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 global positioning system - Definition 

Global Positioning System (23282 bytes)
5: ... navigation system|satellite navigation system]] used for determining one's precise location and...
7: The GPS system was designed by and is controlled by the [[United...
8: The GPS system is divided into three segments: space, control, a...
14: The cost of maintaining the system is approximately US$400 million per year, includi...
17: The system consists of a "constellation" of at least 24 sate...

Galileo positioning system (7186 bytes)
1: ...article refers only to the existing United States system.
5: ...nown as ''selective availability''). The European system will not (in theory) be subject to shutdown for m...
9: ...r states became strongly in favour of the Galileo system in late 2002 and, as a result, the project actual...
11: ...d throughout the period [[2006]]-[[2008]] and the system will be up and running and under civilian control...
13: ...s in the battlefield without disabling the entire system.

Global File System (3231 bytes)
1: ...or [[distributed file system|distributed]] [[file system]]. It uses either a redundant server locking mech...
13: ...d of GFS and how it compares to other network filesystems
18: ...and configure GFS on a [http://gentoo.org Gentoo] system.
19: ...cal devices with GNBD and import them on a remote system. This allows sharing a local device between two c...
24: [[Category:Computer file systems]]

Global Login System (2137 bytes)
1: '''Global Login System''' is a [[single sign-on]] [[open source]] protoc...
2: ...ere is no central database of users, so that this system can scale indefinitely by allowing every site of ...
7: But we also use a system of multiple pseudos per login, so that the user c...
12: ...t, to be released to sourceforge under LGPL, of a system of web forums to replace email and solve the spam...
14: [[Category:Identity management systems]]

Global financial system (3957 bytes)
1: ...istries]], and private institutions acting on the global scale e.g. [[bank]]s and [[hedge fund]]s.
7: ...k was [[Bank of Barcelona]] ([[1401]]); the first global financiers the [[Fugger]]s ([[1487]]) in Germany;...
64: *[[Globalization]]

Global System for Mobile Communications (10105 bytes)
2: ... meant that data communication was built into the system from very early on. GSM is an open standard which...
6: ...y [[CEPT]]. The technical fundamentals of the GSM system were defined in [[1987]]. In [[1989]], [[ETSI]] t...
11: ...s of 2004]], making GSM the dominant mobile phone system worldwide with about 70% of the world's market. ...
23: ...utdoors to a separate indoor antenna distribution system. This is typically deployed when a lot of call ca...
29: The network behind the '''GSM''' system seen by the customer is large and complicated in ...

Global Maritime Distress Safety System (14060 bytes)
1: The '''Global Maritime Distress Safety System''' ('''GMDSS''') is an internationally-agreed set...
3: ...s area of operation, rather than its tonnage. The system also provides redundant means of distress alertin...
10: ... the GMDSS designed to operate with COSPAS-SARSAT system. These automatic-activating EPIRBs, now required ...
14: [[Navtex]] is an international, automated system for instantly distributing maritime navigational ...
18: Satellite systems operated by the [[Inmarsat]], under contract to ...

Positioning (293 bytes)
1: The term '''positioning''' has more than one meaning:
2: * In marketing, see [[positioning (marketing)]]
3: * "Positioning" is also a term for the careful placement of obje...
4: ...n]]: for example, in the term "Global Positioning System".

Dynamic positioning (2130 bytes)
1: '''Dynamic positioning (DP)''' is a method of maintaining a [[ship]] in ...
3: Dynamic positioning may either be absolute in that the position is lo...
5: Dynamic positioning is much used in the offshore oil industry, for ex...
9: ===Scope of dynamic positioning===
20: Dynamic positioning is concerned primarily with control of the vessel...

Positioning (marketing) (4196 bytes)
4: ...osition is how potential buyers see the product. Positioning is expressed relative to the position of competit...
6: '''Re-positioning''' involves changing the identity of a product, r...
8: ...The most common basis' for constructing a product positioning strategy are:
9: *positioning on specific product features
10: *positioning on specific benefits, needs, or solutions

Baseball positioning (2338 bytes)
1: ...tances from [[home plate]], and sometimes lateral positioning. A ''shift'' means that a player is playing in a...
3: ...g|thumb|Infield and outfield in]] [[image:baseballpositioning-infielddeep.png|thumb|Infield deep]]A fielder who...
5: ...thumb|Corners in]]Regular terms are used for some positionings, for example, ''double play depth'' is used when...
9: ...-hitter shift]]There are also some very irregular positionings. For example, versus excellent left-handed pull...

Open system (system theory) (1568 bytes)
1: ... the definition of a "[[system]]" is arbitrary; a system is simply a collection of components (that have [...
3: ...eferred to as "''[[radiant energy]]''". Some open system have forms of the energy that can be receive from...
5: Examining processes with knowledge of open system [[mechanics]] can lead to interesting insight.
6: ... uses the environment to complete a circuit. Open systems can also occur in grounded circuit, in which the...
12: ... [[Phantom loop]], [[open system (computing)|Open system]].

Global a Go-Go (2786 bytes)
2: ...color="orange" style="color:black;" colspan="3"|''Global a Go-Go''
4: |align="center" colspan="3"|[[Image:Global_a_Go-Go_cover.jpg|225px|Album cover]]
35: |''Global a Go-Go''<br />([[2001]])
39: ... the [[BBC]] [[BBC World Service|World Service]] (Global a Go-Go) and left-wing political issues Strummer ...
55: #"Global a Go-Go" - 5:55

Global One (429 bytes)
1: '''Global One''' is an international voice and data telecom...

Global (1156 bytes)
1: ...e [[adjective]] "'''global'''" and [[adverb]] "'''globally'''" imply that the verb or noun to which they a...
3: ...t be potentially involved before it becomes truly global
4: ...ly in a narrow time frame, whereas there are many global concerns that transcend species or generations.
10: *[[Globalization]]
18: In [[Canada]], '''Global''' often refers to the [[Global Television Network]].

Global optimization (1972 bytes)
1: '''Global optimization''' is a branch of applied mathematic...
11: == Applications of global optimization ==
12: Typical examples of global optimization applications include:
16: ...s of an initial optimization of the energy of the system to be simulated.
40: ... K. Hamacher. A Stochastic tunneling approach for global minimization. Phys. Rev. Lett., 82(15):3003-3007,...

RQ-4 Global Hawk (10095 bytes)
1: ...[image:globalhawk.750pix.jpg|thumb|250px|The RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft]]
3: ...mes over target areas. Potential missions for the Global Hawk cover the spectrum of intelligence collectio...
5: ...of purpose-built unmanned reconnaissance aircraft systems. "A" or "B" refers to these being the first and ...
7: The Global Hawk is the first [[unmanned aerial vehicle|UAV]]...
9: == Integrated system ==

Global Challenge (764 bytes)
1: ==The Global Challenge Series of yacht
7: *BT Global Challenge 1996-7
8: *BT Global Challenge 2000-1
9: *Global Challenge 2004-5
14: ...www.globalchallenge2004.com/ Official website for Global Challenge 2004]

Global Underground (2088 bytes)
1: ...-independent progressive dance. Thus, the name '''Global Underground''' gives reference to its removal fro...
5: '''Global Underground''' is also the name of the [[UK]] bas...
10: as taken from the Global Underground catalogue, listing the number in the ...
36: * [http://www.globalunderground.co.uk/ Global Underground Official Website]

The Global Trap (1059 bytes)
1: ...zation]]. It was published in English as '''''The Global Trap: Civilisation and the Assault on Democracy a...
6: [[Category:1996 books|Global Trap]]
7: [[Category:Philosophy books|Global Trap]]
8: [[Category:Globalization|Global Trap]]

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