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  Transport - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Transport, or transportation in American English, is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.
Transport and communication are both substitutes and complements.
The growth in transport would be impossible without communication, which is vital for advanced transportation systems, from railroads which want to run trains in two directions on a single track, to air traffic control which requires knowing the location of aircraft in the sky.
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 Transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, goods, signals and information from one place to another.
Transport is a major use of energy, and transport burns most of the world's petroleum.
Electrified public transport generally uses overhead wires or third rails to transmit electricity to vehicles, and is used for both rail and bus transport.
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 Transport -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Transport or transportation is the (A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something) movement of people, goods, signals and information from one place to another.
Transport and (Something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups) communication are both substitutes and complements.
Transport, ((physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs) energy, and the (The area in which something exists or lives) environment
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The London public transport system is one of the few systems in the world to be a tourist attraction in its own right; its infrastructure, however, is, and historically has been, financially stretched and under-resourced, leading to frequent difficulties and delays in making journeys.
While Transport for London runs the London Underground, also known as the Tube, the famous red double decker buses are now run by private companies, although it is a requirement that the buses are still painted (mostly) red.
Transport for London introduced a Congestion Charge levied on traffic entering Central London during peak hours in mid-February 2003 in order to alleviate chronic traffic congestion.
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 Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Transport, or transportation (as it is called in the United States), is the movement of people and goods from oneplace to another.
Transport and communication are both substitutes and complements.Though it might be possible that sufficiently advanced communication could substitute for transport, one could telegraph,telephone, fax, or email a customer rather than visiting them in person, it has been found that those modes of communication infact generate more total interactions, including interpersonal interactions.
The growth in transport would be impossible without communication, which is vital for advanced transportation systems, fromrailroads which want to run trains in two directions on a single track, to air traffic control which requires knowing thelocation of aircraft in the sky.
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 Train   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In rail transport, a train consists of several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route.
There are simple types of open-topped wagons for transporting minerals and bulk material such as coal and tankers for tranporting liquids and gases.
This is referred to as "Hopping" and is considered by some communities to be a viable form of transport.
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 Transport (disambiguation) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Transport, in the sense of engineering and infrastructure; see also List of transport topics.
In biology the word transport refers to the movement of molecules or ions across cell membranes or via the bloodstream such as active transport and passive transport.
In computer science and electrical engineering, the term transport is also used to describe certain computer network protocols (see transport layer).
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 Transport (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Transport, or movement of molecules or ions across cell membranes or via the bloodstream in biology, including active transport and passive transport
For media recording and playback, a transport is a device that handles a particular physical storage medium itself, and extracts or records the information to and from the medium to (and from) an outboard set of processing electronics that the transport is connected to.
This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
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 Diffusion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The rate of transport is governed by the diffusivity and the concentration gradient.
The rate of transport is governed by the electrical conductivity of the conductor and the electric field.
The rate of transport is governed by the viscosity of the fluid and the momentum gradient.
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 Rail transport in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rail transport systems developed independently on the two islands of Great Britain and Ireland, and most of the railway construction in the Republic of Ireland was undertaken before independence in 1922.
Rail transport in Great Britain discusses rail transport on the larger of the British isles, comprising England, Scotland and Wales.
Rail transport in Ireland discusses rail transport on the island of Ireland, comprising the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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 Find and post your transport truck and freight.
Transport and communications Transport and communication are both substitutes and complements.
Transport, activities and land use There is a well-known relationship between the density of development, and types of transportation.
Transport, energy, and the environment Transport is a major use of energy.
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 Bristol - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Long-standing plans for a light rail system in the Bristol area have so far come to nothing, and as a consequence public transport within the city is still largely bus based.
One unusual feature of transport in Bristol are the water based city centre transport routes, operated as the Bristol Ferry Boat, which provide both leisure and commuter services on the harbour.
Francis Greenway was an architect and convict who was transported to Australia in 1814 and subsequently built many of the early iconic buildings of the city of Sydney.
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 Transport - Wikipedia
Transport is the carrying of something important from one place to another.
Motor Vehicles, Trains, Airplanes and Ships are the most common forms of modern transport.
To help develop a list of the most basic topics in transport, please see transport basic topics.
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 Encyclopedia: Baby transport
For transportation of a baby or toddler there are special vehicles, special car seats, and devices for carrying.
Baby car seats are legally required in many countries to safely transport children up to the age of 2 or more years.
Car seats have been found to cause severe and fatal injuries to the child when fitted in a seat with airbags.
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 Transport article - Transport transport (disambiguation) (full list topics) Animal-powered - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Transport article - Transport transport (disambiguation) (full list topics) Animal-powered - What-Means.com
Another method is to recycle the energy normally lost to braking, but this leads to a more complex vehicle.
Transport article - Transport definition - what means Transport
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 Transport (disambiguation)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In biology the word transport refers to the movement ofmolecules or ions across cell membranes or via the bloodstream such as active transport and passivetransport.
In computer science and electrical engineering, the term transport is also used to describe certaincomputer network protocols (see transport layer).
This is a disambiguation page; that is, onethat points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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 Train
In rail transport, a train consists of a single or several connected rail vehicles that are capable of being moved together along a guideway to transport freight or passengers from one place to another along a planned route.
In the USA the rail system is used mostly for transporting freight.
Rail freight is most economic when freight is being carried in bulk and over long distances, but is less suited to short distances and small loads.
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 Transport Resources - The best transport resources on the web today!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The mission of the transport group in the Bank is to assist clients to reduce poverty by improving the efficiency and equity of transport policy and interventions.
Transport consumes a quarter of the world's energy, and accounts for some 25% of total CO2...
Transport Corporation of America, Inc. Transport Corporation of America, Inc. (the "Company" or "Transport America") provides a wide range of truckload carriage and logistics...
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 Transport International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Transport, or transportation in American English,is the movement of objects like people, goods, signals and information from oneplace to another.
The term is derived from the Latin trans, meaning across,and portare, meaning to carry.
Contents 1 Aspects of transport 2 Modes of transport 3 Categories of transport 4 Transport and communications 5 Transport, activities and land use 6 Transport, energy, and theenvironment 7 See also
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 Elevator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
An elevator is a transport device used to move goods or people vertically.
Dumbwaiters are used extensively in the restaurant business (hence the name) and may also be used as book lifts in libraries, or to transport mail or similar items in an office tower.
When such mechanisms (or spiral screws or pneumatic transport) are used to elevate grain for storage in large vertical silos, the entire structure is called a grain elevator.
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 Read about Transport (disambiguation) at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Transport (disambiguation) and learn about ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In biology the word transport refers to the movement of molecules or ions across cell membranes or via the bloodstream such as
penal transportation refers to sending persons abroad as punishment.
electrical engineering, the term transport is also used to describe certain computer
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 Chapter 3
The implementations of the grammar, parsers, robustness and disambiguation component are integrated in two - related - implementations.
Evaluation of these disambiguation components for the OVIS domain (corpora of word graphs), and comparison with other techniques (including the data-oriented approach).
We believe that the best way to reach the goal of portability is to define a second application domain, and to use a single grammar which is then specialized both for the domain of public transport information, and for this second application domain (to be decided).
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 Boat Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
A boat, like a ship, is a buoyant vessel designed for the purpose of transporting people and possibly goods across water.
A boat consists of one or more buoyancy structures called hulls and some system of propulsion, such as, oars, paddles, a settingpole, a sail or a motor.
Indonesian transport on Seram, Maluku Tourist Boat in Greece Boat moored to pier on the river Contents 1 Boats 2 Unusual uses of the word "Boat" 3 Unusual types of boats 4 Nautical Terminology
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 Search: Transport - Info.co.uk
Current projects, news, infrastructure, transportation, safety, vehicle safety, environmental research and impacts, international aid, facilities.
Develops and administers policies, regulations and services for the transportation system.
transport covers a broad set of activities directed to providing input to policy debate on current and emerging issues.
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 Transport - Internet-Encyclopedia.com
Free information, resources and links to moving companies, car transportation services, moving truck rental and relocation services.
Save time and money every time you shop online: DealTime is a free comparison-shopping service that helps you find the web's best prices on everything from computers and electronics to jewelry, toys and more.
Transportation and Logistics - Business.com will help you find just what looking for.
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 Bus Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
This article is about the form of transport.
See computer bus or electricalbus for the use of the term in computing and electronics respectively, or places like Bus, Pas-de-Calais and Bus-Saint-Rémy.
His omnibusfeatured wooden benches that ran down the sides of the vehicle; entr...
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 Concord Eyeq -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
I think that the best way to create disambiguation pages is to let them grow naturally from the conflicts that arise between articles with the same names.
There's nothing wrong with creating a disambiguation page from scratch, of course, provided that one is also going to create the articles that it disambiguates amongst.
Concorde had a cruise speed of Mach 2.04 and a cruise altitude of 60,000 feet (17,700 metres) with a delta wing configuration and an evolution of the afterburner-equipped engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber.
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