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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeS/WAN | FreeS/WAN, for Free Secure Wide-Area Networking, was a free software project, which implemented a reference version of the IPsec network security layer for Linux. The project goal of ubiquitous opportunistic encryption of Internet traffic was not realized, although it did contribute to general Internet encryption.
Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log%E2%80%93log%20plot | In science and engineering, a log–log graph or log–log plot is a two-dimensional graph of numerical data that uses logarithmic scales on both the horizontal and vertical axes. Power functions – relationships of the form – appear as straight lines in a log–log graph, with the exponent corresponding to the slope, and th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafter | A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members such as steel beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate, downslope perimeter or eave, and that are designed to support the roof shingles, roof deck, roof covering and its associated loads. A pair of rafters is called a couple. In home construction... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioresistance | Radioresistance is the level of ionizing radiation that organisms are able to withstand.
Ionizing-radiation-resistant organisms (IRRO) were defined as organisms for which the dose of acute ionizing radiation (IR) required to achieve 90% reduction (D10) is greater than 1,000 gray (Gy)
Radioresistance is surprisingly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe%20area%20%28television%29 | Safe area is a term used in television production to describe the areas of the television picture that can be seen on television screens.
Older televisions can display less of the space outside of the safe area than ones made more recently. Flat panel screens, plasma displays and liquid crystal display (LCD) screens g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurally%20controlled%20animat | A neurally controlled animat is the conjunction of
a cultured neuronal network
a virtual or physical robotic body, the Animat, "living" in a virtual computer generated environment or in a physical arena, connected to this array
Patterns of neural activity are used to control the virtual body, and the computer is used a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer%20immunotherapy | Cancer immunotherapy (sometimes called immuno-oncology) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer, improving on the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. It is an application of the fundamental research of cancer immunology and a growing subspecialty of oncology.
Cancer immunotherapy expl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20W.%20Woodworth%20Award | The C. W. Woodworth Award is an annual award presented by the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America. This award, the PBESA's largest, is for achievement in entomology in the Pacific region of the United States over the previous ten years. The award is named in honor of Charles W. Woodworth and was esta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20Printer%20Daemon%20protocol | The Line Printer Daemon protocol/Line Printer Remote protocol (or LPD, LPR) is a network printing protocol for submitting print jobs to a remote printer. The original implementation of LPD was in the Berkeley printing system in the BSD UNIX operating system; the LPRng project also supports that protocol. The Common U... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client%20confidentiality | Client confidentiality is the principle that an institution or individual should not reveal information about their clients to a third party without the consent of the client or a clear legal reason. This concept, sometimes referred to as social systems of confidentiality, is outlined in numerous laws throughout many c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene-centered%20view%20of%20evolution | The gene-centered view of evolution, gene's eye view, gene selection theory, or selfish gene theory holds that adaptive evolution occurs through the differential survival of competing genes, increasing the allele frequency of those alleles whose phenotypic trait effects successfully promote their own propagation. The p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapping%20cylinder | In mathematics, specifically algebraic topology, the mapping cylinder of a continuous function between topological spaces and is the quotient
where the denotes the disjoint union, and ∼ is the equivalence relation generated by
That is, the mapping cylinder is obtained by gluing one end of to via the map . Not... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry%20of%20Complex%20Numbers | Geometry of Complex Numbers: Circle Geometry, Moebius Transformation, Non-Euclidean Geometry is an undergraduate textbook on geometry, whose topics include circles, the complex plane, inversive geometry, and non-Euclidean geometry. It was written by Hans Schwerdtfeger, and originally published in 1962 as Volume 13 of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20model | In mathematics, and in particular model theory, a prime model is a model that is as simple as possible. Specifically, a model is prime if it admits an elementary embedding into any model to which it is elementarily equivalent (that is, into any model satisfying the same complete theory as ).
Cardinality
In contra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allometry | Allometry is the study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology and finally behaviour, first outlined by Otto Snell in 1892, by D'Arcy Thompson in 1917 in On Growth and Form and by Julian Huxley in 1932.
Overview
Allometry is a well-known study, particularly in statistical shape analysis for its ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimap | In computer science, a multimap (sometimes also multihash, multidict or multidictionary) is a generalization of a map or associative array abstract data type in which more than one value may be associated with and returned for a given key. Both map and multimap are particular cases of containers (for example, see C++ S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPLS%20VPN | MPLS VPN is a family of methods for using Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to create virtual private networks (VPNs). MPLS VPN is a flexible method to transport and route several types of network traffic using an MPLS backbone.
There are three types of MPLS VPNs deployed in networks today:
1. Point-to-point (Pseud... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panela | Panela () or rapadura (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is an unrefined whole cane sugar, typical of Central and Latin America. It is a solid form of sucrose derived from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice. Panela is known by other names in Latin America, such as chancaca in Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, piloncillo ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rework%20%28electronics%29 | Rework (or re-work) is the term for the refinishing operation or repair of an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, usually involving desoldering and re-soldering of surface-mounted electronic components (SMD). Mass processing techniques are not applicable to single device repair or replacement, and speciali... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mereotopology | In formal ontology, a branch of metaphysics, and in ontological computer science, mereotopology is a first-order theory, embodying mereological and topological concepts, of the relations among wholes, parts, parts of parts, and the boundaries between parts.
History and motivation
Mereotopology begins in philosophy wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UniProt | UniProt is a freely accessible database of protein sequence and functional information, many entries being derived from genome sequencing projects. It contains a large amount of information about the biological function of proteins derived from the research literature. It is maintained by the UniProt consortium, which ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunogen | An immunogen is any substance that generates B-cell (humoral/antibody) and/or T-cell (cellular) adaptive immune responses upon exposure to a host organism. Immunogens that generate antibodies are called antigens ("antibody-generating"). Immunogens that generate antibodies are directly bound by host antibodies and lead... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20waste%20recycling | Electronic waste recycling, electronics recycling or e-waste recycling is the disassembly and separation of components and raw materials of waste electronics; when referring to specific types of e-waste, the terms like computer recycling or mobile phone recycling may be used. Like other waste streams, re-use, donation ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relvar | In relational databases, relvar is a term introduced by C. J. Date and Hugh Darwen as an abbreviation for relation variable in their 1995 paper The Third Manifesto, to avoid the confusion sometimes arising from the use of the term relation, by the inventor of the relational model, E. F. Codd, for a variable to which a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogue%20electronics | Analogue electronics () are electronic systems with a continuously variable signal, in contrast to digital electronics where signals usually take only two levels. The term "analogue" describes the proportional relationship between a signal and a voltage or current that represents the signal. The word analogue is derive... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssal%20zone | The abyssal zone or abyssopelagic zone is a layer of the pelagic zone of the ocean. The word abyss comes from the Greek word (), meaning "bottomless". At depths of , this zone remains in perpetual darkness. It covers 83% of the total area of the ocean and 60% of Earth's surface. The abyssal zone has temperatures aroun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid%20number | In mathematics, Euclid numbers are integers of the form , where pn # is the nth primorial, i.e. the product of the first n prime numbers. They are named after the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, in connection with Euclid's theorem that there are infinitely many prime numbers.
Examples
For example, the first three ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Analysis | Crystal Analysis (a.k.a. Crystal Analysis Professional) is an On Line Analytical Processing (OLAP) application for analysing business data originally developed by Seagate Software.
It was first released under the name Seagate Analysis as a free application written in Java released in 1999. After disappointing applica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental%20polygon | In mathematics, a fundamental polygon can be defined for every compact Riemann surface of genus greater than 0. It encodes not only the topology of the surface through its fundamental group but also determines the Riemann surface up to conformal equivalence. By the uniformization theorem, every compact Riemann surface ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severi%E2%80%93Brauer%20variety | In mathematics, a Severi–Brauer variety over a field K is an algebraic variety V which becomes isomorphic to a projective space over an algebraic closure of K. The varieties are associated to central simple algebras in such a way that the algebra splits over K if and only if the variety has a rational point over K. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%20plane | In 3D computer graphics, the image plane is that plane in the world which is identified with the plane of the display monitor used to view the image that is being rendered. It is also referred to as screen space. If one makes the analogy of taking a photograph to rendering a 3D image, the surface of the film is the ima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unbeatable%20strategy | In biology, the idea of an unbeatable strategy was proposed by W.D. Hamilton in his 1967 paper on sex ratios in Science. In this paper Hamilton discusses sex ratios as strategies in a game, and cites Verner as using this language in his 1965 paper which "claims to show that, given factors causing fluctuations of the p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20load | Genetic load is the difference between the fitness of an average genotype in a population and the fitness of some reference genotype, which may be either the best present in a population, or may be the theoretically optimal genotype. The average individual taken from a population with a low genetic load will generally,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamshell%20design | A clamshell design is a kind of form factor for electronic devices in the shape of a clamshell. Mobile phones, handheld game consoles, and especially laptops, are often designed like clamshells. Clamshell devices are usually made of two sections connected by a hinge, each section containing either a flat panel display... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backtracking%20line%20search | In (unconstrained) mathematical optimization, a backtracking line search is a line search method to determine the amount to move along a given search direction. Its use requires that the objective function is differentiable and that its gradient is known.
The method involves starting with a relatively large estimate o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-level%20transient%20spectroscopy | Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) is an experimental tool for studying electrically active defects (known as charge carrier traps) in semiconductors. DLTS establishes fundamental defect parameters and measures their concentration in the material. Some of the parameters are considered as defect "finger prints" us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALTQ | ALTQ (ALTernate Queueing) is the network scheduler for Berkeley Software Distribution. ALTQ provides queueing disciplines, and other components related to quality of service (QoS), required to realize resource sharing. It is most commonly implemented on BSD-based routers. ALTQ is included in the base distribution of F... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasodium%20pyrophosphate | Tetrasodium pyrophosphate, also called sodium pyrophosphate, tetrasodium phosphate or TSPP, is an inorganic compound with the formula Na4P2O7. As a salt, it is a white, water-soluble solid. It is composed of pyrophosphate anion and sodium ions. Toxicity is approximately twice that of table salt when ingested orally. Al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfe%20conditions | In the unconstrained minimization problem, the Wolfe conditions are a set of inequalities for performing inexact line search, especially in quasi-Newton methods, first published by Philip Wolfe in 1969.
In these methods the idea is to find
for some smooth . Each step often involves approximately solving the subproble... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Games | California Games is a 1987 sports video game originally released by Epyx for the Apple II and Commodore 64, and ported to other home computers and video game consoles. Branching from their Summer Games and Winter Games series, this game consists of a collection of outdoor sports purportedly popular in California. The g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Smith%20%28engineer%29 | David Joseph Smith (April 2, 1950 – May 31, 2022) was an American engineer and founder of the synthesizer company Sequential. Smith created the first polyphonic synthesizer with fully programmable memory, the Prophet-5, which had a major impact on the music industry. He also led the development of MIDI, a standard inte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic%20number | A cyclic number is an integer for which cyclic permutations of the digits are successive integer multiples of the number. The most widely known is the six-digit number 142857, whose first six integer multiples are
142857 × 1 = 142857
142857 × 2 = 285714
142857 × 3 = 428571
142857 × 4 = 571428
142857 × 5 = 714285
14285... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariable%20plane | The invariable plane of a planetary system, also called Laplace's invariable plane, is the plane passing through its barycenter (center of mass) perpendicular to its angular momentum vector.
Solar System
In the Solar System, about 98% of this effect is contributed by the orbital angular momenta of the four jovian plan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeboxing | In agile principles, timeboxing allocates a maximum unit of time to an activity, called a timebox, within which a planned activity takes place. It is used by agile principles-based project management approaches and for personal time management.
In project management
Timeboxing is used as a project planning techniqu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobotics | Blobotics is a term describing research into chemical-based computer processors based on ions rather than electrons. Andrew Adamatzky, a computer scientist at the University of the West of England, Bristol used the term in an article in New Scientist March 28, 2005 .
The aim is to create 'liquid logic gates' which w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20for%20Systems%20Biology | Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) is a non-profit research institution located in Seattle, Washington, United States. ISB concentrates on systems biology, the study of relationships and interactions between various parts of biological systems, and advocates an interdisciplinary approach to biological research.
Goal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convex%20optimization | Convex optimization is a subfield of mathematical optimization that studies the problem of minimizing convex functions over convex sets (or, equivalently, maximizing concave functions over convex sets). Many classes of convex optimization problems admit polynomial-time algorithms, whereas mathematical optimization is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration%20theory%20of%20olfaction | The vibration theory of smell proposes that a molecule's smell character is due to its vibrational frequency in the infrared range. This controversial theory is an alternative to the more widely accepted docking theory of olfaction (formerly termed the shape theory of olfaction), which proposes that a molecule's smell ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-process%20modeling | Meta-process modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable and useful to some predefined problems.
Meta-process modeling supports the effort of creating flexible process models. The purpose of process models is to document... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20modeling | The term process model is used in various contexts. For example, in business process modeling the enterprise process model is often referred to as the business process model.
Overview
Process models are processes of the same nature that are classified together into a model. Thus, a process model is a description of a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamodeling | A metamodel is a model of a model, and metamodeling is the process of generating such metamodels. Thus metamodeling or meta-modeling is the analysis, construction and development of the frames, rules, constraints, models and theories applicable and useful for modeling a predefined class of problems. As its name implies... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract%20index%20notation | Abstract index notation (also referred to as slot-naming index notation) is a mathematical notation for tensors and spinors that uses indices to indicate their types, rather than their components in a particular basis. The indices are mere placeholders, not related to any basis and, in particular, are non-numerical. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20radio | Visual radio is a generic term for adding visuals to audio radio broadcasts. Visual Radio is also a trademark for a Nokia product which delivers interactive FM radio over a data connection.
Visual Radio
Visual Radio is a technology developed by Nokia. Visual Radio is built-in functionality available in an increasing... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIS%2B | NIS+ is a directory service developed by Sun Microsystems to replace its older 'NIS' (Network Information Service). It is designed to eliminate the need for duplication across many computers of configuration data such as user accounts, host names and addresses, printer information and NFS disk mounts on individual sys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockstep%20%28computing%29 | Lockstep systems are fault-tolerant computer systems that run the same set of operations at the same time in parallel. The redundancy (duplication) allows error detection and error correction: the output from lockstep operations can be compared to determine if there has been a fault if there are at least two systems (d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wollaston%20prism | A Wollaston prism is an optical device, invented by William Hyde Wollaston, that manipulates polarized light. It separates light into two separate linearly polarized outgoing beams with orthogonal polarization. The two beams will be polarized according to the optical axis of the two right angle prisms.
The Wollaston ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIC-1 | The MIC-1 is a processor architecture invented by Andrew S. Tanenbaum to use as a simple but complete example in his teaching book Structured Computer Organization.
It consists of a very simple control unit that runs microcode from a 512-words store.
The Micro-Assembly Language (MAL) is engineered to allow simple wri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-d%20tree | In computer science, a k-d tree (short for k-dimensional tree) is a space-partitioning data structure for organizing points in a k-dimensional space. K-dimensional is that which concerns exactly k orthogonal axes or a space of any number of dimensions. k-d trees are a useful data structure for several applications, suc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campus%20network | A campus network, campus area network, corporate area network or CAN is a computer network made up of an interconnection of local area networks (LANs) within a limited geographical area. The networking equipments (switches, routers) and transmission media (optical fiber, copper plant, Cat5 cabling etc.) are almost enti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroplankton | Aeroplankton (or aerial plankton) are tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by wind. Most of the living things that make up aeroplankton are very small to microscopic in size, and many can be difficult to identify because of their tiny size. Scientists collect them for study in traps and sweep nets fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20%28video%29 | In video, a field is one of the many still images displayed sequentially to create the impression of motion on the screen. Two fields comprise one video frame. When the fields are displayed on a video monitor they are "interlaced" so that the content of one field will be used on all of the odd-numbered lines on the scr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature%20book | A miniature book is a very small book. Standards for what may be termed a miniature rather than just a small book have changed through time. Today, most collectors consider a book to be miniature only if it is 3 inches or smaller in height, width, and thickness, particularly in the United States. Many collectors consi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20environment | Space environment is a branch of astronautics, aerospace engineering and space physics that seeks to understand and address conditions existing in space that affect the design and operation of spacecraft. A related subject, space weather, deals with dynamic processes in the solar-terrestrial system that can give rise t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed%20dispersal | In spermatophyte plants, seed dispersal is the movement, spread or transport of seeds away from the parent plant. Plants have limited mobility and rely upon a variety of dispersal vectors to transport their seeds, including both abiotic vectors, such as the wind, and living (biotic) vectors such as birds. Seeds can be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantel%20test | The Mantel test, named after Nathan Mantel, is a statistical test of the correlation between two matrices. The matrices must be of the same dimension; in most applications, they are matrices of interrelations between the same vectors of objects. The test was first published by Nathan Mantel, a biostatistician at the Na... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperate%20forest | A temperate forest is a forest found between the tropical and boreal regions, located in the temperate zone. It is the second largest biome on our planet, covering 25% of the world's forest area, only behind the boreal forest, which covers about 33%. These forests cover both hemispheres at latitudes ranging from 25 to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery%20House | Mystery House is an adventure game released by On-Line Systems in 1980. It was designed, written and illustrated by Roberta Williams, and programmed by Ken Williams for the Apple II. Mystery House is the first graphical adventure game and the first game produced by On-Line Systems, the company which would evolve into S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual%20control%20theory | Perceptual control theory (PCT) is a model of behavior based on the properties of negative feedback control loops. A control loop maintains a sensed variable at or near a reference value by means of the effects of its outputs upon that variable, as mediated by physical properties of the environment. In engineering cont... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fodor%27s%20lemma | In mathematics, particularly in set theory, Fodor's lemma states the following:
If is a regular, uncountable cardinal, is a stationary subset of , and is regressive (that is, for any , ) then there is some and some stationary such that for any . In modern parlance, the nonstationary ideal is normal.
The lemma ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationary%20set | In mathematics, specifically set theory and model theory, a stationary set is a set that is not too small in the sense that it intersects all club sets and is analogous to a set of non-zero measure in measure theory. There are at least three closely related notions of stationary set, depending on whether one is looking... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagonal%20intersection | Diagonal intersection is a term used in mathematics, especially in set theory.
If is an ordinal number and
is a sequence of subsets of , then the diagonal intersection, denoted by
is defined to be
That is, an ordinal is in the diagonal intersection if and only if it is contained in the first members of the se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club%20filter | In mathematics, particularly in set theory, if is a regular uncountable cardinal then the filter of all sets containing a club subset of is a -complete filter closed under diagonal intersection called the club filter.
To see that this is a filter, note that since it is thus both closed and unbounded (see club set)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulated%20category | In mathematics, a triangulated category is a category with the additional structure of a "translation functor" and a class of "exact triangles". Prominent examples are the derived category of an abelian category, as well as the stable homotopy category. The exact triangles generalize the short exact sequences in an abe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20power%20quality | Electric power quality is the degree to which the voltage, frequency, and waveform of a power supply system conform to established specifications. Good power quality can be defined as a steady supply voltage that stays within the prescribed range, steady AC frequency close to the rated value, and smooth voltage curve ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register%20file | A register file is an array of processor registers in a central processing unit (CPU). Register banking is the method of using a single name to access multiple different physical registers depending on the operating mode. Modern integrated circuit-based register files are usually implemented by way of fast static RAMs ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%207090/94%20IBSYS | IBSYS is the discontinued tape-based operating system that IBM supplied with its IBM 709, IBM 7090 and IBM 7094 computers. A similar operating system (but with several significant differences), also called IBSYS, was provided with IBM 7040 and IBM 7044 computers. IBSYS was based on FORTRAN Monitor System (FMS) and (mor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effector%20cell | In cell biology, an effector cell is any of various types of cell that actively responds to a stimulus and effects some change (brings it about).
Examples of effector cells include:
The muscle, gland or organ cell capable of responding to a stimulus at the terminal end of an efferent nerve fiber
Plasma cell, an eff... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle%20graph%20%28algebra%29 | In group theory, a subfield of abstract algebra, a group cycle graph illustrates the various cycles of a group and is particularly useful in visualizing the structure of small finite groups.
A cycle is the set of powers of a given group element a, where an, the n-th power of an element a is defined as the product of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing%20jump | In computability theory, the Turing jump or Turing jump operator, named for Alan Turing, is an operation that assigns to each decision problem a successively harder decision problem with the property that is not decidable by an oracle machine with an oracle for .
The operator is called a jump operator because it in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20and%20motion%20study | A time and motion study (or time-motion study) is a business efficiency technique combining the Time Study work of Frederick Winslow Taylor with the Motion Study work of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (the same couple as is best known through the biographical 1950 film and book Cheaper by the Dozen). It is a major part of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20access%20carrier%20system | Digital access carrier system (DACS) is the name used by British Telecom (BT Group plc) in the United Kingdom for a 0+2 pair gain system.
Usage
For almost as long as telephones have been a common feature in homes and offices, telecommunication companies have regularly been faced with a situation where demand in a par... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error-tolerant%20design | An error-tolerant design (or human-error-tolerant design) is one that does not unduly penalize user or human errors. It is the human equivalent of fault tolerant design that allows equipment to continue functioning in the presence of hardware faults, such as a "limp-in" mode for an automobile electronics unit that wou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkhoff%27s%20theorem%20%28electromagnetism%29 | In physics, in the context of electromagnetism, Birkhoff's theorem concerns spherically symmetric static solutions of Maxwell's field equations of electromagnetism.
The theorem is due to George D. Birkhoff. It states that any spherically symmetric solution of the source-free Maxwell equations is necessarily static. P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber%20Cartel | The Lumber Cartel was a facetious conspiracy theory popularized on USENET that claimed anti-spammers were secretly paid agents of lumber companies.
In November 1997, a participant on news.admin.net-abuse.email posted an essay to the newsgroup. The essay described a conspiracy theory:
The reasoning provided in the ess... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schools%20Interoperability%20Framework | The Schools Interoperability Framework, Systems Interoperability Framework (UK), or SIF, is a data-sharing open specification for academic institutions from kindergarten through workforce. This specification is being used primarily in the United States, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand; however, it is increa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanac | is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Compile and published in Japan by Pony Canyon and in North America by FCI. It was released for the MSX computer, the Family Computer Disk System, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and for the Virtual Console. It was reworked for the MSX2 computer as Zanac EX and for the PlaySt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional%20yeast | Nutritional yeast (also known as nooch) is a deactivated yeast, often a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that is sold commercially as a food product. It is sold in the form of yellow flakes, granules, or powder and can be found in the bulk aisle of most natural food stores. It is popular with vegans and vegetarians ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20biology | Chemical biology is a scientific discipline between the fields of chemistry and biology. The discipline involves the application of chemical techniques, analysis, and often small molecules produced through synthetic chemistry, to the study and manipulation of biological systems. In contrast to biochemistry, which invol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling%20probe%20technology | Cycling probe technology (CPT) is a molecular biological technique for detecting specific DNA sequences. CPT operates under isothermal conditions. In some applications, CPT offers an alternative to PCR. However, unlike PCR, CPT does not generate multiple copies of the target DNA itself, and the amplification of the si... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage%20source | A voltage source is a two-terminal device which can maintain a fixed voltage. An ideal voltage source can maintain the fixed voltage independent of the load resistance or the output current. However, a real-world voltage source cannot supply unlimited current.
A voltage source is the dual of a current source. Real-wo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity%20plus%20one | In mathematics, infinity plus one is a concept which has a well-defined formal meaning in some number systems, and may refer to:
Transfinite numbers, numbers that are larger than all the finite numbers.
Cardinal numbers, representations of sizes (cardinalities) of abstract sets, which may be infinite.
Ordinal numbe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary%20succession | Primary succession is the beginning step of ecological succession after an extreme disturbance, which usually occurs in an environment devoid of vegetation and other organisms. These environments are typically lacking in soil, as disturbances like lava flow or retreating glaciers scour the environment clear of nutrient... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porism | A porism is a mathematical proposition or corollary. It has been used to refer to a direct consequence of a proof, analogous to how a corollary refers to a direct consequence of a theorem. In modern usage, it is a relationship that holds for an infinite range of values but only if a certain condition is assumed, such a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline%20Communications | Hotline Communications Limited (HCL) was a software company founded in 1997, based in Toronto, Canada, with employees also in the United States and Australia. Hotline Communications' main activity was the publishing and distribution of a multi-purpose client/server communication software product named Hotline Connect, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20materials%20science | Materials science has shaped the development of civilizations since the dawn of mankind. Better materials for tools and weapons has allowed mankind to spread and conquer, and advancements in material processing like steel and aluminum production continue to impact society today. Historians have regarded materials as su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20solar%20car%20teams | This is a list of solar car racing teams.
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
India
Iran
Italy
Jordan
Japan
Indonesia
Malaysia
Morocco
The Netherlands
Pakistan
Poland
Puerto Rico
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Arab Emirates... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanthrope | A synanthrope (from ancient Greek σύν sýn "together, with" and ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos "man") is an organism that lives near and benefits from humans and their environmental modifications (see also anthropophilia for animals who live close to humans as parasites). The term synanthrope includes many species regarded as pests... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20deployment | Software deployment is all of the activities that make a software system available for use.
The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. These activities can occur on the producer side or on the consumer side or both. Because every software system i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysochrome | A lysochrome is a soluble dye used for histochemical staining of lipids, which include triglycerides, fatty acids, and lipoproteins. Lysochromes such as Sudan IV dissolve in the lipid and show up as colored regions. The dye does not stick to any other substrates, so a quantification or qualification of lipid presence ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloimmunity | Alloimmunity (sometimes called isoimmunity) is an immune response to nonself antigens from members of the same species, which are called alloantigens or isoantigens. Two major types of alloantigens are blood group antigens and histocompatibility antigens. In alloimmunity, the body creates antibodies (called alloantibod... |
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