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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bach%27s%20algorithm | Bach's algorithm is a probabilistic polynomial time algorithm for generating random numbers along with their factorizations, named after its discoverer, Eric Bach. It is of interest because no algorithm is known that efficiently factors numbers, so the straightforward method, namely generating a random number and then ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronizer%20%28algorithm%29 | In computer science, a synchronizer is an algorithm that can be used to run a synchronous algorithm on top of an asynchronous processor network, so enabling the asynchronous system to run as a synchronous network.
The concept was originally proposed in (Awerbuch, 1985) along with three synchronizer algorithms named al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%20bound | In applied mathematics, the Johnson bound (named after Selmer Martin Johnson) is a limit on the size of error-correcting codes, as used in coding theory for data transmission or communications.
Definition
Let be a q-ary code of length , i.e. a subset of . Let be the minimum distance of , i.e.
where is the Hamming... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20symbols%20of%20Iran |
Official symbols
Flag
Emblem
Derafsh Kaviani
Lion and Sun
Faravahar
Emblem of Iran
Anthem
Salām-e Shāh
Imperial Anthem of Iran
Ey Iran
Payandeh Bada Iran
Unofficial symbols
Cultural heritage
Musical instruments
SanturSetar
Tar
Kamancheh
Ney-anban
Chang
Daf
Holidays
Nowruz
13 Be-Dar
Tirgan
Mehregan
Yald... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20neuroscientists | Many famous neuroscientists are from the 20th and 21st century, as neuroscience is a fairly new science. However many anatomists, physiologists, biologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and other physicians and psychologists are considered to be neuroscientists as well. This list compiles the names of all neuroscientist... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza%20Genome%20Sequencing%20Project | The Influenza Genome Sequencing Project (IGSP), initiated in early 2004, seeks to investigate influenza evolution by providing a public data set of complete influenza genome sequences from collections of isolates representing diverse species distributions.
The project is funded by the National Institute of Allergy and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction%20to%20Automata%20Theory%2C%20Languages%2C%20and%20Computation | Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation is an influential computer science textbook by John Hopcroft and Jeffrey Ullman on formal languages and the theory of computation. Rajeev Motwani contributed to later editions beginning in 2000.
Nickname
The Jargon File records the book's nickname, Cinderel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustproofing | Rustproofing is the prevention or delay of rusting of iron and steel objects, or the permanent protection against corrosion. Typically, the protection is achieved by a process of surface finishing or treatment. Depending on mechanical wear or environmental conditions, the degradation may not be stopped completely, unle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegmon | A phlegmon is a localized area of acute inflammation of the soft tissues. It is a descriptive term which may be used for inflammation related to a bacterial infection or non-infectious causes (e.g. pancreatitis). Most commonly, it is used in contradistinction to a "walled-off" pus-filled collection (abscess), although ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpareMiNT | SpareMiNT is a software distribution based on FreeMiNT, which consists of a MiNT-like operating system (OS) and kernel plus GEM compatible AES (Application Environment Services).
Features and compatibility
The English language distribution is intended for the Atari ST and derivative m68k computers, clones and emulato... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensurstrich | (plural ) is a German term used in musical notation to denote a barline that is drawn between staves, but not across them. It is typically seen in modern editions of Medieval and Renaissance vocal polyphony, where it is intended to allow modern performers the convenience of barlines without having them interfere with t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20model | Lattice model may refer to:
Lattice model (physics), a physical model that is defined on a periodic structure with a repeating elemental unit pattern, as opposed to the continuum of space or spacetime
Lattice model (finance), a "discrete-time" model of the varying price over time of the underlying financial instrum... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20model%20%28finance%29 | In finance, a lattice model is a technique applied to the valuation of derivatives, where a discrete time model is required. For equity options, a typical example would be pricing an American option, where a decision as to option exercise is required at "all" times (any time) before and including maturity. A continuous... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putty%20knife | A putty knife is a specialized tool used when glazing single glazed windows, to work putty around the edges of each pane of glass. An experienced glazer will apply the putty by hand, and then smooth it with the knife. Modern insulated glazing may use other ways of securing the glass to the window frame.
A spackle knif... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbogen | Carbogen, also called Meduna's Mixture after its inventor Ladislas Meduna, is a mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen gas. Meduna's original formula was 30% CO2 and 70% oxygen, but the term carbogen can refer to any mixture of these two gases, from 1.5% to 50% CO2.
Mechanism
When carbogen is inhaled, the increased le... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial%20use%20of%20space | Commercial use of space is the provision of goods or services of commercial value by using equipment sent into Earth orbit or outer space. This phenomenon – aka Space Economy (or New Space Economy) – is accelerating cross-sector innovation processes combining the most advanced space and digital technologies to develop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square-free%20polynomial | In mathematics, a square-free polynomial is a polynomial defined over a field (or more generally, an integral domain) that does not have as a divisor any square of a non-constant polynomial. A univariate polynomial is square free if and only if it has no multiple root in an algebraically closed field containing its coe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervand%20Kogbetliantz | Ervand George Kogbetliantz (; February 22, 1888 in Rostov-on-the-Don – 1974 in Paris, France) was an Armenian-American mathematician and the first president of the Yerevan State University. He left Russia in 1918. He received a Doctorate in mathematics from the University of Paris in 1923. His mathematical work was mai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20spanner | A tree k-spanner (or simply k-spanner) of a graph is a spanning subtree of in which the distance between every pair of vertices is at most times their distance in .
Known Results
There are several papers written on the subject of tree spanners. One of these was entitled Tree Spanners written by mathematicians Lei... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20animals | Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the blastula, during embryonic development. Over 1.5 million living animal species have ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightest%20cluster%20galaxy | A brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) is defined as the brightest galaxy in a cluster of galaxies. BCGs include the most massive galaxies in the universe. They are generally elliptical galaxies which lie close to the geometric and kinematical center of their host galaxy cluster, hence at the bottom of the cluster potential... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propyl%20gallate | Propyl gallate, or propyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate is an ester formed by the condensation of gallic acid and propanol. Since 1948, this antioxidant has been added to foods containing oils and fats to prevent oxidation. As a food additive, it is used under the E number E310.
Description
Propyl gallate is an antioxida... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Hennessy | Matthew Hennessy is an Irish computer scientist who has contributed especially to concurrency, process calculi and programming language semantics.
Career
During 1976–77, Matthew Hennessy was an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Then during 1977–78, he was a visiting professor at the Universi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo%20Wi-Fi%20USB%20Connector | The Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector is a wireless game adapter, developed by Nintendo and Buffalo Technology, which allows the Nintendo DS, Wii and 3DS users without a Wi-Fi connection or compatible Wi-Fi network to establish an Internet connection via a broadband-connected PC. When inserted into the host PC's USB port, t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccheri%20quadrilateral | A Saccheri quadrilateral is a quadrilateral with two equal sides perpendicular to the base. It is named after Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, who used it extensively in his 1733 book (Euclid freed of every flaw), an attempt to prove the parallel postulate using the method reductio ad absurdum. Such a quadrilateral is some... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%20Buster | is a platform, action role-playing dungeon crawl game developed by Namco and released in 1984. It runs on Namco Pac-Land hardware, modified to support vertical scrolling. In Japan, the game was ported to the Family Computer (Famicom), MSX, and X68000; the latter version was later released for the Virtual Console in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-social%20science | E-social science is a more recent development in conjunction with the wider developments in e-science. It is social science using grid computing and other information technologies to collect, process, integrate, share, and disseminate social and behavioural data.
External links
UK National Centre for e-Social Science ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20monitoring | In computer science, event monitoring is the process of collecting, analyzing, and signaling event occurrences to subscribers such as operating system processes, active database rules as well as human operators. These event occurrences may stem from arbitrary sources in both software or hardware such as operating syste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabather%27s%20eruption | Seabather's eruption is an itching dermatitis caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to the immature nematocysts of larval-stage thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata), sea anemones (Edwardsiella lineata) and other larval cnidarians. The eruption is sometimes attributed to "sea lice" or "sea ants", but sea lice (Caligi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune%20hemolytic%20anemia | Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) occurs when antibodies directed against the person's own red blood cells (RBCs) cause them to burst (lyse), leading to an insufficient number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells in the circulation. The lifetime of the RBCs is reduced from the normal 100–120 days to just a few days in s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argan%20oil | Argan oil is a plant oil produced from the kernels of the argan tree (Argania spinosa L.), which is indigenous to Morocco and southwestern Algeria. In Morocco, argan oil is used to dip bread in at breakfast or to drizzle on couscous or pasta. It is also used for cosmetic purposes.
Properties
99% of argan oil consists... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical%20illustration | Technical Illustration is illustration meant to visually communicate information of a technical nature. Technical illustrations can be components of technical drawings or diagrams. Technical illustrations in general aim "to generate expressive images that effectively convey certain information via the visual channel to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum%20of%20a%20theory | In model theory, a branch of mathematical logic, the spectrum of a theory
is given by the number of isomorphism classes of models in various cardinalities. More precisely,
for any complete theory T in a language we write I(T, κ) for the number of models of T (up to isomorphism) of cardinality κ. The spectrum problem ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretch%20shortening%20cycle | A stretch-shortening cycle (SSC) is an active stretch (eccentric contraction) of a muscle followed by an immediate shortening (concentric contraction) of that same muscle.
Research studies
The increased performance benefit associated with muscle contractions that take place during SSCs has been the focus of much rese... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20dots%20%28diacritic%29 | Diacritical marks of two dots , placed side-by-side over or under a letter, are used in a number of languages for several different purposes. The most familiar to English-language speakers are the diaeresis and the umlaut, though there are numerous others. For example, in Albanian, represents a schwa. Such dots are al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitic%20structure | In a semiconductor device, a parasitic structure is a portion of the device that resembles in structure some other, simpler semiconductor device, and causes the device to enter an unintended mode of operation when subjected to conditions outside of its normal range. For example, the internal structure of an NPN bipola... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly%20number | In number theory, friendly numbers are two or more natural numbers with a common abundancy index, the ratio between the sum of divisors of a number and the number itself. Two numbers with the same "abundancy" form a friendly pair; n numbers with the same "abundancy" form a friendly n-tuple.
Being mutually friendly is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant%20code | In computer programming, redundant code is source code or compiled code in a computer program that is unnecessary, such as:
recomputing a value that has previously been calculated and is still available,
code that is never executed (known as unreachable code),
code which is executed but has no external effect (e.g.,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20growth | In botany, secondary growth is the growth that results from cell division in the cambia or lateral meristems and that causes the stems and roots to thicken, while primary growth is growth that occurs as a result of cell division at the tips of stems and roots, causing them to elongate, and gives rise to primary tissue.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibonding%20molecular%20orbital | In theoretical chemistry, an antibonding orbital is a type of molecular orbital that weakens the chemical bond between two atoms and helps to raise the energy of the molecule relative to the separated atoms. Such an orbital has one or more nodes in the bonding region between the nuclei. The density of the electrons in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrox%20Parhelia | The Matrox Parhelia-512 is a graphics processing unit (GPU) released by Matrox in 2002. It has full support for DirectX 8.1 and incorporates several DirectX 9.0 features. At the time of its release, it was best known for its ability to drive three monitors ("Surround Gaming") and its Coral Reef tech demo.
As had happe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrox%20G400 | The G400 is a video card made by Matrox, released in September 1999. The graphics processor contains a 2D GUI, video, and Direct3D 6.0 3D accelerator. Codenamed "Toucan", it was a more powerful and refined version of its predecessor, the G200.
Overview
The Matrox G200 graphics processor had been a successful product,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20flip | In organic chemistry, a ring flip (also known as a ring inversion or ring reversal) is the interconversion of cyclic conformers that have equivalent ring shapes (e.g., from a chair conformer to another chair conformer) that results in the exchange of nonequivalent substituent positions. The overall process generally ta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-y%20method | In geotechnical civil engineering, the p–y is a method of analyzing the ability of deep foundations to resist loads applied in the lateral direction. This method uses the finite difference method and p-y graphs to find a solution. P–y graphs are graphs which relate the force applied to soil to the lateral deflection of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain%20old%20CLR%20object | In software engineering, a plain old CLR object, or plain old class object (POCO) is a simple object created in the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) that is unencumbered by inheritance or attributes. This is often used in opposition to the complex or specialized objects that object-relational mapping frameworks often... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript%20syntax | The syntax of JavaScript is the set of rules that define a correctly structured JavaScript program.
The examples below make use of the log function of the console object present in most browsers for standard text output.
The JavaScript standard library lacks an official standard text output function (with the excepti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20Dependent%20Damping%20Control | Speed Dependent Damping Control (also called SD²C) was an automatic damper system installed on late-1980s and early-1990s Cadillac automobiles. This system firmed up the suspension at 25 mph (40 km/h) and again at 60 mph (97 km/h). The firmest setting was also used when starting from a standstill until 5 mph (8 km/h)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20availability | High availability (HA) is a characteristic of a system that aims to ensure an agreed level of operational performance, usually uptime, for a higher than normal period.
Modernization has resulted in an increased reliance on these systems. For example, hospitals and data centers require high availability of their syste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor%20recovery | Vapor (or vapour) recovery is the process of collecting the vapors of gasoline and other fuels, so that they do not escape into the atmosphere. This is often done (and sometimes required by law) at filling stations, to reduce noxious and potentially explosive fumes and pollution.
The negative pressure created by a vac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20M.%20Dudley | Richard Mansfield Dudley (July 28, 1938 – January 19, 2020) was Professor of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Education and career
Dudley was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his BA at Harvard College and received his PhD at Princeton University in 1962 under the supervision of Edward Nelso... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20gap%20%28networking%29 | An air gap, air wall, air gapping or disconnected network is a network security measure employed on one or more computers to ensure that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. It means a computer or network has no network... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace%20vector%20decoder | A Trace Vector Decoder (TVD) is computer software that uses the trace facility of its underlying microprocessor to decode encrypted instruction opcodes just-in-time prior to execution and possibly re-encode them afterwards. It can be used to hinder reverse engineering when attempting to prevent software cracking as par... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cake%20number | In mathematics, the cake number, denoted by Cn, is the maximum of the number of regions into which a 3-dimensional cube can be partitioned by exactly n planes. The cake number is so-called because one may imagine each partition of the cube by a plane as a slice made by a knife through a cube-shaped cake. It is the 3D a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclaurin%20spheroid | A Maclaurin spheroid is an oblate spheroid which arises when a self-gravitating fluid body of uniform density rotates with a constant angular velocity. This spheroid is named after the Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin, who formulated it for the shape of Earth in 1742. In fact the figure of the Earth is far less ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20walking | In combinatorial mathematics, block walking is a method useful in thinking about sums of combinations graphically as "walks" on Pascal's triangle. As the name suggests, block walking problems involve counting the number of ways an individual can walk from one corner A of a city block to another corner B of another city... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemic%20modal%20logic | Epistemic modal logic is a subfield of modal logic that is concerned with reasoning about knowledge. While epistemology has a long philosophical tradition dating back to Ancient Greece, epistemic logic is a much more recent development with applications in many fields, including philosophy, theoretical computer scienc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken%20feet | Chicken feet are cooked and eaten in many countries. After an outer layer of hard skin is removed, most of the edible tissue on the feet consists of skin and tendons, with no muscle. This gives the feet a distinct gelatinous texture different from the rest of the chicken meat.
Around the world
China
Chicken feet a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator%20%28Apple%29 | Calculator is a basic calculator application made by Apple Inc. and bundled with its macOS, iOS, and watchOS operating systems. It has three modes: basic, scientific, and programmer. The basic mode includes a number pad, buttons for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, as well as memory keys. Scientific mode... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glivenko%E2%80%93Cantelli%20theorem | In the theory of probability, the Glivenko–Cantelli theorem (sometimes referred to as the Fundamental Theorem of Statistics), named after Valery Ivanovich Glivenko and Francesco Paolo Cantelli, determines the asymptotic behaviour of the empirical distribution function as the number of independent and identically distr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donsker%27s%20theorem | In probability theory, Donsker's theorem (also known as Donsker's invariance principle, or the functional central limit theorem), named after Monroe D. Donsker, is a functional extension of the central limit theorem.
Let be a sequence of independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random variables with mean 0 a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication%20discontinuation | Medication discontinuation is the ceasing of a medication treatment for a patient by either the clinician or the patient themself. When initiated by the clinician, it is known as deprescribing. Medication discontinuation is an important medical practice that may be motivated by a number of reasons:
Reducing polypharma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional%20spinal%20unit | A functional spinal unit (FSU) (or motion segment) is the smallest physiological motion unit of the spine to exhibit biomechanical characteristics similar to those of the entire spine.
A FSU consists of two adjacent vertebrae, the intervertebral disc and all adjoining ligaments between them and excludes other connecti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20bonding | Human bonding is the process of development of a close interpersonal relationship between two or more people. It most commonly takes place between family members or friends, but can also develop among groups, such as sporting teams and whenever people spend time together. Bonding is a mutual, interactive process, and i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Return%20of%20Ishtar | is an action role-playing arcade video game released by Namco in 1986. It runs on Namco System 86 hardware and is the sequel to The Tower of Druaga, which was released two years earlier. The game's story directly starts after the first game, where Ki and Gil must venture down in the Tower of Druaga and escape it. It is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genstat | Genstat (General Statistics) is a statistical software package with data analysis capabilities, particularly in the field of agriculture.
It was developed in 1968 by the Rothamsted Research in the United Kingdom and was designed to provide modular design, linear mixed models and graphical functions. It was developed a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-PLUS | S-PLUS is a commercial implementation of the S programming language sold by TIBCO Software Inc.
It features object-oriented programming capabilities and advanced analytical algorithms.
Due to the increasing popularity of the open source S successor R, TIBCO Software released the TIBCO Enterprise Runtime for R (TERR) ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungal%20prion | A fungal prion is a prion that infects hosts which are fungi. Fungal prions are naturally occurring proteins that can switch between multiple, structurally distinct conformations, at least one of which is self-propagating and transmissible to other prions. This transmission of protein state represents an epigenetic phe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-matrix%20display | A dot-matrix display is a low-cost electronic digital display device that displays information on machines such as clocks, watches, calculators, and many other devices requiring a simple alphanumeric (and/or graphic) display device of limited resolution.
The display consists of a dot matrix of lights or mechanical ind... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrate%20synthase | The enzyme citrate synthase E.C. 2.3.3.1 (previously 4.1.3.7)] exists in nearly all living cells and stands as a pace-making enzyme in the first step of the citric acid cycle (or Krebs cycle). Citrate synthase is localized within eukaryotic cells in the mitochondrial matrix, but is encoded by nuclear DNA rather than mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy%20coat | The buffy coat is the fraction of an anticoagulated blood sample that contains most of the white blood cells and platelets following centrifugation.
Description
After centrifugation, one can distinguish a layer of clear fluid (the plasma), a layer of red fluid containing most of the red blood cells, and a thin layer i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia%20Zaslavsky | Claudia Zaslavsky (January 12, 1917 – January 13, 2006) was an American mathematics teacher and ethnomathematician.
Life
She was born Claudia Natoma Cohen (later changed to Cogan) on January 12, 1917, in Upper Manhattan in New York City and grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She attributed her first interest in math... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhyankar%27s%20conjecture | In abstract algebra, Abhyankar's conjecture is a conjecture of Shreeram Abhyankar posed in 1957, on the Galois groups of algebraic function fields of characteristic p. The soluble case was solved by Serre in 1990 and the full conjecture was proved in 1994 by work of Michel Raynaud and David Harbater.
Statement
The pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal%20operator | A modal connective (or modal operator) is a logical connective for modal logic. It is an operator which forms propositions from propositions. In general, a modal operator has the "formal" property of being non-truth-functional in the following sense: The truth-value of composite formulae sometimes depend on factors oth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actigraphy | Actigraphy is a non-invasive method of monitoring human rest/activity cycles. A small actigraph unit, also called an actimetry sensor, is worn for a week or more to measure gross motor activity. The unit is usually in a wristwatch-like package worn on the wrist. The movements the actigraph unit undergoes are continuall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal%20derivative | In mathematics, the formal derivative is an operation on elements of a polynomial ring or a ring of formal power series that mimics the form of the derivative from calculus. Though they appear similar, the algebraic advantage of a formal derivative is that it does not rely on the notion of a limit, which is in general... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escher%20in%20the%20Palace | Escher in Het Paleis (Escher in The Palace) is a museum in The Hague, Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch graphical artist M. C. Escher. It is housed in the Lange Voorhout Palace since November 2002.
In 2015 it was revealed that many of the prints on display at the museum were replicas, scanned from original... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20%28occupation%29 | The term "computer", in use from the early 17th century (the first known written reference dates from 1613), meant "one who computes": a person performing mathematical calculations, before electronic computers became commercially available. Alan Turing described the "human computer" as someone who is "supposed to be fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%20MicroEngine | Pascal MicroEngine is a series of microcomputer products manufactured by Western Digital from 1979 through the mid-1980s, designed specifically to run the UCSD p-System efficiently. Compared to other microcomputers, which use a machine language p-code interpreter, the Pascal MicroEngine has its interpreter implemented... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabayon%20Linux | Sabayon Linux or Sabayon (formerly RR4 Linux and RR64 Linux), was an Italian Gentoo-based Linux distribution created by Fabio Erculiani and the Sabayon development team. Sabayon followed the "out of the box" philosophy, aiming to give the user a wide number of applications ready to use and a self-configured operating s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparability | In mathematics, two elements x and y of a set P are said to be comparable with respect to a binary relation ≤ if at least one of x ≤ y or y ≤ x is true. They are called incomparable if they are not comparable.
Rigorous definition
A binary relation on a set is by definition any subset of Given is written if an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WS-Discovery | Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery) is a technical specification that defines a multicast discovery protocol to locate services on a local network. It operates over TCP and UDP port 3702 and uses IP multicast address or . As the name suggests, the actual communication between nodes is done using web services... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertoys%20Last%20All%20Summer%20Long | "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" is a science fiction short story by Brian Aldiss, first published in the UK edition of Harper's Bazaar, in its December 1969 issue. The story deals with humanity in an age of intelligent machines and of the aching loneliness endemic in an overpopulated future where child creation is con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing%20pin | A nursing pin is a type of badge, usually made of metal such as gold or silver, which is worn by nurses to identify the nursing school from which they graduated. They are traditionally presented to the newly graduated nurses by the faculty at a pinning ceremony as a symbolic welcome into the profession. Most pins have ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial%20%28TV%20program%29 | Extraterrestrial (also Alien Worlds in the UK) is a British-American two-part television documentary miniseries, aired in 2005 in the UK by Channel 4, by the National Geographic Channel (as Extraterrestrial) in the US on Monday, May 30, 2005 and produced by Big Wave Productions Ltd. The program focuses on the hypotheti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVAS | OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner, originally known as GNessUs) is the scanner component of Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM), a software framework of several services and tools offering vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management.
All Greenbone Vulnerability Management products are free so... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20Disk%20Manager | The Logical Disk Manager (LDM) is an implementation of a logical volume manager for Microsoft Windows NT, developed by Microsoft and Veritas Software. It was introduced with the Windows 2000 operating system, and is supported in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Window... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANopen | CANopen is a communication protocol and device profile specification for embedded systems used in automation. In terms of the OSI model, CANopen implements the layers above and including the network layer. The CANopen standard consists of an addressing scheme, several small communication protocols and an application la... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-key | Off-key is musical content that is not at the expected frequency or pitch period, either with respect to some absolute reference frequency, or in a ratiometric sense (i.e. through removal of exactly one degree of freedom, such as the frequency of a keynote), or pitch intervals not well-defined in the ratio of small who... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilinear%20coordinates | In geometry, the trilinear coordinates of a point relative to a given triangle describe the relative directed distances from the three sidelines of the triangle. Trilinear coordinates are an example of homogeneous coordinates. The ratio is the ratio of the perpendicular distances from the point to the sides (extend... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Goldberg | Lewis R. Goldberg is an American personality psychologist and a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon. He is closely associated
with the lexical hypothesis that any culturally important personality characteristic will be represented in the language of that culture. This hypothesis led to a five factor struct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic%20anisotropy | Seismic anisotropy is the directional dependence of the velocity of seismic waves in a medium (rock) within the Earth.
Description
A material is said to be anisotropic if the value of one or more of its properties varies with direction. Anisotropy differs from the property called heterogeneity in that anisotropy is th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasploit | The Metasploit Project is a computer security project that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development. It is owned by Boston, Massachusetts-based security company Rapid7.
Its best-known sub-project is the open-source Metasploit Framework, a tool fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulval%20vestibule | The vulval vestibule (also known as the vulvar vestibule or vestibule of vagina) is the part of the vulva between the labia minora. On the inside, the urinary meatus and the vaginal opening open to the vestibule, while the outer edge is marked by Hart's line, named after David Berry Hart.
It represents the distal end ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox%20Models | Cox Models, a former division of Estes Industries of Penrose, Colorado, was a multimillion-dollar hobby company, is one of the hobby industry's oldest companies and is noted for its production of miniature model internal-combustion engines.
History
The company, originally named The L. M. Cox Manufacturing Co, Inc., wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris%20IP%20network%20multipathing | The IP network multipathing or IPMP is a facility provided by Solaris to provide fault-tolerance and load spreading for network interface cards (NICs). With IPMP, two or more NICs are dedicated for each network to which the host connects. Each interface can be assigned a static "test" IP address, which is used to asses... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADM%20formalism | The ADM formalism (named for its authors Richard Arnowitt, Stanley Deser and Charles W. Misner) is a Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity that plays an important role in canonical quantum gravity and numerical relativity. It was first published in 1959.
The comprehensive review of the formalism that the autho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Frazer | Ian Hector Frazer (born 6 January 1953) is a Scottish-born Australian immunologist, the founding CEO and Director of Research of the Translational Research Institute (Australia). Frazer and Jian Zhou developed and patented the basic technology behind the HPV vaccine against cervical cancer at the University of Queensl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth%20telluride | Bismuth telluride () is a gray powder that is a compound of bismuth and tellurium also known as bismuth(III) telluride. It is a semiconductor, which, when alloyed with antimony or selenium, is an efficient thermoelectric material for refrigeration or portable power generation. is a topological insulator, and thus exhi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentek | Fermentek Ltd. is a biotechnological company in the Atarot industrial zone of Jerusalem, Israel. It specializes in the research, development and manufacture of biologically active, natural products isolated from microorganisms as well as from other natural sources such as plants and algae.
The main microorganisms used... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20cerebellar%20artery | The superior cerebellar artery (SCA) is an artery of the head. It arises near the end of the basilar artery. It is a branch of the basilar artery. It supplies parts of the cerebellum, the midbrain, and other nearby structures. It is the cause of trigeminal neuralgia in some patients.
Structure
The superior cerebellar... |
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