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Turbo (other)
A turbo, written as the clipping of "turbocharger", is a turbine-driven air induction device. Turbo may also refer to: Science and technology * ''Turbo'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails * Turbopump, a fuel pump * Turbomolecular pump, a device capable of producing high vacuum (extremely low pressures) Computing * AMD Turbo Core, a technology implemented by AMD that allows the processor to dynamically adjust its operating frequency * Intel Turbo Boost, Intel's trade name for a feature that automatically raises its processors' operating frequency * Turbo (software), an application virtualization and distribution environment for Microsoft Windows * Turbo button, on computers to select one of two run states: a default "turbo" speed or a slower speed * Turbo code, a form of error-correction coding, usually used in telecommunications Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters * Turbo (comics), a superheroine in the Marvel Comics universe * Turbo (Gobots), a fictional c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo
In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake air, forcing more air into the engine in order to produce more power for a given engine displacement, displacement. Turbochargers are distinguished from superchargers in that a turbocharger is powered by the kinetic energy of the exhaust gases, whereas a supercharger is mechanically powered (usually by a belt from the engine's crankshaft). However, up until the mid-20th century, a turbocharger was called a "turbosupercharger" and was considered a type of supercharger. History Prior to the invention of the turbocharger, forced induction was only possible using mechanically-powered superchargers ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GMA Network
GMA Network (an acronym of its legal name, Global Media Arts and commonly known as GMA) is a Television in the Philippines, Philippine commercial broadcast network, serving as the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network (company), GMA Network Inc.. The network is headquartered in the GMA Network Center in Quezon City and its transmitter facilities, Tower of Power (transmitter), Tower of Power, are located at Tandang Sora Avenue, Barangay Culiat also in Quezon City, with regional stations and offices strategically located in over twelve major cities across the country including Dagupan, Naga, Camarines Sur, Naga, Bacolod, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Cebu City, Cebu and Davao City, Davao. GMA Network (formerly known as Republic Broadcasting System, GMA Radio-Television Arts and GMA Rainbow Satellite Network) is commonly referred to as the Kapuso Network in reference to the outline of the company's logo; the branding was introduced on October 27, 2002 during an episode of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcius Turbo
Quintus Marcius Turbo was prefect of the Praetorian Guard and a close friend and military advisor to both emperor Trajan and Hadrian during the early 2nd century. Early life Not much is known about the early life of Turbo. There are few records or references that provide reliable information regarding his life before he became a soldier. However, it is known that he was born in the late 1st century and came from a city in western Greece called Epidaurus, which was a place well known for its religious temples and healing centers. It is thought he held the rank of '' primipilus'' at one point. Career The first record of Turbo appears in 113, during the reign of emperor Trajan.Karol Kłodziński, "Equestrian cursus honorum basing on the careers of two prominent officers of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius", ''Tempore'', 4 (2010) At the time, he was the commander of the '' Classis Misenensis'', the most senior fleet of the Roman Navy and under the direct control of the emperor. Under T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (Sirius XM)
Sirius XM Turbo is a commercial-free music channel that plays 1990s and 2000s hard rock and airs on Sirius XM Radio and Dish Network. It airs on channel 41 on Sirius XM Radio. History Turbo made its debut on August 17, 2017, as a full-time channel devoted to hard rock from artists like Metallica, System of a Down, Linkin Park and more. PopRocks, which slots in on channel 17, plays lighter rock music from the 1990s and 2000s, a la Goo Goo Dolls, Train and Sheryl Crow; while Turbo, channel 41 (after a try-out as a streaming-only station), offers hard rock music from Linkin Park, Metallica and System of a Down. Prior to August 17, the channel was on channel 314 as a US only Xtra Channel. This slot is now occupied by the now punk rock-exclusive formatted Faction which has been rebranded as '' Faction Punk'', however it is available on both US and Canadian versions of the Sirius XM app. On October 5, 2020, at noon EDT (16:00 UTC) until October 12, 2020, at 3:00 AM EDT (07:00 UTC), T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (South Korean Band)
Turbo () was a South Korean dance-oriented group, mostly popular during the late 1990s to early 2000s. The group was originally a duo consisting of Kim Jong-kook and Kim Jung-nam. In early 1997, Kim Jung-nam left the group and Kim Jong-kook later continued promotion with new member Mikey. They became one of the biggest stars in the Korean entertainment industry during their active time between 1995 and 2001 and sold millions of albums and records across Asia. In 2015, they made a comeback as a trio after 15 years with "Again". Career 1995–1996: Formation and early years Prior to Turbo's formation, Kim Jung-nam was a DJ while Kim Jong-kook was the vocalist for a high school band. With Jung-nam taking up rap and choreography and Jong-kook in charge of vocals, the group released their first album, ''280 km/h Speed'', in August 1995. The album sold over 300,000 copies by December of that year. Just a year after their debut, Turbo returned with their second album, ''New Sensati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (Polish Band)
Turbo is a Polish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band. It was started in 1980 in Poznań by Henryk Tomczak (formerly in Stress and Heam, both pioneering Polish hard rock groups). Turbo has been described as one of the most important bands in Polish heavy metal.Babula, Jordan. Brzykcy, Paweł. Dąbrowski, Paweł. Gajewski, Marcin. Filipowski, Robert. Kirmuć, Michał. Koziczyński, Bartosz. Królikowska, Wiktoria. Królikowski, Wiesław. Kszczotek, Grzegorz. Machała, Wojciech. Pawlak, Marcin. Świrkowicz, Marek. Weiss, Wiesław. ''50 na 50: najważniejsze płyty polskiego rocka'' (pl). ''Teraz Rock'' 4(50)/2007. Turbo's most famous album is ''Kawaleria Szatana'' (''Satan's Cavalry''), considered an opus of Polish heavy metal. The band is best known for the tracks "Dorosłe Dzieci", "Jaki był ten dzień", "Żołnierz fortuny" and "Wszystko będzie ok". History 1980–1989 The first line-up was Wojciech Hoffmann (guitar), Wojciech Anioła (drums) and Wojciech Sowula (vocals). S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (Czech Band)
Turbo is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ... rock band founded in 1981, which has been described as "legends of Czech rock". Their most popular songs are: „Hráč“, „Chtěl jsem mít“, „Je to jízda“, „Krásným dívkám“, „Přestáváš snít“, „Láska z pasáží“. Members Members in 2013 * Mirek Chrástka * Martin Laul * Jirka Lang * Petr „Bob“ Šťastný Former members * Richard Kybic * Jiří Vondráček * Jiří Lang * Ladislav Rýdl * Martin Laul * Pavel Bady Zbořil * Jiří "Bavr" Lokajíček * Jaroslav Želínský * Miloslav Orcígr Discography Albums * Turbo (1984) * Heavy Waters (1985) * To bude pánové jízda (1985) * Hráč (1987) * Turbo 88 (1988) * Parta (1989) * Jsou stále v nás (2001) * Návrat králů (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (EP)
The Turbo EP is an EP released by Manchester band Sonic Boom Six Sonic Boom Six (often shortened to SB6) are an English five-piece band from Manchester, United Kingdom. Their eclectic sound combines different elements of several genres and has been described by ''Kerrang!'' as "taking ska, pop, grime, du ... in September 2003. The EP was their first release for Moon Ska Europe; they had self-released an EP the previous year. This was produced by Ace (of Skunk Anansie) and Christophe. According to Barney Boom, it was limited to 1000 copies. Track listing #Blood For Oil #People Acklike They Don't Know #The Devil Made Me Do It #Silent Majority References {{DEFAULTSORT:Turbo Sonic Boom Six albums 2003 EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (The Pietasters Album)
''Turbo'' is the fifth album by the ska/soul band The Pietasters. It was released in 2002 (see 2002 in music). Track listing # "Told You the First Time" (Pezzimenti/Jackson) – 2:28 # "Set Me Up" (Pezzimenti/Jackson) – 2:51 # "Drunken Master" (Morgan/Selah) – 4:01 # "Rachel" (Pezzimenti/Jackson) – 3:22 # "Mellow Mood" (Bob Marley) – 2:21 # "Every Afternoon" (Hansen) – 3:19 # "Got to Stay" (Pezzimenti/Jackson) – 3:42 # "Step Right Up" (Morgan) – 3:17 # "Wrong With You" (Linares) – 2:39 # "Trust Yourself" (Pezzimenti/Jackson) – 3:36 # "Nothing Good to Eat" (Vic Ruggiero) – 2:44 # "Malmo" (Pezzimenti/Jackson/Roberts) – 2:27 # "How We Were Before" (Colin Blunstone Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the Rock music, rock band the Zombies, which rel ...) – 3:05 Personnel * Stephen Jackson - voca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turbo (Judas Priest Album)
''Turbo'' is the tenth studio album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, released in the UK on 7 April 1986 by Columbia Records. The album is notable for the band's change to a commercial glam metal sound, that had them using synthesizers for the first time. A remastered CD was released in 2001, including two bonus tracks. On 3 February 2017, the album was reissued as ''Turbo 30'' for its 30th anniversary, including two CDs of a live performance at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, on 22 May 1986. Overview Following the success of their previous album, ''Defenders of the Faith'', Judas Priest initially recorded a double album which was intended to be released under the title ''Twin Turbos'', half of which would be more commercial and the other half would be aggressive heavy metal. This idea was scrapped. Instead, the material was split up, with the more commercial songs appearing as the album ''Turbo''. The lyrical content on ''Turbo'' was markedly different from prev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TrackMania Turbo
''TrackMania Turbo'' is a racing video game developed by Ubisoft Nadeo and published by Ubisoft. Announced at E3 2015, the title is the first '' TrackMania'' game released on consoles since 2009's '' TrackMania: Build to Race'' on the Wii. The game features support for virtual reality. The game was originally set to be released on 3 November 2015, but was delayed to 22 March 2016 to give additional time to the development team to further polish the game. Gameplay ''TrackMania: Turbo'' features gameplay akin to that of previous games in the series. The player can race on over 200 different tracks across four different locations, namely Canyon Grand Drift, Valley Down and Dirty, Rollercoaster Lagoon and International Stadium. Similar to previous games, the game moves at a very high pace with a high focus on stunts. The game's developer stated that " heywanted rackmania Turboto be an arcade game" Various modes appear in the game, including a single-player campaign and a mode c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TurboGrafx-16
The TurboGrafx-16, known in Japan as the , is a home video game console developed by Hudson Soft and manufactured by NEC. It was released in Japan in 1987 and in North America in 1989. The first console of the fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation, it launched in Japan to compete with Nintendo's Family Computer, Famicom, but its delayed U.S. debut placed it against the more advanced Sega Genesis and later the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES. The TurboGrafx-16 features an 8-bit computing, 8-bit CPU paired with dual 16-bit graphics processors, and supports up to 482 on-screen colors from a palette of 512. The "16" in the console’s North American branding was criticized as misleading. With dimensions of , the PC Engine remains the smallest major home console ever released. Games were initially released on HuCard cartridges, but the platform later supported additional formats requiring separate hardware: TurboGrafx-CD (''CD-ROM²'' in Japan) ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
