Plessey
Proper noun
Meaning
Plessey
The site of a former railway station in Northumberland, England, near Plessey Woods Country Park (OS grid ref NZ2378).
Examples
In 1939 at Cowes ( Northwood ) John Godeck invented the plan position indicator method of radar display as most commonly known ever since; the site became Plessey Radar in 1965, and currently is run by BAE Systems.
Digital (PCM-based) PBXs were just starting to come into the marketplace with the Plessey PDX (a licensed version of the ROLM CBX) and the GEC SL1 (a licensed version of the Northern Telecom SL1).
Early digital circuits containing tens of transistors provided a few logic gates, and early linear ICs such as the Plessey SL201 or the Philips TAA320 had as few as two transistors.
He contacted Semiconductors Ltd (who at that time sold semiconductors made by Plessey ) citation and ordered rejects to repair.
The Plessey TXK1 or 5005 design used an intermediate form, in which a clear path was marked through the switching fabric by distributed logic, and then closed through all at once.