** Informal merger talks, held as early as 1964, were rejected by the AFL when the older league wanted the Jets and Raiders relocated — to Memphis and Portland, respectively.

** Informal tu is dropped entirely in most regions, along with all second-person singular verbal inflections.

** Bandwidth management and traffic shaping, in order to smooth down peaks in network usage ;

In the US, magazines and newspapers often do not use it, instead printing " family-friendly " censored versions, usually " n * gg * r ", " n ** ger ", " n ——", and " the N-word "; however, historians and social activists, such as Dick Gregory, criticize the euphemisms and their usage as intellectually dishonest, because using the euphemism " the N-word " instead of nigger robs younger generations of Americans of the full history of Black people in America.

** Media franchise, ownership of the characters and setting of a film, video game, book, etc., particularly in North American usage

** Triple-length keys, in general usage

** Double-length keys, in general usage

** pre-diabetes, your sugar levels in blood have been too high in the past, i. e. your body has previously shown slight problems with its production and usage of insulin (" previous evidence of impaired glucose homeostasis ");

** Enclosing a phrase between two asterisks is used to denote an action the user is " performing ", e. g. < tt >* pulls out a paper *</ tt >, although this usage is also common on forums, and less so on most chat rooms due to / me or similar commands.

** Contained numbers of the parcels of land ( or just land ), land usage, names etc., and value of the land

** Electricity meter, a device for measuring electricity usage

** Water meter, a device for measuring water usage

** " Muggles " ( recording ), a 1928 recording by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, derived from the above cannabis usage

** Toll road, a road for which road usage tolls are charged

** Toll bridge, a bridge for which road usage tolls are charged

** Toll tunnel, a tunnel for which road usage tolls are charged

** Toll house, a place where road usage tolls are collected

** Specially, Muslim Nomadic Oghuz Turks ( the most common usage of the word " Turkmen ", in 10th-18th centuries )

** observing products in use to detect usage patterns and problems

** Consumer response for this type of qualitaitve research could be product usage, personal opinion, events and activities consumers participate in.

** WX, or " weather " in telegraph usage

** In copy-editing, signifies that an unusual-looking spelling or word usage has been double-checked

** // means the thickness of the coating was either not measurable or not affecting usage of the runway

** Thread management interfaces that allows the programmer to fine-tune resource usage.

** VTEC-E — This version of VTEC employs the usage of Roller Rocker arms and in its earliest implementation was designed solely for the purpose of improving fuel economy and low end torque while maintaining the high rpm power like that of its non VTEC siblings.

** Current usage: 4920 megaliters at end of March 2003

** Intel 8244 ( NTSC ) or 8245 ( PAL ) custom IC

** Intel 8244 / 8245 custom IC

** Screen 1 ( mixed text mode 32 x 24 characters, sprites and colored custom characters )

** Sandy Hook contains seven beaches, including Gunnison Beach, a " nude beach " by custom, as well as salt marshes and a maritime holly forest.

** By a bridegroom, on the day of his wedding, according to the custom of some communities

** By a father, prior to the circumcision of his son, according to the custom of some communities.

** By a kohen prior to a service in which he will recite the priestly blessing, according to the custom of some communities

** Before Yom Kippur, according to the custom of some communities

** Before a Jewish holiday, according to the custom of some communities

** AccuCell is a characterization and modeling tool that characterizes and validates standard cell libraries, I / Os, and custom cells.

** El Toro, custom car, winner of the 1976 Ridler

** Sati ( practice ) a Hindu funeral custom involving self-immolation

** up to 3 custom ringtones in internal memory

** Untitled States – Generates custom images from blank templates

** other custom models

** Bard ( Vanguard Saga of Heroes ), an offensive fighter class specializing in supporting groups with custom made songs and close quarters combat damage support.

** A custom clothier makes custom garments one at a time, to order, to meet an individual customer's needs and preferences.

** A custom dressmaker specializes in women's custom apparel, including day dresses, careerwear, suits, evening or bridal wear, sportswear, or lingerie.

** A tailor makes custom menswear-style jackets and the skirts or trousers that go with them, for men or women.

** Google F1 — a distributed, quasi-SQL DBMS based on Spanner, substituting a custom version of MySQL.

** Rink Formgriffe order sheet, detailing the various options on a custom anatomical grip

** Marvel Comics announces the creation of a custom comic book written by Brian Michael Bendis ( Ultimate Spider-Man, The New Avengers ) and featuring superheroes such as Spider-Man, Captain America and the Fantastic Four in a military-themed storyline.