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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaup%E2%80%93Kupershmidt%20equation
The Kaup–Kupershmidt equation (named after David J. Kaup and Boris Abram Kupershmidt) is the nonlinear fifth-order partial differential equation It is the first equation in a hierarchy of integrable equations with the Lax operator . It has properties similar (but not identical) to those of the better-known KdV hier...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibriocin
Vibriocins are a group of bacteriocins produced by, and active against, gram-negative bacteria in the genus Vibrio. They were first discovered in 1962, considerably after the original bacteriocins, the colicins, which were discovered in 1925. Like other bacteriocins, vibriocins are protein toxins. They can kill bacter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCP%20Engineering
NCP engineering is a Nuremberg-based company producing software for remote access, industrial internet of things security and information security. NCP's products use virtual private network (VPN) and other technologies like encryption, personal firewalls and electronic certificates in a public key infrastructure (PKI)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative%20Toxicogenomics%20Database
The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD) is a public website and research tool launched in November 2004 that curates scientific data describing relationships between chemicals/drugs, genes/proteins, diseases, taxa, phenotypes, GO annotations, pathways, and interaction modules. The database is maintained by the De...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical%20heat%20flux
In the study of heat transfer, critical heat flux (CHF) is the heat flux at which boiling ceases to be an effective form of transferring heat from a solid surface to a liquid. Description Boiling systems are those in which liquid coolant absorbs energy from a heated solid surface and undergoes a change in phase. In f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biasing
In electronics, biasing is the setting of DC (direct current) operating conditions (current and voltage) of an electronic component that processes time-varying signals. Many electronic devices, such as diodes, transistors and vacuum tubes, whose function is processing time-varying (AC) signals, also require a steady (D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%20geodesic%20analysis
In geometric data analysis and statistical shape analysis, principal geodesic analysis is a generalization of principal component analysis to a non-Euclidean, non-linear setting of manifolds suitable for use with shape descriptors such as medial representations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle%20rescheduling%20problem
The vehicle rescheduling problem (VRSP) is a combinatorial optimization and integer programming problem seeking to service customers on a trip after change of schedule such as vehicle break down or major delay. Proposed by Li, Mirchandani and Borenstein in 2007, the VRSP is an important problem in the fields of transpo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersymmetric%20theory%20of%20stochastic%20dynamics
Supersymmetric theory of stochastic dynamics or stochastics (STS) is an exact theory of stochastic (partial) differential equations (SDEs), the class of mathematical models with the widest applicability covering, in particular, all continuous time dynamical systems, with and without noise. The main utility of the theor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracellular%20delivery
Intracellular delivery is the process of introducing external materials into living cells. Materials that are delivered into cells include nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), proteins, peptides, impermeable small molecules, synthetic nanomaterials, organelles, and micron-scale tracers, devices and objects. Such molecules and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo%20%28oceanography%29
Argo is an international programme for researching the ocean. It uses profiling floats to observe temperature, salinity and currents. Recently it has observed bio-optical properties in the Earth's oceans. It has been operating since the early 2000s. The real-time data it provides support climate and oceanographic resea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachychiton%20sp.%20Ormeau
Brachychiton sp. Ormeau is a rare and endangered rainforest tree found in Queensland, Australia. Description A species of tree belonging to the genus Brachychiton, it reaches up to 25 metres in height. The leaves are dropped during the dry season, a time of year the species favours for reproduction, and return as pal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frobenius%20determinant%20theorem
In mathematics, the Frobenius determinant theorem was a conjecture made in 1896 by the mathematician Richard Dedekind, who wrote a letter to F. G. Frobenius about it (reproduced in , with an English translation in ). If one takes the multiplication table of a finite group G and replaces each entry g with the variable ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20the%20International%20Association%20of%20Providers%20of%20AIDS%20Care
The Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers research on AIDS. The editor-in-chief is Jose M. Zuniga (International Association of Providers of AIDS Care). The journal was established in 2002 and is published by SAGE Publications. Abstr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure%20temperature
In radiometric dating, closure temperature or blocking temperature refers to the temperature of a system, such as a mineral, at the time given by its radiometric date. In physical terms, the closure temperature is the temperature at which a system has cooled so that there is no longer any significant diffusion of the p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring-enhancing%20lesion
A ring-enhancing lesion is an abnormal radiologic sign on MRI or CT scans obtained using radiocontrast. On the image, there is an area of decreased density (see radiodensity) surrounded by a bright rim from concentration of the enhancing contrast dye. This enhancement may represent breakdown of the blood-brain barrier ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corymb
Corymb is a botanical term for an inflorescence with the flowers growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer pedicels than the inner, bringing all flowers up to a common level. A corymb has a flattish top with a superficial resemblance towards an umbel, and may have a branching structure similar to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitotoxin
A mitotoxin is a cytotoxic molecule targeted to specific cells by a mitogen. Generally found in snake venom. Mitotoxins are responsible for mediating cell death by interfering with protein or DNA synthesis. Some mechanisms by which mitotoxins can interfere with DNA or protein synthesis include the inactivation of ribo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axillary%20joints
The axillary joints are two joints in the axillary region of the body, and include the shoulder joint and the acromioclavicular joint. Shoulder joint The shoulder joint also known as the glenohumeral joint is a synovial ball and socket joint. The shoulder joint involves articulation between the glenoid cavity of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specification%20language
A specification language is a formal language in computer science used during systems analysis, requirements analysis, and systems design to describe a system at a much higher level than a programming language, which is used to produce the executable code for a system. Overview Specification languages are generally no...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%E2%80%93Exner%20bodies
Call–Exner bodies, giving a follicle-like appearance, are small eosinophilic fluid-filled punched out spaces between granulosa cells. The granulosa cells are usually arranged haphazardly around the space. They are pathognomonic for granulosa cell tumors. Histologically, these tumors consists of monotonous islands of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Vietnamese%20%C4%91%E1%BB%93ng
The đồng (Chữ Nôm: 銅; Chữ Hán: 元, nguyên) (; ) was the currency of North Vietnam from 3 November 1946 to 2 May 1978. It was subdivided into 10 hào, each itself divided into 10 xu. History The first đồng issued by the communists controlling northern Vietnam was introduced on January 31, 1946, and replaced the French In...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza%20melon
The Mirza melon, also known as the torpedo melon, Mirzachul melon, or gulabi melon, is a cultivar of sweet melon in the genus Cucumis native to Uzbekistan and Central Asia and introduced to California. Description They are large, weighing up to and measuring up to in length. They have an elongated shape and the rind...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasculum
A vasculum or a botanical box is a stiff container used by botanists to keep field samples viable for transportation. The main purpose of the vasculum is to transport plants without crushing them and by maintaining a cool, humid environment. Construction Vascula are cylinders typically made from tinned and sometimes l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RADOM-7
RADOM is a Bulgarian Liulin-type instruments-type spectrometry-dosimetry instrument, designed to precisely measure cosmic radiation around the Moon. It is installed on the Indian satellite Chandrayaan-1. Another three instruments were deployed on the International Space Station. All Liulin-type instruments are designed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Fiji
The national flag of Fiji (Fijian: kuila ni Viti) was adopted on 10 October 1970. The state arms have been slightly modified but the flag has remained the same as during Fiji's colonial period. It is a defaced cyan "Blue Ensign" (the actual Blue Ensign version of the flag is the Government ensign), with the shield from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20Tomorrows
All Tomorrows: A Billion Year Chronicle of the Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man is a 2006 work of science fiction and speculative evolution written and illustrated by the Turkish artist C. M. Kosemen under the pen name Nemo Ramjet. It explores a hypothetical future path of human evolution set from the near futu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Aitken
Alexander Craig "Alec" Aitken (1 April 1895 – 3 November 1967) was one of New Zealand's most eminent mathematicians. In a 1935 paper he introduced the concept of generalized least squares, along with now standard vector/matrix notation for the linear regression model. Another influential paper co-authored with his st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JStik
The JStik is a microcontroller based on the line of embedded Java processors. It is novel in that it uses Java byte code as the native machine language. This makes it very fast at executing Java code while still maintaining the benefits of programming in a high-level language like Java. External links Jstik - JStik...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Blue%20Gene
Blue Gene was an IBM project aimed at designing supercomputers that can reach operating speeds in the petaFLOPS (PFLOPS) range, with low power consumption. The project created three generations of supercomputers, Blue Gene/L, Blue Gene/P, and Blue Gene/Q. During their deployment, Blue Gene systems often led the TOP500...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry%20of%20second%20derivatives
In mathematics, the symmetry of second derivatives (also called the equality of mixed partials) refers to the possibility of interchanging the order of taking partial derivatives of a function of variables without changing the result under certain conditions (see below). The symmetry is the assertion that the second-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous%20testing
Continuous testing is the process of executing automated tests as part of the software delivery pipeline to obtain immediate feedback on the business risks associated with a software release candidate. Continuous testing was originally proposed as a way of reducing waiting time for feedback to developers by introducing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy%20coding
Cowboy coding is software development where programmers have autonomy over the development process. This includes control of the project's schedule, languages, algorithms, tools, frameworks and coding style. Typically, little to no coordination exists with other developers or stakeholders. A cowboy coder can be a lone...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20hyphen
In Latin script, the double hyphen is a punctuation mark that consists of two parallel hyphens. It was a development of the earlier , which developed from a Central European variant of the virgule slash, originally a form of scratch comma. Similar marks (see below) are used in other scripts. In order to avoid it bei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20theorem%20%28differential%20geometry%29
In differential geometry, Hilbert's theorem (1901) states that there exists no complete regular surface of constant negative gaussian curvature immersed in . This theorem answers the question for the negative case of which surfaces in can be obtained by isometrically immersing complete manifolds with constant curvat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus%20%28novel%29
, literally Day of Resurrection is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction novel written by Sakyo Komatsu. The novel was adapted into a movie of the same name in 1980. An English translation by Daniel Huddleston was released in November 2012 by Viz Media's Haikasoru imprint. Plot summary A US space mission in 1964 ga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrollment%20over%20Secure%20Transport
The Enrollment over Secure Transport, or EST is a cryptographic protocol that describes an X.509 certificate management protocol targeting public key infrastructure (PKI) clients that need to acquire client certificates and associated certificate authority (CA) certificates. EST is described in . EST has been put forwa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeslaCrypt
TeslaCrypt was a ransomware trojan. It is now defunct, and its master key was released by the developers. In its early forms, TeslaCrypt targeted game-play data for specific computer games. Newer variants of the malware also affect other file types. In its original, game-player campaign, upon infection the malware se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil%20preparation
Fossil preparation is a complex of tasks that can include excavating, revealing, conserving, and replicating the ancient remains and traces of organisms. It is an integral part of the science of paleontology, of museum exhibition, and the preservation of fossils held in the public trust. It involves a wide variety of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20fluorescence%20units
The terms "relative fluorescence units" (RFU) and "RFU peak" refer to measurements in electrophoresis methods, such as for DNA analysis. A "relative fluorescence unit" is a unit of measurement used in analysis which employs fluorescence detection. Fluorescence is detected using a charged coupled device (CCD) array, whe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownian%20motor
Brownian motors are nanoscale or molecular machines that use chemical reactions to generate directed motion in space. The theory behind Brownian motors relies on the phenomenon of Brownian motion, random motion of particles suspended in a fluid (a liquid or a gas) resulting from their collision with the fast-moving mol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer%20Rain%20%28Belinda%20Carlisle%20song%29
"Summer Rain" is a song written by Robbie Seidman and Maria Vidal, produced by Rick Nowels for Belinda Carlisle's third album Runaway Horses (1989). The power ballad is about a man who goes away to war and leaves his wife, saying that nothing will change—they will be together forever and always. Although the conflict i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural%20decoding
Neural decoding is a neuroscience field concerned with the hypothetical reconstruction of sensory and other stimuli from information that has already been encoded and represented in the brain by networks of neurons. Reconstruction refers to the ability of the researcher to predict what sensory stimuli the subject is re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX-calculus
The ZX-calculus is a rigorous graphical language for reasoning about linear maps between qubits, which are represented as string diagrams called ZX-diagrams. A ZX-diagram consists of a set of generators called spiders that represent specific tensors. These are connected together to form a tensor network similar to Penr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odour%20activity%20value
Odour activity value (OAV) is a measure of importance of a specific compound to the odour of a sample (e.g. food). It is calculated as the ratio between the concentration of individual substance in a sample and the threshold concentration of this substance (odour threshold value, the minimal concentration that can be d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20model
Ship models or model ships are scale models of ships. They can range in size from 1/6000 scale wargaming miniatures to large vessels capable of holding people. Ship modeling is a craft as old as shipbuilding itself, stretching back to ancient times when water transport was first developed. History Ancient Mediterran...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20Extension%20Institute
The Life Extension Institute was an organization formed in the United States in 1913 with the philanthropic goal of prolonging human life through hygiene and disease prevention. Its organizational officers included many celebrity-philanthropists such as William Howard Taft, Alexander Graham Bell, and Mabel Thorp Board...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20photography
Medical photography is a specialized area of photography that concerns itself with the documentation of the clinical presentation of patients, medical and surgical procedures, medical devices and specimens from autopsy. The practice requires a high level of technical skill to present the photograph free from misleading...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAPSA
Napsin-A is an aspartic proteinase that is encoded in humans by the NAPSA gene. The name napsin comes from novel aspartic proteinase of the pepsin family. The activation peptide of an aspartic proteinase acts as an inhibitor of the active site. These peptide segments, or pro-parts, are deemed important for correct fol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindric%20numbering
In computability theory a cylindric numbering is a special kind of numbering first introduced by Yuri L. Ershov in 1973. If a numbering is reducible to then there exists a computable function with . Usually is not injective, but if is a cylindric numbering we can always find an injective . Definition A number...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material%20nonimplication
Material nonimplication or abjunction (Latin ab = "away", junctio= "to join") is the negation of material implication. That is to say that for any two propositions and , the material nonimplication from to is true if and only if the negation of the material implication from to is true. This is more naturally stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCDC116
CCDC116, also called coiled-coil domain containing 116, is a gene that is patented for experimentation on the possibility of being a cancer marker for prostate cancer. Gene CCDC116 has no aliases. This gene is 2252 base pairs long. CCDC116 has 5 exons and is located on chromosome 22q11.21 on the plus strand. mRNA C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM%20Global
FM Global is an American mutual insurance company based in Johnston, Rhode Island, United States, with offices worldwide, that specializes in loss prevention services primarily to large corporations throughout the world in the Highly Protected Risk (HPR) property insurance market sector. "FM Global" is the communicativ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20computing
Parallel computing is a type of computation in which many calculations or processes are carried out simultaneously. Large problems can often be divided into smaller ones, which can then be solved at the same time. There are several different forms of parallel computing: bit-level, instruction-level, data, and task para...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical%20model
The spherical model is a model of ferromagnetism similar to the Ising model, which was solved in 1952 by T. H. Berlin and M. Kac. It has the remarkable property that for linear dimension d greater than four, the critical exponents that govern the behaviour of the system near the critical point are independent of d and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotter%20Network
The Spotter Network (SN) is a system that utilizes storm spotter and chaser reports of location and severe weather in a centralized framework for use by coordinators such as emergency managers, Skywarn and related spotter organizations, and the National Weather Service. It uses GPS to provide accurate and automated pos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20quaternion
In mathematics, the dual quaternions are an 8-dimensional real algebra isomorphic to the tensor product of the quaternions and the dual numbers. Thus, they may be constructed in the same way as the quaternions, except using dual numbers instead of real numbers as coefficients. A dual quaternion can be represented in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault%20current%20limiter
A fault current limiter (FCL), also known as fault current controller (FCC), is a device which limits the prospective fault current when a fault occurs (e.g. in a power transmission network) without complete disconnection. The term includes superconducting, solid-state and inductive devices. Applications Electric pow...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H3S10P
H3S10P is an epigenetic modification to the DNA packaging protein histone H3. It is a mark that indicates the phosphorylation the 10th serine residue of the histone H3 protein. Depending on the environment in which it happens, the same phosphorylated residue might have drastically different consequences on chromatin s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VADS%20%28organisation%29
VADS (formerly an initialism for Visual Arts Data Service) is a service of the Library at the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in the UK that provides digital images and other visual arts resources free and copyright cleared for use in UK higher education and further education. It has provided services to the ac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggregate%20modulus
In relation to biomechanics, the aggregate modulus (Ha) is a measurement of the stiffness of a material at equilibrium when fluid has ceased flowing through it. The aggregate modulus can be calculated from Young's modulus (E) and the Poisson ratio (v). The aggregate modulus of a similar specimen is determined from a u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-twister%20mechanism
The anti-twister or antitwister mechanism is a method of connecting a flexible link between two objects, one of which is rotating with respect to the other, in a way that prevents the link from becoming twisted. The link could be an electrical cable or a flexible conduit. This mechanism is intended as an alternative t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comstock%E2%80%93Needham%20system
The Comstock–Needham system is a naming system for insect wing veins, devised by John Comstock and George Needham in 1898. It was an important step in showing the homology of all insect wings. This system was based on Needham's pretracheation theory that was later discredited by Frederic Charles Fraser in 1938. Vein t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propanil
Propanil is a widely used contact herbicide. With an estimated use of about 8 million pounds in 2001, it is one of the more widely used herbicides in the United States. Propanil is said to be in use in approximately 400,000 acres of rice production each year. Mode of action The principal mode of propanil's herbicida...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiber%20functor
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a fiber functor is a faithful k-linear tensor functor from a tensor category to the category of finite-dimensional k-vector spaces. Definition A fiber functor (or fibre functor) is a loose concept which has multiple definitions depending on the formalism considered. One of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars%20Conjectandi
(Latin for "The Art of Conjecturing") is a book on combinatorics and mathematical probability written by Jacob Bernoulli and published in 1713, eight years after his death, by his nephew, Niklaus Bernoulli. The seminal work consolidated, apart from many combinatorial topics, many central ideas in probability theory, su...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation%20of%20Analytical%20Chemistry%20and%20Spectroscopy%20Societies
The Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies or FACSS is a scientific society incorporated on June 28, 1972, with the goal of promoting research and education in analytical chemistry. The organization combined the many smaller meetings of the individual societies into an annual meeting that inclu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20state%20vectors
In astrodynamics and celestial dynamics, the orbital state vectors (sometimes state vectors) of an orbit are Cartesian vectors of position () and velocity () that together with their time (epoch) () uniquely determine the trajectory of the orbiting body in space. Orbital state vectors come in many forms including the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable%20isotope%20composition%20of%20amino%20acids
The stable isotope composition of amino acids refers to the abundance of heavy and light non-radioactive isotopes of carbon (13C and 12C), nitrogen (15N and 14N), and other elements within these molecules. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. They are synthesized from alpha-keto acid precursors that are in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word2vec
Word2vec is a technique for natural language processing (NLP) published in 2013. The word2vec algorithm uses a neural network model to learn word associations from a large corpus of text. Once trained, such a model can detect synonymous words or suggest additional words for a partial sentence. As the name implies, word...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendinous%20arch%20of%20pelvic%20fascia
At the level of a line extending from the lower part of the pubic symphysis to the spine of the ischium is a thickened whitish band in this upper layer of the diaphragmatic part of the pelvic fascia. It is termed the tendinous arch or white line of the pelvic fascia, and marks the line of attachment of the special fasc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REM%20rebound
REM rebound is the lengthening and increasing frequency and depth of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep which occurs after periods of sleep deprivation. When people have been prevented from experiencing REM, they take less time than usual to attain the REM state. When people are unable to obtain an adequate amount of REM ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin
The kelvin, symbol K, is a unit of measurement for temperature. The Kelvin scale is an absolute scale, which is defined such that 0 K is absolute zero and a change of thermodynamic temperature by 1 kelvin corresponds to a change of thermal energy by . The Boltzmann constant was exactly defined in the 2019 redefiniti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HElib
Homomorphic Encryption library or HElib is a free and open-source cross platform software developed by IBM that implements various forms of homomorphic encryption. History HElib was primarily developed by Shai Halevi and Victor Shoup, shortly after Craig Gentry was a researcher at IBM, with the initial release being ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammaglobin
Mammaglobin is a gene that encodes a 10-kilodalton glycoprotein. In humans expression of the gene is limited to the adult mammary gland, a correlation between increased expression of the gene and breast cancer has been reported.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topographic%20steering
In fluid mechanics, topographic steering is the effect of potential vorticity conservation on the motion of a fluid parcel. This means that the fluid parcels will not only react to physical obstacles in their path, but also to changes in topography or latitude. The two types of 'fluids' where topographic steering is ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Train
is a series of business simulation video games developed and published by Japanese game developer Artdink in Japan. The first game in the series was published in 1985. The first release in the United States was Take the A-Train II, published in 1988 by the Seika Corporation under the title Railroad Empire. However, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice%20chat%20in%20online%20gaming
Voice chat is telecommunication via voice over IP (VoIP) technologies—especially when those technologies are used as intercoms among players in multiplayer online games. The VoIP functionality can be built into some games, be a system-wide communication system, or a third-party chat software. History Voice chat in vi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murid%20betaherpesvirus%202
Murid betaherpesvirus 2 (MuHV-2) is a species of virus in the genus Muromegalovirus, subfamily Betaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RegisterFly
RegisterFly was a New Jersey (U.S.) based internet hosting and domain name registrar that had their ICANN-accredited status terminated in March 2007. History RegisterFly formerly acted as a reseller of the services of eNom, but became an accredited registrar in its own right in 2006 through the acquisition of "Top Cla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant%20object
Variant objects in the context of HTTP are objects served by an Origin Content Server in a type of transmitted data variation (i.e. uncompressed, compressed, different languages, etc.). HTTP/1.1 (1997–1999) introduces Content/Accept headers. These are used in HTTP requests and responses to state which variant the data...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcia%20Groszek
Marcia Jean Groszek is an American mathematician whose research concerns mathematical logic, set theory, forcing, and recursion theory. She is a professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College. Education As a high school student, Groszek felt isolated for her interest in mathematics, but she found a sense of community t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster%20state
In quantum information and quantum computing, a cluster state is a type of highly entangled state of multiple qubits. Cluster states are generated in lattices of qubits with Ising type interactions. A cluster C is a connected subset of a d-dimensional lattice, and a cluster state is a pure state of the qubits located o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullseye%21%20%281990%20film%29
Bullseye! is a 1990 British–American action comedy film starring Michael Caine and Roger Moore. It was directed by Michael Winner. It was released on 2 November 1990, to mixed reviews, and was a box office disappointment. It has since developed a small cult following. Plot Moore and Caine play dual roles—a pair of sma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting%20%28game%29
Blockbusting is a solved combinatorial game introduced in 1987 by Elwyn Berlekamp illustrating a generalisation of overheating. The analysis of Blockbusting may be used as the basis of a strategy for the combinatorial game of Domineering. Blockbusting is a partisan game for two players known as Red and Blue (or Right...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Golgi%20network%20vesicle%20protein%2023%20A
Trans-Golgi network vesicle protein 23 A (TVP23A) is a protein coded for the TVP23A gene, formerly known as FAM18A. TVP23A is located on chromosome 16. It is known to have human paralogs, TVP23B and TVP23C, as well as orthologs in many different species, notably yeast, mice, and chickens. The general consensus on the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations%20on%20the%20Plurality%20of%20Worlds
Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds () is a popular science book by French author Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, published in 1686. Content The work consists of six lessons popularizing the knowledge of René Descartes and Nicolas Copernicus, given to a Marquise, spread over six evenings and preceded of a prefac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle%20weight
Vehicle weight is a measurement of wheeled motor vehicles; either an actual measured weight of the vehicle under defined conditions or a gross weight rating for its weight carrying capacity. Curb or kerb weight Curb weight (American English) or kerb weight (English) is the total mass of a vehicle with standard equipme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craterellus%20tubaeformis
Craterellus tubaeformis (formerly Cantharellus tubaeformis) is an edible fungus, also known as yellowfoot, winter mushroom, or funnel chanterelle. It is mycorrhizal, forming symbiotic associations with plants, making it very challenging to cultivate. It is smaller than the golden chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophacinone
Chlorophacinone is an anticoagulant used as a rodenticide. It is classified as an extremely hazardous substance in the United States as defined in Section 302 of the U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (42 U.S.C. 11002) and is subject to strict reporting requirements by facilities which produce, st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTS-DOS
PTS-DOS (aka PTS/DOS) is a disk operating system, a DOS clone, developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft and Paragon Technology Systems. History and versions PhysTechSoft was formed in 1991 in Moscow, Russia by graduates and members of MIPT, informally known as PhysTech. At the end of 1993, PhysTechSoft released the first ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndall%27s%20bar%20breaker
Tyndall's bar breaker is a physical demonstration experiment to demonstrate the forces created by thermal expansion and shrinkage. It was demonstrated 1867 by the Irish scientist John Tyndall in his Christmas lectures for a "juvenile auditory". Setup The bar breaker experiment comprises a very rigid frame (d) and a m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullary%20cupula
The ampullary cupula, or cupula, is a structure in the vestibular system, providing the sense of spatial orientation. The cupula is located within the ampullae of each of the three semicircular canals. Part of the crista ampullaris, the cupula has embedded within it hair cells that have several stereocilia associated ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizerisches%20Volksliedarchiv
The Schweizerische Volksliedarchiv is an institution established at the University of Basel. It was founded in 1906 as a department of the . Under the direction of John Meier, associations and the press were called upon to send in the song collection known in Switzerland so that it could be scientifically and critical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qaboos%20bin%20Said
Qaboos bin Said Al Said (, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death, having ruled for almost h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71st%20meridian%20east
The meridian 71° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 71st meridian east forms a great circle with the 109th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faron%20Moller
Faron George Moller (born February 25, 1962 in Trail, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born British computer scientist and expert on theoretical computer science, particularly infinite-state automata theory and temporal logic. His work has focussed on structural decomposition techniques for analysing abstract models of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morinosaurus
Morinosaurus (meaning "Morini lizard", for an ancient people of northern France) was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from an unnamed formation of Kimmeridgian-age Upper Jurassic rocks from Boulogne-sur-Mer, Département du Pas-de-Calais, France. It is an obscure tooth genus sometimes referred to the Lower Cretaceous Englis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searle%27s%20bar%20method
Searle's bar method (named after George Frederick Charles Searle) is an experimental procedure to measure thermal conductivity of material. A bar of material is being heated by steam on one side and the other side cooled down by water while the length of the bar is thermally insulated. Then the heat ΔQ propagating thro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20NHL%20mascots
This is a list of current and former National Hockey League (NHL) mascots, sorted alphabetically by team. As of 2023, the New York Rangers are the only team to not have a mascot. Current mascots Al the Octopus Al the Octopus is the octopus mascot of the Detroit Red Wings. It is also the only mascot that is not costu...