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facsimile

The transferring of images, usually or hard-copy documents, via telephone lines to another device that can recieve and interpret the images.
I am the only person that knows how to spell that word.
by IrishRepublicanArmy December 29, 2003
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shortfall

the quantity or extent by which something falls short; deficiency; shortage
This school is a shortfall
by irishrepublicanarmy January 2, 2004
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repeater

1) A device that receives, amplifies (and sometimes reshapes), and retransmits a signal. It is used to boost signal levels and extend the distance a signal can be transmitted. In radio terms, the signal is usally recieved on a input frequency and then retransmitted on a different frequency (output or direct).

2) A network device that repeats signals from one cable onto one or more other cables, while restoring signal timing and waveforms. Repeaters are the most common way to connect local networks together, and can provide either Thinwire or Thickwire connections. They are commonly used to create larger local networks up to a certain limit based on the number of repeaters and the length of the cables.

3) A device inserted at intervals along a circuit to boost, and amplify an analog signal being transmitted. A repeater is sometimes needed because the quality and strength of a signal decays over distance. Repeaters are also used to regenerate a digital signal - "squaring it" and "cleaning it up" - but not changing it. You can regenerate digital signals because technology exists that can separate the actual signal from the noise, regenerating only the signal. No technology exists that can do this with analog signals. The simplest type of LAN interconnection device is a repeater. A repeater moves all received packets or frames between LAN segments. The primary function of a repeater is to extend the length of the network media, i.e. the cable.

4) someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior

5) a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
The Fairfax County Public Schools use digital trunked repeaters that operate in the 800 MHz range for thier school buses.

The criminal (in your case) used a repeater to kill the police officer.
by IrishRepublicanArmy December 26, 2003
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WTOP

A news radio station that calls themself's a network. The fact that they have only three transmitters.
WTOP-AM: 1500.0 kHz
WXTR-AM: 820.0 kHz
WTOP-FM: 107.7 MHz
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 28, 2003
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Apollo 13

see also successful failure

Less then one year after man first walked on the moon Apollo 13 was simply a "routine" flight until a faulty thermostat caused an oxygen canister to explode, blowing an entire side of the spacecraft away, the ship eventally starts leaking oxygen and the crew (Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise) have to survive in the Lunar Module until they can safely make it back to earth. But they didn't get to play with moom rocks.
"Houston, we have a problem."
by IrishRepublicanArmy November 16, 2003
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california kilowatt

A transmitter power setting above the legal limit, usally using an illegally modified amplifier.
that moron on 50.1100 must be running a california kilowatt!
by IrishRepublicanArmy January 1, 2004
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alpha

the letter 'A' in the international radio phonetic alphabet

also used in military radio slang for comanding officer or radio station
by IrishRepublicanArmy October 13, 2003
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