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  2. Code word (figure of speech) - Wikipedia

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    A code word is a word or a phrase designed to convey a predetermined meaning to an audience who know the phrase, while remaining inconspicuous to the uninitiated. For example, a public address system may be used to make an announcement asking for "Inspector Sands" to attend a particular area, which staff will recognise as a code word for a fire or bomb threat, and the general public will ignore.

  3. Multiservice tactical brevity code - Wikipedia

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    The codes' procedure words, a type of voice procedure, are designed to convey complex information with a few words. American/NATO codes. This is a list of American standardized brevity code words. The scope is limited to those brevity codes used in multiservice operations and does not include words unique to single service operations.

  4. Ray J - Wikipedia

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    William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), [1] known professionally as Ray J, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, television personality, and actor. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of singer and actress Brandy Norwood. [3] In January 2017, he competed in the nineteenth season of ...

  5. Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets - Wikipedia

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    The Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets prescribed the words that are used to represent each letter of the alphabet, when spelling other words out loud, letter-by-letter, and how the spelling words should be pronounced for use by the Allies of World War II. They are not a "phonetic alphabet" in the sense in which that term is used in ...

  6. A Unique Mix of Students - U.S. Department of Education

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    Visual Phonics is an extraordinary method that allows deaf students to learn how to decode words, to write them, and to use their voices by reading the words aloud.A lack of phonics ability is the most crucial problem a deaf child faces in learning to read, because the child needs to link sounds with letters of the alphabet.

  7. Code word (communication) - Wikipedia

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    Code word (communication) In communication, a code word is an element of a standardized code or protocol. Each code word is assembled in accordance with the specific rules of the code and assigned a unique meaning. Code words are typically used for reasons of reliability, clarity, brevity, or secrecy.

  8. Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Word Reading Skills ... - ed

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    blends to read the word. For example, the student would see the word mat, say the phonemes for each letter (/mmm/ /aaa/ /t/), and then say the word as a whole, mat. When teaching students to segment with print (i.e., spelling), students hear or say a word, segment the individual phonemes in the word, and write the letter that represents each ...

  9. NATO phonetic alphabet - Wikipedia

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    The ITU phonetic alphabet and figure code is a rarely used variant that differs in the code words for digits. To create the code, a series of international agencies assigned 26 code words acrophonically to the letters of the Roman alphabet , with the intention of the letters and numbers being easily distinguishable from one another over radio ...