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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20marker | A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify individuals or species. It can be described as a variation (which may arise due to mutation or alteration in the genomic loci) that can be observed. A genetic marker may be a short DNA sequence, such as a seque... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Response%20spectrum | A response spectrum is a plot of the peak or steady-state response (displacement, velocity or acceleration) of a series of oscillators of varying natural frequency, that are forced into motion by the same base vibration or shock. The resulting plot can then be used to pick off the response of any linear system, given i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronucleus | A pronucleus (: pronuclei) denotes the nucleus found in either a sperm or egg cell during the process of fertilization. The sperm cell undergoes a transformation into a pronucleus after entering the egg cell but prior to the fusion of the genetic material of both the sperm and egg. In contrast, the egg cell possesses a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linde%E2%80%93Buzo%E2%80%93Gray%20algorithm | The Linde–Buzo–Gray algorithm (introduced by Yoseph Linde, Andrés Buzo and Robert M. Gray in 1980) is a vector quantization algorithm to derive a good codebook.
It is similar to the k-means method in data clustering.
The algorithm
At each iteration, each vector is split into two new vectors.
A initial state: centro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Force%20Two | Air Force Two is the air traffic control designated call sign held by any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the vice president of the United States, but not the president. The term is often associated with the Boeing C-32, a modified 757 which is most commonly used as the vice president's transport. Other 89th ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archos | Archos (, stylized as ARCHOS) is a French multinational electronics company that was established in 1988 by Henri Crohas. Archos manufactures tablets, smartphones, portable media players and portable data storage devices. The name is an anagram of Crohas' last name. Also, in Greek (-αρχος), it's a suffix used in nouns ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phreatic | Phreatic is a term used in hydrology to refer to aquifers, in speleology to refer to cave passages, and in volcanology to refer to a type of volcanic eruption.
Hydrology
The term phreatic (the word originates from the Greek , meaning "well" or "spring") is used in hydrology and the earth sciences to refer to matters ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOIL%20method | In elementary algebra, FOIL is a mnemonic for the standard method of multiplying two binomials—hence the method may be referred to as the FOIL method. The word FOIL is an acronym for the four terms of the product:
First ("first" terms of each binomial are multiplied together)
Outer ("outside" terms are multiplied—tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulation%20square | In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a pulation square (also called a Doolittle diagram) is a diagram that is simultaneously a pullback square and a pushout square. It is a self-dual concept.
References
Adámek, Jiří, Herrlich, Horst, & Strecker, George E. (1990). Abstract and Concrete Categories (4.2MB PDF).... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythms%20NetConnections | Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Former NASDAQ: RTHM) was in the business of providing broadband local-access communication services to large enterprises, telecommunications carriers and their internet service provider (ISP) affiliates and other ISPs. The company's services included a range of high-speed, always-on connect... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2061131-3 | IEC 61131-3 is the third part (of 10) of the international standard IEC 61131 for programmable logic controllers. It was first published in December 1993 by the IEC; the current (third) edition was published in February 2013.
Part 3 of IEC 61131 deals with basic software architecture and programming languages of the c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20grammar | In computer science, a linear grammar is a context-free grammar that has at most one nonterminal in the right-hand side of each of its productions.
A linear language is a language generated by some linear grammar.
Example
An example of a linear grammar is G with N = {S}, Σ = {a, b}, P with start symbol S and rules
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariant%20polynomial | In mathematics, an invariant polynomial is a polynomial that is invariant under a group acting on a vector space . Therefore, is a -invariant polynomial if
for all and .
Cases of particular importance are for Γ a finite group (in the theory of Molien series, in particular), a compact group, a Lie group or algebra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-structure | In the branch of mathematics called homological algebra, a t-structure is a way to axiomatize the properties of an abelian subcategory of a derived category. A t-structure on consists of two subcategories of a triangulated category or stable infinity category which abstract the idea of complexes whose cohomology van... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-pairs%20testing | In computer science, all-pairs testing or pairwise testing is a combinatorial method of software testing that, for each pair of input parameters to a system (typically, a software algorithm), tests all possible discrete combinations of those parameters. Using carefully chosen test vectors, this can be done much faster ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soribada | Soribada () was the first Korean peer-to-peer file-sharing service, launched in 2000 by Sean Yang. The name 'Soribada' means "Ocean of Sound" or "Receiving (downloading) Sound". It was closed in 2002 by court order but continued to be distributed with a stipulation that its users were responsible for any of the files d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barachois | A barachois is a term used in Atlantic Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Réunion and Mauritius to describe a coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar. Sometimes the bar is constructed of boulders, as is the case at Freshwater Bay near St. John’s, Newfoundland. Salt water ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-change%20material | A phase-change material (PCM) is a substance which releases/absorbs sufficient energy at phase transition to provide useful heat or cooling. Generally the transition will be from one of the first two fundamental states of matter - solid and liquid - to the other. The phase transition may also be between non-classical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoprecipitation | Immunoprecipitation (IP) is the technique of precipitating a protein antigen out of solution using an antibody that specifically binds to that particular protein. This process can be used to isolate and concentrate a particular protein from a sample containing many thousands of different proteins. Immunoprecipitation ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming%20in%20the%20large%20and%20programming%20in%20the%20small | In software engineering, programming in the large and programming in the small refer to two different aspects of writing software, namely, designing a larger system as a composition of smaller parts, and creating those smaller parts by writing lines of code in a programming language, respectively.
The terms were coined... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20model | An information model in software engineering is a representation of concepts and the relationships, constraints, rules, and operations to specify data semantics for a chosen domain of discourse. Typically it specifies relations between kinds of things, but may also include relations with individual things. It can provi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Unix%20daemons | This is a list of Unix daemons that are found on various Unix-like operating systems. Unix daemons typically have a name ending with a d.
See also
List of Unix commands
References
Unix
Unix daemons |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128-bit%20computing | General home computing and gaming utility emerged at 8-bit (but not at 1-bit or 4-bit) word sizes, as 28=256 words become possible. Thus, early 8-bit CPUs (Zilog Z80, 6502, Intel 8088 introduced 1976-1981 by Commodore, Tandy Corporation, Apple and IBM) inaugurated the era of personal computing. Many 16-bit CPUs already... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL-4 | PL-4 or POS-PHY Level 4 was the name of the interface that the interface SPI-4.2 is based on. It was proposed by PMC-Sierra to the Optical Internetworking Forum. The name means Packet Over SONET Physical layer level 4. PL-4 was developed by PMC-Sierra in conjunction with the Saturn Development Group.
Context
There are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrizio | Abrizio was a fabless semiconductor company which made switching fabric chip sets (integrated circuits for computer network switches). Their chip set, the TT1, was used by several large system development companies as the core switch fabric in their high value communication systems.
Founding
Abrizio was founded in 1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave%20power%20meter | A microwave power meter is an instrument which measures the electrical power at microwave frequencies typically in the range 100 MHz to 40 GHz.
Usually a microwave power meter will consist of a measuring head which contains the actual power sensing element, connected via a cable to the meter proper, which displays the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake%20Shield%20Facility | Wake Shield Facility (WSF) was a NASA experimental science platform that was placed in low Earth orbit by the Space Shuttle. It was a diameter, free-flying stainless steel disk.
The WSF was deployed using the Space Shuttle's Canadarm. The WSF then used nitrogen gas thrusters to position itself about behind the Space... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Vojta | Paul Alan Vojta (born September 30, 1957) is an American mathematician, known for his work in number theory on Diophantine geometry and Diophantine approximation.
Contributions
In formulating Vojta's conjecture, he pointed out the possible existence of parallels between the Nevanlinna theory of complex analysis, and d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coagulative%20necrosis | Coagulative necrosis is a type of accidental cell death typically caused by ischemia or infarction. In coagulative necrosis, the architectures of dead tissue are preserved for at least a couple of days. It is believed that the injury denatures structural proteins as well as lysosomal enzymes, thus blocking the proteoly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefactive%20necrosis | Liquefactive necrosis (or colliquative necrosis) is a type of necrosis which results in a transformation of the tissue into a liquid viscous mass. Often it is associated with focal bacterial or fungal infections, and can also manifest as one of the symptoms of an internal chemical burn. In liquefactive necrosis, the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20NetMeeting | Microsoft NetMeeting is a discontinued VoIP and multi-point videoconferencing program offered by Microsoft. NetMeeting allows multiple clients to host and join a call that includes video and audio, text chat, application and desktop sharing, and file sharing. It was originally bundled with Internet Explorer 3 and then ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile%20binary%20interface%20problem | The fragile binary interface problem or FBI is a shortcoming of certain object-oriented programming language compilers, in which internal changes to an underlying class library can cause descendant libraries or programs to cease working. It is an example of software brittleness.
This problem is more often called the f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUNET | FUNET is the Finnish University and Research Network, a backbone network providing Internet connections for Finnish universities and polytechnics as well as other research facilities. It is governed by the state-owned CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd. The FUNET project started in December 1983 and soon gained internatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed%20version%20control | In software development, distributed version control (also known as distributed revision control) is a form of version control in which the complete codebase, including its full history, is mirrored on every developer's computer. Compared to centralized version control, this enables automatic management branching and m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequity%20aversion | Inequity aversion (IA) is the preference for fairness and resistance to incidental inequalities. The social sciences that study inequity aversion include sociology, economics, psychology, anthropology, and ethology. Researches on inequity aversion aim to explain behaviors that are not purely driven by self-interests bu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20construction%20of%20technology | Social construction of technology (SCOT) is a theory within the field of science and technology studies. Advocates of SCOT—that is, social constructivists—argue that technology does not determine human action, but that rather, human action shapes technology. They also argue that the ways a technology is used cannot be ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpi%C5%84ski%27s%20constant | Sierpiński's constant is a mathematical constant usually denoted as K. One way of defining it is as the following limit:
where r2(k) is a number of representations of k as a sum of the form a2 + b2 for integer a and b.
It can be given in closed form as:
where is Gauss's constant and is the Euler-Mascheroni constan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable%20interrupt%20controller | In computing, a programmable interrupt controller (PIC) is an integrated circuit that helps a microprocessor (or CPU) handle interrupt requests (IRQ) coming from multiple different sources (like external I/O devices) which may occur simultaneously. It helps prioritize IRQs so that the CPU switches execution to the most... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20brittleness | In computer programming and software engineering, software brittleness is the increased difficulty in fixing older software that may appear reliable, but actually fails badly when presented with unusual data or altered in a seemingly minor way. The phrase is derived from analogies to brittleness in metalworking.
Cause... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilocalorie%20per%20mole | The kilocalorie per mole is a unit to measure an amount of energy per number of molecules, atoms, or other similar particles. It is defined as one kilocalorie of energy (1000 thermochemical gram calories) per one mole of substance. The unit symbol is written kcal/mol or kcal⋅mol−1. As typically measured, one kcal/mol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20in%20sequence | Just in sequence (JIS) is an inventory strategy that matches just in time (JIT) and complete fit in sequence with variation of assembly line production. Components and parts arrive at a production line right in time as scheduled before they get assembled. Feedback from the manufacturing line is used to coordinate trans... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm%20technology | Calm technology or calm design is a type of information technology where the interaction between the technology and its user is designed to occur in the user's periphery rather than constantly at the center of attention. Information from the technology smoothly shifts to the user's attention when needed but otherwise s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NNDB | The Notable Names Database (NNDB) is an online database of biographical details of over 40,000 people. Soylent Communications, a sole proprietorship that also hosted the now-defunct Rotten.com, describes NNDB as an "intelligence aggregator" of noteworthy persons, highlighting their interpersonal connections. The Rotten... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology%20dissemination%20based%20on%20reverse-path%20forwarding | Topology broadcast based on reverse-path forwarding (TBRPF) is a link-state routing protocol for wireless mesh networks.
The obvious design for a wireless link-state protocol (such as the optimized link-state routing protocol) transmits large amounts of routing data, and this limits the utility of a link-state protoco... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20Source%20Routing | Dynamic Source Routing (DSR) is a routing protocol for wireless mesh networks. It is similar to AODV in that it forms a route on-demand when a transmitting node requests one. However, it uses source routing instead of relying on the routing table at each intermediate device.
Background
Determining the source route r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMYD | WMYD (channel 20) is an independent television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV (channel 7). Both stations share studios at Broadcast House on 10 Mile Road in Southfield, while WMYD's transmitter is located on Eight Mile Road in Oak Pa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld%20PC | A handheld personal computer (PC) is a pocket-sized computer typically built around a clamshell form factor and is significantly smaller than any standard laptop computer, but based on the same principles. It is sometimes referred to as a palmtop computer, not to be confused with Palmtop PC which was a name used mainly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order%20One%20Network%20Protocol | The OrderOne MANET Routing Protocol is an algorithm for computers communicating by digital radio in a mesh network to find each other, and send messages to each other along a reasonably efficient path. It was designed for, and promoted as working with wireless mesh networks.
OON's designers say it can handle thousands... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative%20biology | Comparative biology uses natural variation and disparity to understand the patterns of life at all levels—from genes to communities—and the critical role of organisms in ecosystems. Comparative biology is a cross-lineage approach to understanding the phylogenetic history of individuals or higher taxa and the mechanism... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20structure | In mathematics, a structure is a set endowed with some additional features on the set (e.g. an operation, relation, metric, or topology). Often, the additional features are attached or related to the set, so as to provide it with some additional meaning or significance.
A partial list of possible structures are measur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/250%20%28number%29 | 250 (two hundred [and] fifty) is the natural number following 249 and preceding 251.
250 is also the sum of squares of the divisors of the number 14.
250 has the same digits and prime factors.
Integers between 251 and 259
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
References
Integers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/221%20%28number%29 | 221 (two hundred [and] twenty-one) is the natural number following 220 and preceding 222.
In mathematics
Its factorization as 13 × 17 makes 221 the product of two consecutive prime numbers, the sixth smallest such product.
221 is a centered square number.
In other fields
In Texas hold 'em, the probability of being d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega%20Channel | The Sega Channel is a discontinued online game service developed by Sega for the Sega Genesis video game console, serving as a content delivery system. Launched on December 14, 1994, the Sega Channel was provided to the public by TCI and Time Warner Cable through cable television services by way of coaxial cable. It wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20gun | A smart gun, also called a smart-gun, or smartgun, is a firearm that can detect its authorized user(s) or something that is normally only possessed by its authorized user(s). The term is also used in science fiction to refer to various types of semi-automatic firearms.
Smart guns have one or more systems that allow t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus%20problem | In computer science and mathematics, the Josephus problem (or Josephus permutation) is a theoretical problem related to a certain counting-out game. Such games are used to pick out a person from a group, e.g. eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
In the particular counting-out game that gives rise to the Josephus problem, a number... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence%20diagram | In software engineering, a sequence diagram or system sequence diagram (SSD) shows process interactions arranged in a time sequence. The diagram depicts the processes and objects involved and the sequence of messages exchanged as needed to carry out the functionality. Sequence diagrams are typically associated with use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconciliation%20ecology | Reconciliation ecology is the branch of ecology which studies ways to encourage biodiversity in the human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era. Michael Rosenzweig first articulated the concept in his book Win-Win Ecology, based on the theory that there is not enough area for all of earth's biodiversity to be sa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Agricultural%20Experiment%20Station | The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES) at Geneva, Ontario County, New York State, is an agricultural experiment station operated by the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. In August 2018, the station was rebranded as Cornell AgriTech, but its official name... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Sherwood | Project Sherwood was the codename for a United States program in controlled nuclear fusion during the period it was classified. After 1958, when fusion research was declassified around the world, the project was reorganized as a separate division within the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and lost its code... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LonTalk | LonTalk is a networking protocol. Originally developed by Echelon Corporation for networking devices over media such as twisted pair, powerlines, fiber optics, and RF. It is popular for the automation of various functions in industrial control, home automation, transportation, and buildings systems such as lighting an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20law%20of%20prohibition | The iron law of prohibition is a term coined by Richard Cowan in 1986 which posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases. Cowan put it this way: "the harder the enforcement, the harder the drugs."
This law is an application of the Alchian–Allen effect; Libertarian... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20pickup%20unit | A remote pickup unit or RPU is a radio system using special radio frequencies set aside for electronic news-gathering (ENG) and remote broadcasting. It can also be used for other types of point-to-point radio links.
An RPU is used to send program material from a remote location to the broadcast station or network. U... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20bounded%20automaton | In computer science, a linear bounded automaton (plural linear bounded automata, abbreviated LBA) is a restricted form of Turing machine.
Operation
A linear bounded automaton is a Turing machine that satisfies the following three conditions:
Its input alphabet includes two special symbols, serving as left and right... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20amplification%20of%20polymorphic%20DNA | Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), pronounced "rapid", is a type of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), but the segments of DNA that are amplified are random. The scientist performing RAPD creates several arbitrary, short primers (10–12
nucleotides), then proceeds with the PCR using a large template of genomic DNA,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascode%20voltage%20switch%20logic | Cascode Voltage Switch Logic (CVSL) refers to a CMOS-type logic family which is designed for certain advantages. It requires mainly N-channel MOSFET transistors to implement the logic using true and complementary input signals, and also needs two P-channel transistors at the top to pull one of the outputs high. This l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton%20%28category%20theory%29 | In mathematics, a skeleton of a category is a subcategory that, roughly speaking, does not contain any extraneous isomorphisms. In a certain sense, the skeleton of a category is the "smallest" equivalent category, which captures all "categorical properties" of the original. In fact, two categories are equivalent if and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom%20generator | In theoretical computer science and cryptography, a pseudorandom generator (PRG) for a class of statistical tests is a deterministic procedure that maps a random seed to a longer pseudorandom string such that no statistical test in the class can distinguish between the output of the generator and the uniform distributi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaise%20trap | A Malaise trap is a large, tent-like structure used for trapping, killing, and preserving flying insects, particularly Hymenoptera and Diptera. The trap is made of a material such as PET (polyester) netting and can be various colours. Insects fly into the tent wall and are funneled into a collecting vessel attached to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20entropy%20probability%20distribution | In statistics and information theory, a maximum entropy probability distribution has entropy that is at least as great as that of all other members of a specified class of probability distributions. According to the principle of maximum entropy, if nothing is known about a distribution except that it belongs to a certa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL%2068C | ALGOL 68C is an imperative computer programming language, a dialect of ALGOL 68, that was developed by Stephen R. Bourne and Michael Guy to program the Cambridge Algebra System (CAMAL). The initial compiler was written in the Princeton Syntax Compiler (PSYCO, by Edgar T. Irons) that was implemented by J. H. Mathewman a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20distribution | Digital distribution, also referred to as content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution, among others, is the delivery or distribution of digital media content such as audio, video, e-books, video games, and other software.
The term is generally used to describe distribution over an online... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20Ray | The Sun Ray was a stateless thin client computer (and associated software) aimed at corporate environments, originally introduced by Sun Microsystems in September 1999 and discontinued by Oracle Corporation in 2014. It featured a smart card reader and several models featured an integrated flat panel display.
The idea ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden-section%20search | The golden-section search is a technique for finding an extremum (minimum or maximum) of a function inside a specified interval. For a strictly unimodal function with an extremum inside the interval, it will find that extremum, while for an interval containing multiple extrema (possibly including the interval boundarie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel-art%20scaling%20algorithms | Pixel-art scaling algorithms are graphical filters that enhance hand-drawn 2D pixel art graphics. The re-scaling of pixel art is a specialist sub-field of image rescaling.
As pixel-art graphics are usually in very low resolutions, they rely on careful placing of individual pixels, often with a limited palette of color... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frobenius%20algebra | In mathematics, especially in the fields of representation theory and module theory, a Frobenius algebra is a finite-dimensional unital associative algebra with a special kind of bilinear form which gives the algebras particularly nice duality theories. Frobenius algebras began to be studied in the 1930s by Richard Br... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfat | Butterfat or milkfat is the fatty portion of milk. Milk and cream are often sold according to the amount of butterfat they contain.
Composition
Butterfat is mainly composed of triglycerides. Each triglyceride contains three fatty acids. Butterfat triglycerides contain the following amounts of fatty acids (by mass ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherent%20duality | In mathematics, coherent duality is any of a number of generalisations of Serre duality, applying to coherent sheaves, in algebraic geometry and complex manifold theory, as well as some aspects of commutative algebra that are part of the 'local' theory.
The historical roots of the theory lie in the idea of the adjoint... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finalizer | In computer science, a finalizer or finalize method is a special method that performs finalization, generally some form of cleanup. A finalizer is executed during object destruction, prior to the object being deallocated, and is complementary to an initializer, which is executed during object creation, following alloca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Engelberger | Joseph Frederick Engelberger (July 26, 1925 – December 1, 2015) was an American physicist, engineer and entrepreneur. Licensing the original patent awarded to inventor George Devol, Engelberger developed the first industrial robot in the United States, the Unimate, in the 1950s. Later, he worked as entrepreneur and vo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target%20costing | Target costing is an approach to determine a product's life-cycle cost which should be sufficient to develop specified functionality and quality, while ensuring its desired profit. It involves setting a target cost by subtracting a desired profit margin from a competitive market price. A target cost is the maximum amou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level%20of%20invention | Level of invention (or degree of inventiveness, or level of solution, or rank of solution, or rank of invention) is a relative degree of changes to the previous system (or solution) in the result of solution of inventive problem (one containing a contradiction). Term was defined and introduced by TRIZ author G. S. Alts... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential%20algebra | In mathematics, differential algebra is, broadly speaking, the area of mathematics consisting in the study of differential equations and differential operators as algebraic objects in view of deriving properties of differential equations and operators without computing the solutions, similarly as polynomial algebras a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grothendieck%27s%20relative%20point%20of%20view | Grothendieck's relative point of view is a heuristic applied in certain abstract mathematical situations, with a rough meaning of taking for consideration families of 'objects' explicitly depending on parameters, as the basic field of study, rather than a single such object. It is named after Alexander Grothendieck, wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabit%20number | In number theory, a Thabit number, Thâbit ibn Qurra number, or 321 number is an integer of the form for a non-negative integer n.
The first few Thabit numbers are:
2, 5, 11, 23, 47, 95, 191, 383, 767, 1535, 3071, 6143, 12287, 24575, 49151, 98303, 196607, 393215, 786431, 1572863, ...
The 9th century mathematician, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian%20vector%20field | In mathematics and physics, a Hamiltonian vector field on a symplectic manifold is a vector field defined for any energy function or Hamiltonian. Named after the physicist and mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton, a Hamiltonian vector field is a geometric manifestation of Hamilton's equations in classical mechanics... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive%20biology | Reproductive biology includes both sexual and asexual reproduction.
Reproductive biology includes a wide number of fields:
Reproductive systems
Endocrinology
Sexual development (Puberty)
Sexual maturity
Reproduction
Fertility
Human reproductive biology
Endocrinology
Human reproductive biology is primarily co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLIW%20%28TV%29 | WLIW (channel 21) is a secondary PBS member television station licensed to Garden City, New York, United States, serving the New York City television market. It is owned by The WNET Group alongside the area's primary PBS member, Newark, New Jersey–licensed WNET (channel 13); two Class A stations which share spectrum wi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner%20loop | In computer programs, an important form of control flow is the loop which causes a block of code to be executed more than once. A common idiom is to have a loop nested inside another loop, with the contained loop being commonly referred to as the inner loop.
Background
Two main types of loop exist and they can be nes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/139%20%28number%29 | 139 (one hundred [and] thirty-nine) is the natural number following 138 and preceding 140.
In mathematics
139 is the 34th prime number. It is a twin prime with 137. Because 141 is a semiprime, 139 is a Chen prime. 139 is the smallest prime before a prime gap of length 10.
This number is the sum of five consecutive pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/146%20%28number%29 | 146 (one hundred [and] forty-six) is the natural number following 145 and preceding 147.
In mathematics
146 is an octahedral number, the number of spheres that can be packed into in a regular octahedron with six spheres along each edge. For an octahedron with seven spheres along each edge, the number of spheres on the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envenomation | Envenomation is the process by which venom is injected by the bite or sting of a venomous animal.
Many kinds of animals, including mammals (e.g., the northern short-tailed shrew, Blarina brevicauda), reptiles (e.g., the king cobra), spiders (e.g., black widows), insects (e.g., wasps), and fish (e.g., stone fish) emplo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gajim | Gajim is an instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol which uses the GTK toolkit. The name Gajim is a recursive acronym for Gajim's a jabber instant messenger. Gajim runs on Linux, BSD, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Released under the GPL-3.0-only license, Gajim is free software. A 2009 round-up of similar softwa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20density | In number theory, natural density, also referred to as asymptotic density or arithmetic density, is one method to measure how "large" a subset of the set of natural numbers is. It relies chiefly on the probability of encountering members of the desired subset when combing through the interval as grows large.
Intuiti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgenics | Dysgenics (also known as cacogenics) is the decrease in prevalence of traits deemed to be either socially desirable or well adapted to their environment due to selective pressure disfavoring the reproduction of those traits.
The adjective "dysgenic" is the antonym of "eugenic". In 1915 the term was used by David Starr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-449 | The RS-449 specification, also known as EIA-449 or TIA-449, defines the functional and mechanical characteristics of the interface between data terminal equipment, typically a computer, and data communications equipment, typically a modem or terminal server. The full title of the standard is EIA-449 General Purpose 37-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Services%20computing | Services Computing has become a cross-discipline that covers the science and technology of bridging the gap between business services and IT services. The underlying technology suite includes Web services and service-oriented architecture (SOA), cloud computing, business consulting methodology and utilities, business p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaCie | LaCie (; English: "The Company") is an American-French computer hardware company specializing in external hard drives, RAID arrays, optical drives, Flash Drives, and computer monitors. The company markets several lines of hard drives with a capacity of up to many terabytes of data, with a choice of interfaces (FireWi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide%20attack | The slide attack is a form of cryptanalysis designed to deal with the prevailing idea that even weak ciphers can become very strong by increasing the number of rounds, which can ward off a differential attack. The slide attack works in such a way as to make the number of rounds in a cipher irrelevant. Rather than looki... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Parsons%20%28philosopher%29 | Charles Dacre Parsons (born April 13, 1933) is an American philosopher best known for his work in the philosophy of mathematics and the study of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. He is professor emeritus at Harvard University.
Life and career
Parsons is a son of the famous Harvard sociologist Talcott Parsons. He ear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond-like%20carbon | Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a class of amorphous carbon material that displays some of the typical properties of diamond. DLC is usually applied as coatings to other materials that could benefit from such properties.
DLC exists in seven different forms. All seven contain significant amounts of sp3 hybridized carbon ... |
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