Plug loads refer to electric power consumed by products through an ordinary alternating current plug socket.

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The UPA aims to catalyze the growth of Powerline technology by delivering UPA plug tested and certified products that comply with these specified standards and regulations.

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Park, Lieber and several other noted nanotechies comprise the scientific advisory team and provide patents and consulting sessions. (The founders hold 20% of the company.) Bock wants Nanosys to build nanowire enabled modules--say, for a simple biosensor--which corporate partners could plug into more complex products.

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Google has said it is pulling the plug across a series of products as it refocuses itself on higher-margin offerings like search.

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Mr Rose's new management team has already started to edit the products on offer, adding some new ones to plug the gaps but eliminating many more.

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In 2004 Scotts pulled the plug on Nature's Care, a small line of organic products it tested, because of lackluster consumer response.

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Third-party software developers can write their MMC plug-ins so that network administrators can manage these third-party products from inside the centralized console.

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Now, though, with the new programs that are popping up, you can decide whether to focus on higher margin products, rework the campaign to reduce click-through costs, pull the plug on the effort, or pursue a different strategy.

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Unlike most web filtering products, MetaCert labels pages via an open standard that can be supported by browsers and plug-ins.

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