WebPhilipp von Zesen wurde als Sohn des lutherischen Pastors Philipp Zesen und dessen Ehefrau Dorthe, geborene Paschasius, in Priorau im kursächsischen Amt Bitterfeld geboren. Sein Geburtshaus blieb erhalten. Als er etwa 16 Jahre alt war, besuchte er das Gymnasium in Halle unter Christian Gueintz, der den begabten Schüler schon damals dem …

WebVinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS (/ s ɜːr f /; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer and is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-developer Bob Kahn. He has received honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the …

WebAn automated toll-free service was introduced by AT&T in 1966 (US intrastate) and 1967 (US interstate) as an alternative to operator-assisted collect calling and manual "Zenith" or "Enterprise" numbers. This Inward Wide Area Telephone Service (InWATS) allowed calls to be made directly from anywhere in a predefined area by dialling the prefix 1‑800- and a …

WebKopie van Het Laatste Oordeel. Het verhaal gaat dat Lucas Cranach op een reis door Vlaanderen het drieluik van Het Laatste Oordeel van Hiëronymus Bosch zag en er zo van onder de indruk was, dat hij er een kopie van maakte – volgens Friedländer mogelijk niet later dan 1508. Deze kopie bevindt zich tegenwoordig in de Gemäldegalerie in Berlijn.

WebArchduke Franz Salvator of Austria (21 August 1866 – 20 April 1939) was the son of Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.He married Archduchess Marie Valerie in 1890, though, due to Marie Valerie’s death in 1924, remarried in 1934 to Baroness Melanie von Riesenfels.. During World War I, …

WebMost public switched telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number (sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or the emergency services number) that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance. The emergency number differs from country to country; it is typically a three-digit number …

WebJohann Philipp Reis (1834–1874) gelang es erstmals, eine funktionierende elektrische Fernsprechverbindung aufzubauen. Im Zuge seiner Erfindung hatte er auch das Kontaktmikrophon entwickelt und das Wort „Telephon“ eingeführt. Der aus dem hessischen Gelnhausen stammende Bäckersohn hatte in Frankfurt am Main und Friedrichsdorf eine …

WebOptical Carrier transmission rates are a standardized set of specifications of transmission bandwidth for digital signals that can be carried on Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET) fiber optic networks. Transmission rates are defined by rate of the bitstream of the digital signal and are designated by hyphenation of the acronym OC and an integer value …

WebPlain old telephone service (POTS), or plain ordinary telephone system, is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service employing analog signal transmission over copper loops. POTS was the standard service offering from telephone companies from 1876 until 1988 in the United States when the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Basic Rate …

WebCountry calling codes or country dial-in codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching telephone subscribers in the networks of the member countries or regions of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The codes are defined by the ITU-T in standards E.123 and E.164.The prefixes enable international direct dialing (IDD) and are …

WebDie Gedenkmünzen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik wurden von der Münzprägeanstalt der DDR von 1966 bis 1990 mit 122 unterschiedlichen Motiven produziert. Vier davon hatten als Währungsbezeichnung MDN (Mark der Deutschen Notenbank), alle anderen Mark.Sie bestanden aus unterschiedlichen Legierungen mit Münzwerten von 5, …

WebIridium Communications Inc. (formerly Iridium Satellite LLC) is a publicly traded American company headquartered in McLean, Virginia.Iridium operates the Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 66 active satellites used for worldwide voice and data communication from hand-held satellite phones and other transceiver units. The nearly …

WebNecessity. The standard method of communication between an air traffic controller and a pilot is voice radio, using either VHF bands for line-of-sight communication or HF bands for long-distance communication (such as that provided by Shanwick Oceanic Control).. One of the major problems with voice radio communications used in this manner is that all pilots …

WebMatrix is an open standard and communication protocol for real-time communication. It aims to make real-time communication work seamlessly between different service providers, in the way that standard Simple Mail Transfer Protocol email currently does for store-and-forward email service, by allowing users with accounts at one communications service …