When a customer bought a minicomputer, at that time the smallest computer on the market, the computer did not come with Pre-installed software, but needed to be installed by engineers employed by the OEM.

The Starfleet Engineering Corps ( also called the Starfleet Corps of Engineers ) is mentioned in several episodes in conjunction with projects such as hollowing out the underground laboratory complex inside the Regula I asteroid in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the design of the Yellowstone-class Runabout in the alternate timeline in the Star Trek: Voyager episode " Non Sequitur ", and devising a defense against the Breen energy-dampening weapon in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " When It Rains ..." As a result of these successes, Starfleet engineers have gained a reputation as the undisputed masters of technological adaptation and modification.

When the semiconductor division of DEC was sold to Intel, many engineers from the Palo Alto design group moved to SiByte, a start-up company designing MIPS system-on-a-chip ( SoC ) products for the networking market.

When considering whether to allow Campbell to go ahead with the demonstration, their engineers had estimated that they stood to save $ 700, 000 in new installation costs in New York and New Jersey alone.

When it was to be constructed, the engineers proposed to Nicholas that he draw the path of the future railroad on the map himself.

When designing the microarchitecture of a processor, engineers use blocks of " hard-wired " electronic circuitry ( often designed separately ) such as adders, multiplexers, counters, registers, ALUs etc.

When they learned about EMI's 8-track recorder, they insisted on using it, and engineers Ken Scott and Dave Harries took the machine ( without authorisation from the studio chiefs ) into the Number 2 recording studio at Abbey Road for the band's use.

* Hydrofoil Warships: When the Arrow and related programs were terminated, twelve key engineers from this team departed for deHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. to work on what become HMCS Bras d ' Or, possibly the world's fastest warship to present day ( 2011 ).

When capacitance values of 1 pF or lower are required, engineers sometimes create their own capacitors by twisting two short lengths of insulated wire together.

When engineers arrived, they rejected the existing Valdosta Municipal Airport because of excessive grading costs and began looking for another site.

When the dam was built in the early 30s, Disney was a different place — hundreds of workers, bosses, engineers, truck drivers, and all the services a large workforce would require were based in and near Disney.

When modifying suspension bridges engineers have to be constantly aware of the distribution of weight.

When he is approached by a French official willing to negotiate the surrender of a major port, he seizes the opportunity and engineers the return of the Bourbons to France.

When usability engineering began to emerge as a distinct area of professional practice in the mid-to late 1980s, many usability engineers had a background in Computer Science or in a sub-field of Psychology such as Perception, Cognition or Human Factors.

When underway at sea, the second and third engineers will often be occupied with oil transfers from storage tanks, to active working tanks ; Cleaning of oil purifiers is another regular task.

When Emir Ben Kalish Ezab threatens to expose this for personal reasons, Rastapopoulos engineers his overthrow in favour of the Emir's enemy, Sheikh Bab El Ehr.

When engineers calculate the theoretical heat transfer in a heat exchanger, they must contend with the fact that the driving temperature difference between the two fluids varies with position.

When recording, audio engineers can select which track ( or tracks ) on the device will be used for each instrument, voice, or other input.

When a railroad was being built near Ellsworth, engineers decided it was pointless to build tracks up the large hill on which Ellsworth is situated.

When the Maratha war ended the military engineers and draughtsmen became comparatively free to focus their attention on mapping newly acquired upper Indian lands.

The ancient author Athenaeus Mechanicus, who flourished during the reign of Augustus ( 30 BC – AD 14 ), described the military use of a gimbal-like mechanism, calling it " little ape " ( pithêkion ): When preparing to attack coastal towns from the sea-side, military engineers used to yoke merchant-ships together to take the siege machines up to the walls.

When finally brought aboard, Lamborghini allowed his engineers to go ahead, deciding that the P400 was a potential marketing tool, if nothing more.

When Carlson was invited to Columbus to demonstrate his invention, Dayton's statement to the Battelle scientists and engineers present showed that he understood the importance of Carlson's invention: " However crude this may seem, this is the first time any of you have seen a reproduction made without any chemical reaction and a dry process.

When Faggin left Intel at the end of 1974 to found Zilog with Ralph Ungermann, he was department manager for MOS Research and Development with almost 80 engineers reporting to him and more than a dozen products under development.

When cut, the planking is clamped in place for a final and careful trimming.

When Robinson tried to stretch his blow into a triple, he was cut down in a close play at third, Tuttle to Andy Carey.

When B'dikkat cut the head from Mercer's thigh, he felt the knife grinding against the cartilage which held the head to his own body.

When the valley was flooded by the Haditha Dam at Haditha in 1984-85, the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities cut it into sections, and removed it to the new ' Anah where it was re-erected at the end of the 1980s.

When a cut leaves a coin with no strings, the player pockets the coin and takes another turn.

When Heureux and Mercure had cut their anchor cables to escape the exploding Orient, their crews had panicked and neither captain ( both of whom were wounded ) had managed to regain control of their ship.

When harvesting, the needed number of stalks should be cut to the base.

Burroughs also suggested cut-ups may be effective as a form of divination saying, " When you cut into the present the future leaks out.

When the mixture cools, the dysprosium can be cut away from the impurities.

When it was discovered that the market for alternative versions of films was substantial, the studios themselves began to promote " director's cuts " for a wide array of films, even some where the director already had final cut of the theatrical release.

When a principle becomes customary law is not clear cut and many arguments are put forward by states not wishing to be bound.

When the film workprint had been cut to a satisfactory state, it was then used to make an edit decision list ( EDL ).

When shooting is finished, the director can then turn his full attention to collaborating with the editor and further refining the cut of the film.

** " Rule 2: When undecided about the exact frame to cut on, cut long rather than short.

When dialogue titles came to be always cut into a scene just after a character starts speaking, and then left with a cut to the character just before they finish speaking, then one had something that was effectively the equivalent of a present-day sound film.

When the frontier with Spain was re-opened, telephone and telex circuits cut by General Franco were re-established.

When Kelly returned to Hollywood in 1953, the film musical was already beginning to feel the pressures from television, and MGM cut the budget for his next picture Brigadoon ( 1954 ), with Cyd Charisse, forcing the film to be made on studio backlots instead of on location in Scotland.

When the Cuban government accused the United States of stealing water, base commander John D. Bulkeley ordered that the pipelines be cut and a section removed.

When budgets are cut, editors may sacrifice reporters in distant news bureaus, reduce the number of staff assigned to low-income areas, or wipe entire communities from the publication's zone of interest.

When Madison assumed office in 1809, the federal government had a surplus of $ 9, 500, 000 and by 1810 the national debt continued to be reduced and taxes had been cut.

Cagney cut short his imminent tirade, saying " When I started this picture, you said that we would tangle asses before this was over.

When the film editing is complete, the edge numbers on the final cut film correspond back to their identical frames on the original negative so that a conform edit can be made of the original negative to match the work print.

When cut open, lithium exhibits a metallic luster, but contact with moist air corrodes the surface quickly to a dull silvery gray, then black tarnish.