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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate%20choice | Mate choice is one of the primary mechanisms under which evolution can occur. It is characterized by a "selective response by animals to particular stimuli" which can be observed as behavior. In other words, before an animal engages with a potential mate, they first evaluate various aspects of that mate which are indic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disengagement%20theory | The disengagement theory of ageing states that "aging is an inevitable, mutual withdrawal or disengagement, resulting in decreased interaction between the aging person and others in the social system he belongs to". The theory claims that it is natural and acceptable for older adults to withdraw from society. There are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anfinsen%27s%20dogma | Anfinsen's dogma, also known as the thermodynamic hypothesis, is a postulate in molecular biology. It states that, at least for a small globular protein in its standard physiological environment, the native structure is determined only by the protein's amino acid sequence. The dogma was championed by the Nobel Prize La... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehmer%20matrix | In mathematics, particularly matrix theory, the n×n Lehmer matrix (named after Derrick Henry Lehmer) is the constant symmetric matrix defined by
Alternatively, this may be written as
Properties
As can be seen in the examples section, if A is an n×n Lehmer matrix and B is an m×m Lehmer matrix, then A is a submatrix o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synology | Synology Inc. () is a Taiwanese corporation that specializes in network-attached storage (NAS) appliances. Synology's line of NAS is known as the DiskStation for desktop models, FlashStation for all-flash models, and RackStation for rack-mount models. Synology's products are distributed worldwide and localized in sever... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion%20transformation | In mathematical physics, inversion transformations are a natural extension of Poincaré transformations to include all conformal, one-to-one transformations on coordinate space-time. They are less studied in physics because, unlike the rotations and translations of Poincaré symmetry, an object cannot be physically trans... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy%20costs | Legacy costs is a term formed by analogy with the computer industry's legacy systems. Legacy costs are those incurred by an organization (whether corporation or city) in prior years under different leadership or when the entity's priorities and resources were different. While it can refer to other commitments (particul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20economics | For the application of engineering economics in the practice of civil engineering see Engineering economics (Civil Engineering).
Engineering economics, previously known as engineering economy, is a subset of economics concerned with the use and "...application of economic principles" in the analysis of engineering de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Serrurier | Mark Serrurier (12 May 1904 in Pasadena, California – 14 February 1988) is the son of Dutch-born electrical engineer, Iwan Serrurier, who created the Moviola in 1924 which became the technology used for film editing. Mark was a graduate of Caltech and went on to work on designs for the Mt. Palomar 200 inch (5 m) Hale t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code%20rate | In telecommunication and information theory, the code rate (or information rate) of a forward error correction code is the proportion of the data-stream that is useful (non-redundant). That is, if the code rate is for every bits of useful information, the coder generates a total of bits of data, of which are redund... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substitution%20failure%20is%20not%20an%20error | Substitution failure is not an error (SFINAE) is a principle in C++ where an invalid substitution of template parameters is not in itself an error. David Vandevoorde first introduced the acronym SFINAE to describe related programming techniques.
Specifically, when creating a candidate set for overload resolution, som... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation%20%28projective%20geometry%29 | In projective geometry, a correlation is a transformation of a d-dimensional projective space that maps subspaces of dimension k to subspaces of dimension , reversing inclusion and preserving incidence. Correlations are also called reciprocities or reciprocal transformations.
In two dimensions
In the real projective p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase%20traffic%20theory | Three-phase traffic theory is a theory of traffic flow developed by Boris Kerner between 1996 and 2002. It focuses mainly on the explanation of the physics of traffic breakdown and resulting congested traffic on highways. Kerner describes three phases of traffic, while the classical theories based on the fundamental di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20architectural%20model | An architectural model (in software) is a diagram created using available standards, in which the primary aim is to illustrate a specific set of tradeoffs inherent in the structure and design of a system or ecosystem. Software architects use architectural models to communicate with others and seek peer feedback. An arc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20automation | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to automation:
Automation – use of control systems and information technologies to reduce the need for human work in the production of goods and services. In the scope of industrialization, automation is a step beyond mechanization.
Essence of auto... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20biotechnology | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to biotechnology:
Biotechnology – field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-Vandermonde%20identity | In mathematics, in the field of combinatorics, the q-Vandermonde identity is a q-analogue of the Chu–Vandermonde identity. Using standard notation for q-binomial coefficients, the identity states that
The nonzero contributions to this sum come from values of j such that the q-binomial coefficients on the right side a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermomechanical%20analysis | Thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is a technique used in thermal analysis, a branch of materials science which studies the properties of materials as they change with temperature.
Thermomechanical analysis is a subdiscipline of the thermomechanometry (TM) technique.
Related techniques and terminology
Thermomechanometry... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense%20in%20depth%20%28computing%29 | Defense in depth is a concept used in information security in which multiple layers of security controls (defense) are placed throughout an information technology (IT) system. Its intent is to provide redundancy in the event a security control fails or a vulnerability is exploited that can cover aspects of personnel, p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrodifference%20equation | In mathematics, an integrodifference equation is a recurrence relation on a function space, of the following form:
where is a sequence in the function space and is the domain of those functions. In most applications, for any , is a probability density function on . Note that in the definition above, can be vector... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsurface%20flow | Subsurface flow, in hydrology, is the flow of water beneath earth's surface as part of the water cycle.
In the water cycle, when precipitation falls on the earth's land, some of the water flows on the surface forming streams and rivers. The remaining water, through infiltration, penetrates the soil traveling undergrou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murus%20gallicus | Murus gallicus or Gallic wall is a method of construction of defensive walls used to protect Iron Age hillforts and oppida of the La Tene period in Western Europe.
Basic features
The distinctive features are:
earth or rubble fill
transverse cross beams at approximately 2 ft (60 cm) intervals
longitudinal timbers l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula%20linguae | The copula linguae or copula, is a swelling that forms from the second pharyngeal arch, late in the fourth week of embryogenesis. During the fifth and sixth weeks the copula becomes overgrown and covered by the hypopharyngeal eminence which forms mostly from the third pharyngeal arch and in part from the fourth pharyn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%E2%80%93Thompson%20inequality | In physics and mathematics, the Golden–Thompson inequality is a trace inequality between exponentials of symmetric and Hermitian matrices proved independently by and . It has been developed in the context of statistical mechanics, where it has come to have a particular significance.
Statement
The Golden–Thompson ine... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sediment%20transport | Sediment transport is the movement of solid particles (sediment), typically due to a combination of gravity acting on the sediment, and the movement of the fluid in which the sediment is entrained. Sediment transport occurs in natural systems where the particles are clastic rocks (sand, gravel, boulders, etc.), mud, or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20Gateway%20Initiative | The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) was a nonprofit trade organization to discuss the key specifications and standards of residential gateways, also known as home gateways.
It was founded by telephone companies (Belgacom, BT, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, KPN, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), Swiss Telecom, Tel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbard%E2%80%93Stratonovich%20transformation | The Hubbard–Stratonovich (HS) transformation is an exact mathematical transformation invented by Russian physicist Ruslan L. Stratonovich and popularized by British physicist John Hubbard. It is used to convert a particle theory into its respective field theory by linearizing the density operator in the many-body inter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement%20field%20%28mechanics%29 | In mechanics, a displacement field is the assignment of displacement vectors for all points in a region or body that are displaced from one state to another. A displacement vector specifies the position of a point or a particle in reference to an origin or to a previous position. For example, a displacement field may b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield%20surface | A yield surface is a five-dimensional surface in the six-dimensional space of stresses. The yield surface is usually convex and the state of stress of inside the yield surface is elastic. When the stress state lies on the surface the material is said to have reached its yield point and the material is said to have be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auth-Code | An Auth-Code, also known as an EPP code, authorization code, transfer code, or Auth-Info Code, is a generated passcode required to transfer an Internet domain name between domain registrars; the code is intended to indicate that the domain name owner has authorized the transfer.
Auth-Codes are created by the current r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20booting | Network booting, shortened netboot, is the process of booting a computer from a network rather than a local drive. This method of booting can be used by routers, diskless workstations and centrally managed computers (thin clients) such as public computers at libraries and schools.
Network booting can be used to centra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided%20power%20structure | In mathematics, specifically commutative algebra, a divided power structure is a way of making expressions of the form meaningful even when it is not possible to actually divide by .
Definition
Let A be a commutative ring with an ideal I. A divided power structure (or PD-structure, after the French puissances divis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20College%20of%20Telecommunication%20Engineering | The Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE) is the engineering training establishment for the Corps of Signals, established 1911, of the Indian Army. It is located near Indore, in the town formerly known as Mhow, now called Dr Ambedkar Nagar, in Madhya Pradesh.
References
External links
Corps of S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalizations%20of%20Fibonacci%20numbers | In mathematics, the Fibonacci numbers form a sequence defined recursively by:
That is, after two starting values, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers.
The Fibonacci sequence has been studied extensively and generalized in many ways, for example, by starting with other numbers than 0 and 1, by adding m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Cameron%20%28mathematician%29 | Peter Jephson Cameron FRSE (born 23 January 1947) is an Australian mathematician who works in group theory, combinatorics, coding theory, and model theory. He is currently half-time Professor of Mathematics at the University of St Andrews, and Emeritus Professor at Queen Mary University of London.
Cameron received a B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%27s%20law | Davis's law is used in anatomy and physiology to describe how soft tissue models along imposed demands. It is similar to Wolff's law, which applies to osseous tissue. It is a physiological principle stating that soft tissue heal according to the manner in which they are mechanically stressed.
It is also an application... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-contrast%20microscopy |
Phase-contrast microscopy (PCM) is an optical microscopy technique that converts phase shifts in light passing through a transparent specimen to brightness changes in the image. Phase shifts themselves are invisible, but become visible when shown as brightness variations.
When light waves travel through a medium oth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse%20shaping | In electronics and telecommunications, pulse shaping is the process of changing a transmitted pulses' waveform to optimize the signal for its intended purpose or the communication channel. This is often done by limiting the bandwidth of the transmission and filtering the pulses to control intersymbol interference. Puls... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schafer%20automation%20system | The first Schafer Automation System, installed at KGEE(AM) in Bakersfield, California in 1956, was dubbed the "blue-wire job" because all of the wiring in it was blue, its inventor, Paul Schafer said. "The owner wanted to program his station all night long without a person being there. I used a couple of Seeburg recor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci%20numbers%20in%20popular%20culture | The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of integers, starting with 0, 1 and continuing 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ..., each new number being the sum of the previous two. The Fibonacci numbers, often presented in conjunction with the golden ratio, are a popular theme in culture. They have been mentioned in novels, films, televisio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MODELLER | Modeller, often stylized as MODELLER, is a computer program used for homology modeling to produce models of protein tertiary structures and quaternary structures (rarer). It implements a method inspired by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of proteins (protein NMR), termed satisfaction of spatial restraints, by w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-energy%20adaptive%20clustering%20hierarchy | Low-energy adaptive clustering hierarchy ("LEACH") is a TDMA-based MAC protocol which is integrated with clustering and a simple routing protocol in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The goal of LEACH is to lower the energy consumption required to create and maintain clusters in order to improve the life time of a wirel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perso-Arabic%20Script%20Code%20for%20Information%20Interchange | Perso-Arabic Script Code for Information Interchange (PASCII) is one of the Indian government standards for encoding languages using writing systems based on Perso-Arabic alphabet, in particular Kashmiri, Persian, Sindhi and Urdu. The ISCII encoding was originally intended to cover both the Brahmi-derived writing syste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixmaster%20universe | The Mixmaster universe (named after Sunbeam Mixmaster, a brand of Sunbeam Products electric kitchen mixer) is a solution to Einstein field equations of general relativity studied by Charles Misner in an effort to better understand the dynamics of the early universe. He hoped to solve the horizon problem in a natural wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monadic%20predicate%20calculus | In logic, the monadic predicate calculus (also called monadic first-order logic) is the fragment of first-order logic in which all relation symbols in the signature are monadic (that is, they take only one argument), and there are no function symbols. All atomic formulas are thus of the form , where is a relation symb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Design%20of%20an%20Optimizing%20Compiler | The Design of an Optimizing Compiler (Elsevier Science Ltd, 1980, ), by William Wulf, Richard K. Johnson, Charles B. Weinstock, Steven O. Hobbs, and Charles M. Geschke, was published in 1975 by Elsevier. It describes the BLISS optimizing compiler for the PDP-11, written at Carnegie Mellon University in the early 1970s.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog%20space | In mathematics, a hedgehog space is a topological space consisting of a set of spines joined at a point.
For any cardinal number , the -hedgehog space is formed by taking the disjoint union of real unit intervals identified at the origin (though its topology is not the quotient topology, but that defined by the metri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%20space%20%28topology%29 | In mathematics, more specifically point-set topology, a Moore space is a developable regular Hausdorff space. That is, a topological space X is a Moore space if the following conditions hold:
Any two distinct points can be separated by neighbourhoods, and any closed set and any point in its complement can be separated... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry%20element | In chemistry and crystallography, a symmetry element is a point, line, or plane about which symmetry operations can take place. In particular, a symmetry element can be a mirror plane, an axis of rotation (either proper and improper), or a center of inversion. For an object such as a molecule or a crystal, a symmetry ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobutyraldehyde | Isobutyraldehyde is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3)2CHCHO. It is an aldehyde, isomeric with n-butyraldehyde (butanal). Isobutyraldehyde is made, often as a side-product, by the hydroformylation of propene. Its odour is described as that of wet cereal or straw. It undergoes the Cannizaro reaction even thoug... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatophyte%20test%20medium | Dermatophyte test medium (DTM) is a specialized agar used in medical mycology. It is based on Sabouraud's dextrose agar with added cycloheximide to inhibit saprotrophic growth, antibiotic to inhibit bacterial growth, and phenol red a pH indicator. The pH indicator is useful in distinguishing a dermatophyte fungus, whic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency%20%28UML%29 | In the Unified Modeling Language (UML), a Dependency is a relationship that shows that an element, or set of elements, requires other model elements for their specification or implementation. The element is dependent upon the independent element, called the supplier. Two or more elements in this relationship are called... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwerty%20effect | The QWERTY effect (or qwerty effect) emphasizes ways that modern keyboard layouts have influenced human language, naming preferences and behavior.
The Wubi effect references the same process of influence driven by autocomplete, Chinese input methods for computers (such as the Wubi method), and real time input suggest... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20carrier%20control | Dynamic carrier control (DCC) is a method of reducing power consumption in radio transmitters during periods of low audio activity or silence. It is a type of Modulation-Dependent Carrier Level control, or MDCL. All modern high-power (>50 kW) shortwave radio transmitters incorporate DCC of some kind, as well as some me... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptlib | cryptlib is an open-source cross-platform software security toolkit library. It is distributed under the Sleepycat License, a free software license compatible with the GNU General Public License. Alternatively, cryptlib is available under a proprietary license for those preferring to use it under proprietary terms.
Fe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic%20evolution%20of%20ligands%20by%20exponential%20enrichment | Systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX), also referred to as in vitro selection or in vitro evolution, is a combinatorial chemistry technique in molecular biology for producing oligonucleotides of either single-stranded DNA or RNA that specifically bind to a target ligand or ligands. These sin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unidirectional%20Lightweight%20Encapsulation | The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) is a Data link layer protocol for the transportation of network layer packets over MPEG transport streams.
Because of the very low protocol overhead, it is especially suited for IP over Satellite services (where every bit counts). Such a system is for example DVB-S. H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentiated%20security | Differentiated security is a form of computer security that deploys a range of different security policies and mechanisms according to the identity and context of a user or transaction.
This makes it much more difficult to scale or replicate attacks, since each cluster/individual has a different security profile and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindstr%C3%B6m%20quantifier | In mathematical logic, a Lindström quantifier is a generalized polyadic quantifier. Lindström quantifiers generalize first-order quantifiers, such as the existential quantifier, the universal quantifier, and the counting quantifiers. They were introduced by Per Lindström in 1966. They were later studied for their appli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saprotrophic%20nutrition | Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi (for example Mucor) and soil bacteria. Saprotrophic microscopic fungi are so... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-on-module | A computer-on-module (COM) is a type of single-board computer (SBC), a subtype of an embedded computer system. An extension of the concept of system on chip (SoC) and system in package (SiP), COM lies between a full-up computer and a microcontroller in nature. It is very similar to a system on module (SOM).
Design
C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxase | A relaxase is a single-strand DNA transesterase enzyme produced by some prokaryotes and viruses. Relaxases are responsible for site- and strand-specific nicks in unwound double-stranded DNA . Known relaxases belong to the rolling circle replication (RCR) initiator superfamily of enzymes and fall into two broad classes:... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20equation | Language equations are mathematical statements that resemble numerical equations, but the variables assume values of formal languages rather than numbers. Instead of arithmetic operations in numerical equations, the variables are joined by language operations. Among the most common operations on two languages A and B a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon%20HD%204000%20series | The Radeon R700 is the engineering codename for a graphics processing unit series developed by Advanced Micro Devices under the ATI brand name. The foundation chip, codenamed RV770, was announced and demonstrated on June 16, 2008 as part of the FireStream 9250 and Cinema 2.0 initiative launch media event, with official... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic%20space | An analytic space is a generalization of an analytic manifold that allows singularities. An analytic space is a space that is locally the same as an analytic variety. They are prominent in the study of several complex variables, but they also appear in other contexts.
Definition
Fix a field k with a valuation. Ass... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroID | MicroID is a decentralized identity protocol. It was originally developed in 2005 by Jeremie Miller . A MicroID is a simple identifier comprising a hashed communication/identity URI (e.g. email, OpenID, and/or Yadis) and claimed URL. Together, the two elements create a hash that can be claimed by third-party service... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplidyne | An amplidyne is an obsolete electromechanical amplifier invented prior to World War II by Ernst Alexanderson. It consists of an electric motor driving a DC generator. The signal to be amplified is applied to the generator's field winding, and its output voltage is an amplified copy of the field current. The amplidyne w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIC%20%28markup%20language%29 | In computing, Pic is a domain-specific programming language by Brian Kernighan for specifying line diagrams.
The language contains predefined basic linear objects: line, move, arrow, and spline, the planar
objects box, circle, ellipse, arc, and definable composite elements.
Objects are placed with respect to other obje... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20model | An ecosystem model is an abstract, usually mathematical, representation of an ecological system (ranging in scale from an individual population, to an ecological community, or even an entire biome), which is studied to better understand the real system.
Using data gathered from the field, ecological relationships—such... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protofection | Protofection is a protein-mediated transfection of foreign mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) into the mitochondria of cells in a tissue to supplement or replace the native mitochondrial DNA already present. The complete mtDNA genome or just fragments of mtDNA generated by polymerase chain reaction can be transferred into the t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%20%28graphics%20chip%29 | Hollywood is the name of the graphics processing unit (GPU) used in Nintendo's Wii video game console. It was designed by ATI (now AMD), and is manufactured using the same 90 nm or 65 nm (depending on the hardware revision) CMOS process as Broadway, the Wii's central processing unit. Very few official details about Hol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framework-specific%20modeling%20language | A framework-specific modeling language (FSML) is a kind of domain-specific modeling language which is designed for an object-oriented application framework.
FSMLs define framework-provided abstractions as FSML concepts and decompose the abstractions into features. The features represent implementation steps or choic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20cytogenetics | Molecular cytogenetics combines two disciplines, molecular biology and cytogenetics, and involves the analysis of chromosome structure to help distinguish normal and cancer-causing cells. Human cytogenetics began in 1956 when it was discovered that normal human cells contain 46 chromosomes. However, the first microscop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AY-3-8500 | The AY-3-8500 "Ball & Paddle" integrated circuit was the first in a series of ICs from General Instrument designed for the consumer video game market. These chips were designed to output video to an RF modulator, which would then display the game on a domestic television set. The AY-3-8500 contained six selectable game... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preservation%20breeding | Preservation breeding is an attempt by many plant and animal breeders to preserve bloodlines of species, either of a rare breed, or of rare pedigrees within a breed.
Purpose
Preservation breeding can have several purposes:
Protection of genetic diversity within a species or a breed;
Preservation of valuable genet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20number | The West number is an empirical parameter used to characterize the performance of Stirling engines and other Stirling systems. It is very similar to the Beale number where a larger number indicates higher performance; however, the West number includes temperature compensation. The West number is often used to approxima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediated%20VPN | A mediated VPN is a virtual private network topology where two or more participants connect to a central switchboard server managed typically by a third party in order to create a virtual private network between them, as distinct from a typical VPN arrangement whereby clients of an organisation connect to a VPN concent... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO%20Blaster | The 3DO Blaster is an add-on produced by Creative Labs and designed to allow compatible Windows-based PCs to play games for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. It is a full-sized ISA compatibility card, and unlike other such add-ons, it does not emulate a 3DO system, but rather the whole system's logic board is included, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Non-Ferrous%20Metals%20Research%20Association | The British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association was a research group in the United Kingdom during the 20th century, bringing together public and privately funded research into metallurgy. The name was abbreviated officially to B.N.F.M.R.A. (the organisation was normally known as ‘The BNF’ during its life). It was ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilinear%20program | In mathematics, a bilinear program is a nonlinear optimization problem whose objective or constraint functions are bilinear. An example is the pooling problem.
References
Bilinear program at the Mathematical Programming Glossary.
Mathematical optimization |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC%20filtering | In computer networking, MAC address filtering is a security access control method whereby the MAC address assigned to each network interface controller is used to determine access to the network.
MAC addresses are uniquely assigned to each card, so using MAC filtering on a network permits and denies network access to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulatory%20blood%20pressure | Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) measures blood pressure at regular intervals. It is believed to be able to reduce the white coat hypertension effect in which a patient's blood pressure is elevated during the examination process due to nervousness and anxiety caused by being in a clinical setting. ABPM can a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20of%20pictures | In video coding, a group of pictures, or GOP structure, specifies the order in which intra- and inter-frames are arranged. The GOP is a collection of successive pictures within a coded video stream. Each coded video stream consists of successive GOPs, from which the visible frames are generated. Encountering a new GOP ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuts%20%26%20Milk | is a puzzle-platform game developed and published by Japanese software developer Hudson Soft in 1983. The game was released for the FM-7, MSX, NEC PC-8801, NEC PC-6001, and later to the Famicom in Japan. Along with Lode Runner, it was the first third-party video game to be released on a Nintendo console.
Gameplay
Bot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge%20X | Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility, known more commonly as Challenge X, was a four-year competition series amongst engineering students from across North America. Its purpose was to advance vehicle technology towards a goal of sustainable mobility.
The headline sponsors of the competition were The U.S. Dep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol-air%20temperature | Sol-air temperature (Tsol-air) is a variable used to calculate cooling load of a building and determine the total heat gain through exterior surfaces. It is an improvement over:
Where:
= rate of heat transfer [W]
= heat transfer surface area [m2]
= heat transfer coefficient for radiation (long wave) and conv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation%20in%20Papua%20New%20Guinea | Papua New Guinea together with the West Papua region of Indonesia (New Guinea) make up a major tropical wilderness area that still contains 5% of the original and untouched tropical high-biodiversity terrestrial ecosystems. PNG in itself contains over 5% of the world's biodiversity in less than 1% of the world's total ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Powder%20Metallurgy%20Property%20Database | The Global Powder Metallurgy Database (GPMD) is an online searchable database that has been developed as the result of a joint project between leading regional powder metallurgy (PM) trade associations, the EPMA and its sister organisations in Japan (JPMA) and North America (MPIF).
This database was created in respons... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20Knowledge%20Project | The Public Knowledge Project (PKP) is a non-profit research initiative that is focused on the importance of making the results of publicly funded research freely available through open access policies, and on developing strategies for making this possible including software solutions. It is a partnership between the Fa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRESTA | CRESTA (Catastrophe Risk Evaluation and Standardizing Target Accumulations) was founded as a joint project of Swiss Reinsurance Company, Gerling-Konzern Globale Reinsurance Company, and Munich Reinsurance Company. CRESTA has set itself the aim of establishing a globally uniform system for the accumulation risk control ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiprotocol%20Encapsulation%20over%20ATM | Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM is specified in RFC 2684. It defines two mechanisms for identifying the protocol carried in ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) frames. It replaces RFC 1483, a standard data link access protocol supported by DSL modems.
RFC 2684 describes two encapsulation mechanisms for network traffic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20safety | Food safety (or food hygiene) is used as a scientific method/discipline describing handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. The occurrence of two or more cases of a similar illness resulting from the ingestion of a common food is known as a food-borne disease outbreak. This inc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed%20electronics | Printed electronics is a set of printing methods used to create electrical devices on various substrates. Printing typically uses common printing equipment suitable for defining patterns on material, such as screen printing, flexography, gravure, offset lithography, and inkjet. By electronic-industry standards, these a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background%20selection | Background selection describes the loss of genetic diversity at a non-deleterious locus due to negative selection against linked deleterious alleles. It is one form of linked selection, where the maintenance or removal of an allele from a population is dependent upon the alleles in its linkage group. The name emphasize... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle%20coactivation | Muscle coactivation occurs when agonist and antagonist muscles (or synergist muscles) surrounding a joint contract simultaneously to provide joint stability, and is suggested to depend crucially on supraspinal processes involved in the control of movement. It is also known as muscle cocontraction, since two muscle grou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential%20ideal | In the theory of differential forms, a differential ideal I is an algebraic ideal in the ring of smooth differential forms on a smooth manifold, in other words a graded ideal in the sense of ring theory, that is further closed under exterior differentiation d, meaning that for any form α in I, the exterior derivative d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRST%20Tech%20Challenge | {{Infobox Sports league
| title = FIRST Tech Challenge
| current_season = Centerstage
| current_season2 =
| last_season = Powerplay
| upcoming_season =
| logo = FIRST Tech challenge logo.png
| pixels = 150px
| Formerly = FIRST Vex Challenge
| sport = Robotics-relate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20potential | The quantum potential or quantum potentiality is a central concept of the de Broglie–Bohm formulation of quantum mechanics, introduced by David Bohm in 1952.
Initially presented under the name quantum-mechanical potential, subsequently quantum potential, it was later elaborated upon by Bohm and Basil Hiley in its inte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Movement%20and%20Control%20Association | The Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. (AMCA) is an American trade body that sets standards for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) equipment. It rates fan balance and vibration, aerodynamic performance, air density, speed and efficiency.
AMCA was formed in 1955 from several earlier ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20nines%20in%20pi | A sequence of six consecutive nines occurs in the decimal representation of the number pi (), starting at the 762nd decimal place. It has become famous because of the mathematical coincidence, and because of the idea that one could memorize the digits of up to that point, and then suggest that is rational. The earlie... |
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