Advanced BBSes used Multiple CD-ROM disc changer units that switched 6 CD-ROM disks on demand for the caller ( s ).

Multiple units are almost invariably equipped with control cabs at both ends, which is why such units are so frequently used to provide commuter services, due to the associated short turn-around time.

; Energy efficiency: Multiple units are more energy efficient than locomotive-hauled trains and more nimble, especially on grades, as much more of the train's weight ( sometimes all of it ) is placed on driven wheels, rather than suffer the dead weight of unpowered coaches.

A multiprocessor is a tightly coupled computer system having two or more processing units ( Multiple Processors ) each sharing main memory and peripherals, in order to simultaneously process programs.

* MUTA is also an abbreviation in the United States Army Reserve for a " Multiple Unit Training Assembly " ( multiple refers not to multiple units but the multiple pay periods ( usually four ) for which reserve component soldiers receive credit for attending Battle Assembly )

Multiple units are classified by their power source and are of two main types: electric multiple unit ( EMU ) or diesel multiple unit ( DMU ).

Multiple units have several advantages over locomotive-hauled trains:

* Axle load — Multiple units have lighter axle loads, allowing operation on lighter tracks, where locomotives may be banned.

* Easy and quick driving — Multiple units generally have rigid couplers instead of the flexible ones often used on locomotive-hauled trains.

Multiple units do have some disadvantages as compared to locomotive-hauled trains:

Multiple base units can be installed in the home or car, and portable boom-box style units allow the plug and play receivers to be used outdoors.

Multiple, large units of Clanrats, Skavenslaves, Giant Rats, and Stormvermin form the bulk of the Skaven horde.

The railway company responsible for local routes is First ScotRail who operate the carmine and cream liveried Diesel and Electric Multiple units of the former Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive.

Multiple televisions and air conditioners are common in units of this size.

In the 1980s Corps units were on the leading edge of the Army's modernization effort with the introduction of new organizations and equipment including the M1 Abrams tank, M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle, AH-64 Apache helicopter, Multiple Launch Rocket System, and Mobile Subscriber Equipment.

Category: Multiple units of Russia

* Multiple Render Targets ( computer graphics ), a technology in modern Graphics processing units

Contemporaneous with these units was the unique Battery Electric Multiple Unit.

* Multiple fiber summation – When a weak signal is sent by the CNS to contract a muscle, the smaller motor units, being more excitable than the larger ones, are stimulated first.

The Eden Valley Railway has mostly ex-British Rail built rolling stock including Diesel-Electric Multiple Units British Rail Class 205 unit 205009 and Electric Multiple Units British Rail Class 411 units 2311 and 2315 and British Rail Class 419 units 9003 and 9005, as well as 0-6-0 diesel shunter " Darlington ", British Rail Class 37 number 37042 and an 0-4-0 shunter, in addition to a number of freight wagons, and a 15 ton railway crane.

Multiple-unit train control, sometimes abbreviated to multiple-unit or MU, is a method of simultaneously controlling all the traction equipment in a train from a single location, whether it is a Multiple unit comprising a number of self-powered passenger cars or a set of locomotives.

The concept of the design is that each vehicle has a driving cab and an under floor engine / transmission with Multiple unit ( MU ) control.

Multiple versions Actaeon myth survive, though many are fragmentary.

Multiple filings are not in and of themselves criminal, but they may violate provisions of bankruptcy law.

Multiple CERTs are organized into a hierarchy of teams consistent with ICS principles.

Multiple cables to different rooms are split off the incoming cable with a small device called a splitter.

Multiple channels are transmitted through the cable by a technique called frequency division multiplexing.

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U. S. Air Force majors ; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an Army colonel ; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel ( later Air Force Brigadier General ); Col. Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines ; Col. ( later Major General ) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War ; and Maj. Maude C. Davison, who led the " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor " during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System.

Epicurus emphasized the senses in his epistemology, and his Principle of Multiple Explanations (" if several theories are consistent with the observed data, retain them all ") is an early contribution to the philosophy of science.

Multiple emulsions are also possible, including a " water-in-oil-in-water " emulsion and an " oil-in-water-in-oil " emulsion.

Multiple rows of holes are punched on each card and the many cards that compose the design of the textile are strung together in order.

Multiple incisions are required for technology such as the " Da Vinci " system, which uses a console located away from the patient, with the surgeon controlling a camera, vacuum pump, saline cleansing solution, cutting tools, etc.

Multiple statements per line are allowed and are common.

Multiple elements are often used on the same page: the element is the same, but its attributes are different.

An IDE-style interface is distinguishable form of Multiple Document Interface ( MDI ), because all child windows in an IDE-style interface are enhanced with added functionality not ordinarily available in MDI applications.

Multiple bitstreams may be multiplexed in the file where pages from each bitstream are ordered by the seek time of the contained data.

Multiple short steeps of 20 seconds to 1 minute are performed ; the tea is often served in one-to two-ounce tasting cups.

Multiple infections and infections that are treated later are more likely to result in complications.

Multiple factors, such as the entry of Slavic countries such as Slovakia and Bulgaria into the European Union has contributed to the fact that many young Slavs feel alienated and are finding a sense of belonging and identity in " being a Slav ".

Multiple overlapping reads for the target DNA are obtained by performing several rounds of this fragmentation and sequencing.

Some cars are self-propelled Multiple Units so using traditional floor heights appears fixed.

The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System ( M270 MLRS ) is an armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher ; a type of rocket artillery.

By the 1970s most TEEs were Electric locomotive | locomotive-hauled, rather than Multiple unit | self-propelled trainsets.

The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System ( MLRS ) is the Field Artillery's heaviest and longest-ranged weapons system, a self-propelled rocket launcher using either 270 mm unguided rockets or the Army Tactical Missile System ( ATACMS ) Block I missile.