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Plus
Plus or PLUS may refer to: Mathematics * Addition * +, the mathematical sign Music * Plus (band), a Japanese pop boy band Albums and EPs * ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011 * ''Plus'' (Astrud Gilberto and James Last album), 1986 * ''Plus'' (Autechre album), 2020 * ''Plus'' (Cannonball Adderley Quintet album), 1961 * ''Plus'' (Martin Garrix EP), 2018 * ''Plus'' (Matt Nathanson EP), 2003 Companies * Plus (autonomous trucking) * Plus (British TV channel), run by Granada Sky Broadcasting * PLUS (Dutch supermarket) * Plus (German supermarket) * Plus (interbank network), Visa's ATM and debit card network * Plus (telecommunications Poland), a mobile phone brand * Plus Communication Sh.A, a cellphone company in Albania * Plus Development, a defunct American computer storage manufacturer * PLUS Expressways, concessionaire holder of majority of Malaysian expressways * PLUS Markets, a small stock exchange in London, UK Other uses * , the international call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Microsoft Plus!
Microsoft Plus! is a discontinued commercial operating system enhancement product by Microsoft. The last edition is the Plus! SuperPack, which includes an assortment of screensavers, themes, and games, as well as multimedia applications. The Microsoft Plus! product was first announced on January 31, 1994, under the internal codename "Frosting". The first edition was an enhancement for Windows 95, Windows 95 Plus! The enhancements that make up Microsoft Plus! were generally developed by Microsoft itself. The Plus! packs also included games and content from third-party companies; for example, in Plus! for Windows XP, the '' HyperBowl'' game developed by HyperEntertainment Inc. was included. Plus! features that enhance the base operating system or provide utility are generally included free of charge in the next release of Windows. Microsoft Plus! was discontinued and replaced by Windows Ultimate Extras in Windows Vista. Windows Ultimate Extras would later be completely removed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (autonomous Trucking)
Plus is an American autonomous driving technology company based in Santa Clara, California. The company develops Level 4 autonomous driving technology for commercial freight trucks. In 2019, the company completed the first cross-country driverless freight delivery in the U.S. The company's self-driving system began to be used commercially in 2021. History The company was founded in Silicon Valley, California in 2016, by a group of Stanford Ph.D. graduates who decided to use their knowledge of artificial intelligence to develop self-driving technology for the long-haul trucking industry. Plus was one of the first companies working on autonomous trucks to receive a California Autonomous Vehicle Testing License the following year, allowing it to test its technology in California. The company began operating in China during 2018 in addition to the US. Plus also demonstrated its technology in an unmanned truck at Qingdao Port in China that same year. Chinese online freight marketpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (British TV Channel)
Plus was a digital channel run by ITV Digital Channels, Granada Sky Broadcasting. It was launched on 1 October 1996 under the original name of Granada Plus, and during its availability it underwent successive rebrands as G Plus, G+ and then simply Plus. However, it remained widely referred to by the public at large by its original name. On 1 November 2004, it was permanently closed down by ITV plc in an attempt to bring its replacement, ITV3, onto Sky. History Granada Plus was launched on 1 October 1996 at 7pm. From launch, the channel initially showed only programmes made originally by ITV Granada, Granada Television and London Weekend Television (itself recently acquired by Granada Television), such as ''On the Buses'', ''Crown Court (TV series), Crown Court'', ''The Comedians (1971 TV series), The Comedians'' and ''The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club''. One of the channel's biggest attractions was a thrice-daily repeat of classic ''Coronation Street'', with a five-episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus Communication Sh
Plus or PLUS may refer to: Mathematics * Addition * +, the mathematical sign Music * Plus (band), a Japanese pop boy band Albums and EPs * ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011 * ''Plus'' (Astrud Gilberto and James Last album), 1986 * ''Plus'' (Autechre album), 2020 * ''Plus'' (Cannonball Adderley Quintet album), 1961 * ''Plus'' (Martin Garrix EP), 2018 * ''Plus'' (Matt Nathanson EP), 2003 Companies * Plus (autonomous trucking) * Plus (British TV channel), run by Granada Sky Broadcasting * PLUS (Dutch supermarket) * Plus (German supermarket) * Plus (interbank network), Visa's ATM and debit card network * Plus (telecommunications Poland), a mobile phone brand * Plus Communication Sh.A, a cellphone company in Albania * Plus Development, a defunct American computer storage manufacturer * PLUS Expressways, concessionaire holder of majority of Malaysian expressways * PLUS Markets, a small stock exchange in London, UK Other uses * , the international call p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PLUS (Dutch Supermarket)
De Sperwer U.A., whose members trade as PLUS () under licence from PLUS Holding B.V., is a Dutch co-operative supermarket chain headquartered in Utrecht. Its 259 members operate, as ‘independent entrepreneurs,’ 270 stores across the Netherlands. In 2019 the members had total revenues of €2.6 billion and an overall 6.5% share of the Dutch grocery market. History The ''PLUS'' formula was created in 1988 as ''Plusmarkt'', replacing De Sperwer's previous '' 4 = 6'' supermarket chain. In 2001, Plusmarkt was rebranded as PLUS. Online shopping, with the option of home delivery or in-store collection, was introduced at some branches in 2015. In 2006, as part of a consortium takeover with Sligro, De Sperwer purchased eighty branches of Edah from Laurus and converted them all to PLUS. De Sperwer also unsuccessfully attempted to take over Super de Boer and Emté in 2009 and 2018 respectively. On 6 September 2021 it was announced the supermarket chains Plus and Coop Coop or Co-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus Development
Plus Development Corporation was a majority-owned subsidiary of Quantum Corporation. The company invented the Hardcard, a hard disk drive on an expansion card, which started a wave of companies producing similar products in the 1980s. History Quantum Corporation specialized in making sophisticated and expensive hard drives for minicomputers. Plus Development was formed in October, 1983, by a handful of Quantum employees, led by Stephen Berkley (President), Dave Brown (Engineering), and Joel Harrison (Architecture), based on a conversation over dinner between Nolan Bushnell and Quantum President James Patterson that Quantum needed to start building products for the end user market. Their goal was to provide a simplified upgrade path for the newly released IBM Personal Computer which did not come with a hard drive. The company was originally incorporated as BBH Corporation (using the initials for Berkley, Brown, and Harrison), but also used the name Bits in Space for fun. It later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (Autechre Album)
''Plus'' (often stylized as ''PLUS'') is the fifteenth studio album by British electronic music duo Autechre. It was released digitally with no prior announcement on 28 October 2020 through Warp Records. ''Plus'' was released twelve days after ''Sign'', the band's previous album. The album was released on physical formats on 20 November 2020. Critics noted that ''Plus'' took a more percussive approach compared to the duo's previous album. The cover and packaging artwork for the release was created by The Designers Republic. Background Similarly to the tracks on ''Sign'', the songs that ended up on ''Plus'' were recorded between 2018 and 2019 immediately after the duo finished touring, with production finishing up in February 2020. In an interview, Booth stated that he and Rob Brown hadn't shared any tracks with each other for "almost a year" before production started on the two albums. ''Sign'' and ''Plus'' were both teased prior to release in a series of Autechre live mix sess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (German Supermarket)
Plus was a German multinational discount supermarket chain founded in 1972. It operated 2,840 stores in Germany with an approximate 27,000 employees and about 1,200 stores in several other European countries. The retail model was to sell low-cost groceries with no expense incurred for display or marketing of products. Groceries were stored in the shipping cartons they came in, rather than being stacked on shelves. In German advertising, the name "Plus" was used as a backronym for "Prima leben und sparen" (approximately "top-notch living and saving"), featuring animated "little prices" (also sold as plush puppets) as their mascot. Sale The Edeka Group and the Tengelmann Group entered a joint venture to acquire the Plus supermarket chain on 16 November 2007, which resulted in 70% of Plus supermarkets being owned by the Edeka Group and 30% owned by the Tengelmann Group. As of January 2009, the stores in the Plus supermarket chain owned by the Edeka The Edeka Group is the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (programming Language)
Plus is a "Pascal-like" system implementation language from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada, based on the SUE''The System Language for Project SUE'' B. L. Clark and J. J. Horning of the Computer Systems Research Group and Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Proceedings of the SIGPLAN symposium on Languages for system implementation, 1971, pages 79-88 system language developed at the , c. 1971. Description Plus was developed at theUniversity of British Colu ...
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Plus (novel)
''Plus'' is Joseph McElroy's fifth novel. Set in some unspecified future, it tells the story of Imp Plus, a disembodied brain controlling IMP, the Interplanetary Monitoring Platform, in earth orbit. The novel consists of Imp Plus's thoughts as he tries to comprehend his limited existence, while struggling with language, limited memories, and communicating with Ground Control. The plot is driven by Imp Plus's recall of fragments of his past and of language, his improving comprehension of his present, all while his medical condition gradually deteriorates. McElroy denies that the novel is science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ..., unless "science" is used in its etymological sense of "knowing". The novel was reprinted as an e-book by Dzanc Books in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (Astrud Gilberto And James Last Album)
''Plus'' is a joint studio album by Brazilian singer Astrud Gilberto and German composer James Last, released in 1986 by Polydor Records. The album was recorded at different studios in Florida (USA) and Hamburg (Germany). The producers were the artists themselves. In the US, the album was released in 1987 by Verve Records under the title ''Astrud Gilberto Plus James Last Orchestra'' with an alternative cover.. Retrieved 8 June 2023 Critical reception Ron Wynn from AllMusic gave the album three of five stars and noted that "Gilberto still has alluring sound". Track listing Personnel * Astrud Gilberto – vocals * James Last – arrangement * Thomas Eggert – audio engineering, synthesizer * Peter Klemt – audio engineering * Ron Last – audio engineering, synthesizer * Ted Stein – audio engineering * Romero Lubambo – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Katie Kissoon – backing vocals * Nicky Sun – backing vocals * Pearly Gates – backing vocals * Marcelo Gilberto – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus Magazine
''Plus Magazine'' is an online popular mathematics magazine run under the Millennium Mathematics Project at the University of Cambridge. ''Plus'' contains: * feature articles on all aspects of mathematics; * reviews of popular maths books and events; * a news section; * mathematical puzzles and games; * interviews with people in maths related careers; * ''Plus'' Podcast – Maths on the Move History ''Plus'' was initially named PASS Maths (Public Awareness and Schools Support for Maths) in 1997, when it was a project of the Interactive Courseware Research and Development Group, based jointly at the University of Cambridge and Keele University. ''Plus'' is now part of the Millennium Mathematics Project, a long term national initiative based in Cambridge Cambridge ( ) is a List of cities in the United Kingdom, city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
