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Look up: Beacon


  1. Beacon
    Most SETI research is concerned with the detection of an attention-getting 'beacon' or acquisition signal, not a wideband data channel.
    Found op http://www.coseti.org/glossary.htm

  2. Beacon
    Downlink from a spacecraft that immediately indicates the state of the spacecraft as being one of several possible states by virtue of the presence and/or frequency of the subcarrier. See Chapter 10.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  3. beacon
    [n] - a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance 2. [n] - a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships 3. [v] - shine like a beacon 4. [v] - guide with a beacon
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=beacon

  4. Beacon
    The Ministerial award of Beacon status is awarded to high performing colleges, which have achieved an excellent FEFC inspection report (defined as five grade 1s). Special consideration was given to colleges doing a superb job in areas of social deprivation.
    Found op http://www.edubase.gov.uk/glossary.xhtml

  5. Beacon
    Beacons were used to signal long distances before the invention of the telegraph and telephone. They were often placed on hills with good views. In daytime the smoke of a fire would be used to make signal, and at night the light of the fire might be seen. However, it would only be possible to sound...
    Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let

  6. Beacon
    An apparatus, usually on an airway, which emits light signals to indicate a particular geographical position to aircrews.
    Found op http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary/

  7. Beacon
    Bea'con (b&mac;'k'n) noun [ Middle English bekene , Anglo-Saxon beácen , bēcen ; akin to Old Saxon bōkan , Fries. baken , beken , sign, signal, Dutch baak , Old High German bouhhan
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/25

  8. Beacon
    Bea'con transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beaconed (-k'nd); present participle & verbal noun Beaconing .] 1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. &#x...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/25

  9. beacon
    beacon fire noun a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=beacon

  10. beacon
    verb guide with a beacon
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=beacon

  11. beacon
    verb shine like a beacon
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=beacon

  12. beacon
    beacon light noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=beacon



  1. BEACON
    See: Boston Exchange Automated Communication Order-Routing Network
    Found op http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg/bfglosb.htm

  2. Beacon
    • (n.) A high hill near the shore. • (n.) That which gives notice of danger. • (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. • (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons. • (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, c...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/beacon/

  3. beacon
    (from the article `lighthouse`) The forerunners of lighthouses proper were beacon fires kindled on hilltops, the earliest references to which are contained in the Iliad and the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/35

  4. Beacon
    city, Dutchess county, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies at the foot of Mount Beacon, on the east bank of the Hudson River (there bridged to ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/35

  5. Beacon
    Message on Linac serial data link flashed by a secondary microprocessor when the link repeater upstream of it fails.
    Found op http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/accgloss/gloss.html

  6. Beacon
    Beacon is British slang for a red nose.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZB.HTM

  7. Beacon
    [comics] Beacon is the name of two fictional characters published by Big Bang Comics. The Beacon of Earth-A (Julie Gardener) is a Silver Age character. The Beacon of Earth-B (Scott Martin) is a Golden Age character. Both characters first appear in Big Bang Comics #3 (October 1994), and were ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_(comics)

  8. Beacon
    Beacon is British slang for a red nose.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/ZB.HTM

  9. Beacon
    In wireless networking, a beacon is a packet sent by a connected device to inform other devices of its presence and readiness.
    Found op http://www.youngco.com/young2.asp?ID=4&Type=3

  10. Beacon
    [disambiguation] The word beacon can refer to several things: ==Place names== ==Companies== ==Other uses== ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_(disambiguation)

  11. Beacon
    [Metro-North station] It is a wheelchair accessible station, featuring wheelchair ramps, an elevator to the train platform, and a high-level island platform which is level with the doors on the train (for many years, most Upper Hudson Line stations had platforms that were lower than the trai...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_(Metro-North_station)

  12. Beacon
    A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. Beacons can also be combined with semaphoric or other indicators to provide important information, such as the status of an airport, by the colour and rotational pattern of its airport beacon, or o...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon

  13. Beacon
    Message on Linac serial data link flashed by a secondary microprocessor when the link repeater upstream of it fails.
    Found op http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/accgloss/gloss.html#A

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