Dip switches were used extensively in ISA architecture of PC expansion cards to select IRQs and memory addresses.

Advocates of green broadband schemes and more competitive telecom services often advocate aggressive expansion of transit exchanges into every municipal area network so that competing service providers can place such equipment as video on demand hosts and PSTN switches to serve existing phone equipment, without being answerable to any monopoly incumbent.

Additional memory could be added on cards plugged into the expansion slots ; each card contained straps or switches to control what part of the address space access memory and devices on that card.

To prevent that, special expansion switches, sometimes called breathers, were installed.

Improvements on its predecessor included an etched PCB, a hexadecimal keypad instead of toggle switches for program entry, the CDP1861 Pixie-graphics chip, and the 5 slot 86-line bus for expansion cards.

Some of the notable improvements are: the change of switches that controlled the entry of punched cards and the expansion device in larger scale.

Aluminum wire used before the mid-1970s has a coefficient of expansion that varies significantly from the metals common in devices, outlets, switches, and screws.

Most of the political battles in the 1850s focused on the expansion of slavery, since most assumed that if slavery could not expand, it would wither and die.

The addressing system allowed for expansion to 255 nodes in a LAN, and using " bridges " ( which came to be known as routers ) one could interconnect LANs into larger collections.

After designing their own fully functional replacement for the TRS-80 expansion interface ( which was never commercialized ) the company realized that they could do better than just re-designing the expansion interface.

Some of the ethnic influences could be found in the nation from after the American Civil War and into the History of United States continental expansion during most of the 19th century.

A keyboard was developed, and the keyboard had an expansion port ( which was the SIO port from Atari's 8-bit computer line, though the 7800 could not run Atari computer programs ) allowed for the addition of peripherals such as disk drives and printers.

Diamond's very high scratch resistance and thermal conductivity, combined with a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than Pyrex glass, a coefficient of friction close to that of Teflon ( Polytetrafluoroethylene ) and strong lipophilicity would make it a nearly ideal non-stick coating for cookware if large substrate areas could be coated economically.

Carnot had postulated that the fluid body could be any substance capable of expansion, such as vapor of water, vapor of alcohol, vapor of mercury, a permanent gas, or air, etc.

The expansion module prompted legal action from Atari, but Atari was unable to stop sales of the module because the 2600 could be reproduced with standard parts.

Up to 32K of such core RAM could be supported in one external expansion box.

The thought that Spain could bring Christianity to the new world certainly played a strong role in the expansion of Spain's empire.

The 5150 could not itself power hard drives without retrofitting a stronger power supply, but IBM later offered the 5161 Expansion Unit, which not only provided more expansion slots, but also included a 10 MB ( later 20 MB ) hard drive powered by the 5161's own separate 130-watt power supply.

In 1801 the Upper House moved into the larger White Chamber, which had formerly housed the Court of Requests ; the expansion of the Peerage by King George III during the 18th century, along with the imminent Act of Union with Ireland, necessitated the move as the original chamber could not accommodate the increased number of peers.

Such expansion would prove devastating and could cause this species to become extinct.

Since expansion comes at a cost, the resulting growth could become unsustainable without forecasting and management.

This realignment was dictated by the league as part of the 1976 expansion plan, so that both expansion teams could play each other twice and every other NFL franchise once during their first two seasons.

This realignment was dictated by the league as part of the 1976 expansion plan, so that both teams could play each other twice and every other NFL franchise once during their first two seasons.

He could do this because he manufactured thermometers, using mercury ( which has a high coefficient of expansion ) for the first time and the quality of his production could provide a finer scale and greater reproducibility, leading to its general adoption.

Although another cause could well have been pressure caused by the Frankish expansion to the south of Scandinavia and their subsequent attacks upon the Viking peoples.

Daniel Kuehn attributes the improvement to the earlier monetary policy of the Federal Reserve, and notes that the changes in marginal tax rates were accompanied by an expansion in the tax base that could account for the increase in revenue.

* Removal of several lines on the expansion bus edge connector ( video, power, and IORQGE ); caused many external devices problems ; some such as the VTX5000 modem could be used via the " FixIt " device.

Adherence to the gold standard prevented the Federal Reserve from expanding the money supply in order to stimulate the economy, fund insolvent banks and fund government deficits which could " prime the pump " for an expansion.

Ben Bernanke, Princeton professor and current chairman of the US Federal Reserve, has argued that monetary policy could respond to zero interest rate conditions by direct expansion of the money supply.

Simultaneously, the national bank was engaged in promoting a democratized expansion of credit to accommodate laissez-faire impulses among eastern business entrepreneurs and credit hungry western and southern farmers

A 2007 report commissioned by the Haifa Municipality calls for the construction of more hotels, a ferry line between Haifa, Acre and Caesarea, development of the western anchorage of the port as a recreation and entertainment area, and an expansion of the local airport and port to accommodate international travel and cruise ships.

Some early development took place to accommodate the popularity of the nearby Sadler's Wells, which became a resort in the 16th century, but the 19th century saw the greatest expansion in housing, soon to cover the whole parish.

In 2009, a new Rosenberg Welcome Center, formerly the Reservation HQ, and the expansion of the Dining Hall Pavilion at Camp Oest were constructed to accommodate attendance growth and goals in the 2008-2012 Baltimore Area Council Strategic Plan.

In order for ATC to accommodate this expansion of its training mission, HQ USAF directed SAC to consolidate its planned fighter-escort mission at Moody with its existing fighter mission at nearby Turner AFB, and Moody was assigned to ATC for the Crew Training mission.

Langford High basketball games continued to be played in the Pierpont High School Gymnasium, built by local fathers in the 1950s following a State Tourney B appearance, until a bond issue in the late 1970s expanded the Langford School campus to accommodate an addition that included a grade school expansion and a gymnasium annex, resulting in the closing of the grade school campuses in both Pierpont and Claremont.

When dealing with large media files, the expansion or contraction of the INFO chunk during tag-editing can result in the following " data " section of the file having to be read and rewritten back to disk to accommodate the new header size.

Changes were required within the Division to accommodate the massive wartime Air Corps expansion program.

The expansion of the college through the 1861 statutes necessitated more building work to accommodate the larger community.

The expansion, to be funded by foreign investors, will include the construction of three new terminals and the refurbishment of the existing three terminals, which will each accommodate 2. 5 million passengers annually.

No major expansion occurred at the facility until World War I when it was expanded to accommodate 11, 000 employees and their families.

Such was the expansion involved that the Council Chamber, originally designed to accommodate 80 members, had to be modified to seat the representatives of the new wards.

The Sportsplex will be expanded to accommodate the Virginia Destroyers, an expansion franchise in the United Football League for the 2011 UFL season.

The 1990s saw considerable expansion in the number of European destinations served, and the fleet grew to accommodate.

To accommodate the expansion, the park's main entrance is moved from Rivertown Junction to Showstreet.

Under her administration, the University built a sixth residential college, named in honor of alumna Meg Whitman, to accommodate an 11 percent expansion of the undergraduate student body ( an increase of some 500 students ), as recommended by a special committee of the Board of Trustees chaired by Paul M. Wythes.

The construction of the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility, a federal immigration detention center adjacent to the airport has provided more jobs in the area, as well as expansion of the airport itself, including lengthening the runway to accommodate larger aircraft in 2005.

This phase comprises a new departures building at the eastern end of the present terminal to accommodate expansion to the present departure concourse, security screening station with space to accommodate explosives detection equipment, out-going immigration, retail concessions and departure lounge.

The printer had an expansion socket under the front cover which could accommodate either Apple's AppleTalk network card or 32K memory buffer card, but not both at the same time.

The airport is currently in the process of expansion to better accommodate international flights.

Over the years, expansion continued to accommodate more people.

These factors combined has led to yet further suburban expansion through the 2000s into Green Wedges and beyond Urban Growth Boundaries, to accommodate the large population growth.

Within the existing complex, available space in the lower floors of the office towers of the World Financial Center are undergoing conversions and expansion to accommodate new retail.