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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farinograph | In baking, a farinograph measures specific properties of flour. It was first developed and launched in 1928. The farinograph is a tool used for measuring the shear and viscosity of a mixture of flour and water. The primary units of the farinograph are Brabender Units, an arbitrary unit of measuring the viscosity of a f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustle%20Kings | Hustle Kings is a pool video game by British developer VooFoo Studios for the PlayStation 3. It was released on the PlayStation Store in Europe on 22 December 2009 and in North America on 28 January 2010. The game features a career mode as well as various trick shot and tournament modes. The game also features online p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardagh%20Group | Ardagh Group is a Luxembourg-based producer of glass and metal products that has "grown in the past two decades into one of the world’s largest metal and glass packaging companies".
As of 2012, the company operated 89 facilities in 22 countries, employed approximately 23,500 people, and had approximately €7.7 billion ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldpay%20Group | Worldpay Group plc (formerly RBS WorldPay) was a payment processing company. It was formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange until 16 January 2018 when it was acquired by Vantiv. The combined company then took the name Worldpay, Inc.. Worldpay, Inc. was acquired by FIS in July 2019 for $43 billion.
History
Early ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near%20sets | In mathematics, near sets are either spatially close or descriptively close. Spatially close sets have nonempty intersection. In other words, spatially close sets are not disjoint sets, since they always have at least one element in common. Descriptively close sets contain elements that have matching descriptions. Such... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID%20processing%20unit | A RAID processing unit (RPU) is an integrated circuit that performs specialized calculations in a RAID host adapter.
XOR calculations, for example, are necessary for calculating parity data, and for maintaining data integrity when writing to a disk array that uses a parity drive or data striping. An RPU may perform th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrotheodolite | In surveying, a gyrotheodolite (also: surveying gyro) is an instrument composed of a gyrocompass mounted to a theodolite. It is used to determine the orientation of true north. It is the main instrument for orientation in mine surveying and in tunnel engineering, where astronomical star sights are not visible and GPS d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-layer%20framing | Application-layer framing or application-level framing (ALF) is a method of allowing an application to use its semantics for the design of its network protocols.
This procedure was first proposed by D. D. Clark and David L. Tennenhouse. It works as follows:
The application splits the data into useful segments.
Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Emer | Joel S. Emer (born March 2, 1954) is a pioneer in computer performance analysis techniques and a microprocessor architect. He is currently a researcher at Nvidia, and a Professor of the Practice at MIT,
and was formerly an Intel Fellow. He was the 2009 recipient of the Eckert–Mauchly Award, an ACM/IEEE joint award for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20testability | Software testability is the degree to which a software artifact (i.e. a software system, software module, requirements- or design document) supports testing in a given test context. If the testability of the software artifact is high, then finding faults in the system (if it has any) by means of testing is easier.
For... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Weather%20Channel%20%28Latin%20America%29 | The Weather Channel Latin America (Spanish: El Canal del Tiempo, Portuguese: Canal do Tempo) is a website which formerly served as a cable and satellite channel based on the American cable and satellite television network, The Weather Channel. The channel was launched in 1996, mainly in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Information%20Network%20Architecture | Global Information Network Architecture (GINA) is a software framework that bridges the symbolic and the connectionist representations of the world through executable conceptual models. Declarative contextual, causal, behavioral, and adaptive models for computational inferencing, analysis, and control can run and adapt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Commission%20of%20Agricultural%20and%20Biosystems%20Engineering | International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering – CIGR (Commission Internationale du Genie Rural) founded in 1930 in Liège, Belgium, as an international, non-governmental, non-profit organization regrouping, as a networking system, regional and national societies of agricultural and biological engin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locally%20catenative%20sequence | In mathematics, a locally catenative sequence is a sequence of words in which each word can be constructed as the concatenation of previous words in the sequence.
Formally, an infinite sequence of words w(n) is locally catenative if, for some positive integers k and i1,...ik:
Some authors use a slightly different def... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Albert%20Keeley | Charles Albert Keeley (1 December 1821 – 11 August 1889) was a British inventor, amateur scientist, entertainer and pioneering colour expert. He is most famous for his 'Colour Conundrum' parlour game, and is considered by many to be one of Victorian Britain's most significant colour theorists.
Early life
Keeley was bo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20talk%20radio | Internet talk radio (also Internet radio show) is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting radio shows on the internet is usually preferred to webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means. It mainly works by Internet radio transmissions. (Internet radio services ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra%20Imaging | Zebra Imaging was a company that developed 3D digital holographic images, hologram imagers and interactive 3D displays for government and commercial uses. The company offers digital holograms that are autostereoscopic (no glasses or goggles required), full-parallax (viewing of the image from viewpoints above and below ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Morandi | Leo Morandi (14 September 1923 – 2 May 2009) was a promoter of the new post-World War II commercial ceramics industry of Sassuolo, Italy. At first he collaborated with local ceramic producers (Marazzi Group) and with Industries D'Agostino in Salerno, Italy. In 1954, after selling an innovative patent to Ceramiche Maraz... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair%20Digital%20Communication | Altair Digital Communication is an academic space for research, production and broadcast for cultural contents based at Faculty of Communications in the University of Antioquia. It works as a virtual station where sound radio-like productions are presented in a Web 2.0 site, created by the university students themselve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizen%20transmitter | The Huizen transmitter was one of the first large-scale radio transmitting stations to be built in the Netherlands.
History
It was opened in 1923 as an experimental 500-watt transmitter, and its power was increased to 5000 watts in 1926.
The original Huizen transmitter towers were well-known local landmarks, frequen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEAT%20LANrev | HEAT LANrev (formerly Absolute Manage) is systems lifecycle management software used by system administrators to automate IT administration tasks. The product includes server and client ("agent") software that runs on Windows and macOS.
History
Vancouver-based Absolute acquired LANrev from Pole Position Software in De... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WINLAB%20%28Rutgers%20University%29 | WINLAB is the Wireless Information Network Laboratory, a research laboratory at Rutgers University, that is dedicated to research in a number of disciplines related to wireless communications. It consists of a number of faculty members from the Computer Science and Electrical & Computer Engineering departments at Rutge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20Go | Media Go is a media player and media library application that runs on Microsoft Windows and was developed by Sony Entertainment Network. The software organizes and plays a wide variety of multimedia content including video, music, podcasts and photos, and can share them in a network as a DLNA server. Media Go also mana... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeplay | Codeplay is a software development company based in Edinburgh, Scotland, founded in 2002
On 1 June 2022, it was announced that Intel would acquire the company. Acuity Advisors Limited acted as lead financial advisor to Codeplay on the sale.
References
Companies established in 2002
GPGPU
Software companies of the Uni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20dissolution | Thermal dissolution is a method of liquefaction of solid fossil fuels. It is a hydrogen-donor solvent refining process. It may be used for the shale oil extraction and coal liquefaction. Other liquids extraction processes from solid fuels are pyrolysis and hydrogenation. Compared to hydrogenation, the process of ther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMA%20Today | UMA Today is an international consortium of companies joined together to lead the adoption of 3GPP UMA technology around the world.
UMA is the commercial name for the global 3GPP Generic Access Network (GAN) standard for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC). UMA enables secure, scalable access to mobile voice, data and IMS ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean%20services | Lean services is the application of lean manufacturing production methods in the service industry (and related method adaptations). Lean services have among others been applied to US health care providers and the UK HMRC.
History
Definition of "Service": see Service, Business Service and/or Service Economics. Lean Se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%2C%20Gas%20and%20Energy%20Law | Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL) is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of law pertaining to oil, gas, and energy in general. It publishes short comments, scholarly articles, opinion pieces, and book reviews. The journal was established in 2003 and is published by Maris BV. The founding editor-in-chief ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash%20Navigation | Dash Navigation was a start-up based in Mountain View, California that produced devices and software for in-car navigation systems. Their first product was Dash Express. In January, 2007 Dash Express won "Best of CES" awards from both CNET and LAPTOP Magazine. The company was also named an Innovations 2007 honoree by t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shading%20coefficient | Shading coefficient (SC) is a measure of thermal performance of a glass unit (panel or window) in a building.
It is the ratio of solar gain (due to direct sunlight) passing through a glass unit to the solar energy which passes through 3mm Clear Float Glass. It is an indicator of how well the glass is thermally insulat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewall%20Wright%20Award | The Sewall Wright Award is given annually by the American Society of Naturalists to a "senior-level" and active investigator making fundamental contributions the conceptual unification of the biological sciences. The award was established in 1991 and named after Sewall Wright. The recipient need not be a member of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell%20CADET | The Harwell CADET was the first fully transistorised computer in Europe, and may have been the first fully transistorised computer in the world.
The electronics division of the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell, UK built the Harwell Dekatron Computer in 1951, which was an automatic calculator where the d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected%20ring | In mathematics, especially in the field of commutative algebra, a connected ring is a commutative ring A that satisfies one of the following equivalent conditions:
A possesses no non-trivial (that is, not equal to 1 or 0) idempotent elements;
the spectrum of A with the Zariski topology is a connected space.
Examples... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible%20ring | In mathematics, especially in the field of ring theory, the term irreducible ring is used in a few different ways.
A (meet-)irreducible ring is a ring in which the intersection of two non-zero ideals is always non-zero.
A directly irreducible ring is a ring which cannot be written as the direct sum of two non-zero r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernesto%20Estrada%20%28scientist%29 | Ernesto Estrada (born 2 May 1966) is a Cuban-Spanish scientist. He has been Senior ARAID Researcher at the Institute of Mathematics and Applications at the University of Zaragoza, Spain since 2019. Before that he was the chair in Complexity Science, and full professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database-as-IPC | In computer programming, Database-as-IPC may be considered an anti-pattern where a disk persisted table in a database is used as the message queue store for routine interprocess communication or subscribed data processing. If database performance is of concern, alternatives include sockets, network socket, or message q... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20Wolfram | Conrad Wolfram (born 10 June 1970) is a British technologist and businessman known for his work in information technology and mathematics education reform. In June 2020, Wolfram released his first book, The Math(s) Fix: An Education Blueprint for the AI Age.
Education and early life
Born in Oxford, England, in 1970, W... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum%20pump | Drum pump, barrel pump, and transfer pump refer to pumps that are used to empty barrels, tanks, IBCs and drums. Many liquids used on manufacturing and processing plants are delivered in 100 or 200 litre barrels and are too heavy to tip to empty the liquids inside. Drum pumps range from simple siphon based devices to so... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna%20rectifier | The Vienna Rectifier is a pulse-width modulation rectifier, invented in 1993 by Johann W. Kolar.
Features
The Vienna Rectifier provides the following features:
Three-phase three-level three-switch PWM rectifier with controlled output voltage
Three-wire input, no connection to neutral
Ohmic mains behaviour
Boost s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernighan%E2%80%93Lin%20algorithm | The Kernighan–Lin algorithm is a heuristic algorithm for finding partitions of graphs.
The algorithm has important practical application in the layout of digital circuits and components in electronic design automation of VLSI.
Description
The input to the algorithm is an undirected graph with vertex set , edge set , ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS%20color%20attributes | A BIOS Color Attribute is an 8 bit value where the low 4 bits represent the character color and the high 4 bits represent the background color. The name comes from the fact that these colors are used in BIOS interrupts, specifically INT 10h, the video interrupt. When writing text to the screen, a BIOS color attribute i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque%20tester | A torque tester is used as a quality control device to test or calibrate torque controlled tools. This includes electronic torque wrenches, click torque wrenches, dial torque wrenches, electric screwdrivers, air screwdrivers, pulse tools, cordless screwdrivers, nutrunners, and torque screwdrivers. Today's advanced torq... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20organization%20%28grid%20computing%29 | In grid computing, a virtual organization (VO) refers to a dynamic set of individuals or institutions defined around a set of resource-sharing rules and conditions. All these virtual organizations share some commonality among them, including common concerns and requirements, but may vary in size, scope, duration, socio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batodonoides%20vanhouteni | Batodonoides vanhouteni is an extinct shrew-like mammal, thought to be the smallest mammal that ever lived, as well as the smallest synapsid that ever lived. Based on the size of its molar teeth, it is estimated that Batodonoides vanhouteni weighed only (with most likely). They lived about 53 million years ago during... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus%20SCS | SCS is an acronym for "Sistema Cablaggio Semplificato" ("Simplified Cable Solution"). It uses a fieldbus network protocol and has applications in the field of home automation and building automation. It is used mainly in bTicino and Legrand installations.
General features
An SCS bus is based on a sheathed twisted pair... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20Industry%20Centre | The Food Industry Centre (FIC) at Cardiff Metropolitan University (also known as UWIC) is a Welsh research and education organisation designed to address issues of food safety and food-related health concerns. Its mission also includes supporting the Welsh food industry. The centre, which is part of UWIC's Cardiff Scho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edible%20lichen | Edible lichens are lichens that have a cultural history of use as a food. Although almost all lichen are edible (with some notable poisonous exceptions like the wolf lichen, powdered sunshine lichen, and the ground lichen), not all have a cultural history of usage as an edible lichen. Often lichens are merely famine fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%20Loom | The Lloyd Loom process was patented in 1917 by the American Marshall B. Lloyd, who twisted kraft paper around a metal wire, placed the paper threads on a loom and wove them into what was to become the traditional Lloyd Loom fabric. Lloyd Loom chairs quickly became very popular in the United States and in 1921, Marshall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral%20Products%20Association | The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is the United Kingdom trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension stone, lime, mortar, and silica sand industries.
Membership
The Mineral Products Association (MPA) is the trade association for the aggregates, asphalt, cement, concrete, dimension s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogenization%20%28chemistry%29 | Homogenization or homogenisation is any of several processes used to make a mixture of two mutually non-soluble liquids the same throughout. This is achieved by turning one of the liquids into a state consisting of extremely small particles distributed uniformly throughout the other liquid. A typical example is the hom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogenization%20%28biology%29 | Homogenization, in cell biology or molecular biology, is a process whereby different fractions of a biological sample become equal in composition. It can be a disease sign in histopathology, or an intentional process in research: A homogenized sample is equal in composition throughout, so that removing a fraction does ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20Life%20Centre | The Mobile Life Centre at Stockholm University in Kista, Sweden, conducts research in mobile services and ubiquitous computing. The Centre focuses on researching consumer-oriented mobile and ubiquitous services, spanning all areas from entertainment and socialization to work and society. The Centre joins forces with lo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captivate%20Network | Captivate is a digital media company with a network of 12,000 high-resolution, flat-panel elevator and lobby displays in 1,800 premier office buildings across North America. Published in two countries and two languages, the network spans over 31 metro areas or Designated Market Areas across the United States and Canad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieta%20jumping | In number theory, Vieta jumping, also known as root flipping, is a proof technique. It is most often used for problems in which a relation between two integers is given, along with a statement to prove about its solutions. In particular, it can be used to produce new solutions of a quadratic Diophantine equation from k... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replay%20Solutions | Replay Solutions is a private, venture-backed independent software vendor founded in 2004 and based in Redwood City, California, United States.
The company's main product, ReplayDIRECTOR, has been described by the New York Times as a “TiVo for Software”. It records application execution, and replays code execution wi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckmann%E2%80%93Hilton%20duality | In the mathematical disciplines of algebraic topology and homotopy theory, Eckmann–Hilton duality in its most basic form, consists of taking a given diagram for a particular concept and reversing the direction of all arrows, much as in category theory with the idea of the opposite category. A significantly deeper form ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement%20spend-down | At retirement, individuals stop working and no longer get employment earnings, and enter a phase of their lives, where they rely on the assets they have accumulated, to supply money for their spending needs for the rest of their lives. Retirement spend-down, or withdrawal rate, is the strategy a retiree follows to spe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20University%20of%20Lefke | European University of Lefke (EUL) is an institution of higher learning located in the Northern Cyprus (de facto state ) Nicosia District town of Lefka, overlooking Morphou Bay. Founded in 1989 by Cyprus Science Foundation, the university opened in 1990 as a member of the Balkan Universities Network, and offers 77 un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sector/Sphere | Sector/Sphere is an open source software suite for high-performance distributed data storage and processing. It can be broadly compared to Google's GFS and MapReduce technology. Sector is a distributed file system targeting data storage over a large number of commodity computers. Sphere is the programming architecture ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileHippo | FileHippo is a software downloading website that offers computer software for Windows. The website has sections listing most recently updated programs and most popular downloads, organised by category, with program information and link. Registration is not required in this website. Before the acquisition by Softonic t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%2070 | The Dana/Spicer Model 70 is an automotive axle manufactured by Dana Holding Corporation and has been used in OEM heavy duty applications by Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford. It can be identified by its straight axle tubes, 10 bolt asymmetrical cover, and a "70" cast in to the housing and is visually similar to the Dana 60. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senjyo | is an arcade shooter game developed and released in 1983 by Tehkan (now known as Tecmo). The title, the Japanese word for "battlefield", is written in the kunrei-shiki romanization style. In the Hepburn style, it would be written as "Senjō".
Gameplay
The gameplay involves the player controlling a fixed turret on a ta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucosal%20immunology | Mucosal immunology is the study of immune system responses that occur at mucosal membranes of the intestines, the urogenital tract, and the respiratory system. The mucous membranes are in constant contact with microorganisms, food, and inhaled antigens. In healthy states, the mucosal immune system protects the organism... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%2080 | The Dana/Spicer Model 80 is an automotive axle manufactured by Dana Holding Corporation and has been used in OEM heavy duty applications by Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford. It can be identified by its straight axle tubes, 10 bolt asymmetrical cover, and a "80" cast into the housing. Dana 80's are made as full floating, rear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20free%20electronics%20circuit%20simulators | List of free analog and digital electronic circuit simulators, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and comparing against UC Berkeley SPICE. The following table is split into two groups based on whether it has a graphical visual interface or not. The later requires a separate program to provide that feature, such as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telet%C3%B3n%20%28Chile%29 | Teletón is a charity event held in Chile on a yearly basis since 1978. It is usually held during the first week of December, unless a political election occurs at the same time. The major Chilean television networks hold a 27-hour transmission, to raise funds to help children with developmental disabilities (most commo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20underground | is a Japanese concept for the public use of deep underground, enabled by a 2001 law. It was first thought of in the late 1980s as Japan faced ever-increasing land values in the economic bubble, to allow the use of heretofore-unused deep underground for necessary water and utility ducts and other city tunnels.
However,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Riemannian%20theory | Neo-Riemannian theory is a loose collection of ideas present in the writings of music theorists such as David Lewin, Brian Hyer, Richard Cohn, and Henry Klumpenhouwer. What binds these ideas is a central commitment to relating harmonies directly to each other, without necessary reference to a tonic. Initially, those ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage%20%28hydrology%29 | In hydrology, stage is the water level in a river or stream with respect to a chosen reference height. Stage is important because direct measurements of river discharge are very difficult while water surface elevation measurements are comparatively easy. In order to convert stage into discharge, a rating curve is neede... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-latency%20queuing | Low-latency queuing (LLQ) is a feature developed by Cisco to bring strict priority queuing (PQ) to class-based weighted fair queuing (CBWFQ). LLQ allows delay-sensitive data (such as voice) to be given preferential treatment over other traffic by letting the data to be dequeued and sent first.
Development
Class-based ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conic%20bundle | In algebraic geometry, a conic bundle is an algebraic variety that appears as a solution of a Cartesian equation of the form:
Conic bundles can be considered a Severi–Brauer surface, or, more precisely, a Châtelet surface. This can be a double covering of a ruled surface. Through an isomorphism, it can be associate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonant%20inverter | Resonant inverters are electrical inverters based on resonant current oscillation. In series resonant inverters the resonating components and switching device are placed in series with the load to form an underdamped circuit. The current through the switching devices fall to zero due to the natural characteristics of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log%20sum%20inequality | The log sum inequality is used for proving theorems in information theory.
Statement
Let and be nonnegative numbers. Denote the sum of all s by and the sum of all s by . The log sum inequality states that
with equality if and only if are equal for all , in other words for all .
(Take to be if and if . The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%20Human%20STR%20Allele%20Frequencies%20Database | The Earth Human STR Allele Frequencies Database is a scientific project based on a dynamic web interface and a relational database management system. Its main purpose is the management of STR populational data reported from all over the world, providing highly specialized population genetics tools and also an overview ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg%20wash | An egg wash is beaten eggs, sometimes mixed with another liquid such as water or milk, which is brushed onto the surface of a pastry before baking. Egg washes are also used as a step in the process of breading foods, providing a substrate for the breading to stick to. Egg washes can also be used on calzones or on fish.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20Studio | Cyber Studio CAD-3D (or just CAD-3D) is a 3D modeling and animation package developed by Tom Hudson for the Atari ST computer and published by Antic Software. The package is a precursor to 3D Studio Max.
CAD-3D is a basic polygonal 3D modeling and rendering program. An operator can assemble a scene out of geometric pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptrace | ptrace is a system call found in Unix and several Unix-like operating systems. By using ptrace (the name is an abbreviation of "process trace") one process can control another, enabling the controller to inspect and manipulate the internal state of its target. ptrace is used by debuggers and other code-analysis tools,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davallia%20fejeensis | Davallia fejeensis is a species of fern in the family Davalliaceae, commonly referred to as Rabbit's Foot Fern. They are best known for their furry, brown and yellow rhizomes, which looks like a rabbit's foot, hence the name.
It is native to the Fiji Islands in Oceania. They survive from approximately 60-75°F (15-24°C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore%20Hero | Spore Hero is the Nintendo Wii spin-off of Spore, developed by Maxis, in which the players focus on creativity and evolution using the unique controls of the Wii. The game was released on October 6, 2009.
Development
A Wii spinoff of the game had been mentioned by Will Wright several times, such as in his October 26, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limiting%20pressure%20velocity | Limiting pressure velocity is a tribological term relating to the maximum temperature and compression that an assembly with rubbing surfaces can bear without failing. Pressure-limiting valves are a type of pressure control valve. They safeguard the system against excessive system pressure or limit the operation pressur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTXC%20Quadros | RTXC Quadros is a real time operating system (RTOS) written mainly in the C programming language. It is mainly intended for use in embedded systems.
The RTXC RTOS was originally developed by AT Barrett and Associates in the 1970s. It is currently maintained by Quadros Systems, Inc., of Houston, Texas.
RTXC Quadros co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20James%20L.%20Flanagan%20Speech%20and%20Audio%20Processing%20Award | The IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award is a Technical Field Award presented by the IEEE for an outstanding contribution to the advancement of speech and/or audio signal processing. It may be presented to an individual or a team of up to three people. The award was established by the IEEE Board o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry%20number | The symmetry number or symmetry order of an object is the number of different but indistinguishable (or equivalent) arrangements (or views) of the object, that is, it is the order of its symmetry group. The object can be a molecule, crystal lattice, lattice, tiling, or in general any kind of mathematical object that ad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTBUS | FASTBUS (IEEE 960) is a computer bus standard, originally intended to replace Computer Automated Measurement and Control (CAMAC) in high-speed, large-scale data acquisition. It is also a modular crate electronics standard commonly used in data acquisition systems in particle detectors.
Bus description
A FASTBUS syst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructible%20set%20%28topology%29 | In topology, constructible sets are a class of subsets of a topological space that have a relatively "simple" structure.
They are used particularly in algebraic geometry and related fields. A key result known as Chevalley's theorem
in algebraic geometry shows that the image of a constructible set is constructible for a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20exposure%20modeling | Mathematical exposure modeling is an indirect method of determining exposure, particularly for human exposure to environmental contaminants. It is useful when direct measurement of pollutant concentration is not feasible because direct measurement sometimes requires skilled professionals and complex, expensive laborat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-recurrence%20quantification | Cross-recurrence quantification (CRQ) is a non-linear method that quantifies how similarly two observed data series unfold over time. CRQ produces measures reflecting coordination, such as how often two data series have similar values or reflect similar system states (called percentage recurrence, or %REC), among other... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Exchange%20Format | General eXchange Format (GXF) is a file exchange format for the
transfer of simple and compound clips between television program storage systems. It is a container format that can contain Motion JPEG (M-JPEG), MPEG, or DV-based video compression standards, with associated audio, time code, and user data that may incl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas%20Consortium | The Atlas Consortium (stylized as 'ATLAS') comprises four partner companies; DXC Technology, Fujitsu, Airbus Defence and Space and CGI. Each Atlas partner has extensive experience of major technology implementation programmes in both the public and private sectors. Some 3,000 IT professionals have worked on the develop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20software%20for%20protein%20model%20error%20verification | This list of software for protein model error verification is a compilation of bioinformatics software frequently employed to check experimental and theoretical models of protein structures for errors.
Lists of software
Structural bioinformatics software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi%20coefficient | In statistics, the phi coefficient (or mean square contingency coefficient and denoted by φ or rφ) is a measure of association for two binary variables.
In machine learning, it is known as the Matthews correlation coefficient (MCC) and used as a measure of the quality of binary (two-class) classifications, introduced ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse%20matrix%20converter | The Sparse Matrix Converter is an AC/AC converter which offers a reduced number of components, a low-complexity modulation scheme, and low realization effort. Invented in 2001 by Prof Johann W. Kolar
, sparse matrix converters avoid the multi step commutation procedure of the conventional matrix converter, improving s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciography | Sciography, also spelled sciagraphy or skiagraphy, is a branch of the science of perspective dealing with the projection of shadows, or the delineation of an object in perspective with its gradations of light and shade. The term comes from the Greek "shadow" and , "write".
In architectural drawing, sciography is the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20P2P%20protocols |
File transfer protocols used by multiple programs
The name of the protocol may also be the name of the primary or original application software that uses it.
File transfer protocols used by only one application
Chat protocols used by multiple programs
Bitcoin
See also
Comparison of file-sharing applications
Ref... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLite-AMGA | The ARDA Metadata Grid Application (AMGA) is a general purpose metadata catalogue and part of the European Middleware Initiative middleware distribution. It was originally developed by the EGEE project as part of its gLite middleware, when it became clear that many Grid applications needed metadata information on files... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalent%20oxide%20thickness | An equivalent oxide thickness usually given in nanometers (nm) is the thickness of silicon oxide film that provides the same electrical performance as that of a high-κ material being used.
The term is often used when describing field effect transistors, which rely on an electrically insulating pad of material between ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-to-AC%20converter | A solid-state AC-to-AC converter converts an AC waveform to another AC waveform, where the output voltage and frequency can be set arbitrarily.
Categories
Referring to Fig 1, AC-AC converters can be categorized as follows:
Indirect AC-AC (or AC/DC-AC) converters (i.e., with rectifier, DC link and inverter), such as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthocyte%20%28mycology%29 | In mycology, acanthocyte refers to stellate cells found on the hyphae of fungi of the genus Stropharia. Recent work, published in 2006, on those of Stropharia rugosoannulata has shown them to have nematode-killing properties.
References
Mycology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit%20hydrometer | The Fahrenheit hydrometer is a device used to measure the density of a liquid. It was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736), better known for his work in thermometry.
Operation
The Fahrenheit hydrometer is a constant-volume device that will float in water. In the figure shown here, the hydrometer is fl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquired%20characteristic | An acquired characteristic is a non-heritable change in a function or structure of a living organism caused after birth by disease, injury, accident, deliberate modification, variation, repeated use, disuse, misuse, or other environmental influence. Acquired traits are synonymous with acquired characteristics. They are... |
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