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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/311%20%28number%29 | 311 (three hundred [and] eleven) is the natural number following 310 and preceding 312.
311 is the 64th prime; a twin prime with 313; an irregular prime; an emirp, an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form ; a Gaussian prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form ; and a permutable... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimized%20Link%20State%20Routing%20Protocol | The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR) is an IP routing protocol optimized for mobile ad hoc networks, which can also be used on other wireless ad hoc networks. OLSR is a proactive link-state routing protocol, which uses hello and topology control (TC) messages to discover and then disseminate link state inf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided%20differences | In mathematics, divided differences is an algorithm, historically used for computing tables of logarithms and trigonometric functions. Charles Babbage's difference engine, an early mechanical calculator, was designed to use this algorithm in its operation.
Divided differences is a recursive division process. Given a s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei%20Bernstein | Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (, sometimes Romanized as ; 5 March 1880 – 26 October 1968) was a Ukrainian and Russian mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to partial differential equations, differential geometry, probability theory, and approximation theory.
Bernstein was born into a Jewish family livi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomial%20basis | In mathematics the monomial basis of a polynomial ring is its basis (as a vector space or free module over the field or ring of coefficients) that consists of all monomials. The monomials form a basis because every polynomial may be uniquely written as a finite linear combination of monomials (this is an immediate cons... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe%20operating%20area | For power semiconductor devices (such as BJT, MOSFET, thyristor or IGBT), the safe operating area (SOA) is defined as the voltage and current conditions over which the device can be expected to operate without self-damage.
SOA is usually presented in transistor datasheets as a graph with VCE (collector-emitter voltage... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template%20matching | Template matching is a technique in digital image processing for finding small parts of an image which match a template image. It can be used for quality control in manufacturing, navigation of mobile robots, or edge detection in images.
The main challenges in a template matching task are detection of occlusion, when ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joist | A joist is a horizontal structural member used in framing to span an open space, often between beams that subsequently transfer loads to vertical members. When incorporated into a floor framing system, joists serve to provide stiffness to the subfloor sheathing, allowing it to function as a horizontal diaphragm. Joists... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net.art | net.art refers to a group of artists who have worked in the medium of Internet art since 1994. Some of the early adopters and main members of this movement include Vuk Ćosić, Jodi.org, Alexei Shulgin, Olia Lialina, Heath Bunting, Daniel García Andújar, and Rachel Baker. Although this group was formed as a parody of ava... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-local%20ring | In mathematics, a semi-local ring is a ring for which R/J(R) is a semisimple ring, where J(R) is the Jacobson radical of R.
The above definition is satisfied if R has a finite number of maximal right ideals (and finite number of maximal left ideals). When R is a commutative ring, the converse implication is also tru... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity%20%28M.%20C.%20Escher%29 | Relativity is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in December 1953. The first version of this work was a woodcut made earlier that same year.
It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply. The architectural structure seems to be the centre of an idyllic community, w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20broadcast | In broadcast engineering, a remote broadcast (usually just called a remote or a live remote, or in news parlance, a live shot) is broadcasting done from a location away from a formal television studio and is considered an electronic field production (EFP). A remote pickup unit (RPU) is usually used to transmit the audi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20web%20browsers | This is a comparison of both historical and current web browsers based on developer, engine, platform(s), releases, license, and cost.
General information
Basic general information about the browsers. Browsers listed on a light purple background are discontinued. Platforms with a yellow background have limited support... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberduck | Cyberduck is an open-source client for FTP and SFTP, WebDAV, and cloud storage (OpenStack Swift, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2 and Microsoft Azure), available for macOS and Windows (as of version 4.0) licensed under the GPL. Cyberduck is written in Java and C# using the Cocoa user interface framework on macOS and Windows For... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20product | In geometry and algebra, the triple product is a product of three 3-dimensional vectors, usually Euclidean vectors. The name "triple product" is used for two different products, the scalar-valued scalar triple product and, less often, the vector-valued vector triple product.
Scalar triple product
The scalar triple p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20node | An orbital node is either of the two points where an orbit intersects a plane of reference to which it is inclined. A non-inclined orbit, which is contained in the reference plane, has no nodes.
Planes of reference
Common planes of reference include the following:
For a geocentric orbit, Earth's equatorial plane. In ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts%20of%20Modern%20Mathematics | Concepts of Modern Mathematics is a book by mathematician and science popularizer Ian Stewart about then-recent developments in mathematics. It was originally published by Penguin Books in 1975, updated in 1981, and reprinted by Dover publications in 1995 and 2015.
Overview
The book arose out of an extramural class th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittleness | A material is brittle if, when subjected to stress, it fractures with little elastic deformation and without significant plastic deformation. Brittle materials absorb relatively little energy prior to fracture, even those of high strength. Breaking is often accompanied by a sharp snapping sound.
When used in materials... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer%20service | Customer service is the assistance and advice provided by a company to those people who buy or use its products or services. Each industry requires different levels of customer service, but towards the end, the idea of a well-performed service is that of increasing revenues. The perception of success of the customer se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20metabisulfite | Sodium metabisulfite or sodium pyrosulfite (IUPAC spelling; Br. E. sodium metabisulphite or sodium pyrosulphite) is an inorganic compound of chemical formula Na2S2O5. The substance is sometimes referred to as disodium metabisulfite. It is used as a disinfectant, antioxidant, and preservative agent. When dissolved in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham%20number | The Graham number or Benjamin Graham number is a figure used in securities investing that measures a stock's so-called fair value. Named after Benjamin Graham, the founder of value investing, the Graham number can be calculated as follows:
The final number is, theoretically, the maximum price that a defensive investor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exatron%20Stringy%20Floppy | The Exatron Stringy Floppy (or ESF) is a continuous-loop tape drive developed by Exatron.
History
The company introduced an S-100 stringy floppy drive at the 1978 West Coast Computer Faire, and a version for the Radio Shack TRS-80 in 1979. Exatron sold about 4,000 TRS-80 drives by August 1981 for $249.50 each, stati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20vortex%20cannon | An air vortex cannon is a toy that releases doughnut-shaped air vortices — similar to smoke rings but larger, stronger and invisible. The vortices are able to ruffle hair, disturb papers or blow out candles after travelling several metres.
The design consists of a short and broad barrel with a slight taper, closed by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playtest | A playtest is the process by which a game designer tests a new game for bugs and design flaws before releasing it to market. Playtests can be run "open", "closed", "beta", or otherwise, and are very common with board games, collectible card games, puzzle hunts, role-playing games, and video games, for which they have b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20species | In biology, a ring species is a connected series of neighbouring populations, each of which interbreeds with closely sited related populations, but for which there exist at least two "end populations" in the series, which are too distantly related to interbreed, though there is a potential gene flow between each "linke... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental%20abacus | The abacus system of mental calculation is a system where users mentally visualize an abacus to carry out arithmetical calculations. No physical abacus is used; only the answers are written down. Calculations can be made at great speed in this way. For example, in the Flash Anzan event at the All Japan Soroban Champi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20extender | In broadcast engineering, a frequency extender is an electronic device that allows high-fidelity analog audio to be sent over regular POTS telephone lines, without the loss of higher audio frequencies (treble). It is an extended concept of a telephone hybrid.
The concept uses frequency shifting to overcome the narrow... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idris%20%28operating%20system%29 | Idris is a discontinued multi-tasking, Unix-like, multi-user, real-time operating system released by Whitesmiths, of Westford, Massachusetts. The product was commercially available from 1979 through 1988.
Background
Idris was originally written for the PDP-11 by P. J. Plauger, who started working on Idris in August 19... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20operating%20systems | These tables provide a comparison of operating systems, of computer devices, as listing general and technical information for a number of widely used and currently available PC or handheld (including smartphone and tablet computer) operating systems. The article "Usage share of operating systems" provides a broader, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Audio%20Stationary%20Head | The Digital Audio Stationary Head or DASH standard is a reel-to-reel, digital audio tape format introduced by Sony in early 1982 for high-quality multitrack studio recording and mastering, as an alternative to analog recording methods. DASH is capable of recording two channels of audio on a quarter-inch tape, and 24 or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POP-2 | POP-2 (also referred to as POP2) is a programming language developed around 1970 from the earlier language POP-1 (developed by Robin Popplestone in 1968, originally named COWSEL) by Robin Popplestone and Rod Burstall at the University of Edinburgh. It drew roots from many sources: the languages LISP and ALGOL 60, and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failure%20mode%20and%20effects%20analysis | Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA; often written with "failure modes" in plural) is the process of reviewing as many components, assemblies, and subsystems as possible to identify potential failure modes in a system and their causes and effects. For each component, the failure modes and their resulting effects on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer%20square%20root | In number theory, the integer square root (isqrt) of a non-negative integer is the non-negative integer which is the greatest integer less than or equal to the square root of ,
For example,
Introductory remark
Let and be non-negative integers.
Algorithms that compute (the decimal representation of) run forever ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirements%20engineering | Requirements engineering (RE) is the process of defining, documenting, and maintaining requirements in the engineering design process. It is a common role in systems engineering and software engineering.
The first use of the term requirements engineering was probably in 1964 in the conference paper "Maintenance, Maint... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubble%20trench%20foundation | The rubble trench foundation, an ancient construction approach popularized by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is a type of foundation that uses loose stone or rubble to minimize the use of concrete and improve drainage. It is considered more environmentally friendly than other types of foundation because cement manufactu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20coset | In group theory, a field of mathematics, a double coset is a collection of group elements which are equivalent under the symmetries coming from two subgroups. More precisely, let be a group, and let and be subgroups. Let act on by left multiplication and let act on by right multiplication. For each in , the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coagulase | Coagulase is a protein enzyme produced by several microorganisms that enables the conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin. In the laboratory, it is used to distinguish between different types of Staphylococcus isolates. Importantly, S. aureus is generally coagulase-positive, meaning that a positive coagulase test would ind... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mertens%27%20theorems | In analytic number theory, Mertens' theorems are three 1874 results related to the density of prime numbers proved by Franz Mertens.
In the following, let mean all primes not exceeding n.
First theorem
Mertens' first theorem is that
does not exceed 2 in absolute value for any . ()
Second theorem
Mertens' secon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast%20automation | Broadcast automation incorporates the use of broadcast programming technology to automate broadcasting operations. Used either at a broadcast network, radio station or a television station, it can run a facility in the absence of a human operator. They can also run in a live assist mode when there are on-air personne... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%20ring | The L-ring of the bacterial flagellum is the ring in the lipid outer cell membrane through which the axial filament (rod, hook, and flagellum) passes. that l ring stands for lipopolysaccharide.
References
Bacteria |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall%20%28M.%20C.%20Escher%29 | Waterfall () is a lithograph by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in October 1961. It shows a perpetual motion machine where water from the base of a waterfall appears to run downhill along the water path before reaching the top of the waterfall.
While most two-dimensional artists use relative proportions t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20server | A video server is a computer-based device that is dedicated to delivering video. Video servers are used in a number of applications, and often have additional functions and capabilities that address the needs of particular applications. For example, video servers used in security, surveillance and inspection applicatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dujiangyan | The Dujiangyan () is an ancient irrigation system in Dujiangyan City, Sichuan, China. Originally constructed around 256 BC by the State of Qin as an irrigation and flood control project, it is still in use today. The system's infrastructure develops on the Min River (Minjiang), the longest tributary of the Yangtze. The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20complexity | In sociology, social complexity is a conceptual framework used in the analysis of society. In the sciences, contemporary definitions of complexity are found in systems theory, wherein the phenomenon being studied has many parts and many possible arrangements of the parts; simultaneously, what is complex and what is sim... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropeptide | Neuropeptides are chemical messengers made up of small chains of amino acids that are synthesized and released by neurons. Neuropeptides typically bind to G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) to modulate neural activity and other tissues like the gut, muscles, and heart.
There are over 100 known neuropeptides, represen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyapunov%20equation | In control theory, the discrete Lyapunov equation (also known as Stein equation) is of the form
where is a Hermitian matrix and is the conjugate transpose of .
The continuous Lyapunov equation is of the form
.
The Lyapunov equation occurs in many branches of control theory, such as stability analysis and optimal c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20NT%203.1 | Windows NT 3.1 is the first major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, released on July 27, 1993.
At the time of Windows NT's release, Microsoft's Windows 3.1 desktop environment had established brand recognition and market share; but Windows 3.1 relied on the DOS operating system for ess... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20NT%203.5 | Windows NT 3.5 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses. It was released on September 21, 1994, as the successor to Windows NT 3.1 and the predecessor to Windows NT 3.51.
One of the primary goals during Windows NT 3.5 development was to improve the op... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20NT%203.51 | Windows NT 3.51 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft and oriented towards businesses. It is the third version of Windows NT and was released on May 30, 1995, eight months following the release of Windows NT 3.5. The most significant enhancement offered in this release was that it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20defunct%20hard%20disk%20manufacturers | At least 223 companies have manufactured hard disk drives. Most of that industry has vanished through bankruptcy or mergers and acquisitions. None of the first four entrants continue in the industry today. Only three manufacturers have survived: Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital (WD)—all of which grew at least in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent-based%20model | An agent-based model (ABM) is a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations or groups) in order to understand the behavior of a system and what governs its outcomes. It combines elements of game theory, complex system... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derived%20category | In mathematics, the derived category D(A) of an abelian category A is a construction of homological algebra introduced to refine and in a certain sense to simplify the theory of derived functors defined on A. The construction proceeds on the basis that the objects of D(A) should be chain complexes in A, with two such ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytolysis | Cytolysis, or osmotic lysis, occurs when a cell bursts due to an osmotic imbalance that has caused excess water to diffuse into the cell. Water can enter the cell by diffusion through the cell membrane or through selective membrane channels called aquaporins, which greatly facilitate the flow of water. It occurs in a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-gram | n-gram is a series of n adjacent letters (including punctuation marks and blanks), syllables, or rarely whole words found in a language dataset; or adjacent phonemes extracted from a speech-recording dataset, or adjacent base pairs extracted from a genome. They are collected from a text or speech corpus. If Latin nume... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20leakage | Information leakage happens whenever a system that is designed to be closed to an eavesdropper reveals some information to unauthorized parties nonetheless. In other words: Information leakage occurs when secret information correlates with, or can be correlated with, observable information. For example, when designing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic%20method%20%28combinatorics%29 | In combinatorics, the symbolic method is a technique for counting combinatorial objects. It uses the internal structure of the objects to derive formulas for their generating functions. The method is mostly associated with Philippe Flajolet and is detailed in Part A of his book with Robert Sedgewick, Analytic Combina... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial%20class | In mathematics, a combinatorial class is a countable set of mathematical objects, together with a size function mapping each object to a non-negative integer, such that there are finitely many objects of each size.
Counting sequences and isomorphism
The counting sequence of a combinatorial class is the sequence of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20cross-platform%20instant%20messaging%20clients | The landscape for instant messaging involves cross-platform instant messaging clients that can handle one or multiple protocols. Clients that use the same protocol can typically federate and talk to one another. The following table compares general and technical information for cross-platform instant messaging clients ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20genetics%20research%20organizations | This is a list of organizations involved in genetics research.
Africa
Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi
Namibia
The Life Technologies Conservation Genetics Laboratory (Cheetah Conservation Fund), Otjiwarongo
Asia
Pakistan
IBGE
Institute of Biomedical and Genetic Engineering
China
B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20browning | Browning is the process of food turning brown due to the chemical reactions that take place within. The process of browning is one of the chemical reactions that take place in food chemistry and represents an interesting research topic regarding health, nutrition, and food technology. Though there are many different wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon%20Bochner | Salomon Bochner (20 August 1899 – 2 May 1982) was an Austrian mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis, probability theory and differential geometry.
Life
He was born into a Jewish family in Podgórze (near Kraków), then Austria-Hungary, now Poland. Fearful of a Russian invasion in Galicia at the beginnin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram%20matrix | In linear algebra, the Gram matrix (or Gramian matrix, Gramian) of a set of vectors in an inner product space is the Hermitian matrix of inner products, whose entries are given by the inner product . If the vectors are the columns of matrix then the Gram matrix is in the general case that the vector coordinates are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20logger | A data logger (also datalogger or data recorder) is an electronic device that records data over time or about location either with a built-in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. Increasingly, but not entirely, they are based on a digital processor (or computer), and called digital data loggers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygon%20mesh | In 3D computer graphics and solid modeling, a polygon mesh is a collection of , s and s that defines the shape of a polyhedral object. The faces usually consist of triangles (triangle mesh), quadrilaterals (quads), or other simple convex polygons (n-gons), since this simplifies rendering, but may also be more generally... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Electric%20DEUCE | The DEUCE (Digital Electronic Universal Computing Engine) was one of the earliest British commercially available computers, built by English Electric from 1955. It was the production version of the Pilot ACE, itself a cut-down version of Alan Turing's ACE.
Hardware description
The DEUCE had 1450 thermionic valves, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20Computing%20Engine | The Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) was a British early electronic serial stored-program computer design by Alan Turing. Turing completed the ambitious design in late 1945, having had experience in the years prior with the secret Colossus computer at Bletchley Park.
The ACE was not built, but a smaller version, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residue%20number%20system | A residue numeral system (RNS) is a numeral system representing integers by their values modulo several pairwise coprime integers called the moduli. This representation is allowed by the Chinese remainder theorem, which asserts that, if is the product of the moduli, there is, in an interval of length , exactly one int... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Free%20Dictionary | The Free Dictionary is an American online dictionary and encyclopedia that aggregates information from various sources. It is accessible in fourteen languages.
History
The Free Dictionary was launched in 2005 by Farlex. In the same year, it was included in PCMag's Make Your Browser Better list.
Content
The site cross... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming%20television | Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as television shows and films, as streaming media delivered over the Internet. Streaming television stands in contrast to dedicated terrestrial television delivered by over-the-air aerial systems, cable television, and/or satellite television... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20requirements%20specification | A software requirements specification (SRS) is a description of a software system to be developed. It is modeled after the business requirements specification (CONOPS). The software requirements specification lays out functional and non-functional requirements, and it may include a set of use cases that describe user ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu | Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for Internet of things devices and robots. All of the editions can run on a computer alone, or in a virtual machine. Ubuntu is a popular ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20former%20IA-32%20compatible%20processor%20manufacturers | As the 32-bit Intel Architecture became the dominant computing platform during the 1980s and 1990s, multiple companies have tried to build microprocessors that are compatible with that Intel instruction set architecture. Most of these companies were not successful in the mainstream computing market. So far, only AMD ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindenbaum%E2%80%93Tarski%20algebra | In mathematical logic, the Lindenbaum–Tarski algebra (or Lindenbaum algebra) of a logical theory T consists of the equivalence classes of sentences of the theory (i.e., the quotient, under the equivalence relation ~ defined such that p ~ q exactly when p and q are provably equivalent in T). That is, two sentences are e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior%20algebra | In abstract algebra, an interior algebra is a certain type of algebraic structure that encodes the idea of the topological interior of a set. Interior algebras are to topology and the modal logic S4 what Boolean algebras are to set theory and ordinary propositional logic. Interior algebras form a variety of modal alge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openswan | In the field of computer security, Openswan provides a complete IPsec implementation for Linux and FreeBSD.
Openswan, begun as a fork of the now-defunct FreeS/WAN project, continues to use the GNU General Public License. Unlike the FreeS/WAN project, it does not exclusively target the Linux operating system.
Libresw... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, a norm is a function from a real or complex vector space to the non-negative real numbers that behaves in certain ways like the distance from the origin: it commutes with scaling, obeys a form of the triangle inequality, and is zero only at the origin. In particular, the Euclidean distance in a Euclidea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamical%20systems%20theory | Dynamical systems theory is an area of mathematics used to describe the behavior of complex dynamical systems, usually by employing differential equations or difference equations. When differential equations are employed, the theory is called continuous dynamical systems. From a physical point of view, continuous dynam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedicated%20short-range%20communications | Dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) is a technology for direct wireless exchange of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and other intelligent transportation systems (ITS) data between vehicles, other road users (pedestrians, cyclists, etc.), and roadside infrastructure (traffic signals, electronic message signs, etc.).... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%20%28hardware%29 | A programmer, device programmer, chip programmer, device burner, or PROM writer is a piece of electronic equipment that arranges written software or firmware to configure programmable non-volatile integrated circuits, called programmable devices. The target devices include PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, Flash memory, eMMC, MRAM,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20driver | A line driver is an electronic amplifier circuit designed for driving a load such as a transmission line. The amplifier's output impedance may be matched to the characteristic impedance of the transmission line.
Line drivers are commonly used within digital systems, e.g. to communicate digital signals across circuit-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodenticide | Rodenticides are chemicals made and sold for the purpose of killing rodents. While commonly referred to as "rat poison", rodenticides are also used to kill mice, squirrels, woodchucks, chipmunks, porcupines, nutria, beavers, and voles. Despite the crucial roles that rodents play in nature, there are times when they nee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisibility%20rule | A divisibility rule is a shorthand and useful way of determining whether a given integer is divisible by a fixed divisor without performing the division, usually by examining its digits. Although there are divisibility tests for numbers in any radix, or base, and they are all different, this article presents rules and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20unit%20number | In computer storage, a logical unit number, or LUN, is a number used to identify a logical unit, which is a device addressed by the SCSI protocol or by Storage Area Network protocols that encapsulate SCSI, such as Fibre Channel or iSCSI.
A LUN may be used with any device which supports read/write operations, such as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre%20Channel%20switch | In the computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with the Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is the core component of a storage area network (SAN). The fabric is a network of Fibre Channel devices which allows many-to-many communicatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20O.%20Evans | Bob Overton Evans (August 19, 1927 – September 2, 2004), also known as "Boe" Evans, was an American computer pioneer and corporate executive at IBM (International Business Machines). He led the groundbreaking development of compatible computers that changed the industry.
Early life and education
Evans was born in Gra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20instruction%2C%20single%20data | In computing, multiple instruction, single data (MISD) is a type of parallel computing architecture where many functional units perform different operations on the same data. Pipeline architectures belong to this type, though a purist might say that the data is different after processing by each stage in the pipeline. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transglutaminase | Transglutaminases are enzymes that in nature primarily catalyze the formation of an isopeptide bond between γ-carboxamide groups ( -(C=O)NH2 ) of glutamine residue side chains and the ε-amino groups ( -NH2 ) of lysine residue side chains with subsequent release of ammonia ( NH3 ). Lysine and glutamine residues must be ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumscribed%20sphere | In geometry, a circumscribed sphere of a polyhedron is a sphere that contains the polyhedron and touches each of the polyhedron's vertices. The word circumsphere is sometimes used to mean the same thing, by analogy with the term circumcircle. As in the case of two-dimensional circumscribed circles (circumcircles), the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inscribed%20sphere | In geometry, the inscribed sphere or insphere of a convex polyhedron is a sphere that is contained within the polyhedron and tangent to each of the polyhedron's faces. It is the largest sphere that is contained wholly within the polyhedron, and is dual to the dual polyhedron's circumsphere.
The radius of the sphere in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%2015924 | ISO 15924, Codes for the representation of names of scripts, is an international standard defining codes for writing systems or scripts (a "set of graphic characters used for the written form of one or more languages"). Each script is given both a four-letter code and a numeric code.
Where possible the codes are deriv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Chamber | The Black Chamber (1919–1929), also known as the Cipher Bureau, was the United States' first peacetime cryptanalytic organization, and a forerunner of the National Security Agency. The only prior codes and cypher organizations maintained by the US government had been some intermittent, and always abandoned, attempts by... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20WELL | The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, normally shortened to The WELL or, alternatively, The Well, was launched in 1985. It is one of the oldest continuously operating virtual communities. By 1993 it had 7,000 members, a staff of 12, and gross annual income of $2 million. A 1997 feature in Wired magazine called it "The world... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatol%20Rapoport | Anatol Rapoport (; ; May 22, 1911January 20, 2007) was an American mathematical psychologist. He contributed to general systems theory, to mathematical biology and to the mathematical modeling of social interaction and stochastic models of contagion.
Biography
Rapoport was born in Lozova, Kharkov Governorate, Russia ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20distribution%20system | A wireless distribution system (WDS) is a system enabling the wireless interconnection of access points in an IEEE 802.11 network. It allows a wireless network to be expanded using multiple access points without the traditional requirement for a wired backbone to link them. The notable advantage of WDS over other solut... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cisco%20PIX | Cisco PIX (Private Internet eXchange) was a popular IP firewall and network address translation (NAT) appliance. It was one of the first products in this market segment.
In 2005, Cisco introduced the newer Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (Cisco ASA), that inherited many of the PIX features, and in 2008 announced PIX... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20event | Apple events are the message-based interprocess communication mechanism in Mac OS, first making an appearance in System 7 and supported by every version of the classic Mac OS since then and by macOS. Apple events describe "high-level" events such as "open document" or "print file", whereas earlier OSs had supported mu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTRS | OTRS (originally Open-Source Ticket Request System) is a service management suite. The suite contains an agent portal, admin dashboard and customer portal. In the agent portal, teams process tickets and requests from customers (internal or external). There are various ways in which this information, as well as customer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contingent%20cooperator | In game theory, a contingent cooperator is a person or agent who is willing to act in the collective interest, rather than his short-term selfish interest, if he observes a majority of the other agents in the collective doing the same. The apparent contradiction in this stance is resolved by game theory, which shows th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20office | A mobile office is an office built within a truck, motorhome, trailer or shipping container. The term is also used for people who don't work at a physical office location but instead carry their office materials with them. The mobile office can allow businesses to cut costs and avoid building physical locations where ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor%20Direct%20Slot | A processor direct slot (PDS) is a slot incorporated into many older Macintosh models that allowed direct access to the signal pins of a CPU, similar to the functionality of a local bus in PCs. This would result in much higher speeds than having to go through a bus layer, such as NuBus, which typically ran at a slower ... |
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