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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial%20code | Most real world data sets consist of data vectors whose individual components are not statistically independent. In other words, knowing the value of an element will provide information about the value of elements in the data vector. When this occurs, it can be desirable to create a factorial code of the data, i.e., a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible%20Macroblock%20Ordering | Flexible Macroblock Ordering or FMO is one of several error resilience tools defined in the Baseline profile of the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression standard.
Description
One of the characteristics of the H.264/AVC standard is the possibility of dividing an image into regions called slices, each of which contains ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySecureCyberspace | MySecureCyberspace began in 2003 as an initiative by Carnegie Mellon CyLab and the Information Networking Institute to educate the public about computer security, network security and Internet safety. Inspired by the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the initiative empowers users to secure their part of cyberspac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofting | Lofting is a drafting technique to generate curved lines. It is used in plans for streamlined objects such as aircraft and boats. The lines may be drawn on wood and the wood then cut for advanced woodworking. The technique can be as simple as bending a flexible object, such as a long strip of thin wood or thin plastic ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleobiology%20%28journal%29 | Paleobiology is a scientific journal promoting the integration of biology and conventional paleontology, with emphasis placed on biological or paleobiological processes and patterns. It attracts papers of interest to more than one discipline, and occasionally publishes research on recent organisms when this is of inter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20slicing%20%28digital%20broadcasting%29 | Time slicing is a technique used by the DVB-H and ATSC-M/H technologies for achieving power-savings on mobile terminal devices. It is based on the time-multiplexed transmission of different services.
DVB-H and ATSC-M/H transmit large pieces of data in bursts, allowing the receiver to be switched off in inactive period... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty%20paper%20coding | In telecommunications, dirty paper coding (DPC) or Costa precoding is a technique for efficient transmission of digital data through a channel subjected to some interference known to the transmitter. The technique consists of precoding the data in order to cancel the interference. Dirty-paper coding achieves the chann... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat%20neighborhood%20network | Flat Neighborhood Network (FNN) is a topology for distributed computing and other computer networks. Each node connects to two or more switches which, ideally, entirely cover the node collection, so that each node can connect to any other node in two "hops" (jump up to one switch and down to the other node). This contr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20impact%20on%20the%20nitrogen%20cycle | Human impact on the nitrogen cycle is diverse. Agricultural and industrial nitrogen (N) inputs to the environment currently exceed inputs from natural N fixation. As a consequence of anthropogenic inputs, the global nitrogen cycle (Fig. 1) has been significantly altered over the past century. Global atmospheric nitrous... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20system%20on%20a%20chip%20suppliers | List of system-on-a-chip suppliers.
Actions Semiconductor
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE)
Alchip
Allwinner Technology
Altera
Amkor Technology
Amlogic
Analog Devices
Apple Inc.
Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC)
ARM Holdings
ASIX Electronics
Atheros
Atmel
Ax... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Injection%20molding%20machine | An injection molding machine (also spelled as injection moulding machine in BrE), also known as an injection press, is a machine for manufacturing plastic products by the injection molding process. It consists of two main parts, an injection unit and a clamping unit.
Operation
Injection molding machine molds can be fa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Brousseau | Brother Alfred Brousseau, F.S.C. (February 17, 1907 – May 31, 1988), was an educator, photographer and mathematician and was known mostly as a founder of the Fibonacci Association and as an educator.
Biography
Brother Alfred Brousseau was born in North Beach, San Francisco, as one of six children. On August 14, 1920, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithelioid%20cell | According to a common point of view epithelioid cells (also called epithelioid histiocytes)
are derivatives of activated macrophages resembling epithelial cells.
Structure and function
Structurally, epithelioid cells (when examined by light microscopy after stained with hematoxylin and eosin), are elongated, with fin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GB-PVR | GB-PVR was a PVR (personal video recorder aka digital video recorder) application, running on Microsoft Windows, whose main function was scheduling TV recordings and playing back live TV. GB-PVR is no longer under active development and has been superseded by NextPVR, also known as nPVR.
GB-PVR also acts as a home med... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic%20alphabet | The logic alphabet, also called the X-stem Logic Alphabet (XLA), constitutes an iconic set of symbols that systematically represents the sixteen possible binary truth functions of logic. The logic alphabet was developed by Shea Zellweger. The major emphasis of his iconic "logic alphabet" is to provide a more cognitivel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured%20English | Structured English is the use of the English language with the syntax of structured programming to communicate the design of a computer program to non-technical users by breaking it down into logical steps using straightforward English words. Structured English gives aims to get the benefits of both the programming log... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental%20modeling%20concepts | Fundamental modeling concepts (FMC) provide a framework to describe software-intensive systems. It strongly emphasizes the communication about software-intensive systems by using a semi-formal graphical notation that can easily be understood.
Introduction
FMC distinguishes three perspectives to look at a software sys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOST%2010859 | GOST 10859 (1964) is a standard of the Soviet Union which defined how to encode data on punched cards. This standard allowed a variable word size, depending on the type of data being encoded, but only uppercase characters.
These include the non-ASCII “decimal exponent symbol” . It was used to express real numbers in s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/511%20%28number%29 | 511 is the natural number following 510 and preceding 512.
It is a Mersenne number, being one less than a power of 2: .
As a result, 511 is a palindromic number and a repdigit in bases 2 (1111111112). It is also palindromic and a repdigit in base 8 (7778).
It is a generalized heptagonal number , since
when .
It is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20risk%20indicator | A key risk indicator (KRI) is a measure used in management to indicate how risky an activity is. Key risk indicators are metrics used by organizations to provide an early signal of increasing risk exposures in various areas of the enterprise. It differs from a key performance indicator (KPI) in that the latter is meant... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permitted%20attached%20private%20lines | Permitted attached private lines, abbreviated PAPL, are voice-grade telephone wires that run point-to-point (rather than point-to-exchange) between locations in the telephone company's copper network. Data can travel across the PAPL link (at a distance of up to 3.5 km) at speeds of around 2Mb per second. Originally, PA... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacetime%20diagram | A spacetime diagram is a graphical illustration of locations in space at various times, especially in the special theory of relativity. Spacetime diagrams can show the geometry underlying phenomena like time dilation and length contraction without mathematical equations.
The history of an object's location through tim... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20buffering%20verifier | The Video Buffering Verifier (VBV) is a theoretical MPEG video buffer model, used to ensure that an encoded video stream can be correctly buffered, and played back at the decoder device.
By definition, the VBV shall not overflow nor underflow when its input is a compliant stream, (except in the case of low_delay). It ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20Intercept | Visual Intercept is a Microsoft Windows based software defect tracking system produced by Elsinore Technologies Inc. Visual Intercept was actively sold from 1995 until early 2006 when it was integrated as a single solution in the broader IssueNet issue management system, also produced by Elsinore Technologies Inc.
Ve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20decision%20program%20chart | Process Decision Program Chart (PDPC) is a technique designed to help prepare contingency plans. The emphasis of the PDPC is to identify the consequential impact of failure on activity plans, and create appropriate contingency plans to limit risks. Process diagrams and planning tree diagrams are extended by a couple ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20roll%20mill | A three roll mill or triple roll mill is a machine that uses shear force created by three horizontally positioned rolls rotating in opposite directions and different speeds relative to each other, in order to mix, refine, disperse, or homogenize viscous materials fed into it.
The three-roll mill has proven to be the m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFGROW | AFGROW (Air Force Grow) is a Damage Tolerance Analysis (DTA) computer program that calculates crack initiation, fatigue crack growth, and fracture to predict the life of metallic structures. Originally developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, AFGROW is mainly used for aerospace applications, but can be applied t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slicer%20%28guitar%20effect%29 | A slicer is an effects unit which is similar to a tremolo, vibrato, phaser, or autopan. It combines a modulation sequence with a noise gate or envelope filter to create a percussive and rhythmic effect like a helicopter, with rapid cutting out and coming in—on and off. Most have variable speeds and depths, creating dif... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor%20development%20board | A microprocessor development board is a printed circuit board containing a microprocessor and the minimal support logic needed for an electronic engineer or any person who wants to become acquainted with the microprocessor on the board and to learn to program it. It also served users of the microprocessor as a method t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punchscan | Punchscan is an optical scan vote counting system invented by cryptographer David Chaum. Punchscan is designed to offer integrity, privacy, and transparency. The system is voter-verifiable, provides an end-to-end (E2E) audit mechanism, and issues a ballot receipt to each voter. The system won grand prize at the 2007 Un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinhaus%20theorem | In the mathematical field of real analysis, the Steinhaus theorem states that the difference set of a set of positive measure contains an open neighbourhood of zero. It was first proved by Hugo Steinhaus.
Statement
Let A be a Lebesgue-measurable set on the real line such that the Lebesgue measure of A is not zero. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI%20Trade%20Association | The SCSI Trade Association, or SCSITA (sometimes STA), is an industry trade group which exists to promote the use of SCSI technology. It was formed in 1996. , sponsor members include HP, Intel, LSI Logic, PMC-Sierra, and Seagate. Requirements for membership are (1) manufacturing or selling SCSI related products or ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dini%27s%20theorem | In the mathematical field of analysis, Dini's theorem says that if a monotone sequence of continuous functions converges pointwise on a compact space and if the limit function is also continuous, then the convergence is uniform.
Formal statement
If is a compact topological space, and is a monotonically increasing se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20conjugate%20root%20theorem | In mathematics, the complex conjugate root theorem states that if P is a polynomial in one variable with real coefficients, and a + bi is a root of P with a and b real numbers, then its complex conjugate a − bi is also a root of P.
It follows from this (and the fundamental theorem of algebra) that, if the degree of a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20kampo%20herbs | Kampō (or Kanpō, 漢方) medicine is the Japanese study and adaptation of traditional Chinese medicine. In 1967, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved four kampo medicines for reimbursement under the National Health Insurance (NHI) program. In 1976, 82 kampo medicines were approved by the Ministry of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-threshold%20CMOS | Multi-threshold CMOS (MTCMOS) is a variation of CMOS chip technology which has transistors with multiple threshold voltages (Vth) in order to optimize delay or power. The Vth of a MOSFET is the gate voltage where an inversion layer forms at the interface between the insulating layer (oxide) and the substrate (body) of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Source%20Cluster%20Application%20Resources | Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR) is a Linux-based software installation for high-performance cluster computing. OSCAR allows users to install a Beowulf type high performance computing cluster.
See also
TORQUE Resource Manager
Maui Cluster Scheduler
Beowulf cluster
External links
Official OSCAR sit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskless%20shared-root%20cluster | A diskless shared-root cluster is a way to manage several machines at the same time. Instead of each having its own operating system (OS) on its local disk, there is only one image of the OS available on a server, and all the nodes use the same image. (SSI cluster = single-system image)
The simplest way to achieve thi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20migration | In computing, process migration is a specialized form of process management whereby processes are moved from one computing environment to another. This originated in distributed computing, but is now used more widely. On multicore machines (multiple cores on one processor or multiple processors) process migration happe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LWT%20%28journal%29 | LWT - Food Science and Technology, formerly known as Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft & Technologie (), is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It is the official journal of the Swiss Society of Food Science and Technology and the International Union of Food Science and Technology. The editor-in-chief is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-server | In computer network protocol design, inter-server communication is an extension of the client–server model in which data are exchanged directly between servers. In some fields server-to-server (S2S) is used as an alternative, and the term inter-domain can in some cases be used interchangeably.
Protocols
Protocols tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickCheck | QuickCheck is a software library, specifically a combinator library, originally written in the programming language Haskell, designed to assist in software testing by generating test cases for test suites – an approach known as property testing.
Software
It is compatible with the compiler, Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GH... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9ron%20model | In algebraic geometry, the Néron model (or Néron minimal model, or minimal model)
for an abelian variety AK defined over the field of fractions K of a Dedekind domain R is the "push-forward" of AK from Spec(K) to Spec(R), in other words the "best possible" group scheme AR defined over R corresponding to AK.
They wer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readex | Readex, a division of NewsBank, publishes collections of primary source research materials.
History
In 1950, publisher Albert Boni, co-founder of the Modern Library, formed the Readex Microprint Corporation in New York City. Some of the companies Readex partnered with early on included the American Antiquarian Socie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wholesale%20line%20rental | Wholesale line rental (WLR) is a service in which a telecommunications operator takes control of all the connections made through a telephone line from the native operator and collects the subscription fee from the subscribers.
With WLR the alternative telecoms provider buys a wholesale product from the incumbent (usu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound%20heterozygosity | In medical genetics, compound heterozygosity is the condition of having two or more heterogeneous recessive alleles at a particular locus that can cause genetic disease in a heterozygous state; that is, an organism is a compound heterozygote when it has two recessive alleles for the same gene, but with those two allele... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skip%20counting | Skip counting is a mathematics technique taught as a kind of multiplication in reform mathematics textbooks such as TERC. In older textbooks, this technique is called counting by twos (threes, fours, etc.).
In skip counting by twos, a person can count to 10 by only naming every other even number: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Comb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countryman%20line | In mathematics, a Countryman line (named after Roger Simmons Countryman Jr.) is an uncountable linear ordering whose square is the union of countably many chains. The existence of Countryman lines was first proven by Shelah. Shelah also conjectured that, assuming PFA, every Aronszajn line contains a Countryman line. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Base%20Station%20Architecture%20Initiative | The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) was a trade association created by Hyundai, LG Electronics, Nokia, Samsung and ZTE in September 2002 with the aim of creating an open market for cellular network base stations. The hope was that an open market would reduce the development effort and costs traditiona... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoGraf | CryptoGraf is a secure messaging application for smartphones running Symbian OS and Windows Mobile. It allows the user to compose and send SMS and MMS messages that are encrypted and digitally signed using methods that are based on the S/MIME standard. Secure e-mail messaging is not supported.
The cryptographic algori... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20survival%20curve | A cell survival curve is a curve used in radiobiology. It depicts the relationship between the fraction of cells retaining their reproductive integrity and the absorbed dose of radiation. Conventionally, the surviving fraction is depicted on a logarithmic scale, and is plotted on the y-axis against dose on the x-axis.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20remastering | Software remastering is software development that recreates system software and applications while incorporating customizations, with the intent that it is copied and run elsewhere for "off-label" usage. The term comes from remastering in media production, where it is similarly distinguished from mere copying.
If the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20PSPACE-complete%20problems | Here are some of the more commonly known problems that are PSPACE-complete when expressed as decision problems. This list is in no way comprehensive.
Games and puzzles
Generalized versions of:
Amazons
Atomix
Checkers if a draw is forced after a polynomial number of non-jump moves
Dyson Telescope Game
Cross Purp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20fixture | A test fixture is a device used to consistently test some item, device, or piece of software. Test fixtures are used in the testing of electronics, software and physical devices.
Electronics
In testing electronic equipment such as circuit boards, electronic components, and chips, a test fixture is a device or setup ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20Resources%20of%20Tropical%20Africa |
Plant Resources of Tropical Africa, known by its acronym PROTA, is a retired NGO and interdisciplinary documentation programme active between 2000 and 2013. PROTA produced a large database and various publications about Africa's useful plants.
Purpose
PROTA was concerned with increasing accessibility to traditional ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solder%20mask | Solder mask, solder stop mask or solder resist is a thin lacquer-like layer of polymer that is usually applied to the copper traces of a printed circuit board (PCB) for protection against oxidation and to prevent solder bridges from forming between closely spaced solder pads. A solder bridge is an unintended electrical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabin%20fingerprint | The Rabin fingerprinting scheme is a method for implementing fingerprints using polynomials over a finite field. It was proposed by Michael O. Rabin.
Scheme
Given an n-bit message m0,...,mn-1, we view it as a polynomial of degree n-1 over the finite field GF(2).
We then pick a random irreducible polynomial of degree... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoelectric%20generator | A thermoelectric generator (TEG), also called a Seebeck generator, is a solid state device that converts heat flux (temperature differences) directly into electrical energy through a phenomenon called the Seebeck effect (a form of thermoelectric effect). Thermoelectric generators function like heat engines, but are les... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhind%20Mathematical%20Papyrus | The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus (RMP; also designated as papyrus British Museum 10057 and pBM 10058) is one of the best known examples of ancient Egyptian mathematics. It is named after Alexander Henry Rhind, a Scottish antiquarian, who purchased the papyrus in 1858 in Luxor, Egypt; it was apparently found during illega... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine%20architecture | Marine architecture is the design of architectural and engineering structures which support coastal design, near-shore and off-shore or deep-water planning for many projects such as shipyards, ship transport, coastal management or other marine and/or hydroscape activities. These structures include harbors, lighthouses,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula%20O.%20H.%20Katona | Gyula O. H. Katona (born 16 March 1941 in Budapest) is a Hungarian mathematician known for his work in combinatorial set theory, and especially for the Kruskal–Katona theorem and his beautiful and elegant proof of the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem in which he discovered a new method, now called Katona's cycle method. Since the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aronszajn%20line | In mathematical set theory, an Aronszajn line (named after Nachman Aronszajn) is a linear ordering of cardinality
which contains no subset order-isomorphic to
with the usual ordering
the reverse of
an uncountable subset of the Real numbers with the usual ordering.
Unlike Suslin lines, the existence of Aronszajn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20impossible%20puzzles | This is a list of puzzles that cannot be solved. An impossible puzzle is a puzzle that cannot be resolved, either due to lack of sufficient information, or any number of logical impossibilities.
15 puzzle – Slide fifteen numbered tiles into numerical order. Impossible for half of the starting positions.
Five room pu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20of%20definition | In mathematics, the field of definition of an algebraic variety V is essentially the smallest field to which the coefficients of the polynomials defining V can belong. Given polynomials, with coefficients in a field K, it may not be obvious whether there is a smaller field k, and other polynomials defined over k, which... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula%20Y.%20Katona | Gyula Y. Katona (born 4 December 1965) is a Hungarian mathematician, the son of mathematician Gyula O. H. Katona. He received his Ph.D. in 1997 from Hungarian Academy of Sciences, with a dissertation titled Paths and Cycles in Graphs and Hypergraphs under the advisement of László Lovász and András Recski, and is on th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullstrand%E2%80%93Painlev%C3%A9%20coordinates | Gullstrand–Painlevé coordinates are a particular set of coordinates for the Schwarzschild metric – a solution to the Einstein field equations which describes a black hole. The ingoing coordinates are such that the time coordinate follows the proper time of a free-falling observer who starts from far away at zero veloci... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2060929 | IEC 60929 is an international standard created by the International Electrotechnical Commission and covers electronic ballasts used in AC supplies with voltages up to 1000 V and with operating frequencies at 50 Hz or 60 Hz. The actual operating frequency may deviate from the specified supply frequency.
The standard e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat%20notation | A "hat" (circumflex (ˆ)), placed over a symbol is a mathematical notation with various uses.
Estimated value
In statistics, a circumflex (ˆ), called a "hat", is used to denote an estimator or an estimated value. For example, in the context of errors and residuals, the "hat" over the letter indicates an observable est... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Pegg%20Jr. | Edward Taylor Pegg Jr. (born December 7, 1963) is an expert on mathematical puzzles and is a self-described recreational mathematician. He wrote an online puzzle column called Ed Pegg Jr.'s Math Games for the Mathematical Association of America during the years 2003–2007. His puzzles have also been used by Will Shortz ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-protein | Self-protein refers to all proteins endogenously produced by DNA-level transcription and translation within an organism of interest. This does not include proteins synthesized due to viral infection, but may include those synthesized by commensal bacteria within the intestines. Proteins that are not created within the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic%20growth | In mathematics, a function or sequence is said to exhibit quadratic growth when its values are proportional to the square of the function argument or sequence position. "Quadratic growth" often means more generally "quadratic growth in the limit", as the argument or sequence position goes to infinity – in big Theta not... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi%20Protected%20Setup | Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) originally, Wi-Fi Simple Config, is a network security standard to create a secure wireless home network.
Created by Cisco and introduced in 2006, the point of the protocol is to allow home users who know little of wireless security and may be intimidated by the available security options t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEPTHX | The Deep Phreatic Thermal Explorer (DEPTHX) is an autonomous underwater vehicle designed and built by Stone Aerospace, an aerospace engineering firm based in Austin, Texas. It was designed to autonomously explore and map underwater sinkholes in northern Mexico, as well as collect water and wall core samples. This coul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational%20Broadband%20Service | The Educational Broadband Service (EBS) was formerly known as the Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS). ITFS was a band of twenty (20) microwave TV channels available to be licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to local credit granting educational institutions. It was designed to serve ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometrical%20properties%20of%20polynomial%20roots | In mathematics, a univariate polynomial of degree with real or complex coefficients has complex roots, if counted with their multiplicities. They form a multiset of points in the complex plane. This article concerns the geometry of these points, that is the information about their localization in the complex plane t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk-based%20testing | Risk-based testing (RBT) is a type of software testing that functions as an organizational principle used to prioritize the tests of features and functions in software, based on the risk of failure, the function of their importance and likelihood or impact of failure.</ref> In theory, there are an infinite number of po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef%20Ball%20Foundation | Reef Ball Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that functions as an international environmental non-governmental organization. The foundation uses reef ball artificial reef technology, combined with coral propagation, transplant technology, public education, and community training to build, restore a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrational%20circular%20dichroism | Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) is a spectroscopic technique which detects differences in attenuation of left and right circularly polarized light passing through a sample. It is the extension of circular dichroism spectroscopy into the infrared and near infrared ranges.
Because VCD is sensitive to the mutual ori... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assertion%20definition%20language | The Assertion Definition Language (ADL) is a specification language providing a predicate logic based behaviour, as well as interfaces, for computer software.
English language support
ADL uses function pre- and postconditions to specify interfaces and is designed to provide an intermediary between informal English lan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20ecosystem | In ecology, urban ecosystems are considered a ecosystem functional group within the intensive land-use biome. They are structurally complex ecosystems with highly heterogeneous and dynamic spatial structure that is created and maintained by humans. They include cities, smaller settlements and industrial areas, that are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20automation%20for%20the%20elderly%20and%20disabled | Home automation for the elderly and disabled focuses on making it possible for older adults and people with disabilities to remain at home, safe and comfortable. Home automation is becoming a viable option for older adults and people with disabilities who would prefer to stay in the comfort of their homes rather than m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch%20%28programming%20language%29 | Scratch is a high-level block-based visual programming language and website aimed primarily at children as an educational tool, with a target audience of ages 8 to 16. Users on the site, called Scratchers, can create projects on the website using a block-like interface. Projects can be exported to standalone HTML5, And... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A9ron%E2%80%93Tate%20height | In number theory, the Néron–Tate height (or canonical height) is a quadratic form on the Mordell–Weil group of rational points of an abelian variety defined over a global field. It is named after André Néron and John Tate.
Definition and properties
Néron defined the Néron–Tate height as a sum of local heights. Althou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore%20math | Singapore math (or Singapore maths in British English) is a teaching method based on the national mathematics curriculum used for first through sixth grade in Singaporean schools. The term was coined in the United States to describe an approach originally developed in Singapore to teach students to learn and master few... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20analysis%20pattern | Software analysis patterns or analysis patterns in software engineering are conceptual models, which capture an abstraction of a situation that can often be encountered in modelling. An analysis pattern can be represented as "a group of related, generic objects (meta-classes) with stereotypical attributes (data definit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte%20%28metallurgy%29 | Matte is a term used in the field of pyrometallurgy given to the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals. Typically, a matte is the phase in which the principal metal being extracted is recovered prior to a final reduction process (usually converting) to pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20MODFLOW | Visual MODFLOW (VMOD) is a graphical interface (GUI) for the open source groundwater modeling engine MODFLOW. VMOD was developed by Waterloo Hydrogeologic and first released in 1994, the first commercially available GUI for MODFLOW. On May 2012 a .NET version of the software was rebranded as Visual MODFLOW Flex. The pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive%20equilibrium | Competitive equilibrium (also called: Walrasian equilibrium) is a concept of economic equilibrium, introduced by Kenneth Arrow and Gérard Debreu in 1951, appropriate for the analysis of commodity markets with flexible prices and many traders, and serving as the benchmark of efficiency in economic analysis. It relies cr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Bluetooth%20protocols | The wireless data exchange standard Bluetooth uses a variety of protocols. Core protocols are defined by the trade organization Bluetooth SIG. Additional protocols have been adopted from other standards bodies. This article gives an overview of the core protocols and those adopted protocols that are widely used.
The B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misuse%20detection | Misuse detection actively works against potential insider threats to vulnerable computer data.
Misuse
Misuse detection is an approach to detecting computer attacks. In a misuse detection approach, abnormal system behaviour is defined first, and then all other behaviour is defined as normal. It stands against the anoma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deniable%20authentication | In cryptography, deniable authentication refers to message authentication between a set of participants where the participants themselves can be confident in the authenticity of the messages, but it cannot be proved to a third party after the event.
In practice, deniable authentication between two parties can be achie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protistology | Protistology is a scientific discipline devoted to the study of protists, a highly diverse group of eukaryotic organisms. All eukaryotes apart from animals, plants and fungi are considered protists. Its field of study therefore overlaps with the more traditional disciplines of phycology, mycology, and protozoology, jus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise%20Privacy%20Authorization%20Language | Enterprise Privacy Authorization Language (EPAL) is a formal language for writing enterprise privacy policies to govern data handling practices in IT systems according to fine-grained positive and negative authorization rights. It was submitted by IBM to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 2003 to be considered for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacScan | MacScan is anti-malware software for macOS developed by SecureMac.
Features
SecureMac runs on Apple macOS. It scans for and removes malware (including spyware, Trojan horses, keystroke loggers, and tracking cookies). It also scans for remote administration programs, like Apple Remote Desktop, allowing users to verify ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20WiMAX%20networks | The following is a list of WiMAX networks.
Standards
IEEE 802.16 - called fixed WiMAX because of static connection without handover.
IEEE 802.16e - called mobile WiMAX because it allows handovers between base stations.
IEEE 802.16m - advanced air interface with data rates of 100 Mbit/s mobile and 1 Gbit/s fixed.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditch%20Witch | Ditch Witch, a trade name of Charles Machine Works, is an American brand of underground utility construction equipment, principally trenchers, which has been in operation since 1949. It is the leading subsidiary of Charles Machine Works, headquartered in Perry, Oklahoma. Charles Machine Works is, since 2019, a subsidi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%20Slayer%20%28video%20game%29 | is an action role-playing game, developed by Nihon Falcom and designed by Yoshio Kiya.<ref name="retro_3"> Reprinted from {{citation|title=Retro Gamer|issue=67|year=2009}}</ref> It was originally released in 1984 for the PC-8801, PC-9801, X1 and FM-7, and became a major success in Japan. It was followed by an MSX port ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate%20reality | Ultimate reality is "the supreme, final, and fundamental power in all reality". This heavily overlaps with the concept of the Absolute in certain philosophies.
Buddhism
In Theravada Buddhism, Nirvana is ultimate reality. Nirvana is described in negative terms; it is unconstructed and unconditioned. In some strands of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward%20kinematics | In robot kinematics, forward kinematics refers to the use of the kinematic equations of a robot to compute the position of the end-effector from specified values for the joint parameters.
The kinematics equations of the robot are used in robotics, computer games, and animation. The reverse process, that computes the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic%20%28physiology%29 | Tonic in physiology refers to a physiological response which is slow and may be graded. This term is typically used in opposition to a fast response. For instance, tonic muscles are contrasted by the more typical and much faster twitch muscles, while tonic sensory nerve endings are contrasted to the much faster phasi... |
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