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  • abbreviation universal character set

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Examples

  • Your comment that the Cisco UCS is a new class of data center equipment is spot on.

    Cisco’s Data Center Play Reinvents The Server 2009

  • Shalom says one of the main attractions of Cisco UCS is that it comes with an application programming interface (API) that gives the GigaSpaces Extreme Application Platform (XAP) management console direct access to the hardware.

    Mating Grid And Cloud Software With Hardware David F. Carr 2010

  • The UCS is not arguing for unilateral disarmament, just that a little more sanity and reality is needed if figuring out how many we do need.

    No Nukes? It’s No Billboards - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The UCS is working to derail the project and to that end has received considerable financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, according to the Capital Research Center.

    Connecting with the Public 2007

  • UCS is an independent nonprofit alliance of more than 100,000 concerned citizens and scientists.

    Think Progress » Noonan: If Global Warming Is Real, Blame The Scientists 2006

  • UCS is a public interest group, supported by funds raised from the general public, that presses for control of technologies which may be harmful or dangerous.

    Henry W. Kendall - Autobiography 1991

  • When President Reagan was in the White House, the UCS was an ardent supporter of the "nuclear freeze movement" that was designed as a counterbalance to the U.S. administration's pursuit of a stronger national defense, Cohen said.

    Connecting with the Public 2007

  • Formed more than 40 years ago with nuclear power plant safety its initial focus, the UCS is a nonprofit alliance with over 250,000 members, including physicists, biologists, teachers, students, and business people.

    CNET News.com 2011

  • * Dell went as far as quoting a customer a customer who dubbed UCS "Unbelievably Costly Systems" in their pitch.

    The Register Team Register 2010

  • * Dell went as far as quoting a customer a customer who dubbed UCS "Unbelievably Costly Systems" in their pitch.

    The Register Team Register 2010

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