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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision%20floating-point%20format | In computing, half precision (sometimes called FP16 or float16) is a binary floating-point computer number format that occupies 16 bits (two bytes in modern computers) in computer memory. It is intended for storage of floating-point values in applications where higher precision is not essential, in particular image pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadruple-precision%20floating-point%20format | In computing, quadruple precision (or quad precision) is a binary floating-point–based computer number format that occupies 16 bytes (128 bits) with precision at least twice the 53-bit double precision.
This 128-bit quadruple precision is designed not only for applications requiring results in higher than double preci... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-precision%20floating-point%20format | Single-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP32 or float32) is a computer number format, usually occupying 32 bits in computer memory; it represents a wide dynamic range of numeric values by using a floating radix point.
A floating-point variable can represent a wider range of numbers than a fixed-point ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer%20web%20hosting | Peer-to-peer web hosting is using peer-to-peer networking to distribute access to webpages. This is differentiated from the client–server model which involves the distribution of web data between dedicated web servers and user-end client computers. Peer-to-peer web hosting may also take the form of P2P web caches and c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duhem%E2%80%93Margules%20equation | The Duhem–Margules equation, named for Pierre Duhem and Max Margules, is a thermodynamic statement of the relationship between the two components of a single liquid where the vapour mixture is regarded as an ideal gas:
where PA and PB are the partial vapour pressures of the two constituents and xA and xB are the mole ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochorionic%20twins | Monochorionic twins are monozygotic (identical) twins that share the same placenta. If the placenta is shared by more than two twins (see multiple birth), these are monochorionic multiples. Monochorionic twins occur in 0.3% of all pregnancies. Seventy-five percent of monozygotic twin pregnancies are monochorionic; t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal32%20floating-point%20format | In computing, decimal32 is a decimal floating-point computer numbering format that occupies 4 bytes (32 bits) in computer memory.
It is intended for applications where it is necessary to emulate decimal rounding exactly, such as financial and tax computations. Like the binary16 format, it is intended for memory saving ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal64%20floating-point%20format | In computing, decimal64 is a decimal floating-point computer numbering format that occupies 8 bytes (64 bits) in computer memory.
It is intended for applications where it is necessary to emulate decimal rounding exactly, such as financial and tax computations.
Decimal64 supports 16 decimal digits of significand and a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal128%20floating-point%20format | decimal128 is a decimal floating-point computer number format that occupies 128 bits in computer memory. Formally introduced in IEEE 754-2008, it is intended for applications where it is necessary to emulate decimal rounding exactly, such as financial and tax computations.
decimal128 supports 34 decimal digits of sign... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP%20Live%20Streaming | HTTP Live Streaming (also known as HLS) is an HTTP-based adaptive bitrate streaming communications protocol developed by Apple Inc. and released in 2009. Support for the protocol is widespread in media players, web browsers, mobile devices, and streaming media servers. As of 2022, an annual video industry survey has co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic%20bladder | A pneumatic bladder is an inflatable (pneumatic) bag technology with many applications.
Emergency management applications
Pneumatic bladders are used to seal drains and ducts to contain chemical spills or gases. Pneumatic bladders are often used for the containment of chemical spills, oil spills or fire water on water... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatic%20non-return%20valve | Pneumatic non-return valves are used where a normal non-return valve would be ineffective. This is for example where there is a risk of flood water entering a site but an equal risk of pollution or a chemical spills leaving a site and polluting the environment.
Pneumatic non-return valves are installed below ground an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20verification%20service | An identity verification service is used by businesses to ensure that users or customers provide information that is associated with the identity of a real person. The service may verify the authenticity of physical identity documents such as a drivers license, passport, or a nationally issued identity document through... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20largest%20funerals | This list of notable funerals represents considerable historical funerals, based on both the number of attendants and estimated television audience.
References
Lists of events
Lists of people-related superlatives
History-related lists of superlatives
Death-related lists
Largest things |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20cryptography | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cryptography:
Cryptography (or cryptology) – practice and study of hiding information. Modern cryptography intersects the disciplines of mathematics, computer science, and engineering. Applications of cryptography include ATM cards, computer pass... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal%20gene%20transfer%20in%20evolution | Scientists trying to reconstruct evolutionary history have been challenged by the fact that genes can sometimes transfer between distant branches on the tree of life. This movement of genes can occur through horizontal gene transfer (HGT), scrambling the information on which biologists relied to reconstruct the phyloge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioanalytical%20chemistry | Radioanalytical chemistry focuses on the analysis of sample for their radionuclide content. Various methods are employed to purify and identify the radioelement of interest through chemical methods and sample measurement techniques.
History
The field of radioanalytical chemistry was originally developed by Marie C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous%20agonist | In pharmacology, an endogenous agonist for a particular receptor is a compound naturally produced by the body which binds to and activates that receptor. For example, the primary endogenous agonist for serotonin receptors is serotonin, and the primary endogenous agonist for dopamine receptors is dopamine.
In general, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel%20television%20systems | Hotel television systems (sometimes also referred to as hotel TV) are the in-suite television content presented in hotel-rooms, other hotel environments and in the hospitality industry for in-room entertainment, as well as hospitals, assisted living, senior care and nursing homes. These services may be free for the gu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted%20Computer%20System%20Evaluation%20Criteria | Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC) is a United States Government Department of Defense (DoD) standard that sets basic requirements for assessing the effectiveness of computer security controls built into a computer system. The TCSEC was used to evaluate, classify, and select computer systems being cons... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20of%20activation%20confusion%20model | SAC (source of activation confusion) is a computational model of memory encoding and retrieval. It has been developed by Lynne M. Reder at Carnegie Mellon University. It shares many commonalities with ACT-R.Ilyes le bosse
Structure
SAC specifies a memory representation consisting of a network of both semantic (conce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided%20inspection | Computer-aided inspection (CAI) is the use of software tools to assess manufactured objects. It is closely related to computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM). Its primary purpose is to allow engineers to more quickly and precisely assess the physical properties of manufactured objects. These ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20estate%20development | Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others. Real estate developers are the people and companies who coordinate all of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20stream | An urban stream is a formerly natural waterway that flows through a heavily populated area. Often times, urban streams are low-lying points in the landscape that characterize catchment urbanization. Urban streams are often polluted by urban runoff and combined sewer outflows. Water scarcity makes flow management in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitorious | Gitorious was a free and open source web application for hosting collaborative free and open-source software development projects using Git revision control. Although it was freely available to be downloaded and installed, it was written primarily as the basis for the Gitorious shared web hosting service at gitorious.o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20combinatorics%20articles |
A
Abstract simplicial complex
Addition chain
Scholz conjecture
Algebraic combinatorics
Alternating sign matrix
Almost disjoint sets
Antichain
Arrangement of hyperplanes
Assignment problem
Quadratic assignment problem
Audioactive decay
B
Barcode
Matrix code
QR Code
Universal Product Code
Bell polynomi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey%20Aleynikov | Sergey Aleynikov (born 1970) is a former Goldman Sachs computer programmer. Between 2009 and 2016, he was prosecuted by NY Federal and State jurisdictions for the same conduct of allegedly copying proprietary computer source code from his employer, Goldman Sachs, before joining a competing firm. His first prosecution i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%20site | A Chi site or Chi sequence is a short stretch of DNA in the genome of a bacterium near which homologous recombination is more likely to occur than on average across the genome. Chi sites serve as stimulators of DNA double-strand break repair in bacteria, which can arise from radiation or chemical treatments, or result ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur%20Avila | Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo (born 29 June 1979) is a Brazilian and naturalized French mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such an award. He has been a researcher at... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%2044 | The Dana 44 is an automotive axle manufactured by Dana Holding Corporation and is used among automobile manufacturers and in the automotive aftermarket area as well.
Automotive engineering
Automobile axles |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20packaging | The terms active packaging, intelligent packaging, and smart packaging refer to amplified packaging systems used with foods, pharmaceuticals, and several other types of products. They help extend shelf life, monitor freshness, display information on quality, improve safety, and improve convenience.
The terms are often... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adulterated%20food%20in%20the%20United%20States | Adulteration is a legal offense and when the food fails to meet the legal standards set by the government, it is said to have been Adulterated Food. One form of adulteration is the addition of another substance to a food item in order to increase the quantity of the food item in raw form or prepared form, which results... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilative%20capacity | Assimilative capacity is the ability for pollutants to be absorbed by an environment without detrimental effects to the environment or those who use of it. Natural absorption into an environment is achieved through dilution, dispersion and removal through chemical or biological processes. The term assimilative capacity... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16-bit%20computing | 16-bit microcomputers are microcomputers that use 16-bit microprocessors.
A 16-bit register can store 216 different values. The range of integer values that can be stored in 16 bits depends on the integer representation used. With the two most common representations, the range is 0 through 65,535 (216 − 1) for represe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%20cracker%20crust | Graham cracker crust is a style of pie crust made from crushed graham crackers. Graham crackers are a sweet American cracker made from unbleached, whole wheat graham flour. The crust is usually flavored and stiffened with butter or vegetable oil and sometimes sugar. Graham cracker crust is a very common type of crust... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10%20Gigabit%20Ethernet | 10 Gigabit Ethernet (abbreviated 10GE, 10GbE, or 10 GigE) is a group of computer networking technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of 10 gigabits per second. It was first defined by the IEEE 802.3ae-2002 standard. Unlike previous Ethernet standards, 10GbE defines only full-duplex point-to-point links w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED%20street%20light | An LED street light or road light is an integrated light-emitting diode (LED) light fixture that is used for street lighting.
Design and style
An LED street light is an integrated light that uses light emitting diodes (LED) as its light source. These are considered integrated lights because, in most cases, the lumina... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proactor%20pattern | Proactor is a software design pattern for event handling in which long running activities are running in an asynchronous part. A completion handler is called after the asynchronous part has terminated.
The proactor pattern can be considered to be an asynchronous variant of the synchronous reactor pattern.
Interaction... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20contact%20bonding | Optical contact bonding is a glueless process whereby two closely conformal surfaces are joined together, being held purely by intermolecular forces.
History
Isaac Newton has been credited with the first description of conformal interaction observed through the interference phenomenon known as Newton's rings, though i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate%20Ackerman | Nathanael Leedom Ackerman (born March 4, 1978), known as Nate Ackerman, is a British-American mathematician and wrestler. He is the son of Peter Ackerman and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman.
Ackerman competed in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games as part of the Great Britain National Team. He also competed in the 1999, 2001, 2002, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson%20topology | In mathematics and theoretical computer science the Lawson topology, named after Jimmie D. Lawson, is a topology on partially ordered sets used in the study of domain theory. The lower topology on a poset P is generated by the subbasis consisting of all complements of principal filters on P. The Lawson topology on P is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic%20decision%20table | A semantic decision table uses modern ontology engineering technologies to enhance traditional a decision table. The term "semantic decision table" was coined by Yan Tang and Prof. Robert Meersman from VUB STARLab (Free University of Brussels) in 2006. A semantic decision table is a set of decision tables properly anno... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Communication%20Format | Universal communication format is a communication protocol developed by the IEEE for multimedia communication. Y. Hiranaka, H. Sakakibara and T. Taketa of Yamagata University proposed UCF in 2005.
From the abstract:
Various intelligent equipments and software are gradually designed to communicate with other equipment... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Angiogenesis%20Foundation | The Angiogenesis Foundation, is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 1994 for the study of angiogenesis. The founders were former students of Dr. Judah Folkman, a pioneer of angiogenesis research.
The foundation focuses on treatments in the areas of cancer, cardiology, wound healing, dermato... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-source%20data | Single-source data (also single source) is the measurement of TV and/or other mass media's advertising exposure and purchase behavior, over time for the same individual or household. This measurement is gauged through the collection of data components supplied by one or more parties overlapped through a single, integra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-milling | Wet-milling is a process in which feed material is steeped in water, with or without sulfur dioxide, to soften the seed kernel in order to help separate the kernel’s various components. For example, wet-milling plants can separate a 56-pound bushel of corn into more than 31 pounds of cornstarch (which in turn can be co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wash%20versus%20trim | The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) requires that any time fecal contamination is detected during meat and poultry processing, it must be removed from the carcass. Wash versus trim is shorthand used to characterize the debate over how this rule has been applied and enforced by USDA in meat and poultry plants.
For ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether%20identities | In mathematics, Noether identities characterize the degeneracy of a Lagrangian system. Given a Lagrangian system and its Lagrangian L, Noether identities can be defined as a differential operator whose kernel contains a range of the Euler–Lagrange operator of L. Any Euler–Lagrange operator obeys Noether identities whi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Commission | The National Nuclear Energy Commission (; CNEN) is the Brazilian government agency responsible for orientation, planning, supervision, and control of the Brazil's nuclear program. The agency was created on 10 October 1956. The CNEN is under the direct control of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Organization
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirangle | In geometry, a spirangle is a spiral polygonal chain. Spirangles are similar to spirals in that they expand from a center point as they grow larger, but they are made out of straight line segments, instead of curves. Spirangle vectographs are used in vision therapy to promote stereopsis and help resolve problems with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jointly%20Administered%20Knowledge%20Environment | The Jointly Administered Knowledge Environment, or jake, was the first open source OpenURL link server. It was a free database created by Yale University. Jake contained metadata about periodicals, including which databases a periodical appeared in, and whether it was indexed, abstracted, or full-text. Additionally,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkes%20University%20Election%20Statistics%20Project | The Wilkes University Election Statistics Project is a free online resource documenting Pennsylvania political election results dating back to 1796.
Currently, the database documents Pennsylvania's county-level vote totals for President, Governor, United States Senator, and Congressional elections back to 1796. The da... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocks-to-use%20ratio | The stocks-to-use ratio (S/U) is a convenient measure of supply and demand interrelationships of commodities. This ratio indicates the level of carryover stock for any given commodity as a percentage of the total use of the commodity.
It is typically used for grain commodity stocks such as wheat, corn and soybeans w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20alley | Power alley is a term used in audio engineering to denote the line between subwoofers where output from each subwoofer is in phase and is noticeably louder.
Problem
Subwoofers placed at each side of the stage will typically cancel unpredictably everywhere in the listening area except along the center line between the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZiiLABS | ZiiLABS is a global electronics company, producing a line of media-oriented application processors, reference platforms and enabling software, in a series of platforms named ZMS. Its products are found in low-power consumer electronics and embedded devices, including Android-based phones and tablets.
History
ZiiLABS ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average%20rectified%20value | In electrical engineering, the average rectified value (ARV) of a quantity is the average of its absolute value.
The average of a symmetric alternating value is zero and it is therefore not useful to characterize it. Thus the easiest way to determine a quantitative measurement size is to use the average rectified valu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20homeostasis | In biology, energy homeostasis, or the homeostatic control of energy balance, is a biological process that involves the coordinated homeostatic regulation of food intake (energy inflow) and energy expenditure (energy outflow). The human brain, particularly the hypothalamus, plays a central role in regulating energy hom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-installed%20software | Pre-installed software (also known as bundled software) is software already installed and licensed on a computer or smartphone bought from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM). The operating system is usually factory-installed, but because it is a general requirement, this term is used for additional software apart... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Stem%20Cell%20Foundation | The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation is an independent, non-profit organization established in 2008 and situated in Ottawa, Ontario. Stem Cell science is a Canadian innovation through the discovery of stem cells by Drs. James Till and Ernest McCulloch. It is globally known as the leading organization for stem cell researc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent%20vegetative%20cover | Permanent vegetative cover refers to trees, perennial bunchgrasses and grasslands, legumes, and shrubs with an
expected life span of at least 5 years.
In the United States, permanent cover is required on cropland entered into the Conservation Reserve Program.
References
Habitats
Plant conservation
Agriculture and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organoleptic | Organoleptic properties are the aspects of food, water or other substances that create an individual experience via the senses—including taste, sight, smell, and touch.
USDA uses
In traditional U.S. Department of Agriculture meat and poultry inspections, inspectors perform various organoleptic procedures to detect d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimetric%20electrical%20network | An antimetric electrical network is an electrical network that exhibits anti-symmetrical electrical properties. The term is often encountered in filter theory, but it applies to general electrical network analysis. Antimetric is the diametrical opposite of symmetric; it does not merely mean "asymmetric" (i.e., "lacking... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20E.%20S.%20Turner | William Ernest Stephen Turner (22 September 1881 – 27 October 1963) was a British chemist and pioneer of scientific glass technology.
Biography
Turner was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire on 22 September 1881. He went to King Edward VI Grammar School, Five Ways, Birmingham, and achieved a BSc (1902) and MSc (1904) i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Wetlands%20Inventory | The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) was established by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to conduct a nationwide inventory of U.S. wetlands to provide biologists and others with information on the distribution and type of wetlands to aid in conservation efforts. To do this, the NWI developed a wetland... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indexed%20family | In mathematics, a family, or indexed family, is informally a collection of objects, each associated with an index from some index set. For example, a family of real numbers, indexed by the set of integers, is a collection of real numbers, where a given function selects one real number for each integer (possibly the sam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP%20codec | IP codecs are used to send video or audio signals over an IP network such as the Internet. The initials "IP" here stand for "Internet Protocol", while the term "codec" is short for "encoder/decoder" or "compressor/decompressor".
IP video codecs
IP video codecs are used widely in security and broadcast applications to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathlight%20Technology | Pathlight Technology was a pioneer in the field of Storage Area Networks. Based in Ithaca, NY, Pathlight was formed in 1994 as a spin-out from Ironics, a manufacturer of VME computer, IO and memory boards.
Pathlight was involved in the development of Serial Storage Architecture products, and in Fibre Channel products.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed%20linear%20complementarity%20problem | In mathematical optimization theory, the mixed linear complementarity problem, often abbreviated as MLCP or LMCP, is a generalization of the linear complementarity problem to include free variables.
References
Complementarity problems
Algorithms for complementarity problems and generalized equations
An Algorithm f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wafer-level%20packaging | Wafer-level packaging (WLP) is a process where packaging components are attached to an integrated circuit (IC) before the wafer – on which the IC is fabricated – is diced. In WSP, the top and bottom layers of the packaging and the solder bumps are attached to the integrated circuits while they are still in the wafer. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20authorization | Atomic authorization is the act of securing authorization rights independently from the intermediary applications to which they are granted and the parties to which they apply. More formally, in the field of computer security, to atomically authorize is to define policy that permits access to a specific resource, such ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDEF6 | IDEF6 or Integrated Definition for Design Rationale Capture is a method to facilitate the acquisition, representation, and manipulation of the design rationale used in the development of enterprise systems. This method, that wants to define the motives that drive the decision-making process, is still in development.
Ra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardinas%E2%80%93Patterson%20algorithm | In coding theory, the Sardinas–Patterson algorithm is a classical algorithm for determining in polynomial time whether a given variable-length code is uniquely decodable, named after August Albert Sardinas and George W. Patterson, who published it in 1953. The algorithm carries out a systematic search for a string whic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen%20reading | Screen reading is the act of reading a text on a computer screen, smartphone, e-book reader,
Discovery
Louis Émile Javal, a French ophthalmologist and founder of an ophthalmology laboratory in Paris is credited with the introduction of the term saccades into eye movement research. Javal discovered that while reading,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal%20crossing%20singularity | In algebraic geometry a normal crossing singularity is a singularity similar to a union of coordinate hyperplanes. The term can be confusing because normal crossing singularities are not usually normal schemes (in the sense of the local rings being integrally closed).
Normal crossing divisors
In algebraic geometry, no... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobalRoam |
GlobalRoam Group Ltd was a Singaporean technology company specializing in infocomm services. It was founded in 2001 and sold early 2018 to a financial firm for an undisclosed amount.
GlobalRoam developed smartmapping, which allows the sharing of a small pool of DDI numbers to reach to a large number of users. This is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-autonomous%20mechanics | Non-autonomous mechanics describe non-relativistic mechanical systems subject to time-dependent transformations. In particular, this is the case of mechanical systems whose Lagrangians and Hamiltonians depend on the time. The configuration space of non-autonomous mechanics is a fiber bundle over the time axis coordin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kistler%20Group | Kistler Group (legal name: Kistler Holding AG (a.k.a. “box”)), with headquarters in Winterthur, is an internationally active Swiss group of companies specializing in the field of measurement technology. The Kistler Group is represented at more than 60 locations in over 30 countries and, although owner-managed, is organ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FNC%20Inc. | FNC, Inc., a subsidiary of CoreLogic, provides data to the real estate industry.
Its Collateral Management System (CMS) provides secure information regarding mortgage loans. FNC's ports, or web-based worksites, provide companies in various industries an efficient portal to exchange information with lenders and vendors... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beware%20of%20the%20dog | Beware of the dog (also rendered as Beware of dog) is a warning sign posted at the entrance to a building or other private area indicating that a dangerous dog is within. Such signs may be placed to deter burglary even if there is no dog, or if the dog is not actually a competent guard dog.
History
Warning signs of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow%20square | The shadow square, also known as an altitude scale, was an instrument used to determine the linear height of an object, in conjunction with the alidade, for angular observations. An early example was described in an Arabic treatise likely dating to 9th or 10th-century Baghdad. Shadow squares are often found on the back... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological%20insulator | A topological insulator is a material whose interior behaves as an electrical insulator while its surface behaves as an electrical conductor, meaning that electrons can only move along the surface of the material.
A topological insulator is an insulator for the same reason a "trivial" (ordinary) insulator is: there ex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20Glass%20Technology | The Society of Glass Technology (SGT) is an organization for individuals and organizations with a professional interest in glass manufacture and usage. The Society is based in the United Kingdom, with its offices in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, but it has a worldwide membership.
The objects of the Society "are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WaveLab%20%28mathematics%20software%29 | WaveLab is a collection of MATLAB functions for wavelet analysis. Following the success of WaveLab package, there is now the availability of CurveLab and ShearLab.
Wavelets |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchin%20system | In mathematics, the Hitchin integrable system is an integrable system depending on the choice of a complex reductive group and a compact Riemann surface, introduced by Nigel Hitchin in 1987. It lies on the crossroads of algebraic geometry, the theory of Lie algebras and integrable system theory. It also plays an import... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superintegrable%20Hamiltonian%20system | In mathematics, a superintegrable Hamiltonian system is a Hamiltonian system on a -dimensional symplectic manifold for which the following conditions hold:
(i) There exist independent integrals of motion. Their level surfaces (invariant submanifolds) form a fibered manifold over a connected open subset .
(ii) The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kqueue | Kqueue is a scalable event notification interface introduced in FreeBSD 4.1 in July 2000, also supported in NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, and macOS. Kqueue was originally authored in 2000 by Jonathan Lemon, then involved with the FreeBSD Core Team. Kqueue makes it possible for software like nginx to solve the c10k pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20control%20modes | A flight control mode or flight control law is a computer software algorithm that transforms the movement of the yoke or joystick, made by an aircraft pilot, into movements of the aircraft control surfaces. The control surface movements depend on which of several modes the flight computer is in. In aircraft in which th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20algebra | In mathematics and computer science, computer algebra, also called symbolic computation or algebraic computation, is a scientific area that refers to the study and development of algorithms and software for manipulating mathematical expressions and other mathematical objects. Although computer algebra could be consider... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-band%20coding | In signal processing, sub-band coding (SBC) is any form of transform coding that breaks a signal into a number of different frequency bands, typically by using a fast Fourier transform, and encodes each one independently. This decomposition is often the first step in data compression for audio and video signals.
SBC i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE-ATA | Consumer Electronics ATA (CE-ATA) is an interface standard for the connection of storage devices and hosts in consumer electronic device such as mobile and handheld devices. One of the primary goals is to standardize connections for small form factor hard disk drives such as 1-inch Microdrives.
The standard is maintai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20preservation | Identity preservation is the practice of tracking the details of agricultural shipments so that the specific characteristics of each shipment is known. Identity preserved (IP) is the designation given to such bulk commodities marketed in a manner that isolates and preserves the identity of a shipment, presumably becaus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily%20Vladimirov | Vasily Sergeyevich Vladimirov (; 9 January 1923 – 3 November 2012) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician working in the fields of number theory, mathematical physics, quantum field theory, numerical analysis, generalized functions, several complex variables, p-adic analysis, multidimensional Tauberian theorems.
Life
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurer%20rose | In geometry, the concept of a Maurer rose was introduced by Peter M. Maurer in his article titled A Rose is a Rose.... A Maurer rose consists of some lines that connect some points on a rose curve.
Definition
Let r = sin(nθ) be a rose in the polar coordinate system, where n is a positive integer. The rose has n petals... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higraph | A higraph is a diagramming object that formalizes relations into a visual structure. It was developed by David Harel in 1988. Higraphs extend mathematical graphs by including notions of depth and orthogonality. In particular, nodes in a higraph can contain other nodes inside them, creating a hierarchy. The idea was ini... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersal%20vector | A dispersal vector is an agent of biological dispersal that moves a dispersal unit, or organism, away from its birth population to another location or population in which the individual will reproduce. These dispersal units can range from pollen to seeds to fungi to entire organisms.
There are two types of dispersal v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20food%20contamination%20incidents | Food may be accidentally or deliberately contaminated by microbiological, chemical or physical hazards. In contrast to microbiologically caused foodborne illness, the link between exposure and effect of chemical hazards in foods is usually complicated by cumulative low doses and the delay between exposure and the onset... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercut%20%28manufacturing%29 | In manufacturing, an undercut is a special type of recessed surface that is inaccessible using a straight tool. In turning, it refers to a recess in a diameter generally on the inside diameter of the part. In milling, it refers to a feature which is not visible when the part is viewed from the spindle. In molding, it r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian%20Biology%20Olympiad | Iranian Biology Olympiad (IrBO) is an annual multistage competition for Iranian high school students of the age of 17-18 in the field of biology. The first Iranian Biology Olympiad was launched under the auspices of the Ministry of Education, Iran in 1999. Since then, the four winners of the national competitions parti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerberized%20Internet%20Negotiation%20of%20Keys | Kerberized Internet Negotiation of Keys (KINK) is a protocol defined in RFC 4430 used to set up an IPsec security association (SA), similar to Internet Key Exchange (IKE), utilizing the Kerberos protocol to allow trusted third parties to handle authentication of peers and management of security policies in a centralize... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle%20and%20daub | Wattle and daub is a composite building method used for making walls and buildings, in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw. Wattle and daub has been used for at least 6,000 years and is sti... |
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