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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisochronous
In telecommunication, the term anisochronous refers to a periodic signal, pertaining to transmission in which the time interval separating any two corresponding transitions is not necessarily related to the time interval separating any other two transitions. It can also pertain to a data transmission in which there is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhaul%20%28broadcasting%29
In the context of broadcasting, backhaul refers to uncut program content that is transmitted point-to-point to an individual television station or radio station, broadcast network or other receiving entity where it will be integrated into a finished TV show or radio show. The term is independent of the medium being use...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20extension
In mathematics, a group extension is a general means of describing a group in terms of a particular normal subgroup and quotient group. If and are two groups, then is an extension of by if there is a short exact sequence If is an extension of by , then is a group, is a normal subgroup of and the quotient gr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20schema
The database schema is the structure of a database described in a formal language supported typically by a relational database management system (RDBMS). The term "schema" refers to the organization of data as a blueprint of how the database is constructed (divided into database tables in the case of relational databas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improper%20integral
In mathematical analysis, an improper integral is an extension of the notion of a definite integral to cases that violate the usual assumptions for that kind of integral. In the context of Riemann integrals (or, equivalently, Darboux integrals), this typically involves unboundedness, either of the set over which the in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20Radio%20Service
The Family Radio Service (FRS) is an improved walkie-talkie radio system authorized in the United States since 1996. This personal radio service uses channelized frequencies around 462 and 467 MHz in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band. It does not suffer the interference effects found on citizens' band (CB) at 27 MHz,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematical%20logic%20topics
This is a list of mathematical logic topics. For traditional syllogistic logic, see the list of topics in logic. See also the list of computability and complexity topics for more theory of algorithms. Working foundations Peano axioms Giuseppe Peano Mathematical induction Structural induction Recursive definition Nai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betti%20number
In algebraic topology, the Betti numbers are used to distinguish topological spaces based on the connectivity of n-dimensional simplicial complexes. For the most reasonable finite-dimensional spaces (such as compact manifolds, finite simplicial complexes or CW complexes), the sequence of Betti numbers is 0 from some po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20buffering
In computer science, multiple buffering is the use of more than one buffer to hold a block of data, so that a "reader" will see a complete (though perhaps old) version of the data, rather than a partially updated version of the data being created by a "writer". It is very commonly used for computer display images. It i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo%20clock
A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open and close their beaks while leaning forwards, whereas others have only the bird's body leaning forward. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20U.S.%20state%20fossils
Most American states have made a state fossil designation, in many cases during the 1980s. It is common to designate one species in which fossilization has occurred, rather than a single specimen, or a category of fossils not limited to a single species. Some states that lack an explicit state fossil have nevertheless...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%20analysis
Image analysis or imagery analysis is the extraction of meaningful information from images; mainly from digital images by means of digital image processing techniques. Image analysis tasks can be as simple as reading bar coded tags or as sophisticated as identifying a person from their face. Computers are indispensabl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusability
In computer science and software engineering, reusability is the use of existing assets in some form within the software product development process; these assets are products and by-products of the software development life cycle and include code, software components, test suites, designs and documentation. The opposi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chown
The command , an abbreviation of change owner, is used on Unix and Unix-like operating systems to change the owner of file system files, directories. Unprivileged (regular) users who wish to change the group membership of a file that they own may use . The ownership of any file in the system may only be altered by a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiom%20of%20countability
In mathematics, an axiom of countability is a property of certain mathematical objects that asserts the existence of a countable set with certain properties. Without such an axiom, such a set might not provably exist. Important examples Important countability axioms for topological spaces include: sequential space: a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20science
Color science is the scientific study of color including lighting and optics; measurement of light and color; the physiology, psychophysics, and modeling of color vision; and color reproduction. Organizations International Commission on Illumination (CIE) Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Inter-Society Color...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modeling%20language
A modeling language is any artificial language that can be used to express data, information or knowledge or systems in a structure that is defined by a consistent set of rules. The rules are used for interpretation of the meaning of components in the structure Programing language. Overview A modeling language can be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.1X
IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for port-based network access control (PNAC). It is part of the IEEE 802.1 group of networking protocols. It provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN. IEEE 802.1X defines the encapsulation of the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) over wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20Language%20description%20for%20XML
REgular LAnguage description for XML (RELAX) is a specification for describing XML-based languages. A description written in RELAX is called a RELAX grammar. RELAX Core has been approved as an ISO/IEC Technical Report 22250-1 in 2002 (ISO/IEC TR 22250-1:2002). It was developed by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 (ISO/IEC Joint Tec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20number%20theory%20topics
This is a list of number theory topics. See also: List of recreational number theory topics Topics in cryptography Divisibility Composite number Highly composite number Even and odd numbers Parity Divisor, aliquot part Greatest common divisor Least common multiple Euclidean algorithm Coprime Euclid's lemma Bézout's ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperCollider
SuperCollider is an environment and programming language originally released in 1996 by James McCartney for real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. Since then it has been evolving into a system used and further developed by both scientists and artists working with sound. It is a dynamic programming lang...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension%20theorem%20for%20vector%20spaces
In mathematics, the dimension theorem for vector spaces states that all bases of a vector space have equally many elements. This number of elements may be finite or infinite (in the latter case, it is a cardinal number), and defines the dimension of the vector space. Formally, the dimension theorem for vector spaces s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20equipment
Audio equipment refers to devices that reproduce, record, or process sound. This includes microphones, radio receivers, AV receivers, CD players, tape recorders, amplifiers, mixing consoles, effects units, headphones, and speakers. Audio equipment is widely used in many different scenarios, such as concerts, bars, mee...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RELAX%20NG
In computing, RELAX NG (REgular LAnguage for XML Next Generation) is a schema language for XML—a RELAX NG schema specifies a pattern for the structure and content of an XML document. A RELAX NG schema is itself an XML document but RELAX NG also offers a popular compact, non-XML syntax. Compared to other XML schema lang...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valuation%20%28algebra%29
In algebra (in particular in algebraic geometry or algebraic number theory), a valuation is a function on a field that provides a measure of the size or multiplicity of elements of the field. It generalizes to commutative algebra the notion of size inherent in consideration of the degree of a pole or multiplicity of a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document%20Schema%20Definition%20Languages
Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) is a framework within which multiple validation tasks of different types can be applied to an XML document in order to achieve more complete validation results than just the application of a single technology. It is specified as a multi-part ISO/IEC Standard, ISO/IEC 19757. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Brazilian%20National%20Forests
According to the Brazilian National System of Conservation Units, a national forest of Brazil is an area with forest cover of predominantly native species that has as its basic objective the multiple sustainable use of the forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods of sustainable exploitation of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removable%20media
In computing, a removable media is a data storage media that is designed to be readily inserted and removed from a system. Most early removable media, such as floppy disks and optical discs, require a dedicated read/write device (i.e. a drive) to be installed in the computer, while others, such as USB flash drives, are...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon%20%28operating%20system%29
The Oberon System is a modular, single-user, single-process, multitasking operating system written in the programming language Oberon. It was originally developed in the late 1980s at ETH Zurich. The Oberon System has an unconventional visual text user interface (TUI) instead of a conventional command-line interface (C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger%20team
A tiger team is a team of specialists assembled to work on a specific goal or to solve a particular problem. Term A 1964 paper entitled Program Management in Design and Development used the term tiger teams and defined it as "a team of undomesticated and uninhibited technical specialists, selected for their experienc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Mills%20%28physicist%29
Robert Laurence Mills (April 15, 1927 – October 27, 1999) was an American physicist, specializing in quantum field theory, the theory of alloys, and many-body theory. While sharing an office at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Chen-Ning Yang and Robert Mills formulated in 1954 a theory now known as the Yang–Mills theo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Zenneck
Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm Zenneck (15 April 1871 – 8 April 1959) was a German physicist and electrical engineer who contributed to researches in radio circuit performance and to the scientific and educational contributions to the literature of the pioneer radio art. Zenneck improved the Braun cathode ray tube by adding a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20algebraic%20topology%20topics
This is a list of algebraic topology topics. Homology (mathematics) Simplex Simplicial complex Polytope Triangulation Barycentric subdivision Simplicial approximation theorem Abstract simplicial complex Simplicial set Simplicial category Chain (algebraic topology) Betti number Euler characteristic Genus Riemann–Hurwi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schematron
Schematron is a rule-based validation language for making assertions about the presence or absence of patterns in XML trees. It is a structural schema language expressed in XML using a small number of elements and XPath languages. In many implementations, the Schematron XML is processed into XSLT code for deployment a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth%20Generation%20Computer%20Systems
The Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS; ) was a 10-year initiative begun in 1982 by Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to create computers using massively parallel computing and logic programming. It aimed to create an "epoch-making computer" with supercomputer-like performance and to pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20polynomial%20topics
This is a list of polynomial topics, by Wikipedia page. See also trigonometric polynomial, list of algebraic geometry topics. Terminology Degree: The maximum exponents among the monomials. Factor: An expression being multiplied. Linear factor: A factor of degree one. Coefficient: An expression multiplying one of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arg%20max
In mathematics, the arguments of the maxima (abbreviated arg max or argmax) are the points, or elements, of the domain of some function at which the function values are maximized. In contrast to global maxima, which refers to the largest outputs of a function, arg max refers to the inputs, or arguments, at which the fu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virasoro%20algebra
In mathematics, the Virasoro algebra (named after the physicist Miguel Ángel Virasoro) is a complex Lie algebra and the unique central extension of the Witt algebra. It is widely used in two-dimensional conformal field theory and in string theory. Definition The Virasoro algebra is spanned by generators for and the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-system
Meta-systems have several definitions. In general, they link the concepts "system" and "meta-". A "meta-system" is about other systems, such as describing, generalizing, modelling, or analyzing the other system(s). Control theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinor%20bundle
In differential geometry, given a spin structure on an -dimensional orientable Riemannian manifold one defines the spinor bundle to be the complex vector bundle associated to the corresponding principal bundle of spin frames over and the spin representation of its structure group on the space of spinors . A secti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleLink
AppleLink was the name of both Apple Computer's online service for its dealers, third-party developers, and users, and the client software used to access it. Prior to the commercialization of the Internet, AppleLink was a popular service for Mac and Apple IIGS users. The service was offered from about 1986 to 1994 to v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20video%20recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR) is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device. The term includes set-top boxes with direct to disk recording, portable media players and TV gateways with recording capabi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20der%20Pauw%20method
The van der Pauw Method is a technique commonly used to measure the resistivity and the Hall coefficient of a sample. Its power lies in its ability to accurately measure the properties of a sample of any arbitrary shape, as long as the sample is approximately two-dimensional (i.e. it is much thinner than it is wide), ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20geometric%20topology%20topics
This is a list of geometric topology topics. Low-dimensional topology Knot theory Knot (mathematics) Link (knot theory) Wild knots Examples of knots Unknot Trefoil knot Figure-eight knot (mathematics) Borromean rings Types of knots Torus knot Prime knot Alternating knot Hyperbolic link Knot invariants Crossing numbe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippmann%20plate
Gabriel Lippmann conceived a two-step method to record and reproduce colours, variously known as direct photochromes, interference photochromes, Lippmann photochromes, Photography in natural colours by direct exposure in the camera or the Lippmann process of colour photography. Lippmann won the Nobel Prize in Physics f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20order%20theory%20topics
Order theory is a branch of mathematics that studies various kinds of objects (often binary relations) that capture the intuitive notion of ordering, providing a framework for saying when one thing is "less than" or "precedes" another. An alphabetical list of many notions of order theory can be found in the order theo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandermonde%20matrix
In linear algebra, a Vandermonde matrix, named after Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, is a matrix with the terms of a geometric progression in each row: an matrix with entries , the jth power of the number , for all zero-based indices and . Most authors define the Vandermonde matrix as the transpose of the above mat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigenface
An eigenface () is the name given to a set of eigenvectors when used in the computer vision problem of human face recognition. The approach of using eigenfaces for recognition was developed by Sirovich and Kirby and used by Matthew Turk and Alex Pentland in face classification. The eigenvectors are derived from the cov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof%20that%20e%20is%20irrational
The number e was introduced by Jacob Bernoulli in 1683. More than half a century later, Euler, who had been a student of Jacob's younger brother Johann, proved that e is irrational; that is, that it cannot be expressed as the quotient of two integers. Euler's proof Euler wrote the first proof of the fact that e is irr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projective%20representation
In the field of representation theory in mathematics, a projective representation of a group G on a vector space V over a field F is a group homomorphism from G to the projective linear group where GL(V) is the general linear group of invertible linear transformations of V over F, and F∗ is the normal subgroup consist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Personal%20Computer%20AT
The IBM Personal Computer AT (model 5170, abbreviated as IBM AT or PC/AT) was released in 1984 as the fourth model in the IBM Personal Computer line, following the IBM PC/XT and its IBM Portable PC variant. It was designed around the Intel 80286 microprocessor. Name IBM did not specify an expanded form of "AT" on the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal%20lemma
In mathematical logic, the diagonal lemma (also known as diagonalization lemma, self-reference lemma or fixed point theorem) establishes the existence of self-referential sentences in certain formal theories of the natural numbers—specifically those theories that are strong enough to represent all computable functions...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernanthe%20iboga
Tabernanthe iboga (iboga) is an evergreen rainforest shrub native to Central Africa. A member of the Apocynaceae family indigenous to Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo, it is cultivated across Central Africa for its medicinal and other effects. In African traditional medicine and ritua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichain
In mathematics, in the area of order theory, an antichain is a subset of a partially ordered set such that any two distinct elements in the subset are incomparable. The size of the largest antichain in a partially ordered set is known as its width. By Dilworth's theorem, this also equals the minimum number of chains (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindemann%E2%80%93Weierstrass%20theorem
In transcendental number theory, the Lindemann–Weierstrass theorem is a result that is very useful in establishing the transcendence of numbers. It states the following: In other words, the extension field has transcendence degree over . An equivalent formulation , is the following: This equivalence transforms a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linearly%20ordered%20group
In mathematics, specifically abstract algebra, a linearly ordered or totally ordered group is a group G equipped with a total order "≤" that is translation-invariant. This may have different meanings. We say that (G, ≤) is a: left-ordered group if ≤ is left-invariant, that is a ≤ b implies ca ≤ cb for all a, b, c in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Bell
Chester Gordon Bell (born August 19, 1934) is an American electrical engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later became Vice President of Engineering 1972–1983, overseeing the development of the VAX computer systems. Bel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20web%20directories
A Web directory is a listing of Websites organized in a hierarchy or interconnected list of categories. The following is a list of notable Web directory services. General DOAJ.org – Directory of Open Access Journals DMOZ (also known as Open Directory Project) – was at one point the largest directory of the Web. It...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party%20software%20component
In computer programming, a third-party software component is a reusable software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform. The third-party software component market thrives because many programmers believe that component-oriented...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20ring
In algebra, a group ring is a free module and at the same time a ring, constructed in a natural way from any given ring and any given group. As a free module, its ring of scalars is the given ring, and its basis is the set of elements of the given group. As a ring, its addition law is that of the free module and its mu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal
In geometry, a diagonal is a line segment joining two vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, when those vertices are not on the same edge. Informally, any sloping line is called diagonal. The word diagonal derives from the ancient Greek διαγώνιος diagonios, "from angle to angle" (from διά- dia-, "through", "across" an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment%20variable
An environment variable is a user-definable value that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. Environment variables are part of the environment in which a process runs. For example, a running process can query the value of the TEMP environment variable to discover a suitable location to store t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20ants
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to ants: Ants – social insects with geniculate (elbowed) antennae and a distinctive node-like structure that forms a slender waist. Ants are of the family Formicidae and evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical%20circle
In spherical geometry, a spherical circle (often shortened to circle) is the locus of points on a sphere at constant spherical distance (the spherical radius) from a given point on the sphere (the pole or spherical center). It is a curve of constant geodesic curvature relative to the sphere, analogous to a line or circ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download
In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems. This contrasts with uploading, where data is sent to a remote server. A download is a file offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform%20norm
In mathematical analysis, the uniform norm (or ) assigns to real- or complex-valued bounded functions defined on a set the non-negative number This norm is also called the , the , the , or, when the supremum is in fact the maximum, the . The name "uniform norm" derives from the fact that a sequence of functions co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20requirements
To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer. These prerequisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. Most software defines two sets of system requirements...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPIM
SPIM is a MIPS processor simulator, designed to run assembly language code for this architecture. The program simulates R2000 and R3000 processors, and was written by James R. Larus while a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The MIPS machine language is often taught in college-level assembly courses, esp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server%20Message%20Block
Server Message Block (SMB) is a communication protocol mainly used by Microsoft Windows equipped computers normally used to share files, printers, serial ports, and miscellaneous communications between nodes on a network. SMB implementation consists of two vaguely named Windows services: "Server" (ID: LanmanServer) and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farey%20sequence
In mathematics, the Farey sequence of order n is the sequence of completely reduced fractions, either between 0 and 1, or without this restriction, which when in lowest terms have denominators less than or equal to n, arranged in order of increasing size. With the restricted definition, each Farey sequence starts with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20graph%20theory%20topics
This is a list of graph theory topics, by Wikipedia page. See glossary of graph theory terms for basic terminology Examples and types of graphs Graph coloring Paths and cycles Trees Terminology Node Child node Parent node Leaf node Root node Root (graph theory) Operations Tree structure Tree data structure Ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20combinatorics
Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics concerning the study of finite or countable discrete structures. Essence of combinatorics Matroid Greedoid Ramsey theory Van der Waerden's theorem Hales–Jewett theorem Umbral calculus, binomial type polynomial sequences Combinatorial species Branches of combinatorics ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichome
Trichomes (; ) are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae. A covering of any kind of hair on a plant is an indumentum, and the surface bearing them is said to be pubescent. Alga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming%20Language%20for%20Business
Programming Language for Business or PL/B is a business-oriented programming language originally called DATABUS and designed by Datapoint in 1972 as an alternative to COBOL because Datapoint's 8-bit computers could not fit COBOL into their limited memory, and because COBOL did not at the time have facilities to deal wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layer%202%20Tunneling%20Protocol
In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks (VPNs) or as part of the delivery of services by ISPs. It uses encryption ('hiding') only for its own control messages (using an optional pre-shared secret), and does not provide any encryption or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autofahrer-Rundfunk-Informationssystem
Autofahrer-Rundfunk-Informationssystem (ARI, German for: Automotive-Driver's-Broadcasting-Information) was a system for indicating the presence of traffic information in FM broadcasts used by the German ARD network of FM radio stations from 1974. Developed jointly by IRT and Blaupunkt, it indicated the presence of traf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20dynamical%20systems%20and%20differential%20equations%20topics
This is a list of dynamical system and differential equation topics, by Wikipedia page. See also list of partial differential equation topics, list of equations. Dynamical systems, in general Deterministic system (mathematics) Linear system Partial differential equation Dynamical systems and chaos theory Chaos theory...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laplace%20transform%20applied%20to%20differential%20equations
In mathematics, the Laplace transform is a powerful integral transform used to switch a function from the time domain to the s-domain. The Laplace transform can be used in some cases to solve linear differential equations with given initial conditions. First consider the following property of the Laplace transform: O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20protection%20dongle
A software protection dongle (commonly known as a dongle or key) is an electronic copy protection and content protection device. When connected to a computer or other electronics, they unlock software functionality or decode content. The hardware key is programmed with a product key or other cryptographic protection me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency%20and%20translucency
In the field of optics, transparency (also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without appreciable scattering of light. On a macroscopic scale (one in which the dimensions are much larger than the wavelengths of the photons in question), the photons...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency%20%28projection%29
A transparency, also known variously as a viewfoil, foil, or viewgraph, is a thin sheet of transparent flexible material, typically polyester (historically cellulose acetate), onto which figures can be drawn. These are then placed on an overhead projector for display to an audience. Many companies and small organizatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency%20%28telecommunication%29
In telecommunications, transparency can refer to: The property of an entity that allows another entity to pass through it without altering either of the entities. The property that allows a transmission system or channel to accept, at its input, unmodified user information, and deliver corresponding user information ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency%20%28human%E2%80%93computer%20interaction%29
Any change in a computing system, such as a new feature or new component, is transparent if the system after change adheres to previous external interface as much as possible while changing its internal behaviour. The purpose is to shield from change all systems (or human users) on the other end of the interface. Conf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20file%20system
A virtual file system (VFS) or virtual filesystem switch is an abstract layer on top of a more concrete file system. The purpose of a VFS is to allow client applications to access different types of concrete file systems in a uniform way. A VFS can, for example, be used to access local and network storage devices trans...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripboard
Stripboard is the generic name for a widely used type of electronics prototyping material for circuit boards characterized by a pre-formed regular (rectangular) grid of holes, with wide parallel strips of copper cladding running in one direction all the way across one side of on an insulating bonded paper board. It is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systolic%20array
In parallel computer architectures, a systolic array is a homogeneous network of tightly coupled data processing units (DPUs) called cells or nodes. Each node or DPU independently computes a partial result as a function of the data received from its upstream neighbours, stores the result within itself and passes it dow...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20algebraic%20geometry%20topics
This is a list of algebraic geometry topics, by Wikipedia page. Classical topics in projective geometry Affine space Projective space Projective line, cross-ratio Projective plane Line at infinity Complex projective plane Complex projective space Plane at infinity, hyperplane at infinity Projective frame Projective tr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic%20Names%20Information%20System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. It is a typ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertson%E2%80%93Seymour%20theorem
In graph theory, the Robertson–Seymour theorem (also called the graph minor theorem) states that the undirected graphs, partially ordered by the graph minor relationship, form a well-quasi-ordering. Equivalently, every family of graphs that is closed under minors can be defined by a finite set of forbidden minors, in t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor%20joining
In bioinformatics, neighbor joining is a bottom-up (agglomerative) clustering method for the creation of phylogenetic trees, created by Naruya Saitou and Masatoshi Nei in 1987. Usually based on DNA or protein sequence data, the algorithm requires knowledge of the distance between each pair of taxa (e.g., species or seq...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractionating%20column
A fractionating column or fractional column is equipment used in the distillation of liquid mixtures to separate the mixture into its component parts, or fractions, based on their differences in volatility. Fractionating columns are used in small-scale laboratory distillations as well as large-scale industrial distilla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominated%20convergence%20theorem
In measure theory, Lebesgue's dominated convergence theorem provides sufficient conditions under which almost everywhere convergence of a sequence of functions implies convergence in the L1 norm. Its power and utility are two of the primary theoretical advantages of Lebesgue integration over Riemann integration. In ad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive%20engineering
Automotive engineering, along with aerospace engineering and naval architecture, is a branch of vehicle engineering, incorporating elements of mechanical, electrical, electronic, software, and safety engineering as applied to the design, manufacture and operation of motorcycles, automobiles, and trucks and their respec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost%20surely
In probability theory, an event is said to happen almost surely (sometimes abbreviated as a.s.) if it happens with probability 1 (or Lebesgue measure 1). In other words, the set of possible exceptions may be non-empty, but it has probability 0. The concept is analogous to the concept of "almost everywhere" in measure t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-assembly
Self-assembly is a process in which a disordered system of pre-existing components forms an organized structure or pattern as a consequence of specific, local interactions among the components themselves, without external direction. When the constitutive components are molecules, the process is termed molecular self-as...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20abstract%20algebra%20topics
Abstract algebra is the subject area of mathematics that studies algebraic structures, such as groups, rings, fields, modules, vector spaces, and algebras. The phrase abstract algebra was coined at the turn of the 20th century to distinguish this area from what was normally referred to as algebra, the study of the rule...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyapunov%20function
In the theory of ordinary differential equations (ODEs), Lyapunov functions, named after Aleksandr Lyapunov, are scalar functions that may be used to prove the stability of an equilibrium of an ODE. Lyapunov functions (also called Lyapunov’s second method for stability) are important to stability theory of dynamical s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outerplanar%20graph
In graph theory, an outerplanar graph is a graph that has a planar drawing for which all vertices belong to the outer face of the drawing. Outerplanar graphs may be characterized (analogously to Wagner's theorem for planar graphs) by the two forbidden minors and , or by their Colin de Verdière graph invariants. They ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit%20level
A spirit level, bubble level, or simply a level, is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is horizontal (level) or vertical (plumb). Two basic designs exist: tubular (or linear) and bull's eye (or circular). Different types of spirit levels may be used by carpenters, stonemasons, bricklayers, other buil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limit%20state%20design
Limit State Design (LSD), also known as Load And Resistance Factor Design (LRFD), refers to a design method used in structural engineering. A limit state is a condition of a structure beyond which it no longer fulfills the relevant design criteria. The condition may refer to a degree of loading or other actions on the...