Buy SWM8. What is a SWM8? SWM stands for single-wire multiswitch and the SWM8 is a single-wire multiswitch that can control up to 8 DIRECTV satellite tuners. That means a single SWM8 can control up to 4 DVRs total (2 tuners per DVR), up to 8 single-tuner receivers total, or a combination (eg. 2 DVRs and 4 single-tuner receivers).
Answer. Ad hoc is a word that originally comes from Latin and means âfor thisâ or for this situation.. In current American English it is used to describe something that has been formed or used for a special and immediate purpose, without previous planning. Ad hoc can be used as an adjective or an adverb. It is used more often as an adjective, especially in these expressions: 1  ad hoc committee. 2  ad hoc group. 3  ad hoc basis.
And, like grace, itâs a word most of us would not suspect of being Latinate: prayer. But dictionaries tell us that our verb to pray originates with the Latin verb precari, meaning, beg, implore, entreat, supplicate. That Latin word in turn comes from the Latin noun prex, simply translated as prayer or request. trinitatem: Latin has also given us one the chief words we use to describe to Whom we pray: the Trinity. The Latin source for this word is trinitatem, the term for the number three.