Since the mid 1990s, thousands of surface scientists and thin film technocrats have latched on to the nanotechnology bandwagon and redefined their disciplines as nanotechnology.

Gigabyte TA7 thin client Since the clients are made from low-cost hardware with few moving parts, they can operate in more hostile environments than conventional computers.

Since the flakes are extremely small and thin, the price is not prohibitive.

Since it is hard to obtain large quantities of naturally-occurring beachworn cone tops, almost all modern puka shell jewelry uses cheaper imitations, cut from thin shells of other species of mollusk, or even made of plastic.

Since it was important for the actors ' expressions to be visible through the makeup, the appliances were made very thin using the latest glues and paints.

Since the wires are thin, small bumps can cause the wires to shift alignment if they are not held in place.

Since many electrostatic speakers are tall and thin designs without an enclosure, they act as a vertical dipole line source.

Since the late 1950s, engineers at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory had been working on a new type of inertial platform that replaced the mechanical gimbals with a sphere floating in a thin layer of fluorocarbon fluid.

Since the steel is stretched and thin, any scratch will expand and can crack.

Since uncolonized land may have thin, poor quality soils with few nutrients, pioneer species are often hardy plants with adaptations such as long roots, root nodes containing nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and leaves that employ transpiration.

Since Windows 2000, SMB runs, by default, with a thin layer, similar to the Session Message packet of NBT's Session Service, on top of TCP, using TCP port 445 rather than TCP port 139 — a feature known as " direct host SMB ".

Since the thin blanket bog peats cannot hold great quantities of water, many of these rivers exhibit a flashy hydrography, filling rapidly after heavy rain.

Since the thin coatings are fragile, and can be damaged when exposed to air and moisture, manufacturers typically use multiple pane windows.

# Since mare basaltic magmas are denser than upper crustal anorthositic materials, basaltic eruptions might be favored at locations of low elevation where the crust is thin.

Since the forces were too thin to maintain an even battle line, they focused their attention on the four roads that crossed the Our.

Since the fluid surrounds the solid object, deposition happens on every surface, with little regard to direction ; thin films from chemical deposition techniques tend to be conformal, rather than directional.

Since the grape has a thin skin, there is also a risk of sunburn in hotter climates ; it is best suited to areas with sunny days and cool nights.

Since trimarans are generally designed to sail with one ama out of the water, they are similar to an Atlantic proa, with the buoyant leeward ama providing the bulk of the stability for the long, relatively thin main hull.

Since domain walls can be considered as thin layers, their symmetry is described by one of the 528 magnetic layer groups.

Since the slapper impacts a wide area ( roughly one mm across ) of the explosive, rather than a thin line or point as in an exploding foil or bridgewire detonator, the detonation is more regular and requires less energy.

Since the torsion bar is relatively thin and flexible, and the bottom end usually resists being rotated, the bar will twist by an amount proportional to the applied torque.

Since bulb keels work best on long, thin keels or daggerboards, they are generally not used on sailboats intended for shallow waters, but are most often found on offshore racing craft.

Since the United Forces are already spread thin around the globe, UF Headquarters has formed a mercenary tactical strike force, code named: Scarface.

Since silicon solar panels only use one pane of glass, thin film panels are approximately twice as heavy as crystalline silicon panels.

Since 2000, ICQ and AIM users are able to add each other to their contact list without the need for any external clients.

Since the factory is located on the still-active Ängelholm airport, clients can arrive by private jet right next to the factory.

Since any software that provides services can be called a server, modern personal computers can be seen as a forest of servers and clients operating in parallel.

Since fashion models are scouted at a very young age, they spend the first couple of years making very little money as they are testing and working for lower echelon clients while developing their portfolios.

Since the arrival of these methods, market researchers have been able to make better, more accurate, suggestions to their clients regarding the decision to move forward, revise, or start over with a product concept.

Since the unit tests alert the development team of the problem before handing the code off to testers or clients, it is still early in the development process.

Since 1996, Falstein has been president of The Inspiracy, a consulting firm specializing in game design and production for clients on five continents, ranging from corporate training ( Cisco, Microsoft ) to medical education ( Hopelab, Health Media Lab, Medical Cyberworlds ) to entertainment ( LucasArts, Disney, DreamCatcher, Micro Forte ).

Since 2001, Space Adventures has launched seven clients on eight successful missions to the International Space Station ( ISS ).

Since the introduction of consumer salary accounts in the 1960s the number of retail clients grew exponentially.

Since SWT is simply a wrapper around native GUI code, it does not require large numbers of updates when that native code is changed, providing that operating system vendors are careful not to break clients of their API when the operating systems are updated.

Since 1997 SRCM has underwritten over USD 15 billion of ILS including Insurance-Linked Bonds ( ILBs ) also known as Catastrophe Bonds ( Cat Bonds ) for third-party clients and its parent, Swiss Re.

Since then, a steady stream of evidence — including many more internal documents, statements from former members, statements from psychotherapy clients who were the targets of unsuccessful recruitment as late as 2002, and sworn court deposition testimony — has indicated that the IWP continues as the core organization of a community that includes electoral third-party activists, actors, therapists, youth programs, and cultural entities that openly follow Newman's philosophy.

Since 1984 they have commissioned a well-known contemporary British artist to create a limited edition Christmas card which was given to their major clients.

* Since they usually develop a large network of clients, the loss of one or two often has a negligible effect.

Since 1986, Quality Management International ( QMI ) has used and improved their people > processes > system methodology to enable its clients to develop their process-based management systems.

Since March 2006 Open-Xchange Server supports SSL and TLS, thereby enabling encrypted communication between the clients and the Groupware server.

Since these DUNDi clients belong to the same network, they are called peers.

Since 2007 it has expanded its HSBC Premier private banking services for the " Mass affluent " market or high net worth individual clients.

Since 2009, 93 percent of its European branches collect end-of-life electrical equipment from their clients ( cables, light bulbs and fluorescent tubes ).

Since 2005, Breyfogle has produced illustrations for a wide variety of clients outside of the comics industry, including Nike, MOJO, The Red Bulletin, Time Out, Company Magazine, Suddeutsch Zeitung Magazin, and various bands ( including 12 Stone Toddler ), among many others.

Since studios reduced output after WWII, they let more actors off of long-term contracts and big agencies like MCA could negotiate stronger terms for their clients.

Since some clients separate the private conversations into another window, each new message could open a new window for every new user a message is received from.

Since then, JP Aerospace has worked with a number of clients interested in launching cameras into the upper atmosphere via balloons, including The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and Toshiba ( for their 2009 television commercial Space Chair ).