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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisense | Hisense Group is a Chinese multinational major appliance and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. Televisions are the main products of Hisense, and it is the largest TV manufacturer in China by market share since 2004. Hisense is also an OEM, so some of its products are sold to o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Y.%20Cho | Alfred Yi Cho (; born July 10, 1937) is a Chinese-American electrical engineer, inventor, and optical engineer. He is the Adjunct Vice President of Semiconductor Research at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs. He is known as the "father of molecular beam epitaxy"; a technique he developed at that facility in the late 1960s. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic%20stress | Cyclic stress is the distribution of forces (aka stresses) that change over time in a repetitive fashion. As an example, consider one of the large wheels used to drive an aerial lift such as a ski lift. The wire cable wrapped around the wheel exerts a downward force on the wheel and the drive shaft supporting the whee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20Multipoint%20Virtual%20Private%20Network | Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network (DMVPN) is a dynamic tunneling form of a virtual private network (VPN) supported on Cisco IOS-based routers, and Huawei AR G3 routers, and on Unix-like operating systems.
Benefits
DMVPN provides the capability for creating a dynamic-mesh VPN network without having to pre-conf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ERP%20software%20packages | This is a list of notable enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The first section is devoted to free and open-source software, and the second is for proprietary software.
Free and open-source ERP software
Proprietary ERP vendors and software
1C Company – 1C:Enterprise
24SevenOffice – 24SevenOffice Start, P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20power%20principle | The maximum power principle or Lotka's principle has been proposed as the fourth principle of energetics in open system thermodynamics, where an example of an open system is a biological cell. According to Howard T. Odum, "The maximum power principle can be stated: During self-organization, system designs develop and p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoof%27s%20algorithm | Schoof's algorithm is an efficient algorithm to count points on elliptic curves over finite fields. The algorithm has applications in elliptic curve cryptography where it is important to know the number of points to judge the difficulty of solving the discrete logarithm problem in the group of points on an elliptic cur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20total%20potential%20energy%20principle | The minimum total potential energy principle is a fundamental concept used in physics and engineering. It dictates that at low temperatures a structure or body shall deform or displace to a position that (locally) minimizes the total potential energy, with the lost potential energy being converted into kinetic energy (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Horn%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Paul M. Horn (born August 16, 1946) is an American computer scientist and solid state physicist who has made contributions to pervasive computing, pioneered the use of copper and self-assembly in chip manufacturing, and he helped manage the development of deep computing, an important tool that provides business decisio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resel | In image analysis, a resel (from resolution element) represents the actual spatial resolution in an image or a volumetric dataset.
The number of resels in the image may be lower or equal to the number of pixel/voxels in the image.
In an actual image the resels can vary across the image and indeed the local resolution ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet%20Powerlink | Ethernet Powerlink is a real-time protocol for standard Ethernet. It is an open protocol managed by the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group (EPSG). It was introduced by Austrian automation company B&R in 2001.
This protocol has nothing to do with power distribution via Ethernet cabling or power over Ethernet (PoE... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus%20Ex%20Machina%20%28video%20game%29 | Deus Ex Machina is a video game designed and created by Mel Croucher and published by Automata UK for the ZX Spectrum in October 1984 and later converted to MSX and Commodore 64.
The game was the first to be accompanied by a fully synchronised soundtrack which featured narration, celebrity artists and music. The cast ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme%20programming%20practices | Extreme programming (XP) is an agile software development methodology used to implement software projects. This article details the practices used in this methodology. Extreme programming has 12 practices, grouped into four areas, derived from the best practices of software engineering.
Fine scale feedback
Pair prog... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot%20transition%20detection | Shot transition detection (or simply shot detection) also called cut detection is a field of research of video processing. Its subject is the automated detection of transitions between shots in digital video with the purpose of temporal segmentation of videos.
Use
Shot transition detection is used to split up a film... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20linker | In computing, a dynamic linker is the part of an operating system that loads and links the shared libraries needed by an executable when it is executed (at "run time"), by copying the content of libraries from persistent storage to RAM, filling jump tables and relocating pointers. The specific operating system and exec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume%20fraction | In chemistry and fluid mechanics, the volume fraction φi is defined as the volume of a constituent Vi divided by the volume of all constituents of the mixture V prior to mixing:
Being dimensionless, its unit is 1; it is expressed as a number, e.g., 0.18. It is the same concept as volume percent (vol%) except that the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgeworth%20price%20cycle | An Edgeworth price cycle is cyclical pattern in prices characterized by an initial jump, which is then followed by a slower decline back towards the initial level. The term was introduced by Maskin and Tirole (1988) in a theoretical setting featuring two firms bidding sequentially and where the winner captures the full... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMNET | SIMNET was a wide area network with vehicle simulators and displays for real-time distributed combat simulation: tanks, helicopters and airplanes in a virtual battlefield. SIMNET was developed for and used by the United States military. SIMNET development began in the mid-1980s, was fielded starting in 1987, and was ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-cell%20vaccination | T-cell vaccination is immunization with inactivated autoreactive T cells. The concept of T-cell vaccination is, at least partially, analogous to classical vaccination against infectious disease. However, the agents to be eliminated or neutralized are not foreign microbial agents but a pathogenic autoreactive T-cell pop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen%20theory | Nielsen theory is a branch of mathematical research with its origins in topological fixed-point theory. Its central ideas were developed by Danish mathematician Jakob Nielsen, and bear his name.
The theory developed in the study of the so-called minimal number of a map f from a compact space to itself, denoted MF[f]. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzog%E2%80%93Sch%C3%B6nheim%20conjecture | In mathematics, the Herzog–Schönheim conjecture is a combinatorial problem in the area of group theory, posed by Marcel Herzog and Jochanan Schönheim in 1974.
Let be a group, and let
be a finite system of left cosets of subgroups
of .
Herzog and Schönheim conjectured
that if forms a partition of
with ,
then the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tire%20code | Automotive tires are described by an alphanumeric tire code (in North American English) or tyre code (in Commonwealth English), which is generally molded into the sidewall of the tire. This code specifies the dimensions of the tire, and some of its key limitations, such as load-bearing ability, and maximum speed. Somet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertex%20configuration | In geometry, a vertex configuration is a shorthand notation for representing the vertex figure of a polyhedron or tiling as the sequence of faces around a vertex. For uniform polyhedra there is only one vertex type and therefore the vertex configuration fully defines the polyhedron. (Chiral polyhedra exist in mirror-i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML%20for%20Analysis | XML for Analysis (XMLA) is an industry standard for data access in analytical systems, such as online analytical processing (OLAP) and data mining. XMLA is based on other industry standards such as XML, SOAP and HTTP. XMLA is maintained by XMLA Council with Microsoft, Hyperion and SAS Institute being the XMLA Council f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASMI | Fast Analysis of Shared Multidimensional Information (FASMI) is an alternative term for OLAP. The term was coined by Nigel Pendse of The OLAP Report (now known as The BI Verdict), because he felt that the 12 rules that Tedd Codd used to define OLAP were too controversial and biased (the rules were sponsored by Arbor S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecotrope | Cecotropes, also called caecotrophs, caecal pellets, or night feces, are the product of the cecum, a part of the digestive system in mammals of the order Lagomorpha, which includes two families: Leporidae (hares and rabbits), and Ochotonidae (pikas). Cecotropes are passed through the intestines and subsequently reinges... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy%20John%20Heawood | Percy John Heawood (8 September 1861 – 24 January 1955) was a British mathematician, who concentrated on graph colouring.
Life
He was the son of the Rev. John Richard Heawood of Newport, Shropshire, and his wife Emily Heath, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Heath of Wigmore, Herefordshire; and a first cousin of Oliver Lodg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaurote | Amaurote is a British video game for 8-bit computer systems that was released in 1987 by Mastertronic on their Mastertronic Added Dimension label. The music for the game was written by David Whittaker.
Plot
From the game's instructions:
The city of Amaurote has been invaded by huge, aggressive insects who have built ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruskal%27s%20tree%20theorem | In mathematics, Kruskal's tree theorem states that the set of finite trees over a well-quasi-ordered set of labels is itself well-quasi-ordered under homeomorphic embedding.
History
The theorem was conjectured by Andrew Vázsonyi and proved by ; a short proof was given by . It has since become a prominent example in r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox%20NoteTaker | The Xerox NoteTaker is a portable computer developed at Xerox PARC in Palo Alto, California, in 1978. Although it did not enter production, and only around ten prototypes were built, it strongly influenced the design of the later Osborne 1 and Compaq Portable computers.
Development
The NoteTaker was developed by a tea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fano%27s%20inequality | In information theory, Fano's inequality (also known as the Fano converse and the Fano lemma) relates the average information lost in a noisy channel to the probability of the categorization error. It was derived by Robert Fano in the early 1950s while teaching a Ph.D. seminar in information theory at MIT, and later r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20layer%20deposition | Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a thin-film deposition technique based on the sequential use of a gas-phase chemical process; it is a subclass of chemical vapour deposition. The majority of ALD reactions use two chemicals called precursors (also called "reactants"). These precursors react with the surface of a materia... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier%20Guichard | Xavier Guichard (1870–1947) was a French Director of Police, archaeologist and writer.
His 1936 book Eleusis Alesia: Enquête sur les origines de la civilisation européenne is an early example of speculative thinking concerning Earth mysteries, based on his observations of apparent alignments between Alesia-like place ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baillie%E2%80%93PSW%20primality%20test | The Baillie–PSW primality test is a probabilistic or possibly deterministic primality testing algorithm that determines whether a number is composite or is a probable prime. It is named after Robert Baillie, Carl Pomerance, John Selfridge, and Samuel Wagstaff.
The Baillie–PSW test is a combination of a strong Fermat p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%20art | Chip art, also known as silicon art, chip graffiti or silicon doodling, refers to microscopic artwork built into integrated circuits, also called chips or ICs. Since ICs are printed by photolithography, not constructed a component at a time, there is no additional cost to include features in otherwise unused space on ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise%20over%20thermal | In wireless communication systems, the rise over thermal (ROT) indicates the ratio between the total interference received on a base station and the thermal noise.
The ROT is a measurement of congestion of a cellular telephone network. The acceptable level of ROT is often used to define the capacity of systems using ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader%20potential | Ecologically, invader potential is the qualitative and quantitative measures of a given invasive species probability to invade a given ecosystem. This is often seen through climate matching. There are many reasons why a species may invade a new area. The term invader potential may also be interchangeable with invasiven... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, a hierarchy is a set-theoretical object, consisting of a preorder defined on a set. This is often referred to as an ordered set, though that is an ambiguous term that many authors reserve for partially ordered sets or totally ordered sets. The term pre-ordered set is unambiguous, and is always synonymou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%203705%20Communications%20Controller | The IBM 3705 Communications Controller is a simple computer which attaches to an IBM System/360 or System/370. Its purpose is to connect communication lines to the mainframe channel. It was a first communications controller of the popular IBM 37xx series. It was announced in March 1972. Designed for semiconductor memo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20computer%20worms |
See also
Timeline of notable computer viruses and worms
Comparison of computer viruses
List of trojan horses
References
Computer worms
Worms |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN%20Games | MSN Games (also known as Zone.com - formerly known as The Village, Internet Gaming Zone, MSN Gaming Zone, and MSN Games by Zone.com) is a casual gaming web site, with single player, multiplayer, PC download, and social casino video games. Games are available in free online, trial, and full feature pay-to-play versions.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD%20FireMV | AMD FireMV, formerly ATI FireMV, is brand name for graphics cards marketed as a Multi-Display 2D video card, with 3D capabilities same as the low-end Radeon graphics products. It competes directly with Matrox professional video cards. FireMV cards aims at the corporate environment who require several displays attached ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube%20lemma | In mathematics, particularly topology, the tube lemma, also called Wallace's theorem, is a useful tool in order to prove that the finite product of compact spaces is compact.
Statement
The lemma uses the following terminology:
If and are topological spaces and is the product space, endowed with the product topo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norpak | Norpak Corporation was a company headquartered in Kanata, Ontario, Canada, that specialized in the development of systems for television-based data transmission. In 2010, it was acquired by Ross Video Ltd. of Iroquois and Ottawa, Ontario.
Norpak developed the NABTS (North American Broadcast Teletext Standard) protocol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLH%20Orion | The Orion was a series of 32-bit super-minicomputers designed and produced in the 1980s by High Level Hardware Limited (HLH), a company based in Oxford, UK. The company produced four versions of the machine:
The original Orion, sometimes referred to as the "Microcodeable Orion".
The Orion 1/05, in which the microcod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagrid | A diagrid (a portmanteau of diagonal grid) is a framework of diagonally intersecting metal, concrete, or wooden beams that is used in the construction of buildings and roofs. It requires less structural steel than a conventional steel frame. Hearst Tower in New York City, designed by Norman Foster, uses 21 percent less... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic%20state%20machine | The algorithmic state machine (ASM) is a method for designing finite state machines (FSMs) originally developed by Thomas E. Osborne at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) since 1960, introduced to and implemented at Hewlett-Packard in 1968, formalized and expanded since 1967 and written about by Christopher R... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20access%20network | A radio access network (RAN) is part of a mobile telecommunication system implementing a radio access technology (RAT). Conceptually, it resides between a device such as a mobile phone, a computer, or any remotely controlled machine and provides connection with its core network (CN). Depending on the standard, mobile p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%20%28thermodynamics%29 | Thermodynamic work is one of the principal processes by which a thermodynamic system can interact with its surroundings and exchange energy. This exchange results in externally measurable macroscopic forces on the system's surroundings, which can cause mechanical work, to lift a weight, for example, or cause changes in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonioreflectometer | A gonioreflectometer is a device for measuring a bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF).
The device consists of a light source illuminating the material to be measured and a sensor that captures light reflected from that material. The light source should be able to illuminate and the sensor should be a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86%20memory%20models | In computing, the x86 memory models are a set of six different memory models of the x86 CPU operating in real mode which control how the segment registers are used and the default size of pointers.
Memory segmentation
Four registers are used to refer to four segments on the 16-bit x86 segmented memory architecture. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola%206847 | The MC6847 is a Video Display Generator (VDG) first introduced by Motorola in 1978 and used in the TRS-80 Color Computer, Dragon 32/64, Laser 200, TRS-80 MC-10/Matra Alice, NEC PC-6000 series, Acorn Atom, and the APF Imagination Machine, among others. It is a relatively simple display generator compared to other displa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift%20oscillator | A phase-shift oscillator is a linear electronic oscillator circuit that produces a sine wave output. It consists of an inverting amplifier element such as a transistor or op amp with its output fed back to its input through a phase-shift network consisting of resistors and capacitors in a ladder network. The feedback n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal%20instruction%20set%20computer | Minimal instruction set computer (MISC) is a central processing unit (CPU) architecture, usually in the form of a microprocessor, with a very small number of basic operations and corresponding opcodes, together forming an instruction set. Such sets are commonly stack-based rather than register-based to reduce the size ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq%20Deskpro | The Compaq Deskpro is a line of business-oriented desktop computers manufactured by Compaq, then discontinued after the merger with Hewlett-Packard. Models were produced containing microprocessors from the 8086 up to the x86-based Intel Pentium 4.
History
Deskpro (8086) and Deskpro 286
The original Compaq Deskpro (re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon%20Museum | The Neon Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors on . The museum features a restored lobby shell from the defunct La Concha Motel as its visitors' center, which officially opened on October 27, 2012.
For many years, the Young Electric Sign Com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altera%20Hardware%20Description%20Language | Altera Hardware Description Language (AHDL) is a proprietary hardware description language (HDL) developed by Altera Corporation. AHDL is used for digital logic design entry for Altera's complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). It is supported by Altera's MAX-PLUS and Quart... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC%201050 | The UNIVAC 1050 was a variable word-length (one to 16 characters) decimal and binary computer. It was initially announced in May 1962 as an off-line input-output processor for larger UNIVAC systems.
Instructions were fixed length (30 bits – five characters), consisting of a five-bit "op code", a three-bit index regis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actuarial%20present%20value | The actuarial present value (APV) is the expected value of the present value of a contingent cash flow stream (i.e. a series of payments which may or may not be made). Actuarial present values are typically calculated for the benefit-payment or series of payments associated with life insurance and life annuities. The p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-dimensional%20electron%20gas | A two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is a scientific model in solid-state physics. It is an electron gas that is free to move in two dimensions, but tightly confined in the third. This tight confinement leads to quantized energy levels for motion in the third direction, which can then be ignored for most problems. Thu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception%20handling%20syntax | Exception handling syntax is the set of keywords and/or structures provided by a computer programming language to allow exception handling, which separates the handling of errors that arise during a program's operation from its ordinary processes. Syntax for exception handling varies between programming languages, part... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro%20ISV | A micro ISV (abbr. mISV or μISV), a term coined by Eric Sink, is an independent software vendor with fewer than 10 or even just one software developer. In such an environment the company owner develops software, manages sales and does public relations.
The term has come to include more than just a "one-man shop," but... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Edmonds | Jack R. Edmonds (born April 5, 1934) is an American-born and educated computer scientist and mathematician who lived and worked in Canada for much of his life. He has made fundamental contributions to the fields of combinatorial optimization, polyhedral combinatorics, discrete mathematics and the theory of computing. H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20resistivity%20tomography | Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) or electrical resistivity imaging (ERI) is a geophysical technique for imaging sub-surface structures from electrical resistivity measurements made at the surface, or by electrodes in one or more boreholes. If the electrodes are suspended in the boreholes, deeper sections can be ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claw-free%20permutation | In the mathematical and computer science field of cryptography, a group of three numbers (x,y,z) is said to be a claw of two permutations f0 and f1 if
f0(x) = f1(y) = z.
A pair of permutations f0 and f1 are said to be claw-free if there is no efficient algorithm for computing a claw.
The terminology claw free was in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tondo%20%28art%29 | A tondo (plural "tondi" or "tondos") is a Renaissance term for a circular work of art, either a painting or a sculpture. The word derives from the Italian rotondo, "round." The term is usually not used in English for small round paintings, but only those over about 60 cm (two feet) in diameter, thus excluding many rou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20heaviest%20people | This is a list of the heaviest people who have been weighed and verified, living and dead. The list is organised by the peak weight reached by an individual and is limited to those who are over .
Heaviest people ever recorded
See also
Big Pun (1971–2000), American rapper whose weight at death was .
Edward Bright (17... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopf%20bifurcation | In the mathematical theory of bifurcations, a Hopf bifurcation is a critical point where, as a parameter changes, a system's stability switches and a periodic solution arises. More accurately, it is a local bifurcation in which a fixed point of a dynamical system loses stability, as a pair of complex conjugate eigenval... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salinometer | A salinometer is a device designed to measure the salinity, or dissolved salt content, of a solution.
Since the salinity affects both the electrical conductivity and the specific gravity of a solution, a salinometer often consist of an ec meter or hydrometer and some means of converting those readings to a salinity re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalar%E2%80%93tensor%20theory | In theoretical physics, a scalar–tensor theory is a field theory that includes both a scalar field and a tensor field to represent a certain interaction. For example, the Brans–Dicke theory of gravitation uses both a scalar field and a tensor field to mediate the gravitational interaction.
Tensor fields and field the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-folding | Wet-folding is an origami technique developed by Akira Yoshizawa that employs water to dampen the paper so that it can be manipulated more easily. This process adds an element of sculpture to origami, which is otherwise purely geometric. Wet-folding is used very often by professional folders for non-geometric origami, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex%20lift | Vortex lift is that portion of lift due to the action of leading edge vortices. It is generated by wings with highly sweptback, sharp, leading edges (beyond 50 degrees of sweep) or highly-swept wing-root extensions added to a wing of moderate sweep. It is sometimes known as non-linear lift due to its rapid increase wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormbringer%20%28video%20game%29 | Stormbringer is a computer game written by David Jones and released in 1987 by Mastertronic on the Mastertronic Added Dimension label. It was originally released on the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and MSX. A version for the Atari ST was published in 1988. It is the fourth and final game in the Magic Knight s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum%20furnace | A vacuum furnace is a type of furnace in which the product in the furnace is surrounded by a vacuum during processing. The absence of air or other gases prevents oxidation, heat loss from the product through convection, and removes a source of contamination. This enables the furnace to heat materials (typically metals ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre%20GCR | The Spectre GCR is a hardware and software package for the Atari ST computers. The hardware consists of a cartridge that plugs into the Atari ST's cartridge port and a cable that connects between the cartridge and one of the floppy ports on the ST. Designed by David Small and sold through his company Gadgets by Small,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20competence | In microbiology, genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology, competence is the ability of a cell to alter its genetics by taking up extracellular ("naked") DNA from its environment in the process called transformation. Competence may be differentiated between natural competence, a genetically specified ability of ba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TigerSHARC | TigerSHARC refers to a family of microprocessors currently manufactured by Analog Devices Inc (ADI).
See also
SHARC
Blackfin
External links
TigerSHARC processor website
Digital signal processors
VLIW microprocessors |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract | An extract (essence) is a substance made by extracting a part of a raw material, often by using a solvent such as ethanol, oil or water. Extracts may be sold as tinctures, absolutes or in powder form.
The aromatic principles of many spices, nuts, herbs, fruits, etc., and some flowers, are marketed as extracts, among ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20transformation | Source transformation is the process of simplifying a circuit solution, especially with mixed sources, by transforming voltage sources into current sources, and vice versa, using Thévenin's theorem and Norton's theorem respectively.
Process
Performing a source transformation consists of using Ohm's law to take an ex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiotic%20drive | Meiotic drive is a type of intragenomic conflict, whereby one or more loci within a genome will affect a manipulation of the meiotic process in such a way as to favor the transmission of one or more alleles over another, regardless of its phenotypic expression. More simply, meiotic drive is when one copy of a gene is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20load | A structural load or structural action is a force, deformation, or acceleration applied to structural elements. A load causes stress, deformation, and displacement in a structure. Structural analysis, a discipline in engineering, analyzes the effects of loads on structures and structural elements. Excess load may cause... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve%20orientation | In mathematics, an orientation of a curve is the choice of one of the two possible directions for travelling on the curve. For example, for Cartesian coordinates, the -axis is traditionally oriented toward the right, and the -axis is upward oriented.
In the case of a planar simple closed curve (that is, a curve in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepts%2C%20Techniques%2C%20and%20Models%20of%20Computer%20Programming | Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming is a textbook published in 2004 about general computer programming concepts from MIT Press written by Université catholique de Louvain professor Peter Van Roy and Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden professor Seif Haridi.
Using a carefully selected progression... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Reader | The was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony. The first model was the PRS-500 released in September 2006 and was related to the earlier Sony Librie, the first commercial E Ink e-reader in 2004 using an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation. The last model was the PRS-T3, after which Sony ann... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvega | Sarvega, Inc., was an Intel-owned company that provided XML appliances. The Intel purchase was announced on August 17, 2005, and the company brought into Intel's Software and Services Group (SSG).
Other Global 1000 organizations using Sarvega XPE Switches include Fujitsu, health care supplier Mt. Sinai Hospital Syste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncy%20Castle%20%28cryptography%29 | Bouncy Castle is a collection of APIs used in cryptography. It includes APIs for both the Java and the C# programming languages. The APIs are supported by a registered Australian charitable organization: Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Bouncy Castle is Australian in origin and therefore American restrictions on the e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain%20garden | Rain gardens, also called bioretention facilities, are one of a variety of practices designed to increase rain runoff reabsorption by the soil. They can also be used to treat polluted stormwater runoff. Rain gardens are designed landscape sites that reduce the flow rate, total quantity, and pollutant load of runoff fro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Binmore | Kenneth George "Ken" Binmore, (born 27 September 1940) is an English mathematician, economist, and game theorist, a Professor Emeritus of Economics at University College London (UCL) and a Visiting Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. As a founder of modern economic theory of bargaining (with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration%20appliance | An integration appliance is a computer system specifically designed to lower the cost of integrating computer systems. Most integration appliances send or receive electronic messages from other computers that are exchanging electronic documents. Most Integration Appliances support XML messaging standards such as SOAP... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML%20firewall | An XML firewall is a specialized device used to protect applications exposed through XML based interfaces like WSDL and REST and scan XML traffic coming into and going out from an organization. Typically deployed in a DMZ environment an XML Firewall is often used to validate XML traffic, control access to XML based res... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad%20%28software%29 | Toad is a database management toolset from Quest Software for managing relational and non-relational databases using SQL aimed at database developers, database administrators, and data analysts. The Toad toolset runs against Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2 (LUW & z/OS), SAP and MySQL. A Toad product for data preparation su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamization | In computer science, dynamization is the process of transforming a static data structure into a dynamic one. Although static data structures may provide very good functionality and fast queries, their utility is limited because of their inability to grow/shrink quickly, thus making them inapplicable for the solution of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdStar | AdStar (an acronym for Advanced Storage and Retrieval) was a division of IBM that encompassed all the company's storage products including disk, tape and optical storage systems and storage software.
History
In 1992 IBM combined their Storage Products businesses comprising eleven sites in eight countries into this div... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytoarchitecture | Cytoarchitecture (Greek κύτος= "cell" + ἀρχιτεκτονική= "architecture"), also known as cytoarchitectonics, is the study of the cellular composition of the central nervous system's tissues under the microscope. Cytoarchitectonics is one of the ways to parse the brain, by obtaining sections of the brain using a microtome ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162%20%28number%29 | 162 (one hundred [and] sixty-two) is the natural number between 161 and 163.
In mathematics
Having only 2 and 3 as its prime divisors, 162 is a 3-smooth number. 162 is also an abundant number, since its sum of divisors is greater than it. As the product of numbers three units apart from each other, it is a triple f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroless%20deposition | Electroless deposition (ED) or electroless plating is defined as the autocatalytic process through which metals and metal alloys are deposited onto conductive and nonconductive surfaces. These nonconductive surfaces include plastics, ceramics, and glass etc., which can then become decorative, anti-corrosive, and conduc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/165%20%28number%29 | 165 (one hundred [and] sixty-five) is the natural number following 164 and preceding 166.
In mathematics
165 is:
an odd number, a composite number, and a deficient number.
a sphenic number.
a tetrahedral number
the sum of the sums of the divisors of the first 14 positive integers.
a self number in base 10.
a palindrom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20field-effect%20transistor | A ChemFET is a chemically-sensitive field-effect transistor, that is a field-effect transistor used as a sensor for measuring chemical concentrations in solution. When the target analyte concentration changes, the current through the transistor will change accordingly. Here, the analyte solution separates the source an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sommerfeld%20identity | The Sommerfeld identity is a mathematical identity, due Arnold Sommerfeld, used in the theory of propagation of waves,
where
is to be taken with positive real part, to ensure the convergence of the integral and its vanishing in the limit and
.
Here, is the distance from the origin while is the distance from the c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistic%20number%20theory | In mathematics, Probabilistic number theory is a subfield of number theory, which explicitly uses probability to answer questions about the integers and integer-valued functions. One basic idea underlying it is that different prime numbers are, in some serious sense, like independent random variables. This however is n... |
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