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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetWare%20Loadable%20Module
A NetWare Loadable Module (NLM) is a loadable kernel module (a binary code module) that can be loaded into Novell's NetWare operating system. NLMs can implement hardware drivers, server functions (e.g. clustering), applications (e.g. GroupWise), system libraries or utilities. NLMs were supported beginning with the In...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphyodont
A diphyodont is any animal with two sets of teeth, initially the deciduous set and consecutively the permanent set. Most mammals are diphyodonts—as to chew their food they need a strong, durable and complete set of teeth. Diphyodonts contrast with polyphyodonts, whose teeth are constantly replaced. Diphyodonts also di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmable%20interval%20timer
In computing and in embedded systems, a programmable interval timer (PIT) is a counter that generates an output signal when it reaches a programmed count. The output signal may trigger an interrupt. Common features PITs may be one-shot or periodic. One-shot timers will signal only once and then stop counting. Periodic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarimeter
A polarimeter is a scientific instrument used to measure the angle of rotation caused by passing polarized light through an optically active substance. Some chemical substances are optically active, and polarized (uni-directional) light will rotate either to the left (counter-clockwise) or right (clockwise) when passe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast%20folding%20algorithm
In signal processing, the fast folding algorithm (Staelin, 1969) is an efficient algorithm for the detection of approximately-periodic events within time series data. It computes superpositions of the signal modulo various window sizes simultaneously. The FFA is best known for its use in the detection of pulsars, as p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murus%20Dacicus
Murus Dacicus (Latin for Dacian Wall) is a construction method for defensive walls and fortifications developed in ancient Dacia sometime before the Roman conquest. It is a mix between traditional construction methods particular to Dacian builders and methods imported from Greek and Roman architecture and masonry, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Bogomolny
Alexander Bogomolny (January 4, 1948 July 7, 2018) was a Soviet-born Israeli-American mathematician. He was Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Iowa, and formerly research fellow at the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, senior instructor at Hebrew University and software consultant at ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landspout
Landspout is a term created by atmospheric scientist Howard B. Bluestein in 1985 for a tornado not associated with a mesocyclone. The Glossary of Meteorology defines a landspout as "Colloquial expression describing tornadoes occurring with a parent cloud in its growth stage and with its vorticity originating in the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel%27s%20identity
In mathematics, Abel's identity (also called Abel's formula or Abel's differential equation identity) is an equation that expresses the Wronskian of two solutions of a homogeneous second-order linear ordinary differential equation in terms of a coefficient of the original differential equation. The relation can be gene...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicular%20communication%20systems
Vehicular communication systems are computer networks in which vehicles and roadside units are the communicating nodes, providing each other with information, such as safety warnings and traffic information. They can be effective in avoiding accidents and traffic congestion. Both types of nodes are dedicated short-rang...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-regular%20language
The ω-regular languages are a class of ω-languages that generalize the definition of regular languages to infinite words. Formal definition An ω-language L is ω-regular if it has the form Aω where A is a regular language not containing the empty string AB, the concatenation of a regular language A and an ω-regular...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallome
In biochemistry, the metallome is the distribution of metal ions in a cellular compartment. The term was coined in analogy with proteome as metallomics is the study of metallome: the "comprehensive analysis of the entirety of metal and metalloid species within a cell or tissue type". Therefore, metallomics can be con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistant%20starch
Resistant starch (RS) is starch, including its degradation products, that escapes from digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals. Resistant starch occurs naturally in foods, but it can also be added as part of dried raw foods, or used as an additive in manufactured foods. Some types of resistant starch (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPK%20coloring
In chemistry, the CPK coloring (for Corey–Pauling–Koltun) is a popular color convention for distinguishing atoms of different chemical elements in molecular models. History August Wilhelm von Hofmann was apparently the first to introduce molecular models into organic chemistry, following August Kekule's introduction ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diameter%20Credit-Control%20Application
Diameter Credit-Control Application is a networking protocol for Diameter application used to implement real-time credit-control for a variety of end user services. It is an IETF standard first defined in RFC 4006, and updated in RFC 8506. Purpose The purpose of the diameter credit control application is to provide ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES11
The AES11 standard published by the Audio Engineering Society provides a systematic approach to the synchronization of digital audio signals. AES11 recommends using an AES3 signal to distribute audio clocks within a facility. In this application, the connection is referred to as a Digital Audio Reference Signal (DARS)....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Nvidia%20graphics%20processing%20units
This list contains general information about graphics processing units (GPUs) and video cards from Nvidia, based on official specifications. In addition some Nvidia motherboards come with integrated onboard GPUs. Limited/Special/Collectors' Editions or AIB versions are not included. Field explanations The fields in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20constant
A lattice constant or lattice parameter is one of the physical dimensions and angles that determine the geometry of the unit cells in a crystal lattice, and is proportional to the distance between atoms in the crystal. A simple cubic crystal has only one lattice constant, the distance between atoms, but in general latt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20EC%20numbers%20%28EC%201%29
This list contains a list of EC numbers for the first group, EC 1, oxidoreductases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. All official information is tabulated at the website of the committee. The database is developed an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Mathematical%20Olympiad
The British Mathematical Olympiad (BMO) forms part of the selection process for the UK International Mathematical Olympiad team and for other international maths competitions, including the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad, the Romanian Master of Mathematics and Sciences, and the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad. It i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial%20translation
Bacterial translation is the process by which messenger RNA is translated into proteins in bacteria. Initiation Initiation of translation in bacteria involves the assembly of the components of the translation system, which are: the two ribosomal subunits (50S and 30S subunits); the mature mRNA to be translated; the tR...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryotic%20translation
Eukaryotic translation is the biological process by which messenger RNA is translated into proteins in eukaryotes. It consists of four phases: initiation, elongation, termination, and recapping. Initiation Translation initiation is the process by which the ribosome and its associated factors bind to an mRNA and are ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV%20input
AV input stands for Audio/Visual input, which is a common label on a connector to receive (AV) audio/visual signals from electronic equipment that generates AV signals (AV output). These terminals are commonly found on such equipment as a television, DVD recorder or VHS recorder, and typically take input from a DVD pl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional%20symmetry%20%28time%20series%29
In statistical analysis of time series and in signal processing, directional symmetry is a statistical measure of a model's performance in predicting the direction of change, positive or negative, of a time series from one time period to the next. Definition Given a time series with values at times and a model that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise-equivalent%20flux%20density
In optics the noise-equivalent flux density (NEFD) or noise-equivalent irradiance (NEI) of a system is the level of flux density required to be equivalent to the noise present in the system. It is a measure used by astronomers in determining the accuracy of observations. The NEFD can be related to a light detector's n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS/2%20port
The PS/2 port is a 6-pin mini-DIN connector used for connecting keyboards and mice to a PC compatible computer system. Its name comes from the IBM Personal System/2 series of personal computers, with which it was introduced in 1987. The PS/2 mouse connector generally replaced the older DE-9 RS-232 "serial mouse" connec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PVCS
PVCS Version Manager (originally named Polytron Version Control System) is a software package by Serena Software Inc., for version control of source code files. PVCS follows the "locking" approach to concurrency control; it has no merge operator built-in (but does, nonetheless, have a separate merge command). However ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Audio-Visual%20Conservation%20Center
The National Audiovisual Conservation Center, also known as the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation, is the Library of Congress's audiovisual archive located inside Mount Pony in Culpeper, Virginia. Establishment From 1969 to 1988, the campus was a high-security storage facility operated by the Federal Reserv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter%20Classification%20Database
The Transporter Classification Database (or TCDB) is an International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)-approved classification system for membrane transport proteins, including ion channels. Classification The upper level of classification and a few examples of proteins with known 3D structure: 1. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specific%20modulus
Specific modulus is a materials property consisting of the elastic modulus per mass density of a material. It is also known as the stiffness to weight ratio or specific stiffness. High specific modulus materials find wide application in aerospace applications where minimum structural weight is required. The dimensional...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Adobe%20software
The following is a list of software products by Adobe Inc. Active products Software suites Experience Cloud Adobe Experience Cloud (AEC) is a collection of integrated online marketing and Web analytics solutions by Adobe Inc. It includes a set of analytics, social, advertising, media optimization, targeting, Web ex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Oxidation%20Event
The Great Oxidation Event (GOE) or Great Oxygenation Event, also called the Oxygen Catastrophe, Oxygen Revolution, Oxygen Crisis or Oxygen Holocaust, was a time interval during the Early Earth's Paleoproterozoic Era when the Earth's atmosphere and the shallow ocean first experienced a rise in the concentration of oxyge...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter%27s%20rule%20problem
The carpenter's rule problem is a discrete geometry problem, which can be stated in the following manner: Can a simple planar polygon be moved continuously to a position where all its vertices are in convex position, so that the edge lengths and simplicity are preserved along the way? A closely related problem is to sh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20SIP%20software
This list of SIP software documents notable software applications which use Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) as a voice over IP (VoIP) protocol. Servers Free and open-source license A SIP server, also known as a SIP proxy, manages all SIP calls within a network and takes responsibility for receiving requests from u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20modulus
Dynamic modulus (sometimes complex modulus) is the ratio of stress to strain under vibratory conditions (calculated from data obtained from either free or forced vibration tests, in shear, compression, or elongation). It is a property of viscoelastic materials. Viscoelastic stress–strain phase-lag Viscoelasticity i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech%20technology
Speech technology relates to the technologies designed to duplicate and respond to the human voice. They have many uses. These include aid to the voice-disabled, the hearing-disabled, and the blind, along with communication with computers without a keyboard. They enhance game software and aid in marketing goods or serv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioLinux
BioLinux is a term used in a variety of projects involved in making access to bioinformatics software on a Linux platform easier using one or more of the following methods: Provision of complete systems Provision of bioinformatics software repositories Addition of bioinformatics packages to standard distributions ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complement%20component%205a
C5a is a protein fragment released from cleavage of complement component C5 by protease C5-convertase into C5a and C5b fragments. C5b is important in late events of the complement cascade, an orderly series of reactions which coordinates several basic defense mechanisms, including formation of the membrane attack compl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-access%20network
An open-access network (OAN) refers to a horizontally layered network architecture in telecommunications, and the business model that separates the physical access to the network from the delivery of services. In an OAN, the owner or manager of the network does not supply services for the network; these services must b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20chemical%20engineering
Chemical engineering is a discipline that was developed out of those practicing "industrial chemistry" in the late 19th century. Before the Industrial Revolution (18th century), industrial chemicals and other consumer products such as soap were mainly produced through batch processing. Batch processing is labour-intens...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCable%20Application%20Platform
The OpenCable Application Platform, or OCAP, is an operating system layer designed for consumer electronics that connect to a cable television system, the Java-based middleware portion of the platform. Unlike operating systems on a personal computer, the cable company controls what OCAP programs run on the consumer's ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Advanced%20Program-to-Program%20Communication
In computing, Advanced Program to Program Communication or APPC is a protocol which computer programs can use to communicate over a network. APPC is at the application layer in the OSI model, it enables communications between programs on different computers, from portables and workstations to midrange and host comput...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscone
Muscone is a macrocyclic ketone, an organic compound that is the primary contributor to the odor of musk. The chemical structure of muscone was first elucidated by Leopold Ružička. It is a 15-membered ring ketone with one methyl substituent in the 3-position. It is an oily liquid that is found naturally as the (−)-ena...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning%20automaton
A learning automaton is one type of machine learning algorithm studied since 1970s. Learning automata select their current action based on past experiences from the environment. It will fall into the range of reinforcement learning if the environment is stochastic and a Markov decision process (MDP) is used. History ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte%20Code%20Engineering%20Library
The Byte Code Engineering Library (BCEL) is a project sponsored by the Apache Foundation previously under their Jakarta charter to provide a simple API for decomposing, modifying, and recomposing binary Java classes (I.e. bytecode). The project was conceived and developed by Markus Dahm prior to officially being donate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLECS
PLECS (Piecewise Linear Electrical Circuit Simulation) is a software tool for system-level simulations of electrical circuits developed by Plexim. It is especially designed for power electronics but can be used for any electrical network. PLECS includes the possibility to model controls and different physical domains (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20of%20action
In physics, the line of action (also called line of application) of a force () is a geometric representation of how the force is applied. It is the straight line through the point at which the force is applied in the same direction as the vector . The concept is essential, for instance, for understanding the net effec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viglen
Viglen Ltd provides IT products and services, including storage systems, servers, workstations and data/voice communications equipment and services. History The company was formed in 1975, by Vigen Boyadjian. During the 1980s, the company specialised in direct sales through multi page advertisements in leading comput...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum%20auction
A spectrum auction is a process whereby a government uses an auction system to sell the rights to transmit signals over specific bands of the electromagnetic spectrum and to assign scarce spectrum resources. Depending on the specific auction format used, a spectrum auction can last from a single day to several months f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Gateway%20Device%20Protocol
Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Protocol is a protocol based on Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for mapping ports in network address translation (NAT) setups, supported by some NAT-enabled routers. It is a common communications protocol for automatically configuring port forwarding, and is part of an ISO/IEC Standard rath...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicalcium%20phosphate
Dicalcium phosphate is the calcium phosphate with the formula CaHPO4 and its dihydrate. The "di" prefix in the common name arises because the formation of the HPO42– anion involves the removal of two protons from phosphoric acid, H3PO4. It is also known as dibasic calcium phosphate or calcium monohydrogen phosphate. Di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Match%20Day%20II
Match Day II is a football sports game part of the Match Day series released for the Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, ZX Spectrum, MSX and Commodore 64 platforms. It was created in 1987 by Jon Ritman with graphics by Bernie Drummond and music and sound by Guy Stevens (except for the Commodore version, which was a line-by-line...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grading%20%28tumors%29
In pathology, grading is a measure of the cell appearance in tumors and other neoplasms. Some pathology grading systems apply only to malignant neoplasms (cancer); others apply also to benign neoplasms. The neoplastic grading is a measure of cell anaplasia (reversion of differentiation) in the sampled tumor and is bas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor%20Bunyakovsky
Viktor Yakovlevich Bunyakovsky (, ; , Bar, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire – , St. Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian mathematician, member and later vice president of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Bunyakovsky was a mathematician, noted for his work in theoretical mechanics and number theory (see: Bun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%E2%80%93plane%20intersection
In analytic geometry, the intersection of a line and a plane in three-dimensional space can be the empty set, a point, or a line. It is the entire line if that line is embedded in the plane, and is the empty set if the line is parallel to the plane but outside it. Otherwise, the line cuts through the plane at a single ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-processor%20interrupt
In computing, an inter-processor interrupt (IPI), also known as a shoulder tap, is a special type of interrupt by which one processor may interrupt another processor in a multiprocessor system if the interrupting processor requires action from the other processor. Actions that might be requested include: flushes of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20instruments
A thermodynamic instrument is any device which facilitates the quantitative measurement of thermodynamic systems. In order for a thermodynamic parameter to be truly defined, a technique for its measurement must be specified. For example, the ultimate definition of temperature is "what a thermometer reads". The question...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20process
Classical thermodynamics considers three main kinds of thermodynamic process: (1) changes in a system, (2) cycles in a system, and (3) flow processes. (1) A Thermodynamic process is a process in which the thermodynamic state of a system is changed. A change in a system is defined by a passage from an initial to a fin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Data%20Representation
Network Data Representation (NDR) is an implementation of the presentation layer in the OSI model. It is used for DCE/RPC and Microsoft RPC (MSRPC). See also DCE/RPC Microsoft RPC External links NDR Specification Internet Standards Internet protocols Presentation layer protocols
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh%20analysis
Mesh analysis (or the mesh current method) is a method that is used to solve planar circuits for the currents (and indirectly the voltages) at any place in the electrical circuit. Planar circuits are circuits that can be drawn on a plane surface with no wires crossing each other. A more general technique, called loop ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robust%20control
In control theory, robust control is an approach to controller design that explicitly deals with uncertainty. Robust control methods are designed to function properly provided that uncertain parameters or disturbances are found within some (typically compact) set. Robust methods aim to achieve robust performance and/or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-to-text%20encoding
A binary-to-text encoding is encoding of data in plain text. More precisely, it is an encoding of binary data in a sequence of printable characters. These encodings are necessary for transmission of data when the communication channel does not allow binary data (such as email or NNTP) or is not 8-bit clean. PGP documen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puzzle%20jug
A puzzle jug is a puzzle in the form of a jug, popular in the 18th and 19th centuries. Puzzle jugs of varying quality were popular in homes and taverns. An inscription typically challenges the drinker to consume the contents without spilling them, which, because the neck of the jug is perforated, is impossible to do ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuddling%20cup
A fuddling cup is a three-dimensional puzzle in the form of a drinking vessel, made of three or more cups or jugs all linked together by holes and tubes. The challenge of the puzzle is to drink from the vessel in such a way that the beverage does not spill. To do this successfully, one must drink from the cups in a spe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTERBUS
INTERBUS is a serial bus system which transmits data between control systems (e.g., PCs, PLCs, VMEbus computers, robot controllers etc.) and spatially distributed I/O modules that are connected to sensors and actuators (e.g., temperature sensors, position switches). The INTERBUS system was developed by Phoenix Contact...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golvellius
is an action role-playing video game developed by Compile and originally released for the Japanese MSX home computer system in 1987. Sega licensed the franchise in 1988 and released the game for the Master System (the Mark III in Japan), featuring enhanced graphics and entirely different overworld and dungeon layouts. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclostationary%20process
A cyclostationary process is a signal having statistical properties that vary cyclically with time. A cyclostationary process can be viewed as multiple interleaved stationary processes. For example, the maximum daily temperature in New York City can be modeled as a cyclostationary process: the maximum temperature on Ju...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP%20Graphical%20User%20Interface
SAP GUI is the graphical user interface client in SAP ERP's 3-tier architecture of database, application server and client. It is software that runs on a Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh or Unix desktop, and allows a user to access SAP functionality in SAP applications such as SAP ERP and SAP Business Information War...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined%20Cipher%20Machine
The Combined Cipher Machine (CCM) (or Combined Cypher Machine) was a common cipher machine system for securing Allied communications during World War II and, for a few years after, by NATO. The British Typex machine and the US ECM Mark II were both modified so that they were interoperable. History The British had sho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%20element
P elements are transposable elements that were discovered in Drosophila as the causative agents of genetic traits called hybrid dysgenesis. The transposon is responsible for the P trait of the P element and it is found only in wild flies. They are also found in many other eukaryotes. The name comes from evolutionary b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schick%20test
The Schick test, developed in 1913, is a skin test used to determine whether or not a person is susceptible to diphtheria. It was named after its inventor, Béla Schick (1877–1967), a Hungarian-born American pediatrician. Procedure The test is a simple procedure. A small amount (0.1 ml) of diluted (1/50 MLD) diphther...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20cycle
A thermodynamic cycle consists of linked sequences of thermodynamic processes that involve transfer of heat and work into and out of the system, while varying pressure, temperature, and other state variables within the system, and that eventually returns the system to its initial state. In the process of passing throug...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20DNA
Ancient DNA (aDNA) is DNA isolated from ancient specimens. Due to degradation processes (including cross-linking, deamination and fragmentation) ancient DNA is more degraded in comparison with contemporary genetic material. Even under the best preservation conditions, there is an upper boundary of 0.4–1.5 million years...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweak%20programming%20environment
Tweak is a graphical user interface (GUI) layer written by Andreas Raab for the Squeak development environment, which in turn is an integrated development environment based on the Smalltalk-80 computer programming language. Tweak is an alternative to an earlier graphic user interface layer called Morphic. Development b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Isakov
Victor Isakov (1947 – May 14, 2021) was a mathematician working in the field of inverse problems for partial differential equations and related topics (potential theory, uniqueness of continuation and Carleman estimates, nonlinear functional analysis and calculus of variation). He was a distinguished professor in the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20Research%20%26%20Development
BBC Research & Development is the technical research department of the BBC. Function It has responsibility for researching and developing advanced and emerging media technologies for the benefit of the corporation, and wider UK and European media industries, and is also the technical design authority for a number of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast-enhanced%20ultrasound
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is the application of ultrasound contrast medium to traditional medical sonography. Ultrasound contrast agents rely on the different ways in which sound waves are reflected from interfaces between substances. This may be the surface of a small air bubble or a more complex structure. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotic%20potential
Biotic potential is described by the unrestricted growth of populations resulting in the maximum growth of that population.   Biotic potential is the highest possible vital index of a species; therefore, when the species has its highest birthrate and lowest mortality rate. Quantitative Expression The biotic potential...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial%20Emporium%20of%20Benevolent%20Knowledge
Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge () is a fictitious taxonomy of animals described by the writer Jorge Luis Borges in his 1942 essay "The Analytical Language of John Wilkins" (). Overview Wilkins, a 17th-century philosopher, had proposed a universal language based on a classification system that would encode ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future%20Evolution
Future Evolution is a book written by paleontologist Peter Ward and illustrated by Alexis Rockman. He addresses his own opinion of future evolution and compares it with Dougal Dixon's After Man: A Zoology of the Future and H. G. Wells's The Time Machine. According to Ward, humanity may exist for a long time. Neverthel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip%20van%20Winkle%20cipher
In cryptography, the Rip van Winkle cipher is a provably secure cipher with a finite key, assuming the attacker has only finite storage. The cipher requires a broadcaster (perhaps a numbers station) publicly transmitting a series of random numbers. The sender encrypts a plaintext message by XORing it with the random ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper%20loss
Copper loss is the term often given to heat produced by electrical currents in the conductors of transformer windings, or other electrical devices. Copper losses are an undesirable transfer of energy, as are core losses, which result from induced currents in adjacent components. The term is applied regardless of whethe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelvefold%20way
In combinatorics, the twelvefold way is a systematic classification of 12 related enumerative problems concerning two finite sets, which include the classical problems of counting permutations, combinations, multisets, and partitions either of a set or of a number. The idea of the classification is credited to Gian-Car...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot%20learning
Robot learning is a research field at the intersection of machine learning and robotics. It studies techniques allowing a robot to acquire novel skills or adapt to its environment through learning algorithms. The embodiment of the robot, situated in a physical embedding, provides at the same time specific difficulties ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%2C%20Truth%2C%20and%20Logic
Language, Truth and Logic is a 1936 book about meaning by the philosopher Alfred Jules Ayer, in which the author defines, explains, and argues for the verification principle of logical positivism, sometimes referred to as the criterion of significance or criterion of meaning. Ayer explains how the principle of verifiab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel%20generator
A diesel generator (DG) (also known as a diesel genset) is the combination of a diesel engine with an electric generator (often an alternator) to generate electrical energy. This is a specific case of engine generator. A diesel compression-ignition engine is usually designed to run on diesel fuel, but some types are ad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%201%20cable
Category 1 cable, also known as Cat 1, Level 1, or voice-grade copper, is a grade of unshielded twisted pair cabling designed for telephone communications, and at one time was the most common on-premises wiring. The maximum frequency suitable for transmission over Cat 1 cable is 1 MHz, but Cat 1 is not currently consi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t%20repeat%20yourself
"Don't repeat yourself" (DRY) is a principle of software development aimed at reducing repetition of information which is likely to change, replacing it with abstractions that are less likely to change, or using data normalization which avoids redundancy in the first place. The DRY principle is stated as "Every piece ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified%20software%20development%20professional
Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) is a vendor-neutral professional certification in software engineering developed by the IEEE Computer Society for experienced software engineering professionals. This certification was offered globally since 2001 through Dec. 2014. The certification program constitute...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verificationism
Verificationism, also known as the verification principle or the verifiability criterion of meaning, is the philosophical doctrine which asserts that a statement is meaningful only if it is either empirically verifiable (i.e. confirmed through the senses) or a truth of logic (e.g., tautologies). Verificationism reject...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazard%20analysis
A hazard analysis is used as the first step in a process used to assess risk. The result of a hazard analysis is the identification of different types of hazards. A hazard is a potential condition and exists or not (probability is 1 or 0). It may, in single existence or in combination with other hazards (sometimes call...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Logan
Adam Logan (born 1975 in Kingston, Ontario) is a research mathematician and a top Canadian Scrabble player. He won the World Scrabble Championship in 2005, beating Pakorn Nemitrmansuk of Thailand 3–0 in the final. He is the only player to have won the Canadian Scrabble Championship five times (1996, 2005, 2008, 2013 an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl%20heptanoate
Ethyl heptanoate is the ester resulting from the condensation of heptanoic acid and ethanol. It is used in the flavor industry because of its odor that is similar to grape. References Enanthate esters Ethyl esters Flavors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufacture%20of%20cheddar%20cheese
The manufacture of Cheddar cheese includes the process of cheddaring, which makes this cheese unique. Cheddar cheese is named for the village of Cheddar in Somerset in South West England where it was originally manufactured. The manufacturing of this cheese has since spread around the world and thus the name has becom...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20machine
A DNA machine is a molecular machine constructed from DNA. Research into DNA machines was pioneered in the late 1980s by Nadrian Seeman and co-workers from New York University. DNA is used because of the numerous biological tools already found in nature that can affect DNA, and the immense knowledge of how DNA works p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal%20representation
A decimal representation of a non-negative real number is its expression as a sequence of symbols consisting of decimal digits traditionally written with a single separator: Here is the decimal separator, is a nonnegative integer, and are digits, which are symbols representing integers in the range 0, ..., 9. Co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethyl%20salicylate
Ethyl salicylate is the ester formed by the condensation of salicylic acid and ethanol. It is a clear liquid that is sparingly soluble in water, but soluble in alcohol and ether. It has a pleasant odor resembling wintergreen and is used in perfumery and artificial flavors. See also Methyl salicylate Isopropyl salicy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vactrain
A vactrain (or vacuum tube train) is a proposed design for very-high-speed rail transportation. It is a maglev (magnetic levitation) line using partly evacuated tubes or tunnels. Reduced air resistance could permit vactrains to travel at very high (hypersonic) speeds with relatively little power—up to . This is 5–6 tim...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasie%20III
Phantasie III: The Wrath of Nikademus is the third video game in the Phantasie series. Gameplay The "final" installment of the Phantasie trilogy was based around fighting the evil Nikademus and finishing him for good. Released in 1987, this time Nikademus was attempting to take over the entire world and it was up to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic%20effort
Somatic effort refers to the total investments of an organism in its own development, differentiation, and maintenance which consequently increases its reproductive potential. References Behavioral ecology Reproduction