Telegraphy

Telegraphy (from Greek: τῆλε têle, "at a distance" and γράφειν gráphein, "to write") is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic (as opposed to verbal or audio) messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas pigeon post is not.

Telegraphy requires that the method used for encoding the message be known to both sender and receiver. Such methods are designed according to the limits of the signalling medium used. The use of smoke signals, beacons, reflected light signals, and flag semaphore signals are early examples. In the 19th century, the harnessing of electricity led to the invention of electrical telegraphy. The advent of radio in the early 1900s brought about radiotelegraphy and other forms of wireless telegraphy. In the Internet age, telegraphic means developed greatly in sophistication and ease of use, with natural language interfaces that hide the underlying code, allowing such technologies as electronic mail and instant messaging.

Telegram (EP)

Telegram is the debut EP by Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke. It was released independently on 14 July 2004. Miller-Heidke signed to Sony in 2006 and the song "Space They Cannot Touch" was re-recorded for inclusion on her debut studio album Little Eve (2007).

Track listing

All songs produced by Yanto Browing.

References

Telegram (software)

Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging service. Telegram clients exist for both mobile (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Ubuntu Touch) and desktop systems (Windows, OS X, Linux). Users can send messages and exchange photos, videos, stickers and files of any type up to 1.5 GB in size. Telegram also provides optional end-to-end encrypted messaging with self-destruct timers.

Telegram is supported by the Russian-born entrepreneur Pavel Durov, who is now living in exile. Its client-side code is open-source software, whereas its server-side code is closed-sourced and proprietary. The service also provides APIs to independent developers.

History

Telegram was launched in 2013 by brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov, who previously founded the Russian social network VK, but had to leave the company after it was taken over by the Russian Government. Nikolai Durov created the MTProto protocol that is the basis for the messenger, while Pavel provided financial support and infrastructure through his Digital Fortress fund.

Tabu

Tabu may refer to:

Cultural and legal concepts:

  • Tapu (Polynesian culture) (also spelled tabu), a Polynesian cultural concept from which the word taboo derives
  • Tapu (Ottoman law) (also tabu), a permanent lease of state-owned arable land to a peasant family in the Ottoman Empire
  • People

  • Tabu (actress) (born 1971), Indian actress
  • Tabu Ley Rochereau (born 1940), Congolese musician
  • Tabu Taid (born 1942), Indian educationist, writer and scholar
  • Music:

  • Tabu Records, an American record label founded in 1975
  • Tabu Records (Denmark), founded by the Danish group Suspekt in 1998
  • Tabu Recordings, an independent Norwegian record label founded in 2003
  • Tabu (band), pop-rock band from Slovenia
  • Entertainment:

  • Tabu (1931 film), a 1931 award winning film directed by F. W. Murnau
  • Tabu (2012 film), a 2012 Portuguese film
  • Tabu (TV series), a Finnish dark comedic show consisted of long-form sketches, featuring actors such as Pirkka-Pekka Petelius and Aake Kalliala
  • Tabu the Jungle Wizard, a superpowered jungle hero comic book character created by Fletcher Hanks
  • Tabu (1931 film)

    Tabu (pronounced [ˈtapu]; also called Tabu, a Story of the South Seas) is a 1931 silent film directed by F.W. Murnau, a docufiction. The film is split into two chapters, the first called "Paradise" depicts the lives of two lovers on a South Seas island until they are forced to escape the island when the girl is chosen as a holy maid to the gods. The second chapter, "Paradise Lost", depicts the couple's life on a colonised island and how they adapt to and are exploited by Western civilisation. The title of the film comes from the Polynesian concept of tapu (spelled tabu in Tongan before 1943), from which is derived the English word "taboo."

    The film's story was written by Robert J. Flaherty and F.W. Murnau; with the exception of the opening scene, the film was directed solely by Murnau. This was his last film; he died in the hospital after an automobile accident on March 11, 1931, a week before the film's premiere in New York.

    Cinematographer Floyd Crosby won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on this film. In 1994, Tabu was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

    Tabu (2012 film)

    Tabu is a 2012 Portuguese independent drama film in the style of a black-and-white film directed by Miguel Gomes, the title of which references F. W. Murnau's silent film of the same name, Tabu.

    The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Alfred Bauer Award (Silver Bear for a feature film that opens new perspectives) and The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) prizes.Sight & Sound film magazine listed it at #2 on its list of best films of 2012.

    Tabu is the Portuguese film with the widest international distribution as of 2012 and the fifth from Portugal to be commercially released in New York (Film Forum, December 2012), after The Art of Amalia by Bruno de Almeida (2000, Quad Cinema), O Fantasma by João Pedro Rodrigues (2003, IFC Center) and, in 2011, The Strange Case of Angelica by Manoel de Oliveira (IFC Center) and Mists by Ricardo Costa (Quad Cinema).

    Plot

    The film takes place shortly before the Portuguese Colonial War began.

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