Changing the firmware of a device may rarely or never be done during its economic lifetime ; some firmware memory devices are permanently installed and cannot be changed after manufacture.

Changing nomenclature can confuse: in current American terminology a " switch " now frequently refers to a system which is also called a " telephone exchange " ( the usual term in English )-- that is, a large collection of selectors of some sort within a building.

However, some DC Comics characters — most notably the fringe supernatural characters such as Zatanna, The Phantom Stranger, Shade, The Changing Man, Dream of the Endless, and Swamp Thing have made appearances.

Changing events in the past cause some exits further up the road, in the future, to become overgrown and inaccessible and new exits to appear, leading to different alternative futures.

Changing patterns in the betrothal and marriage process in some rural villages of modern China can be represented as the following stages:

# Changing the usage from " Persian " to " Farsi " may give the impression that Farsi is a new language, although this may well be the intention of some users of " Farsi ".

# Changing the usage may also give the impression that Farsi is a dialect used in some parts of Iran rather than the predominant ( and official ) language of the country.

Changing climatic conditions may put beech populations in southern England under increased stress and while it may not be possible to maintain the current levels of beech in some sites it is thought that conditions for beech in north-west England will remain favourable or even improve.

In 2004, Hannigan wrote " Changing Our Tune ", a seminal cover article for the UK's Develop magazine, outlining some of the differences between scoring for games and conventional linear media forms such as film and television.

Changing characters every week, Entwistle garnered some publicity, such as an article in the Sunday edition of the New York Times in 1927 and another in the Oakland Tribune two years later.

Changing the natural features of rock is often frowned upon, but in many parts of the world it is accepted to some extent.

Changing the brand of the company allegedly produced some advantages-a unified and powerful brand strengthens the reputation of the whole concern and helps the company to compete more successfully in different markets.

She appears as a source of light ( like a prismatic will-o ’- the-wisp to ethereal and astral view, some say ) which uses all spells at maximum level ... Mystra is constantly Shape Changing as far as an observer on any Prime Material plane is concerned.

Clark's compositions " Full Circle " and " Changing Heart " plus the Neil Young covers on which he did the lead vocal work (" See the Sky About to Rain " and " Cowgirl in the Sand ") were widely regarded as the standout tracks on a record which received some negative critical response.

Changing conditions modify the Hamiltonian in a continuous manner, resulting in a final Hamiltonian at some later time.

Singer / songwriter Iain Matthews ( still using the spelling " Ian " for his first name at the time ) recorded an album of Shear's material, Walking A Changing Line: The Songs of Jules Shear, with synthesizer-dominated arrangements ( and some previously-unreleased songs of Shear's ), in 1988 ; Matthews had previously recorded Jules Shear songs on other albums.

When the track was continued from Martinlaakso to Vantaankoski in 1991, the route designation stayed as M. Changing the designation has been discussed from time to time, because some believe M can be confused with the logo for the metro.

Changing the path of the river might lead to unforeseen environmental disasters according to some experts.

He has also contributed to a book entitled Fragile Earth: Views of a Changing World published by Collins, which presents before-and-after images of some of the natural changes which have happened to the world in recent years, including the Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, alongside a bleak look at the effects of mankind's actions on the planet.

Changing her actors union name to Annie Jones, she undertook some modelling, and began acting aged 17 in the role of Chrissie in the drama Run Chrissie Run !.

Changing international architectural trends introduced some architectural styles ( particularly the postmodernist style ) here.

* hypallage: Changing the order of words so that they are associated with words normally associated with others

Changing or losing of key words would result in a change of symbol, which would then invalidate the internal structural logic of a text and render the entire tale meaningless.

Changing endings in this manner is especially common, and can be frequently seen when foreign words are imported into any language.

Changing its words to fit into the school by Madam Dusadee Malakul na Ayuthaya.

Changing consciousness of English national identity, Scottish national identity, Welsh nationalism, and the effects of British imperialism have altered interpretations of how the literatures of the isles have interacted.

Changing its name to Hunting Percival Aircraft in 1954 and finally to Hunting Aircraft in 1957 the company merged with the Bristol Aeroplane Company, English Electric and Vickers-Armstrongs in 1959 to form the British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC ), later to become part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems.

He completed his doctoral thesis, Changing scientific concepts of nature in the English novel, 1850-1920, in 1977.

In fact, since Coleman and Darion wrote " Changing Partners " the same year, with Darion as lyricist and Coleman as composer, while Gimbel wrote the English lyric for " Sway " the same year, it can be concluded that Coleman wrote the music and Darion and Gimbel the lyrics.

Changing his clothes, he put on his dark-blue flannel suit, and laid away the gray jacket with the feeling that he might be putting it aside for good.

Changing the allophone used by native speakers for a given phoneme in a specific context usually will not change the meaning of a word but the result may sound non-native or unintelligible.

In 1893 the same printer brought several more drawings for Weatherly ’ s Our Dear Relations, another book of rhymes, and the following year Potter successfully sold a series of frog illustrations and verses for Changing Pictures, a popular annual offered by the art publisher Ernest Nister.

The longest standing group for lesbian and gay Christians in the UK, founded in 1976, is the non-denominational Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement ; specifically aimed to meet the needs of lesbian and gay evangelicals, there is the Evangelical Fellowship for Lesbian and Gay Christians ; specifically working within the Church of England is Changing Attitude, which also takes an international focus in working for gay, lesbian, bisexual & transgender affirmation within the Anglican Communion.

Changing between ride and hi-hat, or between either and a leaner sound with neither, is often used to mark a change from one passage to another, for example to distinguish verse and chorus.

* Anderson, K., " IT Security Professionals Must Evolve for Changing Market ", SC Magazine, October 12, 2006.

This includes manuscript material for his books Guide to Jewish Religious Practice ( 1979 ), The Ten Commandments in a Changing World ( 1963 ), The Anguish and the Ecstasy of a Jewish Chaplain ( 1974 ), and his translation of The Code of Maimonides ( Mishneh Torah ): Book 7, The Book of Agriculture ( 1979 ).

Groups opposing certain generally accepted scientific views on evolution, second-hand smoke, AIDS, and other politically contentious scientific matters argue that PC is responsible for the failure of their perspectives to receive a fair public hearing ; thus, in Lamarck's Signature: How Retrogenes are Changing Darwin's Natural Selection Paradigm, Assoc.

These sources include, among others, the Bydale Foundation, Careth Foundation, Carolyn Foundation, Changing Horizons Charitable Trust, CS Fund, Deer Creek Foundation, Educational Foundation of America, Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, Grodzins Fund, Jenifer Altman Foundation, Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, Rockwood Fund, Roy and Niuta Titus Foundation, Stern Family Fund, Town Creek Foundation, and the Turner Foundation.

In this role, they are the forces most visible to tourists, and known for their colourful ceremony of Changing the Guard.

* Frank White: The Seti Factor – How the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Is Changing Our View of the Universe and Ourselves.

Changing to single user run level mode for updating is not recommended.

* Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World, a 2003 book by Margaret Thatcher

* Changing Your Mind: On the Contributions of Top-Down and Bottom-Up Guidance in Visual Search for Feature Singletons, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol.

Changing the character to be " a man with very human emotions " also allowed for the development of the Spock character.

* Life for Life's Sake: Memories of a Vanished England and a Changing World, by One Who Was Bohemian, Poet, Soldier, Novelist and Wanderer ( 1941 ) memoir

He also arranges for his wife's employer to give her a month's paid vacation ( emphasis in episode ) in The Changing Face of Evil ( although his wife works for the Bajorans, a non-Federation race ).

Ann Curry-Stevens, An Educator's Guide for Changing the World: Methods, Models and Materials for Anti-oppression and Social Justice Workshops ( Centre for Social Justice ), p. 29

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