source stringlengths 32 199 | text stringlengths 26 3k |
|---|---|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version%207%20Unix | Version 7 Unix, also called Seventh Edition Unix, Version 7 or just V7, was an important early release of the Unix operating system. V7, released in 1979, was the last Bell Laboratories release to see widespread distribution before the commercialization of Unix by AT&T Corporation in the early 1980s. V7 was originall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computers%20and%20Typesetting | Computers and Typesetting is a 5-volume set of books by Donald Knuth published in 1986 describing the TeX and Metafont systems for digital typography. Knuth's computers and typesetting project was the result of his frustration with the lack of decent software for the typesetting of mathematical and technical documents... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20Mail | Mail is an email client included by Apple Inc. with its operating systems macOS, iOS, iPadOS and watchOS. Mail grew out of NeXTMail, which was originally developed by NeXT as part of its NeXTSTEP operating system, after Apple's acquisition of NeXT in 1997.
The current version of Mail utilizes SMTP for message sending,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar%20%28Apple%29 | Calendar is a personal calendar app made by Apple Inc. for its macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS operating systems. It offers online cloud backup of calendars using Apple's iCloud service, or can synchronize with other calendar services, including Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange Server.
The macOS version was know... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEP | PEP may refer to:
Computing
Packetized Ensemble Protocol, used by Telebit modems
pretty Easy privacy (pEp), encryption project
Python Enhancement Proposal, for the Python programming language
Packet Exchange Protocol in Xerox Network Systems
Performance-enhancing proxy, mechanisms to improve end-to-end TCP performance... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C4%83ile%20Ferate%20Rom%C3%A2ne | Căile Ferate Române (; abbreviated as the CFR) was the state railway carrier of Romania. As of 2014, the railway network of Romania consists of , of which (37.4%) are electrified. The total track length is , of which (38.5%) are electrified. The CIA World Factbook lists Romania with the 23rd largest railway network i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20art%20scene | The computer art scene, or simply artscene, is the community interested and active in the creation of computer-based artwork.
Early computer art
The history of computer art predates the computer art scene for several decades, with the first experiments having taken place in the early 1950s. Devices like plotters and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risch%20algorithm | In symbolic computation, the Risch algorithm is a method of indefinite integration used in some computer algebra systems to find antiderivatives. It is named after the American mathematician Robert Henry Risch, a specialist in computer algebra who developed it in 1968.
The algorithm transforms the problem of integrati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIB | MIB may refer to:
Computing
Mebibyte (MiB), a multiple of the unit byte for digital information
Management information base, a computing information repository used by the Simple Network Management Protocol
Modular infotainment platform vehicle infotainment architecture
Man-in-the-browser attack
Fiction
Men in Black... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xine | xine is a multimedia playback engine for Unix-like operating systems released under the GNU General Public License. xine is built around a shared library (xine-lib) that supports different frontend player applications. xine uses libraries from other projects such as liba52, libmpeg2, FFmpeg, libmad, FAAD2, and Ogle. x... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suse | SUSE, Suse, or Susa may refer to:
Linux
SUSE, an open source software company
SUSE Linux Enterprise, an operating system developed by SUSE for businesses
openSUSE, a community-maintained operating system sponsored by SUSE
SUSE Linux, an operating system that SUSE historically distributed to retail customers
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.I.%20Love%20You | is a Japanese manga series by author Ken Akamatsu. The story follows Hitoshi Kōbe, a high school guy who isn't good at anything but programming. He creates a program in particular named Program 30 which is that of a female, and is shocked when she comes to life in the real world due to a lightning storm. Hitoshi names ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%20XEGS | The Atari XE Video Game System (Atari XEGS) is an industrial redesign of the Atari 65XE home computer and the final model in the Atari 8-bit family. It was released by Atari Corporation in 1987 and marketed as a home video game console alongside the Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega's Master System, and Atari's own A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISync | iSync is a defunct application developed by Apple Inc., which syncs iCal and Address Book data to SyncML-enabled mobile phones, via Bluetooth or by using a USB connection. It was first released on Jan 2, 2003, with technology licensed from fusionOne. Support for many (pre-October 2007) devices was built-in, with newer ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20GS/OS | GS/OS is an operating system developed by Apple Computer for its Apple IIGS personal computer. It provides facilities for accessing the file system, controlling input/output devices, loading and running program files, and a system allowing programs to handle interrupts and signals. It uses ProDOS as its primary filing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yum%20%28software%29 | The Yellowdog Updater Modified (YUM) is a free and open-source command-line package-management utility for computers running the Linux operating system using the RPM Package Manager. Though YUM has a command-line interface, several other tools provide graphical user interfaces to YUM functionality.
YUM allows for auto... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20racket%20sports | Racket sports are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings. Paddles have a solid face rather than a network of strings, but may be perforated with a pattern of holes, or be cove... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Wright%20Forrester | Jay Wright Forrester (July 14, 1918 – November 16, 2016) was a pioneering American computer engineer, management theorist and systems scientist. He spent his entire career at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, entering as a graduate student in 1939, and eventually retiring in 1989.
During World War II Forrester w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath%20a%20Steel%20Sky | Beneath a Steel Sky is a 1994 point-and-click adventure game developed by British developer Revolution Software and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment for MS-DOS and Amiga home computers. It was made available as freewareand with the source code releasedfor PC platforms in 2003. Set in a dystopian cyberpunk... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometrics | Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used to identify individuals in groups that are under surveillance.
Biometric identifiers are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scribus | Scribus () is free and open-source desktop publishing (DTP) software available for most desktop operating systems. It is designed for layout, typesetting, and preparation of files for professional-quality image-setting equipment. Scribus can also create animated and interactive PDF presentations and forms. Example uses... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess%20as%20mental%20training | There are efforts to use the game of chess as a tool to aid the intellectual development of young people. Chess is significant in cognitive psychology and artificial intelligence (AI) studies, because it represents the domain in which expert performance has been most intensively studied and measured.
New York–based Ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational%20software | Educational software is a term used for any computer software which is made for an educational purpose. It encompasses different ranges from language learning software to classroom management software to reference software. The purpose of all this software is to make some part of education more effective and efficient.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helical%20scan | Helical scan is a method of recording high-frequency signals on magnetic tape. It is used in open-reel video tape recorders, video cassette recorders, digital audio tape recorders, and some computer tape drives.
With this technique, magnetic tape heads are placed on a rotating head drum. This allows the tape heads to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications%20of%20the%20ACM | Communications of the ACM is the monthly journal of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). It was established in 1958, with Saul Rosen as its first managing editor. It is sent to all ACM members.
Articles are intended for readers with backgrounds in all areas of computer science and information systems. The foc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekka%20Himanen | Pekka Himanen (born 19 October 1973) is a Finnish philosopher.
Professional career
Pekka Himanen studied philosophy (and computer science as a minor) at the University of Helsinki, under professor Esa Saarinen. In 1994, with his thesis on the philosophy of religion, The challenge of Bertrand Russell, he received his ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMS | DMS may refer to:
Science and technology
Computing
Document management system
Digital Media Server, a category within the Digital Living Network Alliance standard
Disk Masher System, compression software for the Amiga computer
Unisys DMS, a Unisys OS 2200 database
Unisys DMSII
Digital Microsystems, Inc., an ear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svet%20kompjutera | Svet kompjutera (World of Computers) (Started October 1984) is a computer magazine published in Serbia. It has the highest circulation in the country (e.g. in period from January till February 2002 circulation was 43,000 copies). Svet kompjutera deals with subjects on home, PC computers, tablet computers, smartphones (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%20on%20Earth%20Is%20Carmen%20Sandiego%3F | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? is an American live action/animated television series based on the series of computer games. The show was produced by DIC Productions L.P. and originally aired from 1994 to 1999, on Saturday mornings during FOX's Fox Kids Network block. Reruns aired on the Qubo television network from... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20O.C. | The O.C. is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on the Fox network in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, running a total of four seasons. "O.C." is an initialism of Orange County, the location in Southern California in which the series is se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross%20compiler | A cross compiler is a compiler capable of creating executable code for a platform other than the one on which the compiler is running. For example, a compiler that runs on a PC but generates code that runs on an Android smartphone is a cross compiler.
A cross compiler is useful to compile code for multiple platforms ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinya%20Tsukamoto | is a Japanese filmmaker and actor. With a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad, Tsukamoto is best known for his body horror/cyberpunk film Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), which is considered the defining film of the Japanese Cyberpunk movement, as well as for its companion pieces Tetsuo II: Body Hammer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRV | SRV may refer to:
Computing
SRV record as used in the Domain Name System
/srv, a directory on Unix-like computer systems
Music
Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues and blues-rock guitarist (1954–1990)
"S.R.V.", an instrumental track from guitarist Eric Johnson's 1996 album Venus Isle
Government
Statens Räddningsverk, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XOR%20linked%20list | An XOR linked list is a type of data structure used in computer programming. It takes advantage of the bitwise XOR operation to decrease storage requirements for doubly linked lists.
Description
An ordinary doubly linked list stores addresses of the previous and next list items in each list node, requiring two addres... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WX | WX may refer to:
Computing
wxWidgets, a GUI widget toolkit
Windows 10, a Microsoft operating system
WeChat (), a Chinese social app
Other uses
WX notation, for Indian languages
Weather (WX in Morse code shorthand)
WX01 - WX10, NOAA Weather Radio channels
County Wexford, Ireland (WX on vehicle plates)
CityJe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CW | CW may stand for:
Science and technology
centiwatt (cW), one hundredth of a watt
Cω, a programming language
CW complex, a type of topological space
Carrier wave, in radio communications
CodeWarrior, an integrated development environment by Metrowerks
Constructed wetland, a man-made wetland to treat wastewater
C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%E2%80%93query%20separation | Command-query separation (CQS) is a principle of imperative computer programming. It was devised by Bertrand Meyer as part of his pioneering work on the Eiffel programming language.
It states that every method should either be a command that performs an action, or a query that returns data to the caller, but not both.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand%20Meyer | Bertrand Meyer (; ; born 21 November 1950) is a French academic, author, and consultant in the field of computer languages. He created the Eiffel programming language and the idea of design by contract.
Education and academic career
Meyer received a master's degree in engineering from the École Polytechnique in Paris,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARK%20%28programming%20language%29 | SPARK is a formally defined computer programming language based on the Ada programming language, intended for the development of high integrity software used in systems where predictable and highly reliable operation is essential. It facilitates the development of applications that demand safety, security, or business ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MFC | MFC may refer to:
Companies
Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian multinational insurance company
MyFreeCams, an American website providing live webcam performances by models
Computing
Mel-frequency cepstrum, a representation of sounds used in applications such as automatic speech recognition
Memory flow co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU%20Mailman | GNU Mailman is a computer software application from the GNU Project for managing electronic mailing lists.
Mailman is coded primarily in Python and currently maintained by Abhilash Raj. Mailman is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License.
History
A very early version of Mailman was written by John... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTV | RTV may refer to:
Broadcasters around the world
Asia
RTV (Bangladeshi TV channel), a satellite television channel
RTV (Indonesian TV network), an Indonesian television network
Rediffusion Television, a former television station in Hong Kong (later known as Asia Television)
Europe
RTV-7, a Dutch television netw... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Tenney | James Tenney (August 10, 1934 – August 24, 2006) was an American composer and music theorist. He made significant early musical contributions to plunderphonics, sound synthesis, algorithmic composition, process music, spectral music, microtonal music, and tuning systems including extended just intonation. His theoretic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinG | In computing, WinG (pronounced Win Gee) is an application programming interface that was designed to provide faster graphics performance on Windows 3.x operating environments, and was initially positioned as a way to help game developers more easily port their DOS games to Microsoft Windows, although it was quickly dis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial%20game%20theory | Combinatorial game theory is a branch of mathematics and theoretical computer science that typically studies sequential games with perfect information. Study has been largely confined to two-player games that have a position that the players take turns changing in defined ways or moves to achieve a defined winning cond... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyTrain | SkyTrain or Skytrain may refer to:
Guided ground transport
City mass transit
SkyTrain (Vancouver), a metropolitan rapid transit network in Vancouver, Canada, that was originally mostly elevated
SkyTrain (Metro Manila), a planned monorail line
BTS Skytrain, an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand
Sky... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOV | MOV may refer to:
MOV (x86 instruction), a mnemonic for the copying of data from one location to another in the x86 assembly language
.mov, filename extension for the QuickTime multimedia file format
Metal oxide varistor, an electronic component with a significant non-ohmic current-voltage characteristic
Marconi-O... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARB | ARB, ARb or arb may refer to:
Brands and enterprises
ARB, Inc., predecessor of Primoris Services Corporation
American Research Bureau
Computing
Arb, an interval arithmetic package related to GNU MPFR
OpenGL Architecture Review Board
ARB assembly language, for GPU instructions
Finance, economics, and business
m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid%20Prime | Metroid Prime is an action-adventure game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. Metroid Prime is the fifth main Metroid game and the first to use 3D computer graphics and a first-person perspective. It was released in North America in November 2002, and in Japan and Europe the following... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectix%20Virtual%20Game%20Station | The Virtual Game Station (VGS, code named Bonestorm) was an emulator by Connectix that allows Sony PlayStation games to be played on a desktop computer. It was first released for the Macintosh, in 1999, after being previewed at Macworld/iWorld the same year by Steve Jobs and Phil Schiller. VGS was created by Aaron Gile... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstream%20Vera | Vera is a digital typeface (computer font) superfamily with a liberal license. It was designed by Jim Lyles from the now-defunct Bitstream Inc. type foundry, and it is closely based on Bitstream Prima, for which Lyles was also responsible. It is a TrueType font with full hinting instructions, which improve its renderin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20Space | Computer Space is a space combat arcade video game released in 1971. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in partnership as Syzygy Engineering, it was the first arcade video game as well as the first commercially available video game. Computer Space is a derivative of the 1962 computer game Spacewar!, which is poss... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone%20Romania | Vodafone Romania S.A. is a Romanian mobile phone network operator. It launched in April 1997 as the first GSM network in Romania.
Before acquisition by Vodafone, it was known as Connex, after which it was rebranded Connex-Vodafone and in April 2006, the Connex name was dropped, the operator being simply known as Voda... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMX512 | DMX512 is a standard for digital communication networks that are commonly used to control lighting and effects. It was originally intended as a standardized method for controlling stage lighting dimmers, which, prior to DMX512, had employed various incompatible proprietary protocols. It quickly became the primary met... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powerline | Powerline may refer to:
Technology
Overhead power line, used for electric power transmission
Power-line communication, a computer networking technology
Powerline, a status line plugin for vim and other application; see Private Use Areas
Music and media
Powerline (magazine), an American music magazine and website
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20OS%20X%20Panther | Mac OS X Panther (version 10.3) is the fourth major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system. It followed Mac OS X Jaguar and preceded Mac OS X Tiger. It was released on October 24, 2003, with the retail price of US$129 for a single user and US$199 for a five user, family license.
The main feature... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA%20SecurID | RSA SecurID, formerly referred to as SecurID, is a mechanism developed by RSA for performing two-factor authentication for a user to a network resource.
Description
The RSA SecurID authentication mechanism consists of a "token"—either hardware (e.g. a key fob) or software (a soft token)—which is assigned to a comput... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I486%20OverDrive | Intel's i486 OverDrive processors are a category of various Intel 80486s that were produced with the designated purpose of being used to upgrade personal computers. The OverDrives typically possessed qualities different from 'standard' i486s with the same speed steppings. Those included built-in voltage regulators, dif... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Bilbao%20metro%20stations | This is a list of the stations of the metro system of Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain. For further information on the network, see the Metro Bilbao page.
The system is one line in the city centre (Ariz - San Ignazio) which splits into two branches northwest of downtown.
Common stations
Terminal stations in bold
Etxeba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics | Teledildonics (also known as cyberdildonics) is the name coined for virtual sex encounters using networked electronic sex toys to mimic and extend human sexual interaction. The term became known after technology critic and writer Howard Rheingold used it in his 1991 book Virtual Reality. In the publication, Rheingold m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRL | QRL is a three letter acronym that can stand for several things:
Quantum Resistant Ledger, a blockchain solution utilizing Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
The Queen's Royal Lancers, an armoured regiment of the British Army
Queensland Rugby League, the governing body of rugby league football in the Australian state of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNUnet | GNUnet is a software framework for decentralized, peer-to-peer networking and an official GNU package. The framework offers link encryption, peer discovery, resource allocation, communication over many transports (such as TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, WLAN and Bluetooth) and various basic peer-to-peer algorithms for routing, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BA%20Connect | BA Connect was a wholly-owned subsidiary airline of British Airways. It was headquartered in Didsbury, Manchester, England, it operated a network of domestic and European services from a number of airports in the United Kingdom on behalf of British Airways. The airline operated as a low-cost carrier, with food sold via... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedicated%20line | In computer networks and telecommunications, a dedicated line is a communications cable or other facility dedicated to a specific application, in contrast with a shared resource such as the telephone network or the Internet. It is a communication path between two points.
In practice, such services may not be provided ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-supported%20cooperative%20work | Computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) is the study of how people utilize technology collaboratively, often towards a shared goal. CSCW addresses how computer systems can support collaborative activity and coordination. More specifically, the field of CSCW seeks to analyze and draw connections between currently und... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEAL%20%28cipher%29 | In cryptography, SEAL (Software-Optimized Encryption Algorithm) is a stream cipher optimised for machines with a 32-bit word size and plenty of RAM with a reported performance of around 4 cycles per byte. SEAL is actually a pseudorandom function family in that it can easily generate arbitrary portions of the keystrea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avinash%20Kak | Avinash C. Kak (born 1944) is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University who has conducted pioneering research in several areas of information processing. His most noteworthy contributions deal with algorithms, languages, and systems related to networks (including sensor networks), robotics... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DragonFly%20BSD | DragonFly BSD is a free and open-source Unix-like operating system forked from FreeBSD 4.8. Matthew Dillon, an Amiga developer in the late 1980s and early 1990s and FreeBSD developer between 1994 and 2003, began working on DragonFly BSD in June 2003 and announced it on the FreeBSD mailing lists on 16 July 2003.
Dillon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilinear | Bilinear may refer to:
Bilinear sampling (also called "bilinear filtering"), a method in computer graphics for choosing the color of a texture
Bilinear form, a type of mathematical function from a vector space to the underlying field
Bilinear interpolation, an extension of linear interpolation for interpolating fun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ImageWriter | The ImageWriter is a product line of dot matrix printers formerly manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc., and designed then to be compatible with their entire line of computers. There were three different models introduced over time, which were popular mostly among Apple II and Macintosh owners.
Original ImageWriter
Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleWorks | AppleWorks was an integrated office suite containing a word processor, database, and spreadsheet. It was developed by Rupert Lissner for Apple Computer, originally for the Apple II platform and launched in 1984. Many enhancements for AppleWorks were created, the most popular being the TimeOut series from Beagle Bros wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is-a | In knowledge representation and ontology components, including for object-oriented programming and design, is-a (also written as is_a or is a) is a subsumptive relationship between abstractions (e.g., types, classes), wherein one class A is a subclass of another class B (and so B is a superclass of A).
In other words... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indentation%20style | In computer programming, an indentation style is a convention governing the indentation of blocks of code to convey program structure. This article largely addresses the free-form languages, such as C and its descendants, but can be (and often is) applied to most other programming languages (especially those in the cur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20System/38 | The System/38 is a discontinued minicomputer and midrange computer manufactured and sold by
IBM. The system was announced in 1978. The System/38 has 48-bit addressing, which was unique for the time, and a novel integrated database system. It was oriented toward a multi-user system environment. At the time, the typical ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Soltis | Frank Gerald Soltis (born 1940), is an American computer scientist. He joined IBM Rochester in 1969, and is most well known for his contributions to the System/38 and IBM AS/400 architectures, in particular - the design of the single-level store used in those platforms, and the RS64 processor architecture. He retired f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20strobe%20encoding | Data strobe encoding (or D/S encoding) is an encoding scheme for transmitting data in digital circuits.
It uses two signal lines (e.g. wires in a cable or traces on a printed circuit board), Data and Strobe. These have the property that either Data or Strobe changes its logical value in one clock cycle, but never both.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark%20fibre | A dark fibre or unlit fibre is an unused optical fibre, available for use in fibre-optic communication. Dark fibre may be leased from a network service provider.
Dark fibre originally referred to the potential network capacity of telecommunication infrastructure. Because the marginal cost of installing additional fib... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCO | NCO may refer to:
NCO Group, an international corporation
National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain
Net capital outflow, an economic metric
NetCDF Operators, software
Network-centric operations, a theory of war in the information age
Non-commissioned officer, a category of military rank
Numerically control... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDR2 | DDR2 or DDRII may refer to:
DDR2 SDRAM, the computer memory technology
Dance Dance Revolution 2ndMix, a 1999 video game
Dance Dance Revolution II, a 2011 video game
DDR2 (gene), a human gene |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSS | BSS may stand for:
Computing and telecommunications
.bss ("Block Started by Symbol"), in compilers and linkers
Base station subsystem, in mobile telephone networks
Basic Service Set, the basic building block of a wireless local area network (WLAN)
Boeing Satellite Systems, see Boeing Satellite Development Center
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Miller%20%28game%20designer%29 | Alan Miller is an American video game designer who was the co-founder of the video game company Activision.
Career
Miller studied electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, graduating in 1973.
Miller joined Atari, Inc. in February 1977 and was one of the first four Atari 26... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20lines%20of%20code | Source lines of code (SLOC), also known as lines of code (LOC), is a software metric used to measure the size of a computer program by counting the number of lines in the text of the program's source code. SLOC is typically used to predict the amount of effort that will be required to develop a program, as well as to e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Sassenrath | Carl Sassenrath (born 1957 in California) is an architect of operating systems and computer languages. He brought multitasking to personal computers in 1985 with the creation of the Amiga Computer operating system kernel, and he is the designer of the REBOL computer language, REBOL/IOS collaboration environment, the Sa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Mind%20Common%20Sense | Open Mind Common Sense (OMCS) is an artificial intelligence project based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab whose goal is to build and utilize a large commonsense knowledge base from the contributions of many thousands of people across the Web. It has been active from 1999 to 2016.
Since its... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XDR | XDR may refer to:
XDR (audio) or eXtended Dynamic Range, a quality-control system for pre-recorded audio cassettes
XDR (video game), for the Sega Mega Drive
XDR DRAM, a type of computer memory
XDR Schema, a discontinued schema language for XML documents
External Data Representation, a data interoperability format
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20positioning | Dynamic positioning (DP) is a computer-controlled system to automatically maintain a vessel's position and heading by using its own propellers and thrusters. Position reference sensors, combined with wind sensors, motion sensors and gyrocompasses, provide information to the computer pertaining to the vessel's position ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transact-SQL | Transact-SQL (T-SQL) is Microsoft's and Sybase's proprietary extension to the SQL (Structured Query Language) used to interact with relational databases. T-SQL expands on the SQL standard to include procedural programming, local variables, various support functions for string processing, date processing, mathematics, e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20Server%20Enterprise | SAP ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise), originally known as Sybase SQL Server, and also commonly known as Sybase DB or Sybase ASE, is a relational model database server developed by Sybase Corporation, which later became part of SAP SE. ASE was developed for the Unix operating system, and is also available for Microsoft ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20rail%20transport%20network%20size | This list of countries by rail transport network size based on International Union of Railways data ranks countries by length of rail lines worked at end of year updated with other reliable sources. These figures also include urban/suburban mass-transport systems, as well as lines which are not used for passenger servi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOCSIS | Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) is an international telecommunications standard that permits the addition of high-bandwidth data transfer to an existing cable television (CATV) system. It is used by many cable television operators to provide cable Internet access over their existing hybrid fibe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone%20number%20mapping | Telephone number mapping is a system of unifying the international telephone number system of the public switched telephone network with the Internet addressing and identification name spaces. Internationally, telephone numbers are systematically organized by the E.164 standard, while the Internet uses the Domain Name ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20utility | Network utilities are software utilities designed to analyze and configure various aspects of computer networks. The majority of them originated on Unix systems, but several later ports to other operating systems exist.
The most common tools (found on most operating systems) include:
, ping a host to check connectivi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guybrush%20Threepwood | Guybrush Ulysses Threepwood is a fictional character who serves as the main protagonist of the Monkey Island series of computer adventure games by LucasArts. He is a pirate who adventures throughout the Caribbean in search of fame and treasure alongside his love interest and later wife, Elaine Marley, often thwarting t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root%20certificate | In cryptography and computer security, a root certificate is a public key certificate that identifies a root certificate authority (CA). Root certificates are self-signed (and it is possible for a certificate to have multiple trust paths, say if the certificate was issued by a root that was cross-signed) and form the b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted%20Castle%20%282001%20film%29 | Haunted Castle is a 2001 Belgian/American animated horror film in IMAX theaters. The film is rated PG and is computer-animated with 3D effects.
Written by Kurt Frey and directed by co-writer Ben Stassen, the film plays out very much like many modern video games, and can be divided into two types of segments: those in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lov%20Grover | Lov Kumar Grover (born 1961) is an Indian-American computer scientist. He is the originator of the Grover database search algorithm used in quantum computing. Grover's 1996 algorithm won renown as the second major algorithm proposed for quantum computing (after Shor's 1994 algorithm), and in 2017 was finally implement... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl%20DBI | In computing, the Perl DBI (Perl Database Interface) offers a standardized way for programmers using the Perl programming language to embed database communication within their programs. The latest DBI module for Perl from CPAN can run on a range of operating systems.
History
In September 1992, Buzz Moschetti, creato... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20outage | A power outage (also called a powercut, a power out, a power failure, a power blackout, a power loss, or a blackout) is the loss of the electrical power network supply to an end user.
There are many causes of power failures in an electricity network. Examples of these causes include faults at power stations, damage t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hat%20Network | Red Hat Network (abbreviated to RHN) is a family of systems-management services operated by Red Hat. RHN makes updates, patches, and bug fixes of packages included within Red Hat Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux available to subscribers. Other available features include the deployment of custom content to, and the pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Update | Windows Update is a Microsoft service for the Windows 9x and Windows NT families of the Microsoft Windows operating system, which automates downloading and installing Microsoft Windows software updates over the Internet. The service delivers software updates for Windows, as well as the various Microsoft antivirus produ... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.