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Instead and clock
Instead of picking up a newspaper, or watching the 10 o ' clock news, people can log onto the internet to get the news they want, when they want it.
Instead of physically connecting the antennas, data received at each antenna is paired with timing information, usually from a local atomic clock, and then stored for later analysis on magnetic tape or hard disk.
Instead, the transmission of clock cycles and data transmission is modulated.
Instead, the Commission can either make a new proposal, taking account of the reasons for the objection ( in which case the clock is re-set and Parliament can again block ), or it can propose new legislation to Parliament and Council under the legislative co-decision procedure.
Instead of telling the time, the clock reveals the location or status of each family member.
Instead, Eli Terry popularized the clock ownership among common American people.
Instead, each successive clock is retarded behind by the exact amount that the competitor is due to take to reach that clock en route.
Instead of using clock signals or other global control signals, the sequencing of computation in delay insensitive circuit is determined by the data flow.
Instead, Eli Terry popularized clock ownership, among common American people.

Instead and uses
Instead of " flow " Plato uses chōrei, to change chōros.
Instead, he uses these free limbs to either grab one of the ring ropes ( the bottom one is the most common, as it is nearest the wrestlers ) or drape his foot across, or underneath one.
Instead, the island uses the United Kingdom issue of the pound sterling.
Instead of also using E < sub > a </ sub >, however, the Eyring equation uses the concept of Gibbs free energy and the symbol * to denote the energy of the transition state.
Instead of a weighted lure, a fly rod uses the weight of the fly line for casting, and lightweight rods are capable of casting the very smallest and lightest fly.
Instead, the opossum uses its tail as a brace and a fifth limb when climbing.
* Instead of a breakstrain after the trio, a regimental march has a completely new strain ( D ), which still uses the modulated key.
* Instead of the buttons, knobs, dials, and switches in the 1960s version, the 1980s version uses flat buttons and brightly lit consoles.
Instead of pushing him that way, she uses her connections to get his script produced-with brother Brent as the star.
Instead they chose to study the amounts and uses of existing water withdrawals and to develop a reporting system to gather this information.
Instead SCI uses a distributed directory-based cache coherence protocol with a linked list of nodes containing processors that share a particular cache line.
Instead of having two operating environments, Locoscript for word processing and CP / M for other uses, it had its own GUI operating system, known as " Roseanne ".
Instead DV uses two methods:
Instead DV uses two methods:
" Instead of the grand music and themes of opera, the work uses familiar tunes and characters that were ordinary people.
Instead, the film uses themes to present new steps and evoke emotion through pure cinema.
Instead, the organism records the times of onset and offset of CSs and USs and uses these to calculate the probability that the US will follow the CS.
Instead of explicitly representing every atom of the system, one uses " pseudo-atoms " to represent groups of atoms.
Instead, it uses an external compiler such as gcc to produce executable code.
Instead, Brisco uses the Orb to travel through time to save Bowler's life.
Instead, it uses a crossplane crankshaft that prevents the pistons from simultaneously reaching top dead centre.
Instead of the single turn of the regular bowline, the double bowline uses a round turn.
Instead, he records the sounds of Panja and uses them to trap his mate, Eliza, who then becomes bait in a trap for Panja.
Northeastern does not have any system of grade point averages or class rank, Instead, the school uses a system of narrative evaluations to measure student performance.

Instead and binary
Instead, it is thought that most of them probably originate when dynamical interactions with other stars cause a binary system to coalesce into one star.
Instead of the original mapping from holes to binary digits that resulted in the random-looking mapping, the new machines mapped digits to holes in order to produce a much simpler mapping, < tt > ø £ ½0 @:$ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ </ tt >.
Instead of just incrementing the counters of pages referenced, putting equal emphasis on page references regardless of the time, the reference counter on a page is first shifted right ( divided by 2 ), before adding the referenced bit to the left of that binary number.

Instead and digital
Instead, the final pattern is created directly from a digital representation on a computer, by controlling an electron beam as it scans across a resist-coated substrate.
Instead of the user wearing or carrying the display such as with head-mounted displays or handheld devices, Spatial Augmented Reality ( SAR ) makes use of digital projectors to display graphical information onto physical objects.
Instead of Y ' UV, Y ' CbCr was used as the standard format for ( digital ) common video compression algorithms such as MPEG-2.
Instead of recording to the DAT format, the D used a digital reel-to-reel format using a helical scan head and 1 / 4 " tape on 5 " and 7 " reels.
Instead of paying with cash, check, or credit cards, a consumer can use a mobile phone to pay for a wide range of services and digital or hard goods such as:
Instead of the call being reproduced by the traditional bellows, it is a digital recording of a cuckoo calling in the wild ( with a corresponding echo ).
Instead of replacing the handwritten signature these kind of e-signing solutions seek to transfer the signing ceremony into the digital world.
Instead, the network agreed on April 19 to be carried on a new second digital subchannel of WKRC-TV forcing WBQC to become an Independent.
This process is an inversion of the traditional photogravure method, where you ’ re etching through a sheet of gelatin, and gradually the gelatin is getting thinner and more acid reaches the plate, so the last thing that ’ s etched are the light tones .” Instead, the digital direct-to-plate method requires that the light values be etched first ; then the printer is used to lay down a new layer of ink onto the plate between acid baths, masking out the lighter values to protect them from subsequent etches.
Instead of creating a magnetization distribution in analog recording, digital recording only needs two stable magnetic states, which are the + Ms and-Ms on the hysteresis loop.
Instead of following Gremlin's approach and creating exact copies of the board games in digital form, Electronic Arts and Games Workshop opted to develop a video game, based on Space Hulk, with features that took advantage of the personal computer's technological advancements.
Instead, regularly spaced digital repeaters are now placed in long lines to maintain the desired shape and duration of pulses for long-distance transmission.
Instead, at the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KPBI was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal ( called a " flash-cut ").
Instead, on June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KCWX was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal ( called a " flash-cut ").
Instead, MIDI information is sent to an electronic module capable of reproducing an array of digital sounds or samples that resemble traditional analog musical instruments.
Instead, on or before June 12, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KPNZ was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal ( called a " flash-cut ").
Instead, on June 12, 2009, which was the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KGPX turned off its analog signal and turned on its digital signal ( called a " flash-cut ").
Instead, at the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KQUP would have been required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal ( called a " flash-cut ").
Instead, Univision's national network can be found on the cable company's digital tier.

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