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Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future . Time is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events , to compare the duration of events or the intervals between them , and to quantify rates of change of quantities in material reality or in the conscious experience . Time is often referred to as ___MASK82___ , along with the three spatial dimensions . ___MASK61___ Mobile is a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1 , 2001 as a joint venture between ___MASK61___ and Ericsson , headquartered in Tokyo , ___MASK60___ and wholly owned by ___MASK61___ . It was originally incorporated as ___MASK61___ Ericsson , but ___MASK61___ acquired Ericsson ' s share in the venture on February 16 , 2012 . The ___MASK73___ ( PAL being short for Phase Alternating Line ) is a television publication territory that covers most of Asia , Africa , Europe , South America and Oceania . It is so named because of the PAL television standard traditionally used in those regions , as opposed to the NTSC standard traditionally used in ___MASK60___ and nearly all of North America . ___MASK61___ Interactive Entertainment , LLC ., doing business as ___MASK61___ Interactive Entertainment Inc . ( abbreviated as SIE and formerly known as ___MASK59___ Inc . ( SCE ) and ___MASK61___ Network Entertainment ) is a multinational video game developer , product manufacturer and research and development company , and is an owned subsidiary and part of the Consumer Products and Services Group of ___MASK61___ . The PlayStation Portable ( PSP ) is a handheld game console developed by ___MASK61___ . Development of the console was announced during E3 2003 , and it was unveiled on , 2004 , at a ___MASK61___ press conference before E3 2004 . The system was released in ___MASK60___ on , 2004 , in North America on , 2005 , and in the PAL region on , 2005 . It primarily competed with the Nintendo DS , as part of the seventh generation of video games . The or simply , DS , is a 32 - bit dual - screen handheld game console developed and released by ___MASK14___ . The device went on sale in North America on November 21 , 2004 . The DS , short for " Developers ' System " or " Dual Screen ", introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming : two LCD screens working in tandem ( the bottom one featuring a touchscreen ), a built - in microphone , and support for wireless connectivity . Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP . The ___MASK14___ DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi - Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network . Alternatively , they could interact online using the now - closed ___MASK14___ Wi - Fi Connection service . Its main competitor was Sony ' s PlayStation Portable as part of the seventh generation era . LG Electronics Inc . is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeouido - dong , Seoul , ___MASK6___ , and is part of the LG Group , employing 82 , 000 people working in 119 local subsidiaries worldwide . With 2014 global sales of USD 55 . 91 billion ( KRW 59 . 04 trillion ), LG comprises four business units : Home Entertainment , Mobile Communications , Home Appliance & Air Solution , and Vehicle Components , with Starion India as its main production vendor for refrigeration and washing machines in the Indian sub - continent . The CEO of LG Electronics is Bon - joon Koo , who assumed the role of vice chairman of LG Electronics on 1 October 2010 . In 2011 , LG Electronics was the world ' s second - largest television manufacturer . ___MASK61___ Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the ___MASK61___ Group , which is engaged in business through its four operating components  electronics ( video games , network services and medical business ), motion pictures , music and financial services . These make ___MASK61___ one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world . ___MASK61___ ' s principal business operations include ___MASK61___ Corporation , ___MASK61___ Pictures Entertainment , ___MASK61___ Interactive Entertainment , ___MASK69___ , ___MASK61___ Mobile ( formerly ___MASK61___ Ericsson ) and ___MASK61___ Financial . ___MASK61___ is among the Semiconductor sales leaders by year and as of 2013 , the fourth - largest television manufacturer in the world , after Samsung Electronics , LG Electronics and TCL . The PlayStation Store ( also abbreviated as PSN Store ) is a digital media store available to users of ___MASK61___ ' s PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4 , PlayStation Vita and PlayStation Portable game consoles via the PlayStation Network . The store offers a range of downloadable content both for purchase and available free of charge . Available content includes full games , add - on content , playable demos , themes and game / movie trailers . Rhythm ( from Greek , " rhythmos ", " any regular recurring motion , symmetry " ) generally means a " movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements , or of opposite or different conditions " . This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time can apply to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or frequency of anything from microseconds to several seconds ( as with the riff in a rock music song ); to several minutes or hours , or , at the most extreme , even over many years . Beats is a rhythm - based video game for the ___MASK61___ PlayStation Portable handheld gaming system . It was released in 2007 at the PlayStation Store . The PlayStation 3 ( abbreviated as PS3 ) is a home video game console developed by ___MASK59___ . It is the successor to PlayStation 2 , and is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles . It competed with Microsoft ' s Xbox 360 and Nintendo ' s Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles . It was first released on November 11 , 2006 , in Japan , November 17 , 2006 in North America , and March 27 , 2007 in Europe and Australia . PlayStation Network ( PSN ) is a digital media entertainment service provided by ___MASK61___ Interactive Entertainment . Launched in November 2006 , PSN was originally conceived for the PlayStation video game consoles , but soon extended to encompass smartphones , tablets , Blu - ray players and high - definition televisions . As of April 2016 , over 110 million users have been documented , with 65 million of them active monthly . A parent company is a company that owns enough voting ___MASK21___ in another firm to control management and operation by doing and influencing or electing its board of directors . The second company is deemed a subsidiary of the parent company . The original console in the series was the first video game console to ship 100 million units , 9 years and 6 months after its initial launch . Its successor , the PlayStation 2 , was released in 2000 . The PlayStation 2 is the best - selling home console to date , having reached over 155 million units sold as of December 28 , 2012 . ___MASK61___ ' s next console , the PlayStation 3 , was released in 2006 and has sold over 80 million consoles worldwide as of November 2013 . ___MASK61___ ' s latest console , the PlayStation 4 , was released in 2013 , selling 1 million consoles in its first 24 hours on sale , becoming the fastest selling console in history .