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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyloscan
Phyloscan is a web service for DNA sequence analysis that is free and open to all users (without login requirement). For locating matches to a user-specified sequence motif for a regulatory binding site, Phyloscan provides a statistically sensitive scan of user-supplied mixed aligned and unaligned DNA sequence data. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-tet%20oscillator
A tri-tet oscillator is a crystal-controlled vacuum tube electronic oscillator circuit. It is a type of electron-coupled oscillator (ECO), which uses a tetrode or pentode tube. The tri-tet was introduced by James J. Lamb in the June 1933 issue of QST magazine. In an ECO, the screen grid acts as a plate for the triod...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVC4WPF
MVC4WPF for computer software is an open-source, extensible, automated code pattern developed at Information Control Corporation for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) development based on the Model–View–Controller (MVC) and Presentation–Abstraction–Control (PAC) patterns. It was released to the general public as an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit%20valuation%20adjustment
Credit valuation adjustments (CVAs) are accounting adjustments made to reserve a portion of profits on uncollateralized financial derivatives. They are charged by a bank to a risky (capable of default) counterparty to compensate the bank for taking on the credit risk of the counterparty during the life of the transacti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstream%20activating%20sequence
An upstream activating sequence or upstream activation sequence (UAS) is a cis-acting regulatory sequence. It is distinct from the promoter and increases the expression of a neighbouring gene. Due to its essential role in activating transcription, the upstream activating sequence is often considered to be analogous to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Clemens%20Gerke
Friedrich Clemens Gerke (22 January 1801 – 21 May 1888) was a German writer, journalist, musician and pioneer of telegraphy who revised the Morse code in 1848. It is Gerke's version of the original (American) Morse code now known as the International Morse code and standardized by the ITU (International Telecommunicati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolvent%20cubic
In algebra, a resolvent cubic is one of several distinct, although related, cubic polynomials defined from a monic polynomial of degree four: In each case: The coefficients of the resolvent cubic can be obtained from the coefficients of using only sums, subtractions and multiplications. Knowing the roots of the res...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softwareload
Softwareload is a software download portal owned by German communications company Deutsche Telekom. History The Softwareload.de site was launched in Germany in November 2006, followed by Softwareload.at in Austria and Softwareload.ch in Switzerland. Softwareload launched its Softwareload.co.uk site in the United Kingd...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix%20consimilarity
In linear algebra, two n-by-n matrices A and B are called consimilar if for some invertible matrix , where denotes the elementwise complex conjugation. So for real matrices similar by some real matrix , consimilarity is the same as matrix similarity. Like ordinary similarity, consimilarity is an equivalence relati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20password
A cognitive password is a form of knowledge-based authentication that requires a user to answer a question, presumably something they intrinsically know, to verify their identity. Cognitive password systems have been researched for many years and are currently commonly used as a form of secondary access. They were de...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20groupoid
In mathematics, especially in higher-dimensional algebra and homotopy theory, a double groupoid generalises the notion of groupoid and of category to a higher dimension. Definition A double groupoid D is a higher-dimensional groupoid involving a relationship for both `horizontal' and `vertical' groupoid structures. (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious%20tone
In electronics (radio in particular), a spurious tone (also known as an interfering tone, a continuous tone or a spur) denotes a tone in an electronic circuit which interferes with a signal and is often masked underneath that signal. Spurious tones are any tones other than a fundamental tone or its harmonics. They also...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable%20species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve. Vulnerability is mainly caused by habitat loss or destruction of the species' home....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMP
WiMP was a music streaming service available on mobile devices, tablets, network players and computers. Music in WiMP was streamed using the AAC+ file format at a bitrate of 96 kbit/s or the AAC file format at a bitrate of 320 kbit/s if the high quality streaming option was selected. WiMP also offered a HiFi-product wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLPi
GLPI (acronym: , or "Free IT Equipment Manager" in English) is an open source IT Asset Management, issue tracking system and service desk system. This software is written in PHP and distributed as open-source software under the GNU General Public License. GLPI is a web-based application helping companies to manage the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-algebroid
In mathematics, R-algebroids are constructed starting from groupoids. These are more abstract concepts than the Lie algebroids that play a similar role in the theory of Lie groupoids to that of Lie algebras in the theory of Lie groups. (Thus, a Lie algebroid can be thought of as 'a Lie algebra with many objects '). De...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu%20iPAD
The Fujitsu iPAD is a lightweight handheld device that was introduced by Fujitsu, in 2002. It runs Microsoft's CE.NET operating system. It supports 802.11b wireless LAN to connect wirelessly with other company infrastructure. The device can support inventory management as well as credit card payments. In January 2010, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program%20test%20authority
In broadcasting, program test authority (PTA) is an authorization to conduct on-air testing of broadcast station facilities authorized to be built under a construction permit. Once this testing is successfully completed, and all measured parameters match what was authorized in the permit, the permittee can apply to th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FX.25%20Forward%20Error%20Correction
FX.25 is a protocol extension to the AX.25 Link Layer Protocol. FX.25 provides a Forward Error Correction (FEC) capability while maintaining legacy compatibility with non-FEC equipment. FX.25 was created by the Stensat Group in 2005, and was presented as a technical paper at the 2006 TAPR Digital Communications Confe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile%20sensor
A tactile sensor is a device that measures information arising from physical interaction with its environment. Tactile sensors are generally modeled after the biological sense of cutaneous touch which is capable of detecting stimuli resulting from mechanical stimulation, temperature, and pain (although pain sensing is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadray%20coordinates
Quadray coordinates, also known as caltrop, tetray or Chakovian coordinates, were developed by Darrel Jarmusch and others, as another take on simplicial coordinates, a coordinate system using a simplex or tetrahedron as its basis polyhedron. Geometric definition The four basis (but not necessarily unit) vectors stem ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computably%20inseparable
In computability theory, two disjoint sets of natural numbers are called computably inseparable or recursively inseparable if they cannot be "separated" with a computable set. These sets arise in the study of computability theory itself, particularly in relation to classes. Computably inseparable sets also arise in t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A001%20class
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Π01 class}} In computability theory, a Π01 class is a subset of 2ω of a certain form. These classes are of interest as technical tools within recursion theory and effective descriptive set theory. They are also used in the application of recursion theory to other branches of mathematics (Cenzer 1999, p. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsky%E2%80%93Washnitzer%20cohomology
In algebraic geometry, Monsky–Washnitzer cohomology is a p-adic cohomology theory defined for non-singular affine varieties over fields of positive characteristic p introduced by , who were motivated by the work of . The idea is to lift the variety to characteristic 0, and then take a suitable subalgebra of the algebr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20assurance
Identity assurance in the context of federated identity management is the ability for a party to determine, with some level of certainty, that an electronic credential representing an entity (human or a machine) with which it interacts to effect a transaction, can be trusted to actually belong to the entity. In the ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evasive%20Boolean%20function
In mathematics, an evasive Boolean function ƒ (of n variables) is a Boolean function for which every decision tree algorithm has running time of exactly n. Consequently, every decision tree algorithm that represents the function has, at worst case, a running time of n. Examples An example for a non-evasive boolean f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatheon%20Technologies
Jatheon Technologies, Inc. is a privately-held company founded in 2004 providing various products for the archiving of email, social media and other unstructured data with a focus on highly regulated industries such as education, healthcare, government, financial and legal works. The company is based in Toronto, Ontari...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolerance%20relation
In universal algebra and lattice theory, a tolerance relation on an algebraic structure is a reflexive symmetric relation that is compatible with all operations of the structure. Thus a tolerance is like a congruence, except that the assumption of transitivity is dropped. On a set, an algebraic structure with empty fam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemRDL
The SystemRDL language, supported by the SPIRIT Consortium, was specifically designed to describe and implement a wide variety of control status registers. Using SystemRDL, developers can automatically generate and synchronize register views for specification, hardware design, software development, verification, and do...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%20scheduling%20game
In game theory, a job scheduling game is a game that models a scenario in which multiple selfish users wish to utilize multiple processing machines. Each user has a single job, and he needs to choose a single machine to process it. The incentive of each user is to have his job run as fast as possible. Definition Job...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max-dominated%20strategy
In game theory a max-dominated strategy is a strategy which is not a best response to any strategy profile of the other players. This is an extension to the notion of strictly dominated strategies, which are max-dominated as well. Definition Max-dominated strategies A strategy of player is max-dominated if for ever...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda%20National%20Grid
The Bermuda National Grid 2000 (BNG) is a kind of Transverse Mercator projection. It is not a Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, as it has an origin and other parameters that are different from those used in UTM. Grid Parameters: References Online resources: Convert from BNG to lat/lon in Google earth ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EqualLogic
EqualLogic, Inc. was an American computer data storage company based in Nashua, New Hampshire, active from 2001 to 2007. In 2008, the company was merged into Dell Inc. Dell-branded EqualLogic products are iSCSI-based storage area network (SAN) systems. Dell has 3 different lines of SAN products: EqualLogic, Compellent ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fate-sharing
Fate-sharing is an engineering design philosophy where related parts of a system are yoked together, so that they either fail together or not at all. Fate-sharing is an example of the end-to-end principle. The term "fate-sharing" was defined by David D. Clark in his 1988 paper "The Design Philosophy of the DARPA Intern...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succinct%20game
In algorithmic game theory, a succinct game or a succinctly representable game is a game which may be represented in a size much smaller than its normal form representation. Without placing constraints on player utilities, describing a game of players, each facing strategies, requires listing utility values. Even tr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stably%20finite%20ring
In mathematics, particularly in abstract algebra, a ring R is said to be stably finite (or weakly finite) if, for all square matrices A and B of the same size with entries in R, AB = 1 implies BA = 1. This is a stronger property for a ring than having the invariant basis number (IBN) property. Namely, any nontrivial st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20encrypted%20external%20drives
This is a technical feature comparison of commercial encrypted external drives. Background information Ironkey was acquired by Kingston Technology in February 2016 IronClad is a technology, a secure type of "PC on a stick" (flash drive which has an Operating System included), which runs on top of Ironkey drive. It...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20email%20subject%20abbreviations
This is a list of commonly and uncommonly used abbreviations that are used in the subject box of an English-language email header. Standard prefixes These prefixes are usually automatically inserted by the email client. Re: or RE: followed by the subject line of a previous message indicates a reply to that message...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20clipper
A white clipper (or white limiter) is a circuit in professional video products that limits the maximum amplitude of the luminance part of the analogue video signal to 1 volt. It is essential for both analogue recording and transmission of video material. Video signal The standard video signal (or more precisely compo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham%20potential
In theoretical chemistry, the Buckingham potential is a formula proposed by Richard Buckingham which describes the Pauli exclusion principle and van der Waals energy for the interaction of two atoms that are not directly bonded as a function of the interatomic distance . It is a variety of interatomic potentials. Her...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable%20cellular%20automaton
The movable cellular automaton (MCA) method is a method in computational solid mechanics based on the discrete concept. It provides advantages both of classical cellular automaton and discrete element methods. One important advantage of the MCA method is that it permits direct simulation of material fracture, including...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWay
Eway is a global omnichannel payment provider. The company processes secure credit card payments for merchants. Eway works through eCommerce. History eWAY was founded in 1998 by Matt Bullock, and the website was launched in 2000. By 2004, eWAY was linked to all major Australian banks, and, in 2009, the company expande...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20interconnect
Mass interconnect systems act as the connector interface between test instruments (PXI, VXI, LXI, GPIB, SCXI, & PCI) and devices/units under test (D/UUT) and are most often used in defense, aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, and other applications. By mating a receiver on the tester side with an interchangeable test...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce%20400%20series
Serving as the introduction of Fermi, the GeForce 400 series is a series of graphics processing units developed by Nvidia. Its release was originally slated in November 2009; however, after delays, it was released on March 26, 2010, with availability following in April 2010. Its direct competitor was ATI's Radeon HD 5...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Construction%20and%20Principal%20Uses%20of%20Mathematical%20Instruments
The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments () is a book by Nicholas Bion, first published in 1709. It was translated into English in 1723 by Edmund Stone. It was described as "the most famous book devoted to instruments" by historian of science David M. Knight. Nicholas Bion Nicholas Bion ( ; 16...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20virtualization
Data virtualization is an approach to data management that allows an application to retrieve and manipulate data without requiring technical details about the data, such as how it is formatted at source, or where it is physically located, and can provide a single customer view (or single view of any other entity) of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Energy%20Commission
The National Energy Commission (NEC; ) is an interdepartmental coordinating agency of the State Council that coordinates the overall energy policies for the People's Republic of China. The body includes 23 members from other agencies such as environment, finance, central bank, National Development and Reform Commission...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket%20LOOX
Pocket LOOX was a series of Pocket PC-based personal digital assistants (PDAs) and navigation systems developed by Fujitsu Siemens. It was discontinued in 2007. Product comparison charts Fujitsu Siemens Pocket LOOX PDAs Pocket LOOX 600 was the first PDA by Fujitsu Siemens and HTC, released in 2002. It had a built-in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20on%20Venus
The possibility of life on Venus is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to Venus's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no definitive evidence has been found of past or present life there. In the early 1960s, studies conducted via spacecraft demonstrated that the current Venusian environment is extreme c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation%20Anywhere
Automation Anywhere is an American global software company that develops robotic process automation (RPA) software. Founded in 2003, the company is headquartered in San Jose, California. History Automation Anywhere was originally founded as Tethys Solutions, LLC in San Jose, by Mihir Shukla, Neeti Mehta Shukla, Ank...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Original%20Software
Original Software is a privately held company providing automatic software testing products and services. History Original Software was formed in December 1996 and started trading in May 1997. It was founded by Colin Armitage. In the initial years, Original Software focused on the IBM i platform. In 2007 a manual t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanna%E2%80%93Volga%20pricing
The Vanna–Volga method is a mathematical tool used in finance. It is a technique for pricing first-generation exotic options in foreign exchange market (FX) derivatives. Description It consists of adjusting the Black–Scholes theoretical value (BSTV) by the cost of a portfolio which hedges three main risks associated t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarized%20light%20pollution
Polarization is a property of light waves that describes the orientation of their oscillations. Polarized light pollution is a subset of the various forms of light pollution referring specifically to polarized light. In nature, water and water vapor polarize the sunlight (which itself is slightly polarized). By receiv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTK%20Forensics
PTK Forensics (PTK) was a non-free, commercial GUI for old versions of the digital forensics tool The Sleuth Kit (TSK). It also includes a number of other software modules for investigating digital media. The software is not developed anymore. PTK runs as a GUI interface for The Sleuth Kit, acquiring and indexing digi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial%20concurrent%20thinking%20aloud
Partial concurrent thinking aloud (or partial concurrent think-aloud, or PCTA) is a method used to gather data in usability testing with screen reader users. It is a particular kind of think aloud protocol (or TAP) created by Stefano Federici and Simone Borsci at the Interuniversity Center for Research on Cognitive Pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schur%E2%80%93Horn%20theorem
In mathematics, particularly linear algebra, the Schur–Horn theorem, named after Issai Schur and Alfred Horn, characterizes the diagonal of a Hermitian matrix with given eigenvalues. It has inspired investigations and substantial generalizations in the setting of symplectic geometry. A few important generalizations are...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipole%20field%20strength%20in%20free%20space
Dipole field strength in free space, in telecommunications, is the electric field strength caused by a half wave dipole under ideal conditions. The actual field strength in terrestrial environments is calculated by empirical formulas based on this field strength. Power density Let N be the effective power radiated f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominique%20Foata
Dominique Foata (born October 12, 1934) is a mathematician who works in enumerative combinatorics. With Pierre Cartier and Marcel-Paul Schützenberger he pioneered the modern approach to classical combinatorics, that lead, in part, to the current blossoming of algebraic combinatorics. His pioneering work on permutation ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection%20and%20amplification%20binding%20assay
Selection and amplification binding assay (SAAB) is a molecular biology technique typically used to find the DNA binding site for proteins. It was developed by T. Keith Blackwell and Harold M. Weintraub in 1990. Method SAAB experimental procedure consists of several steps, depending upon the knowledge available abou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-module
In mathematics, given a group G, a G-module is an abelian group M on which G acts compatibly with the abelian group structure on M. This widely applicable notion generalizes that of a representation of G. Group (co)homology provides an important set of tools for studying general G-modules. The term G-module is also us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracode
Veracode is an application security company based in Burlington, Massachusetts. Founded in 2006, it provides SaaS application security that integrates application analysis into development pipelines. The company provides multiple security analysis technologies on a single platform, including static analysis (or white-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus%20quantification
Virus quantification is counting or calculating the number of virus particles (virions) in a sample to determine the virus concentration. It is used in both research and development (R&D) in academic and commercial laboratories as well as in production situations where the quantity of virus at various steps is an impor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sendo%20Z100
Sendo Z100 is a Tri-band phone by Sendo, designed in 2002 and never launched as Sendo sued Microsoft. Background After Microsoft bought shares of Sendo, they started together to develop the new devices operating system called Stinger. Microsoft and Sendo showed a first prototype at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%20provisioning%20software
User provisioning software is software intended to help organizations more quickly, cheaply, reliably and securely manage information about users on multiple systems and applications. Background: systems, applications and users People are represented by user objects or login accounts on different systems and applica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanus%20pedunculatus
Dardanus pedunculatus, commonly referred to as the anemone hermit crab, is a species of hermit crab from the Indo-Pacific region. It lives at depths of up to 27 m and collects sea anemones to place on its shell for defence. Distribution Dardanus pedunculatus has a broad distribution in the Indo-Pacific region, from th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNSDL
TNSDL stands for TeleNokia Specification and Description Language. TNSDL is based on the ITU-T SDL-88 language. It is used exclusively at Nokia Networks, primarily for developing applications for telephone exchanges. Purpose TNSDL is a general-purpose procedural programming language. It is especially well-suited for d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEPS%20effect
The PEPS Effect (Photoelectochemical Photocurrent Switching) is a phenomenon seen in semiconducting electrodes. It is defined as switching of photocurrent polarity on changes in photoelectrode potential and/or incident light wavelength. Konrad Szaciłowski and Wojciech Macyk were the first to describe it in their publi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidimensional%20system
In mathematical systems theory, a multidimensional system or m-D system is a system in which not only one independent variable exists (like time), but there are several independent variables. Important problems such as factorization and stability of m-D systems (m > 1) have recently attracted the interest of many rese...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20for%20Underwater%20Technology
The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) is an international learned society for marine science and technology with headquarters in London, England that was founded in 1966. There are branches in Aberdeen (Scotland), Houston (USA), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Newcastle (England), Perth (Australia), London (England), Me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Street%20View%20privacy%20concerns
Privacy advocates have objected to the Google Street View feature, pointing to photographs that show people leaving strip clubs, protesters at an abortion clinic, sunbathers in bikinis, cottagers at public parks, people picking up prostitutes, and people engaging in activities visible from public property which they do...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20homing%20endonuclease%20cutting%20sites
The homing endonucleases are a special type of restriction enzymes encoded by introns or inteins. They act on the cellular DNA of the cell that synthesizes them; to be precise, in the opposite allele of the gene that encode them. Homing endonucleases The list includes some of the most studied examples. The following c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimsoft
Nimsoft was an independent company software vendor that offered information technology (IT) monitoring, service desk products, and services. It was acquired by CA Inc. in 2010, and since October 2012 its products were integrated into that business. The Nimsoft brand is still used by CA. Nimsoft products allow users to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle%2C%20Inc.
Aristotle, Inc. is a U.S. company founded and led by brothers John Aristotle Phillips and Dean Aristotle Phillips in 1983, specializing in data mining voter data for political campaigns. See also Vocus References Public relations companies of the United States Consulting firms established in 1983 1983 establishment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End%20node%20problem
The end node problem arises when individual computers are used for sensitive work and/or temporarily become part of a trusted, well-managed network/cloud and then are used for more risky activities and/or join untrusted networks. (Individual computers on the periphery of networks/clouds are called end nodes.) End nodes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20bandwidth
The power bandwidth of an amplifier is sometimes taken as the frequency range (or, rarely, the upper frequency limit) for which the rated power output of an amplifier can be maintained (without excessive distortion) to at least half of the full rated power. (Some specifications may mandate 100% of the rated power; some...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slew-induced%20distortion
Slew-induced distortion (SID or slew-rate induced distortion) is caused when an amplifier or transducer is required to change output (or displacement), i.e. slew rate, faster than it is able to do so without error. At such times any other signals may suffer considerable gain distortion, leading to intermodulation disto...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehmer%20code
In mathematics and in particular in combinatorics, the Lehmer code is a particular way to encode each possible permutation of a sequence of n numbers. It is an instance of a scheme for numbering permutations and is an example of an inversion table. The Lehmer code is named in reference to Derrick Henry Lehmer, but the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation%20Z
is a 1984 horizontally scrolling shooter developed and published by Jaleco. The arcade release was distributed by Williams and known as Aeroboto outside Japan. It was later ported to the MSX and to the Famicom (by Hect), the latter being included as part of Jaleco Collection Vol. 1 for the PlayStation. More recently th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HERMES-A/MINOTAUR
HERMES-A/MINOTAUR is an Internet-to-Orbit gateway (I2O) which is a device capable of routing information between information processing systems in earth orbit and information processing systems (like computers) connected to the public planetary network (internet) via radio waves or even laser signals. It became online ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20Over%20II
Game Over II (known as Phantis in Spain) is a combination scrolling shooter and platform game developed and published by Dinamic Software in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Atari ST. Gameplay Game Over II is a mix between a scrolling shooter (similar to R-Type) and a platform game...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infestation
Infestation is the state of being invaded or overrun by pests or parasites. It can also refer to the actual organisms living on or within a host. Terminology In general, the term "infestation" refers to parasitic diseases caused by animals such as arthropods (i.e. mites, ticks, and lice) and worms, but excluding (exc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari%E2%80%93Goldstein%20relaxation
Johari–Goldstein relaxation, also known as the JG β-relaxation, is a universal property of glasses and certain other disordered materials. Proposed in 1969 by Martin Goldstein, JG β-relaxation were described as a secondary relaxation mechanism required to explain the viscosity behavior of liquids approaching the glas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusteer
Trusteer is a Boston-based computer security division of IBM, responsible for a suite of security software. Founded by Mickey Boodaei and Rakesh K. Loonkar, in Israel in 2006, Trusteer was acquired in September 2013 by IBM for $1 billion. Trusteer's products aim to block online threats from malware and phishing attac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocks%20to%20Robots
Blocks to Robots: Learning with Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom (2008) is an educational guide book by Marina Umaschi Bers that introduces the idea of learning with technology in the early childhood classroom. Research shows that attitudes about science, math, and technology start to form during ea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20C.%20Waterhouse
William Charles Waterhouse (December 31, 1941 – June 26, 2016) was an American mathematician. He was a professor emeritus of Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University, after having taught there for over 35 years. The early part of his career was at Cornell University. His research interests included abstract algebra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head%20grammar
Head grammar (HG) is a grammar formalism introduced in Carl Pollard (1984) as an extension of the context-free grammar class of grammars. Head grammar is therefore a type of phrase structure grammar, as opposed to a dependency grammar. The class of head grammars is a subset of the linear context-free rewriting systems....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrose%20equivalent
Dextrose equivalent (DE) is a measure of the amount of reducing sugars present in a sugar product, expressed as a percentage on a dry basis relative to dextrose. The dextrose equivalent gives an indication of the average degree of polymerisation (DP) for starch sugars. As a rule of thumb, DE × DP = 120. In all glucose...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TROPI
TROPI, or "Analysis of a Novel Sensory Mechanism in Root Phototropism", is an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) to investigate the growth and development of plant seedlings under various gravity and lighting combinations. It was launched on Space Shuttle Endeavour during the STS-130 mission and was pe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus%202000
The Elbrus 2000, E2K () is a Russian 512-bit wide VLIW microprocessor developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST) and fabricated by TSMC. It supports two instruction set architectures (ISA): Elbrus VLIW Intel x86 (a complete, system-level implementation with a software dynamic binary translation virtual...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosonic%20bonding
Thermosonic bonding is widely used to wire bond silicon integrated circuits into computers. Alexander Coucoulas was named "Father of Thermosonic Bonding" by George Harman, the world's foremost authority on wire bonding, where he referenced Coucoulas's leading edge publications in his book, Wire Bonding In Microelectron...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-story%20%28production%29
Back-story, in the production of consumer goods, is information about the effects of their production. sustainability advocates had begun evoking literary backstories to refer to the "backstories" of goods: that is, the impacts on the planet and people, caused by producing and delivering those goods. Without knowledg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20situ%20adaptive%20tabulation
In situ adaptive tabulation (ISAT) is an algorithm for the approximation of nonlinear relationships. ISAT is based on multiple linear regressions that are dynamically added as additional information is discovered. The technique is adaptive as it adds new linear regressions dynamically to a store of possible retrieval...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Mammone
Richard J. Mammone (born 1953, New York) is an American engineer, inventor, entrepreneur and professor. As an inventor, he holds over 15 patents. To date, he has formed four technology companies including SpeakEZ, a firm that specialized in voice recognition technology, and Computed Anatomy Inc., the business that pion...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%27s%20Olympic%20Broadcast%20Media%20Consortium
Established in 2007, Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium (legal name 7048467 Canada Inc., also sometimes referred to informally in branding as CTV Olympics and RDS Olympiques, additionally referred to as the National Olympic Network by BBM Canada) was a joint venture set up by Canadian media companies Bell Medi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotational%20cryptanalysis
In cryptography, rotational cryptanalysis is a generic cryptanalytic attack against algorithms that rely on three operations: modular addition, rotation and XOR — ARX for short. Algorithms relying on these operations are popular because they are relatively cheap in both hardware and software and run in constant time, m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring%20Billion
The Boring Billion, otherwise known as the Mid Proterozoic and Earth's Middle Ages, is the time period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago (Ga) spanning the middle Proterozoic eon, characterized by more or less tectonic stability, climatic stasis, and slow biological evolution. It is bordered by two different oxygena...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haystack%20%28software%29
Haystack was a never-completed program intended for network traffic obfuscation and encryption. It was promoted as a tool to circumvent internet censorship in Iran. Shortly after the release of the first test version, reviewers concluded the software did not live up to promises made about its functionality and security...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Brother%20Watch
Big Brother Watch is a non-party British civil liberties and privacy campaigning organisation. It was launched in 2009 by founding director Alex Deane to campaign against state surveillance and threats to civil liberties. It was founded by Matthew Elliott. Since January 2018, Silkie Carlo is the Director. The organis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unibranch%20local%20ring
In algebraic geometry, a local ring A is said to be unibranch if the reduced ring Ared (obtained by quotienting A by its nilradical) is an integral domain, and the integral closure B of Ared is also a local ring. A unibranch local ring is said to be geometrically unibranch if the residue field of B is a purely insepara...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructible%20sheaf
In mathematics, a constructible sheaf is a sheaf of abelian groups over some topological space X, such that X is the union of a finite number of locally closed subsets on each of which the sheaf is a locally constant sheaf. It has its origins in algebraic geometry, where in étale cohomology constructible sheaves are de...