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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20testing
Web testing is software testing that focuses on web applications. Complete testing of a web-based system before going live can help address issues before the system is revealed to the public. Issues may include the security of the web application, the basic functionality of the site, its accessibility to disabled and f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite%20strip%20method
The finite strip method is a technique of structural analysis used for bridge and tall structure design as well and in the design of construction components such as steel beams. The technique was first introduced in 1968 and is less powerful and versatile than the finite element method but is more efficient in terms of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplification%20factor
In general an amplification factor is the numerical multiplicative factor by which some quantity is increased. In structural engineering the amplification factor is the ratio of second order to first order deflections. In electronics the amplification factor, or gain, is the ratio of the output to the input of an am...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EntireX
EntireX DCOM is a commercial implementation of Microsoft's Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) technology by Software AG for the Windows, AIX, HP/UX, Solaris, Linux, AS/400, z/OS, z/VM, and BS2000/OSD platforms. Description EntireX is a software product developed and marketed by Software AG. It is primarily an e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph%20automorphism
In the mathematical field of graph theory, an automorphism of a graph is a form of symmetry in which the graph is mapped onto itself while preserving the edge–vertex connectivity. Formally, an automorphism of a graph is a permutation of the vertex set , such that the pair of vertices form an edge if and only if the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Combinatorial%20Theory
The Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A and Series B, are mathematical journals specializing in combinatorics and related areas. They are published by Elsevier. Series A is concerned primarily with structures, designs, and applications of combinatorics. Series B is concerned primarily with graph and matroid theo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20software%20bugs
Many software bugs are merely annoying or inconvenient, but some can have extremely serious consequences—either financially or as a threat to human well-being. The following is a list of software bugs with significant consequences. Space A booster went off course during launch, resulting in the destruction of NASA M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone%20of%20curves
In mathematics, the cone of curves (sometimes the Kleiman-Mori cone) of an algebraic variety is a combinatorial invariant of importance to the birational geometry of . Definition Let be a proper variety. By definition, a (real) 1-cycle on is a formal linear combination of irreducible, reduced and proper curves , w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%201667
IEEE 1667 ("Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices") is a standard published and maintained by the IEEE that describes various methods for authenticating removable storage devices such as USB flash drives when they are inserted into a computer. The protocol is universal, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host%20media%20processing
A telephony system based on host media processing (HMP) is one that uses a general-purpose computer to process a telephony call’s media stream rather than using digital signal processors (DSPs) to perform the task. When telephony call streams started to be digitized for time-division-multiplexed (TDM) transport, proces...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzherzog%20Rainer-Medaille
The Erzherzog Rainer-Medaille of the Kaiserlich-königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (now "Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich") was awarded annually to a scientist in commemoration of Archduke Rainer of Austria (1827–1913). Rainer Medalists 1912: Erwin Baur, German botanist (1875-193...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitive%20model
In mathematical set theory, a transitive model is a model of set theory that is standard and transitive. Standard means that the membership relation is the usual one, and transitive means that the model is a transitive set or class. Examples An inner model is a transitive model containing all ordinals. A countable tra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophobiosis
Trophobiosis is a symbiotic association between organisms where food is obtained or provided. The provider of food in the association is referred to as a trophobiont. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek τροφή (trophē), meaning "nourishment", and -βίωσις (-biosis), which is short for the English word symbiosis. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughlin%20wavefunction
In condensed matter physics, the Laughlin wavefunction is an ansatz, proposed by Robert Laughlin for the ground state of a two-dimensional electron gas placed in a uniform background magnetic field in the presence of a uniform jellium background when the filling factor of the lowest Landau level is where is an odd po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour%20de%20Sol
The Tour de Sol in Switzerland was the first rally for solar powered vehicles. It was carried out annually from 1985 to 1993. The first event started on June 25 in Romanshorn on the Lake of Constance, and finished on June 30 in Geneva. 72 vehicles started in two classes; over 50 finished. The vehicles were powered excl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class%20Library%20for%20Numbers
Class Library for Numbers (CLN) is a free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It operates on signed integers, rational numbers, floating point numbers, complex numbers, modular numbers, and univariate polynomials. Its implementation programming language is C++. Details CLN uses object oriented techniques and o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRYOS
DRYOS is a real-time operating system made by Canon and is used in their latest digital cameras and camcorders. Since late 2007, DIGIC-based cameras are shipped using DryOS. It replaces VxWorks from Wind River Systems which has been used before on Digic2 (DIGIC II) and some Digic3 (DIGIC III) cameras. DryOS had existe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20exponentials%20theorem
In mathematics, specifically transcendental number theory, the six exponentials theorem is a result that, given the right conditions on the exponents, guarantees the transcendence of at least one of a set of exponentials. Statement If x1, x2, ..., xd are d complex numbers that are linearly independent over the ration...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four%20exponentials%20conjecture
In mathematics, specifically the field of transcendental number theory, the four exponentials conjecture is a conjecture which, given the right conditions on the exponents, would guarantee the transcendence of at least one of four exponentials. The conjecture, along with two related, stronger conjectures, is at the to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation%20rule
In mathematical logic, formation rules are rules for describing which strings of symbols formed from the alphabet of a formal language are syntactically valid within the language. These rules only address the location and manipulation of the strings of the language. It does not describe anything else about a language, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpiderOak
SpiderOak Inc. is a US-based software company focused on satellite cybersecurity. The company began in 2006 as a producer of a collaboration tool, online backup and file hosting service that allows users to access and share data using a cloud-based server. SpiderOak evolved into a space cybersecurity company and fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess%20chemical%20potential
In thermodynamics, the excess chemical potential is defined as the difference between the chemical potential of a given species and that of an ideal gas under the same conditions (in particular, at the same pressure, temperature, and composition). The chemical potential of a particle species is therefore given by an i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3D
Web3D, also called 3D Web, is a group of technologies to display and navigate websites using 3D computer graphics. Pre-WebGL era The emergence of Web3D dates back to 1994, with the advent of VRML, a file format designed to store and display 3D graphical data on the World Wide Web. In October 1995, at Internet World, T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window%20operator
In modal logic, the window operator is a modal operator with the following semantic definition: for a Kripke model and . Informally, it says that w "sees" every φ-world (or every φ-world is seen by w). This operator is not definable in the basic modal logic (i.e. some propositional non-modal language together with a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halocin
Halocins are bacteriocins produced by halophilic Archaea and a type of archaeocin. Since their discovery in 1982, halocins have been demonstrated to be diverse in a similar ways as the other bacteriocins. Some are large proteins, some small polypeptides (microhalocins). This diversity is surprising for a number of r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERA%20300
MERA 300 was a Polish-built 8-bit minicomputer family. It was first introduced in 1974 at the Poznań Trade Fair and Exhibition. History The MOMIK 8-B (MERA) minicomputer had been designed in Poland in 1973. In 1974 the MERA 300 (MERA ZSM), based on the previous model, was introduced. The same year, at the Poznań Inter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyropalette
A gyropalette is a piece of equipment used in the production of sparkling wine, such as Champagne, made by the traditional method, where the second fermentation takes place in the bottle. Background In order to remove the yeast sediment ("lees") left in the bottle after the fermentation, riddling (or in French remuag...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20testing%20controversies
There is considerable variety among software testing writers and consultants about what constitutes responsible software testing. Proponents of a context-driven approach consider much of the writing about software testing to be doctrine, while others believe this contradicts the IEEE 829 documentation standard. Best p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crnogorska%20Enciklopedija
Crnogorska Enciklopedija (; formerly Montenegrowiki) was an internet encyclopedia project written in Montenegrin, which existed from 2006 to 2008. It was started by the IT Association of Montenegro in 2006 as an experimental project, with the goal of providing a base for a future Montenegrin Wikipedia. As of late 2008,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20Hearts%20Mobile
was an online community-based social gaming networking service developed by Square Enix for the NTT DoCoMo in partnership with Disney Mobile Japan. It was launched on December 15, 2008 in Japan in conjunction with the video game Kingdom Hearts coded for mobile phones. Mobile is not part of the main Kingdom Hearts stor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LINC-8
LINC-8 was the name of a minicomputer manufactured by Digital Equipment Corporation between 1966 and 1969. It combined a LINC computer with a PDP-8 in one cabinet, thus being able to run programs written for either of the two architectures. Architecture The LINC-8 contained one PDP-8 CPU and one LINC CPU, partially e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malewicki%20equations
The Malewicki equations (or Fehskens–Malewicki equations) for sub-sonic endo-atmospheric rocket flight describe the maximum altitude and coast time of a vehicle such as a model rocket. Aerospace engineer and inventor Douglas Malewicki first published them as a technical report by the model rocket company Estes Industr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNPlex
SNPlex is a platform for SNP genotyping sold by Applied Biosystems (ABI). It is based on capillary electrophoresis to separate varying fragments of DNA, which allows the assay to be performed on ABI's 3730xl DNA analyzers. Currently, up to 48 SNPs can be genotyped in a single reaction. References External links SNP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega%20Purple
Mega Purple is a grape juice concentrate by Vie-Del Company of Fresno, California. It is used as a food additive. The process used for producing the additive is proprietary. Based on the descriptions of effects to wines by winemakers it is likely produced by a series of processes such as vacuum distillation, fractiona...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layer%20by%20layer
Layer-by-layer (LbL) deposition is a thin film fabrication technique. The films are formed by depositing alternating layers of oppositely charged materials with wash steps in between. This can be accomplished by using various techniques such as immersion, spin, spray, electromagnetism, or fluidics. Development The fir...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20network%20aggregation
Social network aggregation is the process of collecting content from multiple social network services into a unified presentation. Examples of social network aggregators include Hootsuite or FriendFeed, which may pull together information into a single location or help a user consolidate multiple social networking prof...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CESG%20Claims%20Tested%20Mark
The CESG Claims Tested Mark (abbreviated as CCT Mark or CCTM), formerly CSIA Claims Tested Mark, is a UK Government Standard for computer security. The CCT Mark is based upon framework where vendors can make claims about the security attributes of their products and/or services, and independent testing laboratories ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RotoHog
RotoHog was the consumer facing fantasy sports website for Fastpoint Games, a digital platform developer that designed, implemented and marketed fantasy services for media and advertising partners. The company built, delivered, and managed co-branded fantasy sports games for major media companies, sports companies, and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal%20model%20program
In algebraic geometry, the minimal model program is part of the birational classification of algebraic varieties. Its goal is to construct a birational model of any complex projective variety which is as simple as possible. The subject has its origins in the classical birational geometry of surfaces studied by the Ital...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration%20entropy
In statistical mechanics, configuration entropy is the portion of a system's entropy that is related to discrete representative positions of its constituent particles. For example, it may refer to the number of ways that atoms or molecules pack together in a mixture, alloy or glass, the number of conformations of a mol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenFabrics%20Alliance
The OpenFabrics Alliance is a non-profit organization that promotes remote direct memory access (RDMA) switched fabric technologies for server and storage connectivity. These high-speed data-transport technologies are used in high-performance computing facilities, in research and various industries. The OpenFabrics A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZHLS-GF
ZHLS-GF (Zone-Based Hierarchical Link State Routing Protocol with Gateway Flooding) is a hybrid routing protocol for computer networks that is based on ZHLS. In ZHLS, all network nodes construct two routing tables — an intra-zone routing table and an inter-zone routing table — by flooding NodeLSPs within the zone and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultracomputer
The New York University's Ultracomputer is a significant processor design in the history of parallel computing. The system has N processors, N memories, and an N log N message-passing switch connecting them. The system supported an innovative fetch-and-add process coordination instruction, and the custom VLSI network ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spar%20%28platform%29
A spar is a marine structure, used for floating oil/gas platforms. Named after navigation channel Spar buoys, spar platforms were developed as an extreme deepwater alternative to conventional platforms. The deep draft design of spars makes them less affected by wind, wave, and currents and allows for both dry tree and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positron%20annihilation%20spectroscopy
Positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS) or sometimes specifically referred to as positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) is a non-destructive spectroscopy technique to study voids and defects in solids. Theory The technique operates on the principle that a positron or positronium will annihilate through i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh%20Life%20Sciences%20Greenhouse
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) is an investment firm based in the South Side neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that provides resources and tools to entrepreneurial life sciences enterprises in Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania in order to advance research and patient care. History Since PLSG began...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemVerilog%20DPI
SystemVerilog DPI (Direct Programming Interface) is an interface which can be used to interface SystemVerilog with foreign languages. These foreign languages can be C, C++, SystemC as well as others. DPIs consist of two layers: a SystemVerilog layer and a foreign language layer. Both the layers are isolated from each o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20Modeling%20Forum
The Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) is a structured forum for discussing important issues in energy and the environment. The EMF was established in 1976 at Stanford University. The EMF works through a series of ad hoc working groups, each focussing on a particular corporate or policy decision. The EMF provides a non-partis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20New%20Era%20of%20Thought
A New Era of Thought is a non-fiction work written by Charles Howard Hinton, published in 1888 and reprinted in 1900 by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., London. A New Era of Thought is about the fourth dimension and its implications on human thinking. It influenced the work of P.D. Ouspensky, particularly his book Tertium...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splicing%20factor
A splicing factor is a protein involved in the removal of introns from strings of messenger RNA, so that the exons can bind together; the process takes place in particles known as spliceosomes. Genes are progressively switched off as we age, and splicing factors can reverse this trend. Splicing factors regulate the bi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3
The Acid3 test is a web test page from the Web Standards Project that checks a web browser's compliance with elements of various web standards, particularly the Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript. If the test is successful, the results of the Acid3 test will display a gradually increasing fraction counter belo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullor
A nullor is a theoretical two-port network consisting of a nullator at its input and a norator at its output. Nullors represent an ideal amplifier, having infinite current, voltage, transconductance and transimpedance gain. Its transmission parameters are all zero, that is, its input–output behavior is summarized with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic%20Substation%20Events
Generic Substation Events (GSE) is a control model defined as per IEC 61850 which provides a fast and reliable mechanism of transferring event data over entire electrical substation networks. When implemented, this model ensures the same event message is received by multiple physical devices using multicast or broadcas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternac
TERNAC is an emulation written in FORTRAN of a ternary computer on another binary machine, a Burroughs B1700. It was implemented in 1973 at State University of New York, Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo). The implementation provided both fixed-point and floating-point capability; fixed-point words were 24 trits in length and the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilateral%20filter
A bilateral filter is a non-linear, edge-preserving, and noise-reducing smoothing filter for images. It replaces the intensity of each pixel with a weighted average of intensity values from nearby pixels. This weight can be based on a Gaussian distribution. Crucially, the weights depend not only on Euclidean distance o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-flow%20graph
A signal-flow graph or signal-flowgraph (SFG), invented by Claude Shannon, but often called a Mason graph after Samuel Jefferson Mason who coined the term, is a specialized flow graph, a directed graph in which nodes represent system variables, and branches (edges, arcs, or arrows) represent functional connections betw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucinidae
Lucinidae, common name hatchet shells, is a family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. These bivalves are remarkable for their endosymbiosis with sulphide-oxidizing bacteria. Characteristics The members of this family have a worldwide distribution. They are found in muddy sand or gravel at or below low tide ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection%20matrix
In statistics, the projection matrix , sometimes also called the influence matrix or hat matrix , maps the vector of response values (dependent variable values) to the vector of fitted values (or predicted values). It describes the influence each response value has on each fitted value. The diagonal elements of the pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic%20crystal
A plastic crystal is a crystal composed of weakly interacting molecules that possess some orientational or conformational degree of freedom. The name plastic crystal refers to the mechanical softness of such phases: they resemble waxes and are easily deformed. If the internal degree of freedom is molecular rotation, th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix%20metalloproteinase%20inhibitor
A matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor (MMPI, INN stem ) inhibits matrix metalloproteinases. Because they inhibit cell migration, they have antiangiogenic effects. They may be both endogenous and exogenous. The most notorious endogenous metalloproteinases are tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs). There are al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20stability
In chemistry, chemical stability is the thermodynamic stability of a chemical system. Thermodynamic stability occurs when a system is in its lowest energy state, or in chemical equilibrium with its environment. This may be a dynamic equilibrium in which individual atoms or molecules change form, but their overall numb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log%20amplifier
A log amplifier, also known as logarithmic amplifier or logarithm amplifier or log amp, is an amplifier for which the output voltage Vout is K times the natural log of the input voltage Vin. This can be expressed as, where Vref is the normalization constant in volts and K is the scale factor. The log amplifier gives...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%20Platform
The Facebook Platform is the set of services, tools, and products provided by the social networking service Facebook for third-party developers to create their own applications and services that access data in Facebook. The current Facebook Platform was launched in 2010. The platform offers a set of programming inter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20weather%20observation
Surface weather observations are the fundamental data used for safety as well as climatological reasons to forecast weather and issue warnings worldwide. They can be taken manually, by a weather observer, by computer through the use of automated weather stations, or in a hybrid scheme using weather observers to augment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EZproxy
EZproxy is a web proxy server used by libraries to give access from outside the library's computer network to restricted-access websites that authenticate users by IP address. This allows library patrons at home or elsewhere to log in through their library's EZproxy server and gain access to resources to which their li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaotic%20hysteresis
A nonlinear dynamical system exhibits chaotic hysteresis if it simultaneously exhibits chaotic dynamics (chaos theory) and hysteresis. As the latter involves the persistence of a state, such as magnetization, after the causal or exogenous force or factor is removed, it involves multiple equilibria for given sets of co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipophilic%20bacteria
Lipophilic bacteria (fat-loving bacteria) are bacteria that may proliferate in lipids. Types They include lipophilic corynebacteria. Cutibacterium acnes is a type of lipophilic bacteria, releasing fatty acids and worsening comedones in acne. However, the group of lipophilic bacteria are not pathogenic, i.e. they don...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPAM
OpenPAM is a BSD-licensed implementation of PAM used by FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD and macOS (starting with Snow Leopard), and offered as an alternative to Linux PAM in certain Linux distributions. OpenPAM was developed for the FreeBSD Project by Dag-Erling Smørgrav and NAI Labs, the Security Research Division of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbugs
Debbugs is the software powering the Debian project's issue tracking system. Uniquely it doesn't have any form of web-interface to edit bug reports all modification is done through email. Debbugs was mainly written by Ian Jackson, former Debian project leader. Debbugs consists of a set of scripts which maintain a dat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return%20ratio
The return ratio of a dependent source in a linear electrical circuit is the negative of the ratio of the current (voltage) returned to the site of the dependent source to the current (voltage) of a replacement independent source. The terms loop gain and return ratio are often used interchangeably; however, they are ne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole-home%20DVR
Whole home DVR is a system where there is only 1 physical DVR in the house, but the remaining set top boxes can act like a DVR. A multi-DVR system where all DVR's are networked together, and can stream recordings to and from each other, would also be a whole-home DVR solution. Digital video recorders Set-top box
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisotropy%20energy
Anisotropic energy is energy that is directionally specific. The word anisotropy means "directionally dependent", hence the definition. The most common form of anisotropic energy is magnetocrystalline anisotropy, which is commonly studied in ferromagnets. In ferromagnets, there are islands or domains of atoms that are ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracrine%20regulator
A paracrine regulator is a molecule or hormone produced by a tissue to regulate activity in that same tissue. Paracrine regulators are distinct from endocrine regulators, which secrete substances directly into the blood stream, thus accessing other tissues as well. Some paracrine regulators can also be autocrine regula...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Macintosh%20software%20published%20by%20Microsoft
This is a list of Apple Macintosh software published by Microsoft. Prior to 1994, Microsoft had an extensive range of actively developed Macintosh software. In 1994, Microsoft stopped development of most of its Mac applications until a new version of Office in 1998, after the creation of the new Microsoft Macintosh Bus...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Center%20for%20Research%20on%20Earthquake%20Engineering
National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE; ) is an organisation in Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan. NCREE was established in 1980 by the National Science Council (NSC), and they are working together with the National Taiwan University (NTU), as well as being part of the National Applied Research Lab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringing%20out
Ringing out is a process in audio engineering technique used to prevent audio feedback between on-stage microphones and loudspeakers, and to maximize gain before feedback. Depending on the acoustics of a venue, certain frequencies may be resonant and thus will be more prone to feedback. To ring out a room, a sound te...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral%20Transforms%20and%20Special%20Functions
Integral Transforms and Special Functions is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, specialised in topics of mathematical analysis, the theory of differential and integral equations, and approximation theory, but publishes also papers in other areas of mathematics. It is published by Taylor & Francis and the edito...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational%20sex%20ratio
In the evolutionary biology of sexual reproduction, operational sex ratio (OSR) is the ratio of sexually competing males that are ready to mate to sexually competing females that are ready to mate, or alternatively the local ratio of fertilizable females to sexually active males at any given time. This differs from phy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lords%20of%20Time
Lords of Time is an interactive fiction computer game designed by Sue Gazzard and released by Level 9 Computing in 1983. Originally purely a textual adventure for 8-bit microcomputers, the game was later released as part of the Time and Magik compilation where graphics were added for all floppy disk versions. Like all ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedic%20square
In Indian mathematics, a Vedic square is a variation on a typical 9 × 9 multiplication table where the entry in each cell is the digital root of the product of the column and row headings i.e. the remainder when the product of the row and column headings is divided by 9 (with remainder 0 represented by 9). Numerous geo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20HSMM%20nodes
This is intended to be a comprehensive list of HSMM or "hinternet" nodes worldwide. The minimum criteria for a system being a node on this list is as follows: Operate at a speed of greater than 56kbit/s Accommodate IPv4, IPv6 or both Accept connections and/or be used as a digipeater Operational within an authorized...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host%20Europe%20Group
Host Europe Group (formerly Pipex Communications plc and GX Networks) was an American-owned, European-located website hosting, email and domain name registrar company headquartered Hayes, West London. Founded as GX Networks in 1997, the company was renamed Pipex Communications plc following its takeover of Pipex in 200...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20security%20switch
A virtual security switch is a software Ethernet switch with embedded security controls within it that runs within virtual environments such as VMware vSphere, Citrix XenDesktop, Microsoft Hyper-V and Virtual Iron. The primary purpose of a virtual security switch is to provide security measures such as isolation, cont...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BATON%20Overlay
The BAlanced Tree Overlay Network (BATON) is a distributed tree structure designed for peer-to-peer (P2P) systems. Unlike other overlays that utilize a distributed hash table (DHT) like the Chord system, BATON organizes peers in a distributed tree to facilitate range search. Furthermore, BATON aims to maintain a balanc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BChlmann%20model
In credibility theory, a branch of study in actuarial science, the Bühlmann model is a random effects model (or "variance components model" or hierarchical linear model) used to determine the appropriate premium for a group of insurance contracts. The model is named after Hans Bühlmann who first published a description...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified%20Wigner%20distribution%20function
Note: the Wigner distribution function is abbreviated here as WD rather than WDF as used at Wigner distribution function A Modified Wigner distribution function is a variation of the Wigner distribution function (WD) with reduced or removed cross-terms. The Wigner distribution (WD) was first proposed for corrections t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-Frame%20Delay
I-Frame Delay (IFD) is a scheduling technique for adaptive streaming of MPEG video. The idea behind it is that streaming scheduler drops video frames when the transmission buffer is full because of insufficient bandwidth, to reduce the transmitted bit-rate. The characteristics of the algorithm.: number of frames curren...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort%20Time%20Capsule
The AirPort Time Capsule (originally named Time Capsule) is a wireless router which was sold by Apple Inc., featuring network-attached storage (NAS) and a residential gateway router, and is one of Apple's AirPort products. They are, essentially, versions of the AirPort Extreme with an internal hard drive. Apple describ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCO2
{{DISPLAYTITLE:pCO2}} pCO2, pCO2, or is the partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2), often used in reference to blood but also used in meteorology, climate science, oceanography, and limnology to describe the fractional pressure of CO2 as a function of its concentration in gas or dissolved phases. The units of pCO2...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABI%20Solid%20Sequencing
SOLiD (Sequencing by Oligonucleotide Ligation and Detection) is a next-generation DNA sequencing technology developed by Life Technologies and has been commercially available since 2006. This next generation technology generates 108 - 109 small sequence reads at one time. It uses 2 base encoding to decode the raw data...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Land
Fred Frank Land (born Frank Landsberger; October 1928) is a German-born information systems researcher and was the first United Kingdom Professor of Information Systems. He is currently emeritus professor in the Department of Information Systems at the London School of Economics (LSE). He was married to Ailsa Land, a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20hyperbolic%203-manifold
In mathematics, more precisely in group theory and hyperbolic geometry, Arithmetic Kleinian groups are a special class of Kleinian groups constructed using orders in quaternion algebras. They are particular instances of arithmetic groups. An arithmetic hyperbolic three-manifold is the quotient of hyperbolic space by a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20Intelligence%20Service%20%28United%20States%29
The Military Intelligence Service (, America Rikugun Jōhōbu) was a World War II U.S. military unit consisting of two branches, the Japanese American unit (described here) and the German-Austrian unit based at Camp Ritchie, best known as the "Ritchie Boys". The unit described here was primarily composed of Nisei (second...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-DVI
The Micro-DVI port is a proprietary video output port introduced on the original MacBook Air in 2008. It is smaller than the Mini-DVI port used by its MacBook models. To use the port for displaying video on a standard monitor or television, an adapter must be used. Both a Micro-DVI to DVI adapter and a Micro-DVI to VG...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilinear%20time%E2%80%93frequency%20distribution
Bilinear time–frequency distributions, or quadratic time–frequency distributions, arise in a sub-field of signal analysis and signal processing called time–frequency signal processing, and, in the statistical analysis of time series data. Such methods are used where one needs to deal with a situation where the frequenc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odnoklassniki
Odnoklassniki (), abbreviated as OK or OK.ru, is a social network service used mainly in Russia and former Soviet Republics. The site was launched on March 4, 2006 by Albert Popkov and is currently owned by VK. The website currently has more than 200 million registered users and 45 million daily unique visitors. Odnok...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi%E2%80%93Williams%20distribution%20function
Choi–Williams distribution function is one of the members of Cohen's class distribution function. It was first proposed by Hyung-Ill Choi and William J. Williams in 1989. This distribution function adopts exponential kernel to suppress the cross-term. However, the kernel gain does not decrease along the axes in the am...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone-shape%20distribution%20function
The cone-shape distribution function, also known as the Zhao–Atlas–Marks time-frequency distribution, (acronymized as the ZAM distribution or ZAMD), is one of the members of Cohen's class distribution function. It was first proposed by Yunxin Zhao, Les E. Atlas, and Robert J. Marks II in 1990. The distribution's name...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapper%20army
A Sapper Army () was a multi-brigade military construction engineer formation of the Engineer Troops (Soviet Union) of the Soviet Red Army during World War II. Formed to construct large-scale defensive works, sapper armies were used from late 1941 until mid-1942 when the Red Army opted to organize smaller and more flex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictyostelium%20discoideum
Dictyostelium discoideum is a species of soil-dwelling amoeba belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa, infraphylum Mycetozoa. Commonly referred to as slime mold, D. discoideum is a eukaryote that transitions from a collection of unicellular amoebae into a multicellular slug and then into a fruiting body within its lifetime. ...