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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCE%20Distributed%20File%20System
The DCE Distributed File System (DCE/DFS) is the remote file access protocol used with the Distributed Computing Environment. It was a variant of Andrew File System (AFS), based on the AFS Version 3.0 protocol that was developed commercially by Transarc Corporation. AFS Version 3.0 was in turn based on the AFS Version ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAIL
In the field of cell biology, TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), is a protein functioning as a ligand that induces the process of cell death called apoptosis. TRAIL is a cytokine that is produced and secreted by most normal tissue cells. It causes apoptosis primarily in tumor cells, by binding to certain d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantization%20%28music%29
In digital music processing technology, quantization is the studio-software process of transforming performed musical notes, which may have some imprecision due to expressive performance, to an underlying musical representation that eliminates the imprecision. The process results in notes being set on beats and on exac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon%20transform
In mathematics, the boustrophedon transform is a procedure which maps one sequence to another. The transformed sequence is computed by an "addition" operation, implemented as if filling a triangular array in a boustrophedon (zigzag- or serpentine-like) manner—as opposed to a "Raster Scan" sawtooth-like manner. Definit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/786%20%28number%29
786 (seven hundred [and] eighty-six) is the natural number following 785 and preceding 787. In mathematics 786 is: a sphenic number. a Harshad number in bases 4, 5, 7, 14 and 16. the aliquot sum of 510. part of the 321329-aliquot tree. The complete aliquot sequence starting at 498 is: 498, 510, 786, 798, 1122, 1470, 2...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaGnu
DejaGnu is a software framework for testing other programs. It has a main script called runtest that goes through a directory looking at configuration files and then runs some tests with given criteria. The purpose of the DejaGnu package is to provide a single front end for all tests. It is a part of the GNU Project a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotronics%20Wafadrive
The Rotronics Wafadrive is a magnetic tape storage peripheral launched in late 1984 for the ZX Spectrum home computer. Each tape is a continuous loop, unlike cassette tape. It was intended to compete with Sinclair's ZX Interface 1 and ZX Microdrive. The Wafadrive comprises two continuous loop stringy floppy tape drive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasse%E2%80%93Witt%20matrix
In mathematics, the Hasse–Witt matrix H of a non-singular algebraic curve C over a finite field F is the matrix of the Frobenius mapping (p-th power mapping where F has q elements, q a power of the prime number p) with respect to a basis for the differentials of the first kind. It is a g × g matrix where C has genus g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographical%20code
In medicine, "topographical codes" (or "topography codes") are codes that indicate a specific location in the body. Examples Only the first of these is a system dedicated only to topography. The others are more generalized systems that contain topographic axes. Nomina Anatomica (updated to Terminologia Anatomica) I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20File%20Sharing
Remote File Sharing (RFS) is a Unix operating system component for sharing resources, such as files, devices, and file system directories, across a network, in a network-independent manner, similar to a distributed file system. It was developed at Bell Laboratories of AT&T in the 1980s, and was first delivered with UNI...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enriques%E2%80%93Kodaira%20classification
In mathematics, the Enriques–Kodaira classification is a classification of compact complex surfaces into ten classes. For each of these classes, the surfaces in the class can be parametrized by a moduli space. For most of the classes the moduli spaces are well understood, but for the class of surfaces of general type t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute%20interstitial%20pneumonitis
Acute interstitial pneumonitis (also known as acute interstitial pneumoniais a rare, severe lung disease that usually affects otherwise healthy individuals. There is no known cause or cure. Acute interstitial pneumonitis is often categorized as both an interstitial lung disease and a form of acute respiratory distress...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%20Technologies
Phoenix Technologies Ltd is an American company that designs, develops and supports core system software for personal computers and other computing devices. The company's products commonly referred to as BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) or firmware support and enable the compatibility, connectivity, security and manage...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INT%2013H
INT 13h is shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 13hex, the 20th interrupt vector in an x86-based (IBM PC-descended) computer system. The BIOS typically sets up a real mode interrupt handler at this vector that provides sector-based hard disk and floppy disk read and write services using cylinder-head-sector (CHS) addressi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine%20fault
A wine fault is a sensory-associated (organoleptic) characteristic of a wine that is unpleasant, and may include elements of taste, smell, or appearance, elements that may arise from a "chemical or a microbial origin", where particular sensory experiences (e.g., an off-odor) might arise from more than one wine fault. W...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWWJDIC
WWWJDIC is an online Japanese dictionary based on the electronic dictionaries compiled and collected by Australian academic Jim Breen. The main Japanese–English dictionary file (EDICT) contains over 180,000 entries, and the ENAMDICT dictionary contains over 720,000 Japanese surnames, first names, place names and produc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20of%20beginning
The point of beginning is a surveyor's mark at the beginning location for the wide-scale surveying of land. An example is the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey that led to the opening of the Northwest Territory, and is the starting point of the surveys of almost all other lands to the west, reaching all t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Ginzton
Edward Leonard Ginzton (December 27, 1915 – August 13, 1998) was a Ukrainian-American engineer. Education Ginzton completed his B.S. (1936) and M.S. (1937) in Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1941. Career As a student...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciprian%20Manolescu
Ciprian Manolescu (born December 24, 1978) is a Romanian-American mathematician, working in gauge theory, symplectic geometry, and low-dimensional topology. He is currently a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Biography Manolescu completed his first eight classes at School no. 11 Mihai Eminescu and his s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20lock
An electronic lock (or electric lock) is a locking device which operates by means of electric current. Electric locks are sometimes stand-alone with an electronic control assembly mounted directly to the lock. Electric locks may be connected to an access control system, the advantages of which include: key control, whe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GENERIC%20formalism
In non-equilibrium thermodynamics, GENERIC is an acronym for General Equation for Non-Equilibrium Reversible-Irreversible Coupling. It is the general form of dynamic equation for a system with both reversible and irreversible dynamics (generated by energy and entropy, respectively). GENERIC formalism is the theory buil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganbare%20Goemon%21%20Karakuri%20D%C5%8Dch%C5%AB
is a video game produced by Konami. It is the second game in the Ganbare Goemon series (sometimes known in English as Mystical Ninja) and the first to be released on a video game console and home computer. It was initially released for the Family Computer on July 30, 1986 and later released for the MSX2 a year later. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET%20My%20Services
.NET My Services (codenamed Hailstorm) is an abandoned collection of XML-based Web services by Microsoft for storing and retrieving information. NET My Services was announced on March 19, 2001 as part of Microsoft's .NET initiative and was intended to rely on what was then known as a Microsoft Passport, a single sign-i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weil%27s%20conjecture%20on%20Tamagawa%20numbers
In mathematics, the Weil conjecture on Tamagawa numbers is the statement that the Tamagawa number of a simply connected simple algebraic group defined over a number field is 1. In this case, simply connected means "not having a proper algebraic covering" in the algebraic group theory sense, which is not always the top...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20eponyms%20of%20special%20functions
This is a list of special function eponyms in mathematics, to cover the theory of special functions, the differential equations they satisfy, named differential operators of the theory (but not intended to include every mathematical eponym). Named symmetric functions, and other special polynomials, are included. A Nie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittaker%20function
In mathematics, a Whittaker function is a special solution of Whittaker's equation, a modified form of the confluent hypergeometric equation introduced by to make the formulas involving the solutions more symmetric. More generally, introduced Whittaker functions of reductive groups over local fields, where the functi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20organisms%20by%20chromosome%20count
The list of organisms by chromosome count describes ploidy or numbers of chromosomes in the cells of various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms. This number, along with the visual appearance of the chromosome, is known as the karyotype, and can be found by looking at the chromosomes through a microsc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouy%20balance
The Gouy balance, invented by the French physicist Louis Georges Gouy, is a device for measuring the magnetic susceptibility of a sample. The Gouy balance operates on magnetic torque, by placing the sample on a horizontal arm or beam suspended by a thin fiber, and placing either a permanent magnet or electromagnet on t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial%20frequency
In mathematics, physics, and engineering, spatial frequency is a characteristic of any structure that is periodic across position in space. The spatial frequency is a measure of how often sinusoidal components (as determined by the Fourier transform) of the structure repeat per unit of distance. The SI unit of spatia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20groups%20in%20two%20dimensions
In geometry, a two-dimensional point group or rosette group is a group of geometric symmetries (isometries) that keep at least one point fixed in a plane. Every such group is a subgroup of the orthogonal group O(2), including O(2) itself. Its elements are rotations and reflections, and every such group containing only ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian%20fluid%20mechanics
Hamiltonian fluid mechanics is the application of Hamiltonian methods to fluid mechanics. Note that this formalism only applies to nondissipative fluids. Irrotational barotropic flow Take the simple example of a barotropic, inviscid vorticity-free fluid. Then, the conjugate fields are the mass density field ρ and the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian%20Web
The Victorian Web is a hypertext project derived from hypermedia environments, Intermedia and Storyspace, that anticipated the World Wide Web. Initially created between 1988 and 1990 with 1,500 documents, it has grown to over 128,500 items in July 2023. In contrast to archives and web-based libraries, the Victorian Web...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-tensor
In physics, specifically for special relativity and general relativity, a four-tensor is an abbreviation for a tensor in a four-dimensional spacetime. Generalities General four-tensors are usually written in tensor index notation as with the indices taking integer values from 0 to 3, with 0 for the timelike componen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion%20%28algebra%29
In mathematics, specifically in ring theory, a torsion element is an element of a module that yields zero when multiplied by some non-zero-divisor of the ring. The torsion submodule of a module is the submodule formed by the torsion elements. A torsion module is a module that equals its torsion submodule. A module is t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20topology%20topics
In mathematics, topology (from the Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling and bending, but not tearing or gluing. A topological space is a set endowed with a structure, called a topology, which...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotypic%20plasticity
Phenotypic plasticity refers to some of the changes in an organism's behavior, morphology and physiology in response to a unique environment. Fundamental to the way in which organisms cope with environmental variation, phenotypic plasticity encompasses all types of environmentally induced changes (e.g. morphological, p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Blaster%20X-Fi
Sound Blaster X-Fi is a lineup of sound cards in Creative Technology's Sound Blaster series. History The series was launched in August 2005 as a lineup of PCI sound cards, which served as the introduction for their X-Fi audio processing chip, with models ranging from XtremeMusic (lower end), to Platinum, Fatal1ty FPS,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Institute%20of%20Chemical%20Engineers
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is a professional organization for chemical engineers. AIChE was established in 1908 to distinguish chemical engineers as professionals independent of chemists and mechanical engineers. Currently, AIChE has over 60,000 members from over 110 countries. There are over...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Mathematics%20Competition
The International Mathematics Competition (IMC) for University Students is an annual mathematics competition open to all undergraduate students of mathematics. Participating students are expected to be at most twenty three years of age at the time of the IMC. The IMC is primarily a competition for individuals, although...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed%20points%20of%20isometry%20groups%20in%20Euclidean%20space
A fixed point of an isometry group is a point that is a fixed point for every isometry in the group. For any isometry group in Euclidean space the set of fixed points is either empty or an affine space. For an object, any unique centre and, more generally, any point with unique properties with respect to the object is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic%20point
In algebraic geometry, a generic point P of an algebraic variety X is a point in a general position, at which all generic properties are true, a generic property being a property which is true for almost every point. In classical algebraic geometry, a generic point of an affine or projective algebraic variety of dimen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series%2080%20%28software%20platform%29
Nokia's Series 80 (formerly Crystal) was a short-lived mobile software platform for their enterprise and professional level smartphones, introduced in 2000. It uses the Symbian OS. Common physical properties of this Symbian OS user interface platform are a screen resolution of 640×200 pixels and a full QWERTY keyboard....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E350%20%28food%20additive%29
E350 is an EU recognised food additive. It comes in two forms, E350 (i) Sodium malate E350 (ii) Sodium hydrogen malate Sodium malate is a sodium salt of malic acid (E296), a natural acid present in fruit, its alate is used as a buffer and flavouring in soft drinks, confectionery and other foods. The D,L - and D-is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverstone%20Networks
Riverstone Networks, was a provider of networking switching hardware based in Santa Clara, California. Originally part of Cabletron Systems, and based on an early acquisition of YAGO, it was one of the many Gigabit Ethernet startups in the mid-1990s. It is now a part of Alcatel-Lucent and its operations are being wound...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic%20URL%20attack
In a semantic URL attack, a client manually adjusts the parameters of its request by maintaining the URL's syntax but altering its semantic meaning. This attack is primarily used against CGI driven websites. A similar attack involving web browser cookies is commonly referred to as cookie poisoning. Example Consider a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD%20Horus
The Horus system, designed by Newisys for AMD, was created to enable AMD Opteron machines to extend beyond the current limit of 8-way (CPU sockets) architectures. The Opteron CPUs feature a cache-coherent HyperTransport (ccHT) bus to permit glueless, multiprocessor interconnect between physical CPU packages but as ther...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental%20build%20model
The incremental build model is a method of software development where the product is designed, implemented and tested incrementally (a little more is added each time) until the product is finished. It involves both development and maintenance. The product is defined as finished when it satisfies all of its requirements...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit%20card%20interest
Credit card interest is a way in which credit card issuers generate revenue. A card issuer is a bank or credit union that gives a consumer (the cardholder) a card or account number that can be used with various payees to make payments and borrow money from the bank simultaneously. The bank pays the payee and then charg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbs%20algorithm
In statistical mechanics, the Gibbs algorithm, introduced by J. Willard Gibbs in 1902, is a criterion for choosing a probability distribution for the statistical ensemble of microstates of a thermodynamic system by minimizing the average log probability subject to the probability distribution satisfying a set of cons...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moishezon%20manifold
In mathematics, a Moishezon manifold is a compact complex manifold such that the field of meromorphic functions on each component has transcendence degree equal the complex dimension of the component: Complex algebraic varieties have this property, but the converse is not true: Hironaka's example gives a smooth 3-di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami%27s%20Ping%20Pong
Konami's Ping Pong is a sports arcade game created in 1985 by Konami. It is the first video game to accurately reflect the gameplay of table tennis, as opposed to earlier simplifications like Pong. It was ported to the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Famicom Disk System, MSX, and ZX Spectrum. Gameplay Konami's Ping Pong c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%20criterion
In probability theory, the Kelly criterion (or Kelly strategy or Kelly bet) is a formula for sizing a bet. The Kelly bet size is found by maximizing the expected value of the logarithm of wealth, which is equivalent to maximizing the expected geometric growth rate. It assumes that the expected returns are known and is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20trimetaphosphate
Sodium trimetaphosphate (also STMP), with formula Na3P3O9, is one of the metaphosphates of sodium. It has the formula but the hexahydrate is also well known. It is the sodium salt of trimetaphosphoric acid. It is a colourless solid that finds specialised applications in food and construction industries. Although dr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppermint%20extract
Peppermint extract is a herbal extract of peppermint (Mentha × piperita) made from the essential oil of peppermint leaves. Peppermint is a hybrid of water mint and spearmint. The oil has been used for various purposes over centuries. Peppermint extract is commonly used in cooking, as a dietary supplement, as an herbal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keychain%20%28software%29
Keychain is the password management system in macOS, developed by Apple. It was introduced with Mac OS 8.6, and has been included in all subsequent versions of the operating system, now known as macOS. A Keychain can contain various types of data: passwords (for websites, FTP servers, SSH accounts, network shares, wire...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetInfo
NetInfo is the system configuration database in NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X versions up through Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger". NetInfo replaces most of the Unix system configuration files, though they are still present for running the machine in single user mode; most Unix APIs wrap around NetInfo instead. NetInfo stores system wid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Sacks
Gerald Enoch Sacks (1933 – October 4, 2019) was a logician whose most important contributions were in recursion theory. Named after him is Sacks forcing, a forcing notion based on perfect sets and the Sacks Density Theorem, which asserts that the partial order of the recursively enumerable Turing degrees is dense. Sack...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh%20generation
Mesh generation is the practice of creating a mesh, a subdivision of a continuous geometric space into discrete geometric and topological cells. Often these cells form a simplicial complex. Usually the cells partition the geometric input domain. Mesh cells are used as discrete local approximations of the larger domain....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredholm%20alternative
In mathematics, the Fredholm alternative, named after Ivar Fredholm, is one of Fredholm's theorems and is a result in Fredholm theory. It may be expressed in several ways, as a theorem of linear algebra, a theorem of integral equations, or as a theorem on Fredholm operators. Part of the result states that a non-zero co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot%20plant
A pilot plant is a pre-commercial production system that employs new production technology and/or produces small volumes of new technology-based products, mainly for the purpose of learning about the new technology. The knowledge obtained is then used for design of full-scale production systems and commercial products,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homography
In projective geometry, a homography is an isomorphism of projective spaces, induced by an isomorphism of the vector spaces from which the projective spaces derive. It is a bijection that maps lines to lines, and thus a collineation. In general, some collineations are not homographies, but the fundamental theorem of pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyspermy
In biology, polyspermy describes the fertilization of an egg by more than one sperm. Diploid organisms normally contain two copies of each chromosome, one from each parent. The cell resulting from polyspermy, on the other hand, contains three or more copies of each chromosome—one from the egg and one each from multiple...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glan%E2%80%93Thompson%20prism
A Glan–Thompson prism is a type of polarizing prism similar to the Nicol prism and Glan–Foucault prism. Design A Glan–Thompson prism consists of two right-angled calcite prisms that are cemented together by their long faces. The optical axes of the calcite crystals are parallel and aligned perpendicular to the plane o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glan%E2%80%93Foucault%20prism
A Glan–Foucault prism (also called a Glan–air prism) is a type of prism which is used as a polarizer. It is similar in construction to a Glan–Thompson prism, except that two right-angled calcite prisms are spaced with an air gap instead of being cemented together. Total internal reflection of p-polarized light at the a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateman%20Manuscript%20Project
The Bateman Manuscript Project was a major effort at collation and encyclopedic compilation of the mathematical theory of special functions. It resulted in the eventual publication of five important reference volumes, under the editorship of Arthur Erdélyi. Overview The theory of special functions was a core activity ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20growth
A crystal is a solid material whose constituent atoms, molecules, or ions are arranged in an orderly repeating pattern extending in all three spatial dimensions. Crystal growth is a major stage of a crystallization process, and consists of the addition of new atoms, ions, or polymer strings into the characteristic arra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20recycling
Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products. Glass that is crushed or imploded and ready to be remelted is called cullet. There are two types of cullet: internal and external. Internal cullet is composed of defective products detected and rejected by a quality control process during the indust...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodization
In signal processing, apodization (from Greek "removing the foot") is the modification of the shape of a mathematical function. The function may represent an electrical signal, an optical transmission, or a mechanical structure. In optics, it is primarily used to remove Airy disks caused by diffraction around an intens...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A9gresse%20track
A Kégresse track is a kind of rubber or canvas continuous track which uses a flexible belt rather than interlocking metal segments. It can be fitted to a conventional car or truck to turn it into a half-track, suitable for use over rough or soft ground. Conventional front wheels and steering are used, although skis may...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimensional%20space
In geometry, a three-dimensional space (3D space, 3-space or, rarely, tri-dimensional space) is a mathematical space in which three values (coordinates) are required to determine the position of a point. Most commonly, it is the three-dimensional Euclidean space, the Euclidean n-space of dimension n=3 that models physi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detonation%20velocity
Explosive velocity, also known as detonation velocity or velocity of detonation (VoD), is the velocity at which the shock wave front travels through a detonated explosive. Explosive velocities are always faster than the local speed of sound in the material. If the explosive is confined before detonation, such as in an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-driven%20programming
In computer programming, data-driven programming is a programming paradigm in which the program statements describe the data to be matched and the processing required rather than defining a sequence of steps to be taken. Standard examples of data-driven languages are the text-processing languages sed and AWK, and the d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBR322
pBR322 is a plasmid and was one of the first widely used E. coli cloning vectors. Created in 1977 in the laboratory of Herbert Boyer at the University of California, San Francisco, it was named after Francisco Bolivar Zapata, the postdoctoral researcher and Raymond L. Rodriguez. The p stands for "plasmid," and BR for "...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mired
Contracted from the term micro reciprocal degree, the mired is a unit of measurement used to express color temperature. Values in mireds are calculated by the formula: where T is the colour temperature in units of kelvins and M denotes the resulting mired dimensionless number. The constant is one million kelvins....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-form%20electrodynamics
In theoretical physics, -form electrodynamics is a generalization of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism. Ordinary (via. one-form) Abelian electrodynamics We have a one-form , a gauge symmetry where is any arbitrary fixed 0-form and is the exterior derivative, and a gauge-invariant vector current with density 1 s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics%20manufacturing%20services
Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) is a term used for companies that design, manufacture, test, distribute, and provide return/repair services for electronic components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The concept is also referred to as Electronics Contract Manufacturing (ECM). Many co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Boolean%20algebra
In mathematics, a free Boolean algebra is a Boolean algebra with a distinguished set of elements, called generators, such that: Each element of the Boolean algebra can be expressed as a finite combination of generators, using the Boolean operations, and The generators are as independent as possible, in the sense that t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schubert%20calculus
In mathematics, Schubert calculus is a branch of algebraic geometry introduced in the nineteenth century by Hermann Schubert, in order to solve various counting problems of projective geometry (part of enumerative geometry). It was a precursor of several more modern theories, for example characteristic classes, and in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous%20recursion
In computer science, anonymous recursion is recursion which does not explicitly call a function by name. This can be done either explicitly, by using a higher-order function – passing in a function as an argument and calling it – or implicitly, via reflection features which allow one to access certain functions dependi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual%20authentication
Mutual authentication or two-way authentication (not to be confused with two-factor authentication) refers to two parties authenticating each other at the same time in an authentication protocol. It is a default mode of authentication in some protocols (IKE, SSH) and optional in others (TLS). Mutual authentication is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive%20maintenance
Predictive maintenance techniques are designed to help determine the condition of in-service equipment in order to estimate when maintenance should be performed. This approach promises cost savings over routine or time-based preventive maintenance, because tasks are performed only when warranted. Thus, it is regarded a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Admission%20Control
Network Admission Control (NAC) refers to Cisco's version of Network Access Control, which restricts access to the network based on identity or security posture. When a network device (switch, router, wireless access point, DHCP server, etc.) is configured for NAC, it can force user or machine authentication prior to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20vortex
An optical vortex (also known as a photonic quantum vortex, screw dislocation or phase singularity) is a zero of an optical field; a point of zero intensity. The term is also used to describe a beam of light that has such a zero in it. The study of these phenomena is known as singular optics. Explanation In an optical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantide
Semantides (or semantophoretic molecules) are biological macromolecules that carry genetic information or a transcript thereof. Three different categories or semantides are distinguished: primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary Semantides are genes, which consist of DNA. Secondary semantides are chains of messenger RN...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-ITX
Nano-ITX is a computer motherboard form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies at CeBIT in March 2003, and implemented in late 2005. Nano-ITX boards measure , and are fully integrated, very low power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart digital entertainment devices such as DVRs, set-top bo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative%20psychology
Quantitative psychology is a field of scientific study that focuses on the mathematical modeling, research design and methodology, and statistical analysis of psychological processes. It includes tests and other devices for measuring cognitive abilities. Quantitative psychologists develop and analyze a wide variety of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houndstooth
Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth, dog's tooth, (), (), is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, traditionally in black and white or such contrasting dark and light pattern. Design and history ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20%28system%20call%29
For most file systems, a program initializes access to a file in a file system using the open system call. This allocates resources associated to the file (the file descriptor), and returns a handle that the process will use to refer to that file. In some cases the open is performed by the first access. The same file...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerative%20geometry
In mathematics, enumerative geometry is the branch of algebraic geometry concerned with counting numbers of solutions to geometric questions, mainly by means of intersection theory. History The problem of Apollonius is one of the earliest examples of enumerative geometry. This problem asks for the number and constru...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%20Mini
Opera Mini is a mobile web browser made by Opera. It was primarily designed for the Java ME platform, as a low-end sibling for Opera Mobile, but only the Android build was still under active development. It had previously been developed for iOS, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Bada. Ope...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20spectral%20pairs
Line spectral pairs (LSP) or line spectral frequencies (LSF) are used to represent linear prediction coefficients (LPC) for transmission over a channel. LSPs have several properties (e.g. smaller sensitivity to quantization noise) that make them superior to direct quantization of LPCs. For this reason, LSPs are very us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20health%20monitoring
Structural health monitoring (SHM) involves the observation and analysis of a system over time using periodically sampled response measurements to monitor changes to the material and geometric properties of engineering structures such as bridges and buildings. In an operational environment, structures degrade with age...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-functional%20requirement
In systems engineering and requirements engineering, a non-functional requirement (NFR) is a requirement that specifies criteria that can be used to judge the operation of a system, rather than specific behaviours. They are contrasted with functional requirements that define specific behavior or functions. The plan for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte%E2%80%93insulator%E2%80%93semiconductor%20sensor
Within electronics, an Electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) sensor is a sensor that is made of these three components: an electrolyte with the chemical that should be measured an insulator that allows field-effect interaction, without leak currents between the two other components a semiconductor to register t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNSAP
RNSAP (Radio Network Subsystem Application Part) is a 3GPP signalling protocol responsible for communications between RNCs Radio Network Controllers defined in 3GPP specification TS 25.423. It is carried on the lur interface and provides functionality needed for soft handovers and SRNS (Serving Radio Network Subsystem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAIN%20%28industry%20standard%29
The CECED Convergence Working Group has defined a new platform, called CHAIN (Ceced Home Appliances Interoperating Network), which defines a protocol for interconnecting different home appliances in a single multibrand system. It allows for control and automation of all basic appliance-related services in a home: e.g....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20visualization
Software visualization or software visualisation refers to the visualization of information of and related to software systems—either the architecture of its source code or metrics of their runtime behavior—and their development process by means of static, interactive or animated 2-D or 3-D visual representations of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary%20Golay%20code
In coding theory, the ternary Golay codes are two closely related error-correcting codes. The code generally known simply as the ternary Golay code is an -code, that is, it is a linear code over a ternary alphabet; the relative distance of the code is as large as it possibly can be for a ternary code, and hence, the te...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20cell
A giant cell (also known as a multinucleated giant cell, or multinucleate giant cell) is a mass formed by the union of several distinct cells (usually histiocytes), often forming a granuloma. Although there is typically a focus on the pathological aspects of multinucleate giant cells (MGCs), they also play many importa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20game%20theorists
This is a list of notable economists, mathematicians, political scientists, and computer scientists whose work has added substantially to the field of game theory. Derek Abbott – quantum game theory and Parrondo's games Susanne Albers – algorithmic game theory and algorithm analysis Kenneth Arrow – voting theory (B...