FACTOID # 140: In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
 
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In telecommunication, the term uplink (UL or U/L) has the following meanings: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Copy of the original phone of Alexander Graham Bell at the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris Telecommunication is the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...

There are two computer games known as Uplink: In telecommunications, information transfer is the process of moving messages containing user information from a source to a sink. ... In telecommunication, the term data link has the following meanings: The means of connecting one location to another for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data. ... In telecommunications, transmission is the act of transmitting electrical messages (and the associated phenomena of radiant energy that passes through media). ... An Earth terminal, in a satellite link, is one of the non-orbiting communications stations that receives, processes, and transmits signals between itself and a satellite. ... An Earth observation satellite, ERS 2 For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... In radio communications, a downlink is the link from a satellite to a ground station. ... In radio communications, the reverse link (sometimes called a return link) is the link from a mobile user to a fixed base station. ... In radio communications, a forward link is the link from a fixed location (e. ... Data transmission is the conveyance of any kind of information from one space to another. ... The Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ... The Mobile Station(MS) comprises all user equipment and software needed for communication with a GSM network. ... A typical BTS tower which holds the antenna. ... The Base Station Subsystem (BSS) is the section of a GSM network which is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between a mobile phone and the Network Switching Subsystem. ... The GSM Core network is the heart of a GSM system, the most common mobile phone system in the world. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...


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UPLINK Technology Group - Home (206 words)
UPLINK Technology Group™ is a certified female owned and operated corporation.
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Thank you very much for considering UPLINK Technology Group™, and we look forward to working with you in the future.
Cassini-Mission to Saturn-Operations-Navigation-Uplink/Downlink (754 words)
Cassini's commands are sent through computer control, which vary the phase of the uplink and, like a remote control, send the information to the spacecraft in the form of pulses.
Uplink is a general term given to radio signals sent "up" from Earth to a spacecraft.
The uplink usually sent to Cassini is a highly directional, microwave radio beam in a frequency range called X-band.
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