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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20barrier | A noise barrier (also called a soundwall, noise wall, sound berm, sound barrier, or acoustical barrier) is an exterior structure designed to protect inhabitants of sensitive land use areas from noise pollution. Noise barriers are the most effective method of mitigating roadway, railway, and industrial noise sources –
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Internet%20registry | A national Internet registry (or NIR) is an organization under the umbrella of a regional Internet registry with the task of coordinating IP address allocations and other Internet resource management functions at a national level within a country or economic unit.
NIRs operate primarily in the Asia Pacific region, und... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-system | In mathematics, a -system (or pi-system) on a set is a collection of certain subsets of such that
is non-empty.
If then
That is, is a non-empty family of subsets of that is closed under non-empty finite intersections.
The importance of -systems arises from the fact that if two probability measures agree on ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seqlock | A seqlock (short for sequence lock) is a special locking mechanism used in Linux for supporting fast writes of shared variables between two parallel operating system routines. The semantics stabilized as of version 2.5.59, and they are present in the 2.6.x stable kernel series. The seqlocks were developed by Stephen He... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroimmunology | Neuroimmunology is a field combining neuroscience, the study of the nervous system, and immunology, the study of the immune system. Neuroimmunologists seek to better understand the interactions of these two complex systems during development, homeostasis, and response to injuries. A long-term goal of this rapidly dev... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral%20modeling | The behavioral approach to systems theory and control theory was initiated in the late-1970s by J. C. Willems as a result of resolving inconsistencies present in classical approaches based on state-space, transfer function, and convolution representations. This approach is also motivated by the aim of obtaining a gener... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTLM | In a Windows network, NT (New Technology) LAN Manager (NTLM) is a suite of Microsoft security protocols intended to provide authentication, integrity, and confidentiality to users. NTLM is the successor to the authentication protocol in Microsoft LAN Manager (LANMAN), an older Microsoft product. The NTLM protocol suite... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20%28mathematical%20logic%29 | In universal algebra and in model theory, a structure consists of a set along with a collection of finitary operations and relations that are defined on it.
Universal algebra studies structures that generalize the algebraic structures such as groups, rings, fields and vector spaces. The term universal algebra is used ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Castle%20%28video%20game%29 | The Castle is a video game released by ASCII Corporation in 1986 for the FM-7 and X1 computers. It was later ported to the MSX and NEC branded personal computers, and got a single console port for the SG-1000. The game is set within a castle containing 100 rooms, most of which contain one or more puzzles.
It was follo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot%20software | Robot software is the set of coded commands or instructions that tell a mechanical device and electronic system, known together as a robot, what tasks to perform. Robot software is used to perform autonomous tasks. Many software systems and frameworks have been proposed to make programming robots easier.
Some robot so... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20moment%20diagram | A binary moment diagram (BMD) is a generalization of the binary decision diagram (BDD) to linear functions over domains such as booleans (like BDDs), but also to integers or to real numbers.
They can deal with Boolean functions with complexity comparable to BDDs, but also some functions that are dealt with very ineffi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selection%20coefficient | In population genetics, a selection coefficient, usually denoted by the letter s, is a measure of differences in relative fitness. Selection coefficients are central to the quantitative description of evolution, since fitness differences determine the change in genotype frequencies attributable to selection.
The follo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20Mathematical%20High%20Achievers%20Selection%20Contest | Hong Kong Mathematical High Achievers Selection Contest (HKMHASC, Traditional Chinese: 香港青少年數學精英選拔賽) is a yearly mathematics competition for students of or below Secondary 3 in Hong Kong. It is jointly organized by Po Leung Kuk and Hong Kong Association of Science and Mathematics Education since the academic year 1998-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracrine | Intracrine refers to a hormone that acts inside a cell, regulating intracellular events. In simple terms it means that the cell stimulates itself by cellular production of a factor that acts within the cell. Steroid hormones act through intracellular (mostly nuclear) receptors and, thus, may be considered to be intracr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge%20sharing | Charge sharing is an effect of signal degradation through transfer of charges from one electronic domain to another.
Charge sharing in semiconductor radiation detectors
In pixelated semiconductor radiation detectors - such as photon-counting or hybrid-pixel-detectors, charge sharing refers to the diffusion of electri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-product%20property | In algebra, the zero-product property states that the product of two nonzero elements is nonzero. In other words,
This property is also known as the rule of zero product, the null factor law, the multiplication property of zero, the nonexistence of nontrivial zero divisors, or one of the two zero-factor properties. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BORGChat | BORGChat is a LAN messaging software program. It has achieved a relative state of popularity and it is considered to be a complete LAN chat program. It has been superseded by commercial products which allow voice chat, video conferencing, central monitoring and administration. An extension called "BORGVoice" adds word ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content-addressable%20storage | Content-addressable storage (CAS), also referred to as content-addressed storage or fixed-content storage, is a way to store information so it can be retrieved based on its content, not its name or location. It has been used for high-speed storage and retrieval of fixed content, such as documents stored for compliance ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomics | Phenomics is the systematic study of traits that make up a phenotype. It was coined by UC Berkeley and LBNL scientist Steven A. Garan. As such, it is a transdisciplinary area of research that involves biology, data sciences, engineering and other fields. Phenomics is concerned with the measurement of the phenotype wher... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott%20Avedon%20Museum%20and%20Archive%20of%20Games | The Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games was a public board game museum housed at the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1971 as the Museum and Archive of Games, and renamed in 2000 in honour of its founder and first curator. It housed over 5,000 objects and documents rela... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle%20aggregation | Particle agglomeration refers to the formation of assemblages in a suspension and represents a mechanism leading to the functional destabilization of colloidal systems. During this process, particles dispersed in the liquid phase stick to each other, and spontaneously form irregular particle assemblages, flocs, or aggl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20physics | Thermal physics is the combined study of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory of gases. This umbrella-subject is typically designed for physics students and functions to provide a general introduction to each of three core heat-related subjects. Other authors, however, define thermal physics loos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idle%20animation | Idle animations are animations within video games that occur when the player character is not performing any actions. They serve to give games personality, as an Easter Egg for the player, or for realism.
History
One of the earliest games to feature an idle animation was Android Nim in 1978. The androids blink, look ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlson%27s%20theorem | In mathematics, in the area of complex analysis, Carlson's theorem is a uniqueness theorem which was discovered by Fritz David Carlson. Informally, it states that two different analytic functions which do not grow very fast at infinity can not coincide at the integers. The theorem may be obtained from the Phragmén–Lind... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A9-consistent%20theory | In mathematical logic, an ω-consistent (or omega-consistent, also called numerically segregative) theory is a theory (collection of sentences) that is not only (syntactically) consistent (that is, does not prove a contradiction), but also avoids proving certain infinite combinations of sentences that are intuitively co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-addressable%20potentiometric%20sensor | A light-addressable potentiometric sensor (LAPS) is a sensor that uses light (e.g. LEDs) to select what will be measured. Light can activate carriers in semiconductors.
History
An example is the pH-sensitive LAPS (range pH4 to pH10) that uses LEDs in combination with (semi-conducting) silicon and pH-sensitive Ta2O5 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sort%20%28C%2B%2B%29 | sort is a generic function in the C++ Standard Library for doing comparison sorting. The function originated in the Standard Template Library (STL).
The specific sorting algorithm is not mandated by the language standard and may vary across implementations, but the worst-case asymptotic complexity of the function is s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT%20Port%20Mapping%20Protocol | NAT Port Mapping Protocol (NAT-PMP) is a network protocol for establishing network address translation (NAT) settings and port forwarding configurations automatically without user effort. The protocol automatically determines the external IPv4 address of a NAT gateway, and provides means for an application to communica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Last%20Blade%202 | The Last Blade 2 is a video game developed and released by SNK in 1998. Like its predecessor, The Last Blade, it is a weapons-based versus fighting game originally released to arcades via the Neo Geo MVS arcade system, although it has since been released for various other platforms.
Gameplay
Gameplay elements remain... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microecosystem | Microecosystems can exist in locations which are precisely defined by critical environmental factors within small or tiny spaces.
Such factors may include temperature, pH, chemical milieu, nutrient supply, presence of symbionts or solid substrates, gaseous atmosphere (aerobic or anaerobic) etc.
Some examples
Pond mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault%20Simulator | DevPartner Fault Simulator is a software development tool used to simulate application errors. It helps developers and quality assurance engineers write, test and debug those parts of the software responsible for handling fault situations which can occur within applications. The target application, where faults are sim... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2061508 | IEC 61508 is an international standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) consisting of methods on how to apply, design, deploy and maintain automatic protection systems called safety-related systems. It is titled Functional Safety of Electrical/Electronic/Programmable Electronic Safety-re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference%20polynomials | In mathematics, in the area of complex analysis, the general difference polynomials are a polynomial sequence, a certain subclass of the Sheffer polynomials, which include the Newton polynomials, Selberg's polynomials, and the Stirling interpolation polynomials as special cases.
Definition
The general difference polyn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling%20polynomials | In mathematics, the Stirling polynomials are a family of polynomials that generalize important sequences of numbers appearing in combinatorics and analysis, which are closely related to the Stirling numbers, the Bernoulli numbers, and the generalized Bernoulli polynomials. There are multiple variants of the Stirling po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20code%20escrow | Source code escrow is the deposit of the source code of software with a third-party escrow agent. Escrow is typically requested by a party licensing software (the licensee), to ensure maintenance of the software instead of abandonment or orphaning. The software's source code is released to the licensee if the licensor ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToonTalk | ToonTalk is a computer programming system intended to be programmed by children. The "Toon" part stands for cartoon. The system's presentation is in the form of animated characters, including robots that can be trained by example. It is one of the few successful implementations outside academia of the concurrent cons... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar%20distance%20%28navigation%29 | In celestial navigation, lunar distance, also called a lunar, is the angular distance between the Moon and another celestial body. The lunar distances method uses this angle and a nautical almanac to calculate Greenwich time if so desired, or by extension any other time. That calculated time can be used in solving a s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liesegang%20rings | Liesegang rings () are a phenomenon seen in many, if not most, chemical systems undergoing a precipitation reaction under certain conditions of concentration and in the absence of convection. Rings are formed when weakly soluble salts are produced from reaction of two soluble substances, one of which is dissolved in a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20architecture | Data architecture consist of models, policies, rules, and standards that govern which data is collected and how it is stored, arranged, integrated, and put to use in data systems and in organizations. Data is usually one of several architecture domains that form the pillars of an enterprise architecture or solution arc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informational%20self-determination | The term informational self-determination was first used in the context of a German constitutional ruling relating to personal information collected during the 1983 census. The German term is informationelle Selbstbestimmung. It is formally defined as "the authority of the individual to decide himself, on the basis of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKNC | UKNC () is a Soviet PDP-11-compatible educational micro computer, aimed at teaching school informatics courses. It is also known as Elektronika MS-0511. UKNC stands for Educational Computer by Scientific Centre.
Hardware
Processor: KM1801VM2 1801 series CPU @ 8 MHz, 16 bit data bus, 17 bit address bus
Peripheral proce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle%20stealing | In computing, traditionally cycle stealing is a method of accessing computer memory (RAM) or bus without interfering with the CPU. It is similar to direct memory access (DMA) for allowing I/O controllers to read or write RAM without CPU intervention. Clever exploitation of specific CPU or bus timings can permit the CPU... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20elimination | Model elimination is the name attached to a pair of proof procedures invented by Donald W. Loveland, the first of which was published in 1968 in the Journal of the ACM. Their primary purpose is to carry out automated theorem proving, though they can readily be extended to logic programming, including the more general d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20modelling%20%28insurance%29 | This page is concerned with the stochastic modelling as applied to the insurance industry. For other stochastic modelling applications, please see Monte Carlo method and Stochastic asset models. For mathematical definition, please see Stochastic process.
"Stochastic" means being or having a random variable. A stocha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiscernibles | In mathematical logic, indiscernibles are objects that cannot be distinguished by any property or relation defined by a formula. Usually only first-order formulas are considered.
Examples
If a, b, and c are distinct and {a, b, c} is a set of indiscernibles, then, for example, for each binary formula , we must have
Hi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20Contention%20Scope | In computer science, The System Contention Scope is one of two thread-scheduling schemes used in operating systems. This scheme is used by the kernel to decide which kernel-level thread to schedule onto a CPU, wherein all threads (as opposed to only user-level threads, as in the Process Contention Scope scheme) in the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent%20design | Emergent design is a phrase coined by David Cavallo to describe a theoretical framework for the implementation of systemic change in education and learning environments. This examines how choice of design methodology contributes to the success or failure of education reforms through studies in Thailand. It is related ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentzen%27s%20consistency%20proof | Gentzen's consistency proof is a result of proof theory in mathematical logic, published by Gerhard Gentzen in 1936. It shows that the Peano axioms of first-order arithmetic do not contain a contradiction (i.e. are "consistent"), as long as a certain other system used in the proof does not contain any contradictions ei... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directivity | In electromagnetics, directivity is a parameter of an antenna or optical system which measures the degree to which the radiation emitted is concentrated in a single direction. It is the ratio of the radiation intensity in a given direction from the antenna to the radiation intensity averaged over all directions. Ther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey%20patch | Monkey patching is a technique used to dynamically update the behavior of a piece of code at run-time. A monkey patch (also spelled monkey-patch, MonkeyPatch) is a way to extend or modify the runtime code of dynamic languages (e.g. Smalltalk, JavaScript, Objective-C, Ruby, Perl, Python, Groovy, etc.) without altering t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20transform | The identity transform is a data transformation that copies the source data into the destination data without change.
The identity transformation is considered an essential process in creating a reusable transformation library. By creating a library of variations of the base identity transformation, a variety of data... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxation%20labelling | Relaxation labelling is an image treatment methodology. Its goal is to associate a label to the pixels of a given image or nodes of a given graph.
See also
Digital image processing
References
Further reading
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAH%20world%20hypothesis | The PAH world hypothesis is a speculative hypothesis that proposes that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), known to be abundant in the universe, including in comets, and assumed to be abundant in the primordial soup of the early Earth, played a major role in the origin of life by mediating the synthesis of RNA mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Korkin | Aleksandr Nikolayevich Korkin (; – ) was a Russian mathematician. He made contribution to the development of partial differential equations, and was second only to Chebyshev among the founders of the Saint Petersburg Mathematical School. Among others, his students included Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev.
Some publications... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Herivel | John William Jamieson Herivel (29 August 1918 – 18 January 2011) was a British science historian and World War II codebreaker at Bletchley Park.
As a codebreaker concerned with Cryptanalysis of the Enigma, Herivel is remembered chiefly for the discovery of what was soon dubbed the Herivel tip or Herivelismus. Heriveli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheekwood%20Botanical%20Garden%20and%20Museum%20of%20Art | Cheekwood is a historic estate on the western edge of Nashville, Tennessee that houses the Cheekwood Estate & Gardens. Formerly the residence of Nashville's Cheek family, the Georgian-style mansion was opened as a botanical garden and art museum in 1960.
History
Christopher Cheek founded a wholesale grocery busine... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick%20Wertkarte | Quick was an electronic purse system available on Austrian bank cards to allow small purchases to be made without cash. The history of the Quick system goes back to 1996. Quick was discontinued on July 31, 2017.
The system was aimed at small retailers such as bakeries, cafés, drink, and parking automats (but even smal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoplastic%20olefin | Thermoplastic olefin, thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO), or olefinic thermoplastic elastomers refer to polymer/filler blends usually consisting of some fraction of a thermoplastic, an elastomer or rubber, and usually a filler.
Outdoor applications such as roofing frequently contain TPO because it does not degrade under s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20CardSpace | Windows CardSpace (codenamed InfoCard) is a discontinued identity selector app by Microsoft. It stores references to digital identities of the users, presenting them as visual information cards. CardSpace provides a consistent UI designed to help people to easily and securely use these identities in applications and we... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective%20soldering | Selective soldering is the process of selectively soldering components to printed circuit boards and molded modules that could be damaged by the heat of a reflow oven or wave soldering in a traditional surface-mount technology (SMT) or through-hole technology assembly processes. This usually follows an SMT oven reflow ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar%20Totic | Aleksandar Totic is one of the original developers of the Mosaic browser. He cofounded and was a partner at Netscape Communications Corporation.
He was born in Belgrade, Serbia, on 23 September 1966. He moved to America after his degree from Kuwait was not recognized by Yugoslav government, and currently lives in Palo ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instinctive%20drift | Instinctive drift, alternately known as instinctual drift, is the tendency of an animal to revert to unconscious and automatic behaviour that interferes with learned behaviour from operant conditioning. Instinctive drift was coined by Keller and Marian Breland, former students of B.F. Skinner at the University of Minne... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20analysis | Genetic analysis is the overall process of studying and researching in fields of science that involve genetics and molecular biology. There are a number of applications that are developed from this research, and these are also considered parts of the process. The base system of analysis revolves around general genetics... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-way%20finite%20automaton | In computer science, in particular in automata theory, a two-way finite automaton is a finite automaton that is allowed to re-read its input.
Two-way deterministic finite automaton
A two-way deterministic finite automaton (2DFA) is an abstract machine, a generalized version of the deterministic finite automaton (DFA)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autostereoscopy | Autostereoscopy is any method of displaying stereoscopic images (adding binocular perception of 3D depth) without the use of special headgear, glasses, something that affects vision, or anything for eyes on the part of the viewer. Because headgear is not required, it is also called "glasses-free 3D" or "glassesless 3D"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-free%20word | In combinatorics, a squarefree word is a word (a sequence of symbols) that does not contain any squares. A square is a word of the form , where is not empty. Thus, a squarefree word can also be defined as a word that avoids the pattern .
Finite squarefree words
Binary alphabet
Over a binary alphabet , the only squa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractometer | A refractometer is a laboratory or field device for the measurement of an index of refraction (refractometry). The index of refraction is calculated from the observed refraction angle using Snell's law. For mixtures, the index of refraction then allows to determine the concentration using mixing rules such as the Glad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20function | In applied mathematics, comparison functions are several classes of continuous functions, which are used in stability theory to characterize the stability properties of control systems as Lyapunov stability, uniform asymptotic stability etc. 1 + 1 equals 2, which can be used in comparison functions.
Let be a space of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20constant | In logic, a logical constant or constant symbol of a language is a symbol that has the same semantic value under every interpretation of . Two important types of logical constants are logical connectives and quantifiers. The equality predicate (usually written '=') is also treated as a logical constant in many system... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musix%20GNU%2BLinux | Musix GNU+Linux is a discontinued live CD and DVD Linux distribution for the IA-32 processor family based on Debian. It contained a collection of software for audio production, graphic design, video editing and general-purpose applications.
Musix GNU+Linux was one of the few Linux distributions recognized by the Free ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipsogen | A dipsogen is an agent that causes thirst. (From Greek: δίψα (dipsa), "thirst" and the suffix -gen, "to create".)
Physiology
Angiotensin II is thought to be a powerful dipsogen, and is one of the products of the renin–angiotensin pathway, a biological homeostatic mechanism for the regulation of electrolytes and water.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20Communications%20Architecture | The Software Communications Architecture (SCA) is an open architecture framework that defines a standard way for radios to instantiate, configure, and manage waveform applications running on their platform. The SCA separates waveform software from the underlying hardware platform, facilitating waveform software portab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-to-cloth%20ratio | The air-to-cloth ratio is the volumetric flow rate of air (m3/minute; SI m3/second) flowing through a dust collector's inlet duct divided by the total cloth area (m2) in the filters. The result is expressed in units of velocity.
The air-to-cloth ratio is typically between 1.5 and 3.5 metres per minute, mainly dependin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte%20Carlo%20localization | Monte Carlo localization (MCL), also known as particle filter localization, is an algorithm for robots to localize using a particle filter. Given a map of the environment, the algorithm estimates the position and orientation of a robot as it moves and senses the environment. The algorithm uses a particle filter to repr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20in%20a%20package | A system in a package (SiP) or system-in-package is a number of integrated circuits (ICs) enclosed in one chip carrier package or encompassing an IC package substrate that may include passive components and perform the functions of an entire system. The ICs may be stacked using package on package, placed side by side,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAFA | MAFA (Mast cell function-associated antigen) is a type II membrane glycoprotein, first identified on the surface of rat mucosal-type mast cells of the RBL-2H3 line. More recently, human and mouse homologues of MAFA have been discovered yet also (or only) expressed by NK and T-cells. MAFA is closely linked with the type... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%E2%80%93length%E2%80%93value | Within communication protocols, TLV (type-length-value or tag-length-value) is an encoding scheme used for informational elements. A TLV-encoded data stream contains code related to the record type, the record value's length, and finally the value itself.
Details
The type and length are fixed in size (typically 1–4 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%20Layer%20Discovery%20Protocol | The Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on a local area network based on IEEE 802 technology, principally wired Ethernet. The protocol is formally referred to by the IEEE as Station and Media Acc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, value may refer to several, strongly related notions.
In general, a mathematical value may be any definite mathematical object. In elementary mathematics, this is most often a number – for example, a real number such as or an integer such as 42.
The value of a variable or a constant is any number or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic%20of%20information | The logic of information, or the logical theory of information, considers the information content of logical signs and expressions along the lines initially developed by Charles Sanders Peirce. In this line of work, the concept of information serves to integrate the aspects of signs and expressions that are separately... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass-to-light%20ratio | In astrophysics and physical cosmology the mass-to-light ratio, normally designated with the Greek letter upsilon, , is the quotient between the total mass of a spatial volume (typically on the scales of a galaxy or a cluster) and its luminosity. These ratios are often reported using the value calculated for the Sun as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray%20CS6400 | The Cray Superserver 6400, or CS6400, is a discontinued multiprocessor server computer system produced by Cray Research Superservers, Inc., a subsidiary of Cray Research, and launched in 1993. The CS6400 was also sold as the Amdahl SPARCsummit 6400E.
The CS6400 (codenamed SuperDragon during development) superseded the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate%20policy | A certificate policy (CP) is a document which aims to state what are the different entities of a public key infrastructure (PKI), their roles and their duties. This document is published in the PKI perimeter.
When in use with X.509 certificates, a specific field can be set to include a link to the associated certifica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sort%20%28Unix%29 | In computing, sort is a standard command line program of Unix and Unix-like operating systems, that prints the lines of its input or concatenation of all files listed in its argument list in sorted order. Sorting is done based on one or more sort keys extracted from each line of input. By default, the entire input is t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Conrad | Brian Conrad (born November 20, 1970) is an American mathematician and number theorist, working at Stanford University. Previously, he taught at the University of Michigan and at Columbia University.
Conrad and others proved the modularity theorem, also known as the Taniyama-Shimura Conjecture. He proved this in 1999 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgene | A transgene is a gene that has been transferred naturally, or by any of a number of genetic engineering techniques, from one organism to another. The introduction of a transgene, in a process known as transgenesis, has the potential to change the phenotype of an organism. Transgene describes a segment of DNA containing... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism%20%28chipset%29 | The Prism brand is used for wireless networking integrated circuit (commonly called "chips") technology from Conexant for wireless LANs. They were formerly produced by Intersil Corporation.
Legacy 802.11b products (Prism 2/2.5/3)
The open-source HostAP driver supports the IEEE 802.11b Prism 2/2.5/3 family of chips.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickWin | QuickWin was a library from Microsoft that made it possible to compile command line MS-DOS programs as Windows 3.1 applications, displaying their output in a window.
Since the release of Windows NT, Microsoft has included support for console applications in the Windows operating system itself via the Windows Console, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon%20R.%20Long | Sharon Rugel Long (born March 2, 1951) is an American plant biologist. She is the Steere-Pfizer Professor of Biological Science in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, and the Principal Investigator of the Long Laboratory at Stanford.
Long studies the symbiosis between bacteria and plants, in particular t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takt%20time | Takt time, or simply takt, is a manufacturing term to describe the required product assembly duration that is needed to match the demand. Often confused with cycle time, takt time is a tool used to design work and it measures the average time interval between the start of production of one unit and the start of product... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocker%20box | A rocker box (also known as a cradle) is a gold mining implement for separating alluvial placer gold from sand and gravel which was used in placer mining in the 19th century. It consists of a high-sided box, which is open on one end and on top, and was placed on rockers.
The inside bottom of the box is lined with riff... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux%20balance%20analysis | Flux balance analysis (FBA) is a mathematical method for simulating metabolism in genome-scale reconstructions of metabolic networks. In comparison to traditional methods of modeling, FBA is less intensive in terms of the input data required for constructing the model. Simulations performed using FBA are computationall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filopodia | Filopodia (: filopodium) are slender cytoplasmic projections that extend beyond the leading edge of lamellipodia in migrating cells. Within the lamellipodium, actin ribs are known as microspikes, and when they extend beyond the lamellipodia, they're known as filopodia. They contain microfilaments (also called actin fil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EN%2014214 | EN 14214 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization that describes the requirements and test methods for FAME - the most common type of biodiesel.
The technical definition of biodiesel is a fuel suitable for use in compression ignition (diesel) engines that is made of fatty acid monoalkyl es... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVR32 | AVR32 is a 32-bit RISC microcontroller architecture produced by Atmel. The microcontroller architecture was designed by a handful of people educated at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, including lead designer Øyvind Strøm and CPU architect Erik Renno in Atmel's Norwegian design center.
Most instruct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Castiglioni | Luis Alberto Castiglioni Soria (born 31 July 1962) is a Paraguayan politician. He was Vice President of Paraguay for the Colorado Party from 2003 to 2007.
Career
Castiglioni was born in Itacurubí del Rosario and obtained a qualification in civil engineering from the Catholic University of Asunción. His national politi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20gene | A nuclear gene is a gene whose physical DNA nucleotide sequence is located in the cell nucleus of a eukaryote. The term is used to distinguish nuclear genes from genes found in mitochondria or chloroplasts. The vast majority of genes in eukaryotes are nuclear.
Endosymbiotic theory
Mitochondria and plastids evolved fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20to%20Solve%20it%20by%20Computer | How to Solve it by Computer is a computer science book by R. G. Dromey, first published by Prentice-Hall in 1982.
It is occasionally used as a textbook, especially in India.
It is an introduction to the whys of algorithms and data structures.
Features of the book:
The design factors associated with problems
The creat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden%27s%20lemma | In the theory of formal languages, Ogden's lemma (named after William F. Ogden) is a generalization of the pumping lemma for context-free languages.
Statement
We will use underlines to indicate "marked" positions.
Special cases
Ogden's lemma is often stated in the following form, which can be obtained by "forgetti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounce%20Address%20Tag%20Validation | In computing, Bounce Address Tag Validation (BATV) is a method, defined in an Internet Draft, for determining whether the bounce address specified in an E-mail message is valid. It is designed to reject backscatter, that is, bounce messages to forged return addresses.
Overview
The basic idea is to send all e-mail wit... |
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