FTL

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A few human civilizations exist in the Beyond, all descended from a single ethnic Norwegian group which managed to travel from the Slow Zone to the Beyond (presumably at sub-light speeds) and thence spread using FTL travel. Source: Internet

A recent analysis citation argued that the Scharnhorst effect cannot be used to send information backwards in time with a single set of plates since the plates' rest frame would define a "preferred frame" for FTL signalling. Source: Internet

All modern SSDs have a native garbage collector, do write-wear leveling, etc. in their proprietary FTL (flash translation layer) so reality is a lot of the work has already be done. Source: Internet

Earth is in 'The Slow Zone', in which faster-than-light (FTL) travel cannot be achieved. Source: Internet

The first Man-Kzin War ended when the humans obtained the faster-than-light drive (FTL) from the Outsiders, after which the Kzinti ships stood no chance against the FTL warships. Source: Internet

Common flash devices such as USB flash drives and memory cards provide only a block-level interface, or flash translation layer (FTL), which writes to a different cell each time to wear-level the device. Source: Internet