The quarterdeck is a raised deck behind the main mast of a sailing ship. Traditionally it was where the captain commanded his vessel and where the ship's...
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Quarterdeck can refer to: Quarterdeck, part of a warship Quarterdeck Office Systems Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager Quarterdeck Mosaic Quarterdeck...
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DESQview (redirect from Quarterdeck DESQview/X 2.0)
(DV) is a text mode multitasking operating environment developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems which enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and...
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QEMM (redirect from Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager)
Quarterdeck Expanded Memory Manager (QEMM) is a memory manager produced by Quarterdeck Office Systems in the late 1980s through the late 1990s. It was...
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Quarterdeck Office Systems, later Quarterdeck Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEK), was an American computer software company. It was founded by Therese Myers and...
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Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc. was an American boutique investment bank headquartered in Los Angeles, California which focused exclusively on advising...
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NCSA Mosaic (redirect from Quarterdeck Mosaic)
its online help and information product, GWHIS. Price: US$249[when?]) Quarterdeck Office Systems Inc. The Santa Cruz Operation Inc. (Product: Incorporating...
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Norton CleanSweep (redirect from Quarterdeck Cleansweep)
released by Quarterdeck in 1995, is a software application designed to aid in the removal of installed programs on Microsoft Windows. Quarterdeck was acquired...
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Crepidula fornicata (redirect from Quarterdeck shell)
including common slipper shell, common Atlantic slippersnail, boat shell, quarterdeck shell, fornicating slipper snail, Atlantic slipper limpet and it is in...
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Stiltsville (section Quarterdeck Club)
popular enough to have picture postcards printed with its image. The Quarterdeck Club, built on a barge by Commodore Edward Turner, opened in November...
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Hallett Peninsula (redirect from Quarterdeck Ridge)
the south coast, which extends to Cape Wheatstone. North of this cape, Quarterdeck Ridge defines the eastern spine of the peninsula, and the Cotter Cliffs...
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upper deck, with six 6-pounders on the quarterdeck and forecastle (a few carried extra 6-pounders on the quarterdeck) to give a total rating of 32 guns....
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increased in 1795–96 to 130 guns by closing in the spar deck between the quarterdeck and forecastle. Around 1802 she was further upgraded, to 136 guns (plus...
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purchased by Quarterdeck Office Systems shortly after the release, and along with many upgrades to WebSTAR the company also released Quarterdeck Mail for...
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poop). On sailing ships, the helmsman would steer the craft from the quarterdeck, immediately in front of the poop deck. At the stern, the poop deck provides...
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on many smaller and unrated vessels the upper deck, forecastle and quarterdeck bore all of the cannons but were not referred to as the gun deck. Hangar...
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Wasserstein Perella & Co. In 1992 he founded the Quarterdeck companies, which includes Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc., a leading merger and acquisition...
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Barkantine Estate (section The Quarterdeck)
of Lantern House, and building 40 low-rise flats in their place. The Quarterdeck is a pedestrianized uncovered promenade and park within the Barkantine...
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The term was also informally applied to areas of the forecastle or quarterdeck where spare spars were stored by laying them flat against the existing...
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accommodation). Alternatively, it could have been derived from "master of the quarterdeck" where the helmsman and captain controlled the ship. The term's first...
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weapons became available, a fourth quad mount had been installed on the quarterdeck and directors were fitted (probably Mk 44). By late 1942 these troublesome...
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418 mm) Propulsion Sails Armament 64 guns: Lower gundeck: 26 × 18-pounders Middle gundeck: 26 × 10-pounders Quarterdeck and Forecastle: 12 × 6-pounders...
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middle deck and upper deck), usually as well as smaller weapons on the quarterdeck, forecastle and poop. The largest third-rates, those of 80 guns, were...
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shot, to the quarterdeck. She carried this higher rated armament on her upperworks, plus two additional 12-pounders on the quarterdeck, when she fought...
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A gangway is a narrow passage that joins the quarterdeck to the forecastle of a sailing ship. The term is also extended to mean the narrow passages used...
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lesser power on the upper deck (as well as even smaller guns on the quarterdeck). 1651 Programme Group Pearl Mermaid Primrose Nightingale Vessels of...
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in general. As sailing ships evolved, the aftercastle gave way to the quarterdeck, whose span ran all the way to the main mast. "Castle ship part". Encyclopædia...
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unrated vessels carried their guns on the upper deck, forecastle and quarterdeck, and these were not described as gun decks. The term "gun decking" is...
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structure behind 'B' gun, one on either bridge wing and one aft on the quarterdeck. Experience in the Pacific, against the Japanese, pointed to the limited...
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42-pounder guns was later replaced by 32-pounders. In the 1790s ten of her quarterdeck guns and two of her forecastle guns were replaced by the same number...
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