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Jet(Joint Engine Technology) The database engine used in Microsoft Access and that accompanies Visual Basic and C++. Jet is typically used for storing data in the client machine. Developers using Access and Visual Basic access Jet via the DAO/Jet interface, which is a COM object. See DAO. jet1 1. a jet-propelled aircraft 2. Astronomy a long thin feature extending from an active galaxy and usually observed at radio wavelengths jet2 a. a hard black variety of coal that takes a brilliant polish and is used for jewellery, ornaments, etc. b. (as modifier): jet earrings How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If you spin off the auto company it will be like that jet plane flying at 30,000 feet. Pompeii was not the first prankster to be targeted in the war on terrorism: that distinction goes to 38-year-old New Jersey resident David Banach, who faces up to 25 years in prison and a $500,000 fine for "disrupting the operator of a mass transportation vehicle"--specifically, shining a green laser (used in his job working with fiber optics) at a jet plane and a helicopter as they flew over his home. It was attached to a jet plane, which hauled the spacecraft 14 km (9 mi) into the air before releasing it. |
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