| SMS - Short Message Service |
| Is a service used to communicate between mobile phones and Pocket PC, desktop computers and some fixed phones thru short text messages. |
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| STOVL - Short Take Off and Vertical Landing |
| It is the ability of some aircraft to take off from a short runway or take off vertically if it does not have a very heavy payload and land vertically.It is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of clearing a 15m obstacle within 450m commencing take-off run. |
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| STOL - Short TakeOff and Landing aircraft |
STOL, heavier-than-air craft, capable of rising from and descending to the ground with only a short length of runway, but incapable of doing so vertically. The precise definition of an STOL aircraft has not been universally agreed upon. However, it has been tentatively defined as an aircraft that upon taking off needs only 1,000 ft (305 m) of runway to clear a 50-ft (15-m) obstacle at the end of that distance and upon landing can clear the same obstacle and then land within 1,000 ft.
Typically, STOL aircraft have large wings that are equipped with special aerodynamic devices such as slotted flaps, drooped leading edges, and auxiliary spoilers that augment lift, increase stability, and improve the effect of control surfaces. As the airfields from which STOL planes are expected to operate will be in confined areas, the ability to fly stably at low speeds, especially in turbulent air, is an important design requirement for them. |
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| KISS - Keep It Short and Simple |
| used during online discussions |
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| AD - Alzheimer's Disease |
| Alzheimer's, is the most common cause of dementia, afflicting 24 million people worldwide.It usually begins many years before it is eventually diagnosed. In its early stages, short-term memory loss is the clearest symptom. Gradually the sufferer loses minor, and then major bodily functions, until death occurs. |
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