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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20reduction
Source reduction is activities designed to reduce the volume, mass, or toxicity of products throughout the life cycle. It includes the design and manufacture, use, and disposal of products with minimum toxic content, minimum volume of material, and/or a longer useful life. Synonyms Pollution prevention and toxics us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20tank%20problem
In the statistical theory of estimation, the German tank problem consists of estimating the maximum of a discrete uniform distribution from sampling without replacement. In simple terms, suppose there exists an unknown number of items which are sequentially numbered from 1 to N. A random sample of these items is taken ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust%20anchor
In cryptographic systems with hierarchical structure, a trust anchor is an authoritative entity for which trust is assumed and not derived. In the X.509 architecture, a root certificate would be the trust anchor from which the whole chain of trust is derived. The trust anchor must be in the possession of the trusting ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDSAC%202
EDSAC 2 was an early computer (operational in 1958), the successor to the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC). It was the first computer to have a microprogrammed control unit and a bit-slice hardware architecture. First calculations were performed on incomplete machine in 1957. Calculations about el...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth-centered%20inertial
Earth-centered inertial (ECI) coordinate frames have their origins at the center of mass of Earth and are fixed with respect to the stars. "I" in "ECI" stands for inertial (i.e. "not accelerating"), in contrast to the "Earth-centered – Earth-fixed" (ECEF) frames, which remains fixed with respect to Earth's surface in i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netstring
In computer programming, a netstring is a formatting method for byte strings that uses a declarative notation to indicate the size of the string. Netstrings store the byte length of the data that follows, making it easier to unambiguously pass text and byte data between programs that could be sensitive to values that ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living%20systems
Living systems are open self-organizing life forms that interact with their environment. These systems are maintained by flows of information, energy and matter. Multiple theories of living systems have been proposed. Such theories attempt to map general principles for how all living systems work. Context Some scien...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincunx%20matrix
In mathematics, the matrix is sometimes called the quincunx matrix. It is a 2×2 Hadamard matrix, and its rows form the basis of a diagonal square lattice consisting of the integer points whose coordinates both have the same parity; this lattice is a two-dimensional analogue of the three-dimensional body-centered cu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagiC
MagiC is a third party and now open-sourced multitasking-capable TOS-compatible operating system for Atari computers, including some newer clone systems manufactured later. There are also variants that run as part of Mac and PC emulation environments, as well as on macOS Intel-Mac computers. Features The kernel of Ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School%20of%20Mathematics%20and%20Naval%20Construction
The Central School of Mathematics and Naval Construction was a short-lived shipbuilding college at Portsmouth Dockyard on the south coast of England. It was founded in 1848 but only lasted five years, until 1853. The first Principal was Joseph Woolley, who in 1864 would found the Royal School of Naval Architecture and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clojure
Clojure (, like closure) is a dynamic and functional dialect of the Lisp programming language on the Java platform. Like most other Lisps, Clojure's syntax is built on S-expressions that are first parsed into data structures by a reader before being compiled. Clojure's reader supports literal syntax for maps, sets and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential%20display
Differential display (also referred to as DDRT-PCR or DD-PCR) is a laboratory technique that allows a researcher to compare and identify changes in gene expression at the mRNA level between two or more eukaryotic cell samples. It was the most commonly used method to compare expression profiles of two eukaryotic cell s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20Planet
Visualplanet Ltd specialises in the manufacture and global distribution of projected capacitance interactive touch screen foils, which are designed to be used in a wide variety of Touch Screen applications from through-window touch to direct integration into LCD Screens. From its headquarters in Cambridge, England, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overall%20labor%20effectiveness
Overall labor effectiveness (OLE) is a key performance indicator (KPI) that measures the utilization, performance, and quality of the workforce and its impact on productivity. Similar to overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), OLE measures availability, performance, and quality. Availability – the percentage of time e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar%20projection
Planar projections are the subset of 3D graphical projections constructed by linearly mapping points in three-dimensional space to points on a two-dimensional projection plane. The projected point on the plane is chosen such that it is collinear with the corresponding three-dimensional point and the centre of projectio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic%20corporate%20collections
Forensic Corporate Collections refer to the type of debt collection and recovery tactics that apply computer forensics and scientific knowledge to the debt collection process. Process By engaging consistently updated computer software in the debt collection process, forensic corporate collection agencies are able to i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93adapter
Model–view–adapter (MVA) or mediating-controller MVC is a software architectural pattern and multitier architecture. In complex computer applications that present large amounts of data to users, developers often wish to separate data (model) and user interface (view) concerns so that changes to the user interface will ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20Desktop%20Services
Remote Desktop Services (RDS), known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow a user to initiate and control an interactive session on a remote computer or virtual machine over a network connection. RDS was first released in 1998 as Terminal Serve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversified%20Project%20Management
Founded in 1989, Diversified Project Management is a New England–based owners’ representative consulting company headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts. With additional offices in Hartford, Connecticut, and Stamford, Connecticut, Diversified Project Management specializes in programming, project management, constructio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape%20analysis%20%28digital%20geometry%29
This article describes shape analysis to analyze and process geometric shapes. Description Shape analysis is the (mostly) automatic analysis of geometric shapes, for example using a computer to detect similarly shaped objects in a database or parts that fit together. For a computer to automatically analyze and process...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20Armor%20Personal%20Firewall
Online Armor Personal Firewall was a firewall originally developed by Australian company ((Tall Emu)), until the program was sold to Emsi Software GmbH (now Emsisoft). The program provides protection on a Microsoft Windows operating system from both inbound and outbound attacks. There are three editions of this product...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20beta%20filter
An alpha beta filter (also called alpha-beta filter, f-g filter or g-h filter) is a simplified form of observer for estimation, data smoothing and control applications. It is closely related to Kalman filters and to linear state observers used in control theory. Its principal advantage is that it does not require a det...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector%20spherical%20harmonics
In mathematics, vector spherical harmonics (VSH) are an extension of the scalar spherical harmonics for use with vector fields. The components of the VSH are complex-valued functions expressed in the spherical coordinate basis vectors. Definition Several conventions have been used to define the VSH. We follow that of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20homology
In evolutionary developmental biology, the concept of deep homology is used to describe cases where growth and differentiation processes are governed by genetic mechanisms that are homologous and deeply conserved across a wide range of species. History In 1822, the French zoologist Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire dis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston%20Smith%20Project
The Winston Smith Project (, or PWS) is an informational and operational project for the defence of human rights on the Internet and in the digital era. The project was started in 1999 as an anonymous association and it is characterised by the absence of a physical reference identity. It is named after the main charac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SysML%20Partners
SysML Partners is a consortium of software tool vendors and industry leaders organized in 2003 to create the Systems Modeling Language (SysML), a dialect of UML customized for systems engineering. The consortium was founded and organized by Cris Kobryn, who previously chaired the UML 1.1 and UML 2.0 specification teams...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20trees%20and%20shrubs%20by%20taxonomic%20family
The following is a list of widely known trees and shrubs. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species. The list currently includes 1352 species. Gymnosperms Angiosperms See also List of tree genera References External link...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EXPOSE
EXPOSE is a multi-user facility mounted outside the International Space Station (ISS) dedicated to astrobiology. EXPOSE was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) for long-term spaceflights and was designed to allow exposure of chemical and biological samples to outer space while recording data during exposure. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20types%20of%20systems%20engineering
This list of types of systems engineering gives an overview of the types of systems engineering. The reference section gives an overview of major publications in each field and the universities that offer these programs. Universities can be listed here under multiple specialism. A general list of universities that offe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Litman
Eric Austin Litman (born August 1, 1973) is an American entrepreneur and angel investor, and currently serves as CEO of the robotics health technology company, aescape, inc. Litman co-founded Proxicom, built Viaduct from a one-man shop through a merger with the Wolf Group, and was the founder and CEO of Medialets, a mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTCN-3
TTCN-3 (Testing and Test Control Notation version 3) is a strongly typed testing language used in conformance testing of communicating systems. TTCN-3 is written by ETSI in the ES 201 873 series, and standardized by ITU-T in the Z.160 Series. TTCN-3 has its own data types and can be combined with ASN.1, IDL and XML typ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion%20drift%20meter
An ion drift meter is a device used to measure the velocity of individual ions in the area of a spacecraft. This information can then be used to calculate the ion drift in the space surrounding the instrument as well as the strength of an electric field present, provided that the magnetic field strength has been determ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider%20Systems
Spider Systems Ltd. was a computer network products company, based in Edinburgh. It was founded in 1983 by several former employees of ICL who had previously worked at ICL's Scottish Development Centre at Dalkeith Palace until its closure earlier that year. Spider Systems produced a wide range of products, including t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CETpD
The Technical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD) is an applied research and technology transfer centre created for the Universitat Politèncica de Catalunya and the Fundació Hospital Comarcal Sant Antoni Abat on behalf of the Consorci de Servei a les Persones de Vilanova i la Geltrú, with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysialic%20acid
Polysialic acid is an unusual posttranslational modification that occurs on neural cell adhesion molecules (NCAM). Polysialic acid is considerably anionic. This strong negative charge gives this modification the ability to change the protein's surface charge and binding ability. In the synapse, polysialation of NCAM pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTTLA
FTTLA refers to "Fibre to the Last Active". Classic analogue cable television trunks used several amplifiers at intervals in cascade, each of which degrades the signal. FTTLA replaces the coaxial cable all along the line to the last active component (towards the subscriber) with optical fibre, eliminating all distrib...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Centric%20Product%20Support
Network Centric Product Support (NCPS) is an early application of an Internet of Things (IoT) computer architecture developed to leverage new information technologies and global networks to assist in managing maintenance, support and supply chain of complex products made up of one or more complex systems, such as in a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency%20medical%20responder%20levels%20by%20U.S.%20state
In the United States, the licensing of prehospital emergency medical providers and oversight of emergency medical services are governed at the state level. Each state is free to add or subtract levels as each state sees fit. Therefore, due to differing needs and system development paths, the levels, education requireme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialcom
Dialcom Inc. was a United States corporation which developed the world's first commercial electronic mail service. It was founded in 1970 by Robert F. Ryan and was sold to ITT Corporation in 1982, becoming ITT Dialcom. Dialcom's e-mail software ran on Prime minicomputers and was licensed to governmental telecommunicat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Routing%20in%20delay-tolerant%20networking
Routing in delay-tolerant networking concerns itself with the ability to transport, or route, data from a source to a destination, which is a fundamental ability all communication networks must have. Delay- and disruption-tolerant networks (DTNs) are characterized by their lack of connectivity, resulting in a lack of i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20impedance
Dual impedance and dual network are terms used in electronic network analysis. The dual of an impedance is its reciprocal, or algebraic inverse . For this reason, the dual impedance is also called the inverse impedance. Another way of stating this is that the dual of is the admittance . The dual of a network is the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadwork
cadwork is a software suite that includes IFC-based virtual design and construction software tools developed by cadwork informatik AG. This suite of tools provides a solution for 3D wood manufacturing (Computer-aided manufacturing, CAM) and a solution for Building Information Modeling that includes project planning and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EqWorld
EqWorld is a free online mathematics reference site that lists information about mathematical equations. It covers ordinary differential, partial differential, integral, functional, and other mathematical equations. It also outlines some methods for solving equations, and lists many resources for solving equations, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost%20Mathieu%20operator
In mathematical physics, the almost Mathieu operator arises in the study of the quantum Hall effect. It is given by acting as a self-adjoint operator on the Hilbert space . Here are parameters. In pure mathematics, its importance comes from the fact of being one of the best-understood examples of an ergodic Schrödi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme%20mimic
Enzyme mimic (or Artificial enzyme) is a branch of biomimetic chemistry, which aims at imitating the function of natural enzymes. An enzyme mimic is a small molecule complex that models the molecular structure, spectroscopic properties, or reactivity of an enzyme, sometimes called bioinspired complexes. Overview Enz...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclaimer
Exclaimer is a privately held UK-based information technology company owned by Insight Partners. It develops, sells and provides support for a suite of email utilities and cloud computing technologies designed for adding disclaimers, branding, and regulatory compliance for corporate email via personalized email signatu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size%20function
Size functions are shape descriptors, in a geometrical/topological sense. They are functions from the half-plane to the natural numbers, counting certain connected components of a topological space. They are used in pattern recognition and topology. Formal definition In size theory, the size function associated with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20phase%20equaliser
A lattice phase equaliser or lattice filter is an example of an all-pass filter. That is, the attenuation of the filter is constant at all frequencies but the relative phase between input and output varies with frequency. The lattice filter topology has the particular property of being a constant-resistance network and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridged%20T%20delay%20equaliser
The bridged-T delay equaliser is an electrical all-pass filter circuit utilising bridged-T topology whose purpose is to insert an (ideally) constant delay at all frequencies in the signal path. It is a class of image filter. Applications The network is used when it is required that two or more signals are matched to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand%20compass
A hand compass (also hand bearing compass or sighting compass) is a compact magnetic compass capable of one-hand use and fitted with a sighting device to record a precise bearing or azimuth to a given target or to determine a location. Hand or sighting compasses include instruments with simple notch-and-post alignment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20Governance%20Framework
The Identity Governance Framework was a project of the Liberty Alliance for standards to help enterprises determine and control how identity information is used, stored, and propagated using protocols such as LDAP, SAML, and WS-Trust and ID-WSF. Purpose The Identity Governance Framework (IGF) enables organizations to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20RNAs
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) occurs in different forms within organisms and serves many different roles. Listed here are the types of RNA, grouped by role. Abbreviations for the different types of RNA are listed and explained. By role RNA abbreviations See also List of cis-regulatory RNA elements RNA: Types of RNA No...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniflex
Miniflex is an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analytical measuring instrument produced by Rigaku. The current instrument is the fourth in a series introduced in 1973. The Rigaku MiniFlex is historically significant in that it was the first commercial benchtop (tabletop) X-ray diffraction instrument. When introduced in 1973,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenig%27s%20manometric%20flame%20apparatus
Koenig's manometric flame apparatus was a laboratory instrument invented in 1862 by the German physicist Rudolph Koenig, and used to visualize sound waves. It was the nearest equivalent of the modern oscilloscope in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Description The manometric flame apparatus consist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie%20sphere%20geometry
Lie sphere geometry is a geometrical theory of planar or spatial geometry in which the fundamental concept is the circle or sphere. It was introduced by Sophus Lie in the nineteenth century. The main idea which leads to Lie sphere geometry is that lines (or planes) should be regarded as circles (or spheres) of infinite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented%20spindle
A segmented spindle, also known by the trademark Kataka, is a specialized mechanical linear actuator conceived by the Danish mechanical engineer Jens Joerren Soerensen during the mid-1990s. The actuator forms a telescoping tubular column, or spindle, from linked segments resembling curved parallelograms. The telescop...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge%20prism
The wedge prism is a prism with a shallow angle between its input and output surfaces. This angle is usually 3 degrees or less. Refraction at the surfaces causes the prism to deflect light by a fixed angle. When viewing a scene through such a prism, objects will appear to be offset by an amount that varies with their d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushforward%20%28homology%29
In algebraic topology, the pushforward of a continuous function : between two topological spaces is a homomorphism between the homology groups for . Homology is a functor which converts a topological space into a sequence of homology groups . (Often, the collection of all such groups is referred to using the nota...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20web%20analytics%20software
This is a list of web analytics software used to collect and display data about visiting website users. Self-hosted software Free / Open source (FLOSS) This is a comparison table of web analytics software released under a free software license. Proprietary This is a comparison table of web analytics proprietary soft...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoCore
VideoCore is a series of low-power mobile multimedia processors originally developed by Alphamosaic Ltd and now owned by Broadcom. Alphamosaic marketed its first version as a two-dimensional DSP architecture that makes it flexible and efficient enough to decode (as well as encode) a number of multimedia codecs in softw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taleb%20distribution
In economics and finance, a Taleb distribution is the statistical profile of an investment which normally provides a payoff of small positive returns, while carrying a small but significant risk of catastrophic losses. The term was coined by journalist Martin Wolf and economist John Kay to describe investments with a "...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20X%20window%20managers
This article compares variety of different X window managers. For an introduction to the topic, see X Window System. General information Features See also Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Window manager List of Wayland compositors References External links Comparison of extensible window m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced%20learning
Spaced learning is a learning method in which highly condensed learning content is repeated three times, with two 10-minute breaks during which distractor activities such as physical activities are performed by the students. It is based on the temporal pattern of stimuli for creating long-term memories reported by R. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrotaxis
Necrotaxis embodies a special type of chemotaxis when the chemoattractant molecules are released from necrotic or apoptotic cells. Investigations of necrotaxis proved that ability to sense substances released from dying cells is present in unicellular level (e.g. Paramecium) as well as in vertebrates (see interactions ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Lights%20Local%20Exchange%20Point
The Northern Lights Local Exchange Point (NLLXP) is a free Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States. The NLLXP public peering exchange is closely linked with the Northern Lights GigaPoP (NLG), an Internet2 project of the University of Minnesota Office of Information and Technology: ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic%20voltmeter
Electrostatic voltmeter can refer to an electrostatic charge meter, known also as surface DC voltmeter, or to a voltmeter to measure large electrical potentials, traditionally called electrostatic voltmeter. Charge meter A surface DC voltmeter is an instrument that measures voltage with no electric charge transfer. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedekind%E2%80%93MacNeille%20completion
In mathematics, specifically order theory, the Dedekind–MacNeille completion of a partially ordered set is the smallest complete lattice that contains it. It is named after Holbrook Mann MacNeille whose 1937 paper first defined and constructed it, and after Richard Dedekind because its construction generalizes the Dede...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycentric-sum%20problem
Combinatorial number theory deals with number theoretic problems which involve combinatorial ideas in their formulations or solutions. Paul Erdős is the main founder of this branch of number theory. Typical topics include covering system, zero-sum problems, various restricted sumsets, and arithmetic progressions in a s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure%20exchanger
A pressure exchanger transfers pressure energy from a high pressure fluid stream to a low pressure fluid stream. Many industrial processes operate at elevated pressures and have high pressure waste streams. One way of providing a high pressure fluid to such a process is to transfer the waste pressure to a low pressure ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundial%20de%20F%C3%BAtbol
Mundial de Fútbol is a football sports video game released for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, MSX and MS-DOS platforms. It was created in 1990 by Opera Soft. Due to internal problems of the company it was released after the celebration of the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Gameplay The simulation show an upper view with goals a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation%20ring
In mathematics, especially in the area of algebra known as representation theory, the representation ring (or Green ring after J. A. Green) of a group is a ring formed from all the (isomorphism classes of the) finite-dimensional linear representations of the group. Elements of the representation ring are sometimes call...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICA%20hypothesis
The evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA) hypothesis was first proposed by Bernd Blossey and Rolf Nötzold in 1995 as a way to explain the success of invasive, non-indigenous species (in particular, plants). Observing that: there is usually a lag period between the time of introduction of an invasive specie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size%20homotopy%20group
The concept of size homotopy group is analogous in size theory of the classical concept of homotopy group. In order to give its definition, let us assume that a size pair is given, where is a closed manifold of class and is a continuous function. Consider the lexicographical order on defined by setting if and on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20Riccati%20equation
An algebraic Riccati equation is a type of nonlinear equation that arises in the context of infinite-horizon optimal control problems in continuous time or discrete time. A typical algebraic Riccati equation is similar to one of the following: the continuous time algebraic Riccati equation (CARE): or the discrete...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate%20and%20stylus
The slate and stylus are tools used by blind people to write text that they can read without assistance. Invented by Charles Barbier as the tool for writing letters that could be read by touch, the slate and stylus allow for a quick, easy, convenient and constant method of making embossed printing for Braille character...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20JavaScript-based%20web%20frameworks
This is a comparison of web frameworks for front-end web development that are heavily reliant on JavaScript code for their behavior. General information Features Browser support Notes JavaScript frameworks Ajax (programming) Web development Web frameworks JavaScript web frameworks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous%20Serial%20Port
A Synchronous Serial Port (SSP) is a controller that supports the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), 4-wire Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI), and Microwire serial buses. A SSP uses a master-slave paradigm to communicate across its connected bus. See also Serial Peripheral Interface Bus Serial buses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ajax%20frameworks
This is a list of notable Ajax frameworks, used for creating web applications with a dynamic link between the client and the server. Some of the frameworks are JavaScript compilers, for generating JavaScript and Ajax that runs in the web browser client; some are pure JavaScript libraries; others are server-side framewo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification%20%28biology%29
Identification in biology is the process of assigning a pre-existing taxon name to an individual organism. Identification of organisms to individual scientific names (or codes) may be based on individualistic natural body features, experimentally created individual markers (e.g., color dot patterns), or natural individ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20imaging
Biological imaging may refer to any imaging technique used in biology. Typical examples include: Bioluminescence imaging, a technique for studying laboratory animals using luminescent protein Calcium imaging, determining the calcium status of a tissue using fluorescent light Diffuse optical imaging, using near-infra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausezahn
(, German for "mouse tooth") is a fast network traffic generator written in C which allows the user to craft nearly every possible and "impossible" packet. Since version 0.31 Mausezahn is open source in terms of the GPLv2. Herbert Haas, the original developer of Mausezahn, died on 25 June 2011. The project has been inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knelson%20concentrator
A Knelson concentrator is a type of gravity concentration apparatus, predominantly used in the gold mining industry. It is used for the recovery of fine particles of free gold, meaning gold that does not require gold cyanidation for recovery. Operation The machines utilise the principles of a centrifuge to enhance the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogenic%20fungus
Pathogenic fungi are fungi that cause disease in humans or other organisms. Although fungi are eukaryotic, many pathogenic fungi are microorganisms. Approximately 300 fungi are known to be pathogenic to humans; their study is called "medical mycology". Fungal infections kill more people than either tuberculosis or mala...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulation%20%28single-access%20key%29
In biology, a reticulation of a single-access identification key connects different branches of the identification tree to improve error tolerance and identification success. In a reticulated key, multiple paths lead to the same result; the tree data structure thus changes from a simple tree to a directed acyclic graph...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20dispersion
In probability theory and statistics, the index of dispersion, dispersion index, coefficient of dispersion, relative variance, or variance-to-mean ratio (VMR), like the coefficient of variation, is a normalized measure of the dispersion of a probability distribution: it is a measure used to quantify whether a set of ob...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond%20Fear%3A%20Thinking%20Sensibly%20About%20Security%20in%20an%20Uncertain%20World
Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World is a non-fiction book by Bruce Schneier, published in 2003. The book grew out of an Atlantic Monthly article by Charles Mann. Beyond Fear presents a five-step process for evaluating the value of a countermeasure against security attacks. The book is di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forests%20in%20Lithuania
Forests in Lithuania cover approximately one third of Lithuania's territory. Of these, around half are publicly owned, and one third are privately owned; the remainder is reserved for possible future privatization. The dominant species are Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) (42%) and spruce (Picea abies) (22.8%). The averag...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideband%20computing
Sideband computing is where a user connects to some normal network service, and a separate communication channel is opened through which a server distributes tasks to the clients. Through sideband computing method, any network server which has a lot of clients can form into a large-scale super-computing network. During...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial%20differential%20equation
In mathematics, the binomial differential equation is an ordinary differential equation containing one or more functions of one independent variable and the derivatives of those functions. For example: when is a natural number (i.e., a positive integer), and is a polynomial in two variables (i.e., a bivariate poly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%E2%80%93Poisson%E2%80%93Darboux%20equation
In mathematics, the Euler–Poisson–Darboux equation is the partial differential equation This equation is named for Siméon Poisson, Leonhard Euler, and Gaston Darboux. It plays an important role in solving the classical wave equation. This equation is related to by , , where and some sources quote this equati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech%20interface%20guideline
Speech interface guideline is a guideline with the aim for guiding decisions and criteria regarding designing interfaces operated by human voice. Speech interface system has many advantages such as consistent service and saving cost. However, for users, listening is a difficult task. It can become impossible when too m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courant%20minimax%20principle
In mathematics, the Courant minimax principle gives the eigenvalues of a real symmetric matrix. It is named after Richard Courant. Introduction The Courant minimax principle gives a condition for finding the eigenvalues for a real symmetric matrix. The Courant minimax principle is as follows: For any real symmetric ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Host%20Integration%20Server
Microsoft Host Integration Server (a.k.a. HIS) is a gateway application providing connectivity between Microsoft Windows networks and IBM mainframe and IBM i systems. Support is provided for SNA, 3270 (standard and TN3270), 5250 (standard and TN5250), CICS, APPC, and other IBM protocols. Support is also provided for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKCS%201
In cryptography, PKCS #1 is the first of a family of standards called Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS), published by RSA Laboratories. It provides the basic definitions of and recommendations for implementing the RSA algorithm for public-key cryptography. It defines the mathematical properties of public and pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20%28number%29
1987 is the natural number following 1986 and preceding 1988. In mathematics 1987 is an odd number and the 300th prime number. It is the first number of a sexy prime triplet (1987, 1993, 1999). Being of the form 4n + 3, it is a Gaussian prime. It is a lucky number and therefore also a lucky prime. 1987 is a prime fact...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-field%20model
A phase-field model is a mathematical model for solving interfacial problems. It has mainly been applied to solidification dynamics, but it has also been applied to other situations such as viscous fingering, fracture mechanics, hydrogen embrittlement, and vesicle dynamics. The method substitutes boundary conditions a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocker%27s%20Arithmetick
Cocker's Arithmetick, also known by its full title "Cocker's Arithmetick: Being a Plain and Familiar Method Suitable to the Meanest Capacity for the Full Understanding of That Incomparable Art, As It Is Now Taught by the Ablest School-Masters in City and Country", is a grammar school mathematics textbook written by Edw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-access%20key
In biology or medicine, a multi-access key is an identification key which overcomes the problem of the more traditional single-access keys (dichotomous or polytomous identification keys) of requiring a fixed sequence of identification steps. A multi-access key enables the user to freely choose the characteristics that ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KidsCom
KidsCom was a virtual world geared toward kids ages 8–14. KidsCom had many "worlds" (virtual places) that the user can go to in order to have fun with an avatar. It was a website for a long time dealing with new competition such as Webkinz. KidsCom was published by the now defunct Circle 1 Network, LLC in Milwaukee, Wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Intel%20manufacturing%20sites
Intel is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Processors are manufactured in semiconductor fabrication plants called "fabs" which are then sent to assembly and testing sites before delivery to customers. Approximately 75% of Intel's semiconductor fabrica...