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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWN7
GWN7 was an Australian television network serving all of Western Australia outside metropolitan Perth. It launched on 10 March 1967 as BTW-3 in Bunbury. It was an affiliate of the Seven Network and served one of the largest geographic television markets in the world—almost one-third of the continent. The network's nam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%209
Channel 9 or TV 9 may refer to: Television networks, channels and stations Asia and Pacific Channel 39 (New Zealand TV channel), formerly Channel 9, a regional television station in Dunedin, New Zealand Channel 9 (Bangladeshi TV channel), a satellite TV channel from Bangladesh DZKB-TV, commonly known as Channel 9,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20%28Marvel%20Comics%29
Cyber is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Wolverine of the X-Men. Created by writer Peter David and artist Sam Kieth, he first appeared in Marvel Comics Presents #85 (Sept. 1991), though his physical appearance was obscured by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10%20%28Southern%20Cross%20Austereo%29
10 is an Australian television network distributed by Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) in regional Queensland, southern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, regional Victoria, the Spencer Gulf, and Broken Hill. SCA's network is the primary affiliate of Network 10 in most regional areas. History Origins Sou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahindra%20Satyam
Mahindra Satyam (formerly Satyam Computer Services Limited) was an Indian information technology (IT) services company based in Hyderabad, India, offering software development, system maintenance, packaged software integration and engineering design services. Satyam Computer Services was listed on the Pink Sheets, the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.9
The 802.9 Working Group of the IEEE 802 networking committee developed standards for integrated voice and data access over existing Category 3 twisted-pair network cable installations. Its major standard was usually known as isoEthernet. IsoEthernet combines 10 megabits per second Ethernet and 96 64-kilobits per seco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARN%20Regional
ARN Regional is an Australian regional radio network founded after the purchase of a group of radio stations from Grant Broadcasters by ARN parent Here, There & Everywhere. It includes a small number of metropolitan radio stations. History Grant Broadcasters was founded by Walter Grant in 1942 when he bought 2DU in Du...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATOS
or is a computerized control system used by the East Japan Railway Company to regulate train traffic on railway lines in metropolitan Tokyo, Japan. It was designed by Hitachi. The first deployment was on the Chūō Main Line in 1997. It is now used on fourteen lines listed below. On ATOS-enabled lines, each train stati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parlay%20X
Parlay X was a set of standard Web service APIs for the telephone network (fixed and mobile). It is defunct and now replaced by OneAPI, which is the current valid standard from the GSM association for Telecom third party API. It enables software developers to use the capabilities of an underlying network. The APIs ar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EO%20Personal%20Communicator
The EO is an early commercial tablet computer that was created by Eo, Inc. (later acquired by AT&T Corporation), and released in April 1993. Eo (Latin for "I go") is the hardware spin-out of GO. Officially named the AT&T EO Personal Communicator, it is similar to a large personal digital assistant with wireless communi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundering%20herd%20problem
In computer science, the thundering herd problem occurs when a large number of processes or threads waiting for an event are awoken when that event occurs, but only one process is able to handle the event. When the processes wake up, they will each try to handle the event, but only one will win. All processes will comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darknet
A dark net or darknet is an overlay network within the Internet that can only be accessed with specific software, configurations, or authorization, and often uses a unique customized communication protocol. Two typical darknet types are social networks (usually used for file hosting with a peer-to-peer connection), and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Stern
Andrew Stern may refer to: Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union Andrew Stern (video game designer), co-designer of the artificial intelligence experiment Façade (interactive story) Andrew Stern (tennis), American tennis player in 1952, 1953 and 1954 U.S. National Championships – Men's S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed2k
ed2k may refer to: eDonkey network—file sharing network eDonkey2000—file sharing program ed2k URI scheme—links used by eDonkey2000 es:Ed2k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20generator
A key generator is a protocol or algorithm that is used in many cryptographic protocols to generate a sequence with many pseudo-random characteristics. This sequence is used as an encryption key at one end of communication, and as a decryption key at the other. One can implement a key generator in a system that aims t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20schema
A physical data model (or database design) is a representation of a data design as implemented, or intended to be implemented, in a database management system. In the lifecycle of a project it typically derives from a logical data model, though it may be reverse-engineered from a given database implementation. A comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role-oriented%20programming
Role-oriented programming as a form of computer programming aims at expressing things in terms that are analogous to human conceptual understanding of the world. This should make programs easier to understand and maintain. The main idea of role-oriented programming is that humans think in terms of roles. This claim is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacy%20College%20Admission%20Test
The Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) is a computer-based standardized test administered to prospective pharmacy school students by Pearson Education, Inc as a service for the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP); it is offered in January, July, and September. The test is divided into five sections ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Rock
Arthur Rock (born August 19, 1926) is an American businessman and investor. Based in Silicon Valley, California, he was an early investor in major firms including Intel, Apple, Scientific Data Systems and Teledyne. Early life Rock was born and raised in Rochester, New York, in a Jewish family. He was an only child and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linuxconf
Linuxconf is a system configuration tool for the Linux operating system. It features different user interfaces: a text interface or a graphical user interface in the form of a Web page or native application. Most Linux distributions consider it deprecated compared to other tools such as Webmin, the system-config-* tool...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido%20Blade%20%28video%20game%29
is a 3D fighting video game developed by Lightweight and published by Square and Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game features one-on-one armed combat. Its name refers to the Japanese warrior code of honor bushidō. Upon its release, the realistic fighting engine in Bushido Blade was seen as innova...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%20Critical%20Incident%20Response%20Group
The Critical Incident Response Group (CIRG) is a division of the Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. CIRG enables the FBI to rapidly respond to, and effectively manage, special crisis incidents in the United States. History In response to public outcry o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFN%20Iraq
AFN Iraq was the American Forces Network of radio stations within Iraq. The network, nicknamed Freedom Radio, broadcast news, information, and entertainment programs, including adult contemporary music. Its mission was to "sustain and improve the morale and readiness" of U.S. forces in Iraq. The first song played l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20experiment
A computer experiment or simulation experiment is an experiment used to study a computer simulation, also referred to as an in silico system. This area includes computational physics, computational chemistry, computational biology and other similar disciplines. Background Computer simulations are constructed to emula...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applix%201616
The Applix 1616 was a kit computer with a Motorola 68000 CPU, produced by a small company called Applix in Sydney, Australia, from 1986 to the early 1990s. It ran a custom multitasking multiuser operating system that was resident in ROM. A version of Minix was also ported to the 1616, as was the MGR Window System. Andr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexpand
unexpand is a command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is used to convert groups of space characters into tab characters. For example: $ echo " asdf sdf" | unexpand | od -c 0000000 \t \t a s d f s d f \n 0000014 $ echo " asdf sdf" | od -c 0000000 00...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline%20assembler
In computer programming, an inline assembler is a feature of some compilers that allows low-level code written in assembly language to be embedded within a program, among code that otherwise has been compiled from a higher-level language such as C or Ada. Motivation and alternatives The embedding of assembly language...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture%20Transfer%20Protocol
Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is a protocol developed by the International Imaging Industry Association to allow the transfer of images from digital cameras to computers and other peripheral devices without the need of additional device drivers. The protocol has been standardized as ISO 15740. It is further standar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Miller%20%28computer%20programmer%29
Tom Miller (born 1950) is a software developer who was employed by Microsoft. Miller worked as a member of the original team of developers who followed Dave Cutler from DEC to Microsoft, where he initially started working in the networking group. After less than two years, Miller moved to the Windows NT team, where h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding%20bird%20survey
A breeding bird survey monitors the status and trends of bird populations. Data from the survey are an important source for the range maps found in field guides. The North American Breeding Bird Survey is a joint project of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Canadian Wildlife Service. The UK Breeding...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20PL/S
PL/S, short for Programming Language/Systems, is a "machine-oriented" programming language based on PL/I. It was developed by IBM in the late 1960s, under the name Basic Systems Language (BSL), as a replacement for assembly language on internal software projects; it included support for inline assembly and explicit co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixon%27s%20factorization%20method
In number theory, Dixon's factorization method (also Dixon's random squares method or Dixon's algorithm) is a general-purpose integer factorization algorithm; it is the prototypical factor base method. Unlike for other factor base methods, its run-time bound comes with a rigorous proof that does not rely on conjectures...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profit%20Impact%20of%20Market%20Strategy
The Profit Impact of Market Strategy (PIMS) program is a project that uses empirical data to try to determine which business strategies make the difference between success and failure. It is used to develop strategies for resource allocation and marketing. Some of the most important strategic metrics are market share, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20server
A sound server is software that manages the use of and access to audio devices (usually a sound card). It commonly runs as a background process. Sound server in an operating system In a Unix-like operating system, a sound server mixes different data streams (usually raw PCM audio) and sends out a single unified audio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Planiverse
The Planiverse is a novel by A. K. Dewdney, written in 1984. Plot In the spirit of Edwin Abbott Abbott's Flatland, Dewdney and his computer science students simulate a two-dimensional world with a complex ecosystem. To their surprise, they find their artificial 2D universe has somehow accidentally become a means of co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netatalk
Netatalk (pronounced "ned-uh-talk") is a free, open-source implementation of the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP). It allows Unix-like operating systems to serve as file servers for Macintosh computers running macOS or Classic Mac OS. Netatalk was originally developed by the Research Systems Unix Group at the University of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFTP
SFTP may refer to: Computing SSH File Transfer Protocol, a network protocol used for secure file transfer over secure shell Secure file transfer program, a SSH File Transfer Protocol client from the OpenSSH project Simple File Transfer Protocol, an unsecured file transfer protocol from the early days of the Interne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS%20%28computer%20virus%29
AIDS is a DOS computer virus which overwrites COM files. Description AIDS is the first virus known to exploit the MS-DOS "corresponding file" vulnerability. In MS-DOS, if the user enters in the command interpreter, in a directory where both and exist, then will always be executed. Thus, by creating infected COM fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise%20%28disambiguation%29
Earthrise is a famous photograph taken on the 1968 Apollo 8 space mission. Earthrise may also refer to: Earthrise (1990 video game), a computer game by Interstel Earthrise (album), a 1984 album by the Tandy Morgan Band Earthrise (film), a 2018 documentary by Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Earthrise (video game), a 2011 mas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrolled%20linked%20list
In computer programming, an unrolled linked list is a variation on the linked list which stores multiple elements in each node. It can dramatically increase cache performance, while decreasing the memory overhead associated with storing list metadata such as references. It is related to the B-tree. Overview A typical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20silico
In biology and other experimental sciences, an in silico experiment is one performed on computer or via computer simulation. The phrase is pseudo-Latin for 'in silicon' (correct ), referring to silicon in computer chips. It was coined in 1987 as an allusion to the Latin phrases , , and , which are commonly used in bio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testbed
A testbed (also spelled test bed) is a platform for conducting rigorous, transparent, and replicable testing of scientific theories, computing tools, and new technologies. The term is used across many disciplines to describe experimental research and new product development platforms and environments. They may vary f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCDS
DCDS may refer to: Detroit Country Day School, a private school DECHEMA Chemistry Data Series, a series of books with thermophysical data published by DECHEMA Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C5%AB%C5%8D%E2%80%93S%C5%8Dbu%20Line
The is a railway line that runs through Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Part of the East Japan Railway Company (JR East) network, the line operates on separate tracks along the right-of-way of the Chūō Main Line (Chūō Line (Rapid)) and Sōbu Main Line (Sōbu Line (Rapid)), providing service between Mitaka Station in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash%20mob%20computing
Flash mob computing or flash mob computer is a temporary ad hoc computer cluster running specific software to coordinate the individual computers into one single supercomputer. A flash mob computer is distinct from other types of computer clusters in that it is set up and broken down on the same day or during a similar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest%20Hits%20Radio%20Liverpool%20%26%20The%20North%20West
Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West is an Independent Local Radio station based in Liverpool, England, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Greatest Hits Radio network. It broadcasts to Merseyside, North West England, Cheshire and parts of North Wales. The station forms part of Greatest Hits Radio Nort...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BITS
BITS or bits may refer to: Technology Plural of bit, computer memory unit. Drill bits, cutting tools used to create cylindrical holes Background Intelligent Transfer Service, a file transfer service Built-in tests Institutions BITS Pilani (Birla Institute of Technology and Science), a technical university in Pi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20for%20Scientific%20Information
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) was an academic publishing service, founded by Eugene Garfield in Philadelphia in 1956. ISI offered scientometric and bibliographic database services. Its specialty was citation indexing and analysis, a field pioneered by Garfield. Services ISI maintained citation databas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Broadway%20Database
The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. It was conceived and created by Karen Hauser in 1996 and is operated by the Research Department of The Broadway League, a trade association for the North American commercial theatre community. History Karen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjoint-set%20data%20structure
In computer science, a disjoint-set data structure, also called a union–find data structure or merge–find set, is a data structure that stores a collection of disjoint (non-overlapping) sets. Equivalently, it stores a partition of a set into disjoint subsets. It provides operations for adding new sets, merging sets (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business%20software
Business software (or a business application) is any software or set of computer programs used by business users to perform various business functions. These business applications are used to increase productivity, measure productivity, and perform other business functions accurately. Overview Much business software i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterated%20logarithm
In computer science, the iterated logarithm of , written   (usually read "log star"), is the number of times the logarithm function must be iteratively applied before the result is less than or equal to . The simplest formal definition is the result of this recurrence relation: On the positive real numbers, the conti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat%20%28video%20game%29
Combat is a 1977 video game by Atari, Inc. for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed the Atari 2600). In the game, two players controlling either a tank, a biplane, or a jet fire missiles at each other for two minutes and sixteen seconds. Points are scored by hitting the opponent, and the player with the most ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20grooming
Traffic grooming is the process of grouping many small telecommunications flows into larger units, which can be processed as single entities. For example, in a network using both time-division multiplexing (TDM) and wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM), two flows which are destined for a common node can be placed on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20World%20%28Do%20As%20Infinity%20album%29
New World is the second album by Do As Infinity, released 2001. Track listing Chart positions External links New World at Avex Network New World at Oricon 2001 albums Do As Infinity albums Avex Group albums Albums produced by Seiji Kameda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privilege%20separation
In computer programming and computer security, privilege separation is one software-based technique for implementing the principle of least privilege. With privilege separation, a program is divided into parts which are limited to the specific privileges they require in order to perform a specific task. This is used to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTS%20%28telecommunications%29
MTS (, МТС, "Mobile TeleSystems"), headquartered in Moscow, is the largest mobile network operator in Russia, operating on GSM, UMTS and LTE standards. Apart from cellular network, the company also offers local telephone service, broadband, mobile television, cable television, satellite television and digital televisio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic
Algorithmic may refer to: Algorithm, step-by-step instructions for a calculation Algorithmic art, art made by an algorithm Algorithmic composition, music made by an algorithm Algorithmic trading, trading decisions made by an algorithm Algorithmic patent, an intellectual property right in an algorithm Algorithmics, the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20analysis
Network analysis can refer to: Network theory, the analysis of relations through mathematical graphs Social network analysis, network theory applied to social relations Network analysis (electrical circuits) See also Network planning and design es:Análisis de redes pt:Análise de rede ru:Сетевой анализ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Move-to-front%20transform
The move-to-front (MTF) transform is an encoding of data (typically a stream of bytes) designed to improve the performance of entropy encoding techniques of compression. When efficiently implemented, it is fast enough that its benefits usually justify including it as an extra step in data compression algorithm. This ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary%20Technologies%20International
Evolutionary Technologies International (ETI) was a company focused on developing database tools and data warehousing. Originally a research project at the Microelectronics and Computer Corporation (MCC) in Austin, Texas, ETI was spun off as a private company by co-founders Katherine Hammer, Robin Curle, Lisa Keeler, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20satellites%20in%20geosynchronous%20orbit
This is a list of satellites in geosynchronous orbit (GSO). These satellites are commonly used for communication purposes, such as radio and television networks, back-haul, and direct broadcast. Traditional global navigation systems do not use geosynchronous satellites, but some SBAS navigation satellites do. A number ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray-3
The Cray-3 was a vector supercomputer, Seymour Cray's designated successor to the Cray-2. The system was one of the first major applications of gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors in computing, using hundreds of custom built ICs packed into a CPU. The design goal was performance around 16 GFLOPS, about 12 times tha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive%20Finkelstein
Clive Finkelstein (born ca. 1939 died 9/12/2021) is an Australian computer scientist, known as the "Father" of information engineering methodology. Life and work In 1961 Finkelstein received his Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney. After graduation Finkelstein started working in the f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Inmon
William H. Inmon (born 1945) is an American computer scientist, recognized by many as the father of the data warehouse. Inmon wrote the first book, held the first conference (with Arnie Barnett), wrote the first column in a magazine and was the first to offer classes in data warehousing. Inmon created the accepted defi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20design
Database design is the organization of data according to a database model. The designer determines what data must be stored and how the data elements interrelate. With this information, they can begin to fit the data to the database model. A database management system manages the data accordingly. Database design invo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Costello
Joe or Joseph Costello may refer to: Joe Costello (politician) (born 1945), Irish Labour Party politician Joseph Costello (software executive) (born 1953), American computer software executive Joseph Arthur Costello (1915–1978), American bishop of the Catholic Church Joseph J. Costello (1892–1960), mayor of Galway ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20corruption
Data corruption refers to errors in computer data that occur during writing, reading, storage, transmission, or processing, which introduce unintended changes to the original data. Computer, transmission, and storage systems use a number of measures to provide end-to-end data integrity, or lack of errors. In general, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus%3A%20The%20Jupiter%20Incident
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a science fiction themed real-time tactics computer game developed by the Hungary-based Mithis Entertainment and published by HD Interactive. The game focuses on tactics and ship management instead of resource collection and base construction. Gameplay and features In each of the game's ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Andreas%20Fault%20Observatory%20at%20Depth
The San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) is a research project that began in 2002 aimed at collecting geological data about the San Andreas Fault for the purpose of predicting and analyzing future earthquakes. The site consists of a pilot hole and a main hole. Drilling operations ceased in 2007. Located nea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky%20Hager
Nicolas Alfred Hager (born 1958) is a New Zealand investigative journalist. He has produced seven books since 1996, covering topics such as intelligence networks, environmental issues and politics. He is one of two New Zealand members of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Early life Hager was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row%20%28database%29
In the context of a relational database, a row—also called a tuple—represents a single, implicitly structured data item in a table. In simple terms, a database table can be thought of as consisting of rows and columns. Each row in a table represents a set of related data, and every row in the table has the same structu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column%20%28database%29
In a relational database, a column is a set of data values of a particular type, one value for each row of the database. A column may contain text values, numbers, or even pointers to files in the operating system. Columns typically contain simple types, though some relational database systems allow columns to contain ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granular%20computing
Granular computing is an emerging computing paradigm of information processing that concerns the processing of complex information entities called "information granules", which arise in the process of data abstraction and derivation of knowledge from information or data. Generally speaking, information granules are co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20DPPX
Distributed Processing Programming Executive is a discontinued operating system introduced by IBM, pre-installed on the IBM 8100 and later ported to the ES/9370. Brief history It was first introduced on the IBM 8100 series, which was released in 1978. 1987 saw the release of Distributed Processing Programming Execut...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI%20art
ANSI art is a computer art form that was widely used at one time on bulletin board systems. It is similar to ASCII art, but constructed from a larger set of 256 letters, numbers, and symbols — all codes found in IBM code page 437, often referred to as extended ASCII and used in MS-DOS and Unix environments. ANSI art al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Chen
Peter Pin-Shan Chen (; born 3 January 1947) is a Taiwanese American computer scientist. He is a (retired) distinguished career scientist and faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University and Distinguished Chair Professor Emeritus at LSU. He is known for the development of the entity–relationship model in 1976. Biograph...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey%20Lebedev%20%28scientist%29
Sergey Alekseyevich Lebedev (; 2 November, 1902 – 3 July, 1974) was a Soviet scientist in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science, and designer of the first Soviet computers. Biography Lebedev was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire. He graduated from Moscow Highest Technical School in 1928. Fro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebedev%20Institute%20of%20Precision%20Mechanics%20and%20Computer%20Engineering
Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering (IPMCE) is a Russian research institution. It used to be a Soviet Academy of Sciences organization in Soviet times. The institute specializes itself in the development of: Computer systems for national security Hardware and software for digital teleco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcap%20%28TV%20series%29
Redcap is a British television series produced by ABC Weekend TV and broadcast on the ITV network. It starred John Thaw as Sergeant John Mann, a member of the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police and ran for two series and 26 episodes between 1964 and 1966. Other actors appearing in the series inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind%20Walker
Mind Walker is a video game written by Bill Williams and published by Commodore in 1986 as one of the first games for the new Amiga 1000 computer. The player is immersed inside a human brain and must cure a psychosis that is threatening the patient's well-being. Many aspects of the game (including enemies and power-ups...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%20aren%27t%20gonna%20need%20it
"You aren't gonna need it" (YAGNI) is a principle which arose from extreme programming (XP) that states a programmer should not add functionality until deemed necessary. Other forms of the phrase include "You aren't going to need it" (YAGTNI) and "You ain't gonna need it". Ron Jeffries, a co-founder of XP, explained ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade%20Empire
Jade Empire is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare, originally published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2005 as an Xbox exclusive. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows personal computers (PC) and published by 2K in 2007. Later ports to macOS (2008) and mobile platforms (2016) were handled respectively by...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse%20Hubbard%20and%20Angie%20Baxter
Jesse and Angela "Angie" Hubbard are fictional characters and a supercouple from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama All My Children. Jesse is portrayed by Darnell Williams and Angie is portrayed by Debbi Morgan. Jesse first appeared in Pine Valley in 1981 as the nephew of Dr. Frank Grant, who assumed custody ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulation
Emulation may refer to: Emulation (computing), imitation of behavior of a computer or other electronic system with the help of another type of system Video game console emulator, software which emulates video game consoles Gaussian process emulator, a special case of the Gaussian process in statistics Surrogate model,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%208100%20DPCX
DPCX (Distributed Processing Control eXecutive) was an operating system for the IBM 8100 small computer system. IBM hoped it would help their installed base of IBM 3790 customers migrate to the 8100 and the DPPX operating system. It was mainly deployed to support a word processing system, Distributed Office Support Fa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%203790
The IBM 3790 Communications System was one of the first distributed computing platforms. The 3790 was developed by IBM's Data Processing Division (DPD) and announced in 1974. It preceded the IBM 8100, announced in 1979. It was designed to be installed in branch offices, stores, subsidiaries, etc., and to be connected ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20System%209000
The System 9000 (S9000) is a family of microcomputers from IBM consisting of the System 9001, 9002, and 9003. The first member of the family, the System 9001 laboratory computer, was introduced in May 1982 as the IBM Instruments Computer System Model 9000. It was renamed to the System 9001 in 1984 when the System 9000 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20set%20%28IBM%20mainframe%29
In the context of IBM mainframe computers in the S/360 line, a data set (IBM preferred) or dataset is a computer file having a record organization. Use of this term began with, e.g., DOS/360, OS/360, and is still used by their successors, including the current z/OS. Documentation for these systems historically preferr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary%20collective%20licensing
Voluntary collective licensing is an alternative approach to solve the problem of software piracy using file sharing technologies. The idea is to make file sharing networks subscribe-only for a small fee and then distribute the collected money among the artists based on the popularity of their work. It has been endorse...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Computer%20Corporation
General Computer Corporation (GCC), later GCC Technologies, was an American hardware and software company formed in 1981 by Doug Macrae, John Tylko, and Kevin Curran. The company began as a video game developer and created the arcade games Ms. Pac-Man (1982) and Food Fight (1983) as well as designing the hardware for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC%20times
MAC times are pieces of file system metadata which record when certain events pertaining to a computer file occurred most recently. The events are usually described as "modification" (the data in the file was modified), "access" (some part of the file was read), and "metadata change" (the file's permissions or ownershi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddy%20Pharkas%3A%20Frontier%20Pharmacist
Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist is a comic Old West adventure computer game created by Al Lowe (of Leisure Suit Larry fame) and Josh Mandel (of Callahan's Crosstime Saloon fame) and published by Sierra On-Line in 1993. It was dubbed "the Blazing Saddles of computer games" by Computer Gaming World. Gameplay The gam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodenst%C3%A4ndig%202000
Bodenständig 2000 is an electronic music group from Germany, founded in 1995 by Dragan Espenschied and Bernhard Kirsch. They are the self-proclaimed pioneers of the home computer folk music movement. In 1999 they released their debut album "Maxi German Rave Blast Hits 3" on Rephlex Records, London. It contains mixture...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakout
Krakout is a Breakout clone that was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Thomson computers and MSX platforms in 1987. One of the wave of enhanced Breakout variants to emerge in the wake of Arkanoid, its key distinctions are that gameplay is horizontal in layout, and that it allows the pl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace%20OS
Workplace OS is IBM's ultimate operating system prototype of the 1990s. It is the product of an exploratory research program in 1991 which yielded a design called the Grand Unifying Theory of Systems (GUTS), proposing to unify the world's systems as generalized personalities cohabitating concurrently upon a universally...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediolanum%20Santonum
Mediolanum Santonum was a Roman town in Gallia Aquitania, now Saintes. It was founded in about 20 BC in connection with an expansion of the network of Roman roads serving Burdigala. The name means 'centre of the Santones', the tribe that then inhabited the area; the town became an important center in the Roman province...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD2%20%28hash%20function%29
The MD2 Message-Digest Algorithm is a cryptographic hash function developed by Ronald Rivest in 1989. The algorithm is optimized for 8-bit computers. MD2 is specified in IETF RFC 1319. The "MD" in MD2 stands for "Message Digest". Even though MD2 is not yet fully compromised, the IETF retired MD2 to "historic" status ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung%20Kwei%20%28algorithm%29
Chung Kwei is a spam filtering algorithm based on the TEIRESIAS Algorithm for finding coding genes within bulk DNA. It is named after Zhong Kui, a figure in Chinese folklore. See also Spam (electronic) CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 DNSBL SpamAssassin External links Official Report TEIRESIAS: Sequence Pattern Discovery, from I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear%20regression
In statistics, nonlinear regression is a form of regression analysis in which observational data are modeled by a function which is a nonlinear combination of the model parameters and depends on one or more independent variables. The data are fitted by a method of successive approximations. General In nonlinear regr...