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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAJC | MAJC (Microprocessor Architecture for Java Computing) was a Sun Microsystems multi-core, multithreaded, very long instruction word (VLIW) microprocessor design from the mid-to-late 1990s. Originally called the UltraJava processor, the MAJC processor was targeted at running Java programs, whose "late compiling" allowed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Geography%20of%20Thought | The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why is a book by social psychologist Richard Nisbett that was published by Free Press in 2003. By analyzing the differences between Asia and the West, it argues that cultural differences affect people's thought processes more significantly than... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median%20filter | The median filter is a non-linear digital filtering technique, often used to remove noise from an image or signal. Such noise reduction is a typical pre-processing step to improve the results of later processing (for example, edge detection on an image). Median filtering is very widely used in digital image processing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate%20film%20system | The intermediate film system was a television process in which motion picture film was processed almost immediately after it was exposed in a camera, then scanned by a television scanner, and transmitted over the air. This system was used principally in Britain and Germany where television cameras were not sensitive en... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacMach | MacMach is a computer operating system from the early 1990s, developed by Carnegie Mellon University. Architecturally, it consists of Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) 4.3 code running on the Mach microkernel, with the Apple Macintosh System 7 running experimentally as a Mach task. The entire system runs on Macintos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%20synchronisation | Einstein synchronisation (or Poincaré–Einstein synchronisation) is a convention for synchronising clocks at different places by means of signal exchanges. This synchronisation method was used by telegraphers in the middle 19th century, but was popularized by Henri Poincaré and Albert Einstein, who applied it to light ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control%20bus | In computer architecture,
a control bus is part of the system bus and is used by CPUs for communicating with other devices within the computer. While the address bus carries the information about the device with which the CPU is communicating and the data bus carries the actual data being processed, the control bus car... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepheloid%20layer | A nepheloid layer or nepheloid zone is a layer of water in the deep ocean basin, above the ocean floor, that contains significant amounts of suspended sediment. It is from 200 to 1000 m thick. The name comes from Greek: nephos, "cloud". The particles in the layer may come from the upper ocean layers and from stripping ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minni%20ritchi | Minni ritchi is a type of reddish-brown bark that continuously peels in small curly flakes, leaving the tree looking like it has a coat of red curly hair. Brooker and Kleinig (1990) formally described it as a bark type in which "the outer rich, red-brown smooth bark splits both longitudinally and horizontally, the fre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Calgary | The official flag of Calgary features a cowboy hat and the letter "C" on a red field, with white strips on the top and bottom of the field. The flag was adopted in 1983 as a result of a contest. Gwynneth Llewellyn and Yvonne Fritz, a former Legislative Assembly of Alberta member, created the design.
The previous desig... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumb%20bob | A plumb bob, plumb bob level, or plummet, is a weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction as a reference line, or plumb-line. It is a precursor to the spirit level and used to establish a vertical datum. It is typically made of stone, wood, or lead, but ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishbone%20%28computer%20bus%29 | The Wishbone Bus is an open source hardware computer bus intended to let the parts of an integrated circuit communicate with each other. The aim is to allow the connection of differing cores to each other inside of a chip. The Wishbone Bus is used by many designs in the OpenCores project.
Wishbone is intended as a "lo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celgene | Celgene Corporation is a pharmaceutical company that makes cancer and immunology drugs. Its major product is Revlimid (lenalidomide), which is used in the treatment of multiple myeloma, and also in certain anemias. The company is incorporated in Delaware, headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, and a subsidiary of Bristol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadle | A treadle (from , "to tread") is a mechanism operated with a pedal for converting reciprocating motion into rotating motion. Along with cranks, treadmills, and treadwheels, treadles allow human and animal machine power in the absence of electricity.
Before the widespread availability of electric power, treadles were w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaeic%20Cadenza | "Cadaeic Cadenza" is a 1996 short story by Mike Keith. It is an example of constrained writing, a story with restrictions on how it can be written. It is also one of the most prodigious examples of piphilology, being written in "pilish". The word "cadaeic" is the alphabetical equivalent of 3.141593, the first six dec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil%20C.%20Rousseau | Cecil Clyde Rousseau, Jr. (January 13, 1938 Philadelphia - April 10, 2020 Memphis) was a mathematician and author who specialized in graph theory and combinatorics. He was a professor at The University of Memphis starting in 1970 until retiring in 2008, and was involved with USAMO in many capacities, including serving... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted%20Information%20Systems | Trusted Information Systems (TIS) was a computer security research and development company during the 1980s and 1990s, performing computer and communications (information) security research for organizations such as NSA, DARPA, ARL, AFRL, SPAWAR, and others.
History
TIS was founded in 1983 by NSA veteran Steve Walker... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20Myeloma%20Research%20Foundation | The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) is a charitable organization dedicated to multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer. The MMRF runs as if it were a for-profit business, expecting high returns from the money the organization raises from donors.
History
MMRF was founded in 1998 by twin sisters Kathy Giu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Euclidean%20uniform%20tilings | This table shows the 11 convex uniform tilings (regular and semiregular) of the Euclidean plane, and their dual tilings.
There are three regular and eight semiregular tilings in the plane. The semiregular tilings form new tilings from their duals, each made from one type of irregular face.
John Conway called these un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajeput%20tree | Cajeput tree is a common name used for certain classification of tree that has a white spongy bark that is flexible and can easily flake off the trunk. The Cajeput tree is of the genus Melaleuca, native to Australia and is commonly known in North America as the tea tree. The name "Cajeput tree" is primarily used for th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity%20laws | The affinity laws (also known as the "Fan Laws" or "Pump Laws") for pumps/fans are used in hydraulics, hydronics and/or HVAC to express the relationship between variables involved in pump or fan performance (such as head, volumetric flow rate, shaft speed) and power. They apply to pumps, fans, and hydraulic turbines. I... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZoneAlarm | ZoneAlarm is an internet security software company that provides consumer antivirus and firewall products. ZoneAlarm was developed by Zone Labs, whose CEOs were Kevin Nickel, Mouad Abid and Shahin and the Company was acquired in March 2004 by Check Point. ZoneAlarm's firewall security products include an inbound intrus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitometer | Gravitometer may refer to:
Gravimeter, an instrument for measuring the local gravitational field
Hydrometer, referred to in pipeline work as a gravitometer
Gravimetry |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MachTen | MachTen is a Unix-like operating system from Tenon Intersystems. It is based on 4.4BSD and the Mach kernel, and features the X Window System and GNU programming tools. It runs only as a classic Mac OS application program (in a virtual machine) on Macintosh computers.
MachTen development started in 1989, culminating in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%20stitching | Image stitching or photo stitching is the process of combining multiple photographic images with overlapping fields of view to produce a segmented panorama or high-resolution image. Commonly performed through the use of computer software, most approaches to image stitching require nearly exact overlaps between images a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interference%20%28communication%29 | In telecommunications, an interference is that which modifies a signal in a disruptive manner, as it travels along a communication channel between its source and receiver. The term is often used to refer to the addition of unwanted signals to a useful signal. Common examples include:
Electromagnetic interference (EMI... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Astbury | William Thomas Astbury FRS (25 February 1898 – 4 June 1961) was an English physicist and molecular biologist who made pioneering X-ray diffraction studies of biological molecules. His work on keratin provided the foundation for Linus Pauling's discovery of the alpha helix. He also studied the structure for DNA in 1937 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apprehension%20%28understanding%29 | In psychology, apprehension (Lat. ad, "to"; prehendere, "to seize") is a term applied to a model of consciousness in which nothing is affirmed or denied of the object in question, but the mind is merely aware of ("seizes") it.
"Judgment" (says Reid, ed. Hamilton, i. p. 414) "is an act of the mind, specifically differe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20ecology | Acoustic ecology, sometimes called ecoacoustics or soundscape studies, is a discipline studying the relationship, mediated through sound, between human beings and their environment. Acoustic ecology studies started in the late 1960s with R. Murray Schafer a musician, composer and former professor of communication studi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inbreeding%20depression | Inbreeding depression is the reduced biological fitness which has the potential to result from inbreeding (the breeding of related individuals). Biological fitness refers to an organism's ability to survive and perpetuate its genetic material. Inbreeding depression is often the result of a population bottleneck. In gen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20information%20graphics%20software | This is a list of software to create any kind of information graphics:
either includes the ability to create one or more infographics from a provided data set
either it is provided specifically for information visualization
Vector graphics
Vector graphics software can be used for manual graphing or for editing the o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity%20value | Equity value is the value of a company available to owners or shareholders. It is the enterprise value plus all cash and cash equivalents, short and long-term investments, and less all short-term debt, long-term debt and minority interests.
Equity value accounts for all the ownership interest in a firm including the v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanotransduction | In cellular biology, mechanotransduction (mechano + transduction) is any of various mechanisms by which cells convert mechanical stimulus into electrochemical activity. This form of sensory transduction is responsible for a number of senses and physiological processes in the body, including proprioception, touch, balan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barebone%20computer | A barebone computer is a partially assembled platform or an unassembled kit of computer parts allowing more customization and lower costs than a retail computer system. They are available for desktop computer, notebook (see barebook) and server purposes, and in nearly any form factor. Manufacturers are also able to pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False%20light | In US law, false light is a tort concerning privacy that is similar to the tort of defamation. The privacy laws in the United States include a non-public person's right to protection from publicity that creates an untrue or misleading impression about them. That right is balanced against the First Amendment right of fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsukuku | Netsukuku is an experimental peer-to-peer routing system, developed by the FreakNet MediaLab in 2005, created to build up a distributed network, anonymous and censorship-free, fully independent but not necessarily separated from the Internet, without the support of any server, ISP and no central authority.
Netsukuku i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbol%20fuchsin | Carbol fuchsin, carbol-fuchsin, carbolfuchsin, or Castellani's paint (CAS ) is a mixture of phenol and basic fuchsin that is used in bacterial staining procedures. It is commonly used in the staining of mycobacteria because it has an affinity for the mycolic acids found in their cell membranes.
It is a component of Zi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20eVilla | The Sony eVilla was a discontinued Internet appliance from Sony. After 18 months of development, it was released to the public on June 14, 2001 for $499 USD. With the additional $21.95 USD monthly fee, users could access the Internet, send and receive e-mail, play audio and video, and save files to Sony's Memory Stick.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paltalk | Paltalk is a proprietary video group chat service that enables users to communicate by video, Internet chat, or voice. It offers chat rooms and the ability for users to create their own public virtual chat room. Paltalk Desktop is available on macOS and Windows, and Paltalk Video Chat App is available for Android and i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirzebruch%E2%80%93Riemann%E2%80%93Roch%20theorem | In mathematics, the Hirzebruch–Riemann–Roch theorem, named after Friedrich Hirzebruch, Bernhard Riemann, and Gustav Roch, is Hirzebruch's 1954 result generalizing the classical Riemann–Roch theorem on Riemann surfaces to all complex algebraic varieties of higher dimensions. The result paved the way for the Grothendieck... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20mean%20%28philosophy%29 | The golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. It appeared in Greek thought at least as early as the Delphic maxim "nothing in excess", which was discussed in Plato's Philebus. Aristotle analyzed the golden mean in the Nicomachean Ethics B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonimaging%20optics | Nonimaging optics (also called anidolic optics) is the branch of optics concerned with the optimal transfer of light radiation between a source and a target. Unlike traditional imaging optics, the techniques involved do not attempt to form an image of the source; instead an optimized optical system for optimal radiativ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinigrin | Sinigrin or allyl glucosinolate is a glucosinolate that belongs to the family of glucosides found in some plants of the family Brassicaceae such as Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and the seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra). Whenever sinigrin-containing plant tissue is crushed or otherwise damaged, the enzyme myrosinas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sec61 | Sec61, termed SecYEG in prokaryotes, is a membrane protein complex found in all domains of life. As the core component of the translocon, it transports proteins to the endoplasmic reticulum in eukaryotes and out of the cell in prokaryotes. It is a doughnut-shaped pore through the membrane with 3 different subunits (het... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal%20scan%20rate | Horizontal scan rate, or horizontal frequency, usually expressed in kilohertz, is the number of times per second that a raster-scan video system transmits or displays a complete horizontal line, as opposed to vertical scan rate, the number of times per second that an entire screenful of image data is transmitted or dis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Longitudinal%20Surveys | The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. These surveys have gathered information at multiple points in time on the labor market experiences and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. Each of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages%20used%20on%20the%20Internet | Slightly over half of the homepages of the most visited websites on the World Wide Web are in English, with varying amounts of information available in many other languages. Other top languages are Spanish, Russian, Persian, French, German and Japanese.
Of the more than 7,000 existing languages, only a few hundred are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20%28signal%20processing%29 | In signal processing, the energy of a continuous-time signal x(t) is defined as the area under the squared magnitude of the considered signal i.e., mathematically
Unit of will be (unit of signal)2.
And the energy of a discrete-time signal x(n) is defined mathematically as
Relationship to energy in physics
Energ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20traffic%20engineering | Internet traffic engineering is defined as that aspect of Internet network engineering dealing with the issue of performance evaluation and performance optimization of operational IP networks. Traffic engineering encompasses the application of technology and scientific principles to the measurement, characterization, m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miura%20fold | The is a method of folding a flat surface such as a sheet of paper into a smaller area. The fold is named for its inventor, Japanese astrophysicist Kōryō Miura.
The crease patterns of the Miura fold form a tessellation of the surface by parallelograms. In one direction, the creases lie along straight lines, with each... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20category | In mathematics, particularly in homotopy theory, a model category is a category with distinguished classes of morphisms ('arrows') called 'weak equivalences', 'fibrations' and 'cofibrations' satisfying certain axioms relating them. These abstract from the category of topological spaces or of chain complexes (derived ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbush%20decrease | A Forbush decrease is a rapid decrease in the observed galactic cosmic ray intensity following a coronal mass ejection (CME). It occurs due to the magnetic field of the plasma solar wind sweeping some of the galactic cosmic rays away from Earth. The term Forbush decrease was named after the American physicist Scott E. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crypsis | In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals. It may be a predation strategy or an antipredator adaptation. Methods include camouflage, nocturnality, subterranean lifestyle and mimicry. Crypsis can involve visual, olfactory (with pheromones) or auditory c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus%20Buckeye | Brutus Buckeye is the athletics mascot of Ohio State University. Brutus made his debut in 1965, with periodic updates to design and wardrobe occurring in the years since. As a member of the spirit squad, Brutus Buckeye travels to many events around the university and often makes appearances around Columbus.
History
Oh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Media%20Center | Windows Media Center (WMC) is a digital video recorder and media player created by Microsoft. Media Center was first introduced to Windows in 2002 on Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE). It was included in Home Premium and Ultimate editions of Windows Vista, as well as all editions of Windows 7 except Starter and Hom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic%20balance | Harmonic balance is a method used to calculate the steady-state response of nonlinear differential equations, and is mostly applied to nonlinear electrical circuits.
It is a frequency domain method for calculating the steady state, as opposed to the various time-domain steady-state methods. The name "harmonic balance"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent%20%28artificial%20intelligence%29 | In artificial intelligence, a fluent is a condition that can change over time. In logical approaches to reasoning about actions, fluents can be represented in first-order logic by predicates having an argument that depends on time. For example, the condition "the box is on the table", if it can change over time, cannot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20calculus | The event calculus is a logical language for representing and reasoning about events and their effects first presented by Robert Kowalski and Marek Sergot in 1986. It was extended by Murray Shanahan and Rob Miller in the 1990s. Similar to other languages for reasoning about change, the event calculus represents the eff... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embedded%20value | The Embedded Value (EV) of a life insurance company is the present value of future profits plus adjusted net asset value. It is a construct from the field of actuarial science which allows insurance companies to be valued.
Background
Life insurance policies are long-term contracts, where the policyholder pays a premiu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastochron | As the tip of a plant shoot grows, new leaves are produced at regular time intervals if temperature is held constant. This time interval is termed the plastochron (or plastochrone). The plastochrone index and the leaf plastochron index are ways of measuring the age of a plant dependent on morphological traits rather th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20largest%20software%20companies | Many lists exist that provide an overview of large software companies, often called "independent software vendors" ("ISVs"), in the world. The lists differ by methodology of composition and consequently show substantial differences in both the listed companies and the ranking of those companies.
Legend
Forbes Global ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch%20control%20%28automotive%29 | Launch control is an electronic aid to assist drivers of both racing and street cars to accelerate from a standing start. Motorcycles have been variously fitted with mechanical and electronic devices for both street and race.
Popular automobiles with launch control include the BMW M series, certain marques of the Volk... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%20Location%20Service | In computing, User Location Service was a standards-based protocol for directory services and presence information, first submitted as a draft to the IETF in February 1996.
Client software supporting ULS included early versions of Microsoft Netmeeting, Intel Video Phone and FreeWebFone. Netmeeting had depreciated ULS ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaccharidase | Disaccharidases are glycoside hydrolases, enzymes that break down certain types of sugars called disaccharides into simpler sugars called monosaccharides. In the human body, disaccharidases are made mostly in an area of the small intestine's wall called the brush border, making them members of the group of "brush borde... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minichromosome | A minichromosome is a small chromatin-like structure resembling a chromosome and consisting of centromeres, telomeres and replication origins but little additional genetic material. They replicate autonomously in the cell during cellular division. Minichromosomes may be created by natural processes as chromosomal aberr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing%20flags | Racing flags are traditionally used in auto racing and similar motorsports to indicate track conditions and to communicate important messages to drivers. Typically, the starter, sometimes the grand marshal of a race, waves the flags atop a flag stand near the start/finish line. Track marshals are also stationed at obse... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk%20staging | Disk staging is using disks as an additional, temporary stage of backup process before finally storing backup to tape. Backups stay on disk typically for a day or a week, before being copied to tape in a background process and deleted afterwards.
The process of disk staging is controlled by the same software that per... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomita%E2%80%93Takesaki%20theory | In the theory of von Neumann algebras, a part of the mathematical field of functional analysis, Tomita–Takesaki theory is a method for constructing modular automorphisms of von Neumann algebras from the polar decomposition of a certain involution. It is essential for the theory of type III factors, and has led to a go... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20cathode | In vacuum tubes and gas-filled tubes, a hot cathode or thermionic cathode is a cathode electrode which is heated to make it emit electrons due to thermionic emission. This is in contrast to a cold cathode, which does not have a heating element. The heating element is usually an electrical filament heated by a separat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrimp%20paste | Shrimp paste or prawn sauce is a fermented condiment commonly used in Southeast Asian and Southern Chinese cuisines. It is primarily made from finely crushed shrimp or krill mixed with salt, and then fermented for several weeks. They are either sold in their wet form or are sun-dried and either cut into rectangular blo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%20postulate | The Planck postulate (or Planck's postulate), one of the fundamental principles of quantum mechanics, is the postulate that the energy of oscillators in a black body is quantized, and is given by
,
where is an integer (1, 2, 3, ...), is Planck's constant, and (the Greek letter nu, not the Latin letter v) is the freq... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD%20data%20exchange | CAD data exchange is a method of drawing data exchange used to translate between different computer-aided design (CAD) authoring systems or between CAD and other downstream CAx systems.
Many companies use different CAD systems and exchange CAD data file format with suppliers, customers, and subcontractors. Such format... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quickselect | In computer science, quickselect is a selection algorithm to find the kth smallest element in an unordered list, also known as the kth order statistic. Like the related quicksort sorting algorithm, it was developed by Tony Hoare, and thus is also known as Hoare's selection algorithm. Like quicksort, it is efficient in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeydew%20%28melon%29 | The honeydew melon is one of the two main cultivar types in Cucumis melo Inodorus Group. It is characterized by the smooth rind and lack of musky odor. The other main type in the Inodorus Group is the wrinkle-rind casaba melon.
Characteristics
A honeydew has a round to slightly oval shape, typically long. It generall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization%20rate | Capitalization rate (or "cap rate") is a real estate valuation measure used to compare different real estate investments. Although there are many variations, the cap rate is generally calculated as the ratio between the annual rental income produced by a real estate asset to its current market value. Most variations d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20King | Ring King, known as in Japan and Europe, is an arcade boxing game. It was published in 1985 by Woodplace in Japan and Europe, and by Data East in North America.
Gameplay
The game continues the series' theme of comical sports as the player takes the role of a boxer who makes his way from his debut to become a world ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octahedral%20symmetry | A regular octahedron has 24 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and 48 symmetries altogether. These include transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation. A cube has the same set of symmetries, since it is the polyhedron that is dual to an octahedron.
The group of orientation-preserving symme... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20body%20irradiation | Total body irradiation (TBI) is a form of radiotherapy used primarily as part of the preparative regimen for haematopoietic stem cell (or bone marrow) transplantation. As the name implies, TBI involves irradiation of the entire body, though in modern practice the lungs are often partially shielded to lower the risk of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research%20Unix | The term "Research Unix" refers to early versions of the Unix operating system for DEC PDP-7, PDP-11, VAX and Interdata 7/32 and 8/32 computers, developed in the Bell Labs Computing Sciences Research Center (CSRC).
History
The term Research Unix first appeared in the Bell System Technical Journal (Vol. 57, No. 6, Pt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdata%207/32%20and%208/32 | The Model 7/32 and Model 8/32 were 32-bit minicomputers introduced by Perkin-Elmer after they acquired Interdata, Inc., in 1973. Interdata computers are primarily remembered for being the first 32-bit minicomputers under $10,000. The 8/32 was a more powerful machine than the 7/32, with the notable feature of allowing u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomach%20oil | Stomach oil is the light oil composed of neutral dietary lipids found in the proventriculus (fore-gut) of birds in the order Procellariiformes. All albatrosses, procellarids (gadfly petrels and shearwaters) and northern and austral storm petrels use the oil. The only Procellariiformes that do not are the diving petrels... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryomodule | A cryomodule is a section of a modern particle accelerator composed of superconducting RF (SRF) acceleration cavities, which need very low operating temperatures, often around 2 Kelvin). The cryomodule is a complex, state-of-the-art supercooled component in which particle beams are accelerated for scientific research. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20fire-bellied%20newt | The Japanese fire-bellied newt or Japanese fire-bellied salamander (Cynops pyrrhogaster) is a species of newt endemic to Japan. The skin on its upper body is dark and its lower regions bright red, although coloration varies with age, genetics, and region. Adults are long. To deter predators, Japanese fire-bellied newt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectasin | Plectasin is an antibiotic protein from the mushroom Pseudoplectania nigrella. It was initially discovered in 2005 and commercialised by Novozymes. Plectasin belongs to the antimicrobial peptide class called fungal defensins, which is also present in invertebrates such as flies and mussels.
Clinical trials
Pre-clinic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource%20construction%20set | The resource construction set (GEM RCS) is a GUI builder for GEM applications. It was written by Digital Research.
RCS was widely used on the Atari ST, Atari STe, Atari TT, Atari MEGA ST, Atari MEGA STE and Atari Falcon platforms.
Example
Files of the Atari Development Kit
Resource file
runtime binary
0000: 000000... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula%20game | A formula game is an artificial game represented by a fully quantified Boolean formula. Players' turns alternate and the space of possible moves is denoted by bound variables. If a variable is universally quantified, the formula following it has the same truth value as the formula beginning with the universal quantifie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala%27s%20March | Koala's March () is a bite-sized cookie snack with a sweet filling. Made by Lotte, the product was first released in Japan in March 1984. In May 1990, the products were released in the United States. Originally, the snacks used the name "Koala Yummies" in the United States. But currently, the snacks use the name "Koala... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%86%93 | The arrow symbol ↓ may refer to:
The downward direction, a relative direction
The keyboard cursor control key, an arrow key
A downwards arrow, a Unicode arrow symbol
Logical NOR, operator which produces a result that is the negation of logical OR
An undefined object, in mathematical well-definition
A comma catego... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadir | The nadir is the direction pointing directly below a particular location; that is, it is one of two vertical directions at a specified location, orthogonal to a horizontal flat surface.
The direction opposite of the nadir is the zenith.
Definitions
Space science
Since the concept of being below is itself somewhat va... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper%20set | In mathematics, an upper set (also called an upward closed set, an upset, or an isotone set in X) of a partially ordered set is a subset with the following property: if s is in S and if x in X is larger than s (that is, if ), then x is in S. In other words, this means that any x element of X that is to some element ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LliureX | LliureX () is a project of the Generalitat Valenciana with the goal of introducing new ICTs based on free software in the Valencian Community education system.
It is a Linux distribution that is used on over 110,000 PCs in schools in the Valencia region.
Originally it was based on Debian but since version 7.09 it is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%20sorbate | Potassium sorbate is the potassium salt of sorbic acid, chemical formula CH3CH=CH−CH=CH−CO2K. It is a white salt that is very soluble in water (58.2% at 20 °C). It is primarily used as a food preservative (E number 202). Potassium sorbate is effective in a variety of applications including food, wine, and personal-ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahedral%20symmetry | A regular tetrahedron has 12 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and a symmetry order of 24 including transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation.
The group of all (not necessarily orientation preserving) symmetries is isomorphic to the group S4, the symmetric group of permutations of four ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlexRay | FlexRay is an automotive network communications protocol developed by the FlexRay Consortium to govern on-board automotive computing. It is designed to be faster and more reliable than CAN and TTP, but it is also more expensive. The FlexRay consortium disbanded in 2009, but the FlexRay standard is now a set of ISO stan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flour%20bleaching%20agent | Flour bleaching agent is the agent added to fresh milled grains to whiten the flour by removing the yellow colour pigment called xanthophyll. It whitens the flour, which is used in the baking industry.
Overview
Usual flour bleaching agents are:
Organic peroxides (benzoyl peroxide)
Calcium peroxide
Chlorine
Chlorine di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azodicarbonamide | Azodicarbonamide, ADCA, ADA, or azo(bis)formamide, is a chemical compound with the molecular formula . It is a yellow to orange-red, odorless, crystalline powder. It is sometimes called a 'yoga mat' chemical because of its widespread use in foamed plastics. It was first described by John Bryden in 1959.
Synthesis
It i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillingham%20cattle | Chillingham cattle, also known as Chillingham wild cattle, are a breed of cattle that live in a large enclosed park at Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, England. In summer 2022 the cattle numbers 138 animals with approximately equal numbers of males and females The herd has remained remarkably genetically isolated... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9minaire%20Nicolas%20Bourbaki | The Séminaire Nicolas Bourbaki (Bourbaki Seminar) is a series of seminars (in fact public lectures with printed notes distributed) that has been held in Paris since 1948. It is one of the major institutions of contemporary mathematics, and a barometer of mathematical achievement, fashion, and reputation. It is named a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajeput%20oil | Cajuput oil is a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous trees Melaleuca leucadendra, Melaleuca cajuputi, and probably other Melaleuca species. The trees yielding the oil are found throughout Maritime Southeast Asia and over the hotter parts of the Australian continent. The majority of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading%20blows | Trading blows or trading licks is an endurance test in which the participants (usually two boys or young men) take turns, alternating between administering a blow to an opponent and assuming the agreed exposed position (e.g. bending over an object or grabbing the ankles) to endure the next one, using the same implemen... |
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