TACS - meaning and definition. What is TACS
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What (who) is TACS - definition

MOSTLY-OBSOLETE VERSION OF THE AMPS MOBILE PHONE SYSTEM FORMERLY USED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
TACS; ETACS
  • First-generation Motorola 4500X mobile phone, which utilised ETACS

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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Tacs (disambiguation)
Total Access Communication Service (Reference: mobile-systems)
Tic-tac         
BRAND OF SMALL, HARD CANDY MINTS
Tic tac; Tic-Tacs; Tic-Tac; Tictac; Tic Tacs; TicTac; Tic Tac (candy); Tic tacs; Tic tac (candy); Tic Tac Chill; TicTacs; Tic tac man; Tic-tac
Tic-tac (also tick-tack and non-hyphenated variants) is a traditional method of signs used by bookmakers to communicate the odds of certain horses. Until the turn of the 21st century it was a very common sight on racecourses in the UK, but with the advent of mobile technology it is now seldom seen. In 1999, only three practitioners were noted to be still working on the southern UK tracks – Micky 'Hokey' Stuart, Billie Brown and Rocky Roberts. A tic-tac man will usually wear bright white gloves to make his hand movements easily seen.
tic-tac         
BRAND OF SMALL, HARD CANDY MINTS
Tic tac; Tic-Tacs; Tic-Tac; Tictac; Tic Tacs; TicTac; Tic Tac (candy); Tic tacs; Tic tac (candy); Tic Tac Chill; TicTacs; Tic tac man; Tic-tac
(also tick-tack)
¦ noun (in the UK) a kind of manual semaphore used by racecourse bookmakers to exchange information.
Origin
C16: imitative; cf. tick-tock.

Wikipedia

Total Access Communication System

Total Access Communication System (TACS) and ETACS are variants of Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) which were announced as the choice for the first two UK national cellular systems in February 1983, less than a year after the UK government announced the T&Cs for the two competing mobile phone networks in June 1982. This 1G technology is now obsolete.

Pronunciation examples for TACS
1. While ringing in hospital staff's Tic Tacs,
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Examples of use of TACS
1. England dismissed suggestions that they had used such Tic Tacs.
2. The House bill would prohibit the IRS from spending funds to close the TACs.
3. The IRS projected that the closings of the taxpayer assistance centers, called TACs, would save about $45 million.
4. "They have him swallowing painkillers like Tic–Tacs rather than affording him the proper medical care," PHR legal adviser Yohana Lerman told Haaretz.
5. "I think I got some Tic–Tacs one year from the Emmy bag and, um, some insoles that I can put in my sneakers," he told CNN.