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Former California-based electronics company
Crossbow Technology, Inc. (also referred to as XBOW) was a California-based company that specialized in navigation products, including gyroscopes and
Crossbow_Technology
Bow-like ranged weapon
A crossbow is a ranged weapon using an elastic launching device consisting of a bow-like assembly called a prod, mounted horizontally on a main frame called
Crossbow
It is not clear when the crossbow was invented, but it is believed to have appeared in China first by 7th century BC and Greece around the 5th or 4th century
History_of_crossbows
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up crossbow in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crossbow is a projectile-shooting weapon. Crossbow may also refer to: Crossbow (TV series), based
Crossbow_(disambiguation)
Operating system
between the University of California, Berkeley, Intel Research, and Crossbow Technology, was released as free and open-source software under a BSD license
TinyOS
Hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks
'belly-releaser'), also called belly bow or belly shooter, was a hand-held crossbow used by the Ancient Greeks. It was described in the 1st century by the
Gastraphetes
Weapon used in Southeast Asia
The Austroasiatic crossbow which is also known as the Hmong crossbow, the Jarai crossbow, or the Angkorian crossbow is a crossbow used for war and for
Austroasiatic_crossbow
World War II Allied operations against German long-range weapons
Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary
Operation_Crossbow
1965 film by Michael Anderson
Operation Crossbow (later re-released as The Great Spy Mission) is a 1965 British spy thriller film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Sophia Loren
Operation_Crossbow_(film)
Comics character
found out about the ThinkTank being behind it all and went to the Crossbow Technologies building where he killed their leaders, the Guileys. Pitt has vast
Pitt_(character)
booty. China transferred crossbow technology to Champa. When the Chams sacked Angkor they used the Chinese siege crossbow. Crossbows were given to the Chams
History_of_Champa
American businessman
Horton's graduation, he co-founded Crossbow Technology in 1995 with his advisor A. Richard Newton. In 2003, MIT Technology Review magazine named him as one
Mike_A._Horton
Ultra-light sports car
Problems playing this file? See media help. The KTM X-Bow (pronounced crossbow) is an ultra-light sports car manufactured by Austrian automotive manufacturer
KTM_X-Bow
Significant advances were also made in military technology with the development of plate armour, steel crossbows and cannons. The Middle Ages are perhaps best
History_of_technology
Operating system
of California, Berkeley in co-operation with Intel Research and Crossbow Technology, and has since grown to be an international consortium, the TinyOS
OSIAN
compartment built below it to house soldiers who provided covering fire with crossbows. A sky cart A scaling ladder A rake cart A double hook cart Cloud ladder
Chinese_siege_weapons
and reflex bows Gungdo Hankyu Mongol bow Turkish bow Crossbows Arbalest Crossbow Repeating crossbow Skane lockbow Stone bow Gunpowder firearms Arquebuses
List_of_medieval_weapons
Set of features of Solaris operating system
network resources. Major features of the Crossbow project include: Virtual NIC (VNIC) pseudo-network interface technology Exclusive IP zones Bandwidth management
Solaris network virtualization and resource control
Solaris_network_virtualization_and_resource_control
used concrete extensively for construction from 300 BC to 476 AD. 650 BC: Crossbow in China. 600 BC: Coins in Phoenicia (Modern Lebanon) or Lydia. Late 7th
Timeline of historic inventions
Timeline_of_historic_inventions
Type of long gun appearing in 15th-century Europe
handheld firearms. In Europe, a shoulder stock, probably inspired by the crossbow stock, was added to the arquebus around 1470 and the appearance of the
Arquebus
Technology used in medieval Europe
the first hand-held mechanical crossbows. Longbowmen (c. 1493) Cranked rack-and-pinion device for cocking a crossbow (c. 1493) Organ gun in the Bellifortis
Medieval_technology
Chinese man-portable surface-to-air missile
FN-6 (Chinese: 飞弩-6; pinyin: Fēi Nú-6; lit. 'Flying Crossbow-6'; NATO reporting name: CH-SA-10) is a third-generation passive infrared homing (IR) man
FN-6
Technological accomplishments of the ancient Roman civilization
engine used by the Roman Army". The weapon often looks like a mounted crossbow capable of shooting projectiles. Similarly, the onager, "named after the
Ancient_Roman_technology
bears a birthmark. Zad woos Huna, unsuccessfully, also wanting more crossbows, technology Nords lack. Taken by force, she reveals Milos "killed our chief
List_of_Beastmaster_episodes
Ancient Greek siege engine
at the Rhodes arsenal,) and used in antiquity. The polybolos was not a crossbow since it used a torsion mechanism, drawing its power from twisted sinew-bundles
Polybolos
Devices, and technologies invented or used in Ancient Egypt
and its rowers. and they have (carried) on the nose three assault heavy crossbow arrows so they lit resin or oil with a salt of Seth (probably nitrate)
Ancient_Egyptian_technology
Topics referred to by the same term
Zealand film editor Mike A. Horton (born 1973), CEO and President of Crossbow Technology Mike Horton (Days of Our Lives), a character on the soap opera Days
Michael_Horton
Technology available in World War I
safe distance within the trench. The Sauterelle was a grenade launching Crossbow used before the Stokes mortar by French and British troops. The Imperial
Technology_during_World_War_I
years ago at the time of the invention of the crossbow. Needham notes that the invention of the crossbow "far outstripped the progress in defensive armor"
History of science and technology in China
History_of_science_and_technology_in_China
Networks: Algorithms and Architectures (Wiley, 2005). Bundled with Crossbow Technology sensorkits. Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (Wiley, 2004). Handbook of Wireless
Ivan_Stojmenović
extends from about 2200 BC to the present day. Chinese pioneered the use of crossbows, advanced metallurgical standardization for arms and armor, early gunpowder
Military history of China before 1912
Military_history_of_China_before_1912
Technological results from advances in engineering in ancient civilizations
fuel, the magnetic compass, the raised-relief map, the propeller, the crossbow, the south-pointing chariot, and gunpowder. Other Chinese discoveries and
Ancient_technology
Ancient ranged weapon
with torsion springs instead of a tension prod (the bow part of a modern crossbow). The springs consisted of several loops of twisted skeins. Early versions
Ballista
Armoured personnel carrier
"schwere Granatwerfer", a 120 mm mortar carrier equipped with an Elbit Crossbow turret MTPz FIA, "Flakpanzer", a self-propelled anti-air gun with a Skyranger
Pandur_I_(6×6)
Type of German mercenary soldier
Doppelsöldner of each company were usually issued with ranged weapons, such as a crossbow or an arquebus, and arranged in the wings of a square, in front of the
Doppelsöldner
Tools and weapons used in Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek technology developed during the 5th century BC, continuing up to and including the Roman period, and beyond. Inventions that are credited
Ancient_Greek_technology
Pre-gunpowder projectile-launching device
King Ajatashatru around the early to mid 5th century BC. The catapult and crossbow in Greece are closely intertwined. Primitive catapults were essentially
Catapult
Angkorian war elephant
ballista is an over-proportioned crossbow which is more complicated in its mechanism than the Austroasiatic crossbow as it becomes a small catapult carried
Ballista_elephant
Wireless network sensor node
networks around 2004. After some initial experience using "Motes" from Crossbow Technology, a project began under Roger Meike to design an integrated hardware
Sun_SPOT
Research center under Nazi Germany
including the V-2 rocket. The works were attacked by the British in Operation Crossbow from August 1943, before falling to the Soviets in May 1945. On April 2
Peenemünde Army Research Center
Peenemünde_Army_Research_Center
machines, crossbows, and other equipment against Khwarazmian troops. In the Battle of Xiangyang, both the Song and Mongol forces used siege crossbows against
Military_of_the_Mongol_Empire
2023 film by Kristoffer Borgli
nightmare in which he is hunted and killed by a version of himself wielding a crossbow and subsequently releases a self-pitying apology video. Humiliated, Janet
Dream_Scenario
bow, English bullet bow, pellet crossbow (European) Cheiroballistra, hirovallistra hand ballista (Roman, Greek) Crossbow (European, Chinese) Gastraphetes
List of premodern combat weapons
List_of_premodern_combat_weapons
German long-range ballistic missile
airstrikes. This information was particularly important for Operation Crossbow and Operation Hydra, both preliminary missions for Operation Overlord.
V-2_rocket
Uses of radio and radio waves
Retrieved 10 September 2022. Brodie, Bernard; Brodie, Fawn McKay (1973). From Crossbow to H-bomb. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253201616. Archived from the
Applications_of_radio
Role and use of available technology in World War II
Technology played a significant role in World War II. Some of the technologies used during the war were developed during the interwar years of the 1920s
Technology during World War II
Technology_during_World_War_II
Genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany
120,000 deaths by the end of the war. Many of the same personnel and technologies were later used for the mass murder of Jews. Germany gained control of
The_Holocaust
AI chatbot app
Castle on Christmas Day in 2021 after scaling the walls carrying a loaded crossbow and announcing to police that "I am here to kill the Queen". Chail had
Replika
Imperial Chinese army
crossbows to him. Ancient Chinese crossbow (2nd century BC). Guimet Museum, Paris. Western Han (206 B.C-24 A.D.) crossbow Han dynasty bronze crossbow
Military_of_the_Han_dynasty
competing weapons like the crossbow or early gunpowder weapons. The nearest competitor to the longbow was the much more expensive crossbow or Arbalest, used often
Infantry_in_the_Middle_Ages
Developer and manufacturer of coin-operated amusements
(1976), Circus (1977), Star Fire (1978), Venture (1981), Mouse Trap (1981), Crossbow (1983), and Chiller (1986). They were also the creators of the Exidy Sorcerer
Exidy
Weightlifting device using pulleys
church. A windlass cocking mechanism on crossbows was used as early as 1215 in England, and most European crossbows had one by the Late Middle Ages. Windlasses
Windlass
but she goes out with Kamijo instead; a suited man armed with a magical crossbow seeks a book from Index's mind; and Accelerator struggles to save the 20
List of A Certain Magical Index light novels
List_of_A_Certain_Magical_Index_light_novels
at the Massachusetts institute of Technology, speculates that they existed about 1200 BC. In China bronze crossbow bolts dating from as early as the mid
List_of_Chinese_inventions
Secret post-WWII United States program
original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved July 24, 2023. McGovern, James (1964). Crossbow and Overcast. New York: W. Morrow. pp. 100, 104, 173, 207, 210, 242. Beyerchen
Operation_Paperclip
dynasty was the small handheld, trigger-activated crossbow (and to a lesser extent, the repeating crossbow), invented in China during the 6th or 5th century
Science and technology of the Han dynasty
Science_and_technology_of_the_Han_dynasty
WWII Nazi-built bunker complex in France
England. Following repeated heavy bombing by Allied forces during Operation Crossbow, the Germans were unable to complete the construction works and the complex
La_Coupole
and the fusee, which first originated from medieval weapons such as the crossbow. There is a fusee in the earliest surviving spring-driven clock, a chamber
History of timekeeping devices
History_of_timekeeping_devices
Siege engine using a long arm to throw projectiles
University Press. Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph (1903). "LVIII The Trebuchet". The Crossbow With a Treatise on the Balista and Catapult of the Ancients and an Appendix
Trebuchet
Expression
a third (304) of the victims were minors. Guards armed with guns and crossbows had been ordered to shoot those who fled the Jonestown pavilion as Jones
Drinking_the_Kool-Aid
Type of linear actuator
rack-and-pinion device used in the 15th century to draw back the string of a crossbow. In 1598, firearms designer Zhao Shizhen developed the Xuanyuan arquebus
Rack_and_pinion
Film by Alexandre Aja
concerned over Nolan's story and living conditions, Sam confronts him with a crossbow. Although Nolan and Cole try to de-escalate the situation, Sam shoots Cole
Never_Let_Go_(2024_film)
German American aerospace engineer (1912–1977)
Wernher von Braun, video clip of the press statement. McGovern, J (1964). Crossbow and Overcast. New York: W. Morrow. p. 182.[ISBN missing] Helen Fry, "'The
Wernher_von_Braun
2021 animated Disney film by Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada
Fang and her wish to help defeat the Druun, threatens the party with a crossbow. Sisu tries to calm Namaari down, but Raya attacks with her whip sword
Raya_and_the_Last_Dragon
1985 film by Martha Coolidge
Jerry Hathaway at Pacific Tech University to develop the power source for "Crossbow", a laser weapon precise enough to commit illegal political assassinations
Real_Genius
Human-powered trebuchet
University Press Payne-Gallwey, Sir Ralph (1903). "LVIII The Trebuchet". The Crossbow With a Treatise on the Balista and Catapult of the Ancients and an Appendix
Mangonel
WWII amphibious landing zone in France
Belgrade offensive Battle of San Marino Lapland Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte
Omaha_Beach
Fantasy series by Adrian Tchaikovsky
series as being grounded in progression, highlighting how the technology evolves from crossbows to airplanes over the course of the ten books. While Tchaikovsky
Shadows_of_the_Apt
Infantry formation
arquebuses and/or muskets. Other weapons, such as swords, halberds, and crossbows, were also sometimes used. The formation was initially developed by the
Pike_and_shot
2016 video game
will-based abilities and ice attacks; Rook, focusing on ranged combat with a crossbow; and Inga, a paladin-like character wearing heavy armor, and wielding a
Fable_Legends
2025 expansion of Destiny 2
existing archetypes, The Edge of Fate adds a new heavy weapon type, a crossbow that fires a single, recoverable bolt. The new destination Kepler is not
Destiny_2:_The_Edge_of_Fate
European developer and manufacturer of missiles
guided missiles Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG Viper Strike Land-attack missile MdCN Crossbow (missile) Anti-ship missiles Exocet (air-, surface ship-, coastal battery-
MBDA
2015 video game
jumps, climbs and swims. He has a variety of weapons, including bombs, a crossbow and two swords (one steel and one silver). The steel sword is used primarily
The_Witcher_3:_Wild_Hunt
2010 video game
to throw it back. Among the weapons new to the series in Black Ops are crossbows that shoot typical bolts or explosive ammunition, a kind of shotgun that
Call_of_Duty:_Black_Ops
Chinese military book
The Wubei Zhi (Chinese: 武備志; Treatise on Armament Technology or Records of Armaments and Military Provisions) is a military book in Chinese history. It
Wubei_Zhi
American actor (1928–1994)
The Great Adventure for Anthony Mann. For MGM, he appeared in Operation Crossbow (1965), a war film with Sophia Loren. It was the first film he made under
George_Peppard
American aircraft manufacturer (1939–1994)
Fighter) Northrop AQM-35 Northrop AQM-38 Northrop BQM-74 Chukar GAM-67 Crossbow Northrop JB-1 Bat SM-62 Snark John Knudsen Northrop, 1940–1953 Oliver Patton
Northrop_Corporation
1945 Soviet campaign of World War II
Belgrade offensive Battle of San Marino Lapland Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte
Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria
makes him fail. He pilots a vulture-styled Flying Machine and wields a crossbow-like weapon, also commanding vehicles like the Mutank and Thundrainium
List of ThunderCats characters
List_of_ThunderCats_characters
German state from 1933 to 1945
46–63. ISSN 1044-016X. DeGregori, Thomas R. (2002). Bountiful Harvest: Technology, Food Safety, and the Environment. Washington: Cato Institute. ISBN 978-1-930865-31-0
Nazi_Germany
1939–1945 global conflict
1994). "Impact of technology on the defeat of the U-boat September 1939 – May 1943". IEE Proceedings - Science, Measurement and Technology. 141 (5): 343–355
World_War_II
Topics referred to by the same term
climbing Bolt (firearms), a mechanism used in firearms Crossbow bolt, ammunition used in a crossbow Spy bolt, a clandestine storage device Bolt (1994 film)
Bolt
Period of Chinese history from 220 to 280 CE
to be an early form of the wheelbarrow, and improved on the repeating crossbow. Wei mechanical engineer Ma Jun is considered by many to be the equal of
Three_Kingdoms
1941 World War II military offensive
Belgrade offensive Battle of San Marino Lapland Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte
Operation_Brevity
Retrieved 2024-05-14. Felstead, Peter (2024-05-08). "Elbit Systems to supply Crossbow Unmanned Turreted 120 mm mortar systems for a European Pandur 6×6 user
List of equipment of the Austrian Armed Forces
List_of_equipment_of_the_Austrian_Armed_Forces
Retrieved 1 July 2022. Jaeger, Felix. "What's that for? The 'Maximilian Crossbow'". Deutsches Historisches Museum. Retrieved 9 February 2022. Silver 2008
Cultural depictions of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
Cultural_depictions_of_Maximilian_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor
Regulations on arms and ammunition
restricts small arms may also restrict other weapons, such as explosives, crossbows, swords, electroshock weapons, air guns, and pepper spray. It may also
Overview of gun laws by nation
Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation
its infancy. There are numerous "unofficial" builds of Windows Mobile 6 (Crossbow) which have been made to run on this device, and now even some tools that
HTC_Universal
Nissan Diesel engine, used in London cabs
(52 PS) at 2,300 rpm, remained in production with GCT (Global Component Technologies, successor company to Nissan Diesel Industrial Engines) as of 2024. This
Nissan_TD_engine
Military operation during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War
Belgrade offensive Battle of San Marino Lapland Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte
Operation_Skorpion
American television limited series
Peacock. The series stars Betty Gilpin as a nun using her faith to take on technology, and a supporting cast including Jake McDorman, Margo Martindale, David
Mrs._Davis
Topics referred to by the same term
transmission system operator in Poland PSE Archery, an archery bow and crossbow supply company Puget Sound Energy, an energy utility company in Washington
PSE
Client state of Nazi Germany
Belgrade offensive Battle of San Marino Lapland Market Garden Estonia Crossbow Pointblank Vietnamese famine of 1944–1945 Philippines (1944–1945) Leyte
Slovak_Republic_(1939–1945)
Microstate in Southern Europe
the Crossbow Corps is now a ceremonial force of approximately 80 volunteers. Since 1295, the Crossbow Corps has provided demonstrations of crossbow shooting
San_Marino
Rotating or sliding component that transmits variable motion to a follower
key. Cam mechanisms appeared in China at around 600 BC in the form of a crossbow trigger-mechanism with a cam-shaped swing arm. However, the trigger mechanism
Cam_(mechanism)
Television series
Fire) Ep.3 (Dueling Pistols) Ep.4 (Atlatl) Ep.5 (Katana) Ep.6 (Repeating Crossbow) Ep.7 (Rockets) Ep.8 (Chakram) Ep.9 (Chariot Bow) Ep.10 (Blowpipe) "Weapon
Weapon_Masters
Free software operating system based on Solaris
extensions. OpenSolaris Network Virtualization and Resource Control (or Crossbow), a set of features that provides an internal network virtualization and
Illumos
before, standing upright on two legs, using tools and attacking him with crossbows as they pilfer his genetically modified supplies. Enlisting the services
List of Love, Death & Robots episodes
List_of_Love,_Death_&_Robots_episodes
German influence on the Soviet rocketry after WWII
Siddiqi 2000, p. 22. Chertok 2005, p. 214 Vol 1. McGovern, James (1965). Crossbow & Overcast. London: Hutchinson & Co. pp. 154–161. Zak, Anatoly. "Soviet
German influence on Soviet rocketry
German_influence_on_Soviet_rocketry
Military technology used by the Sassanid Persian military
terminology suggests that it was actually a device, probably a type of crossbow. Furthermore, a device capable of shooting five arrows simultaneously has
Panjagan
CROSSBOW TECHNOLOGY
CROSSBOW TECHNOLOGY
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a bolter or sifter of flour, from Middle English bo(u)lt ‘to sift’ (Old French buleter, of Germanic origin).English : occupational name for a maker of bolts or bars, from an agent derivative of Middle English bolt (see Bolt).German : habitational name for someone from a lost place named Bolt. It is the name of a large family from Hechingen, Württemberg.German (also Bölter) : occupational name for a maker of wooden bolts for crossbows, Middle High German bolter.
Surname or Lastname
Catalan
Catalan : occupational name for a maker of crossbows or a soldier armed with a crossbow, from Catalan ballester ‘crossbowman’ or ‘crossbow maker’, an agent derivative of ballesta ‘crossbow’ (Latin ballista ‘(military) catapult’).English and German : occupational name, cognate with 1, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old French baleste ‘crossbow’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Matter.English : probably a metonymic occupational name for a mattress maker or seller, from Middle English, Old French materas, or less likely for a maker of crossbow bolts, spears, and lances, from the Middle English homonym materas.Dutch : variant of Matter 2.
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CROSSBOW TECHNOLOGY
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Name of a God
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : nickname, possibly sometimes applied ironically, from Middle English gente, Old French gent(il) ‘well born’, ‘noble’, ‘courteous’. Compare Gentle.German and English : habitational name for someone from Ghent in Flanders, French name Gand.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Golden, Lovely
Boy/Male
Hindu
Attached to the earth, Land owner
Female
African
be comforted.
Girl/Female
Egyptian
Mythical nature goddess daughter of Nut and Geb.
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Poon means Flower; Kulali means Women's Hair
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Strong
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Spring Season
Girl/Female
Australian, German, Italian, Latin
Messenger; Announces
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n.
A row that crosses others.
n.
A crossbow.
n.
The notch of an arrow or crossbow.
n.
A crossbowman.
n.
A crossbow. See Prod, 3.
n.
A lever to bend crossbows.
n.
One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
n.
A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense, often spelled prodd.
v. i.
To flow across, or in a contrary direction.
n.
A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
n.
A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
n.
A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down.
n.
A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.
n.
A crossbow.
n.
A crossbow.
n.
A crossbow. See Arbalest.
n.
A crossbow.
n.
The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.
v. t.
An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
n.
The stalk, or handle, of a crossbow; also, sometimes, the bow itself.