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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombitrihexagonal%20tiling | In geometry, the rhombitrihexagonal tiling is a semiregular tiling of the Euclidean plane. There are one triangle, two squares, and one hexagon on each vertex. It has Schläfli symbol of rr{3,6}.
John Conway calls it a rhombihexadeltille. It can be considered a cantellated by Norman Johnson's terminology or an expanded... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertussis%20toxin | Pertussis toxin (PT) is a protein-based AB5-type exotoxin produced by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, which causes whooping cough. PT is involved in the colonization of the respiratory tract and the establishment of infection. Research suggests PT may have a therapeutic role in treating a number of common human ail... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trihexagonal%20tiling | In geometry, the trihexagonal tiling is one of 11 uniform tilings of the Euclidean plane by regular polygons. It consists of equilateral triangles and regular hexagons, arranged so that each hexagon is surrounded by triangles and vice versa. The name derives from the fact that it combines a regular hexagonal tiling and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorization | In mathematics, majorization is a preorder on vectors of real numbers. Let denote the -th largest element of the vector . Given , we say that weakly majorizes (or dominates) from below (or equivalently, we say that is weakly majorized (or dominated) by from below) denoted as if for all . If in addition , we say ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snub%20trihexagonal%20tiling | In geometry, the snub hexagonal tiling (or snub trihexagonal tiling) is a semiregular tiling of the Euclidean plane. There are four triangles and one hexagon on each vertex. It has Schläfli symbol sr{3,6}. The snub tetrahexagonal tiling is a related hyperbolic tiling with Schläfli symbol sr{4,6}.
Conway calls it a snu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated%20triangular%20tiling | In geometry, the elongated triangular tiling is a semiregular tiling of the Euclidean plane. There are three triangles and two squares on each vertex. It is named as a triangular tiling elongated by rows of squares, and given Schläfli symbol {3,6}:e.
Conway calls it a isosnub quadrille.
There are 3 regular and 8 semi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Pasta%E2%80%93Ulam%E2%80%93Tsingou%20problem | In physics, the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou (FPUT) problem or formerly the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam problem was the apparent paradox in chaos theory that many complicated enough physical systems exhibited almost exactly periodic behavior – called Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou recurrence (or Fermi–Pasta–Ulam recurrence) – instead of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snub%20square%20tiling | In geometry, the snub square tiling is a semiregular tiling of the Euclidean plane. There are three triangles and two squares on each vertex. Its Schläfli symbol is s{4,4}.
Conway calls it a snub quadrille, constructed by a snub operation applied to a square tiling (quadrille).
There are 3 regular and 8 semiregular ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischemic%20cascade | The ischemic (ischaemic) cascade is a series of biochemical reactions that are initiated in the brain and other aerobic tissues after seconds to minutes of ischemia (inadequate blood supply). This is typically secondary to stroke, injury, or cardiac arrest due to heart attack. Most ischemic neurons that die do so due t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20equation | The term personal equation, in 19th- and early 20th-century science, referred to the idea that different observers have different reaction times, which can introduce bias when it comes to measurements and observations.
Astronomy
The term originated in astronomy, when it was discovered that numerous observers making ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20S.%20Rodwell | John S. Rodwell (1946 – present) is an ecologist who was based at the University of Lancaster, noted for his role in the development of the British National Vegetation Classification and as editor of the five volumes of British Plant Communities.
Education
Rodwell graduated in Botany from the University of Leeds in 19... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20GMA | The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) is a series of integrated graphics processors introduced in 2004 by Intel, replacing the earlier Intel Extreme Graphics series and being succeeded by the Intel HD and Iris Graphics series.
This series targets the market of low-cost graphics solutions. The products in this ser... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equipotential | In mathematics and physics, an equipotential or isopotential refers to a region in space where every point is at the same potential. This usually refers to a scalar potential (in that case it is a level set of the potential), although it can also be applied to vector potentials. An equipotential of a scalar potential ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fossil%20sites | This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there. Many of the entries in this list are considered Lagerstätten (sedimentary deposits th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberglass%20molding | Fiberglass molding is a process in which fiberglass reinforced resin plastics are formed into useful shapes.
The process usually involves first making a mold and then using the mold to make the fiberglass component.
Mold making
The fiberglass mold process begins with an object known as the plug or buck. This is an e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombille%20tiling | In geometry, the rhombille tiling, also known as tumbling blocks, reversible cubes, or the dice lattice, is a tessellation of identical 60° rhombi on the Euclidean plane. Each rhombus has two 60° and two 120° angles; rhombi with this shape are sometimes also called diamonds. Sets of three rhombi meet at their 120° angl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/237%20%28number%29 | 237 (two hundred [and] thirty-seven) is the natural number following 236 and preceding 238.
237 is a lucky number, and one of the numbers in Aronson's sequence.
The 237th square pyramidal number, 4465475, is also a sum of two smaller square pyramidal numbers. There are only four smaller numbers (55, 70, 147, and 226)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posadis | In computing, Posadis is a GPL-licensed DNS server for Microsoft Windows and Unix that uses a zone file format that is compatible with BIND zone files. Posadis is part of a suite which includes graphical configuration and zone file management programs.
Posadis has IPv6 support.
See also
Comparison of DNS server soft... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20planar%20symmetry%20groups | This article summarizes the classes of discrete symmetry groups of the Euclidean plane. The symmetry groups are named here by three naming schemes: International notation, orbifold notation, and Coxeter notation.
There are three kinds of symmetry groups of the plane:
2 families of rosette groups – 2D point groups
7 fri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILIOS | ILIOS is an acronym of InterLink Internet Operating System. It is an attempt to create a router-only operating system; one specifically oriented towards computer networking purposes, especially routing. It supports IPv4 routing and is a good educational OS, though it is single tasking and does everything via interrupts... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M32R | The M32R is a 32-bit RISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Mitsubishi Electric for embedded microprocessors and microcontrollers. The ISA is now owned by Renesas Electronics Corporation, and the company designs and fabricates M32R implementations. M32R processors are used in embedded systems such as Engi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering%20set | In dynamical systems and ergodic theory, the concept of a wandering set formalizes a certain idea of movement and mixing. When a dynamical system has a wandering set of non-zero measure, then the system is a dissipative system. This is the opposite of a conservative system, to which the Poincaré recurrence theorem appl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocycle | In mathematics a cocycle is a closed cochain. Cocycles are used in algebraic topology to express obstructions (for example, to integrating a differential equation on a closed manifold). They are likewise used in group cohomology. In autonomous dynamical systems, cocycles are used to describe particular kinds of map,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20spherical%20symmetry%20groups | Finite spherical symmetry groups are also called point groups in three dimensions. There are five fundamental symmetry classes which have triangular fundamental domains: dihedral, cyclic, tetrahedral, octahedral, and icosahedral symmetry.
This article lists the groups by Schoenflies notation, Coxeter notation, orbifol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLink%20Kai | XLink Kai is a program developed by Team XLink allowing for online play of video games with support for LAN multiplayer modes. It enables players on the GameCube, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita / PlayStation TV, Xbox, Xbox 360, and Xbox One to play g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20ribosome%20entry%20site | An internal ribosome entry site, abbreviated IRES, is an RNA element that allows for translation initiation in a cap-independent manner, as part of the greater process of protein synthesis. In eukaryotic translation, initiation typically occurs at the 5' end of mRNA molecules, since 5' cap recognition is required for t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%27s-eye%20view | A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downwards. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing, and are often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.
Bef... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theomatics | Theomatics is a numerological study of the Hebrew/Aramaic and Greek text of the Christian Bible (see also Biblical numerology), based upon gematria and isopsephia, by which its proponents claim to show the direct intervention of God in the writing of Christian scripture.
Etymology
The term "theomatics" was coined by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery%20mathematics | Lottery mathematics is used to calculate probabilities of winning or losing a lottery game. It is based primarily on combinatorics, particularly the twelvefold way and combinations without replacement.
Choosing 6 from 49
In a typical 6/49 game, each player chooses six distinct numbers from a range of 1-49. If the six... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-minute%20exchange%20of%20die | Single-minute digit exchange of die (SMED) is one of the many lean production methods for reducing inefficiencies in a manufacturing process. It provides a rapid and efficient way of converting a manufacturing process from running the current product to running the next product. This is key to reducing production lot s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleave%20sequence | In mathematics, an interleave sequence is obtained by merging two sequences via an in shuffle.
Let be a set, and let and , be two sequences in The interleave sequence is defined to be the sequence . Formally, it is the sequence given by
Properties
The interleave sequence is convergent if and only if the se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%20generalization | Type generalization is a technique commonly used in refactoring. The idea is to draw on the benefits of object-orientation and make more-generalized types, thus enabling more code sharing, leading to better maintainability as there is less code to write. Too-general code can, however, become completely useless, leading... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20algorithms | In elementary arithmetic, a standard algorithm or method is a specific method of computation which is conventionally taught for solving particular mathematical problems. These methods vary somewhat by nation and time, but generally include exchanging, regrouping, long division, and long multiplication using a standard ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Aumann | Robert John Aumann (Hebrew name: , Yisrael Aumann; born June 8, 1930) is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He also holds a visiting position at S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20transit | Internet transit is the service of allowing network traffic to cross or "transit" a computer network, usually used to connect a smaller Internet service provider (ISP) to the larger Internet. Technically, it consists of two bundled services:
The advertisement of customer routes to other ISPs, thereby soliciting inboun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum%20programming | In the history of computing, optimum programming, or optimum coding is the practice of arranging a computer program's instructions in memory so as to minimize the time the machine spends waiting for instructions. It is of historical interest mainly due to the design of many early digital computers.
Most early computer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechannibals | Mechannibals is a television game show aired on the British television channel BBC Two in 2005. It was made by the independent production company IWC Media. The host was Louise Brady.
The show was sometimes likened to Channel 4's Scrapheap Challenge or the earlier BBC series The Great Egg Race, it centres on taking tw... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressor%20map | A compressor map is a chart which shows the performance of a turbomachinery compressor. This type of compressor is used in gas turbine engines, for supercharging reciprocating engines and for industrial processes, where it is known as a dynamic compressor. A map is created from compressor rig test results or predicted ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath%E2%80%93Jarrow%E2%80%93Morton%20framework | The Heath–Jarrow–Morton (HJM) framework is a general framework to model the evolution of interest rate curves – instantaneous forward rate curves in particular (as opposed to simple forward rates). When the volatility and drift of the instantaneous forward rate are assumed to be deterministic, this is known as the Gaus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front%20end%20of%20line | The front-end-of-line (FEOL) is the first portion of IC fabrication where the individual components (transistors, capacitors, resistors, etc.) are patterned in the semiconductor.
FEOL generally covers everything up to (but not including) the deposition of metal interconnect layers.
For the CMOS process, FEOL contains... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back%20end%20of%20line | The back end of line (BEOL) is the second portion of IC fabrication where the individual devices (transistors, capacitors, resistors, etc.) get interconnected with wiring on the wafer, the metalization layer. Common metals are copper and aluminum.
BEOL generally begins when the first layer of metal is deposited on the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20computing | Optical computing or photonic computing uses light waves produced by lasers or incoherent sources for data processing, data storage or data communication for computing. For decades, photons have shown promise to enable a higher bandwidth than the electrons used in conventional computers (see optical fibers).
Most rese... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHMOS | CHMOS refers to one of a series of Intel CMOS processes developed from their HMOS process. CHMOS stands for "complementary high-performance metal-oxide-silicon. It was first developed in 1981.
CHMOS was used in the Intel 80C51BH, a new version of their standard MCS-51 microcontroller. The chip was also used in later... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20probability%20distributions | Many probability distributions that are important in theory or applications have been given specific names.
Discrete distributions
With finite support
The Bernoulli distribution, which takes value 1 with probability p and value 0 with probability q = 1 − p.
The Rademacher distribution, which takes value 1 with probab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotropic%20coordinates | In the theory of Lorentzian manifolds, spherically symmetric spacetimes admit a family of nested round spheres. There are several different types of coordinate chart which are adapted to this family of nested spheres; the best known is the Schwarzschild chart, but the isotropic chart is also often useful.
The defining... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-Time%20Messaging%20Protocol | Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) is a communication protocol for streaming audio, video, and data over the Internet. Originally developed as a proprietary protocol by Macromedia for streaming between Flash Player and the Flash Communication Server, Adobe (which acquired Macromedia) has released an incomplete version... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomalin | Glomalin is a hypothetical glycoprotein produced abundantly on hyphae and spores of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in soil and in roots. Glomalin was proposed in 1996 by Sara F. Wright, a scientist at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, but it was not isolated and described yet. The name comes from Glomerales,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20460%20metre%20radio%20mast | The Russian 460 metres radio masts are among the most secret supertall structures ever built. Three such masts, which were developed by Stako, were erected in mid-1980s near Inta, Dudinka and Taymylyr as masts for the North Siberian Chayka Chain for transmitting navigation signals on 100 kHz with 1200 kW.
All these ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CEBus | CEBus(r), short for Consumer Electronics Bus, also known as EIA-600, is a set of electrical standards and communication protocols for electronic devices to transmit commands and data. It is suitable for devices in households and offices to use, and might be useful for utility interface and light industrial application... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parameter%20space | The parameter space is the space of possible parameter values that define a particular mathematical model, often a subset of finite-dimensional Euclidean space. Often the parameters are inputs of a function, in which case the technical term for the parameter space is domain of a function. The ranges of values of the pa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load-link/store-conditional | In computer science, load-linked/store-conditional (LL/SC), sometimes known as load-reserved/store-conditional (LR/SC), are a pair of instructions used in multithreading to achieve synchronization. Load-link returns the current value of a memory location, while a subsequent store-conditional to the same memory location... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FR-V%20%28microprocessor%29 | The Fujitsu FR-V (Fujitsu RISC-VLIW) is one of the very few processors ever able to process both a very long instruction word (VLIW) and vector processor instructions at the same time, increasing throughput with high parallel computing while increasing performance per watt and hardware efficiency. The family was prese... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Hydlide | Super Hydlide is an action role-playing game for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It was originally released in 1987 in Japan only under the title for the MSX, MSX2, and PC-8801mkII SR. It's the third game in the Hydlide series. Ports were also released for the X1, Famicom, X68000, and Microsoft Windows. The game was deve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP%20Helper%20Address | A UDP Helper Address is a special router configuration used to forward broadcast network traffic from a client machine on one subnet to a server in another subnet.
Usage example
The Internet Protocol requires every network interface controller to be assigned at least one unique IP address. Groups of machines with sim... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion%20barrier | A diffusion barrier is a thin layer (usually micrometres thick) of metal usually placed between two other metals. It is done to act as a barrier to protect either one of the metals from corrupting the other.
Adhesion of a plated metal layer to its substrate requires a physical interlocking, inter-diffusion of the depo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20reasoning | In computer science, in particular in knowledge representation and reasoning and metalogic, the area of automated reasoning is dedicated to understanding different aspects of reasoning. The study of automated reasoning helps produce computer programs that allow computers to reason completely, or nearly completely, auto... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery%20charger | A battery charger, recharger, or simply charger, is a device that stores energy in a battery by running an electric current through it. The charging protocol (how much voltage or current for how long, and what to do when charging is complete) depends on the size and type of the battery being charged. Some battery types... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratrix | In geometry, a quadratrix () is a curve having ordinates which are a measure of the area (or quadrature) of another curve. The two most famous curves of this class are those of Dinostratus and E. W. Tschirnhaus, which are both related to the circle.
Quadratrix of Dinostratus
The quadratrix of Dinostratus (also called... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20record%20pattern | In software engineering, the active record pattern is an architectural pattern. It is found in software that stores in-memory object data in relational databases. It was named by Martin Fowler in his 2003 book Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture. The interface of an object conforming to this pattern would i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/159%20%28number%29 | 159 (one hundred [and] fifty-nine) is a natural number following 158 and preceding 160.
In mathematics
159 is:
the sum of 3 consecutive prime numbers: 47 + 53 + 59.
a Woodall number.
equal to the sum of the squares of the digits of its own square in base 15.
Only 5 numbers (greater than 1) have this property in base ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venix | Venix is a discontinued version of the Unix operating system for low-end computers, developed by VenturCom, a "company that specialises in the skinniest implementations of Unix".
Overview
A working version of Venix/86 for the IBM PC XT was demoed at COMDEX in May 1983. It was based on Version 7 Unix with some enhancem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/195%20%28number%29 | 195 (one hundred [and] ninety-five) is the natural number following 194 and preceding 196.
In mathematics
195 is:
the sum of eleven consecutive primes: 3 + 5 + 7 + 11 + 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37
the smallest number expressed as a sum of distinct squares in 16 different ways
a centered tetrahedral number
in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAJC | MAJC (Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing) was a Sun Microsystems multi-core, multithreaded, very long instruction word (VLIW) microprocessor design from the mid-to-late 1990s. Originally called the UltraJava processor, the MAJC processor was targeted at running Java programs, whose "late compiling" allowed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Geography%20of%20Thought | The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why is a book by social psychologist Richard Nisbett that was published by Free Press in 2003. By analyzing the differences between Asia and the West, it argues that cultural differences affect people's thought processes more significantly than... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median%20filter | The median filter is a non-linear digital filtering technique, often used to remove noise from an image or signal. Such noise reduction is a typical pre-processing step to improve the results of later processing (for example, edge detection on an image). Median filtering is very widely used in digital image processing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate%20film%20system | The intermediate film system was a television process in which motion picture film was processed almost immediately after it was exposed in a camera, then scanned by a television scanner, and transmitted over the air. This system was used principally in Britain and Germany where television cameras were not sensitive en... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacMach | MacMach is a computer operating system from the early 1990s, developed by Carnegie Mellon University. Architecturally, it consists of Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 4.3 code running on the Mach microkernel, with the Apple Macintosh System 7 running experimentally as a Mach task. The entire system runs on Macintos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrakis%20square%20tiling | In geometry, the tetrakis square tiling is a tiling of the Euclidean plane. It is a square tiling with each square divided into four isosceles right triangles from the center point, forming an infinite arrangement of lines. It can also be formed by subdividing each square of a grid into two triangles by a diagonal, wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control%20bus | In computer architecture,
a control bus is part of the system bus and is used by CPUs for communicating with other devices within the computer. While the address bus carries the information about the device with which the CPU is communicating and the data bus carries the actual data being processed, the control bus car... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumb%20bob | A plumb bob, plumb bob level, or plummet, is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction as a reference line, or plumb-line. It is a precursor to the spirit level and used to establish a vertical datum. It is typically made of stone, wood, or lead, but ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone%20%28computer%20bus%29 | The Wishbone Bus is an open source hardware computer bus intended to let the parts of an integrated circuit communicate with each other. The aim is to allow the connection of differing cores to each other inside of a chip. The Wishbone Bus is used by many designs in the OpenCores project.
Wishbone is intended as a "lo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadle | A treadle (from , "to tread") is a mechanism operated with a pedal for converting reciprocating motion into rotating motion. Along with cranks, treadmills, and treadwheels, treadles allow human and animal machine power in the absence of electricity.
Before the widespread availability of electric power, treadles were w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaeic%20Cadenza | "Cadaeic Cadenza" is a 1996 short story by Mike Keith. It is an example of constrained writing, a story with restrictions on how it can be written. It is also one of the most prodigious examples of piphilology, being written in "pilish". The word "cadaeic" is the alphabetical equivalent of 3.141593, the first six dec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted%20Information%20Systems | Trusted Information Systems (TIS) was a computer security research and development company during the 1980s and 1990s, performing computer and communications (information) security research for organizations such as NSA, DARPA, ARL, AFRL, SPAWAR, and others.
History
TIS was founded in 1983 by NSA veteran Steve Walker... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Euclidean%20uniform%20tilings | This table shows the 11 convex uniform tilings (regular and semiregular) of the Euclidean plane, and their dual tilings.
There are three regular and eight semiregular tilings in the plane. The semiregular tilings form new tilings from their duals, each made from one type of irregular face.
John Conway called these un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZoneAlarm | ZoneAlarm is an internet security software company that provides consumer antivirus and firewall products. ZoneAlarm was developed by Zone Labs, whose CEOs were Kevin Nickel, Mouad Abid and Shahin and the Company was acquired in March 2004 by Check Point. ZoneAlarm's firewall security products include an inbound intrus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MachTen | MachTen is a Unix-like operating system from Tenon Intersystems. It is based on 4.4BSD and the Mach kernel, and features the X Window System and GNU programming tools. It runs only as a classic Mac OS application program (in a virtual machine) on Macintosh computers.
MachTen development started in 1989, culminating in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%20stitching | Image stitching or photo stitching is the process of combining multiple photographic images with overlapping fields of view to produce a segmented panorama or high-resolution image. Commonly performed through the use of computer software, most approaches to image stitching require nearly exact overlaps between images a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference%20%28communication%29 | In telecommunications, an interference is that which modifies a signal in a disruptive manner, as it travels along a communication channel between its source and receiver. The term is often used to refer to the addition of unwanted signals to a useful signal. Common examples include:
Electromagnetic interference (EMI... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20ecology | Acoustic ecology, sometimes called ecoacoustics or soundscape studies, is a discipline studying the relationship, mediated through sound, between human beings and their environment. Acoustic ecology studies started in the late 1960s with R. Murray Schafer a musician, composer and former professor of communication studi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CETAC | Chalmers Engineering Trainee Appointment Committee (CETAC) is a student group located at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. The sole purpose of the organisation is to bring American companies and Swedish students together. Each summer, CETAC members go to North America to gain practical experience... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20information%20graphics%20software | This is a list of software to create any kind of information graphics:
either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set
either it is provided specifically for information visualization
Vector graphics
Vector graphics software can be used for manual graphing or for editing the o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity%20value | Equity value is the value of a company available to owners or shareholders. It is the enterprise value plus all cash and cash equivalents, short and long-term investments, and less all short-term debt, long-term debt and minority interests.
Equity value accounts for all the ownership interest in a firm including the v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanotransduction | In cellular biology, mechanotransduction (mechano + transduction) is any of various mechanisms by which cells convert mechanical stimulus into electrochemical activity. This form of sensory transduction is responsible for a number of senses and physiological processes in the body, including proprioception, touch, balan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barebone%20computer | A barebone computer is a partially assembled platform or an unassembled kit of computer parts allowing more customization and lower costs than a retail computer system. They are available for desktop computer, notebook (see barebook) and server purposes, and in nearly any form factor. Manufacturers are also able to pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False%20light | In US law, false light is a tort concerning privacy that is similar to the tort of defamation. The privacy laws in the United States include a non-public person's right to protection from publicity that creates an untrue or misleading impression about them. That right is balanced against the First Amendment right of fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsukuku | Netsukuku is an experimental peer-to-peer routing system, developed by the FreakNet MediaLab in 2005, created to build up a distributed network, anonymous and censorship-free, fully independent but not necessarily separated from the Internet, without the support of any server, ISP and no central authority.
Netsukuku i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbol%20fuchsin | Carbol fuchsin, carbol-fuchsin, carbolfuchsin, or Castellani's paint (CAS ) is a mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin that is used in bacterial staining procedures. It is commonly used in the staining of mycobacteria because it has an affinity for the mycolic acids found in their cell membranes.
It is a component of Zi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20eVilla | The Sony eVilla was a discontinued Internet appliance from Sony. After 18 months of development, it was released to the public on June 14, 2001 for $499 USD. With the additional $21.95 USD monthly fee, users could access the Internet, send and receive e-mail, play audio and video, and save files to Sony's Memory Stick.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltalk | Paltalk is a proprietary video group chat service that enables users to communicate by video, Internet chat, or voice. It offers chat rooms and the ability for users to create their own public virtual chat room. Paltalk Desktop is available on macOS and Windows, and Paltalk Video Chat App is available for Android and i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal%20scan%20rate | Horizontal scan rate, or horizontal frequency, usually expressed in kilohertz, is the number of times per second that a raster-scan video system transmits or displays a complete horizontal line, as opposed to vertical scan rate, the number of times per second that an entire screenful of image data is transmitted or dis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages%20used%20on%20the%20Internet | Slightly over half of the homepages of the most visited websites on the World Wide Web are in English, with varying amounts of information available in many other languages. Other top languages are Spanish, Russian, Persian, French, German and Japanese.
Of the more than 7,000 existing languages, only a few hundred are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20%28signal%20processing%29 | In signal processing, the energy of a continuous-time signal x(t) is defined as the area under the squared magnitude of the considered signal i.e., mathematically
Unit of will be (unit of signal)2.
And the energy of a discrete-time signal x(n) is defined mathematically as
Relationship to energy in physics
Energ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20traffic%20engineering | Internet traffic engineering is defined as that aspect of Internet network engineering dealing with the issue of performance evaluation and performance optimization of operational IP networks. Traffic engineering encompasses the application of technology and scientific principles to the measurement, characterization, m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miura%20fold | The is a method of folding a flat surface such as a sheet of paper into a smaller area. The fold is named for its inventor, Japanese astrophysicist Kōryō Miura.
The crease patterns of the Miura fold form a tessellation of the surface by parallelograms. In one direction, the creases lie along straight lines, with each... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20category | In mathematics, particularly in homotopy theory, a model category is a category with distinguished classes of morphisms ('arrows') called 'weak equivalences', 'fibrations' and 'cofibrations' satisfying certain axioms relating them. These abstract from the category of topological spaces or of chain complexes (derived ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypsis | In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals. It may be a predation strategy or an antipredator adaptation. Methods include camouflage, nocturnality, subterranean lifestyle and mimicry. Crypsis can involve visual, olfactory (with pheromones) or auditory c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20flex | Body flex is a lack of rigidity in a motor vehicle's chassis. It is often something to be avoided by car manufacturers as higher levels of body flex is a sign of structural weakness, and means that the vehicle's suspension cannot work as efficiently - the body takes up some of the 'slack', rather than the parts of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auncel | The auncel ( or , "little balance") was a balance scale formerly used in England. It consisted of a rod with the fulcrum near one end and a weight that could be moved along the graduated longer arm. The item to be weighed was hung from the end of the shorter arm of the rod. This design made it easier for merchants to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Media%20Center | Windows Media Center (WMC) is a digital video recorder and media player created by Microsoft. Media Center was first introduced to Windows in 2002 on Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE). It was included in Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista, as well as all editions of Windows 7 except Starter and Hom... |
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