Repeater
A device that receives and retransmits a signal to extend its range.
A repeater is an electronic device in a communication channel that increases the power of a signal and retransmits it, allowing it to travel further. It requires a source of electric power.
- type
- Rapid-fire ranged weapon
- first_appearance
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001)
- role
- Crowd control and suppressive fire
- affiliation
- Unaffiliated (found in various levels)
- damage_type
- Bullet
- fire_rate
- High
- ammo_type
- Standard bullets
Lore & Background
The term 'repeater' originated with telegraphy in the 19th century, referring to an electromechanical device (a relay) used to regenerate telegraph signals. Use of the term has continued in telephony and data communications.
In Their Own Story
The air was thick with the smell of gunpowder and cheap cologne. Conker ducked behind a stack of crates as a hail of bullets chewed through the wood inches from his head. 'Bloody hell!' he muttered, peeking out to see a Tediz soldier reloading. The soldier's Repeater clattered to the ground as Conker lunged, grabbing the hot barrel. 'Your turn, you fluffy git!' he shouted, squeezing the trigger. The weapon bucked in his hands, spitting lead in a wild arc. The Tediz danced and fell, and Conker grinned, the Repeater's roar drowning out the screams of the battlefield.
Reader's Guide
In computer networking, repeaters work with the actual physical signal and do not interpret the data being transmitted; they operate on the physical layer (first layer of the OSI model). A multiport Ethernet repeater is usually called a hub.
Did You Know?
- Telephone repeaters were the first type of repeater and were some of the first applications of amplification.
- Before electronic amplifiers, mechanically coupled carbon microphones were used as amplifiers in telephone repeaters.
- A passive repeater is a microwave relay that simply consists of a flat metal surface to reflect the microwave beam in another direction.
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