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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting%20%28networking%29 | In computer networking, telecommunication and information theory, broadcasting is a method of transferring a message to all recipients simultaneously. Broadcasting can be performed as a high-level operation in a program, for example, broadcasting in Message Passing Interface, or it may be a low-level networking operat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awn%20%28botany%29 | In botany, an awn is either a hair- or bristle-like appendage on a larger structure, or in the case of the Asteraceae, a stiff needle-like element of the pappus.
Awns are characteristic of various plant families, including Geraniaceae and many grasses (Poaceae).
A common name for awns includes foxtails, for they ten... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20preheater | An air preheater is any device designed to heat air before another process (for example, combustion in a boiler With the primary objective of increasing the thermal efficiency of the process. They may be used alone or to replace a recuperative heat system or to replace a steam coil.
In particular, this article descri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20speed%20control | An electronic speed control (ESC) is an electronic circuit that controls and regulates the speed of an electric motor. It may also provide reversing of the motor and dynamic braking.
Miniature electronic speed controls are used in electrically powered radio controlled models. Full-size electric vehicles also have syst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20requirements%20specification | A System Requirements Specification (SyRS) (abbreviated SysRS to be distinct from a software requirements specification (SRS)) is a structured collection of information that embodies the requirements of a system.
A business analyst (BA), sometimes titled system analyst, is responsible for analyzing the business needs ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-ATPase | F-ATPase, also known as F-Type ATPase, is an ATPase/synthase found in bacterial plasma membranes, in mitochondrial inner membranes (in oxidative phosphorylation, where it is known as Complex V), and in chloroplast thylakoid membranes. It uses a proton gradient to drive ATP synthesis by allowing the passive flux of prot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-graph | In mathematics, a two-graph is a set of (unordered) triples chosen from a finite vertex set X, such that every (unordered) quadruple from X contains an even number of triples of the two-graph. A regular two-graph has the property that every pair of vertices lies in the same number of triples of the two-graph. Two-gra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equiangular%20lines | In geometry, a set of lines is called equiangular if all the lines intersect at a single point, and every pair of lines makes the same angle.
Equiangular lines in Euclidean space
Computing the maximum number of equiangular lines in n-dimensional Euclidean space is a difficult problem, and unsolved in general, though ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered%20state%20change%20notification | In Fibre Channel protocol, a registered state change notification (RSCN) is a Fibre Channel fabric's notification sent to all specified nodes in case of any major fabric changes. This allows nodes to immediately gain knowledge about the fabric and react accordingly.
Overview
Implementation of this function is obligat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Horning | James Jay Horning (24 August 1942 – 18 January 2013) was an American computer scientist and ACM Fellow.
Overview
Jim Horning received a PhD in computer science from Stanford University in 1969 for a thesis entitled A Study of Grammatical Inference. He was a founding member, and later chairman, of the Computer Systems ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trantor%3A%20The%20Last%20Stormtrooper | Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper is a video game for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX, Amstrad CPC and Atari ST released by Go! (a label of U.S. Gold) in 1987. A version for MS-DOS was released by KeyPunch Software. It was produced by Probe Software (the team consisted of David Quinn, Nick Bruty and David Perry). It wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect%20Developer | Perfect Developer (PD) is a tool for developing computer programs in a rigorous manner. It is used to develop applications in areas including IT systems and airborne critical systems. The principle is to develop a formal specification and refine the specification to code. Even though the tool is founded on formal metho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord-10 | Nord-10 was a medium-sized general-purpose 16-bit minicomputer designed for multilingual time-sharing applications and for real-time multi-program systems, produced by Norsk Data. It was introduced in 1973. The later follow up model, Nord-10/S, introduced in 1975, introduced CPU cache, paging, and other miscellaneous i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nord-1 | Nord-1 was Norsk Data's first minicomputer and the first commercially available computer made in Norway.
It was a 16-bit system, developed in 1967 from the Simulation for Automatic Machinery. The first Nord-1 (serial number 2) installed was at the heart of a complete ship system aboard a Japanese-built cargo liner, th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Rushby | John Rushby (born 1949) is a British computer scientist now based in the United States and working for SRI International. He previously taught and did research for Manchester University and later Newcastle University.
Early life and education
John Rushby was born and brought up in London, where he attended Dartford Gr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%3A144%20scale | 1:144 scale is a scale used for some scale models such as micro/mini armor. 1:144 means that the dimensions of the model are 1/144 (0.00694) the dimensions of the original life-sized object; this equates to a scale of 1/2 inch per 6 feet of original dimension. For instance, an airplane in length would be a mere long ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VACTERL%20association | The VACTERL association (also VATER association, and less accurately VACTERL syndrome) refers to a recognized group of birth defects which tend to co-occur (see below). This pattern is a recognized association, as opposed to a syndrome, because there is no known pathogenetic cause to explain the grouped incidence.
Eac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly%20diagram | In the context of fast Fourier transform algorithms, a butterfly is a portion of the computation that combines the results of smaller discrete Fourier transforms (DFTs) into a larger DFT, or vice versa (breaking a larger DFT up into subtransforms). The name "butterfly" comes from the shape of the data-flow diagram in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiddle%20factor | A twiddle factor, in fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithms, is any of the trigonometric constant coefficients that are multiplied by the data in the course of the algorithm. This term was apparently coined by Gentleman & Sande in 1966, and has since become widespread in thousands of papers of the FFT literature.
Mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code%20bloat | In computer programming, code bloat is the production of program code (source code or machine code) that is perceived as unnecessarily long, slow, or otherwise wasteful of resources. Code bloat can be caused by inadequacies in the programming language in which the code is written, the compiler used to compile it, or th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet%27s%20jury%20theorem | Condorcet's jury theorem is a political science theorem about the relative probability of a given group of individuals arriving at a correct decision. The theorem was first expressed by the Marquis de Condorcet in his 1785 work Essay on the Application of Analysis to the Probability of Majority Decisions.
The assumpti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge%20disjoint%20shortest%20pair%20algorithm | Edge disjoint shortest pair algorithm is an algorithm in computer network routing. The algorithm is used for generating the shortest pair of edge disjoint paths between a given pair of vertices. For an undirected graph G(V, E), it is stated as follows:
Run the shortest path algorithm for the given pair of vertices
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow-wave%20sleep | Slow-wave sleep (SWS), often referred to as deep sleep, consists of stage three of non-rapid eye movement sleep. It usually lasts between 70 and 90 minutes and takes place during the first hours of the night. Initially, SWS consisted of both Stage 3, which has 20–50 percent delta wave activity, and Stage 4, which has m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup%20%28web%20application%20hybrid%29 | A mashup (computer industry jargon), in web development, is a web page or web application that uses content from more than one source to create a single new service displayed in a single graphical interface. For example, a user could combine the addresses and photographs of their library branches with a Google map to c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine%20Views | Nine Views () is an ambiental installation in Zagreb, Croatia which, together with the sculpture Prizemljeno Sunce (The Grounded Sun), comprises a scale model of the Solar System.
Prizemljeno Sunce by Ivan Kožarić was first displayed in 1971 by the building of the Croatian National Theatre, and since then changed loca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper%28I%29%20iodide | Copper(I) iodide is the inorganic compound with the formula CuI. It is also known as cuprous iodide. It is useful in a variety of applications ranging from organic synthesis to cloud seeding.
Copper(I) iodide is white, but samples often appear tan or even, when found in nature as rare mineral marshite, reddish brown... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Experiment%20Note | An Internet Experiment Note (IEN) is a sequentially numbered document in a series of technical publications issued by the participants of the early development work groups that created the precursors of the modern Internet.
After DARPA began the Internet program in earnest in 1977, the project members were in need of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazy%20Sighted%20Link%20State%20Routing%20Protocol | The Hazy-Sighted Link State Routing Protocol (HSLS) is a wireless mesh network routing protocol being developed by the CUWiN Foundation. This is an algorithm allowing computers communicating via digital radio in a mesh network to forward messages to computers that are out of reach of direct radio contact. Its network ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon%20B%C3%B6rger | Egon Börger (born 13 May 1946) is a German-born computer scientist based in Italy.
Life and work
Börger was born in Bad Laer, Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Germany. Between 1965 and 1971 he studied at the Sorbonne, Paris (France), Université Catholique de Louvain, Institut Supérieur de Philosophie de Louvain and Universit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duxelles | Duxelles () is a French cuisine term that refers to a mince of mushrooms, onions, herbs (such as thyme or parsley), and black pepper, sautéed in butter and reduced to a paste. Cream is sometimes used, and some recipes add a dash of madeira or sherry.
It is a basic preparation used in stuffings and sauces (notably, Be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-tolerant%20networking | Delay-tolerant networking (DTN) is an approach to computer network architecture that seeks to address the technical issues in heterogeneous networks that may lack continuous network connectivity. Examples of such networks are those operating in mobile or extreme terrestrial environments, or planned networks in space.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libipq | libipq is a development library for iptables userspace packet queuing. Libipq provides an API for communicating with ip_queue.
Libipq has been deprecated in favour of the newer libnetfilter_queue in Linux kernel-2.6.14 onwards.
Use in widely used software applications
libipq has been used by some widely deployed app... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics%20education | Physics education or physics teaching refers to the education methods currently used to teach physics. The occupation is called physics educator or physics teacher. Physics education research refers to an area of pedagogical research that seeks to improve those methods. Historically, physics has been taught at the high... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal%20tensor | In Newton's theory of gravitation and in various relativistic classical theories of gravitation, such as general relativity, the tidal tensor represents
tidal accelerations of a cloud of (electrically neutral, nonspinning) test particles,
tidal stresses in a small object immersed in an ambient gravitational field.
Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disclosure%20and%20Barring%20Service | The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is a non-departmental public body of the Home Office of the United Kingdom. The DBS enables organisations in the public, private and voluntary sectors to make safer recruitment decisions by identifying candidates who may be unsuitable for certain work, especially involving child... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCM6 | DNA replication licensing factor MCM6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MCM6 gene. MCM6 is one of the highly conserved mini-chromosome maintenance proteins (MCM) that are essential for the initiation of eukaryotic genome replication.
Function
The MCM complex consisting of MCM6 (this protein) and MCM2, 4 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Media%20Network | The Open Media Network (OMN) was a P2PTV service and application which provided distribution of educational and public service programs. The network was founded in 2005 by Netscape pioneers Mike Homer and Marc Andreessen. After operating for an extended beta period, development ended with the serious illness and subseq... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P2PTV | P2PTV refers to peer-to-peer (P2P) software applications designed to redistribute video streams in real time on a P2P network; the distributed video streams are typically TV channels from all over the world but may also come from other sources. The draw to these applications is significant because they have the potenti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess%20value | In mathematical modeling, a guess value is more commonly called a starting value or initial value. These are necessary for most optimization problems which use search algorithms, because those algorithms are mainly deterministic and iterative, and they need to start somewhere. One common type of application is nonline... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitonic%20sorter | Bitonic mergesort is a parallel algorithm for sorting. It is also used as a construction method for building a sorting network. The algorithm was devised by Ken Batcher. The resulting sorting networks consist of comparators and have a delay of , where is the number of items to be sorted. This makes it a popular choic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNOS%20%28operating%20system%29 | UNOS is the first, now discontinued, 32-bit Unix-like real-time operating system (RTOS) with real-time extensions. It was developed by Jeffery Goldberg, MS. who left Bell Labs after using Unix and became VP of engineering for Charles River Data Systems (CRDS), now defunct. UNOS was written to capitalize on the first 32... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Requiem%20for%20Homo%20Sapiens | A Requiem for Homo Sapiens is a trilogy of science fiction novels by American writer David Zindell, made up of The Broken God (1992), The Wild (1995), and War in Heaven (1998). The trilogy is a sequel to the standalone novel Neverness (1988).
The series has been described as containing "some of the most striking wri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry%20in%20mathematics | Symmetry occurs not only in geometry, but also in other branches of mathematics. Symmetry is a type of invariance: the property that a mathematical object remains unchanged under a set of operations or transformations.
Given a structured object X of any sort, a symmetry is a mapping of the object onto itself which pre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%20scanning | 3D scanning is the process of analyzing a real-world object or environment to collect three dimensional data of its shape and possibly its appearance (e.g. color). The collected data can then be used to construct digital 3D models.
A 3D scanner can be based on many different technologies, each with its own limitations... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20Inter-Process%20Communication | The Local Inter-Process Communication (LPC, often also referred to as Local Procedure Call or Lightweight Procedure Call) is an internal, undocumented inter-process communication facility provided by the Microsoft Windows NT kernel for lightweight IPC between processes on the same computer. As of Windows Vista, LPC has... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyraldehyde | Butyraldehyde, also known as butanal, is an organic compound with the formula CH3(CH2)2CHO. This compound is the aldehyde derivative of butane. It is a colorless flammable liquid with an unpleasant smell. It is miscible with most organic solvents.
Production
Butyraldehyde is produced almost exclusively by the hydrofor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications%20of%20randomness | Randomness has many uses in science, art, statistics, cryptography, gaming, gambling, and other fields. For example, random assignment in randomized controlled trials helps scientists to test hypotheses, and random numbers or pseudorandom numbers help video games such as video poker.
These uses have different levels o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuro-fuzzy | In the field of artificial intelligence, the designation neuro-fuzzy refers to combinations of artificial neural networks and fuzzy logic.
Overview
Neuro-fuzzy hybridization results in a hybrid intelligent system that combines the human-like reasoning style of fuzzy systems with the learning and connectionist structur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Hehner | Eric "Rick" C. R. Hehner (born 16 September 1947) is a Canadian computer scientist. He was born in Ottawa. He studied mathematics and physics at Carleton University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in 1969. He studied computer science at the University of Toronto, graduating with a Master of Science (M.Sc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20signature | In mathematics, the prime signature of a number is the multiset of (nonzero) exponents of its prime factorization. The prime signature of a number having prime factorization is the multiset .
For example, all prime numbers have a prime signature of {1}, the squares of primes have a prime signature of {2}, the product... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Wilson%20%28mathematician%29 | Robin James Wilson (born 5 December 1943) is an emeritus professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Open University, having previously been Head of the Pure Mathematics Department and Dean of the Faculty. He was a stipendiary lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford and, , Gresham Professor of Geometry at Gresham Co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry%20%28physics%29 | In physics, a symmetry of a physical system is a physical or mathematical feature of the system (observed or intrinsic) that is preserved or remains unchanged under some transformation.
A family of particular transformations may be continuous (such as rotation of a circle) or discrete (e.g., reflection of a bilaterall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20Reynolds | John Charles Reynolds (June 1, 1935 – April 28, 2013) was an American computer scientist.
Education and affiliations
John Reynolds studied at Purdue University and then earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in theoretical physics from Harvard University in 1961. He was a professor of information science at Syracuse Un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NA60%20experiment | The NA60 experiment was a high energy heavy ions experiment at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron. It studied "prompt dimuon and charm production with proton and heavy ion beams". The spokesperson for the experiment is Gianluca Usai. The experiment was proposed on 7 March 2000 and accepted on 15 June 2000. The experimen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahlenberg%20Transmitter | The Kahlenberg Transmitter is a facility for FM- and TV on the Kahlenberg near Vienna. It was established in 1953 and used until 1956 an antenna on the observation tower Stefaniewarte. From 1956 to 1974 a 129-metre-high guyed mast built of lattice steel was used. Since 1974 a 165-metre-high guyed steel tube mast has be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Aminosalicylic%20acid | 4-Aminosalicylic acid, also known as para-aminosalicylic acid (PAS) and sold under the brand name Paser among others, is an antibiotic primarily used to treat tuberculosis. Specifically it is used to treat active drug resistant tuberculosis together with other antituberculosis medications. It has also been used as a se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primefree%20sequence | In mathematics, a primefree sequence is a sequence of integers that does not contain any prime numbers. More specifically, it usually means a sequence defined by the same recurrence relation as the Fibonacci numbers, but with different initial conditions causing all members of the sequence to be composite numbers that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrilocal%20residence | In social anthropology, patrilocal residence or patrilocality, also known as virilocal residence or virilocality, are terms referring to the social system in which a married couple resides with or near the husband's parents. The concept of location may extend to a larger area such as a village, town or clan territory.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpanzee%20genome%20project | The Chimpanzee Genome Project was an effort to determine the DNA sequence of the chimpanzee genome. Sequencing began in 2005 and by 2013 twenty-four individual chimpanzees had been sequenced. This project was folded into the Great Ape Genome Project.
In 2013 high resolution sequences were published from each of the f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischertechnik | Fischertechnik is a brand of construction toy. It was invented by Artur Fischer and is produced by fischertechnik GmbH in Waldachtal, Germany. Fans often refer to Fischertechnik as "FT" or "ft".
It is used in education for teaching about simple machines, as well as motorization and mechanisms.
The company also offers ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexazinone | Hexazinone is an organic compound that is used as a broad spectrum herbicide. It is a colorless solid. It exhibits some solubility in water but is highly soluble in most organic solvents except alkanes. A member of the triazine class herbicides, it is manufactured by DuPont and sold under the trade name Velpar.
It ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%2011783 | ISO 11783, known as Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry—Serial control and communications data network (commonly referred to as "ISO Bus" or "ISOBUS") is a communication protocol for the agriculture industry based on the SAE J1939 protocol (which includes CANbus) .
It is managed by the ISOBUS group in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraspecific%20competition | Intraspecific competition is an interaction in population ecology, whereby members of the same species compete for limited resources. This leads to a reduction in fitness for both individuals, but the more fit individual survives and is able to reproduce.
By contrast, interspecific competition occurs when members of di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncinate%20process%20of%20ethmoid%20bone | In the ethmoid bone, a sickle shaped projection, the uncinate process, projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoid labyrinth.
Between the posterior edge of this process and the anterior surface of the ethmoid bulla, there is a two-dimensional space, resembling a crescent shape. This space continues laterally as a three... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky%20bead%20argument | In general relativity, the sticky bead argument is a simple thought experiment designed to show that gravitational radiation is indeed predicted by general relativity, and can have physical effects. These claims were not widely accepted prior to about 1955, but after the introduction of the bead argument, any remaining... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Swann%20Lull | Richard Swann Lull (November 6, 1867 – April 22, 1957) was an American paleontologist and Sterling Professor at Yale University who is largely remembered now for championing a non-Darwinian view of evolution, whereby mutation(s) could unlock presumed "genetic drives" that, over time, would lead populations to increasin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Mathematical%20Sciences%2C%20Chennai | The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (sometimes also referred to as Matscience) is a research centre located in Chennai, India. It is a constituent institute of the Homi Bhabha National Institute.
IMSc is a national institute for fundamental research in frontier disciplines of the mathematical and physical sc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melt%20pond | Melt ponds are pools of open water that form on sea ice in the warmer months of spring and summer. The ponds are also found on glacial ice and ice shelves. Ponds of melted water can also develop under the ice, which may lead to the formation of thin underwater ice layers called false bottoms.
Melt ponds are usually ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20use | Channel use is a quantity used in signal processing or telecommunication related to symbol rate and channel capacity. Capacity is measured in bits per input symbol into the channel (bits per channel use). If a symbol enters the channel every Ts seconds (for every symbol period a symbol is transmitted) the channel capac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling%20fraction | In sampling theory, the sampling fraction is the ratio of sample size to population size or, in the context of stratified sampling, the ratio of the sample size to the size of the stratum.
The formula for the sampling fraction is
where n is the sample size and N is the population size. A sampling fraction value close ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgeon%20process | The Pidgeon process is a practical method for smelting magnesium. The most common method involves the raw material, dolomite being fed into an externally heated reduction tank and then thermally reduced to metallic magnesium using 75% ferrosilicon as a reducing agent in a vacuum. Overall the processes in magnesium smel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20epidemiology | Computational epidemiology is a multidisciplinary field that uses techniques from computer science, mathematics, geographic information science and public health to better understand issues central to epidemiology such as the spread of diseases or the effectiveness of a public health intervention. Computational epidemi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined%20variable | An undefined variable in the source code of a computer program is a variable that is accessed in the code but has not been declared by that code.
In some programming languages, an implicit declaration is provided the first time such a variable is encountered at compile time. In other languages such a usage is conside... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team%20OS/2 | Team OS/2 was an advocacy group formed to promote IBM's OS/2 operating system. Originally internal to IBM with no formal IBM support, Team OS/2 successfully converted to a grassroots movement formally supported (but not directed) by IBM - consisting of well over ten thousand OS/2 enthusiasts both within and without IBM... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacticaseibacillus%20casei | Lacticaseibacillus casei is an organism that belongs to the largest genus in the family Lactobacillaceae, a lactic acid bacteria (LAB), that was previously classified as Lactobacillus casei-01. This bacteria has been identified as facultatively anaerobic or microaerophilic, acid-tolerant, non-spore-forming bacteria. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20analysis | Data analysis is the process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making. Data analysis has multiple facets and approaches, encompassing diverse techniques under a variety of names, and is used in differ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWJE-DT | WWJE-DT (channel 50) is a television station licensed to Derry, New Hampshire, United States, serving the Boston area as an affiliate of True Crime Network. It is owned by TelevisaUnivision alongside Marlborough, Massachusetts–licensed Univision-owned station WUNI (channel 66). The two stations share main studios and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane%20Pozefsky | Diane P. Pozefsky is a research professor at the University of North Carolina in the department of Computer Science. Pozefsky was awarded the Women in Technology International (WITI) 2011 Hall of Fame Award for contributions to the fields of Science and Technology.
Education
Pozefsky earned a A.B in applied mathemati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20return%20on%20investment | Social return on investment (SROI) is a principles-based method for measuring extra-financial value (such as environmental or social value not currently reflected or involved in conventional financial accounts). It can be used by any entity to evaluate impact on stakeholders, identify ways to improve performance, and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20hill%20climbing | Stochastic hill climbing is a variant of the basic hill climbing method. While basic hill climbing always chooses the steepest uphill move, "stochastic hill climbing chooses at random from among the uphill moves; the probability of selection can vary with the steepness of the uphill move."
See also
Stochastic gradien... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmotrophy | Osmotrophy is a feeding mechanism involving the movement of dissolved organic compounds by osmosis for nutrition. Organisms that use osmotrophy are called osmotrophs. Some mixotrophic microorganisms use osmotrophy to derive some of their energy. Osmotrophy is used by many diverse organisms. Organisms that use osmotrop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizer | A polarizer or polariser (see spelling differences) is an optical filter that lets light waves of a specific polarization pass through while blocking light waves of other polarizations. It can filter a beam of light of undefined or mixed polarization into a beam of well-defined polarization, that is polarized light. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragaria%20%C3%97%20Comarum%20hybrids | There are several commercially important hybrids between Fragaria and Comarum species in existence. A name for Fragaria × Comarum is available as × Comagaria Büscher & G.H. Loos in Veroff. [Bohumer Bot. Ver. 2(1): 6. 2010], along with the combination × Comagaria rosea (Mabb.) Büscher & G.H. Loos.
The first-generation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProClarity | ProClarity Corporation was a software company specializing in business intelligence and data analysis applications.
The company was founded in 1995 as Knosys Inc. in Boise, Idaho. The company was renamed ProClarity after its primary commercial software product, "ProClarity", in 2001.
ProClarity's software products i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20code | In coding theory, group codes are a type of code. Group codes consist of
linear block codes which are subgroups of , where is a finite Abelian group.
A systematic group code is a code over of order defined by homomorphisms which determine the parity check bits. The remaining bits are the information bits themse... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20distance | Genetic distance is a measure of the genetic divergence between species or between populations within a species, whether the distance measures time from common ancestor or degree of differentiation. Populations with many similar alleles have small genetic distances. This indicates that they are closely related and have... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication%20%28computing%29 | Replication in computing involves sharing information so as to ensure consistency between redundant resources, such as software or hardware components, to improve reliability, fault-tolerance, or accessibility.
Terminology
Replication in computing can refer to:
Data replication, where the same data is stored on mult... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization%20in%20telecommunications | Many services running on modern digital telecommunications networks require accurate synchronization for correct operation. For example, if telephone exchanges are not synchronized, then bit slips will occur and degrade performance. Telecommunication networks rely on the use of highly accurate primary reference clocks... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial%20fermentation | Industrial fermentation is the intentional use of fermentation in manufacturing processes. In addition to the mass production of fermented foods and drinks, industrial fermentation has widespread applications in chemical industry. Commodity chemicals, such as acetic acid, citric acid, and ethanol are made by fermentati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop%20bin%20duplicator | A loop bin duplicator is a specialized audio tape machine used in the duplication of pre-recorded audio cassettes and 8-track cartridges.
Loop bin duplicators were first introduced in the early 1990s.
They had fewer moving parts than previous systems, so were more reliable to operate.
Analog loop bin duplicator
An... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution%20%28logic%29 | In mathematical logic and automated theorem proving, resolution is a rule of inference leading to a refutation-complete theorem-proving technique for sentences in propositional logic and first-order logic. For propositional logic, systematically applying the resolution rule acts as a decision procedure for formula unsa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specman | Specman is an EDA tool that provides advanced automated functional verification of hardware designs. It provides an environment for working with, compiling, and debugging testbench environments written in the e Hardware Verification Language. Specman also offers automated testbench generation to boost productivity in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kneser%20graph | In graph theory, the Kneser graph (alternatively ) is the graph whose vertices correspond to the -element subsets of a set of elements, and where two vertices are adjacent if and only if the two corresponding sets are disjoint. Kneser graphs are named after Martin Kneser, who first investigated them in 1956.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swain%20equation | The Swain equation relates the kinetic isotope effect for the protium/tritium combination with that of the protium/deuterium combination according to:
where kH,D,T are the reaction rate constants for the protonated, deuterated and tritiated reactants respectively.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone%20crusher | A bone crusher is a device regularly used for crushing animal bones. Bones obtained during slaughter are cleaned, boiled in water and dried for several months. After that, they are suitable for crushing with the special machine into a relatively dry gritty powder which is used as fertilizer.
The machine, shown in th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20craftsmanship | Software craftsmanship is an approach to software development that emphasizes the coding skills of the software developers. It is a response by software developers to the perceived ills of the mainstream software industry, including the prioritization of financial concerns over developer accountability.
Historically, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudeney%20number | In number theory, a Dudeney number in a given number base is a natural number equal to the perfect cube of another natural number such that the digit sum of the first natural number is equal to the second. The name derives from Henry Dudeney, who noted the existence of these numbers in one of his puzzles, Root Extrac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-4 | The Cray-4 was intended to be Cray Computer Corporation's successor to the failed Cray-3 supercomputer. It was marketed to compete with the T90 from Cray Research. CCC went bankrupt in 1995 before any Cray-4 had been delivered.
Design
The earlier Cray-3 was the first major application of gallium arsenide (GaAs) semico... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input/output%20Buffer%20Information%20Specification | Input/output Buffer Information Specification (IBIS) is a specification of a method for integrated circuit vendors to provide information about the input/output buffers of their product to their prospective customers without revealing the intellectual property of their implementation and without requiring proprietary e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncleftish%20Beholding | "Uncleftish Beholding" (1989) is a short text by Poul Anderson, included in his anthology "All One Universe". It is designed to illustrate what English might look like without its large number of loanwords from languages such as French, Greek, and Latin, especially with regard to the proportion of scientific words wit... |
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