ANT

Ant

Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 out of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and a distinctive node-like structure that forms a slender waist.

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ANT

ANT is a proprietary open access multicast wireless sensor network technology featuring a wireless communications protocol stack that enables semiconductor radios operating in the 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical allocation of the RF spectrum to communicate by establishing standard rules for co-existence, data representation, signalling, authentication, and error detection.

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ANT+

ANT+ is an interoperability function that can be added to the base ANT protocol . It encourages interoperability and open-access to data between manufacturers of "smartphones, bike computers, diagnostics, power meters, heart rate monitors, remote control systems, etc." and is promoted by the ANT+ Alliance.

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ant

Noun

  1. Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females
  2. A Web spider

Verb

  1. To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.


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