Beacon
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beacon-162-8419655
title:
Beacon
text:
A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. More modern examples include a variety of radio beacons that can be read on radio direction finders in all weather, and radar transponders that appear on radar displays. Beacons can also be combined with semaphoric or other indicators to provide important informa
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Device used to attract attention
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon
date created:
2001-05-10T16:11:10Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T20:34:53Z
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