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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor%20Science%20and%20Technology
Semiconductor Science and Technology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all applied or explicitly applicable experimental and theoretical studies of the properties of semiconductors and their interfaces, devices, and packaging. The journal publishes different article types including research papers, rapid c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllabogram
Syllabograms are signs used to write the syllables (or morae) of words. This term is most often used in the context of a writing system otherwise organized on different principles—an alphabet where most symbols represent phonemes, or a logographic script where most symbols represent morphemes—but a system based mostly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCSO%20Nameserver
A CCSO name-server or Ph protocol was an early form of database search on the Internet. In its most common form, it was used to look up information such as telephone numbers and email addresses. Today, this service has been largely replaced by LDAP. It was used mainly in the early-to-middle 1990s. The name-server was d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.8261
ITU-T Recommendation G.8261/Y.1361 (formerly G.pactiming) "Timing and Synchronization Aspects in Packet Networks" specifies the upper limits of allowable network jitter and wander, the minimum requirements that network equipment at the TDM interfaces at the boundary of these packet networks can tolerate, and the minimu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed%20Air%20and%20Gas%20Institute
Compressed Air and Gas Institute or CAGI is the industry association located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It was founded in 1915. CAGI represents manufacturers of compressed air system equipment, including air compressors, blowers, pneumatic tools, and air and gas drying and filtration equipment. It also develops standards...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign%20war
A sign war is a competition between two or more organizations to gain the best visibility, or simply to engage in friendly "one-upmanship". The goal may be to put up more signs than one's competitors, or it may be to put up wittier signs. Business sign wars Sign wars between local businesses may consist of good spiri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20Reynold%20B.%20Johnson%20Information%20Storage%20Systems%20Award
The IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Information Storage Systems Award is a Technical Field Award of the IEEE given each year to an individual, multiple recipients, or team up to three in number that has made outstanding contributions to information storage systems. The award is named in honor of Reynold B. Johnson. The awar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Underground%20Digest
The Computer Underground Digest (CuD) was a weekly online newsletter on early Internet cultural, social, and legal issues published by Gordon Meyer and Jim Thomas from March 1990 to March 2000. History Meyer and Thomas were Criminal Justice professors at Northern Illinois University, and intended the newsletter to cov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying%20primate%20hypothesis
In evolutionary biology, the flying primate hypothesis is that megabats, a subgroup of Chiroptera (also known as flying foxes), form an evolutionary sister group of primates. The hypothesis began with Carl Linnaeus in 1758, and was again advanced by J.D. Smith in 1980. It was proposed in its modern form by Australia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-native%20speech%20database
A non-native speech database is a speech database of non-native pronunciations of English. Such databases are used in the development of: multilingual automatic speech recognition systems, text to speech systems, pronunciation trainers, and second language learning systems. List The actual table with information a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible%20Light%20Photon%20Counter
A Visible Light Photon Counter (VLPC) is a photon counting photodetector based on impurity-band conduction in arsenic-doped silicon. They have high quantum efficiency and are able to detect single photons in the visible range of the electromagnetic spectrum. The ability to count the exact number of photons detected is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20cell
In electronics, the Gilbert cell is a type of frequency mixer. It produces output signals proportional to the product of two input signals. Such circuits are widely used for frequency conversion in radio systems. The advantage of this circuit is the output current is an accurate multiplication of the (differential) bas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial%20fan
Industrial fans and blowers are machines whose primary function is to provide and accommodate a large flow of air or gas to various parts of a building or other structures. This is achieved by rotating a number of blades, connected to a hub and shaft, and driven by a motor or turbine. The flow rates of these mechanical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vack%C3%A1%C5%99%20oscillator
A Vackář oscillator is a wide range variable frequency oscillator (VFO) which has a near constant output amplitude over its frequency range. It is similar to a Colpitts oscillator or a Clapp oscillator, but those designs do not have a constant output amplitude when tuned. Invention In 1949, the Czech engineer Jiří Va...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Replacement%20Character%20Set
The National Replacement Character Set (NRCS) was a feature supported by later models of Digital's (DEC) computer terminal systems, starting with the VT200 series in 1983. NRCS allowed individual characters from one character set to be replaced by one from another set, allowing the construction of different character s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon%E2%80%93Hochschild%E2%80%93Serre%20spectral%20sequence
In mathematics, especially in the fields of group cohomology, homological algebra and number theory, the Lyndon spectral sequence or Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence is a spectral sequence relating the group cohomology of a normal subgroup N and the quotient group G/N to the cohomology of the total group G. The spec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorion
In number theory, a factorion in a given number base is a natural number that equals the sum of the factorials of its digits. The name factorion was coined by the author Clifford A. Pickover. Definition Let be a natural number. For a base , we define the sum of the factorials of the digits of , , to be the followin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition%20of%20the%20human%20body
Body composition may be analyzed in various ways. This can be done in terms of the chemical elements present, or by molecular structure e.g., water, protein, fats (or lipids), hydroxylapatite (in bones), carbohydrates (such as glycogen and glucose) and DNA. In terms of tissue type, the body may be analyzed into water, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutte%E2%80%93Berge%20formula
In the mathematical discipline of graph theory the Tutte–Berge formula is a characterization of the size of a maximum matching in a graph. It is a generalization of Tutte theorem on perfect matchings, and is named after W. T. Tutte (who proved Tutte's theorem) and Claude Berge (who proved its generalization). Stateme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distribution%20amplifier
In electronics, a distribution amplifier, or simply distribution amp or DA, is a device that accepts a single input signal and provides this same signal to multiple isolated outputs. These devices allow a signal to be distributed to multiple destinations without ground loops or signal degradation. They are used for a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tephritid%20Workers%20Database
The Tephritid Workers Database is a web-based database for sharing information on tephritid fruit flies. Because these species are one of the most economically important group of insect species that threaten fruit and vegetable production and trade worldwide, a tremendous amount of information is made available each ye...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20repository
In information technology, an information repository or simply a repository is "a central place in which an aggregation of data is kept and maintained in an organized way, usually in computer storage." It "may be just the aggregation of data itself into some accessible place of storage or it may also imply some abilit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce%20Labs
Ounce Labs (an IBM company) is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based security software vendor. The company was founded in 2002 and created a software analysis product that analyzes source code to identify and remove security vulnerabilities. The security software looks for a range of vulnerabilities that leave an application ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion%20system
Motion system in engineering and systems, is a component of a test and measurement system that provides motion to a load or loads in a one or many directions. Generally a motion system is made up of a set (or stack) of linear and rotational stages. A linear stage moves in a straight line, while a rotation stage moves ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane%20wave%20expansion%20method
Plane wave expansion method (PWE) refers to a computational technique in electromagnetics to solve the Maxwell's equations by formulating an eigenvalue problem out of the equation. This method is popular among the photonic crystal community as a method of solving for the band structure (dispersion relation) of specific...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP%2095LX
The HP 95LX Palmtop PC (F1000A, F1010A), also known as project Jaguar, was Hewlett Packard's first MS-DOS-based pocket computer, or personal digital assistant, introduced in April 1991 in collaboration with Lotus Development Corporation. It can be seen as successor to a series of larger portable PCs like the HP 110 and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard%20pull
Bollard pull is a conventional measure of the pulling (or towing) power of a watercraft. It is defined as the force (usually in tonnes-force or kilonewtons (kN)) exerted by a vessel under full power, on a shore-mounted bollard through a tow-line, commonly measured in a practical test (but sometimes simulated) under tes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity%20of%20zero
In mathematics, zero is an even number. In other words, its parity—the quality of an integer being even or odd—is even. This can be easily verified based on the definition of "even": it is an integer multiple of 2, specifically . As a result, zero shares all the properties that characterize even numbers: for example, 0...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-Local%20Multicast%20Name%20Resolution
The Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) is a protocol based on the Domain Name System (DNS) packet format that allows both IPv4 and IPv6 hosts to perform name resolution for hosts on the same local link. It is included in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10. It is also imple...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGG-glucan
Poly-[1-6]--D-glucopyranosyl-[1-3]--D-glucopyranose glucan (PGG glucan, proprietary name Betafectin) is an anti-infective agent and a form or type of beta-glucan. Betafectin is a PGG-glucan, a novel β-(1,6) branched β-(1,3) glucan, purified from the cell walls of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is a macrophage-specific ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo%20Abort%20Guidance%20System
The Apollo Abort Guidance System (AGS, also known as Abort Guidance Section) was a backup computer system providing an abort capability in the event of failure of the Lunar Module's primary guidance system (Apollo PGNCS) during descent, ascent or rendezvous. As an abort system, it did not support guidance for a lunar l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanix
Lanix Internacional, S.A. de C.V. is a multinational computer and mobile phone manufacturer company based in Hermosillo, Mexico. Lanix primarily markets and sells its products in Mexico and the Latin American export market. History Lanix was founded in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico in 1990, and released its first comput...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unistochastic%20matrix
In mathematics, a unistochastic matrix (also called unitary-stochastic) is a doubly stochastic matrix whose entries are the squares of the absolute values of the entries of some unitary matrix. A square matrix B of size n is doubly stochastic (or bistochastic) if all its entries are non-negative real numbers and each ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS/INS
GPS/INS is the use of GPS satellite signals to correct or calibrate a solution from an inertial navigation system (INS). The method is applicable for any GNSS/INS system. Overview GPS/INS method The GPS gives an absolute drift-free position value that can be used to reset the INS solution or can be blended with it b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated%20body%20pose%20estimation
Articulated body pose estimation in computer vision is the study of algorithms and systems that recover the pose of an articulated body, which consists of joints and rigid parts using image-based observations. It is one of the longest-lasting problems in computer vision because of the complexity of the models that rela...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack%20memory
Racetrack memory or domain-wall memory (DWM) is an experimental non-volatile memory device under development at IBM's Almaden Research Center by a team led by physicist Stuart Parkin. In early 2008, a 3-bit version was successfully demonstrated. If it were to be developed successfully, racetrack memory would offer stor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20conductivity%20detector
The thermal conductivity detector (TCD), also known as a katharometer, is a bulk property detector and a chemical specific detector commonly used in gas chromatography. This detector senses changes in the thermal conductivity of the column eluent and compares it to a reference flow of carrier gas. Since most compounds ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20widget%20toolkits
This article provides a list of widget toolkits (also known as GUI frameworks), used to construct the graphical user interface (GUI) of programs, organized by their relationships with various operating systems. Low-level widget toolkits Integrated in the operating system macOS uses Cocoa. Mac OS 9 and macOS used to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%2C000
20,000 (twenty thousand) is the natural number that comes after 19,999 and before 20,001. 20,000 is a round number, and is also in the title of Jules Verne's novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Selected numbers in the range 20001–29999 20001 to 20999 20002 = number of surface-points of a tetrahedron with e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30%2C000
30,000 (thirty thousand) is the natural number that comes after 29,999 and before 30,001. Selected numbers in the range 30001–39999 30001 to 30999 30029 = primorial prime 30030 = primorial 30203 = safe prime 30240 = harmonic divisor number 30323 = Sophie Germain prime and safe prime 30420 = pentagonal pyramidal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40%2C000
40,000 (forty thousand) is the natural number that comes after 39,999 and before 40,001. It is the square of 200. Selected numbers in the range 40001–49999 40001 to 40999 40320 = smallest factorial (8!) that is not a highly composite number 40425 = square pyramidal number 40585 = largest factorion 40678 = pentago...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50%2C000
50,000 (fifty thousand) is the natural number that comes after 49,999 and before 50,001. Selected numbers in the range 50001–59999 50001 to 50999 50069 = 11 + 22 + 33 + 44 + 55 + 66 50400 = highly composite number 50625 = 154, smallest fourth power that can be expressed as the sum of only five distinct fourth powe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60%2C000
60,000 (sixty thousand) is the natural number that comes after 59,999 and before 60,001. It is a round number. It is the value of (F25). Selected numbers in the range 60,000–69,999 60,001 to 60,999 60,049 = Leyland number 60,101 = smallest prime with period of reciprocal 100 61,000 to 61,999 62,000 to 62,999 62,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70%2C000
70,000 (seventy thousand) is the natural number that comes after 69,999 and before 70,001. It is a round number. Selected numbers in the range 70001–79999 70001 to 70999 71000 to 71999 71656 = pentagonal pyramidal number 72000 to 72999 73000 to 73999 73296 = is the smallest number n, for which n−3, n−2, n−1, n+1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80%2C000
80,000 (eighty thousand) is the natural number after 79,999 and before 80,001. Selected numbers in the range 80,000–89,999 80,782 = Pell number P14 81,181 = number of reduced trees with 25 nodes 82,000 = the only currently known number greater than 1 that can be written in bases from 2 through 5 using only 0s and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90%2C000
90,000 (ninety thousand) is the natural number following 89,999 and preceding 90,001. It is the sum of the cubes of the first 24 positive integers, and is the square of 300. Selected numbers in the range 90,000–99,999 90,625 = the only five-digit automorphic number: 906252 = 8212890625 91,125 = 453 91,144 = Fine n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining%20lamp
A mining lamp is a lamp, developed for the rigid necessities of underground mining operations. Most often it is worn on a special safety helmet. History Types 1813 Dr William Reid Clanny Exhibited The Clanny Lamp 1815 Humphry Davy Exhibited The Davy Lamp 1815 George Stephenson Exhibited his Lamp The Davey Safety ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu%27s%20method%20of%20characteristic%20set
Wenjun Wu's method is an algorithm for solving multivariate polynomial equations introduced in the late 1970s by the Chinese mathematician Wen-Tsun Wu. This method is based on the mathematical concept of characteristic set introduced in the late 1940s by J.F. Ritt. It is fully independent of the Gröbner basis method, i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error%20guessing
In software testing, error guessing is a test method in which test cases used to find bugs in programs are established based on experience in prior testing. The scope of test cases usually rely on the software tester involved, who uses experience and intuition to determine what situations commonly cause software failur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lule%C3%A5%20algorithm
The Luleå algorithm of computer science, designed by , is a technique for storing and searching internet routing tables efficiently. It is named after the Luleå University of Technology, the home institute/university of the technique's authors. The name of the algorithm does not appear in the original paper describing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspersky%20Internet%20Security
Kaspersky Internet Security (often abbreviated to KIS) was an internet security suite developed by Kaspersky Lab compatible with Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Kaspersky Internet Security offers protection from malware, as well as email spam, phishing and hacking attempts, and data leaks. Kaspersky Lab Diagnostics res...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souders%E2%80%93Brown%20equation
The Souders–Brown equation (named after Mott Souders and George Granger Brown) has been a tool for obtaining the maximum allowable vapor velocity in vapor–liquid separation vessels (variously called flash drums, knockout drums, knockout pots, compressor suction drums and compressor inlet drums). It has also been used f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation%20integrity%20testing
Foundation integrity testing is the non-destructive testing of piled foundations. It was first used in the late 1960s, and has been developed over time by many companies. Three organizations supply a majority of the test equipment in use: CEBTP (Centre Expérimental de Recherches et d'Etudes du Bâtiment et des Travaux P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metagame%20analysis
Metagame analysis involves framing a problem situation as a strategic game in which participants try to realise their objectives by means of the options available to them. The subsequent meta-analysis of this game gives insight in possible strategies and their outcome. Origin Metagame theory was developed by Nigel How...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentric%20polygon
In geometry, a bicentric polygon is a tangential polygon (a polygon all of whose sides are tangent to an inner incircle) which is also cyclic — that is, inscribed in an outer circle that passes through each vertex of the polygon. All triangles and all regular polygons are bicentric. On the other hand, a rectangle with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Disappearing%20Number
A Disappearing Number is a 2007 play co-written and devised by the Théâtre de Complicité company and directed and conceived by English playwright Simon McBurney. It was inspired by the collaboration during the 1910s between the pure mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan from India, and the Cambridge University don G.H. Ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate-Phase%20Return-to-Zero
Alternate-Phase Return-to-Zero (APRZ) is an optical line code. In APRZ the field intensity drops to zero between consecutive bits, and the field phase alternates between neighbouring bits, so that if the phase of the signal is, for example, 0 in even bits (bit number 2n), the phase in odd bit slots (bit number 2n+1) w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-Suppressed%20Return-to-Zero
Carrier-Suppressed Return-to-Zero (CSRZ) is an optical line code. In CSRZ the field intensity drops to zero between consecutive bits (RZ), and the field phase alternates by π radians between neighbouring bits, so that if the phase of the signal is e.g. 0 in even bits (bit number 2n), the phase in odd bit slots (bit num...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientation%20of%20churches
The orientation of a building refers to the direction in which it is constructed and laid out, taking account of its planned purpose and ease of use for its occupants, its relation to the path of the sun and other aspects of its environment. Within church architecture, orientation is an arrangement by which the point o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%20bisulfite
Potassium bisulfite (or potassium hydrogen sulfite) is a chemical mixture with the approximate chemical formula KHSO3. Potassium bisulfite in fact is not a real compound, but a mixture of salts that dissolve in water to give solutions composed of potassium ions and bisulfite ions. It is a white solid with an odor of s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversal%20%28geometry%29
In geometry, a transversal is a line that passes through two lines in the same plane at two distinct points. Transversals play a role in establishing whether two or more other lines in the Euclidean plane are parallel. The intersections of a transversal with two lines create various types of pairs of angles: consecuti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-infinity%20loop-shaping
H-infinity loop-shaping is a design methodology in modern control theory. It combines the traditional intuition of classical control methods, such as Bode's sensitivity integral, with H-infinity optimization techniques to achieve controllers whose stability and performance properties hold despite bounded differences b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple%20formulae
In the theory of special functions, Whipple's transformation for Legendre functions, named after Francis John Welsh Whipple, arise from a general expression, concerning associated Legendre functions. These formulae have been presented previously in terms of a viewpoint aimed at spherical harmonics, now that we view the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framework-oriented%20design
Framework Oriented Design (FOD) is a programming paradigm that uses existing frameworks as the basis for an application design. The framework can be thought of as fully functioning template application. The application development consists of modifying callback procedure behaviour and modifying object behaviour using...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daintree%20Networks
Daintree Networks, Inc. was a building automation company that provided wireless control systems for commercial and industrial buildings. Founded in 2003, Daintree was headquartered in Los Altos, California, with an R&D lab in Melbourne, Australia. Daintree's ControlScope wireless control includes switches, sensors, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirpitz%20%28pig%29
Tirpitz was a pig captured from the Imperial German Navy after a naval skirmish (the Battle of Más a Tierra) following the Battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. She became the mascot of the cruiser . Early life Pigs were often kept on board warships to supply fresh meat. Tirpitz was aboard , when she was ordered i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU%20reduction
LU reduction is an algorithm related to LU decomposition. This term is usually used in the context of super computing and highly parallel computing. In this context it is used as a benchmarking algorithm, i.e. to provide a comparative measurement of speed for different computers. LU reduction is a special parallelized ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolate%20spheroidal%20wave%20function
The prolate spheroidal wave functions are eigenfunctions of the Laplacian in prolate spheroidal coordinates, adapted to boundary conditions on certain ellipsoids of revolution (an ellipse rotated around its long axis, “cigar shape“). Related are the oblate spheroidal wave functions (“pancake shaped” ellipsoid). Soluti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20brain
The global brain is a neuroscience-inspired and futurological vision of the planetary information and communications technology network that interconnects all humans and their technological artifacts. As this network stores ever more information, takes over ever more functions of coordination and communication from tra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3UA
M3UA is a communication protocol of the SIGTRAN family, used in telephone networks to carry signaling over Internet Protocol (IP). M3UA enables the SS7 protocol's User Parts (e.g. ISUP, SCCP and TUP) to run over virtually any network technology breaking its limitation to telephony equipment like T-carrier, E-carrier o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical%20software%20engineering
Empirical software engineering (ESE) is a subfield of software engineering (SE) research that uses empirical research methods to study and evaluate an SE phenomenon of interest. The phenomenon may refer to software development tools/technology, practices, processes, policies, or other human and organizational aspects. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20breach
A data breach is a security violation, in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen, altered or used by an individual unauthorized to do so. Other terms are unintentional information disclosure, data leak, information leakage and data spill. Incidents range from concerted at...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistive%20ballooning%20mode
The resistive ballooning mode (RBM) is an instability occurring in magnetized plasmas, particularly in magnetic confinement devices such as tokamaks, when the pressure gradient is opposite to the effective gravity created by a magnetic field. Linear growth rate The linear growth rate of the RBM instability is given a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineshaft%20roller%20conveyor
A lineshaft roller conveyor or line-shaft conveyor is, as its name suggests, powered by a shaft beneath rollers. These conveyors are suitable for light applications up to 50 kg such as cardboard boxes and tote boxes. A single shaft runs below the rollers running the length of the conveyor. On the shaft are a series of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleodictyon
Paleodictyon is a trace fossil, usually interpreted to be a burrow, which appears in the geologic marine record beginning in the Precambrian/Early Cambrian and in modern ocean environments. Paleodictyon were first described by Giuseppe Meneghini in 1850. The origin of the trace fossil is enigmatic and numerous candidat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversing%3A%20Secrets%20of%20Reverse%20Engineering
Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering is a textbook written by Eldad Eilam on the subject of reverse engineering software, mainly within a Microsoft Windows environment. It covers the use of debuggers and other low-level tools for working with binaries. Of particular interest is that it uses OllyDbg in examples, an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIAJ%20MTS
EIAJ MTS is a multichannel television sound standard created by the EIAJ. Bilingual and stereo sound television programs started being broadcast in Japan in October 1978 using an "FM-FM" system originally developed by NHK Technical Research Labs during 1962–1969. This system was modified and standardised by the EIAJ i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20email
International email arises from the combined provision of internationalized domain names (IDN) and email address internationalization (EAI). The result is email that contains international characters (characters which do not exist in the ASCII character set), encoded as UTF-8, in the email header and in supporting mai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided%20architectural%20engineering
Computer-aided architectural engineering (CAAE) is the use of information technology for architectural engineering, in tasks such as the analysis, simulation, design, manufacture, planning, diagnosis and repair of architectural structures. CAAE is a subclass of computer-aided engineering. The first Computer-aided archi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAINT%20%28software%29
SAINT (Security Administrator’s Integrated Network Tool) is computer software used for scanning computer networks for security vulnerabilities, and exploiting found vulnerabilities. SAINT Network Vulnerability Scanner The SAINT scanner screens every live system on a network for TCP and UDP services. For each service i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticking%20coefficient
Sticking coefficient is the term used in surface physics to describe the ratio of the number of adsorbate atoms (or molecules) that adsorb, or "stick", to a surface to the total number of atoms that impinge upon that surface during the same period of time. Sometimes the symbol Sc is used to denote this coefficient, an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified%20Code%20for%20Units%20of%20Measure
The Unified Code for Units of Measure (UCUM) is a system of codes for unambiguously representing measurement units. Its primary purpose is machine-to-machine communication rather than communication between humans. The code set includes all units defined in ISO 1000, ISO 2955-1983, ANSI X3.50-1986, HL7 and ENV 12435, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20types%20of%20systems%20theory
This list of types of systems theory gives an overview of different types of systems theory, which are mentioned in scientific book titles or articles. The following more than 40 types of systems theory are all explicitly named systems theory and represent a unique conceptual framework in a specific field of science. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook%20Wireless
Skyhook is a location technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that specializes in location positioning, context, and intelligence. Founded in 2003, Skyhook originally began by geolocating Wi-Fi access points. It has since then has been focusing on hybrid positioning technology, which incorporates with Wi-Fi,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many-to-many%20%28data%20model%29
In systems analysis, a many-to-many relationship is a type of cardinality that refers to the relationship between two entities, say, A and B, where A may contain a parent instance for which there are many children in B and vice versa. Data relationships For example, think of A as Authors, and B as Books. An Author ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20civil%20engineering%20articles
This is an alphabetical list of articles pertaining specifically to civil engineering. For a broad overview of engineering, please see List of engineering topics. For biographies please see List of civil engineers. A Accuracy and precision – American Society of Civil Engineers – Applied mechanics – Arch B Beam (struc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor%E2%80%93liquid%20separator
In chemical engineering, a vapor–liquid separator is a device used to separate a vapor–liquid mixture into its constituent phases. It can be a vertical or horizontal vessel, and can act as a 2-phase or 3-phase separator. A vapor–liquid separator may also be referred to as a flash drum, breakpot, knock-out drum or kno...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listing%20%28computer%29
A listing or program listing is a printed list of lines of computer code or digital data (in human-readable form). Use cases Listings are commonly used in education and computer-related books to show examples of code. In the early days of programming, it was used to hand-check a program and as permanent storage. It w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tygon%20tubing
Tygon® is a brand name for a family of flexible polymer tubing consisting of a variety of materials to be used "across a range of specialized fluid transfer requirements". The specific composition of each type is a trade secret. Some variants have multiple layers of different materials. Tygon is a registered trademark ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20engineering
Project engineering includes all parts of the design of manufacturing or processing facilities, either new or modifications to and expansions of existing facilities. A "project" consists of a coordinated series of activities or tasks performed by engineers, designers, drafters and others from one or more engineering d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulated%20shipping%20container
Insulated shipping containers are a type of packaging used to ship temperature sensitive products such as foods, pharmaceuticals, organs, blood, biologic materials, vaccines and chemicals. They are used as part of a cold chain to help maintain product freshness and efficacy. The term can also refer to insulated inter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20technologist
An electrical technologist is a technologist who is required to apply electrical theory on the job. Their knowledge and skill lies between that of electrical engineers and general electrical trades persons. In North America they train in a three-year diploma programs at colleges or universities. Specializations within...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robik
Robik (ru: Арифметико Логическое Устройство «РОБИК») was a soviet ZX Spectrum clone produced between 1989 and 1994 by NPO Selto-Rotor in Cherkasy. The computer came with a full QWERTY keyboard with 55 keys, separate , three , double , , separate and stop keys. It had the possibility to switch between Latin and Russ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dielectric%20resonator%20antenna
A dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is a radio antenna mostly used at microwave frequencies and higher, that consists of a block of ceramic material of various shapes, the dielectric resonator, mounted on a metal surface, a ground plane. Radio waves are introduced into the inside of the resonator material from the tr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitively%20Guided%20Instruction
Cognitively Guided Instruction is "a professional development program based on an integrated program of research on (a) the development of students' mathematical thinking; (b) instruction that influences that development; (c) teachers' knowledge and beliefs that influence their instructional practice; and (d) the way t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer%20%28military%29
A pioneer () is a soldier employed to perform engineering and construction tasks. The term is in principle similar to sapper or combat engineer. Pioneers were originally part of the artillery branch of European armies. Subsequently, they formed part of the engineering branch, the logistic branch, part of the infantry,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanomesh
The nanomesh is an inorganic nanostructured two-dimensional material, similar to graphene. It was discovered in 2003 at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. It consists of a single layer of boron (B) and nitrogen (N) atoms, which forms by self-assembly into a highly regular mesh after high-temperature exposure of a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20chiller
A water chiller is a device used to lower the temperature of water. Most chillers use refrigerant in a closed loop system to facilitate heat exchange from water where the refrigerant is then pumped to a location where the waste heat is transferred to the atmosphere. However, there are other methods in performing this a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model-based%20design
Model-based design (MBD) is a mathematical and visual method of addressing problems associated with designing complex control, signal processing and communication systems. It is used in many motion control, industrial equipment, aerospace, and automotive applications. Model-based design is a methodology applied in desi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medipix
Medipix is a family of photon counting and particle tracking pixel detectors developed by an international collaboration, hosted by CERN. Design These are hybrid detectors as a semiconductor sensor layer is bonded to a processing electronics layer. The sensor layer is a semiconductor, such as silicon, GaAs, or CdTe...