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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Read%E2%80%93write%20memory
Read–write memory, or RWM is a type of computer memory that can be easily written to as well as read from using electrical signaling normally associated with running a software, and without any other physical processes. The related storage type RAM means something different; it refers to memory that can access any mem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20model%20of%20information%20retrieval
The (standard) Boolean model of information retrieval (BIR) is a classical information retrieval (IR) model and, at the same time, the first and most-adopted one. It is used by many IR systems to this day. The BIR is based on Boolean logic and classical set theory in that both the documents to be searched and the user'...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITIL%20security%20management
ITIL security management describes the structured fitting of security into an organization. ITIL security management is based on the ISO 27001 standard. "ISO/IEC 27001:2005 covers all types of organizations (e.g. commercial enterprises, government agencies, not-for profit organizations). ISO/IEC 27001:2005 specifies th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20seed%20bank
The soil seed bank is the natural storage of seeds, often dormant, within the soil of most ecosystems. The study of soil seed banks started in 1859 when Charles Darwin observed the emergence of seedlings using soil samples from the bottom of a lake. The first scientific paper on the subject was published in 1882 and r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference%20model
A reference model—in systems, enterprise, and software engineering—is an abstract framework or domain-specific ontology consisting of an interlinked set of clearly defined concepts produced by an expert or body of experts to encourage clear communication. A reference model can represent the component parts of any cons...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classmates.com
classmates.com is a social networking service. It was founded on November 17, 1995 by Randy Conrads as Classmates Online, Inc. It originally sought to help users find class members and colleagues from kindergarten, primary school, high school, college, workplaces, and the U.S. military. In 2010, CEO Mark Goldston desc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password%20manager
A password manager is a computer program that allows users to store and manage their passwords for local applications or online services such as web applications, online shops or social media. Password managers can generate passwords and fill online forms. Password managers may exist as a mix of: computer application...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad%20ligament%20of%20the%20uterus
The broad ligament of the uterus is the wide fold of peritoneum that connects the sides of the uterus to the walls and floor of the pelvis. Structure Subdivisions Contents The contents of the broad ligament include the following: Reproductive uterine tubes (or Fallopian tube) ovary (some sources consider the ova...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate%20mesoderm
Intermediate mesoderm or intermediate mesenchyme is a narrow section of the mesoderm (one of the three primary germ layers) located between the paraxial mesoderm and the lateral plate of the developing embryo. The intermediate mesoderm develops into vital parts of the urogenital system (kidneys, gonads and respective t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene%20in%20soft%20drinks
Benzene in soft drinks is of potential concern due to the carcinogenic nature of the molecule. This contamination is a public health concern and has caused significant outcry among environmental and health advocates. Benzene levels are regulated in drinking water nationally and internationally, and in bottled water in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonicera%20caerulea
Lonicera caerulea, also known by its common names blue honeysuckle, sweetberry honeysuckle, fly honeysuckle (blue fly honeysuckle), blue-berried honeysuckle, or the honeyberry, is a non-climbing honeysuckle native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere regions of North America, Europe, and Asia. The plant ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20flowers%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom
In 2002 Plantlife ran a "County Flowers" campaign to assign flowers to each of the counties of the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. The results of this campaign designated a single plant species to a "county or metropolitan area" in the UK and Isle of Man. Some English counties already had flowers traditionally asso...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSSE3
Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSSE3 or SSE3S) is a SIMD instruction set created by Intel and is the fourth iteration of the SSE technology. History SSSE3 was first introduced with Intel processors based on the Core microarchitecture on June 26, 2006 with the "Woodcrest" Xeons. SSSE3 has been referred to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalistic%20decision-making
The naturalistic decision making (NDM) framework emerged as a means of studying how people make decisions and perform cognitively complex functions in demanding, real-world situations. These include situations marked by limited time, uncertainty, high stakes, team and organizational constraints, unstable conditions, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/184%20%28number%29
184 (one hundred [and] eighty-four) is the natural number following 183 and preceding 185. In mathematics There are 184 different Eulerian graphs on eight unlabeled vertices, and 184 paths by which a chess rook can travel from one corner of a 4 × 4 chessboard to the opposite corner without passing through the same squ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20issue-tracking%20systems
Notable issue tracking systems, including bug tracking systems, help desk and service desk issue tracking systems, as well as asset management systems, include the following. The comparison includes client-server application, distributed and hosted systems. General Systems listed on a light purple background are no ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamrider
Beamrider is a fixed shooter written for the Intellivision by David Rolfe and published by Activision in 1983. The game was ported to the Atari 2600 (with a slightly reduced feature set), Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and MSX. Gameplay Beamrider takes place above Earth's atm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish
A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animal that lacks limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of living fish species are ray-finned fish, belonging to the cla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20entropy
The concept of entropy developed in response to the observation that a certain amount of functional energy released from combustion reactions is always lost to dissipation or friction and is thus not transformed into useful work. Early heat-powered engines such as Thomas Savery's (1698), the Newcomen engine (1712) and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumhead%20%28sign%29
The term drumhead refers to a type of removable sign that was prevalent on North American railroads of the first half of the 20th century. The sign was mounted at the rear of named passenger trains, and consisted of a box with internal illumination that shone through a tinted panel bearing the logo of the railroad or s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsa%20wood%20bridge
The building of balsa-wood bridges is often used as an educational technology. It may be accompanied by a larger project involving varying areas of study. Typically classes which would include a balsa wood bridge cover the subject areas of physics, engineering, static equilibrium, or building trades, although it may b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20%28classical%20thermodynamics%29
In classical thermodynamics, entropy () is a property of a thermodynamic system that expresses the direction or outcome of spontaneous changes in the system. The term was introduced by Rudolf Clausius in the mid-19th century to explain the relationship of the internal energy that is available or unavailable for transfo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy%20Governance
Policy Governance, informally known as the Carver model, is a system for organizational governance. Policy Governance defines and guides appropriate relationships between an organization's owners, board of directors, and chief executive. The Policy Governance approach was first developed in the 1970s by John Carver wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20%28statistical%20thermodynamics%29
The concept entropy was first developed by German physicist Rudolf Clausius in the mid-nineteenth century as a thermodynamic property that predicts that certain spontaneous processes are irreversible or impossible. In statistical mechanics, entropy is formulated as a statistical property using probability theory. The s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20as%20an%20arrow%20of%20time
Entropy is one of the few quantities in the physical sciences that require a particular direction for time, sometimes called an arrow of time. As one goes "forward" in time, the second law of thermodynamics says, the entropy of an isolated system can increase, but not decrease. Thus, entropy measurement is a way of dis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothallus
A prothallus, or prothallium, (from Latin pro = forwards and Greek θαλλος (thallos) = twig) is usually the gametophyte stage in the life of a fern or other pteridophyte. Occasionally the term is also used to describe the young gametophyte of a liverwort or peat moss as well. In lichens it refers to the region of the th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey%E2%80%93Cass%E2%80%93Koopmans%20model
The Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model, or Ramsey growth model, is a neoclassical model of economic growth based primarily on the work of Frank P. Ramsey, with significant extensions by David Cass and Tjalling Koopmans. The Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model differs from the Solow–Swan model in that the choice of consumption is explic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raster%20scan
A raster scan, or raster scanning, is the rectangular pattern of image capture and reconstruction in television. By analogy, the term is used for raster graphics, the pattern of image storage and transmission used in most computer bitmap image systems. The word raster comes from the Latin word rastrum (a rake), which i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20island
An ecological island is a term used in New Zealand, and increasingly in Australia, to refer to an area of land (not necessarily an actual island) isolated by natural or artificial means from the surrounding land, where a natural micro-habitat exists amidst a larger differing ecosystem. In New Zealand the term is used t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehead%27s%20lemma
Whitehead's lemma is a technical result in abstract algebra used in algebraic K-theory. It states that a matrix of the form is equivalent to the identity matrix by elementary transformations (that is, transvections): Here, indicates a matrix whose diagonal block is and entry is . The name "Whitehead's lemma"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nernst%E2%80%93Planck%20equation
The Nernst–Planck equation is a conservation of mass equation used to describe the motion of a charged chemical species in a fluid medium. It extends Fick's law of diffusion for the case where the diffusing particles are also moved with respect to the fluid by electrostatic forces. It is named after Walther Nernst and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20dimension
In information theory, information dimension is an information measure for random vectors in Euclidean space, based on the normalized entropy of finely quantized versions of the random vectors. This concept was first introduced by Alfréd Rényi in 1959. Simply speaking, it is a measure of the fractal dimension of a pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20gaming
Mac gaming refers to the use of video games on Macintosh personal computers. In the 1990s, Apple computers did not attract the same level of video game development as Microsoft Windows computers due to the high popularity of Microsoft Windows and, for 3D gaming, Microsoft's DirectX technology. In recent years, the intr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic%20code
In coding theory, a cyclic code is a block code, where the circular shifts of each codeword gives another word that belongs to the code. They are error-correcting codes that have algebraic properties that are convenient for efficient error detection and correction. Definition Let be a linear code over a finite field ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Even%20code
A binary code is called an even code if the Hamming weight of each of its codewords is even. An even code should have a generator polynomial that include (1+x) minimal polynomial as a product. Furthermore, a binary code is called doubly even if the Hamming weight of all its codewords is divisible by 4. An even code whi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Memories%2C%20Inc.
Computer Memories, Inc. (CMI) was a Chatsworth, California manufacturer of hard disk drives during the early 1980s. CMI made basic stepper motor-based drives, with low cost in mind. History The company was founded in 1979 by Raymond Brooke, Abraham Brand, James Willets and James Quackenbush all formerly of Pertec Com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM-001
TIM-001 was an application development microcomputer developed by Mihajlo Pupin Institute (Serbia) in 1983/84. See also Mihajlo Pupin Institute Literature Dragoljub Milićević, Dušan Hristović (Ed): Računari TIM, Naučna knjiga, Belgrade 1990. In Serbian. Dušan Hristović: Razvoj računarstva u Srbiji (Computing in Se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprostanol
5β-Coprostanol (5β-cholestan-3β-ol) is a 27-carbon stanol formed from the biohydrogenation of cholesterol (cholest-5en-3β-ol) in the gut of most higher animals and birds. This compound has frequently been used as a biomarker for the presence of human faecal matter in the environment. Chemical properties Solubility 5...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskra%20Delta%20Partner
Iskra Delta Partner was a computer developed by Iskra Delta in 1983. Specifications Text mode: 26 lines with 80 or 132 characters each Character set: YUSCII I/O ports: three RS-232C, one used to connect printer (1200-4800 bit/s) and two general-purpose (300-9600 bit/s)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorenje%20Dialog
Dialog was a microcomputer system developed by Gorenje in 1980s. It was based on the 8-bit 4 MHz Zilog Z-80A microprocessor. The primary operating system was FEDOS (CP/M 2.2 compatible), developed by Computer Structures and Systems Laboratory (Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana) and Gorenje. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskradata%201680
Iskradata 1680 was a computer developed by Iskradata in 1979.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%20stratification
Ocean stratification is the natural separation of an ocean's water into horizontal layers by density, which is generally stable because warm water floats on top of cold water, and heating is mostly from the sun, which reinforces that arrangement. Stratification is reduced by wind-forced mechanical mixing, but reinforce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CER-202
CER ( – Digital Electronic Computer) model 202 is an early digital computer developed by Mihajlo Pupin Institute (Serbia) in the 1960s. See also CER Computers Mihajlo Pupin Institute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack%20effect
The stack effect or chimney effect is the movement of air into and out of buildings through unsealed openings, chimneys, flue-gas stacks, or other containers, resulting from air buoyancy. Buoyancy occurs due to a difference in indoor-to-outdoor air density resulting from temperature and moisture differences. The resu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Banchoff
Thomas Francis Banchoff (born April 7, 1938) is an American mathematician specializing in geometry. He is a professor at Brown University, where he has taught since 1967. He is known for his research in differential geometry in three and four dimensions, for his efforts to develop methods of computer graphics in the e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RpoB
The rpoB gene encodes the β subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase and the homologous plastid-encoded RNA polymerase (PEP). It codes for 1342 amino acids in E. coli, making it the second-largest polypeptide in the bacterial cell. It is targeted by the rifamycin family of antibacterials, such as rifampin. Mutations in rpo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventory%20turnover
In accounting, the inventory turnover is a measure of the number of times inventory is sold or used in a time period such as a year. It is calculated to see if a business has an excessive inventory in comparison to its sales level. The equation for inventory turnover equals the cost of goods sold divided by the average...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midsphere
In geometry, the midsphere or intersphere of a convex polyhedron is a sphere which is tangent to every edge of the polyhedron. Not every polyhedron has a midsphere, but the uniform polyhedra, including the regular, quasiregular and semiregular polyhedra and their duals all have midspheres. The radius of the midsphere i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety%20Clearing-House
The Biosafety Clearing-House is an international mechanism that exchanges information about the movement of genetically modified organisms, established under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. It assists Parties (i.e. governments that have ratified the Protocol) to implement the protocol’s provisions and to facilitat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gametangium
A gametangium (: gametangia) is an organ or cell in which gametes are produced that is found in many multicellular protists, algae, fungi, and the gametophytes of plants. In contrast to gametogenesis in animals, a gametangium is a haploid structure and formation of gametes does not involve meiosis. Types of gametangia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YUSCII
YUSCII is an informal name for several JUS standards for 7-bit character encoding. These include: JUS I.B1.002 (ISO-IR-141, ISO 646-YU), which encodes Gaj's Latin alphabet, used for Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian language JUS I.B1.003 (ISO-IR-146), which encodes Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, and JUS I.B1.004 (ISO-IR-147)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver%20Community%20Network
Vancouver Community Network (VCN) is a community-owned provider of free internet access, technical support, and web hosting services to individuals and nonprofit organizations in Vancouver, British Columbia. It developed StreetMessenger, a communication service for the homeless. History The organization was founded a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angioblast
Angioblasts (or vasoformative cells) are embryonic cells from which the endothelium of blood vessels arises. They are derived from embryonic mesoderm. Blood vessels first make their appearance in several scattered vascular areas (blood islands) that are developed simultaneously between the endoderm and the mesoderm of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backyard%20Wildlife%20Habitat
The Backyard Wildlife Habitat is a program of the National Wildlife Federation that encourages homeowners in the United States to manage their gardens and yards as a wildlife garden, with the goal of maintaining healthy and diverse animal habitats and ecosystems. The program began in 1973. By 1998, it had impacted mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemocyte%20%28invertebrate%20immune%20system%20cell%29
A hemocyte is a cell that plays a role in the immune system of invertebrates. It is found within the hemolymph. Hemocytes are phagocytes of invertebrates. Hemocytes in Drosophila melanogaster can be divided into two categories: embryonic and larval. Embryonic hemocytes are derived from head mesoderm and enter the hem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20ramus%20communicans
The white ramus communicans (: rami communicantes) from Latin ramus (branch) and communicans (communicating) is the preganglionic sympathetic outflow nerve tract from the spinal cord. Each of the thoracic, and the first and second lumbar nerves contribute a white ramus communicans to the adjoining sympathetic ganglion...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%20ramus%20communicans
Each spinal nerve receives a branch called a gray ramus communicans (: rami communicantes) from the adjacent paravertebral ganglion of the sympathetic trunk. The gray rami communicantes contain postganglionic nerve fibers of the sympathetic nervous system and are composed of largely unmyelinated neurons. This is in con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary%20branches%20of%20vagus%20nerve
The pulmonary branches of the vagus nerve can be divided into two groups: anterior and posterior. Anterior The Anterior Bronchial Branches (rami bronchiales anteriores; anterior or ventral pulmonary branches), two or three in number, and of small size, are distributed on the anterior surface of the root of the lung. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary%20plexus
The pulmonary plexus is an autonomic plexus formed from pulmonary branches of vagus nerve and the sympathetic trunk. The plexus is in continuity with the deep cardiac plexus. Structure It innervates the bronchial tree and the visceral pleura. According to the relation of nerves to the root of the lung, the pulmonary p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20the%20Octopus
Al the Octopus is the mascot of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. During many games, octopuses are thrown onto the ice by fans for good luck, this usually occurring after the national anthem is sung or after a goal is scored. This Legend of the Octopus tradition, started on April 15, 1952, when two ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debug%20menu
A debug menu or debug mode is a user interface implemented in a computer program that allows the user to view and/or manipulate the program's internal state for the purpose of debugging. Some games format their debug menu as an in-game location, referred to as a debug room (distinct from the developer's room type of Ea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20hypogastric%20plexus
The superior hypogastric plexus (in older texts, hypogastric plexus or presacral nerve) is a plexus of nerves situated on the vertebral bodies anterior to the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta. It bifurcates to form the left and the right hypogastric nerve. The SHP is the continuation of the abdominal aortic plexus. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celiac%20ganglia
The celiac ganglia or coeliac ganglia are two large irregularly shaped masses of nerve tissue in the upper abdomen. Part of the sympathetic subdivision of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), the two celiac ganglia are the largest ganglia in the ANS, and they innervate most of the digestive tract. They have the appear...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isothermal%20titration%20calorimetry
In chemical thermodynamics, isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a physical technique used to determine the thermodynamic parameters of interactions in solution. It is most often used to study the binding of small molecules (such as medicinal compounds) to larger macromolecules (proteins, DNA etc.) in a label-free...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition%20%28biology%29
Competition is an interaction between organisms or species in which both require a resource that is in limited supply (such as food, water, or territory). Competition lowers the fitness of both organisms involved since the presence of one of the organisms always reduces the amount of the resource available to the other...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20transformation
A model transformation, in model-driven engineering, is an automated way of modifying and creating platform-specific model from platform-independent ones. An example use of model transformation is ensuring that a family of models is consistent, in a precise sense which the software engineer can define. The aim of using...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShotCode
ShotCode is a circular barcode created by High Energy Magic of Cambridge University. It uses a dartboard-like circle, with a bullseye in the centre and datacircles surrounding it. The technology reads databits from these datacircles by measuring the angle and distance from the bullseye for each. ShotCodes are designed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirement%20prioritization
Requirement prioritization is used in the Software product management for determining which candidate requirements of a software product should be included in a certain release. Requirements are also prioritized to minimize risk during development so that the most important or high risk requirements are implemented fir...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Item
Digital Item is the basic unit of transaction in the MPEG-21 framework. It is a structured digital object, including a standard representation, identification and metadata. A Digital Item may be a combination of resources like videos, audio tracks or images; metadata, such as descriptors and identifiers; and structur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Dylan%20programming%20language
Dylan programming language history first introduces the history with a continuous text. The second section gives a timeline overview of the history and present several milestones and watersheds. The third section presents quotations related to the history of the Dylan programming language. Introduction to the history ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Emmanuel%20%28mathematician%29
David Emmanuel (31 January 1854 – 4 February 1941) was a Romanian Jewish mathematician and member of the Romanian Academy, considered to be the founder of the modern mathematics school in Romania. Born in Bucharest, Emmanuel studied at Gheorghe Lazăr and Gheorghe Șincai high schools. In 1873 he went to Paris, where he...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20%28software%20platform%29
Java is a set of computer software and specifications that provides a software platform for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment. Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms from embedded devices and mobile phones to enterprise servers and supercomputers. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryotic%20chromosome%20structure
Eukaryotic chromosome structure refers to the levels of packaging from raw DNA molecules to the chromosomal structures seen during metaphase in mitosis or meiosis. Chromosomes contain long strands of DNA containing genetic information. Compared to prokaryotic chromosomes, eukaryotic chromosomes are much larger in size ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing%20Like%20the%20Rain
"Nothing Like the Rain" is a song recorded by Belgian/Dutch Eurodance band 2 Unlimited. It was released on 10 June 1995 as the fourth and final single from their third album, Real Things (1994). The song was written by co-producers Phil Wilde and Peter Bauwens with Michael Leahy. In the US, it was released as a double ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse%20echo
Reverse echo and reverse reverb are sound effects created as the result of recording an echo or reverb effect of an audio recording played backwards. The original recording is then played forwards accompanied by the recording of the echoed or reverberated signal which now precedes the original signal. The process produ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotone%20class%20theorem
In measure theory and probability, the monotone class theorem connects monotone classes and -algebras. The theorem says that the smallest monotone class containing an algebra of sets is precisely the smallest -algebra containing  It is used as a type of transfinite induction to prove many other theorems, such as Fubin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Importer%20%28computing%29
An importer is a software application that reads in a data file or metadata information in one format and converts it to another format via special algorithms (such as filters). An importer often is not an entire program by itself, but an extension to another program, implemented as a plug-in. When implemented in thi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru%20Ghika
Alexandru Ghika (June 22, 1902 – April 11, 1964) was a Romanian mathematician, founder of the Romanian school of functional analysis. Life He was born in Bucharest, into the Ghica family, the son of Ioan Ghika (1873–1949) and Elena Metaxa (1870–1951), and great-great-grandson of Grigore IV Ghica, Prince of Wallachia. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exporter%20%28computing%29
An exporter is a software application that writes out a data file in a format different from its native format. It does this via special algorithms (such as filters). An exporter often is not an entire program by itself, but an extension to another program, implemented as a plug-in. When implemented in this way, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle%20index
In combinatorial mathematics a cycle index is a polynomial in several variables which is structured in such a way that information about how a group of permutations acts on a set can be simply read off from the coefficients and exponents. This compact way of storing information in an algebraic form is frequently used i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumscriptional%20name
In biological classification, circumscriptional names are taxon names that are not ruled by ICZN and are defined by the particular set of members included. Circumscriptional names are used mainly for taxa above family-group level (e. g. order or class), but can be also used for taxa of any ranks, as well as for rank-le...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20air%20volume
Variable air volume (VAV) is a type of heating, ventilating, and/or air-conditioning (HVAC) system. Unlike constant air volume (CAV) systems, which supply a constant airflow at a variable temperature, VAV systems vary the airflow at a constant or varying temperature. The advantages of VAV systems over constant-volume ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCU%20delivery
Customer Configuration Updating (CCU) is a software development method for structuring the process of providing customers with new versions of products and updates production. This method is developed by researchers of the Utrecht University. The delivery phase of the CCU method concerns the process which starts at th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9%20inequality
In mathematics, the Poincaré inequality is a result in the theory of Sobolev spaces, named after the French mathematician Henri Poincaré. The inequality allows one to obtain bounds on a function using bounds on its derivatives and the geometry of its domain of definition. Such bounds are of great importance in the mode...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XO%20sex-determination%20system
The XO sex-determination system (sometimes X0 sex-determination system) is a system that some species of insects, arachnids, and mammals use to determine the sex of offspring. In this system, there is only one sex chromosome, referred to as X. Males only have one X chromosome (XO), while females have two (XX). The lett...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser%20sciatic%20foramen
The lesser sciatic foramen is an opening (foramen) between the pelvis and the back of the thigh. The foramen is formed by the sacrotuberous ligament which runs between the sacrum and the ischial tuberosity and the sacrospinous ligament which runs between the sacrum and the ischial spine. Structure The lesser sciatic f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZW%20sex-determination%20system
The ZW sex-determination system is a chromosomal system that determines the sex of offspring in birds, some fish and crustaceans such as the giant river prawn, some insects (including butterflies and moths), the schistosome family of flatworms, and some reptiles, e.g. majority of snakes, lacertid lizards and monitors i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplodiploidy
Haplodiploidy is a sex-determination system in which males develop from unfertilized eggs and are haploid, and females develop from fertilized eggs and are diploid. Haplodiploidy is sometimes called arrhenotoky. Haplodiploidy determines the sex in all members of the insect orders Hymenoptera (bees, ants, and wasps) an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelet%20modulation
Wavelet modulation, also known as fractal modulation, is a modulation technique that makes use of wavelet transformations to represent the data being transmitted. One of the objectives of this type of modulation is to send data at multiple rates over a channel that is unknown. If the channel is not clear for one specif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerated%20type
In computer programming, an enumerated type (also called enumeration, enum, or factor in the R programming language, and a categorical variable in statistics) is a data type consisting of a set of named values called elements, members, enumeral, or enumerators of the type. The enumerator names are usually identifiers ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryotic%20chromosome%20fine%20structure
Eukaryotic chromosome fine structure refers to the structure of sequences for eukaryotic chromosomes. Some fine sequences are included in more than one class, so the classification listed is not intended to be completely separate. Chromosomal characteristics Some sequences are required for a properly functioning chrom...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9BProlog
λProlog, also written lambda Prolog, is a logic programming language featuring polymorphic typing, modular programming, and higher-order programming. These extensions to Prolog are derived from the higher-order hereditary Harrop formulas used to justify the foundations of λProlog. Higher-order quantification, simply ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly%20luciferase
Firefly luciferase is the light-emitting enzyme responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies and click beetles. The enzyme catalyses the oxidation of firefly luciferin, requiring oxygen and ATP. Because of the requirement of ATP, firefly luciferases have been used extensively in biotechnology. Mechanism of reactio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical%20points%20of%20the%20elements%20%28data%20page%29
Critical point
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp%20mill
A stamp mill (or stamp battery or stamping mill) is a type of mill machine that crushes material by pounding rather than grinding, either for further processing or for extraction of metallic ores. Breaking material down is a type of unit operation. Description A stamp mill consists of a set of heavy steel (iron-shod ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOD-STD-2167A
DOD-STD-2167A (Department of Defense Standard 2167A), titled "Defense Systems Software Development", was a United States defense standard, published on February 29, 1988, which updated the less well known DOD-STD-2167 published 4 June 1985. This document established "uniform requirements for the software development th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frege%27s%20theorem
In metalogic and metamathematics, Frege's theorem is a metatheorem that states that the Peano axioms of arithmetic can be derived in second-order logic from Hume's principle. It was first proven, informally, by Gottlob Frege in his 1884 Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik (The Foundations of Arithmetic) and proven more forma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extragalactic%20background%20light
The diffuse extragalactic background light (EBL) is all the accumulated radiation in the universe due to star formation processes, plus a contribution from active galactic nuclei (AGNs). This radiation covers almost all wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum, except the microwave, which is dominated by the primord...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axial%20multipole%20moments
Axial multipole moments are a series expansion of the electric potential of a charge distribution localized close to the origin along one Cartesian axis, denoted here as the z-axis. However, the axial multipole expansion can also be applied to any potential or field that varies inversely with the distance to the sourc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization%20%28computer%20science%29
In computer science, synchronization is the task of coordinating multiple of processes to join up or handshake at a certain point, in order to reach an agreement or commit to a certain sequence of action. Motivation The need for synchronization does not arise merely in multi-processor systems but for any kind of conc...