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  2. Mount (computing) - Wikipedia

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    Mount (computing) Mounting is a process by which a computer's operating system makes files and directories on a storage device (such as hard drive, CD-ROM, or network share) available for users to access via the computer's file system. [ 1]

  3. New York City Police Department Mounted Unit - Wikipedia

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    The Mounted Unit was founded in 1858 to regulate and enforce traffic laws on horse riders and carriages on the streets of the city. Staten Island once had mounted police at least prior to consolidating into New York City. [7] Mounted Unit support vehicles Mercedes House where the Mounted Unit HQ and Troop B are now located

  4. Mounted police - Wikipedia

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    The New South Wales Mounted Police is a mounted section of the New South Wales Police Force, and the oldest continuous mounted group in the world, [ 10] formed in 7 September 1825. Currently they have a strength of 36 officers and around 38 mounts and their duties include traffic and crowd management, patrols, and ceremonial protocol duties.

  5. List of mounted police units - Wikipedia

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    Gregg County Sheriff's Mounted Unit, Texas [ 59] Houston Police Department, Texas. Lubbock Police Department Mounted Patrol, Texas. Texas Highway Patrol Mounted Horse Patrol Unit, Texas. Galveston Police Department Mounted Patrol. Grand Prairie Mounted Patrol. McKinney Mounted Patrol.

  6. United States Cavalry - Wikipedia

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    The United States Cavalry, or U.S. Cavalry, was the designation of the mounted force of the United States Army. The United States Cavalry was formally created by an act of Congress on 3 August 1861 and ceased as a distinct Army branch in 1942. [ 1] The name "cavalry" continues to be used as a designation for various specific United States Army ...

  7. Organization of the New York City Police Department - Wikipedia

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    Commanding Officer of Mounted Unit: Inspector – Barry M. Gelbman ; The NYPD Mounted Unit was created in 1858 and is used today in the Patrol units. The unit has 70 uniformed officers and supervisors and approximately 45 horses. The unit is divided into 4 "Troops"; Troop B (Manhattan), Troop D (Bronx), Troop E (Brooklyn), and Troop F (Queens ...

  8. Wing configuration - Wikipedia

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    The wing configuration of a fixed-wing aircraft (including both gliders and powered aeroplanes) is its arrangement of lifting and related surfaces. Aircraft designs are often classified by their wing configuration. For example, the Supermarine Spitfire is a conventional low wing cantilever monoplane of straight elliptical planform with moderate ...

  9. mount (Unix) - Wikipedia

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    mount (Unix) In computing, mount is a command in various operating systems. Before a user can access a file on a Unix-like machine, the file system on the device [ 1] which contains the file needs to be mounted with the mount command. Frequently mount is used for SD card, USB storage, DVD and other removable storage devices.