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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPackage | KPackage was KDE's package manager frontend.
It supported BSD, Debian, Gentoo, RPM and Slackware packages. It provided a GUI for the management and upgrade of existing packages and the installation and acquirement of new packages. Additionally, it provided functionality to help manage package caches. KPackage was part... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Precision%20Event%20Timer | The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) is a hardware timer available in modern x86-compatible personal computers. Compared to older types of timers available in the x86 architecture, HPET allows more efficient processing of highly timing-sensitive applications, such as multimedia playback and OS task switching. It was d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras%20tree%20%28fractal%29 | The Pythagoras tree is a plane fractal constructed from squares. Invented by the Dutch mathematics teacher Albert E. Bosman in 1942, it is named after the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras because each triple of touching squares encloses a right triangle, in a configuration traditionally used to depict the Pythago... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20presence%20detect | In computing, serial presence detect (SPD) is a standardized way to automatically access information about a memory module. Earlier 72-pin SIMMs included five pins that provided five bits of parallel presence detect (PPD) data, but the 168-pin DIMM standard changed to a serial presence detect to encode more informatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joconde | Joconde is the central database created in 1975 and now available online, maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, for objects in the collections of the main French public and private museums listed as Musées de France, according to article L. 441-1 of the Code du patrimoine amounting to more than 1,200 instituti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20physics | Computer animation physics or game physics are laws of physics as they are defined within a simulation or video game, and the programming logic used to implement these laws. Game physics vary greatly in their degree of similarity to real-world physics. Sometimes, the physics of a game may be designed to mimic the phy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikaryon | The dikaryon is a nuclear feature that is unique to certain fungi. (The green alga Derbesia had been long considered an exception, until the heterokaryotic hypothesis was challenged by later studies.) Compatible cell-types can fuse cytoplasms (plasmogamy). When this occurs, the two nuclei of two cells pair off and coha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealed%20server | A sealed server is a type of server which is designed to run without users logging in. This setup has several potential benefits over a traditional server:
Stronger security. Since users do not log in, it is possible for a sealed server to use stronger authentication than a password mechanism.
Transparency. Since fil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20wavelet%20transform | The complex wavelet transform (CWT) is a complex-valued extension to the standard discrete wavelet transform (DWT). It is a two-dimensional wavelet transform which provides multiresolution, sparse representation, and useful characterization of the structure of an image. Further, it purveys a high degree of shift-invari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subculture%20%28biology%29 | In biology, a subculture is either a new cell culture or a microbiological culture made by transferring some or all cells from a previous culture to fresh growth medium. This action is called subculturing or passaging the cells. Subculturing is used to prolong the lifespan and/or increase the number of cells or microor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kell%20factor | The Kell factor, named after RCA engineer Raymond D. Kell, is a parameter used to limit the bandwidth of a sampled image signal to avoid the appearance of beat frequency patterns when displaying the image in a discrete display device, usually taken to be 0.7. The number was first measured in 1934 by Raymond D. Kell and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20storage%20area%20network%20management%20systems | This is a list of Storage area network (SAN) management systems. A storage area network is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage.
Systems
Brocade Network Advisor
Cisco Fabric Manager
Enterprise Fabric Connectivity (EFC) Manager
EMC ControlCenter
EMC VisualSRM
EMC Invi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interruptible%20operating%20system | An interruptible operating system is an operating system with ability to handle multiple interrupts concurrently, or in other words, which allow interrupts to be interrupted.
Concurrent interrupt handling essentially mean concurrent execution of kernel code and hence induces the additional complexity of concurrency c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence%20%28statistics%29 | In probability theory and statistics, coherence can have several different meanings. Coherence in statistics is an indication of the quality of the information, either within a single data set, or between similar but not identical data sets. Fully coherent data are logically consistent and can be reliably combined for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrency%20semantics | In computer science, concurrency semantics is a way to give meaning to concurrent systems in a mathematically rigorous way. Concurrency semantics is often based on mathematical theories of concurrency such as various process calculi, the actor model, or Petri nets.
A more detailed account of concurrency semantics is g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo-Sai | Mo-Sai is a method of producing precast concrete cladding panels. It was patented by John Joseph Earley in 1940. The Mo-Sai institute later refined Earley's method and became the leader in exposed aggregate concrete. The Mo-Sai Institute, an organization of precast concrete manufacturers, adhered to the Mo-Sai method ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Transverse%20Mercator%20coordinate%20system | The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) is a map projection system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of the Earth. Like the traditional method of latitude and longitude, it is a horizontal position representation, which means it ignores altitude and treats the earth surface as a perfect ellipsoid. H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20technology%20consulting | In management, information technology consulting (also called IT consulting, computer consultancy, business and technology services, computing consultancy, technology consulting, and IT advisory) is a field of activity which focuses on advising organizations on how best to use information technology (IT) in achieving t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graded%20poset | In mathematics, in the branch of combinatorics, a graded poset is a partially-ordered set (poset) P equipped with a rank function ρ from P to the set N of all natural numbers. ρ must satisfy the following two properties:
The rank function is compatible with the ordering, meaning that for all x and y in the order, if ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort | DisplayPort (DP) is a digital display interface developed by a consortium of PC and chip manufacturers and standardized by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor. It can also carry audio, USB, and other forms of d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20polar%20stereographic%20coordinate%20system | The universal polar stereographic (UPS) coordinate system is used in conjunction with the universal transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system to locate positions on the surface of the Earth. Like the UTM coordinate system, the UPS coordinate system uses a metric-based cartesian grid laid out on a conformally projecte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect%20ruler | A perfect ruler of length is a ruler with integer markings , for which there exists an integer such that any positive integer is uniquely expressed as the difference for some . This is referred to as an -perfect ruler.
An optimal perfect ruler is one of the smallest length for fixed values of and .
Example
A 4... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime%20shift | Regime shifts are large, abrupt, persistent changes in the structure and function of ecosystems, the climate, financial systems or other complex systems. A regime is a characteristic behaviour of a system which is maintained by mutually reinforced processes or feedbacks. Regimes are considered persistent relative to th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20stability | In mathematics, structural stability is a fundamental property of a dynamical system which means that the qualitative behavior of the trajectories is unaffected by small perturbations (to be exact C1-small perturbations).
Examples of such qualitative properties are numbers of fixed points and periodic orbits (but not ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation%20of%20primes | In computational number theory, a variety of algorithms make it possible to generate prime numbers efficiently. These are used in various applications, for example hashing, public-key cryptography, and search of prime factors in large numbers.
For relatively small numbers, it is possible to just apply trial division ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbrand%27s%20theorem | Herbrand's theorem is a fundamental result of mathematical logic obtained by Jacques Herbrand (1930). It essentially allows a certain kind of reduction of first-order logic to propositional logic. Herbrand's theorem is the logical foundation for most automatic theorem provers. Although Herbrand originally proved his th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thickening%20agent | A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering their taste; thickeners are also used in paints, inks, explosives, and cosmetics.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescaler | A prescaler is an electronic counting circuit used to reduce a high frequency electrical signal to a lower frequency by integer division. The prescaler takes the basic timer clock frequency (which may be the CPU clock frequency or may be some higher or lower frequency) and divides it by some value before feeding it to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20product | In mathematics, the star product is a method of combining graded posets with unique minimal and maximal elements, preserving the property that the posets are Eulerian.
Definition
The star product of two graded posets and , where has a unique maximal element and has a unique minimal element , is a poset on the set... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream%20capture | Stream capture, river capture, river piracy or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down the bed of a neighbouring stream. This can happen for several reasons, including:
Tectonic earth movements, wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/384%20%28number%29 | 384 (three hundred [and] eighty-four) is the natural number following 383 and preceding 385. It is an even composite positive integer.
In mathematics
384 is:
the sum of a twin prime pair (191 + 193).
the sum of six consecutive primes (53 + 59 + 61 + 67 + 71 + 73).
the order of the hyperoctahedral group for n = 4
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20milk | Plant milk is a plant beverage with a color resembling that of milk. Plant milks are non-dairy beverages made from a water-based plant extract for flavoring and aroma. Plant milks are consumed as alternatives to dairy milk, and may provide a creamy mouthfeel.
As of 2021, there are about 17 different types of plant mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet%20flow%20control | Ethernet flow control is a mechanism for temporarily stopping the transmission of data on Ethernet family computer networks. The goal of this mechanism is to avoid packet loss in the presence of network congestion.
The first flow control mechanism, the pause frame, was defined by the IEEE 802.3x standard. The follow-o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20tag | Protein tags are peptide sequences genetically grafted onto a recombinant protein. Tags are attached to proteins for various purposes. They can be added to either end of the target protein, so they are either C-terminus or N-terminus specific or are both C-terminus and N-terminus specific. Some tags are also inserted ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine%20%28antivirus%20program%29 | Quarantine was an antivirus software from the early 90s that automatically isolated infected files on a computer's hard disk. Files put in quarantine were then no longer capable of infecting their hosting system.
Development and release
In December, 1988, shortly after the Morris Worm, work started on Quarantine, an a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiferroics | Multiferroics are defined as materials that exhibit more than one of the primary ferroic properties in the same phase:
ferromagnetism – a magnetisation that is switchable by an applied magnetic field
ferroelectricity – an electric polarisation that is switchable by an applied electric field
ferroelasticity – a defo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow%20variety | In mathematics, particularly in the field of algebraic geometry, a Chow variety is an algebraic variety whose points correspond to effective algebraic cycles of fixed dimension and degree on a given projective space. More precisely, the Chow variety is the fine moduli variety parametrizing all effective algebraic cycl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual%20number | In number theory, an unusual number is a natural number n whose largest prime factor is strictly greater than .
A k-smooth number has all its prime factors less than or equal to k, therefore, an unusual number is non--smooth.
Relation to prime numbers
All prime numbers are unusual.
For any prime p, its multiples less... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction%20authentication%20number | A transaction authentication number (TAN) is used by some online banking services as a form of single use one-time passwords (OTPs) to authorize financial transactions. TANs are a second layer of security above and beyond the traditional single-password authentication.
TANs provide additional security because they ac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof%20hosting | Bulletproof hosting (BPH) is technical infrastructure service provided by an Internet hosting service that is resilient to complaints of illicit activities, which serves criminal actors as a basic building block for streamlining various cyberattacks. BPH providers allow online gambling, illegal pornography, botnet comm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zein | Zein is a class of prolamine protein found in corn (maize). It is usually manufactured as a powder from corn gluten meal. Zein is one of the best understood plant proteins. Pure zein is clear, odorless, tasteless, hard, water-insoluble, and edible, and it has a variety of industrial and food uses.
Commercial uses
His... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility%20vault | A utility vault is an underground room providing access to subterranean public utility equipment, such as valves for water or natural gas pipes, or switchgear for electrical or telecommunications equipment. A vault is often accessible directly from a street, sidewalk or other outdoor space, thereby distinct from a base... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain%20model | In software engineering, a domain model is a conceptual model of the domain that incorporates both behavior and data. In ontology engineering, a domain model is a formal representation of a knowledge domain with concepts, roles, datatypes, individuals, and rules, typically grounded in a description logic.
Overview
A ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi%20Okamura | was a Japanese mathematician who made contributions to analysis and the theory of differential equations. He was a professor at Kyoto University.
He discovered the necessary and sufficient conditions on initial value problems of ordinary differential equations for the solution to be unique. He also refined the second ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML%20Encryption | XML Encryption, also known as XML-Enc, is a specification, governed by a W3C recommendation, that defines how to encrypt the contents of an XML element.
Although XML Encryption can be used to encrypt any kind of data, it is nonetheless known as "XML Encryption" because an XML element (either an EncryptedData or Encryp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylacetic%20acid | Phenylacetic acid (conjugate base phenylacetate), also known by various synonyms, is an organic compound containing a phenyl functional group and a carboxylic acid functional group. It is a white solid with a strong honey-like odor. Endogenously, it is a catabolite of phenylalanine. As a commercial chemical, because it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical%20technology | Biomedical technology is the application of engineering and technology principles to the domain of living or biological systems, with an emphasis on human health and diseases.
Biomedical engineering and Biotechnology alike are often loosely called Biomedical Technology or Bioengineering. The Biomedical technology fiel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation%20Fieldbus | Foundation Fieldbus (styled Fieldbus) is an all-digital, serial, two-way communications system that serves as the base-level network in a plant or factory automation environment. It is an open architecture, developed and administered by FieldComm Group.
It is targeted for applications using basic and advanced regulat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-pattern%20noise | Fixed-pattern noise (FPN) is the term given to a particular noise pattern on digital imaging sensors often noticeable during longer exposure shots where particular pixels are susceptible to giving brighter intensities above the average intensity.
Overview
FPN is a general term that identifies a temporally constant lat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species%20complex | In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each other, further blurring any distinctions. Terms that are sometimes used synony... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzhaf%20power%20index | The Banzhaf power index, named after John Banzhaf (originally invented by Lionel Penrose in 1946 and sometimes called Penrose–Banzhaf index; also known as the Banzhaf–Coleman index after James Samuel Coleman), is a power index defined by the probability of changing an outcome of a vote where voting rights are not neces... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20over%20LAN | Serial over LAN (SOL) is a mechanism that enables the input and output of the serial port of a managed system to be redirected over IP.
Details
On some managed systems, notably blade server systems, the serial ports on the managed computers are not normally connected to a traditional serial port socket. To allow users... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetware%20computer | A wetware computer is an organic computer (which can also be known as an artificial organic brain or a neurocomputer) composed of organic material "wetware" such as "living" neurons. Wetware computers composed of neurons are different than conventional computers because they use biological materials, and offer the poss... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch%20test | A patch test is a diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin.
Patch testing helps identify which substances may be causing a delayed-type allergic reaction in a patient and may identify allergens not identified by blood testing or skin prick testing. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix-RTOS | Phoenix-RTOS is a real-time operating system designed for Internet of Things appliances. The main goal of the system is to facilitate the creation of "Software Defined Solutions".
History
Phoenix-RTOS is the successor to the Phoenix operating system, developed from 1999 to 2001 by Pawel Pisarczyk at the Department of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbons%E2%80%93Hawking%E2%80%93York%20boundary%20term | In general relativity, the Gibbons–Hawking–York boundary term is a term that needs to be added to the Einstein–Hilbert action when the underlying spacetime manifold has a boundary.
The Einstein–Hilbert action is the basis for the most elementary variational principle from which the field equations of general relativit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt%20request | In a computer, an interrupt request (or IRQ) is a hardware signal sent to the processor that temporarily stops a running program and allows a special program, an interrupt handler, to run instead. Hardware interrupts are used to handle events such as receiving data from a modem or network card, key presses, or mouse m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20gravity | The standard acceleration of gravity or standard acceleration of free fall, often called simply standard gravity and denoted by or , is the nominal gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth. It is a constant defined by standard as . This value was established by the 3rd General ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X87 | x87 is a floating-point-related subset of the x86 architecture instruction set. It originated as an extension of the 8086 instruction set in the form of optional floating-point coprocessors that work in tandem with corresponding x86 CPUs. These microchips have names ending in "87". This is also known as the NPX (Numeri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic%20triad | A catalytic triad is a set of three coordinated amino acids that can be found in the active site of some enzymes. Catalytic triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases, amidases, esterases, acylases, lipases and β-lactamases). An acid-base-nucleophile triad is a common motif for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padovan%20polynomials | In mathematics, Padovan polynomials are a generalization of Padovan sequence numbers. These polynomials are defined by:
The first few Padovan polynomials are:
The Padovan numbers are recovered by evaluating the polynomials Pn−3(x) at x = 1.
Evaluating Pn−3(x) at x = 2 gives the nth Fibonacci number plus (−1)n.
T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumann%20series | A Neumann series is a mathematical series of the form
where is an operator and its times repeated application.
This generalizes the geometric series.
The series is named after the mathematician Carl Neumann, who used it in 1877 in the context of potential theory. The Neumann series is used in functional analysis.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Microsoft%20Windows%20versions | Microsoft Windows is a computer operating system developed by Microsoft. It was first launched in 1985 as a graphical operating system built on MS-DOS. The initial version was followed by several subsequent releases, and by the early 1990s, the Windows line had split into two separate lines of releases: Windows 9x for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra%20Project | The Algebra Project is a national U.S. mathematics literacy program aimed at helping low-income students and students of color achieve the mathematical skills in high school that are a prerequisite for a college preparatory mathematics sequence. Founded by Civil Rights activist and Math educator Bob Moses in the 1980s,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail-11 | Mail-11 was the native email transport protocol used by Digital Equipment Corporation's VMS operating system, and supported by several other DEC operating systems such as Ultrix.
It normally used the DECnet networking system as opposed to TCP/IP.
Similar to Internet SMTP based mail, Mail-11 mail had To: Cc: and Subj:... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamic%20focusing | In microbiology, hydrodynamic focusing is a technique used to provide more accurate results when using flow cytometers or Coulter counters for determining the size of bacteria or cells.
Technique
Measuring particles
Cells are counted as they are forced to pass through a small channel (often referred to as a flow ce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regelation | Regelation is the phenomenon of ice melting under pressure and refreezing when the pressure is reduced. This can be demonstrated by looping a fine wire around a block of ice, with a heavy weight attached to it. The pressure exerted on the ice slowly melts it locally, permitting the wire to pass through the entire block... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Label%20printer | A label printer is a computer printer that prints on self-adhesive label material and/or card-stock (tags). A label printer with built-in keyboard and display for stand-alone use (not connected to a separate computer) is often called a label maker. Label printers are different from ordinary printers because they need ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20quality | Video quality is a characteristic of a video passed through a video transmission or processing system that describes perceived video degradation (typically, compared to the original video). Video processing systems may introduce some amount of distortion or artifacts in the video signal that negatively impacts the user... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous%20design | Evolutionary design, continuous design, evolutive design, or incremental design is directly related to any modular design application, in which components can be freely substituted to improve the design, modify performance, or change another feature at a later time.
Informatics
In particular, it applies (with the nam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object%20Modeling%20in%20Color | UML color standards are a set of four colors associated with Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams. The coloring system indicates which of several archetypes apply to the UML object. UML typically identifies a stereotype with a bracketed comment for each object identifying whether it is a class, interface, etc.
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actin-binding%20protein | Actin-binding proteins (also known as ABPs) are proteins that bind to actin. This may mean ability to bind actin monomers, or polymers, or both.
Many actin-binding proteins, including α-actinin, β-spectrin, dystrophin, utrophin and fimbrin, do this through the actin-binding calponin homology domain.
This is a list of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPFC | IPFC stands for Internet Protocol over Fibre Channel. It governs a set of standards created in January 2006 for address resolution (ARP) and transmitting IPv4 and IPv6 network packets over a Fibre Channel (FC) network. IPFC makes up part of the FC-4 protocol-mapping layer of a Fibre Channel system.
In IPFC, each IP da... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotribology | Nanotribology is the branch of tribology that studies friction, wear, adhesion and lubrication phenomena at the nanoscale, where atomic interactions and quantum effects are not negligible. The aim of this discipline is characterizing and modifying surfaces for both scientific and technological purposes.
Nanotribologic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20graph | In the mathematical discipline of graph theory, the dual graph of a planar graph is a graph that has a vertex for each face of . The dual graph has an edge for each pair of faces in that are separated from each other by an edge, and a self-loop when the same face appears on both sides of an edge. Thus, each edge of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categories%20for%20the%20Working%20Mathematician | Categories for the Working Mathematician (CWM) is a textbook in category theory written by American mathematician Saunders Mac Lane, who cofounded the subject together with Samuel Eilenberg. It was first published in 1971, and is based on his lectures on the subject given at the University of Chicago, the Australian Na... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier%20grade%20open%20framework | Carrier grade open framework (CGOF) is a hardware-independent architecture for the telecommunications industry. CGOF is based on a collection of open standards and is offered as a basis for new solution development. CGOF specifies the functional components needed to create next generation network (NGN) solutions, the r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologist | A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in a particular branch (e.g., molecular biology, zoology, and evolutionary biol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oseledets%20theorem | In mathematics, the multiplicative ergodic theorem, or Oseledets theorem provides the theoretical background for computation of Lyapunov exponents of a nonlinear dynamical system. It was proved by Valery Oseledets (also spelled "Oseledec") in 1965 and reported at the International Mathematical Congress in Moscow in 196... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter%20%28software%29 | A filter is a computer program or subroutine to process a stream, producing another stream. While a single filter can be used individually, they are frequently strung together to form a pipeline.
Some operating systems such as Unix are rich with filter programs. Windows 7 and later are also rich with filters, as they ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/225%20%28number%29 | 225 (two hundred [and] twenty-five) is the natural number following 224 and preceding 226.
In mathematics
225 is the smallest number that is a polygonal number in five different ways. It is a square number ,
an octagonal number, and a squared triangular number .
As the square of a double factorial, counts the nu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autolysis%20%28biology%29 | In biology, autolysis, more commonly known as self-digestion, refers to the destruction of a cell through the action of its own enzymes. It may also refer to the digestion of an enzyme by another molecule of the same enzyme.
The term derives from the Greek αὐτο- 'self' and λύσις 'splitting'.
Biochemical mechanisms of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origamic%20architecture | Origamic architecture is a form of kirigami that involves the three-dimensional reproduction of architecture and monuments, on various scales, using cut-out and folded paper, usually thin paperboard. Visually, these creations are comparable to intricate 'pop-ups', indeed, some works are deliberately engineered to poss... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20envelopes%20problem | The two envelopes problem, also known as the exchange paradox, is a paradox in probability theory. It is of special interest in decision theory and for the Bayesian interpretation of probability theory. It is a variant of an older problem known as the necktie paradox.
The problem is typically introduced by formulating ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route%20poisoning | Route poisoning is a method to prevent a router from sending packets through a route that has become invalid within computer networks. Distance-vector routing protocols in computer networks use route poisoning to indicate to other routers that a route is no longer reachable and should not be considered from their routi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clustered%20web%20hosting | Clustered hosting is a type of web hosting that spreads the load of hosting across multiple physical machines, or node, increasing availability and decreasing the chances of one service (e.g., FTP or email) affecting another (e.g., MySQL). Many large websites run on clustered hosting solutions, for example, large discu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SystemVerilog | SystemVerilog, standardized as IEEE 1800, is a hardware description and hardware verification language used to model, design, simulate, test and implement electronic systems. SystemVerilog is based on Verilog and some extensions, and since 2008, Verilog is now part of the same IEEE standard. It is commonly used in the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%20%28programming%20game%29 | Darwin was a programming game invented in August 1961 by Victor A. Vyssotsky, Robert Morris Sr., and M. Douglas McIlroy. (Dennis Ritchie is sometimes incorrectly cited as a co-author, but was not involved.) The game was developed at Bell Labs, and played on an IBM 7090 mainframe there. The game was only played for a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication%20%28music%29 | The mathematical operations of multiplication have several applications to music. Other than its application to the frequency ratios of intervals (for example, Just intonation, and the twelfth root of two in equal temperament), it has been used in other ways for twelve-tone technique, and musical set theory. Additional... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equidistribution%20theorem | In mathematics, the equidistribution theorem is the statement that the sequence
a, 2a, 3a, ... mod 1
is uniformly distributed on the circle , when a is an irrational number. It is a special case of the ergodic theorem where one takes the normalized angle measure .
History
While this theorem was proved in 1909 and 1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host%20signal%20processing | Host signal processing (HSP) is a term used in computing to describe hardware such as a modem or printer which is emulated (to various degrees) in software. Intel refers to the technology as native signal processing (NSP). HSP replaces dedicated DSP or ASIC hardware by using the general purpose CPU of the host computer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracellular%20digestion | Extracellular phototropic digestion is a process in which saprobionts feed by secreting enzymes through the cell membrane onto the food. The enzymes catalyze the digestion of the food ie diffusion, transport, osmotrophy or phagocytosis. Since digestion occurs outside the cell, it is said to be extracellular. It takes p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Morse%20code | American Morse Code — also known as Railroad Morse—is the latter-day name for the original version of the Morse Code developed in the mid-1840s, by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail for their electric telegraph. The "American" qualifier was added because, after most of the rest of the world adopted "International Morse Code... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yearbook%20of%20International%20Organizations | The Yearbook of International Organizations is a reference work on non-profit international organizations, published by the Union of International Associations. It was first published in 1908 under the title Annuaire de la vie internationale, and has been known under its current title since 1950. It is seen as a quasi-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content%20reference%20identifier |
Overview
A content reference identifier or CRID is a concept from the standardization work done by the TV-Anytime forum. It is or closely matches the concept of the Uniform Resource Locator, or URL, as used on the World-Wide Web:
The concept of CRID permits referencing contents unambiguously, regardless of their lo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV-Anytime | TV-Anytime is a set of specifications for the controlled delivery of multimedia content to a user's local storage. It seeks to exploit the evolution in convenient, high capacity storage of digital information to provide consumers with a highly personalized TV experience. Users will have access to content from a wide va... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorus%20%28audio%20effect%29 | Chorus (or chorusing, choruser or chorused effect) is an audio effect that occurs when individual sounds with approximately the same time, and very similar pitches, converge. While similar sounds coming from multiple sources can occur naturally, as in the case of a choir or string orchestra, it can also be simulated us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID%20Partition%20Table | The GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of partition tables of a physical computer storage device, such as a hard disk drive or solid-state drive, using universally unique identifiers, which are also known as globally unique identifiers (GUIDs). Forming a part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Inte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientation%20%28geometry%29 | In geometry, the orientation, attitude, bearing, direction, or angular position of an object – such as a line, plane or rigid body – is part of the description of how it is placed in the space it occupies.
More specifically, it refers to the imaginary rotation that is needed to move the object from a reference placemen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Aerospace%20Laboratory%20of%20Japan | The National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL), was established in July 1955. Originally known as the National Aeronautical Laboratory, it assumed its present name with the addition of the Aerospace Division in 1963. Since its establishment, it has pursued research on aircraft, rockets, and other aeronautical transp... |
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