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Plus
Plus may refer to: Mathematics * Addition * +, the mathematical sign Music * ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011 * ''Plus'' (Cannonball Adderley Quintet album), 1961 * ''Plus'' (Matt Nathanson EP), 2003 * ''Plus'' (Martin Garrix EP), 2018 * Plus (band), a Japanese pop boy band * ''Plus'' (Autechre album), 2020 Companies * Plus Communication Sh.A, a cellphone company in Albania * Plus (telecommunications Poland), a mobile phone brand * Plus (British TV channel), run by Granada Sky Broadcasting * Plus (Slovak TV channel) * Plus (interbank network), Visa's ATM and debit card network * PLUS Markets, a small stock exchange in London, UK * PLUS Expressway Berhad, concessionaire of the North-South Expressway, Malaysia * PLUS (Dutch supermarket) * Plus (German supermarket) * Plus (autonomous trucking) * Plus Development, a defunct American computer storage manufacturer Other * +, the international call prefix * PLUS Loan, a United States Federal student loan * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (autonomous Trucking)
Plus is an American autonomous trucking technology company based in Cupertino, California. The company develops Level 4 autonomous trucking 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 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 marketplace, Full Truck A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus (British TV Channel)
Plus was a digital channel run by 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 Granada Television and London Weekend Television (itself recently acquired by Granada Television), such as ''On the Buses'', ''Crown Court'', '' 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 episode omnibus every weekend. The channel started showing episodes in original broadcast order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus Communication Sh
Plus may refer to: Mathematics * Addition * +, the mathematical sign Music * ''+'' (Ed Sheeran album), (pronounced "plus"), 2011 * ''Plus'' (Cannonball Adderley Quintet album), 1961 * ''Plus'' (Matt Nathanson EP), 2003 * ''Plus'' (Martin Garrix EP), 2018 * Plus (band), a Japanese pop boy band * ''Plus'' (Autechre album), 2020 Companies * Plus Communication Sh.A, a cellphone company in Albania * Plus (telecommunications Poland), a mobile phone brand * Plus (British TV channel), run by Granada Sky Broadcasting * Plus (Slovak TV channel) * Plus (interbank network), Visa's ATM and debit card network * PLUS Markets, a small stock exchange in London, UK * PLUS Expressway Berhad, concessionaire of the North-South Expressway, Malaysia * PLUS (Dutch supermarket) * Plus (German supermarket) * Plus (autonomous trucking) * Plus Development, a defunct American computer storage manufacturer Other * +, the international call prefix * PLUS Loan, a United States Federal student loan * ''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 have reached an ... [...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 (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 (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imagination, imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, Paral ..., unless "science" is used in its etymological sense of "knowing". The novel was reprinted as an e-book by Dzanc Books in 2014, ... [...More Info...] |
