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VME VME (Virtual Machine Environment) is a mainframe operating system developed by the UK company International Computers Ltd (ICL). Originally developed in the 1970s (as VME/B, later VME 2900) to drive ICL's (then) new 2900 Series mainframes, the operating system is now known as OpenVME incorporating a Unix subsytem, and runs on ICL Series 39 and Trimetra mainframe computers.
VMEbus VMEbus is a computer bus standard, originally developed for the Motorola 68000 line of CPUs, but later widely used for many applications and standardized by the IEC as ANSI/IEEE 1014-1987. It is physically based on the Eurocard sizes, mechanicals and connectors, but uses its own signalling system, which Eurocard does not define.
VMF-111 Marine Fighting Squadron 111 (VMF-111) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. They were a part of Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing and stationed at Naval Air Station Dallas.
VMF-113 Marine Fighter Squadron 113 (VMF-113) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and in the Marine Forces Reserve until 1965. Known as the “Whistling Devils”, they were deactivated in 1965 and remain in an inactive status today.
VMF-123 Marine Fighter Squadron 123 (VMF-123) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and in the Marine Forces Reserve. Known as the “Flying Eight Balls”, they fought on Guadalcanal, Okinawa and Iwo Jima and served as a training squadron for replacement pilots during the Korean War.
VMF-141 Marine Fighting Squadron 141 (VMF-141) was a reserve fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron fought most notably as part of the Cactus Air Force during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II and they also saw service during the Korean War.
VMF-422 Marine Fighting Squadron 422 (VMF-422) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “Flying Buccaneers”, fought in World War II but is perhaps best known for its role in the worst accident in naval aviation history when they lost 22 of 23 aircraft flying through a storm on January 25, 1944.
VMF-911 Marine Fighter Squadron 911 (VMF-911) was an aircraft squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Known as the “Devilcats”, they served as a training squadron during the war, were deactivated in early 1946 and remain so today.
VMF(AW)-114 Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron 114 (VMF(AW)-114) was a fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II and continued in service until their deactivation in July 1965 . Known as the “Death Dealers”, they made their biggest mark providing close air support during the Battle of Peleliu and remain in an inactive status today.
VMF(N)-544 Marine Night Fighter Squadron 544 (VMF(N)-544) was a night fighter squadron of the United States Marine Corps activated during World War II. They flew the F6F-5N Hellcat and although they trained for over a year they never made it into combat.
VMFA-112 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 (VMFA-112) is a reserve United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at NASJRB Fort Worth, Texas and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 41 (MAG-41), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).
VMFA-115 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 (VMFA-115) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMFA-122 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 (VMFA-122) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMFA-134 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 134 (VMFA-134) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 46 (MAG-46), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).
VMFA-142 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 142 (VMFA-142) is a reserve United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at Naval Air Station Atlanta, Georgia and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 42 (MAG-42), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW).
VMFA-212 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 212 (VMFA-212) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Known as the "Lancers", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan and they fall under Marine Aircraft Group 12 (MAG-12) and the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW).
VMFA-232 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Nicknamed the "Red Devils", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMFA-235 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 235 (VMFA235) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets . Known as the "Death Angels", the squadron participated in action during World War II, the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm and were decommissioned on June 14, 1996.
VMFA-251 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 (VMFA-251) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Also known as the "Thunderbolts", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31) and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMFA-312 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 312 (VMFA-312) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Also known as the "Checkerboards", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMFA-314 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 (VMFA-314) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron, known as the "Black Knights", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) but deploys with Carrier Air Wing Nine.
VMFA-321 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 321 (VMFA-321) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets . Known as "Hell’s Angels”, the squadron participated in action during World War II and was then transferred to the Marine Forces Reserve.
VMFA-323 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 (VMFA-323) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) but deploys with Carrier Air Wing Nine.
VMFA-333 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 333 (VMFA-333) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets . Known as the "Fighting Shamrocks" and “Trip Trey”, the squadron participated in action during World War II, the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm The squadron’s aircraft were easily recognizable by the row of three shamrocks painted on the vertical stabilizers of their aircraft.
VMFA-351 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 351 (VMFA-351) was a fighter squadron in the Marine Forces Reserve. The squadron was based at Naval Air Station Atlanta and participated in action during World War II and was decommissioned in 1975.
VMFA-451 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 451 (VMFA-451) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets . Known as the "Warlords" and “Blue Devils”, the squadron participated in action during World War II, and Operation Desert Storm The squadron was decommissioned on January 31, 1997.
VMFA-531 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531 (VMFA-531) was a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of F/A-18 Hornets . Known as the "Grey Ghosts”, the squadron participated in action during World War II and the Vietnam War.
VMFA(AW)-121 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA(AW)-121) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMFA(AW)-224 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224 (VMFA(AW)-224) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Also known as the "Bengals", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMFA(AW)-225 Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 225 (VMFA-225) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMFA(AW)-242 Marine All- Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 (VMFA-242) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. The squadron, known as the "Bats", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMFA(AW)-332 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 332 (VMFA(AW)-332) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Also known as the "Moonlighters", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMFA(AW)-533 Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 553 (VMFA(AW)-553) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet squadron. Also known as the "Hawks", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG-31), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMFAT-101 Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) is a United States Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet training squadron. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMFP-3 Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VMFP-3) was activated on July 1, 1975 as part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California. The squadron was deactivated on September 30, 1990.
VMFT-401 Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401 (VMFT-401) is a United States Marine Corps reserve fighter squadron flying the F-5E Tiger II . Known as the "Snipers", the squadron is the only adversary squadron in the Marine Corps.
VMGR-152 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152), the of Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG-36), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) provides aerial refueling service to support Fleet Marine Force (FMF) air operations; and provides assault air transport of personnel, equipment, and supplies. The squadron, known as the "Sumos", flies the fixed-wing KC-130F and KC-130R aircraft.
VMGR-234 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 (VMGR-234) is a reserve United States Marine Corps KC-130F/R/J squadron. They are a part of Marine Aircraft Group 41 (MAG-41), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (4th MAW) and provide both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aerial refueling capabilities to support Marine Forces Reserve air operations in addition to assault air transport of personnel, equipment, and supplies.
VMGR-252 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 (VMGR-252) is a United States Marine Corps KC-130J squadron. They are a part of Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW) and provide both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aerial refueling capabilities to support Fleet Marine Force air operations in addition to assault air transport of personnel, equipment, and supplies.
VMGR-352 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352) is a United States Marine Corps KC-130J squadron. They are a part of Marine Aircraft Group 11 (MAG-11), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) and provide both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aerial refueling capabilities to support Fleet Marine Force (FMF) air operations in addition to assault air transport of personnel, equipment, and supplies.
VMGRT-253 Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Training Squadron 253 (VMGRT 253) is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, and responsible for providing the Fleet Marine Force active-duty and reserve KC-130 squadrons with qualified replacement pilots and enlisted aircrew. Known as the "Titans", VMGRT-253 is a subordinate unit of Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
VMix VMIX is a free video sharing and online community dedicated to the creation and sharing of video clips and slideshows. VMIX provides creative tools for content creators to mix photo slideshows, videos, and customizable community pages, making them easily accessible anywhere in the world.
VMM-162 Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 (VMM-162) is a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron consisting of MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft. The squadron, known as the "Golden Eagles", is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 26 (MAG-26), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMM-263 Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (VMM-263) is a United States Marine Corps tiltrotor squadron consisting of MV-22A Osprey transport aircraft. The squadron, known as the "Thunder Chickens", is based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 26 (MAG-26), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMMT-204 Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 (VMMT-204) is the MV-22 Osprey training squadron of the United States Marine Corps. Known as the "Raptors", the squadron was originally designated Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron 204 (HMT-204) to train new CH-46E pilots and was officially redesignated as VMMT-204 on June 10, 1999.
VMO-1 Marine Observation Squadron 1 (VMO-1) was an observation squadron of the United States Marine Corps which saw extensive action during World War II and supported numerous contingencies during the Cold War. They were based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina and saw their final deployment in support of Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
VMO-7 Marine Observation Squadron 7 (VMO-7) was an observation squadron of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. They were active for a a year and a half during which time they saw action during the Battle of Okinawa.
VMR-1 Marine Transport Squadron 1 is a light transport aircraft squadron of the United States Marine Corps. Also known as the "Roadrunners", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and falls under Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (H&HS).
VMScluster A VMScluster is a computer cluster involving a group of computers running the OpenVMS operating system. Whereas tightly-coupled multiprocessor systems run a single copy of the operating system, a VMScluster is loosely-coupled: each machine runs its own copy of OpenVMS, but the disk storage, lock manager, and security domain are all cluster-wide.
VMTB-132 Marine Torpedo Bombing Squadron 132 (VMTB-132) was a dive bomber squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “The Crying Red Asses”, fought in World War II during the Battle of Guadalcanal as part of the Cactus Air Force and later fought in the Central Solomon Islands. They were deactivated shortly after the end of the war.
VMU-1 Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) is an unmanned aerial vehicle squadron in the United States Marine Corps that operates the RQ-2 Pioneer. They are based out of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California and provide aerial surveillance for the I Marine Expeditionary Force.
VMU-2 Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 (VMU-2) is an unmanned aerial vehicle squadron in the United States Marine Corps that operates the RQ-2 Pioneer. They are based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina and provide aerial surveillance for the II Marine Expeditionary Force.
VnlinuxCD VnlinuxCD is the first Vietnamese Linux LiveCD based on Mandriva Linux and livecd project. Vietnamese users could have a complete home/office Linux desktop by running it directly from CD or as an option, install on hard drive.
Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was a chartered flight from the Russian company Vnukovo Airlines which on August 29 1996 crashed into a mountain on Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago killing all 141 people on board.
VNAV Vertical NAVigation in aviation is a function of autopilot which directs vertical movement of aircraft either according to pre-programmed FMS flight plan during cruise or according to ILS glideslope during approach.
VNES vNES (also known as VirtualNES) is an Nintendo Entertainment System emulator written in Java designed to run within a Java-capable web browser. vNES utilizes the Java Sound API to produce clear sound on systems which meet the system requirements (see below).
VNS-41 Aircraft VNS-41 is the first amphibious light plane made in Vietnam and it's also the first plane of any kinds made in the country that become commercial so far. The A41 Factory under the Air Force and Air Defense Department (Ministry of Defense) designed the plane.
VNV Nation VNV Nation, is an electronic music group originally from London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson.
Vo Rogue Vo Rogue was a brilliant frontrunning racehorse who thrilled Australian racegoers by setting up massive leads in his races, and defying the opposition. The small bay gelding was trained by Vic Rail, and normally ridden by Cyril Small.
Vobarno Vobarno is a town and comune of the Province of Brescia in the Italian region of Lombardy, , at 246 m (807 ft) above sea-level, with 7,500 inhabitants as of the 2003 census. It is 8 km (5 mi) by road NNW of Salò and Lake Garda.
Voca Limited Voca, formerly BACS Limited, is a provider of payments services to banks and corporations in the United Kingdom. Voca's technology and services form part of the core infrastructure of the UK automated payments industry, and the company claims to handle more than 90% of UK salary transactions, 70% of household bills and the majority of state benefits and pension payments.
Vocable In speech, a vocable is an utterance, term, or word that is capable of being spoken and recognized. A lexical vocable is used without meaning, while structure of vocables is often considered apart from any meaning.
Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana is a bilingual dictionary of Spanish and Nahuatl by Alonso de Molina, first published in 1571. It has approximately 23,600 entries, and grew out of his earlier dictionary, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, which had only Spanish-to-Nahuatl, and no Nahuatl-to-Spanish section.
Vocabulario manual de las lenguas Castellana y Mexicana Vocabulario manual de las lenguas Castellana y Mexicana is a Spanish-Nahuatl dictionary by Pedro de Arenas, first published some time before 1611 (the year of the second edition). It was one of the most popular Nahuatl dictionaries, going through at least eleven editions in 220 years.
Vocal coach A vocal coach is a person, who is working with singers on their voice, the performance of their voice, on stage or during a recording session. A vocal coach can also arrange and produce vocals during a musicproduction.
Vocal cord paresis Vocal cord paresis (or paralysis) is weakness of one or both vocal folds that can greatly impact daily life, employment, job choice, social interactions and leisure time pursuits. Symptoms of paresis include: hoarseness, vocal fatigue, mild to severe reduction in vocal volume, pain in the throat when speaking, shortness of breath, and aspiration (food or liquids going down the trachea) with frequent resultant coughing.
Vocal folds The vocal folds, also known popularly as vocal cords, are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the larynx. They vibrate, modulating the flow of air being expelled from the lungs during phonation.
Vocal house Vocal house is a musical genre that came to the fore in the late 1980s and early '90s. It is often comprised of deep soulful vocals (usually sung by female jazz divas) and a piano break, at some stage of the tune.
Vocal jazz Jazz Singing can be defined by the instrumental approach to the voice, where the singer can match the instruments in their stylistic approach to the lyrics, improvised or otherwise, or through scat singing; that is, the use of nonsensical meaningless non-morphemic syllables to imitate the sound of instruments.
Vocal music Vocal music is music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music (e.
Vocal percussion Vocal percussion is the art of creating sounds with one's mouth that approximate, imitate, or otherwise serve the same purpose as a percussion instrument, whether in a group of singers, an instrumental ensemble, or solo.
Vocal rest Vocal rest is the process of resting the vocal folds by not speaking or singing, which typically follows vocal disorders or viral infections which cause hoarseness in the voice, such as the common cold or influenza. The purpose of vocal rest is to hasten recovery time.
Vocal score Vocal score or Piano-vocal score is a music score of an opera, or a vocal or choral composition with orchestra (like oratorio or cantata) where the vocal parts are written out in full but the accompaniment is reduced to two staves and adapted for playing on piano. It could be related to a musical work before it was orchestrated or to the arrangement or transcription of a piece for practical reasons (for example, for rehearsing of the singers or chorus as part of the preparation of the piece for a performance).
Vocal Sampling Vocal Sampling is a musical group from Cuba who are distinctive for using no instruments, instead emulating accompanying instruments and beatboxing for percussion. Their 2002 debut album Cambio de Tiempo (english: Change of Time) was nominated for 3 Grammy Awards.
Vocal technique There are a number of vocal techniques that a person can use, either when singing or speaking. These techniques can produce different vocal sounds, both musical and non-musical; or help a person to project their voice.
Vocal tract The vocal tract is that cavity in animals and humans, where sound that is produced at the sound source (larynx in mammals; syrinx in birds) is filtered. In birds it consists of the trachea, the syrinx, the oral cavity, the upper part of the esophagus, and the beak.
Vocal trance Vocal trance is a subgenre of trance music, and contains highly melodic sessions, intro/outros which are similar to those of hard trance and tracks of usually about 6 to 8 minutes long. The sub-genre goes back to the early 1990s, when trance was still developing, and vocals have gone onto become a staple of trance.
Vocal Theory The term "register" refers to a range of pitch having consistent timbre. In singing the concept of register is concerned mainly with a change in voice quality at particular pitches, due to changes in the interdependant cricothyroid, lateral cricoarytenoids and vocalis muscles of the larynx.
Vocalese Vocalese is a style or genre of jazz singing wherein lyrics are written for melodies that were originally part of an all-instrumental composition or improvisation. Whereas scat singing uses improvised nonsense syllables in solos, vocalese uses lyrics, either improvised or set to pre-existing instrumental solos.
Vocality Vocality or special vocal effects are vocal or vocally inspired devices including guttural effects, interpolated vocality, falsetto, blue notes, Afro-melismas, lyric improvisation, and vocal rhythmization. All of the listed devices are attributes of African vocality and are used to emotionalize vocal and instrumental performances in African American vernacular music.
Vocational education Vocational education (or Vocational Education and Training (VET), also called Career and Technical Education (CTE)) prepares learners for careers that are based in manual or practical activities, traditionally non-academic and directly related to a specific trade, occupation or vocation, hence the term, in which the learner participates. It is sometimes referred to as technical education, as the learner directly develops expertise in a particular group of techniques or technology.
Vocational expert A Vocational expert is an expert in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, vocational and earning capacity, lost earnings and lost value of household services. They perform evaluations for purposes of civil litigation, as an aspect of economic damages.
Vocational Education Committee A Vocational Education Committee (VEC) are committees in the Republic of Ireland that have charge of vocational schools, certain colleges and previously had authority over the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Regional Technical Colleges until 1992. The committee system was created by the Vocational Education Act, 1930 and amended many times since.
Vocational school A vocational school, providing vocational education and also sometimes referred to as a trade school or career college, and school was operated for the express purpose of giving its students the skills needed to perform a certain job or jobs. Vocational schools did not exist to further education in the sense of liberal arts, but rather to teach primarily or only job-specific skills, and as such are better considered to be institutions devoted to training, not education.
Vocational technical school Vocational Technical School (Russian: профессиона́льно-техни́ческое учи́лище) – "Professionalno-tehnicheskoye uchilishche" (acronym: PTU; ПТУ, пэ-тэ-у́) is a Soviet vocational education facility aimed to train qualified industrial workers and servicemen. Such schools are widespread in all post-Soviet countries (usually in every city).
Vocational university A vocational university (professional university, or college of higher vocational studies) is an institution of higher education and sometimes research, which provides both tertiary and sometimes quaternary education and grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and sometimes doctorate) in a variety of subjects. (More precisely a vocational university grants Professional degrees like Professional Bachelor's degree, Professional Master's degree and Professional doctorates).
Vocational-technical school Vocational-technical schools, often called vo-tech schools, are high schools in the United States and Canada designed to bring traditional academia to their students, as well as provide them with vocational and technical skills. Such skills become valuable to students after graduation, especially those entering a vocational field without obtaining higher education first.
Voccer Voccer is a hybrid of volleyball and soccer played predominately in urban slums within Brazil. Using a makeshift net, the game entails kicking a regular soccer ball back and forth across the net similar to volleyball.
Voces Thules Voces Thules was formed in the year 1992. The ensemble consists of six male singers (Sverrir Guðjónsson, Sigurður Halldórsson, Guðlaugur Viktorsson, Einar Jóhannesson, Eiríkur Hreinn Helgason and founder Eggert Pálsson) who have studied in Reykjavik, London and Vienna, specializing in Icelandic medieval and contemporary music.
Voces8 Voces8 is the international award winning acapella octet from the United Kingdom. Formed in 2005, Voces8 has a diverse repertoire ranging from early English and European Renaissance choral work, such as Orlando Gibbons to their own arrangements of jazz and pop songs.
Vocoder A vocoder (name derived from voice encoder, formerly also called voder) is a speech analyzer and synthesizer. It was originally developed as a speech coder for telecommunications applications in the 1930s, the idea being to code speech for transmission.
Vocus Vocus () is a publicly held company that provides on-demand Web-based solutions that support corporate communications and public relations. They are based out of Lanham, Maryland, but have additional offices throughout Europe and Asia.
Vodacom [is a South Africa]n based [[mobile phone|mobile telecommunications company, and was the first mobile telecommunications company in South Africa. As of September 2006, Vodacom's competitors are MTN, Cell C and Virgin Mobile.
Vodacom Cup The Vodacom Cup is a rugby union competition in South Africa, which is contested between February and May on an annual basis. The competition is third in rugby union in South Africa, behind the Super 14 and the Currie Cup.
Vodafone Czech Republic Vodafone Czech Republic is a member of the mobile telecommunications group Vodafone. The Vodafone Group established in 1982 and operates in 27 countries across five continents, not to mention partners in a further 33 countries.
Vodafone Directo Vodafone Directo is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator, launched in 2005 in Portugal, over the network Vodafone. Although the same name as Vodafone, has an MVNO license from ANACOM (Portuguese Communications Authority).
Vodafone Ireland Vodafone Ireland, part of the Vodafone Group, is the largest mobile phone company in the Republic of Ireland, and was previously called Eircell. The mobile phone system in use is a digital GSM 900 system, and also a third-generation UMTS system (the first such 3G system in the Republic of Ireland; see communications in Ireland).
Vodavi Vodavi was founded in 1983 with the vision that the convergence of voice, data and video would become integral to effective business communications. Vodavi is a manufacturer of PBX and other office-style telephones for commercial and business use.
Vode An Vode An (Brothers All) is the title theme of the soundtrack of the PC video game Star Wars: Republic Commando. It is available for free download at the game's website, song is played in the main menu of the game.
Vodenos Vodenos or Vosenios was a king of the Cantiaci of south-eastern Britain, and is known only from coin legends. He seems to have succeeded Dubnovellaunus to the throne of the Cantiaci towards the end of the 1st century BC, although their reigns may have been contemporary or overlapped.

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