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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Himalayan%20Bioresource%20Technology
C.S.I.R - Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology or CSIR-IHBT established in 1983 is a constituent laboratory of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. This institute located in Palampur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India is engaged in various advanced research aspects of Himalayan Bio-resources and modern...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren%20Williams%20%28mathematician%29
Lauren Kiyomi Williams (born 1978) is an American mathematician known for her work on cluster algebras, tropical geometry, algebraic combinatorics, amplituhedra, and the positive Grassmannian. She is Dwight Parker Robinson Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. Education Williams's father is an engineer; her...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapback%20%28electrical%29
Snapback is a mechanism in a bipolar transistor in which avalanche breakdown or impact ionization provides a sufficient base current to turn on the transistor. It is used intentionally in the design of certain ESD protection devices integrated onto semiconductor chips. It can also be a parasitic failure mechanism when ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinguished%20limit
In mathematics, a distinguished limit is an appropriately chosen scale factor used in the method of matched asymptotic expansions. External links Singular perturbation theory, Scholarpedia Differential equations Asymptotic analysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survey%20camp
Survey Camp is an army tradition that was discontinued in the later part of twentieth century but was reinstated in 2002 across the universities of the world with a whole new structure. It is the civil engineering training course for two weeks usually after completion four semesters of bachelor of technology that cons...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoNote
CryptoNote is an application layer protocol designed for use with cryptocurrencies that aims to solve specific problems identified in Bitcoin. Namely: Traceability of transactions The proof-of-work function (see Bitcoin network) Irregular emission Hardcoded constants Bulky scripts Financial privacy The protocol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Given-When-Then
Given-When-Then (GWT) is a semi-structured way to write down test cases. They can either be tested manually or automated as browser tests with tools like Selenium and Cucumber. It derives its name from the three clauses used, which start with the words given, when and then. Given describes the preconditions and initia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Automotive%20Innovation%20Centre
The National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC), sometimes referred to as the National Automotive Innovation Campus, is a building at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. It is a joint venture between the University's WMG, Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Motors. The building was opened by HRH The Prince of Wale...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-variable%20logic
In mathematical logic and computer science, two-variable logic is the fragment of first-order logic where formulae can be written using only two different variables. This fragment is usually studied without function symbols. Decidability Some important problems about two-variable logic, such as satisfiability and fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragment%20%28logic%29
In mathematical logic, a fragment of a logical language or theory is a subset of this logical language obtained by imposing syntactical restrictions on the language. Hence, the well-formed formulae of the fragment are a subset of those in the original logic. However, the semantics of the formulae in the fragment and in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite%20Legendre%20transform
The finite Legendre transform (fLT) transforms a mathematical function defined on the finite interval into its Legendre spectrum. Conversely, the inverse fLT (ifLT) reconstructs the original function from the components of the Legendre spectrum and the Legendre polynomials, which are orthogonal on the interval [−1,1]. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary%20adjustments%20of%20theodolites
Temporary adjustments are a set of operations which are performed on a theodolite to make it ready for taking observations. These include its initial setting up on a tripod or other stand, centering, levelling up and focusing of eyepiece. Initial setting The initial setting operation includes fixing the theodolite on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decidability%20of%20first-order%20theories%20of%20the%20real%20numbers
In mathematical logic, a first-order language of the real numbers is the set of all well-formed sentences of first-order logic that involve universal and existential quantifiers and logical combinations of equalities and inequalities of expressions over real variables. The corresponding first-order theory is the set of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent%20adjustments%20of%20theodolites
The permanent adjustments of theodolites are made to establish fixed relationship between the instrument's fundamental lines. The fundamental lines or axis of a transit theodolite include the following:- Vertical axis Axis of plate levels Axis of telescope Line of collimation Horizontal axis Axis of altitude bubb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary%20of%20set%20theory
This is a glossary of set theory. Greek !$@ A B C D E F G H I See proper, below. J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ See also Glossary of Principia Mathematica List of topics in set theory Set-builder notation References Set theory Set theory Wikipedia glossaries using description lists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft%20zur%20Erhaltung%20alter%20und%20gef%C3%A4hrdeter%20Haustierrassen
The or GEH is a German national association for the conservation of historic and endangered domestic animal breeds. History The GEH was founded on 5 December 1981 in the Rottal, in Lower Bavaria in southern Germany. It has about 2100 members. Since it was founded, no domestic livestock breed has become extinct in Ge...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place-permutation%20action
In mathematics, there are two natural interpretations of the place-permutation action of symmetric groups, in which the group elements act on positions or places. Each may be regarded as either a left or a right action, depending on the order in which one chooses to compose permutations. There are just two interpretati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia%20NVENC
Nvidia NVENC (short for Nvidia Encoder) is a feature in Nvidia graphics cards that performs video encoding, offloading this compute-intensive task from the CPU to a dedicated part of the GPU. It was introduced with the Kepler-based GeForce 600 series in March 2012. The encoder is supported in many livestreaming and re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%97%20set
In mathematics, an η set (eta set) is a type of totally ordered set introduced by that generalizes the order type η of the rational numbers. Definition If is an ordinal then an set is a totally ordered set in which for any two subsets and of cardinality less than , if every element of is less than every element...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildly%20context-sensitive%20grammar%20formalism
In computational linguistics, the term mildly context-sensitive grammar formalisms refers to several grammar formalisms that have been developed in an effort to provide adequate descriptions of the syntactic structure of natural language. Every mildly context-sensitive grammar formalism defines a class of mildly conte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Quastler
Henry Quastler (November 11, 1908 – July 4, 1963) was an Austrian physician and radiologist who became a pioneer in the field of information theory applied to biology after emigrating to America. His work with Sidney Dancoff led to the publication of what is now commonly called Dancoff's Law. Life Quastler spent his ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood%20science
Wood science, commonly referred to as wood sciences, is a scientific discipline that predominantly investigates elements associated with the formation, composition and macro- and microstructure of wood. It additionally delves into the biological, chemical, physical, and mechanical properties and characteristics of wood...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-layer%20materials
In materials science, the term single-layer materials or 2D materials refers to crystalline solids consisting of a single layer of atoms. These materials are promising for some applications but remain the focus of research. Single-layer materials derived from single elements generally carry the -ene suffix in their nam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogenotroph
Hydrogenotrophs are organisms that are able to metabolize molecular hydrogen as a source of energy. An example of hydrogenotrophy is performed by carbon dioxide-reducing organisms which use CO2 and H2 to produce methane (CH4) by the following reaction: CO2 + 4H2 → CH4 + 2H2O Other hydrogenotrophic metabolic pathway...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted%20automaton
In theoretical computer science and formal language theory, a weighted automaton or weighted finite-state machine is a generalization of a finite-state machine in which the edges have weights, for example real numbers or integers. Finite-state machines are only capable of answering decision problems; they take as input...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale%20feces
Whale feces, the excrement of whales, has a vital role in the ecology of oceans, earning whales the title of "marine ecosystem engineers." This significant ecological role stems from the nutrients and compounds found in whale feces, which have far-reaching effects on marine life. Nitrogen and iron chelate released by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (, , , ; ; stylized as ASUSTeK or ASUS) is a Taiwanese multinational computer, phone hardware and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Its products include desktop computers, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones, networking equipment, monitors, wi-fi routers, proj...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALL.Net
ALL.Net (Amusement Linkage Live Network) is an arcade video game network communication system and digital distribution system made by Sega Corporation. It is similar to the Taito NESiCAxLive game distribution systems and NESYS arcade network; the player smart card system is similar to the Konami e-AMUSEMENT system. It...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-in-pillow%20defect
In the assembly of integrated circuit packages to printed circuit boards, a head-in-pillow defect (HIP or HNP) is a failure of the soldering process. For example, in the case of a ball grid array (BGA) package, the pre-deposited solder ball on the package and the solder paste applied to the circuit board may both melt,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingman%27s%20subadditive%20ergodic%20theorem
In mathematics, Kingman's subadditive ergodic theorem is one of several ergodic theorems. It can be seen as a generalization of Birkhoff's ergodic theorem. Intuitively, the subadditive ergodic theorem is a kind of random variable version of Fekete's lemma (hence the name ergodic). As a result, it can be rephrased in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CalPhotos
CalPhotos is an online database of natural history photographs, including many useful for identifying wildlife. It is maintained by the University of California, Berkeley. Its images are used by many universities, government agencies, websites, and others, including a partnership with the Encyclopedia of Life. Plant ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corank
In mathematics, corank is complementary to the concept of the rank of a mathematical object, and may refer to the dimension of the left nullspace of a matrix, the dimension of the cokernel of a linear transformation of a vector space, or the number of elements of a matroid minus its rank. Left nullspace of a matrix T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20NEX-F3
The Sony α NEX-F3 is an entry level rangefinder-styled digital mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera announced by Sony on 17 May 2012. References http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_nexf3/specifications NEX-F3 NEX-F3 Live-preview digital cameras Cameras introduced in 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20NEX-3N
The Sony α NEX-3N is an entry level rangefinder-styled digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera announced by Sony on 20 February 2013. See also List of smallest mirrorless cameras References http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_nex3n/specifications NEX-3N NEX-3N Live-preview digital cameras Cameras...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20NEX-5R
The Sony α NEX-5R is a mid-range rangefinder-styled digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera announced by Sony on 29 August 2012. See also Sony NEX-5 Sony NEX-7 List of Sony E-mount cameras List of smallest mirrorless cameras References http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_nex5r/specifications NEX-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20NEX-5T
The Sony α NEX-5T is a mid-range rangefinder-styled digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera announced by Sony on 27 August 2013. See also Sony NEX-5 Sony NEX-7 List of Sony E-mount cameras List of smallest mirrorless cameras References http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/slrs/sony_nex5t/specifications NEX-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yik%20Yak
Yik Yak is a pseudonymous social media smartphone application that initially launched in 2013 and relaunched in 2021. The app, which is available for iOS and (formerly) Android, allows college students to create and view discussion threads within a radius (termed "Yaks" by the application). It is similar to other anon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud-based%20design%20and%20manufacturing
Cloud-based design and manufacturing (CBDM) refers to a service-oriented networked product development model in which service consumers are able to configure products or services and reconfigure manufacturing systems through Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Hardware-as-a-Service (HaaS),...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ukasiewicz%E2%80%93Moisil%20algebra
Łukasiewicz–Moisil algebras (LMn algebras) were introduced in the 1940s by Grigore Moisil (initially under the name of Łukasiewicz algebras) in the hope of giving algebraic semantics for the n-valued Łukasiewicz logic. However, in 1956 Alan Rose discovered that for n ≥ 5, the Łukasiewicz–Moisil algebra does not model t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20computational%20mathematics
This is a timeline of key developments in computational mathematics. 1940s Monte Carlo simulation (voted one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century) invented at Los Alamos by von Neumann, Ulam and Metropolis. Dantzig introduces the simplex algorithm (voted one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century). ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20network%20synthesis
Process network synthesis (PNS) is a method to represent a process structure in a 'directed bipartite graph'. Process network synthesis uses the P-graph method to create a process structure. The scientific aim of this method is to find optimum structures. Process network synthesis uses a bipartite graph method P-graph...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Signage%20Federation
Digital Signage Federation (DSF) is an American non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the Digital Signage industry. It was established and named by Angelo R. Varrone, then founded in 2010 by a number of industry professionals to form a trade association focused on education, networking, and standards ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWireless.org
The Open Wireless Movement hosted at OpenWireless.org is an Internet activism project which seeks to increase Internet access by encouraging people and organizations to configure or install software on their own wireless router to offer a separate public guest network or to make a single public wireless access point. I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/GYK-12
The AN/GYK-12 is an obsolete 32-bit minicomputer developed by Litton Industries for the United States Army. The AN/GYK-12 is a militarized version of the L-3050 computer ruggedized for use in the TACFIRE tactical fire direction system. The design dates from the 1960s. In 1980, the Army introduced the Nebula instruct...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaborate
Solaborate /ˈsōˈlabəˌrāte/ is a communication and collaboration platform for professionals and consumers. It allows them to do video calls, share documents, screencast and screen share, remotely monitor their home or office. Solaborate is a combination of the words "social" and "collaboration". Solaborate has both soft...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walsh%20Report%20%28cryptography%29
The Walsh Report was an Australian cryptography policy review undertaken for the Australian government by Gerard Walsh, initially released in 1996 and then withdrawn before its sale to the public. Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) obtained a redacted copy under freedom of information laws and published it on EFA's w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesodinium%20rubrum
Mesodinium rubrum (or Myrionecta rubra) is a species of ciliates. It constitutes a plankton community and is found throughout the year, most abundantly in spring and fall, in coastal areas. Although discovered in 1908, its scientific importance came into light in the late 1960s when it attracted scientists by the recur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomness%20merger
In extractor theory, a randomness merger is a function which extracts randomness out of a set of random variables, provided that at least one of them is uniformly random. Its name stems from the fact that it can be seen as a procedure which "merges" all the variables into one, preserving at least some of the entropy co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lines%20of%20non-extension
In the field of biomechanics, the lines of non-extension are notional lines running across the human body along which body movement causes neither stretching or contraction. Discovered by Arthur Iberall in work beginning in the 1940s, as part of research into space suit design, they have been further developed by Dava ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlantUML
PlantUML is an open-source tool allowing users to create diagrams from a plain text language. Besides various UML diagrams, PlantUML has support for various other software development related formats (such as Archimate, Block diagram, BPMN, C4, Computer network diagram, ERD, Gantt chart, Mind map, and WBD), as well as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis%202%20%28MSX%29
is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game released for the MSX computer in 1987 by Konami. The game is a sequel to Nemesis, the MSX version of Gradius, but is unrelated to the arcade game Gradius II (which used the Roman numeral 'II'). This version was ported to the X68000 computer under the name , with some graphica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%203D%20printers
This article contains a list of 3D printers. Metrics Some important 3D printer metrics include: Print technology: 3D printing processes encompasses a variety of methods which each have their own unique challenges. Length of production run and support: 3D printers often require adjustments and parts replacement. A l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insider%20investment%20strategy
The insider investment strategy is an investment strategy that follows the buying and selling decisions of so-called "insiders" in a stock market. The primary insiders have an advantage because they have access to more information about issues that could affect the current and future value of stock, which is known as a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity%20%28supercomputer%29
Trinity (or ATS-1) is a United States supercomputer built by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for the Advanced Simulation and Computing Program (ASC). The aim of the ASC program is to simulate, test, and maintain the United States nuclear stockpile. History December 2013, The National Energy Rese...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V
RISC-V (pronounced "risk-five",) is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. Unlike most other ISA designs, RISC-V is provided under royalty-free open-source licenses. A number of companies are offering or have announced RISC-V hardware...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational%20monoid
In mathematics, a rational monoid is a monoid, an algebraic structure, for which each element can be represented in a "normal form" that can be computed by a finite transducer: multiplication in such a monoid is "easy", in the sense that it can be described by a rational function. Definition Consider a monoid M. Cons...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenbrock%20system%20matrix
In applied mathematics, the Rosenbrock system matrix or Rosenbrock's system matrix of a linear time-invariant system is a useful representation bridging state-space representation and transfer function matrix form. It was proposed in 1967 by Howard H. Rosenbrock. Definition Consider the dynamic system The Rosenb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lode%20coordinates
Lode coordinates or Haigh–Westergaard coordinates . are a set of tensor invariants that span the space of real, symmetric, second-order, 3-dimensional tensors and are isomorphic with respect to principal stress space. This right-handed orthogonal coordinate system is named in honor of the German scientist Dr. Walter L...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanogene
This term, derived from the Greek for "against death" ('athánatos), was incorporated into name of the gene Bcl-2-associated athanogene 1 (BAG-1; alias HAP46/BAG-1M) upon discovery of its ability to confer transfected cells with resistance to apoptosis. References Genes Apoptosis Cloning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUPS
In computational neuroscience, SUPS (for Synaptic Updates Per Second) or formerly CUPS (Connections Updates Per Second) is a measure of a neuronal network performance, useful in fields of neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and computer science. Computing For a processor or computer designed to s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation-induced%20extinction
Efforts to save endangered species may, paradoxically, lead to conservation-induced extinction of other species. This mostly threatens the parasite and pathogen species that are highly host-specific to critically endangered hosts. When the last individuals of a host species are captured for the purpose of captive breed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soboleva%20modified%20hyperbolic%20tangent
The Soboleva modified hyperbolic tangent, also known as (parametric) Soboleva modified hyperbolic tangent activation function ([P]SMHTAF), is a special S-shaped function based on the hyperbolic tangent, given by History This function was originally proposed as "modified hyperbolic tangent" by Ukrainian scientist Elen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP%20Stealth
In computer networking, TCP Stealth is a proposed modification of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to hide open ports of some TCP services from the public, in order to impede port scans. It is somewhat similar to the port knocking technique. it is an IETF Internet Draft specification. The proposal modifies the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral%20polyopia
Cerebral diplopia or polyopia describes seeing two or more images arranged in ordered rows, columns, or diagonals after fixation on a stimulus. The polyopic images occur monocular bilaterally (one eye open on both sides) and binocularly (both eyes open), differentiating it from ocular diplopia or polyopia. The number o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED%20strip%20light
An LED strip, tape, or ribbon light is a flexible circuit board populated by surface-mount light-emitting diodes (SMD LEDs) and other components that usually comes with an adhesive backing. Traditionally, strip lights had been used solely in accent lighting, backlighting, task lighting, and decorative lighting applicat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20Division%20of%20Ecological%20Restoration
The Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) is a Division of the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. DER was created in 2009 with the merger of the Riverways and Wetlands Restoration Programs (formally within the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something%20%28concept%29
Something and anything are concepts of existence in ontology, contrasting with the concept of nothing. Both are used to describe the understanding that what exists is not nothing without needing to address the existence of everything. The philosopher, David Lewis, has pointed out that these are necessarily vague terms,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-switchable%20biosurface
An electro-switchable biosurface is a biosensor that is based on an electrode (often gold) to which a layer of biomolecules (often DNA molecules) has been tethered. An alternating or fixed electrical potential is applied to the electrode which causes changes in the structure and position (movement) of the charged biomo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal%20form%20%28dynamical%20systems%29
In mathematics, the normal form of a dynamical system is a simplified form that can be useful in determining the system's behavior. Normal forms are often used for determining local bifurcations in a system. All systems exhibiting a certain type of bifurcation are locally (around the equilibrium) topologically equival...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain%20Based%20Security
"Domain Based Security", abbreviated to "DBSy", is a model-based approach to help analyze information security risks in a business context and provide a clear and direct mapping between the risks and the security controls needed to manage them. A variant of the approach is used by the UK government's HMG Infosec Standa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopentadecanolide
Cyclopentadecanolide is a natural macrolide lactone and a synthetic musk. Natural occurrence Cyclopentadecanolide occurs in small quantities in angelica root essential oil and is responsible for its musklike odor. Production Cyclopentadecanolide is produced synthetically by ring expansion of cyclotetradecanone. Ano...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian%20monoidal%20category
In mathematics, specifically in the field known as category theory, a monoidal category where the monoidal ("tensor") product is the categorical product is called a cartesian monoidal category. Any category with finite products (a "finite product category") can be thought of as a cartesian monoidal category. In any car...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.%20I.%20Rabi%20Award
The I. I. Rabi Award, founded in 1983, is awarded annually by IEEE. "The Rabi Award is to recognize outstanding contributions related to the fields of atomic and molecular frequency standards, and time transfer and dissemination." The award is named after Isidor Isaac Rabi, Nobel Prize winner in 1944. He was the fir...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node%20influence%20metric
In graph theory and network analysis, node influence metrics are measures that rank or quantify the influence of every node (also called vertex) within a graph. They are related to centrality indices. Applications include measuring the influence of each person in a social network, understanding the role of infrastruct...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Karlskrona%20Manifesto
The Karlskrona Manifesto for sustainability design in software was created as an output of the Third International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Sustainable Systems (RE4SuSy) held in Karlskrona, Sweden, co-located with the 22nd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE'14). The manifesto aro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed%20Processing%20Technology
Distributed Processing Technology (DPT) was founded in 1977, in Maitland, Florida. DPT was an early pioneer in computer storage technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s. DPT was the first company to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent caching disk controllers to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser-based%20computing
Browser-based computing is the use of the web browsers to perform computing tasks. Opportunities for computing on the Web have been noted as far back as 1997. Computing over the web was described in 2000. Applications include distributed computing for web workers as illustrated by James (formerly CrowdProcess) and HASH...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Pacific%20Marine%20Science%20Organization
The North Pacific Marine Science Organization, also called PICES (referring to the organization's status as a Pacific version of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea), is an intergovernmental organization that promotes and coordinates marine scientific research in the North Pacific Ocean and provide...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaye%20and%20Laby
Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants and Some Mathematical Functions is a scientific reference work. First compiled and published in 1911 by the physicists G. W. C. Kaye and T. H. Laby, it is more commonly known as Kaye and Laby. It is a standard textbook for scientists and engineers. The final print edition was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIVAC%20Synchronous%20Corpus
LIVAC is an uncommon language corpus dynamically maintained since 1995. Different from other existing corpora, LIVAC has adopted a rigorous and regular as well as "Windows" approach in processing and filtering massive media texts from representative Chinese speech communities such as Hong Kong, Macau, Taipei, Singapore...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NamePros
NamePros is an online community for domain name investors. Its services include forums and domain name auctions. The forums implement a freemium business model, whereby membership is free, but paid subscriptions offer additional features. History Ron "RJ" James publicly launched NamePros in February, 2003. He cre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20celestial%20hemisphere
The northern celestial hemisphere, also called the Northern Sky, is the northern half of the celestial sphere; that is, it lies north of the celestial equator. This arbitrary sphere appears to rotate westward around a polar axis due to Earth's rotation. At any given time, the entire Northern Sky is visible from the ge...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical%20load
Mechanical load is the physical stress on a mechanical system or component. Loads can be static or dynamic. Some loads are specified as part of the design criteria of a mechanical system. Depending on the usage, some mechanical loads can be measured by an appropriate test method in a laboratory or in the field. Vehi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC%2029119
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 Software and systems engineering -- Software testing is a series of five international standards for software testing. First developed in 2007 and released in 2013, the standard "defines vocabulary, processes, documentation, techniques, and a process assessment model for testing that can be used with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast%20Pioneers%20of%20Philadelphia
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia is a state-chartered, federally recognized, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, devoted to collecting information about and promoting cultural work related to broadcasting and communications in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, and its metropolitan area, the Delaware Valley. The grou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop%E2%80%93tablet%20convergence
Laptop–tablet convergence describes the tendency in recent years for laptops and tablet computers to converge technologically. In 2011, Canonical announced Ubuntu Touch, an attempt to bring Ubuntu to mobile devices such as phones and tablets. It is still under development. In 2012, Windows 8 was released, which inclu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Drunkard%27s%20Walk
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives is a 2008 popular science book by American physicist and author Leonard Mlodinow, which became a New York Times bestseller and a New York Times notable book. Overview The Drunkard's Walk discusses the role of randomness in everyday events, and the cognitive biases th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keeper%20%28password%20manager%29
Keeper Security, Inc. (Keeper) is a provider of zero-knowledge security and encryption software covering password management, secrets management, connection management, privileged access management, dark web monitoring, digital file storage, and encrypted messaging, among other offerings. Keeper Password Manager Keep...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SandCraft
SandCraft, Inc., was a Silicon Valley based fabless semiconductor design company designer of microprocessors that were used as computing engines in electronics products utilizing the MIPS architecture and a series of RISC CPU chips. The markets targeted were consumer electronics, office automation, and communications ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocomplement
In mathematics, particularly in order theory, a pseudocomplement is one generalization of the notion of complement. In a lattice L with bottom element 0, an element x ∈ L is said to have a pseudocomplement if there exists a greatest element x* ∈ L with the property that x ∧ x* = 0. More formally, x* = max{ y ∈ L | x ∧ ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigamacro
A gigapixel macro image is a digital image bitmap composed of one billion (109) pixels (picture elements), or 1000 times the information captured by a 1 megapixel digital camera. Creating such high-resolution images involves making mosaics (image stitching) of a large number of high-resolution digital photographs which...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux%20Lite
Linux Lite is a Linux distribution based on Debian and Ubuntu created by a team of programmers led by Jerry Bezencon. Created in 2012, it uses a customized implementation of Xfce as its desktop environment, and runs on the main Linux kernel. The distribution aims to appeal to Linux beginners and Windows users, by tryi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplex%20%28sensor%29
Multiplex sensor is a hand-held multiparametric optical sensor developed by Force-A. The sensor is a result of 15 years of research on plant autofluorescence conducted by the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) and University of Paris-Sud Orsay. It provides accurate and complete information on the physiologi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%20celebrity%20nude%20photo%20leak
On August 31, 2014, a collection of nearly five hundred private pictures of various celebrities, mostly women, with many containing nudity, were posted on the imageboard 4chan, and swiftly disseminated by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit. The leak has been popularly dubbed "The Fappe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit%20topology
The circuit topology of a folded linear polymer refers to the arrangement of its intra-molecular contacts. Examples of linear polymers with intra-molecular contacts are nucleic acids and proteins. Proteins fold via formation of contacts of various nature, including hydrogen bonds, disulfide bonds, and beta-beta interac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20OS%20Turkish%20encoding
Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point. Only the second half of the table (code points 128–255) is shown, the first half (code points 0–127) being the same as ASCII. IBM uses code page 1281 (CCSID 1281) for Mac OS Turkish. The character 0xF0 is a solid Apple logo. Apple uses U+F8FF in the Cor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20OS%20Romanian%20encoding
Mac OS Romanian is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent the Romanian language. It is a derivative of Mac OS Roman. IBM uses code page 1285 (CCSID 1285) for Mac OS Romanian. Character set Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point. Only the second half of the table (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20OS%20Croatian%20encoding
Mac OS Croatian is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent Gaj's Latin alphabet. It is a derivative of Mac OS Roman. The three digraphs, Dž, Lj, and Nj, are not encoded. IBM uses code page 1284 (CCSID 1284) for Mac OS Croatian, while Microsoft uses code page 10082. The Croatian letters are ad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC%20Master%20Race
The PC Master Race (abbreviated PCMR), sometimes referred to by its original phrasing as the Glorious PC Gaming Master Race, is an internet meme, subculture and a tongue-in-cheek term used within video game culture to describe the grandiosity and god complex associated with PC gamers when comparing themselves to consol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20pharmaceutical%20industry%20topics
These are Wikipedia lists about the pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceuticals licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to deal in generic or brand medications and medical devices. They are subject to a variety of laws and r...