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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration%20Data%20Objects | Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), previously known as OLE Messaging or Active Messaging, is an application programming interface included with Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Exchange Server products. The library allows developers to access the Global Address List and other server objects, in addition to the contents o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic%20symmetry%20in%20three%20dimensions | In three dimensional geometry, there are four infinite series of point groups in three dimensions (n≥1) with n-fold rotational or reflectional symmetry about one axis (by an angle of 360°/n) that does not change the object.
They are the finite symmetry groups on a cone. For n = ∞ they correspond to four frieze groups.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Instrument%20AY-3-8910 | The AY-3-8910 is a 3-voice programmable sound generator (PSG) designed by General Instrument in 1978, initially for use with their 16-bit CP1610 or one of the PIC1650 series of 8-bit microcomputers. The AY-3-8910 and its variants were used in many arcade games—Konami's Gyruss contains five—and pinball machines as well ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move%20by%20nature | In game theory a move by nature is a decision or move in an extensive form game made by a player who has no strategic interests in the outcome. The effect is to add a player, 'Nature', whose practical role is to act as a random number generator. For instance, if a game of Poker requires a dealer to choose which cards... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etch%20pit%20density | The etch pit density (EPD) is a measure for the quality of semiconductor wafers.
Etching
An etch solution is applied on the surface of the wafer where the etch rate is increased at dislocations of the crystal resulting in pits. For GaAs one uses typically molten KOH at 450 degrees Celsius for about 40 minutes in a zir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergenesis | In psychology, a trait (or phenotype) is called emergenic if it is the result of a specific combination of several interacting genes (rather than of a simple sum of several independent genes). Emergenic traits will not run in families, but identical twins will share them. Traits such as "leadership", "genius" or certai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%20leaf | Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets (usually around 0.1 µm thick) by a process known as goldbeating, for use in gilding.
Gold leaf is a type of metal leaf, but the term is rarely used when referring to gold leaf. The term metal leaf is normally used for thin sheets of metal of any color that do n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauschinger%20effect | The Bauschinger effect refers to a property of materials where the material's stress/strain characteristics change as a result of the microscopic stress distribution of the material. For example, an increase in tensile yield strength occurs at the expense of compressive yield strength. The effect is named after German... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20Input%20Format | Source Input Format (SIF) defined in MPEG-1, is a video format that was developed to allow the storage and transmission of digital video.
625/50 SIF format (PAL/SECAM) has a resolution of active pixels (half of PAL ) [or active pixels (half of PAL )] and a refresh rate of 25 frames per second.
525/59.94 SIF Forma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%27s%20butterfly | In condensed matter physics, Hofstadter's butterfly is a graph of the spectral properties of non-interacting two-dimensional electrons in a perpendicular magnetic field in a lattice. The fractal, self-similar nature of the spectrum was discovered in the 1976 Ph.D. work of Douglas Hofstadter and is one of the early exam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context-sensitive%20help | Context-sensitive help is a kind of online help that is obtained from a specific point in the state of the software, providing help for the situation that is associated with that state.
Context-sensitive help, as opposed to general online help or online manuals, does not need to be accessible for reading as a whole. E... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Summer%20of%20Code | The Google Summer of Code, often abbreviated to GSoC, is an international annual program in which Google awards stipends to contributors who successfully complete a free and open-source software coding project during the summer. , the program is open to anyone aged 18 or over, no longer just students and recent graduat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2A | i* (pronounced "i star") or i* framework is a modeling language suitable for an early phase of system modeling in order to understand the problem domain. i* modeling language allows to model both as-is and to-be situations. The name i* refers to the notion of distributed intentionality which underlines the framework. I... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term%20indexing | In computer science, a term index is a data structure to facilitate fast lookup of terms and clauses in a logic program, deductive database, or automated theorem prover.
Overview
Many operations in automatic theorem provers require search in huge collections of terms and clauses. Such operations typically fall into t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithelial%E2%80%93mesenchymal%20transition | The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a process by which epithelial cells lose their cell polarity and cell–cell adhesion, and gain migratory and invasive properties to become mesenchymal stem cells; these are multipotent stromal cells that can differentiate into a variety of cell types. EMT is essential for n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu | Xubuntu () is a Canonical Ltd.–recognized, community-maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system. The name Xubuntu is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu, as it uses the Xfce desktop environment, instead of Ubuntu's customized GNOME desktop.
Xubuntu seeks to provide "a light, stable and configurable desktop envi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion%20%28computer%29 | The Hyperion is an early portable computer that vied with the Compaq Portable to be the first portable IBM PC compatible. It was marketed by Infotech Cie of Ottawa, a subsidiary of Bytec Management Corp., who acquired the designer and manufacturer Dynalogic Corporation, in January 1983. In 1984, the design was licensed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithm%20of%20a%20matrix | In mathematics, a logarithm of a matrix is another matrix such that the matrix exponential of the latter matrix equals the original matrix. It is thus a generalization of the scalar logarithm and in some sense an inverse function of the matrix exponential. Not all matrices have a logarithm and those matrices that do ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomechanics | Geomechanics (from the Greek prefix geo- meaning "earth"; and "mechanics") is the study of the mechanical state of the Earth's crust and the processes occurring in it under the influence of natural physical factors. It involves the study of the mechanics of soil and rock.
Background
The two main disciplines of geomech... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditioner%20%28chemistry%29 | In chemistry and materials science, a conditioner is a substance or process that improves the quality of a given material. Conditioning agents used in skincare products are also known as moisturizers, and usually are composed of various oils and lubricants. One method of their use is as a coating of the substrate to a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20test%20image | A standard test image is a digital image file used across different institutions to test image processing and image compression algorithms. By using the same standard test images, different labs are able to compare results, both visually and quantitatively.
The images are in many cases chosen to represent natural or ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circles%20of%20Apollonius | The circles of Apollonius are any of several sets of circles associated with Apollonius of Perga, a renowned Greek geometer. Most of these circles are found in planar Euclidean geometry, but analogs have been defined on other surfaces; for example, counterparts on the surface of a sphere can be defined through stereo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCD%20domain | In mathematics, a GCD domain is an integral domain R with the property that any two elements have a greatest common divisor (GCD); i.e., there is a unique minimal principal ideal containing the ideal generated by two given elements. Equivalently, any two elements of R have a least common multiple (LCM).
A GCD domain g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SBCS | SBCS, or single-byte character set, is used to refer to character encodings that use exactly one byte for each graphic character. An SBCS can accommodate a maximum of 256 symbols, and is useful for scripts that do not have many symbols or accented letters such as the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic scripts used mainly for Eu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable%20storage%20device | A portable storage device (PSD) is a compact plug-and-play mass storage device designed to hold a large volume of digital data of any kind. This is slightly different from a portable media player, which is designed to only store music and video files that its internal reader softwares can play.
Most modern PSDs are d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20symbol | An electronic symbol is a pictogram used to represent various electrical and electronic devices or functions, such as wires, batteries, resistors, and transistors, in a schematic diagram of an electrical or electronic circuit. These symbols are largely standardized internationally today, but may vary from country to c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20Turbo%20Memory | Intel Turbo Memory is a technology introduced by Intel Corporation that uses NAND flash memory modules to reduce the time it takes for a computer to power up, access programs, and write data to the hard drive. During development, the technology was codenamed Robson. It is supported by most of the Core 2 Mobile chipset ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane%20partition | In mathematics and especially in combinatorics, a plane partition is a two-dimensional array of nonnegative integers (with positive integer indices i and j) that is nonincreasing in both indices. This means that
and for all i and j.
Moreover, only finitely many of the may be nonzero. Plane partitions are a general... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20calculus | Quantum calculus, sometimes called calculus without limits, is equivalent to traditional infinitesimal calculus without the notion of limits. It defines "q-calculus" and "h-calculus", where h ostensibly stands for Planck's constant while q stands for quantum. The two parameters are related by the formula
where is the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20%28architecture%29 | In architecture, a bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment. The term bay comes from Old French baie, meaning an opening or hole.
Examples
The spaces between posts, columns, or buttresses in the length of a building, the division in the widths being called aisles. This meaning al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20T90 | The Canon T90, introduced in 1986, was the top of the line in Canon's T series of 35 mm Single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras. It is the last professional-level manual-focus camera from Canon, and the last professional camera to use the Canon FD lens mount. Although it was overtaken by the autofocus revolution and Canon's n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agglutination%20%28biology%29 | Agglutination is the clumping of particles. The word agglutination comes from the Latin agglutinare (glueing to).
Agglutination is a reaction in which particles (as red blood cells or bacteria) suspended in a liquid collect into clumps usually as a response to a specific antibody.
This occurs in biology in two main... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemagglutination | Hemagglutination, or haemagglutination, is a specific form of agglutination that involves red blood cells (RBCs). It has two common uses in the laboratory: blood typing and the quantification of virus dilutions in a haemagglutination assay.
Blood typing
Blood type can be determined by using antibodies that bind to th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian%20polar%20coordinates | In the theory of Lorentzian manifolds, spherically symmetric spacetimes admit a family of nested round spheres. In each of these spheres, every point can be carried to any other by an appropriate rotation about the center of symmetry.
There are several different types of coordinate chart which are adapted to this fam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevalley%E2%80%93Warning%20theorem | In number theory, the Chevalley–Warning theorem implies that certain polynomial equations in sufficiently many variables over a finite field have solutions. It was proved by and a slightly weaker form of the theorem, known as Chevalley's theorem, was proved by . Chevalley's theorem implied Artin's and Dickson's conje... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20robotics | Cognitive Robotics or Cognitive Technology is a subfield of robotics concerned with endowing a robot with intelligent behavior by providing it with a processing architecture that will allow it to learn and reason about how to behave in response to complex goals in a complex world. Cognitive robotics may be considered ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Telecom | Golden Telecom is an internet services provider in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It was acquired by VimpelCom in 2007.
History
Founded in 1996 by the global corporation Global Telesystems ("GTS"). NYSE-listed Global TeleSystems ("GTS") was the owner of EBONE one of Europe's leading broadband... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-time%20algorithm%20specialization | In computer science, run-time algorithm specialization is a methodology for creating efficient algorithms for costly computation tasks of certain kinds. The methodology originates in the field of automated theorem proving and, more specifically, in the Vampire theorem prover project.
The idea is inspired by the use of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noetherian%20topological%20space | In mathematics, a Noetherian topological space, named for Emmy Noether, is a topological space in which closed subsets satisfy the descending chain condition. Equivalently, we could say that the open subsets satisfy the ascending chain condition, since they are the complements of the closed subsets. The Noetherian pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief%20cell | In human anatomy, there are three types of chief cells, the gastric chief cell, the parathyroid chief cell, and the type 1 chief cells found in the carotid body.
Cell types
The gastric chief cell (also known as a zymogenic cell or peptic cell) is a cell in the stomach that releases pepsinogen and chymosin. Pepsinogen ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted%20Platform%20Module | Trusted Platform Module (TPM, also known as ISO/IEC 11889) is an international standard for a secure cryptoprocessor, a dedicated microcontroller designed to secure hardware through integrated cryptographic keys. The term can also refer to a chip conforming to the standard.
One of Windows 11's system requirements is T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%20scaling | In computer graphics and digital imaging, image scaling refers to the resizing of a digital image. In video technology, the magnification of digital material is known as upscaling or resolution enhancement.
When scaling a vector graphic image, the graphic primitives that make up the image can be scaled using geometric... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordance%20%28genetics%29 | In genetics, concordance is the probability that a pair of individuals will both have a certain characteristic (phenotypic trait) given that one of the pair has the characteristic. Concordance can be measured with concordance rates, reflecting the odds of one person having the trait if the other does. Important clinica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal%20cell | Basal cell may refer to:
the epidermal cell in the stratum basale
the airway basal cell, an epithelial cell in the respiratory epithelium |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanophase%20material | Nanophase materials are materials that have grain sizes under 100 nanometres. They have different mechanical and optical properties compared to the large grained materials of the same chemical composition.
Transparency and different transparent colours can be achieved with nanophase materials by varying the grain size... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophotovoltaic%20energy%20conversion | Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) energy conversion is a direct conversion process from heat to electricity via photons. A basic thermophotovoltaic system consists of a hot object emitting thermal radiation and a photovoltaic cell similar to a solar cell but tuned to the spectrum being admitted from the hot object.
As TPV syst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal%20blanking%20interval | Horizontal blanking interval refers to a part of the process of displaying images on a computer monitor or television screen via raster scanning. CRT screens display images by moving beams of electrons very quickly across the screen. Once the beam of the monitor has reached the edge of the screen, it is switched off, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint-based%20Routing%20Label%20Distribution%20Protocol | Constraint-based Routing Label Distribution Protocol (CR-LDP) is a control protocol used in some computer networks.
As of February 2003, the IETF MPLS working group deprecated CR-LDP and decided to focus purely on RSVP-TE.
It is an extension of the Label Distribution Protocol (LDP), one of the protocols in the Multipr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar%20processor | Scalar processors are a class of computer processors that process only one data item at a time. Typical data items include integers and floating point numbers.
Classification
A scalar processor is classified as a single instruction, single data (SISD) processor in Flynn's taxonomy. The Intel 486 is an example of a s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuramoto%20model | The Kuramoto model (or Kuramoto–Daido model), first proposed by , is a mathematical model used in describing synchronization. More specifically, it is a model for the behavior of a large set of coupled oscillators. Its formulation was motivated by the behavior of systems of chemical and biological oscillators, and it h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional%20group%20%28ecology%29 | A functional group is merely a set of species, or collection of organisms, that share alike characteristics within a community. Ideally, the lifeforms would perform equivalent tasks based on domain forces, rather than a common ancestor or evolutionary relationship. This could potentially lead to analogous structures t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plesiomorphy%20and%20symplesiomorphy | In phylogenetics, a plesiomorphy ("near form") and symplesiomorphy are synonyms for an ancestral character shared by all members of a clade, which does not distinguish the clade from other clades.
Plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy, apomorphy, and synapomorphy, all mean a trait shared between species because they share an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone | Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone (polyvinyl polypyrrolidone, PVPP, crospovidone, crospolividone, or E1202) is a highly cross-linked modification of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP).
The cross-linked form of PVP is used as a disintegrant (see also excipients) in pharmaceutical tablets. PVPP is a highly cross-linked version of PVP, m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejuvenation | Rejuvenation is a medical discipline focused on the practical reversal of the aging process.
Rejuvenation is distinct from life extension. Life extension strategies often study the causes of aging and try to oppose those causes in order to slow aging. Rejuvenation is the reversal of aging and thus requires a different... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%20detent | A ball detent is a simple mechanical arrangement used to hold a moving part in a temporarily fixed position relative to another part. Usually the moving parts slide with respect to each other, or one part rotates within the other.
The ball is a single, usually metal sphere, sliding within a bored cylinder, against the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatchard%20equation | The Scatchard equation is an equation used in molecular biology to calculate the affinity and number of binding sites of a receptor for a ligand. It is named after the American chemist George Scatchard.
Equation
Throughout this article, [RL] denotes the concentration of a receptor-ligand complex, [R] the concentratio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon%27s%20problem | Napoleon's problem is a compass construction problem. In it, a circle and its center are given. The challenge is to divide the circle into four equal arcs using only a compass. Napoleon was known to be an amateur mathematician, but it is not known if he either created or solved the problem. Napoleon's friend the Ita... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction%20fragment | A restriction fragment is a DNA fragment resulting from the cutting of a DNA strand by a restriction enzyme (restriction endonucleases), a process called restriction. Each restriction enzyme is highly specific, recognising a particular short DNA sequence, or restriction site, and cutting both DNA strands at specific po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powered%20speakers | Powered speakers, also known as self-powered speakers and active speakers, are loudspeakers that have built-in amplifiers. Powered speakers are used in a range of settings, including in sound reinforcement systems (used at live music concerts), both for the main speakers facing the audience and the monitor speakers fac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20World%20Series%20broadcasters | The following is a list of national American television and radio networks and announcers that have broadcast World Series games over the years, as well as local flagship radio stations that have aired them since 1982.
Television
Television coverage of the World Series began in 1947. Since that time, eight different m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus%20Mathematical%20Monographs | The Carus Mathematical Monographs is a monograph series published by the Mathematical Association of America. Books in this series are intended to appeal to a wide range of readers in mathematics and science.
Scope and audience
While the books are intended to cover nontrivial material, the emphasis is on exposition an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladaptation | In evolution, a maladaptation () is a trait that is (or has become) more harmful than helpful, in contrast with an adaptation, which is more helpful than harmful. All organisms, from bacteria to humans, display maladaptive and adaptive traits. In animals (including humans), adaptive behaviors contrast with maladaptive ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email%20hub | The term Mail Hub is used to denote an MTA (message transfer agent) or system of MTAs used to route email but not act as a mail server (having no end-user email store) since there is no MUA (mail user agent) access. Examples could include dedicated anti-SPAM appliances, anti-virus engines running on dedicated hardware,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic%20sensitivity%20testing | Antibiotic sensitivity testing or antibiotic susceptibility testing is the measurement of the susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics. It is used because bacteria may have resistance to some antibiotics. Sensitivity testing results can allow a clinician to change the choice of antibiotics from empiric therapy, which ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4104 | 4104 (four thousand one hundred [and] four) is the natural number following 4103 and preceding 4105. It is the second positive integer which can be expressed as the sum of two positive cubes in two different ways. The first such number, 1729, is called the "Ramanujan–Hardy number".
4104 is the sum of 4096 + 8 (that is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocodes | The Eurocodes are the ten European standards (EN; harmonised technical rules) specifying how structural design should be conducted within the European Union (EU). These were developed by the European Committee for Standardization upon the request of the European Commission.
The purpose of the Eurocodes is to provide:
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Authentication%20Service | Internet Authentication Service (IAS) is a component of Windows Server operating systems that provides centralized user authentication, authorization and accounting.
Overview
While Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) security is sufficient for small networks, larger companies often need a dedicated infrastructur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefschetz%20zeta%20function | In mathematics, the Lefschetz zeta-function is a tool used in topological periodic and fixed point theory, and dynamical systems. Given a continuous map , the zeta-function is defined as the formal series
where is the Lefschetz number of the -th iterate of . This zeta-function is of note in topological periodic point... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemicontinuity | In mathematics, the notion of the continuity of functions is not immediately extensible to set-valued functions between two sets A and B.
The dual concepts of upper hemicontinuity and lower hemicontinuity facilitate such an extension.
A set-valued function that has both properties is said to be continuous in an analo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precordium | In anatomy, the precordium or praecordium is the portion of the body over the heart and lower chest.
Defined anatomically, it is the area of the anterior chest wall over the heart. It is therefore usually on the left side, except in conditions like dextrocardia, where the individual's heart is on the right side. In su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20computing | Physical computing involves interactive systems that can sense and respond to the world around them. While this definition is broad enough to encompass systems such as smart automotive traffic control systems or factory automation processes, it is not commonly used to describe them. In a broader sense, physical computi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutton%27s%20law | Sutton's law states that when diagnosing, one should first consider the obvious. It suggests that one should first conduct those tests which could confirm (or rule out) the most likely diagnosis. It is taught in medical schools to suggest to medical students that they might best order tests in that sequence which is mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20access%20control | In computers, logical access controls are tools and protocols used for identification, authentication, authorization, and accountability in computer information systems. Logical access is often needed for remote access of hardware and is often contrasted with the term "physical access", which refers to interactions (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackDog | The BlackDog is a pocket-sized, self-contained computer with a built-in biometric fingerprint reader which was developed in 2005 by Realm Systems, which is plugged into and powered by the USB port of a host computer using its peripheral devices for input and output.
It is a mobile personal server which allows a user t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RealMagic | RealMagic (or ReelMagic), from Sigma Designs, was one of the first fully compliant MPEG playback boards on the market in the mid-1990s.
RealMagic is a hardware-accelerated MPEG decoder that mixes its video stream into a computer video card's output through the video card's feature connector. It is also a SoundBlaster-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20circuit%20design | Integrated circuit design, or IC design, is a sub-field of electronics engineering, encompassing the particular logic and circuit design techniques required to design integrated circuits, or ICs. ICs consist of miniaturized electronic components built into an electrical network on a monolithic semiconductor substrate ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towed%20array%20sonar | A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a cable that can be kilometers long, keeps the array's sensors away from the ship's own noise sources, greatly improving its signal-to-noise ratio, and hence the effective... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session-based%20testing | Session-based testing is a software test method that aims to combine accountability and exploratory testing to provide rapid defect discovery, creative on-the-fly test design, management control and metrics reporting. The method can also be used in conjunction with scenario testing. Session-based testing was developed ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratory%20testing | Exploratory testing is an approach to software testing that is concisely described as simultaneous learning, test design and test execution. Cem Kaner, who coined the term in 1984, defines exploratory testing as "a style of software testing that emphasizes the personal freedom and responsibility of the individual teste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notarikon | Notarikon ( Noṭriqōn) is a Talmudic and Kabbalistic method of deriving a word, by using each of its initial (Hebrew: ) or final letters () to stand for another, to form a sentence or idea out of the words. Another variation uses the first and last letters, or the two middle letters of a word, in order to form another... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton%20effect | The Cotton effect in physics, is the characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a substance.
In a wavelength region where the light is absorbed, the absolute magnitude of the optical rotation at first varies rapidly with wavelength, crosses ze... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20rotatory%20dispersion | Optical rotatory dispersion is the variation in the optical rotation of a substance with a change in the wavelength of light. Optical rotatory dispersion can be used to find the absolute configuration of metal complexes. For example, when plane-polarized white light from an overhead projector is passed through a cylind... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing%E2%80%93Shanghai%20high-speed%20railway | The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic zones in the People's Republic of China: the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River Delta.
Construction began on April 18, 2008, with the line opened to the public... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layer%202%20MPLS%20VPN | A Layer 2 MPLS VPN is a term in computer networking. It is a method that Internet service providers use to segregate their network for their customers, to allow them to transmit data over an IP network. This is often sold as a service to businesses.
Layer 2 VPNs are a type of Virtual Private Network (VPN) that uses MP... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retene | Retene, methyl isopropyl phenanthrene or 1-methyl-7-isopropyl phenanthrene, C18H18, is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon present in the coal tar fraction, boiling above 360 °C. It occurs naturally in the tars obtained by the distillation of resinous woods. It crystallizes in large plates, which melt at 98.5 °C and boil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipfirewall | ipfirewall or ipfw is a FreeBSD IP, stateful firewall, packet filter and traffic accounting facility. Its ruleset logic is similar to many other packet filters except IPFilter. ipfw is authored and maintained by FreeBSD volunteer staff members. Its syntax enables use of sophisticated filtering capabilities and thus ena... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooking | In computer programming, the term hooking covers a range of techniques used to alter or augment the behaviour of an operating system, of applications, or of other software components by intercepting function calls or messages or events passed between software components. Code that handles such intercepted function call... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy%20%28biology%29 | In biology, the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop, formed by the collection of individual plant crowns. In forest ecology, canopy refers to the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms (epiphytes, lianas, arboreal animals, etc.). The ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20Directory%20Rights%20Management%20Services | Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS, known as Rights Management Services or RMS before Windows Server 2008) is a server software for information rights management shipped with Windows Server. It uses encryption and a form of selective functionality denial for limiting access to documents such as corpora... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterative%20learning%20control | Iterative Learning Control (ILC) is a method of tracking control for systems that work in a repetitive mode. Examples of systems that operate in a repetitive manner include robot arm manipulators, chemical batch processes and reliability testing rigs. In each of these tasks the system is required to perform the same ac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filtered%20algebra | In mathematics, a filtered algebra is a generalization of the notion of a graded algebra. Examples appear in many branches of mathematics, especially in homological algebra and representation theory.
A filtered algebra over the field is an algebra over that has an increasing sequence of subspaces of such that
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali%20%28software%29 | Kali is an IPX network emulator for DOS and Windows, enabling legacy multiplayer games to work over a modern TCP/IP network such as the Internet. Later versions of the software also functioned as a server browser for games that natively supported TCP/IP. Versions were also created for OS2 and Mac, but neither version w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomeromycota | Glomeromycota (often referred to as glomeromycetes, as they include only one class, Glomeromycetes) are one of eight currently recognized divisions within the kingdom Fungi, with approximately 230 described species. Members of the Glomeromycota form arbuscular mycorrhizas (AMs) with the thalli of bryophytes and the roo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satplan | Satplan (better known as Planning as Satisfiability) is a method for automated planning. It converts the planning problem instance into an instance of the Boolean satisfiability problem, which is then solved using a method for establishing satisfiability such as the DPLL algorithm or WalkSAT.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid-leak%20detector | A grid leak detector is an electronic circuit that demodulates an amplitude modulated alternating current and amplifies the recovered modulating voltage. The circuit utilizes the non-linear cathode to control grid conduction characteristic and the amplification factor of a vacuum tube. Invented by Lee De Forest around ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social-desirability%20bias | In social science research, social-desirability bias is a type of response bias that is the tendency of survey respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others. It can take the form of over-reporting "good behavior" or under-reporting "bad", or undesirable behavior. The tendency poses... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitespace%20character | In computer programming, whitespace is any character or series of characters that represent horizontal or vertical space in typography. When rendered, a whitespace character does not correspond to a visible mark, but typically does occupy an area on a page. For example, the common whitespace symbol (also ASCII 32) rep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibATA | libATA is a library used inside the Linux kernel to support ATA host controllers and devices. libATA provides an ATA driver API, class transports for ATA and ATAPI devices, and SCSI / ATA Translation for ATA devices according to the T10 SAT specification. Features include power management, Self-Monitoring, Analysis, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo%20pentagonal%20tiling | In geometry, a Cairo pentagonal tiling is a tessellation of the Euclidean plane by congruent convex pentagons, formed by overlaying two tessellations of the plane by hexagons and named for its use as a paving design in Cairo. It is also called MacMahon's net after Percy Alexander MacMahon, who depicted it in his 1921 p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/233%20%28number%29 | 233 (two hundred [and] thirty-three) is the natural number following 232 and preceding 234.
Additionally:
233 is a prime number,
233 is a Sophie Germain prime, a Pillai prime, and a Ramanujan prime.
It is a Fibonacci number, one of the Fibonacci primes.
There are exactly 233 maximal planar graphs with ten vertices, a... |
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