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English Dictionary: Global Positioning System by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Global Positioning System
n
  1. a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
    Synonym(s): Global Positioning System, GPS
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Global Positioning System
  
      (GPS) A system for determining postion on the
      Earth's surface by comparing radio signals from several
      satellites.   When completed the system will consist of 24
      satellites equipped with radio transmitters and atomic clocks.
  
      Depending on your geographic location, the GPS receiver
      samples data from up to six satellites, it then calculates the
      time taken for each satellite signal to reach the GPS
      receiver, and from the difference in time of reception,
      determines your location.
  
      ["Global Positioning by Satellite"?   Precison?   Coverage?   Web
      page?]
  
      (1998-02-10)
  
  
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