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ALOHAnet. ALOHAnet, also known as the ALOHA System, [1] [2] [3] or simply ALOHA, was a pioneering computer networking system developed at the University of Hawaii . The ALOHAnet used a new method of medium access, called ALOHA random access, and experimental ultra high frequency (UHF) for its operation. In its simplest form, later known as Pure ...
Banzai Pipeline. Coordinates: 21.664°N 158.054°W. Empty wave at Banzai Pipeline. The Banzai Pipeline, or simply Pipeline or Pipe, is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O'ahu 's North Shore. A reef break is an area in the ocean where waves start to break once they reach the shallows of a reef.
Skyline (Honolulu) A Skyline train departing Hālawa (Aloha Stadium) station. Skyline is a light metro system in the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oʻahu, in the state of Hawaiʻi. Phase 1 of the project opened June 30, 2023 and lies entirely outside of Urban Honolulu, linking East Kapolei (on the ʻEwa Plain) and Aloha Stadium.
Honolulu, Hawaii. Dates of operation. 1889–1971 [1] [2] Technical. Track gauge. 3 ft ( 914 mm) The Oahu Railway and Land Company, or OR&L, was a 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge common carrier railway that served much of the Hawaiian island of Oahu, and was the largest narrow gauge class one common carrier in the U.S, until its dissolution in 1947.
Nā Pali Coast view from a boat. Nā Pali Coast State Park is a 6,175-acre (2,499 ha) state park in the U.S. state of Hawaii, located in the center of the rugged 16-mile (26 km) northwest side of Kauaʻi, the second-oldest inhabited Hawaiian island. The Nā Pali coast itself extends southwest from Keʻe Beach all the way to Polihale State Park.
Map of LATAs in the US. Local access and transport area (LATA) is a term used in U.S. telecommunications regulation.It represents a geographical area of the United States under the terms of the Modification of Final Judgment (MFJ) entered by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Civil Action number 82-0192 or any other geographic area designated as a LATA in the ...
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, [a] motorway, [b] and expressway. [c] Other similar terms include throughway or thruway [d] and parkway.
Hawaii (/ h ə ˈ w aɪ ʔ i / ⓘ hə-WY-ee; Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi Hawaiian pronunciation: [həˈvɐjʔi]) is the largest island in the United States, located in the eponymous state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands , a chain of volcanic islands in the North Pacific Ocean .