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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getaddrinfo | In C programming, the functions getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() convert domain names, hostnames, and IP addresses between human-readable text representations and structured binary formats for the operating system's networking API. Both functions are contained in the POSIX standard application programming interface (A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanujan%20theta%20function | In mathematics, particularly -analog theory, the Ramanujan theta function generalizes the form of the Jacobi theta functions, while capturing their general properties. In particular, the Jacobi triple product takes on a particularly elegant form when written in terms of the Ramanujan theta. The function is named afte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyMOL | PyMOL is an open source but proprietary molecular visualization system created by Warren Lyford DeLano. It was commercialized initially by DeLano Scientific LLC, which was a private software company dedicated to creating useful tools that become universally accessible to scientific and educational communities. It is cu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Symbolic%20Analysis%20of%20Relay%20and%20Switching%20Circuits | "A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits" is the title of a master's thesis written by computer science pioneer Claude E. Shannon while attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1937. In his thesis, Shannon, a dual degree graduate of the University of Michigan, proved that Boolean algebr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%E2%80%93Ramanujan%20identities | In mathematics, the Rogers–Ramanujan identities are two identities related to basic hypergeometric series and integer partitions. The identities were first discovered and proved by , and were subsequently rediscovered (without a proof) by Srinivasa Ramanujan some time before 1913. Ramanujan had no proof, but rediscove... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadro | Quadro was Nvidia's brand for graphics cards intended for use in workstations running professional computer-aided design (CAD), computer-generated imagery (CGI), digital content creation (DCC) applications, scientific calculations and machine learning from 2000 to 2020.
Quadro-branded graphics cards differed from the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20network | Quantum networks form an important element of quantum computing and quantum communication systems. Quantum networks facilitate the transmission of information in the form of quantum bits, also called qubits, between physically separated quantum processors. A quantum processor is a small quantum computer being able to p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifurcation%20theory | Bifurcation theory is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family of curves, such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations. Most commonly applied to the mathematical study of dynamical systems, a bifu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Communications%20Engine | The Internet Communications Engine, or Ice, is an open-source RPC framework developed by ZeroC. It provides SDKs for C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, MATLAB, Objective-C, PHP, Python, Ruby and Swift, and can run on various operating systems, including Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
Ice implements a proprietary app... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottle-shock | Bottle-shock or Bottle-sickness is a temporary condition of wine characterized by muted or disjointed fruit flavors. It often occurs immediately after bottling or when wines (usually fragile wines) are given an additional dose of sulfur (in the form of sulfur dioxide or sulfite solution). After a few weeks, the condit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicta | The Philco Predicta is a black and white television chassis style, which was made in several cabinet models with 17” or 21” screens by the American company Philco from 1958 to 1960. The Predicta was marketed as the world’s first swivel-screen television. Designed by Catherine Winkler, Severin Jonassen and Richard Whipp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality%2C%20cost%2C%20delivery | Quality, cost, delivery (QCD), sometimes expanded to quality, cost, delivery, morale, safety (QCDMS), is a management approach originally developed by the British automotive industry. QCD assess different components of the production process and provides feedback in the form of facts and figures that help managers make... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Anosov%20map | In mathematics, specifically in topology, a pseudo-Anosov map is a type of a diffeomorphism or homeomorphism of a surface. It is a generalization of a linear Anosov diffeomorphism of the torus. Its definition relies on the notion of a measured foliation introduced by William Thurston, who also coined the term "pseudo-A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System.map | In Linux, the file is a symbol table used by the kernel.
A symbol table is a look-up between symbol names and their addresses in memory. A symbol name may be the name of a variable or the name of a function. The System.map is required when the address of a symbol name, or the symbol name of an address, is needed. It ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium-dependent%20interface | A medium dependent interface (MDI) describes the interface (both physical and electrical/optical) in a computer network from a physical layer implementation to the physical medium used to carry the transmission. Ethernet over twisted pair also defines a medium dependent interface crossover (MDI-X) interface. Auto MDI-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural%20rendering | Architectural rendering, architectural illustration, or architectural visualization (often abbreviated to archviz or ArchViz) is the art of creating three-dimensional images or animations showing the attributes of a proposed architectural design.
Computer generated renderings
Images that are generated by a computer u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodal%20analysis | In electric circuits analysis, nodal analysis, node-voltage analysis, or the branch current method is a method of determining the voltage (potential difference) between "nodes" (points where elements or branches connect) in an electrical circuit in terms of the branch currents.
In analyzing a circuit using Kirchhoff's... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasculogenesis | Vasculogenesis is the process of blood vessel formation, occurring by a de novo production of endothelial cells. It is sometimes paired with angiogenesis, as the first stage of the formation of the vascular network, closely followed by angiogenesis.
Process
In the sense distinguished from angiogenesis, vasculogenesis ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthoria%20parietina | Xanthoria parietina is a foliose lichen in the family Teloschistaceae. It has wide distribution, and many common names such as common orange lichen, yellow scale, maritime sunburst lichen and shore lichen. It can be found near the shore on rocks or walls (hence the epithet parietina meaning "on walls"), and also on inl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphate-buffered%20saline | Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) is a buffer solution (pH ~ 7.4) commonly used in biological research. It is a water-based salt solution containing disodium hydrogen phosphate, sodium chloride and, in some formulations, potassium chloride and potassium dihydrogen phosphate. The buffer helps to maintain a constant pH. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smn%20theorem | In computability theory the theorem, (also called the translation lemma, parameter theorem, and the parameterization theorem) is a basic result about programming languages (and, more generally, Gödel numberings of the computable functions) (Soare 1987, Rogers 1967). It was first proved by Stephen Cole Kleene (1943). ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20memory | Molecular memory is a term for data storage technologies that use molecular species as the data storage element, rather than e.g. circuits, magnetics, inorganic materials or physical shapes. The molecular component can be described as a molecular switch, and may perform this function by any of several mechanisms, inclu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical%20radius | Critical radius is the minimum particle size from which an aggregate is thermodynamically stable. In other words, it is the lowest radius formed by atoms or molecules clustering together (in a gas, liquid or solid matrix) before a new phase inclusion (a bubble, a droplet or a solid particle) is viable and begins to gro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-%CE%BA%20dielectric | In the semiconductor industry, the term high-κ dielectric refers to a material with a high dielectric constant (κ, kappa), as compared to silicon dioxide. High-κ dielectrics are used in semiconductor manufacturing processes where they are usually used to replace a silicon dioxide gate dielectric or another dielectric ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage%20Resource%20Manager | The Storage Resource Management (SRM) technology was initiated by the Scientific Data Management Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and developed in response to the growing needs of managing large datasets on a variety of storage systems.
Dynamic storage management is essential to ensure:
preventio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indicator%20diagram | An indicator diagram is a chart used to measure the thermal, or cylinder, performance of reciprocating steam and internal combustion engines and compressors. An indicator chart records the pressure in the cylinder versus the volume swept by the piston, throughout the two or four strokes of the piston which constitute ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECfp | SPECfp is a computer benchmark designed to test the floating-point performance of a computer. It is managed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. SPECfp is the floating-point performance testing component of the SPEC CPU testing suit. The first standard SPECfp was released in 1989 as SPECfp89. Later it ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particular%20values%20of%20the%20Riemann%20zeta%20function | In mathematics, the Riemann zeta function is a function in complex analysis, which is also important in number theory. It is often denoted and is named after the mathematician Bernhard Riemann. When the argument is a real number greater than one, the zeta function satisfies the equation
It can therefore provide the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formwork | Formwork is molds into which concrete or similar materials are either precast or cast-in-place. In the context of concrete construction, the falsework supports the shuttering molds. In specialty applications formwork may be permanently incorporated into the final structure, adding insulation or helping reinforce the f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique%20Mercator%20projection | The oblique Mercator map projection is an adaptation of the standard Mercator projection. The oblique version is sometimes used in national mapping systems. When paired with a suitable geodetic datum, the oblique Mercator delivers high accuracy in zones less than a few degrees in arbitrary directional extent.
Standard... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20Is%20Life%3F | What Is Life? The Physical Aspect of the Living Cell is a 1944 science book written for the lay reader by physicist Erwin Schrödinger. The book was based on a course of public lectures delivered by Schrödinger in February 1943, under the auspices of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, where he was Director of T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace%20of%20Aces%20%28video%20game%29 | Ace of Aces is a combat flight simulation video game developed by Artech Digital Entertainment and published in 1986 by Accolade in North America and U.S. Gold in Europe.
It was released for the Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit family, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, MSX, MS-DOS, Master System, and ZX Spectrum. Set in World War II, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto%20Nacional%20de%20Matem%C3%A1tica%20Pura%20e%20Aplicada | The Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is widely considered to be the foremost research and educational institution of Brazil in the area of mathematics. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and was formerly known simply as Instituto de Matemát... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highly%20optimized%20tolerance | In applied mathematics, highly optimized tolerance (HOT) is a method of generating power law behavior in systems by including a global optimization principle. It was developed by Jean M. Carlson and John Doyle in the early 2000s. For some systems that display a characteristic scale, a global optimization term could po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20twenty-third%20problem | Hilbert's twenty-third problem is the last of Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. In contrast with Hilbert's other 22 problems, his 23rd is not so much a specific "problem" as an encouragement towards further development of the calculus of variations. His statement of the p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame%20fields%20in%20general%20relativity | A frame field in general relativity (also called a tetrad or vierbein) is a set of four pointwise-orthonormal vector fields, one timelike and three spacelike, defined on a Lorentzian manifold that is physically interpreted as a model of spacetime. The timelike unit vector field is often denoted by and the three spacel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20twenty-second%20problem | Hilbert's twenty-second problem is the penultimate entry in the celebrated list of 23 Hilbert problems compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. It entails the uniformization of analytic relations by means of automorphic functions.
Problem statement
The entirety of the original problem statement is as follows:
As Poincaré... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20thirteenth%20problem | Hilbert's thirteenth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. It entails proving whether a solution exists for all 7th-degree equations using algebraic (variant: continuous) functions of two arguments. It was first presented in the context of nomography... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20fifteenth%20problem | Hilbert's fifteenth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. The problem is to put Schubert's enumerative calculus on a rigorous foundation.
Introduction
Schubert calculus is the intersection theory of the 19th century, together with applications to enu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20seventeenth%20problem | Hilbert's seventeenth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. It concerns the expression of positive definite rational functions as sums of quotients of squares. The original question may be reformulated as:
Given a multivariate polynomial that takes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20eighteenth%20problem | Hilbert's eighteenth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by mathematician David Hilbert. It asks three separate questions about lattices and sphere packing in Euclidean space.
Symmetry groups in dimensions
The first part of the problem asks whether there are only f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20nineteenth%20problem | Hilbert's nineteenth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems, set out in a list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. It asks whether the solutions of regular problems in the calculus of variations are always analytic. Informally, and perhaps less directly, since Hilbert's concept of a "regular variational problem" iden... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20twentieth%20problem | Hilbert's twentieth problem is one of the 23 Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. It asks whether all boundary value problems can be solved (that is, do variational problems with certain boundary conditions have solutions).
Introduction
Hilbert noted that there existed meth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta%20Stone%20%28software%29 | Rosetta Stone Language Learning is proprietary, computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software published by Rosetta Stone Inc, part of the IXL Learning family of products. The software uses images, text, and sound to teach words and grammar by spaced repetition, without translation. Rosetta Stone calls its approac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20envelope | In aerodynamics, the flight envelope, service envelope, or performance envelope of an aircraft or spacecraft refers to the capabilities of a design in terms of airspeed and load factor or atmospheric density, often simplified to altitude. The term is somewhat loosely applied, and can also refer to other measurements su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambria%20%28typeface%29 | Cambria is a transitional serif typeface commissioned by Microsoft and distributed with Windows and Office. It was designed by Dutch typeface designer Jelle Bosma in 2004, with input from Steve Matteson and Robin Nicholas. It is intended as a serif font that is suitable for body text, that is very readable printed smal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanczos%20resampling | Lanczos filtering and Lanczos resampling are two applications of a mathematical formula. It can be used as a low-pass filter or used to smoothly interpolate the value of a digital signal between its samples. In the latter case, it maps each sample of the given signal to a translated and scaled copy of the Lanczos kern... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRSP-TV | WRSP-TV (channel 55) is a television station licensed to Springfield, Illinois, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by GOCOM Media, LLC, alongside Decatur-licensed CW affiliate WBUI (channel 23). GOCOM maintains joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with the Sinclair Broadcast Gro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic%20deviation | In general relativity, if two objects are set in motion along two initially parallel trajectories, the presence of a tidal gravitational force will cause the trajectories to bend towards or away from each other, producing a relative acceleration between the objects.
Mathematically, the tidal force in general relativit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence%20of%20common%20descent | Evidence of common descent of living organisms has been discovered by scientists researching in a variety of disciplines over many decades, demonstrating that all life on Earth comes from a single ancestor. This forms an important part of the evidence on which evolutionary theory rests, demonstrates that evolution does... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20construct | In computer programming, a language construct is "a syntactically allowable part of a program that may be formed from one or more lexical tokens in accordance with the rules of the programming language", as defined by in the ISO/IEC 2382 standard (ISO/IEC JTC 1).
A term is defined as a "linguistic construct in a concep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge%20%28version%20control%29 | In version control, merging (also called integration) is a fundamental operation that reconciles multiple changes made to a version-controlled collection of files. Most often, it is necessary when a file is modified on two independent branches and subsequently merged. The result is a single collection of files that con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting%20hypothesis | In paleoanthropology, the hunting hypothesis is the hypothesis that human evolution was primarily influenced by the activity of hunting for relatively large and fast animals, and that the activity of hunting distinguished human ancestors from other hominins.
While it is undisputed that early humans were hunters, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetical%20set | In mathematical logic, an arithmetical set (or arithmetic set) is a set of natural numbers that can be defined by a formula of first-order Peano arithmetic. The arithmetical sets are classified by the arithmetical hierarchy.
The definition can be extended to an arbitrary countable set A (e.g. the set of n-tuples of i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20detector | A water detector is an electronic device that is designed to detect the presence of water for purposes such as to provide an alert in time to allow the prevention of water leakage. A common design is a small cable or device that lies flat on a floor and relies on the electrical conductivity of water to decrease the res... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-copy | "Zero-copy" describes computer operations in which the CPU does not perform the task of copying data from one memory area to another or in which unnecessary data copies are avoided. This is frequently used to save CPU cycles and memory bandwidth in many time consuming tasks, such as when transmitting a file at high sp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20storage | Optical storage refers to a class of data storage systems that use light to read or write data to an underlying optical media. Although a number of optical formats have been used over time, the most common examples are optical disks like the compact disc (CD) and DVD. Reading and writing methods have also varied over t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterministic%20encryption | A deterministic encryption scheme (as opposed to a probabilistic encryption scheme) is a cryptosystem which always produces the same ciphertext for a given plaintext and key, even over separate executions of the encryption algorithm. Examples of deterministic encryption algorithms include RSA cryptosystem (without enc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamHost | DreamHost is a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar. It is owned by New Dream Network, LLC, founded in 1996 by Dallas Bethune, Josh Jones, Michael Rodriguez and Sage Weil, undergraduate students at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, and registered in 1997 by Michael Rodriguez. Dre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature%20measurement | Temperature measurement (also known as thermometry) describes the process of measuring a current local temperature for immediate or later evaluation. Datasets consisting of repeated standardized measurements can be used to assess temperature trends.
History
Attempts at standardized temperature measurement prior to t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Michigan%20Library | The University of Michigan Library is the academic library system of the University of Michigan. The university's 38 constituent and affiliated libraries together make it the second largest research library by number of volumes in the United States.
As of 2019–20, the University Library contained more than 14,543,814 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasciation | Fasciation (pronounced , from the Latin root meaning "band" or "stripe"), also known as cresting, is a relatively rare condition of abnormal growth in vascular plants in which the apical meristem (growing tip), which normally is concentrated around a single point and produces approximately cylindrical tissue, instead b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified%20Server%20Validation | Certified Server Validation (CSV) is a technical method of email authentication intended to fight spam. Its focus is the SMTP HELO-identity of mail transfer agents.
Purpose
CSV was designed to address the problems of MARID and the ASRG, as defined in detail as the intent of Lightweight MTA Authentication Protocol (LMA... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20mapping | Gene mapping or genome mapping describes the methods used to identify the location of a gene on a chromosome and the distances between genes. Gene mapping can also describe the distances between different sites within a gene.
The essence of all genome mapping is to place a collection of molecular markers onto their r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razer%20Inc. | Razer Inc., (stylized as RΛZΞR), is an American-Singaporean multinational technology company that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, financial services, and gaming hardware. The company was founded in 1998 by Min-Liang Tan and Robert "RazerGuy" Krakoff. It is dual headquartered in the one-north subzone ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackscrew | A jackscrew, or screw jack, is a type of jack that is operated by turning a leadscrew. It is commonly used to lift moderately and heavy weights, such as vehicles; to raise and lower the horizontal stabilizers of aircraft; and as adjustable supports for heavy loads, such as the foundations of houses.
Description
A scr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd%E2%80%93Steinberg%20dithering | Floyd–Steinberg dithering is an image dithering algorithm first published in 1976 by Robert W. Floyd and Louis Steinberg. It is commonly used by image manipulation software, for example when an image is converted into GIF format that is restricted to a maximum of 256 colors.
Implementation
The algorithm achieves dith... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminology%20server | A terminology server is a piece of software providing a range of terminology-related software services through an applications programming interface to its client applications.
Typical terminology services might include:
Matching an arbitrary, user-defined text entry string (or regular expression) against a fixed in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Bruijn%20graph | In graph theory, an -dimensional De Bruijn graph of symbols is a directed graph representing overlaps between sequences of symbols. It has vertices, consisting of all possible sequences of the given symbols; the same symbol may appear multiple times in a sequence. For a set of symbols the set of vertices is:
If o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microformat | Microformats (μF) are a set of defined HTML classes created to serve as consistent and descriptive metadata about an element, designating it as representing a certain type of data (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, events, blog posts, products, recipes, etc.). They allow software to process the infor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient%20network | Ambient networks is a network integration design that seeks to solve problems relating to switching between networks to maintain contact with the outside world. This project aims to develop a network software-driven infrastructure that will run on top of all current or future network physical infrastructures to provide... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiCell | WiCell Research Institute is a scientific research institute in Madison, Wisconsin that focuses on stem cell research. Independently governed and supported as a 501(c)(3) organization, WiCell operates as an affiliate of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and works to advance stem cell research at the University o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomen%20nudum | In taxonomy, a nomen nudum ('naked name'; plural nomina nuda) is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate description. This makes it a "bare" or "naked" name, which cannot be accepted as it st... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomen%20dubium | In binomial nomenclature, a nomen dubium (Latin for "doubtful name", plural nomina dubia) is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a nomen dubium, it may be impossible to determine whether a specimen belongs to that group or not. This may happen if the original type series (i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine%20cutting | Guillotine cutting is the process of producing small rectangular items of fixed dimensions from a given large rectangular sheet, using only guillotine-cuts. A guillotine-cut (also called an edge-to-edge cut) is a straight bisecting line going from one edge of an existing rectangle to the opposite edge, similarly to a p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmecophyte | Myrmecophytes (; literally "ant-plant") are plants that live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different genera of myrmecophytes. These plants possess structural adaptations that provide ants with food and/or shelter. These specialized structures include domatia, food bodies, and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leecher%20%28computing%29 | In computing and specifically in Internet slang, a leech is one who benefits, usually deliberately, from others' information or effort but does not offer anything in return, or makes only token offerings in an attempt to avoid being called a leech. In economics, this type of behavior is called "free riding" and is asso... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enom | Enom, Inc. is a domain name registrar and Web hosting company that also sells other products closely tied to domain names, such as SSL certificates, e-mail services, and Website building software. As of May 2016, it manages over 15 million domains.
Company history
Enom was founded in 1997 in Kirkland, Washington oper... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi%27s%20formula | In matrix calculus, Jacobi's formula expresses the derivative of the determinant of a matrix A in terms of the adjugate of A and the derivative of A.
If is a differentiable map from the real numbers to matrices, then
where is the trace of the matrix . (The latter equality only holds if A(t) is invertible.)
As a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change%20order | In project management, change orders are also called variations or variation orders. Any modification or change to works agreed in the contract is treated as a variation.
Types
These modifications can be divided into three main categories
Addition to the work agreed in the contract.
Omission of work agreed in the c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road%20roller | A road roller (sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller) is a compactor-type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the construction of roads and foundations. Similar rollers are used also at landfills or in agriculture.
Road rollers are frequently referred to as steamroll... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte%20Bleue | Carte Bleue () was a major debit card payment system operating in France. Unlike Visa Electron or Maestro debit cards, Carte Bleue transactions worked without requiring authorization from the cardholder's bank. In many situations, the card worked like a credit card but without fees for the cardholder. The system has no... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl%20cinnamate | Ethyl cinnamate is the ester of cinnamic acid and ethanol. It is present in the essential oil of cinnamon. Pure ethyl cinnamate has a "fruity and balsamic odor, reminiscent of cinnamon with an amber note".
The p-methoxy derivative is reported to be a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. It can be synthesized by the esterific... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20runaway | Thermal runaway describes a process that is accelerated by increased temperature, in turn releasing energy that further increases temperature. Thermal runaway occurs in situations where an increase in temperature changes the conditions in a way that causes a further increase in temperature, often leading to a destructi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast%20reference%20monitor | A video reference monitor, also called a broadcast reference monitor or just reference monitor, is a specialized display device similar to a television set, used to monitor the output of a video-generating device, such as playout from a video server, IRD, video camera, VCR, or DVD player. It may or may not have profes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips%20circle%20pattern | The Philips circle pattern (also referred to as the Philips pattern or PTV Circle pattern) refers to a family of related electronically generated complex television station colour test cards. The content and layout of the original colour circle pattern was designed by Danish engineer (1939–2011) in the Philips TV & Te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic%20dominance | In game theory, strategic dominance (commonly called simply dominance) occurs when one strategy is better than another strategy for one player, no matter how that player's opponents may play. Many simple games can be solved using dominance. The opposite, intransitivity, occurs in games where one strategy may be better... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20constraints | Joint constraints are rotational constraints on the joints of an artificial system. They are used in an inverse kinematics chain, in fields including 3D animation or robotics. Joint constraints can be implemented in a number of ways, but the most common method is to limit rotation about the X, Y and Z axis independent... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenstein%20integer | In mathematics, the Eisenstein integers (named after Gotthold Eisenstein), occasionally also known as Eulerian integers (after Leonhard Euler), are the complex numbers of the form
where and are integers and
is a primitive (hence non-real) cube root of unity. The Eisenstein integers form a triangular lattice in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-dimensional%20symmetry%20group | A one-dimensional symmetry group is a mathematical group that describes symmetries in one dimension (1D).
A pattern in 1D can be represented as a function f(x) for, say, the color at position x.
The only nontrivial point group in 1D is a simple reflection. It can be represented by the simplest Coxeter group, A1, [ ],... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Advanced%20Visualizer | The Advanced Visualizer (TAV), a 3D graphics software package, was the flagship product of Wavefront Technologies from the 1980s until the 1990s.
History
A software package famous for its use in the production of numerous Oscar-winning movies such as The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Jurassic Park.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho%20Forum | The Jericho Forum was an international group working to define and promote de-perimeterisation. It was initiated by David Lacey from the Royal Mail, and grew out of a loose affiliation of interested corporate CISOs (Chief Information Security Officers), discussing the topic from the summer of 2003, after an initial mee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste%20effect | The Droste effect (), known in art as an example of mise en abyme, is the effect of a picture recursively appearing within itself, in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear. This produces a loop which in theory could go on forever, but in practice only continues as far as the image's ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20shock%20response | The heat shock response (HSR) is a cell stress response that increases the number of molecular chaperones to combat the negative effects on proteins caused by stressors such as increased temperatures, oxidative stress, and heavy metals. In a normal cell, proteostasis (protein homeostasis) must be maintained because pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Raid | River Raid is a vertically scrolling shooter designed and programmed by Carol Shaw and published by Activision in 1982 for the Atari 2600 video game console. Over a million game cartridges were sold. Activision later ported the title to the Atari 5200, ColecoVision, and Intellivision consoles, as well as to the Commod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems%20integrator | A systems integrator (or system integrator) is a person or company that specializes in bringing together component subsystems into a whole and ensuring that those subsystems function together, a practice known as system integration. They also solve problems of automation. Systems integrators may work in many fields but... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCllerian%20mimicry | Müllerian mimicry is a natural phenomenon in which two or more well-defended species, often foul-tasting and sharing common predators, have come to mimic each other's honest warning signals, to their mutual benefit. The benefit to Müllerian mimics is that predators only need one unpleasant encounter with one member of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnobiology | Ethnobiology is the scientific study of the way living things are treated or used by different human cultures. It studies the dynamic relationships between people, biota, and environments, from the distant past to the immediate present.
"People-biota-environment" interactions around the world are documented and studie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk%20biology | Folk biology (or folkbiology) is the cognitive study of how people classify and reason about the organic world. Humans everywhere classify animals and plants into obvious species-like groups. The relationship between a folk taxonomy and a scientific classification can assist in understanding how evolutionary theory dea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Cluster%20Server | Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) is a computer program that allows server computers to work together as a computer cluster, to provide failover and increased availability of applications, or parallel calculating power in case of high-performance computing (HPC) clusters (as in supercomputing).
Microsoft has three techn... |
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