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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Center%20for%20High-Performance%20Computing | The National Center for High-Performance Computing (NCHC; ) is one of ten national-level research laboratories under National Applied Research Laboratories (NARL), headquartered at Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. The NCHC is Taiwan's primary facility for high performance computing (HPC) resou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20biotechnology | The historical application of biotechnology throughout time is provided below in chronological order.
These discoveries, inventions and modifications are evidence of the application of biotechnology since before the common era and describe notable events in the research, development and regulation of biotechnology.
B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McASP | McASP is an acronym for Multichannel Audio Serial Port, a communication peripheral found in Texas Instruments family of digital signal processors (DSPs) and Microcontroller Units (MCUs).
The McASP functions as a general-purpose audio serial port optimized for the needs of multichannel audio applications.
Depending on t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20of%20life%20%28biology%29 | The tree of life or universal tree of life is a metaphor, model and research tool used to explore the evolution of life and describe the relationships between organisms, both living and extinct, as described in a famous passage in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859).
Tree diagrams originated in the mediev... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyn.in | Cyn.in is an open-source enterprise collaborative software built on top of Plone a content management system written in the Python programming language which is a layer above Zope. Cyn.in is developed by Cynapse a company founded by Apurva Roy Choudhury and Dhiraj Gupta which is based in India. Cyn.in enables its users... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate%20dielectric | A gate dielectric is a dielectric used between the gate and substrate of a field-effect transistor (such as a MOSFET). In state-of-the-art processes, the gate dielectric is subject to many constraints, including:
Electrically clean interface to the substrate (low density of quantum states for electrons)
High capacit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20DVR | Network DVR (NDVR), or network personal video recorder (NPVR), or remote storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) is a network-based digital video recorder (DVR) stored at the provider's central location rather than at the consumer's private home. Traditionally, media content was stored in a subscriber's set-top box ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melnikov%20distance | In mathematics, the Melnikov method is a tool to identify the existence of chaos in a class of dynamical systems under periodic perturbation.
Introduction
The Melnikov method is used in many cases to predict the occurrence of chaotic orbits in non-autonomous smooth nonlinear systems under periodic perturbation. Acco... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20capacity%20rate | The heat capacity rate is heat transfer terminology used in thermodynamics and different forms of engineering denoting the quantity of heat a flowing fluid of a certain mass flow rate is able to absorb or release per unit temperature change per unit time. It is typically denoted as C, listed from empirical data experim... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodding%20disease | Nodding disease is a disease which emerged in Sudan in the 1960s. It is a mentally and physically disabling disease that only affects children, typically between the ages of 5 and 15. It is currently restricted to small regions in South Sudan, Tanzania, and northern Uganda. Prior to the South Sudan outbreaks and subseq... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbase%20%28database%29 | Superbase is an end-user desktop database program that started on the Commodore 64 and was ported from that to various operating systems over the course of more than 20 years. It also has generally included a programming language to automate database-oriented tasks, and with later versions included WYSIWYG form and rep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averch%E2%80%93Johnson%20effect | The Averch–Johnson effect is the tendency of regulated companies to engage in excessive amounts of capital accumulation in order to expand the volume of their profits. If companies' profits to capital ratio is regulated at a certain percentage then there is a strong incentive for companies to over-invest in order to in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20voltage%20prober | The laser voltage probe (LVP) is a laser-based voltage and timing waveform acquisition system which is used to perform failure analysis on flip-chip integrated circuits. The device to be analyzed is de-encapsulated in order to expose the silicon surface. The silicon substrate is thinned mechanically using a back side m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solving%20quadratic%20equations%20with%20continued%20fractions | In mathematics, a quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of the second degree. The general form is
where a ≠ 0.
The quadratic equation on a number can be solved using the well-known quadratic formula, which can be derived by completing the square. That formula always gives the roots of the quadratic equation, b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel%20design | Steel Design, or more specifically, Structural Steel Design, is an area of structural engineering used to design steel structures. These structures include schools, houses, bridges, commercial centers, tall buildings, warehouses, aircraft, ships and stadiums. The design and use of steel frames are commonly employed in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardent%20Inc. | Stardent Computer, Inc. was a manufacturer of graphics supercomputer workstations in the late 1980s. The company was formed in 1989 when Ardent Computer Corporation (formerly Dana Computer, Inc.) and Stellar Computer Inc. merged.
History
Stellar Computer
Stellar Computer was founded in 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-channel%20%28information%20theory%29 | In coding theory and information theory, a Z-channel or binary asymmetric channel is a communications channel used to model the behaviour of some data storage systems.
Definition
A Z-channel is a channel with binary input and binary output, where each 0 bit is transmitted correctly, but each 1 bit has probability p o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussman%20anomaly | The Sussman anomaly is a problem in artificial intelligence, first described by Gerald Sussman, that illustrates a weakness of noninterleaved planning algorithms, which were prominent in the early 1970s. Most modern planning systems are not restricted to noninterleaved planning and thus can handle this anomaly. While t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moladi | Moladi is a South African company specializing in a reusable plastic formwork for use in construction of affordable housing projects worldwide. The process involves creating a mold the form of the complete structure. This wall mold is then filled with an aerated form of Mortar. The construction process is faster than t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-mevalonate%20pathway | The non-mevalonate pathway—also appearing as the mevalonate-independent pathway and the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate/1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (MEP/DOXP) pathway—is an alternative metabolic pathway for the biosynthesis of the isoprenoid precursors isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl pyrophosph... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20portability | A computer program is said to be portable if there is very low effort required to make it run on different platforms. The pre-requirement for portability is the generalized abstraction between the application logic and system interfaces. When software with the same functionality is produced for several computing platfo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20W.%20Alton%20Jones%20Cell%20Science%20Center | The W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center (1971–1995) was a non-profit research and education center on 10 Old Barn Road in Lake Placid, New York. The Center was established by a gift of of land and $3 million to the Tissue Culture Association from the W. Alton Jones Foundation through efforts of Nettie Marie Jones, wido... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handbook%20of%20Automated%20Reasoning | The Handbook of Automated Reasoning (, 2128 pages) is a collection of survey articles on the field of automated reasoning. Published in June 2001 by MIT Press, it is edited by John Alan Robinson and Andrei Voronkov. Volume 1 describes methods for classical logic, first-order logic with equality and other theories, and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture%20card | An aperture card is a type of punched card with a cut-out window into which a chip of microfilm is mounted. Such a card is used for archiving or for making multiple inexpensive copies of a document for ease of distribution. The card is typically punched with machine-readable metadata associated with the microfilm ima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure%E2%80%93volume%20diagram | A pressure–volume diagram (or PV diagram, or volume–pressure loop) is used to describe corresponding changes in volume and pressure in a system. They are commonly used in thermodynamics, cardiovascular physiology, and respiratory physiology.
PV diagrams, originally called indicator diagrams, were developed in the 18th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction%20to%20genetics | Genetics is the study of genes and tries to explain what they are and how they work. Genes are how living organisms inherit features or traits from their ancestors; for example, children usually look like their parents because they have inherited their parents' genes. Genetics tries to identify which traits are inherit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant | In biology, and especially in genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is generally an alteration of the DNA sequence of the genome or chromosome of an organism. It is a characteristic that would not be observed naturally in a specimen. The te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%20beam%20prober | The electron beam prober (e-beam prober) is a specialized adaption of a standard scanning electron microscope (SEM) that is used for semiconductor failure analysis. While a conventional SEM may be operated in a voltage range of 10–30 keV, the e-beam Prober typically operates at 1 keV. The e-beam prober is capable of me... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrilatero | The Quadrilatero (, for greater specificity often called the "Quadrilateral fortresses") is the traditional name of a defensive system of the Austrian Empire in the Lombardy-Venetia region of Italy, which connected the fortresses of Peschiera, Mantua, Legnago and Verona between the Mincio, the Po, and the Adige Rivers.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent%20engineer | A patent engineer or patent scientist is a patent professional who is typically involved in preparing and prosecuting patent applications. The terms are usually applied to patent professionals with scientific or engineering backgrounds that do not require either attorney or patent agent qualifications, but still work w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Van%20den%20Bergh | Michel Van den Bergh (born 25 July 1960) is a Belgian mathematician and professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and does research at Hasselt University. His research interest is on the fundamental relationship between algebra and geometry. In 2003, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Exact Sciences.
Van den Bergh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mian%E2%80%93Chowla%20sequence | In mathematics, the Mian–Chowla sequence is an integer sequence defined
recursively in the following way. The sequence starts with
Then for , is the smallest integer such that every pairwise sum
is distinct, for all and less than or equal to .
Properties
Initially, with , there is only one pairwise sum, 1 +... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OmniPeek | Omnipeek is a packet analyzer software tool from Savvius, a LiveAction company, for network troubleshooting and protocol analysis. It supports an application programming interface (API) for plugins.
History
Savvius (formerly WildPackets) was founded in 1990 as The AG Group by Mahboud Zabetian and Tim McCreery. In 200... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20dot%20cellular%20automaton | Quantum dot cellular automata (QDCA, sometimes referred to simply as quantum cellular automata, or QCA) are a proposed improvement on conventional computer design (CMOS), which have been devised in analogy to conventional models of cellular automata introduced by John von Neumann.
Background
Any device designed to rep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based%20Virtual%20Machine | Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a free and open-source virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor. It was merged into the mainline Linux kernel in version 2.6.20, which was released on February 5, 2007. KVM requires a processor with hardware virtualization extensi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EServer.org | The EServer was an open access electronic publishing cooperative, founded in 1990, which published writings in the arts and humanities free of charge to Internet readers. In 2006, it was rated by Alexa as the most popular arts and humanities website in the world.
Martha L. Brogan and Daphnée Rentfrow wrote in 2005 th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating%20airport | A floating airport is an airport built and situated on a very large floating structure (VLFS) located many miles out at sea utilizing a flotation type of device or devices such as pneumatic stabilized platform (PSP) technology.
As the population increases and land becomes more expensive and scarce, very large floating... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client%20Puzzle%20Protocol | Client Puzzle Protocol (CPP) is a computer algorithm for use in Internet communication, whose goal is to make abuse of server resources infeasible. It is an implementation of a proof-of-work system (PoW).
The idea of the CPP is to require all clients connecting to a server to correctly solve a mathematical puzzle befo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman%20trap | The Sherman trap is a box-style animal trap designed for the live capture of small mammals. It was invented by Dr. H. B. Sherman in the 1920s and became commercially available in 1955. Since that time, the Sherman trap has been used extensively by researchers in the biological sciences for capturing animals such as mic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robel%20pole | A Robel pole is a device consisting of a vertical pole possessing alternating horizontal bands and a line of rope or cord. It is used by range ecologists, field biologists and other scientists to measure the density of vegetation and to quantify the volume of ground cover in a particular habitat using the visual obst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolvability%20%28computer%20science%29 | The term evolvability is used for a recent framework of computational learning introduced by Leslie Valiant in his paper of the same name and described below. The aim of this theory is to model biological evolution and categorize which types of mechanisms are evolvable. Evolution is an extension of PAC learning and lea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitary%20engineering | Sanitary engineering, also known as public health engineering or wastewater engineering, is the application of engineering methods to improve sanitation of human communities, primarily by providing the removal and disposal of human waste, and in addition to the supply of safe potable water. Traditionally a branch of ci... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearSpeed | ClearSpeed Technology Ltd was a semiconductor company, formed in 2002 to develop enhanced SIMD processors for use in high-performance computing and embedded systems. Based in Bristol, UK, the company has been selling its processors since 2005. Its current 192-core CSX700 processor was released in 2008, but a lack of sa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohydrometallurgy | Biohydrometallurgy is a technique in the world of metallurgy that utilizes biological agents (bacteria) to recover and treat metals such as copper. Modern biohydrometallurgy advances started with the bioleaching of copper more efficiently in the 1950's
Important Definitions
Bio: Shortened form of Biology; refers to u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirm%20Project | CONFIRM was an ambitious IT project supposed to create a single computer reservations system/global distribution system used by airline, rental car, and hotel companies. It is often used as a case study as an example of a major failure in project management.
History
The system was pursued to develop in order to creat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Railway%20Preservation%20Society | The Scottish Railway Preservation Society is a registered charity, whose principal objective is the preservation and advancement of railway heritage in Scotland. The society's headquarters is at Bo'ness, in central Scotland.
Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway
The society operates the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway, on which the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersensitive%20site | In genetics a hypersensitive site is a short region of chromatin and is detected by its super sensitivity to cleavage by DNase I and other various nucleases (DNase II and micrococcal nucleases). In a hypersensitive site, the nucleosomal structure is less compacted, increasing the availability of the DNA to binding by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-acting | In the field of molecular biology, trans-acting (trans-regulatory, trans-regulation), in general, means "acting from a different molecule" (i.e., intermolecular). It may be considered the opposite of cis-acting (cis-regulatory, cis-regulation), which, in general, means "acting from the same molecule" (i.e., intramolec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Number%20Theory | The Journal of Number Theory (JNT) is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of number theory. The journal was established in 1969 by R.P. Bambah, P. Roquette, A. Ross, A. Woods, and H. Zassenhaus (Ohio State University). It is currently published monthly by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo%20Olivetti | Samuel David Camillo Olivetti (August 13, 1868 – December 1943) was an Italian electrical engineer and founder of Olivetti & Co., SpA., the Italian manufacturer of computers, printers and other business machines. The company was later run by his son Adriano.
Biography
Samuel David Camillo Olivetti was born in 1868 in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial%20food%20web | The microbial food web refers to the combined trophic interactions among microbes in aquatic environments. These microbes include viruses, bacteria, algae, heterotrophic protists (such as ciliates and flagellates).
In aquatic environments, microbes constitute the base of the food web. Single celled photosynthetic orga... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge-induced%20voltage%20alteration | Charge-induced voltage alteration (CIVA) is a technique which uses a scanning electron microscope to locate open conductors on CMOS integrated circuits. This technique is used in semiconductor failure analysis.
Theory of operation
The scanning of an electron beam across the surface of the device may result in addition... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monell%20Chemical%20Senses%20Center | The Monell Chemical Senses Center is a non-profit independent scientific institute located at the University City Science Center campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Monell conducts and publishes interdisciplinary basic research on taste, smell, and chemesthesis.
History
Monell was founded in 1968. The center's missi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20network%20protocol%20stacks | This is a list of protocol stack architectures. A protocol stack is a suite of complementary communications protocols in a computer network or a computer bus system.
See also
Lists of network protocols
IEEE 802
Network protocols
Communications protocols
Network protocol stacks
stacks |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic%20routing | Geographic routing (also called georouting or position-based routing) is a routing principle that relies on geographic position information. It is mainly proposed for wireless networks and based on the idea that the source sends a message to the geographic location of the destination instead of using the network addres... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper%20popper | A paper popper is a party prank that is commonly used in schools. There are many variations of a paper popper, but they all involve a folded sheet of paper being gripped and right down. This causes air to be forced into the paper's holes, making the paper flaps pop out in the opposite direction, then making a loud popp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligible%20function | For a similar term, please see negligible set. (disambiguation)
In mathematics, a negligible function is a function such that for every positive integer c there exists an integer Nc such that for all x > Nc,
Equivalently, we may also use the following definition.
A function is negligible, if for every positive poly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance%20from%20a%20point%20to%20a%20plane | In Euclidean space, the distance from a point to a plane is the distance between a given point and its orthogonal projection on the plane, the perpendicular distance to the nearest point on the plane.
It can be found starting with a change of variables that moves the origin to coincide with the given point then findin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20software%20for%20the%20TRS-80 | The TRS-80 series of computers were sold via Radio Shack & Tandy dealers in North America and Europe in the early 1980s. Much software was developed for these computers, particularly the relatively successful Color Computer I, II & III models, which were designed for both home office and entertainment (gaming) uses.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq%20Evo | The Compaq Evo is a series of business PCs (desktop and laptop) and thin clients made by Compaq and Hewlett-Packard following the 2002 merger. The Evo brand was introduced by Compaq in May 2001 as a business-oriented brand. It replaced the Deskpro brand of desktops and the Armada brand of notebooks.
Evo was rebranded a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIGIC | Digital Imaging Integrated Circuit (often styled as "DiG!C") is Canon Inc.'s name for a family of signal processing and control units for digital cameras and camcorders. DIGIC units are used as image processors by Canon in its own digital imaging products. Several generations of DIGICs exist, and are distinguished by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault%20injection | In computer science, fault injection is a testing technique for understanding how computing systems behave when stressed in unusual ways. This can be achieved using physical- or software-based means, or using a hybrid approach. Widely studied physical fault injections include the application of high voltages, extreme t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humster | A humster is a hybrid cell line made from a hamster oocyte fertilized with human sperm. This is possible due to the unique promiscuity of hamster ova, which allows them to fuse with non-hamster sperm. It always consists of single cells, and cannot form a multi-cellular being. Humsters are usually destroyed before they ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20health%20communities | Online health communities are online social networks related to health. They primarily provide a means for patients and their families to learn about illnesses, to seek and offer social support, and to connect with others in similar circumstances. These online groups can be composed of individuals with illnesses, group... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis%20Boykin | Otis Frank Boykin (August 29, 1920March 26, 1982) was an American inventor and engineer. His inventions include electrical resistors used in computing, missile guidance, and pacemakers.
Early life and education
Otis Boykin was born on August 29, 1920, in Dallas, Texas. His father, Walter B. Boykin, was a carpenter, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse%20compression | Pulse compression is a signal processing technique commonly used by radar, sonar and echography to either increase the range resolution when pulse length is constrained or increase the signal to noise ratio when the peak power and the bandwidth (or equivalently range resolution) of the transmitted signal are constrai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20of%20mathematical%20symbols%20by%20introduction%20date | The following table lists many specialized symbols commonly used in modern mathematics, ordered by their introduction date. The table can also be ordered alphabetically by clicking on the relevant header title.
See also
History of mathematical notation
History of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system
Glossary of mathemat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code%20for%20Sustainable%20Homes | The Code for Sustainable Homes was an environmental assessment method for rating and certifying the performance of new homes in United Kingdom. First introduced in 2006, it is a national standard for use in the design and construction of new homes with a view to encouraging continuous improvement in sustainable home bu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Fairclough | Sir John Whitaker Fairclough (23 August 1930 – 5 June 2003) was a British computer designer, and later government policy advisor.
Education
John Fairclough was educated at Thirsk Grammar School and then studied electrical engineering at Manchester University, before undertaking national service with the RAF.
Career... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undescribed%20taxon | In taxonomy, an undescribed taxon is a taxon (for example, a species) that has been discovered, but not yet formally described and named. The various Nomenclature Codes specify the requirements for a new taxon to be validly described and named. Until such a description has been published, the taxon has no formal or off... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG%20Surround | MPEG Surround (ISO/IEC 23003-1 or MPEG-D Part 1), also known as Spatial Audio Coding (SAC) is a lossy compression format for surround sound that provides a method for extending mono or stereo audio services to multi-channel audio in a backwards compatible fashion. The total bit rates used for the (mono or stereo) core ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-SH | DVB-SH ("Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite services to Handhelds") is a physical layer standard for delivering IP based media content and data to handheld terminals such as mobile phones or PDAs, based on a hybrid satellite/terrestrial downlink and for example a GPRS uplink. The DVB Project published the DVB-SH st... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20arithmetic%20of%20ends | In mathematics, specifically in the area of hyperbolic geometry, Hilbert's arithmetic of ends is a method for endowing a geometric set, the set of ideal points or "ends" of a hyperbolic plane, with an algebraic structure as a field.
It was introduced by German mathematician David Hilbert.
Definitions
Ends
In a hyperb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20manipulator | Serial manipulators are the most common industrial robots and they are designed as a series of links connected by motor-actuated joints that extend from a base to an end-effector. Often they have an anthropomorphic arm structure described as having a "shoulder", an "elbow", and a "wrist".
Serial robots usually have s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Council%20of%20Applied%20Sciences%20and%20Engineering | The European Council of Applied Sciences, Technologies and Engineering (Euro-CASE) is a European non-profit organization, which groups 19 to 20 European national academies of engineering, applied sciences and technology. The organization provides a European forum for exchange and consultation between European instituti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaverickCrunch | The MaverickCrunch is a floating point math coprocessor core intended for digital audio. It was first presented by Cirrus Logic in June 2000 together with an ARM920T integer processor in their 200 MHz EP9302 EP9307 EP9312 and EP9315 System-on-Chip integrated circuits. Plagued with hardware bugs and poor compiler suppor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genchi%20Genbutsu | literally translates "real location, real thing”(meaning "the situation onsite") and it is a key principle of the Toyota Production System. The principle is sometimes referred to as "go and see." It suggests that in order to truly understand a situation one needs to observe what is happening at the site where work actu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead%20Technologies | Homestead Technologies is a web hosting company based in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Homestead offers its members WYSIWIG tools to build and publish their own websites. Since its founding in 1997 as a free service provider, Homestead has expanded the scope of its services to include online marketing, paid search ads, S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepped%20profile | A stepped profile describes the edge of something that has a series of defined steps. It has applications in architecture, construction, engineering, and geology.
Applications
Architecture and construction
In building design a stepped profile is used to reduce the visual impact of, or airborne noise around a building... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20der%20Waerden%20number | Van der Waerden's theorem states that for any positive integers r and k there exists a positive integer N such that if the integers {1, 2, ..., N} are colored, each with one of r different colors, then there are at least k integers in arithmetic progression all of the same color. The smallest such N is the van der Waer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etherloop | Etherloop is a kind of DSL technology that combines the features of Ethernet and DSL. It allows the combination of voice and data transmission on standard phone lines. Under the right conditions it will allow speeds of up to 6 megabits per second over a distance of up to 6.4 km (21,000 feet).
Etherloop uses half-dupl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress%20testing%20%28software%29 | Stress testing is a software testing activity that determines the robustness of software by testing beyond the limits of normal operation. Stress testing is particularly important for "mission critical" software, but is used for all types of software. Stress tests commonly put a greater emphasis on robustness, availabi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.1AE | IEEE 802.1AE (also known as MACsec) is a network security standard that operates at the medium access control layer and defines connectionless data confidentiality and integrity for media access independent protocols. It is standardized by the IEEE 802.1 working group.
Details
Key management and the establishment of s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution%20as%20fact%20and%20theory | Many scientists and philosophers of science have described evolution as fact and theory, a phrase which was used as the title of an article by paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould in 1981. He describes fact in science as meaning data, not known with absolute certainty but "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perver... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementarity-determining%20region | Complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) are part of the variable chains in immunoglobulins (antibodies) and T cell receptors, generated by B-cells and T-cells respectively, where these molecules bind to their specific antigen. A set of CDRs constitutes a paratope. As the most variable parts of the molecules, CDRs ar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity%20%28network%20science%29 | In network science, reciprocity is a measure of the likelihood of vertices in a directed network to be mutually linked. Like the clustering coefficient, scale-free degree distribution, or community structure, reciprocity is a quantitative measure used to study complex networks.
Motivation
In real network problems, peo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abundance%20%28ecology%29 | In ecology, local abundance is the relative representation of a species in a particular ecosystem. It is usually measured as the number of individuals found per sample. The ratio of abundance of one species to one or multiple other species living in an ecosystem is referred to as relative species abundances. Both indi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential%20access%20memory | In computing, sequential access memory (SAM) is a class of data storage devices that read stored data in a sequence. This is in contrast to random access memory (RAM) where data can be accessed in any order. Sequential access devices are usually a form of magnetic storage or optical storage.
While sequential access me... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartQVT | SmartQVT is a unmaintained (since 2013) full Java open-source implementation of the QTV-Operational language which is dedicated to express model-to-model transformations. This tool compiles QVT transformations into Java programs to be able to run QVT transformations. The compiled Java programs are EMF-based application... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtractor | In electronics, a subtractor – a digital circuit that performs subtraction of numbers – can be designed using the same approach as that of an adder. The binary subtraction process is summarized below. As with an adder, in the general case of calculations on multi-bit numbers, three bits are involved in performing the s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20sensor%20network | A visual sensor network or smart camera network or intelligent camera network is a network of spatially distributed smart camera devices capable of processing, exchanging data and fusing images of a scene from a variety of viewpoints into some form more useful than the individual images. A visual sensor network may be ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n%20Orosz | István Orosz (born 24 October 1951) is a Hungarian painter, printmaker, graphic designer and animated film director. He is known for his mathematically inspired works, impossible objects, optical illusions, double-meaning images and anamorphoses. The geometric art of István Orosz, with forced perspectives and optical i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-induced%20voltage%20alteration | Light-induced voltage alteration (LIVA) is a semiconductor analysis technique that uses a laser or infrared light source to induce voltage changes in a device while scanning the beam of light across its surface. The technique relies upon the generation of electron-hole pairs in the semiconductor material when exposed t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispose%20pattern | In object-oriented programming, the dispose pattern is a design pattern for resource management. In this pattern, a resource is held by an object, and released by calling a conventional method – usually called close, dispose, free, release depending on the language – which releases any resources the object is holding o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20laser%20stimulation | Thermal laser stimulation represents a class of defect imaging techniques which employ a laser to produce a thermal variation in a semiconductor device. This technique may be used for semiconductor failure analysis. There are four techniques associated with thermal laser stimulation: optical beam induced resistance cha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miron%20Nicolescu | Miron Nicolescu (; August 27, 1903 – June 30, 1975) was a Romanian mathematician, best known for his work in real analysis and differential equations. He was President of the Romanian Academy and Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union.
Born in Giurgiu, the son of a teacher, he attended the Matei Basara... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Conference%20on%20Differential%20Geometric%20Methods%20in%20Theoretical%20Physics | International Conference on Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics are congresses held every few years on the subject of Differential geometric methods in Theoretical physics. Lectures, seminars, and discussions are held in different universities throughout the world, every few years, and a book compilat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20approach | The ecosystem approach is a conceptual framework for resolving ecosystem issues. The idea is to protect and manage the environment through the use of scientific reasoning. Another point of the ecosystem approach is preserving the Earth and its inhabitants from potential harm or permanent damage to the planet itself. Wi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Whitaker%27s%20Words | William Whitaker's Words is a computer program that parses the inflection or conjugation of a Latin word, and also translates the root into English. Given an English word, the program outputs Latin translations. The software, written in Ada, is free for download but can be used online through several different hosts as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential%20backup | A differential backup is a type of data backup that preserves data, saving only the difference in the data since the last full backup. The rationale in this is that, since changes to data are generally few compared to the entire amount of data in the data repository, the amount of time required to complete the backup w... |
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