFL/AFL VFL/AFL is the term used to refer to the competition established in 1897 that was originally called the Victorian Football League. After the introduction of several non-Victorian clubs, the VFL changed its name in 1990 to the Australian Football League to reflect its national focus.
VFN VFN can stand for verticillium wilt, fusarium, and nematode disease resistance in tomatoes. Most hybrid tomato varieties are labeled with some combination of one or more of these three letters, since disease resistance is a large part of the reason to hyridize tomatoes.
VFP-62 VFP-62 was the US Navy unit whose personnel took the first low-level photos of the Soviet missile bases in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October of 1962. At the time, it was commanded by US Navy Commander William Ecker.
Vgpro VGpro, short for "Video Game Pro" or "Video Game Professionals", is a website that features downloadable gaming content such as demos, mods, maps, patches and guides for both computer games and console games. The site was created in the summer of 2005 by a small group of college students from Louisiana Tech University.
VG (nerve agent) VG (O,O-Diethyl-S-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl] phosphorothioate) (also called Amiton or Tetram) is a "V-series" nerve agent chemically similar to the better-known VX nerve agent. Tetram is the common Russian name for the substance.
VG Airlines VG Airlines (airline code IV) was an airline founded in 2002 to operate flights from Belgium to North America in the wake of Sabena's bankruptcy. The airline was rebranded as Delsey Airlines for several months later in the year, but ceased operations in December.
VG Cats VG Cats (short for the never used Video Game Cats) is a webcomic written and drawn by Canadian Scott Ramsoomair. Published once a week on its own website, it features the adventures of a pair of anthropomorphic cats, who often play the roles of characters in popular video games that are parodied in the strip.
VG30DET The VG30DET was most effective and popularized in the Nissan 300ZR model, what we know as the 1984-1989 Nissan 300ZX here (z31 chassis) though it was also available in the Cedric, Gloria, Cima and Leopard chassis. It's a single turbo solution that was used from 1987 all the way up to 1995 in Japan and the predecessor for the VG30DETT, the engine that released in the 1990 300ZX Twin-Turbo.
VGA connector A VGA connector as it is commonly known (other names include RGB connector, D-sub 15, mini sub D15 and mini D15) is a three-row 15 pin DE-15. There are four versions: original and DDC2 pinouts, a less featureful and far less common 9-pin VGA, and a Mini-VGA used for laptops.
VGCSE VGCSE stands for Vocational Certificate of Secondary Education. VGCSE is an extension to the GCSE system used in the United Kingdom which offers students the opportunity of applied knowledge courses, especially in ICT.
VGMusic.com The Videogame Music Archive, also known as VGMusic.com or VGMA, is a well-known website that archives MIDI sequences of video game music, ranging from tunes of the NES era to modern pieces featured in Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 games.
VGN Radio Video Game News Radio (shortened to VGN Radio) is also known as Medispective and is a gaming podcast that now covers a range of topics on media in general. The show is hosted by Kevin Baird, Brian Baird, Don Anderson and occasionally a guest host.
VGUI Valve Graphical User Interface (VGUI) It is an interface library created by Valve Software for use in their Steam distribution client and GoldSrc and Source game engines. VGUI in its present form (used in Steam and Source) is known as VGUI2.
Vh1 Hip Hop Honors Vh1 Hip Hop Honors is an annual event that airs on VH1. The first one premiered in October 2004 and featured appearances by several old-school hip-hop singers and groups, such as the Rock Steady Crew, Salt-N-Pepa and the Beastie Boys.
Vh1 Satellite Radio Vh1 Satellite Radio was a part of the XM Satellite Radio service from 2001 until September 31, 2005. The studios were located in Times Square in the Paramount Plaza building at the corner of Broadway and 50th Street in New York City.
Vhaeraun Vhaeraun (// or vay-rawn), also known as the Masked Lord and the Masked God of Night, is the drow god of thievery, drow males, and evil activity on the surface world in many Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings. His worshipers include assassins, male drow and half-drow, poisoners, shadowdancers, rogues, and thieves.
Vhi Healthcare The Voluntary Health Insurance Board (An Bord Árachais Sláinte Shaorálaigh in Irish language) - which trades under the brand name Vhi Healthcare, and is still commonly referred to in Ireland as "The VHI" - is the largest health insurance company in the Republic of Ireland. It is a statutory corporation whose members are appointed by the Minister for Health and Children.
VH-71 Kestrel The VH-71 Kestrel is a variant of the the AgustaWestland EH101 which is being developed to replace the United States Marine Corps' Marine One Presidential transport fleet. The aircraft is being produced by the Lockheed Martin-led "US101 Team" which comprises Lockheed Martin Systems Integration, AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter Textron.
VH1 VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division of Viacom.
VH1 Brazil VH1 Brazil is a music channel from Viacom-owned MTV Networks Latin America. The network was launched in November 2005 on some cable systems, but it wasn't until May 2006 that it was launched on DirecTV Brazil, replacing MTV Latin America.
VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live in Dublin VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live In Dublin is an album which is a live performance performed by the Irish celtic folk-rock band, The Corrs in Dublin, Ireland who are accompanied by the Irish Film Orchestra. The Corrs have performed previous released songs with a slight remix into it.
VH1 Storytellers (Bruce Springsteen) VH1 Storytellers is a concert and discussion DVD by Bruce Springsteen, expanded from the airing of an episode of the VH1 television series VH1 Storytellers on April 23, 2005. Tied into promotion for his album Devils & Dust at the time, it was released in video form a half year later.
VH1 Uno VH1 Uno (or VHUno in some promotional materials and TV listings) is a digital cable and satellite television channel, it is a sister network to VH1. It features a mix of Latin Pop and ballads, Tropical, Salsa & Merengue, and Urban Hip Hop featuring top artists like Marc Anthony, Celia Cruz, and Luis Miguel.
VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock is a five part series hosted by Carmen Electra that covers 100 of the all time best bands that hard rock has ever seen. It aired on VH1 from November 13 to November 17, 2000.
VH1: All Access VH1: All Access is VH1's series of original specials that offer an insider's look into the world of rock & roll, from money to fashion to feuds and more. All Access is a magazine/ lifestyle show that embraces celebrity and current pop culture.
VHDCI The 68-pin Very High Density Cable Interconnect (VHDCI) connector was introduced in the SPI-3 document of SCSI-3. The VHDCI connector is a very small connector that allows placement of four wide SCSI connectors on the back of a single PC card slot.
VHDL VHDL, or VHSIC Hardware Description Language, is commonly used as a design-entry language for field-programmable gate arrays and application-specific integrated circuits in electronic design automation of digital circuits.
VHF omnidirectional range VOR, short for VHF Omni-directional Radio Range, is a type of radio navigation system for aircraft. VORs broadcast a VHF radio composite signal including the station's morse-code identifier (and sometimes a voice identifier), and data that allows the airborne receiving equipment to derive the magnetic bearing from the station to the aircraft (direction from the VOR station in relation to the earth's magnetic North).
VHF/UHF Century Club The VHF/UHF Century Club, or VUCC, is an award granted by (and registered trademark of) the American Radio Relay League. The award is given to those amateur radio operators who successfully complete amateur radio communications with other amateur radio stations in a specified number of Maidenhead grid locators.
VHO Village Health Organization, most commonly known as VHO, is a non-profit organization licensed as a NGO in Pakistan. The idea was initiated by Arz Mohammad Shaikh, a Pakistani professional engineer living in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
VHS The Vertical Helical Scan, better known by its abbreviation VHS (and often confused to be Video Home System) is a recording and playing standard for analog video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by Victor Company of Japan, Limited, aka JVC, and launched in September 1976. "IEEE History Center: Development of VHS" accessed December 28, 2006, cites the original name as "Video Home System", from an article by Yuma Shiraishi, one of its inventors
VHS or Beta VHS or Beta is a band from Louisville, Kentucky, that combines elements of French funk and dance-punk. Their self-released debut, Le Funk, was a minor splash in the record charts but it wasn't until 2004's Night on Fire that the band achieved great success.
VHS-C VHS-C is the compact VHS format introduced in 1982 and used primarily for consumer-grade compact camcorders. The format is based on the same videotape as is used in VHS, and can be played back in a standard VHS VCR with an adapter.
VHSIC A VHSIC is a Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit, a type of digital logic circuit. The abbreviation was coined by the US Department of Defense in the 1980s, in a project that led to the development of the VHDL language.
VHTP The Virginia High-Tech Partnership (VHTP) is an educational consortium that links students from Virginia's five Historically Black Colleges and Universities with corporations, high-tech firms and government agencies for internships, summer positions and career opportunities.
Vi pĂĄ saltkrĂĄkan Vi pĂĄ saltkrĂĄkan is a 60s show and one of sweden most succesfull children tv-programme ever. The plot is surrounding the little island of SaltkrĂĄkan in stockholms archipolage and a family that every summer went to the island.

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