Alert or ALERT may refer to:
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Alertness
Alertness is a state of active attention characterized by high sensory awareness. Someone who is alert is vigilant and promptly meets danger or emergency, or is quick to perceive and act. Alertness is a psychological and physiological state.
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, the state of active attention by high sensory awareness.
Places
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Alert, Iran
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Alert, Indiana, U.S.
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Alert, North Carolina, U.S.
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Alert, Ohio
Alert is an unincorporated community in southern Morgan Township, Butler County, Ohio, in the United States. It is located about ten miles southwest of Hamilton on Howards Creek, a tributary of the Great Miami River
The Great Miami River ...
, U.S.
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Alert, Nunavut
Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost continuously inhabited place in the world. The location is on Ellesmere Island (in the Queen Elizabeth Islands) at latitude 82°30'05" north, from the North Pole. It tak ...
, Canada
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Alert Airport
Alert Airport is located at Alert, Nunavut, Canada, approximately south of the true North Pole. It is operated by the Canadian Department of National Defence and is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert. A weather station was established on t ...
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Alert Bay
Alert Bay is a village on Cormorant Island, near the town of Port McNeill on northeast Vancouver Island, in the Regional District of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada.
Demographics
In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statist ...
, British Columbia, Canada
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Alert Channel, in Stromness Bay, South Georgia
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Alert Cove, in Stromness Bay, South Georgia
Ships
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CS ''Alert'', the name of several cable-laying ships
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HMS ''Alert'', the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy
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Alert-class sloop
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SS ''Alert'', a steamship that sank off Victoria, Australia in 1893
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USS ''Alert'' or USCGC ''Alert'', the name of several ships of the US Navy or US Coast Guard
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''Alert'' (sternwheeler 1865), a steamboat in Oregon, U.S.
Other uses
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Alert (bridge)
A bridge convention is an agreement about an artificial or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of a contract bridge game convey information about the player's card holdings. Calls may be "natural" (that is, are b ...
, in the card game of bridge
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Alert (gum)
Alert is an energy caffeine gum produced by the Wrigley's company that entered the U.S. market in April 2013.
Sales and marketing
Sales are aimed at adults 25 and older who want a portable energy product. An eight-piece pack of Alert retails for ...
, a caffeinated gum product
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Alert (interbank network), now STAR
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Alert (motorcycle), an English motorcycle 1903–1906
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"Alert" (song), by K. Michelle, 2017
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Alert dialog box
An alert dialog box is a special dialog box that is displayed in a graphical user interface when something unexpected occurred that requires immediate user action.
The typical alert dialog provides information in a separate box to the user, af ...
, in graphical user interfaces
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Alert messaging
Alert messaging (or alert notification) is machine-to-person communication that is important or time-sensitive. An alert may be a calendar reminder or a notification of a new message.
Alert messaging emerged from the study of personal information ...
, machine-to-person communications such as reminders and notifications
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Alert Records
Alert Music was a recording, publishing, producing, and artist management company founded in 1984 by W. Tom Berry and Marc Durand, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was home to Alert Records, an independent record label. The company has no c ...
, a Canadian record label
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Alert state
An alert state or state of alert is an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces for military action or a state against natural disasters, terrorism or military attack. The term frequently used is "on high alert". Examples scales ...
, an indication of the state of readiness of the armed forces or a state
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ALERT (medical facility)
ALERT is a medical facility on the edge of Addis Ababa, specializing in Hansen's disease, also known as “leprosy”. It was originally the All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Center (hence the acronym), but the official name is now ex ...
, in Ethiopia
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Alert: Missing Persons Unit'', an American television drama series on Fox
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Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams
Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) is an umbrella government agency uniting efforts by multiple Canadian law enforcement organizations. Known by the acronym ALERT, the agency was established in 2006. Its campaigns on behalf of the peop ...
, an umbrella government agency in Canada
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Arizona League to End Regional Trafficking
The Arizona League to End Regional Trafficking (ALERT) is a coalition representing partnerships with law enforcement, faith-based communities, non-profit organizations, social service agencies, attorneys and concerned citizens. ALERT helps victim ...
, an interagency coalition in the U.S.
See also
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, a city in Peru
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Alerte (disambiguation)
Alerte may refer to:
Ships
* French brig ''Alerte'' (1787)
*, various ships of the Royal Navy
People with the surname
* Charles Alerte (born 1982), Haitian footballer
* David Alerte (born 1984), French sprinter
See also
*'' The Cruise of the A ...
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Red Alert (disambiguation)
Red Alert or red alert may refer to:
Alert states
* Red alert, a high alert state
* Red Alert, the "attack imminent" alert signal for the US civil defense siren
* Red alert state, the most serious alert state in the UK BIKINI state system
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Alarm device
An alarm device is a mechanism that gives an audible, visual, combination, or other kind of alarm signal to alert someone to a problem or condition that requires urgent attention.
Etymology
The word ''alarm'' comes from the Old French ''a l'a ...
, device which can generate alerts
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