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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ShaBLAMM%21%20NiTro-VLB
The ShaBLAMM! NiTro-VLB was a computer system that used a QED R4600 microprocessor implemented on a VESA Local Bus peripheral card and designed to function when connected to a host computer system using an Intel i486. The NiTro-VLB conformed to the ARC standard, and was produced and marketed by ShaBLAMM! Computer as a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid%20computer
Hybrid computers are computers that exhibit features of analog computers and digital computers. The digital component normally serves as the controller and provides logical and numerical operations, while the analog component often serves as a solver of differential equations and other mathematically complex problems. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail%20yard
A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard (US) or simply yard, is a series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock or unused locomotives stored off the main line, so that they do not obstruct th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20planning%20and%20scheduling
Automated planning and scheduling, sometimes denoted as simply AI planning, is a branch of artificial intelligence that concerns the realization of strategies or action sequences, typically for execution by intelligent agents, autonomous robots and unmanned vehicles. Unlike classical control and classification problems...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen%20Choice%20Awards
The Teen Choice Awards were an annual awards show that aired on the Fox television network between 1999 and 2019. The awards honored the year's biggest achievements in music, film, sports, television, fashion, social media, and more, voted by viewers living in the United States, aged 13 and over, through various social...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name%20resolution
Name resolution can refer to any process that further identifies an object or entity from an associated, not-necessarily-unique alphanumeric name: In computer systems, it refers to the retrieval of the underlying numeric values corresponding to computer hostnames, account user names, group names, and other named entit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20M.%20Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver (May 17, 1916 – November 23, 1995), also known as Barney Oliver, was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers. He was the founder and director of Hewlett-Packard (HP) laboratories until his retirement in 1981. He is also a recognized pioneer in the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Liskov
Barbara Liskov (born November 7, 1939 as Barbara Jane Huberman) is an American computer scientist who has made pioneering contributions to programming languages and distributed computing. Her notable work includes the introduction of abstract data types and the accompanying principle of data abstraction, along with the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catriona%20Rowntree
Catriona Rowntree (born 19 July 1971) is an Australian television presenter. Rowntree is a long standing presenter on the Nine Network's Getaway program. Career Rowntree studied journalism at Macleay College in Sydney, after working as a researcher with Business Review Weekly, 2GB and Prime Television. In 1991, she ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS%20spoofing
DNS spoofing, also referred to as DNS cache poisoning, is a form of computer security hacking in which corrupt Domain Name System data is introduced into the DNS resolver's cache, causing the name server to return an incorrect result record, e.g. an IP address. This results in traffic being diverted to any computer tha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsware
Opsware, Inc. was a software company based in Sunnyvale, California, that offered products for server and network device provisioning, configuration, and management targeted toward enterprise customers. Opsware had offices in New York City, Redmond, Washington, Cary, North Carolina, and an engineering office in Cluj, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MULTI-S01
In cryptography, MULTI-S01 (pronounced multi-ess-zero-one), is an encryption algorithm based on a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). MULTI-S01 is an encryption scheme preserving both confidentiality and data integrity. The scheme defines a pair of algorithms; the encryption, the corresponding decryption with verific...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo%20button
On IBM PC compatible computers, the turbo button selects one of two run states: the default "turbo" speed or a reduced speed closer to the Intel 8086 CPU. It was relatively common on computers using the Intel 80286, Intel 80386 and Intel 80486 processors, from the mid 1980s to mid 1990s. The name is inspired by turboch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifier
Classifier may refer to: Classifier (linguistics), or measure word, especially in East Asian languages Classifier handshape, in sign languages Classifier (UML), in software engineering Classification rule, in statistical classification, e.g.: Hierarchical classifier Linear classifier Deductive classifier Subobject clas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh%20Guide
Macintosh Guide, also referred to as Apple Guide, was Apple Computer's online help and documentation system, added to the classic Mac OS in System 7.5 and intended to work alongside Balloon Help. In addition to hypertext, indexing and searching of the text, Macintosh Guide also offered a system for teaching users how t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed-data%20sampling
Econometric models involving data sampled at different frequencies are of general interest. Mixed-data sampling (MIDAS) is an econometric regression developed by Eric Ghysels with several co-authors. There is now a substantial literature on MIDAS regressions and their applications, including Ghysels, Santa-Clara and Va...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmouse
Xmouse is a system of mouse control in computer operating systems used instead of the standard selection behavior. The xmouse system automatically selects objects or activates windows after hovering the mouse over the object for a certain period of time. Description and comparison Xmouse is a system of mouse control u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKY%20PerfecTV%21
is a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service that provides satellite television, audio programming and interactive television services to households in Japan, owned by parent company SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. SKY PerfecTV! is also a direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service. While SKY PerfecTV! Premium Service use...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPEP
WPEP ( AM) was an AM radio station licensed to Taunton, Massachusetts. WPEP's format had been full-service, offering local news and talk programming, as well as music and nationally syndicated talk. The station was last owned by the Anastos Media Group. History 1940s In late , Silver City Broadcasting Corp., owned by...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitz%20Research
Blitz Research Ltd is an Auckland, New Zealandbased company which currently produces three BASIC based programming languages. Founded in 2000 by Mark Sibly, the company's first product was the now obsolete Blitz BASIC 2D, a PC version of the Amiga Blitz Basic. It was released the same year as the company's foundation. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20terrestrial%20television%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom
Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom encompasses over 100 television, radio and interactive services broadcast via the United Kingdom's terrestrial television network and receivable with a standard television set. The majority of digital terrestrial television (DTT) services, including the five former a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT
GPT may refer to: Computing Generative pre-trained transformer, a type of artificial intelligence language model ChatGPT, a chatbot developed by OpenAI, based on generative pre-trained transformer technology GUID Partition Table, a disk partitioning standard Biology Alanine transaminase or glutamate pyruvate tran...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KYFQ
KYFQ (91.7 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, and serving the Seattle-Tacoma radio market. The station is owned by Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc. It airs a Christian talk and teaching radio format. National religious leaders heard on KYFQ include Chuck Swindoll, Adrian Rogers ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th%20Daytime%20Emmy%20Awards
The 30th Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, commemorating excellence in American daytime programming from 2002, was held on May 16, 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Hosted by Wayne Brady, it was televised in the United States by ABC. Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented on May 10, 2003. Nominations and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HardBall%21
HardBall! is a baseball video game published by Accolade. Initially released for the Commodore 64 in 1985, it was ported to other computers over the next several years. A Sega Genesis cartridge was published in 1991. HardBall! was followed by sequels HardBall II, HardBall III, HardBall IV, HardBall 5, and HardBall 6. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth%20%28software%29
Shibboleth is a single sign-on log-in system for computer networks and the Internet. It allows people to sign in using just one identity to various systems run by federations of different organizations or institutions. The federations are often universities or public service organizations. The Shibboleth Internet2 mid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TerraLib
TerraLib is an open-source geographic information system (GIS) software library. It extends object-relational database management systems (DBMS) to handle spatiotemporal data types. Using TerraLib, the TerraView open-source GIS was developed, which provides functions for data conversion, visualization, exploratory spa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20I.%20Jordan
Michael Irwin Jordan (born February 25, 1956) is an American scientist, professor at the University of California, Berkeley and researcher in machine learning, statistics, and artificial intelligence. Jordan was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2010 for contributions to the foundations and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBT%20Online%20Inc.
DBT Online Inc., formerly known as Database Technologies, is a data mining company founded by Roy Brubaker and Hank Asher in 1992 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is today a subsidiary of US data aggregation group, ChoicePoint. DBT Online was formed as a public holding company by the merger of Database Technologies an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiuser%20DOS
Multiuser DOS is a real-time multi-user multi-tasking operating system for IBM PC-compatible microcomputers. An evolution of the older Concurrent CP/M-86, Concurrent DOS and Concurrent DOS 386 operating systems, it was originally developed by Digital Research and acquired and further developed by Novell in 1991. Its a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRS
LRS may refer to: Science and technology Lactated Ringer's solution, used for intravenous administration Learning Record Store, a data store system Linear recursive sequence, a recurrence relation used in mathematics Linear reference system, a method of spatial referencing along a line Limited Rate Support, a Wi-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence%20%28evolutionary%20computing%29
Convergence within the field of computer science, is a phenomenon in evolutionary computation. It causes evolution to halt because precisely every individual in the population is identical. Full convergence might be seen in genetic algorithms (a type of evolutionary computation) using only crossover (a way of combini...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defining%20length
In genetic algorithms and genetic programming defining length L(H) is the maximum distance between two defining symbols (that is symbols that have a fixed value as opposed to symbols that can take any value, commonly denoted as # or *) in schema H. In tree GP schemata, L(H) is the number of links in the minimum tree fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20J.%20van%20Rijsbergen
C. J. "Keith" van Rijsbergen FREng (Cornelis Joost van Rijsbergen; born 1943) is a professor of computer science at the University of Glasgow, where he founded the Glasgow Information Retrieval Group. He is one of the founders of modern Information Retrieval and the author of the seminal monograph Information Retrieval...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Training%2C%20validation%2C%20and%20test%20data%20sets
In machine learning, a common task is the study and construction of algorithms that can learn from and make predictions on data. Such algorithms function by making data-driven predictions or decisions, through building a mathematical model from input data. These input data used to build the model are usually divided in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlaskaOne
AlaskaOne (or Alaska One) was a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member network of public television stations based in Fairbanks, Alaska from 1995 to 2012. It served communities in Alaska outside Anchorage. It was operated by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It comprised five stations: KUAC-TV channel 9 (Fairbank...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mating%20pool
A mating pool is a concept used in evolutionary computation, which refers to a family of algorithms used to solve optimization and search problems. The mating pool is formed by candidate solutions that the selection operators deem to have the highest fitness in the current population. Solutions that are included in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parity%20benchmark
Parity problems are widely used as benchmark problems in genetic programming but inherited from the artificial neural network community. Parity is calculated by summing all the binary inputs and reporting if the sum is odd or even. This is considered difficult because: a very simple artificial neural network cannot sol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature%20convergence
In evolutionary algorithms (EA), the term of premature convergence means that a population for an optimization problem converged too early, resulting in being suboptimal. In this context, the parental solutions, through the aid of genetic operators, are not able to generate offspring that are superior to, or outperform...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pranksta%20Rap
"Pranksta Rap" is the ninth episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 13, 2005. It guest stars 50 Cent as himself, and Dana Gould as Barney Fife. Boots Riley of the rap group The Coup provided the scor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20Control%20Interface
The Media Control Interface — MCI for short — is a high-level API developed by Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia peripherals connected to a Microsoft Windows or OS/2 computer, such as CD-ROM players and audio controllers. MCI makes it very simple to write a program which can play a wide variety of media fil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20command%20shells
A command shell is a command-line interface to interact with and manipulate a computer's operating system. General characteristics Interactive features Background execution Background execution allows a shell to run a command without user interaction in the terminal, freeing the command line for additional work wit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOXY.com
WOXY.com was a modern rock internet radio station based in Oxford, Ohio, and later Austin, Texas. WOXY.com relied mainly on its own website to reach its listeners. WOXY.com programming at one time was also available at lala.com and WVXU HD Radio. Originally transmitted solely from WOXY (FM) at 97.7 FM in Oxford, Ohi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20state
Database state may refer to: Database state, in database technology the set of stored data. Entering, modifying, or deleting information changes the database state. *Actual data stored in a particular moment in time. See also State transition system and Finite-state machine models. A state that practices Mass surveil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudate
Caudate (Latin for "tail") may refer to: Caudate nucleus Caudate leaf shape Caudate lobe of liver Cauda equina A salamander (which is any member of the order Caudata)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal%20Once%20%28Mexico%29
Once (Eleven; formerly Once TV México and Canal Once) is a Mexican educational broadcast television network owned by National Polytechnic Institute. The network's flagship station is XEIPN-TDT channel 11 in Mexico City. It broadcasts across Mexico through nearly 40 TV transmitters and is required carriage on all Mexica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20file%20format
A chemical file format is a type of data file which is used specifically for depicting molecular data. One of the most widely used is the chemical table file format, which is similar to Structure Data Format (SDF) files. They are text files that represent multiple chemical structure records and associated data fields. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Shand%20%28manager%29
Adam Shand is a New Zealand visual effects operations manager and advocate of community wireless networks. Career Shand founded Personal Telco in November 2000 which subsequently grew into one of the largest community wireless projects in the United States. He is one of the original members of the Shmoo Group and the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow%20Copy
Shadow Copy (also known as Volume Snapshot Service, Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS) is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that can create backup copies or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even when they are in use. It is implemented as a Windows service called the Volume Shadow Copy service. A softwar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range%20dependence
Long-range dependence (LRD), also called long memory or long-range persistence, is a phenomenon that may arise in the analysis of spatial or time series data. It relates to the rate of decay of statistical dependence of two points with increasing time interval or spatial distance between the points. A phenomenon is usu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsky
Netsky may refer to Netsky (computer worm) Hankus Netsky, American klezmer musician Netsky (musician) (born 1989), stage name of Boris Daenen, Belgian musician Netsky (album), the musician's self-titled album
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADSI
ADSI may refer to: Superintendent (police), Acting Detective Superintendent Active Directory Service Interfaces, a technology introduced by Microsoft in the Windows 2000 Operating System Analog Display Services Interface, application used by many screen-based analog telephones to work with optional calling services Am...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARC%20%28file%20format%29
ARC is a lossless data compression and archival format by System Enhancement Associates (SEA). The file format and the program were both called ARC. The format is known as the subject of controversy in the 1980s, part of important debates over what would later be known as open formats. ARC was extremely popular during...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile%20%28computer%20virus%29
Win32/Simile (also known as Etap and MetaPHOR) is a metamorphic computer virus written in assembly language for Microsoft Windows. The virus was released in its most recent version in early March 2002. It was written by the virus writer "Mental Driller". Some of his previous viruses, such as Win95/Drill (which used th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engadget
Engadget ( ) is a multilingual technology blog network with daily coverage of gadgets and consumer electronics. Engadget manages ten blogs, four of which are written in English and six have international versions with independent editorial staff. It has been operated by Yahoo! Inc. since September 2021. History Engadg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Centre%20for%20Diffraction%20Data
The International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) maintains a database of powder diffraction patterns, the Powder Diffraction File (PDF), including the d-spacings (related to angle of diffraction) and relative intensities of observable diffraction peaks. Patterns may be experimentally determined, or computed based ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bod%20Squad
The Bod Squad is a series of short public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network, from 1974 through 1988. These thirty-second and one-minute segments promoted healthy nutrition and personal hygiene through humorous animation and catchy music with clever lyrics. The shorts wer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extender
Extender may refer to: DOS extender, a technology for bypassing the limitations of the DOS operating systems family Extender (ink), a transparent material added to printing inks KC-10 Extender, an air-to-air tanker aircraft Meat extenders Media extender Seafood extender or Surimi Tele extender, a secondary lens for SLR...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20for%20Timer
Time for Timer is a series of seven short public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network starting in 1975. The animated spots feature Timer, a tiny cartoon character who represents the sense of time in the human body. Timer was in charge of when a person felt it was time to ea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic%20stroke
In handwriting research, the concept of stroke is used in various ways. In engineering and computer science, there is a tendency to use the term stroke for a single connected component of ink (in Off-line handwriting recognition) or a complete pen-down trace (in on-line handwriting recognition). Thus, such stroke may b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOT
Fot or FOT may refer to: Arts and entertainment The Fall of Troy (band), an American rock band Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, a computer game False or True, a British television programme Science and technology Fast optical transient Flight operations team Frequency of optimum transmission The Fot1 f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouseover
In computing, a mouseover, mouse hover or hover box is a graphical control element that is activated when the user moves or hovers the pointer over a trigger area, usually with a mouse, but also possible with a digital pen. Mouseover control elements are common in web browsers. For example, hovering over a hyperlink tr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%20button
"Command button" may refer to: A graphical button that appears in a computer user interface, allowing a user to trigger an event Keyboard buttons (generally) The "command" key on Apple keyboards (a modifier key with a "⌘" symbol printed on it) See also Push-button
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx%20%28comics%29
The Phalanx are a fictional cybernetic species appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They have come in conflict with the X-Men as well as other groups on several occasions. They form a hive mind, linking each member by a telepathic system. Publication history The Phalanx were co-created by writ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBKI%20%28TV%29
WBKI (channel 58) is a television station licensed to Salem, Indiana, United States, serving the Louisville, Kentucky, area as a dual affiliate of The CW and MyNetworkTV. It is the only full-power Louisville-area station licensed to the Indiana side of the market. WBKI is owned by Block Communications alongside Fox aff...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes peer-reviewed online academic journals and books, conference papers, theses a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic%20Security%20Services%20Application%20Program%20Interface
The Generic Security Service Application Program Interface (GSSAPI, also GSS-API) is an application programming interface for programs to access security services. The GSSAPI is an IETF standard that addresses the problem of many similar but incompatible security services in use . Operation The GSSAPI, by itself, do...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth%20or%20Doubt
is a Japanese quiz television game show that aired on Nippon Television Network. It debuted on April 3, 2004, and last aired on March 29, 2005. Shosuke Tanihara is the presenter of this programme. Every time, there are four or five celebrities as game players. The players tell their own stories which are true, but so...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proper%20orthogonal%20decomposition
The proper orthogonal decomposition is a numerical method that enables a reduction in the complexity of computer intensive simulations such as computational fluid dynamics and structural analysis (like crash simulations). Typically in fluid dynamics and turbulences analysis, it is used to replace the Navier–Stokes equa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMULET%20%28processor%29
AMULET is a series of microprocessors implementing the ARM processor architecture. Developed by the Advanced Processor Technologies group at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester (formerly the AMULET and PAL groups based at the same institution), AMULET is unique amongst ARM implementation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronet%20800
Micronet 800 was an information provider (IP) on Prestel, aimed at the 1980s personal computer market. It was an online magazine that gave subscribers computer related news, reviews, general subject articles and downloadable telesoftware. Users would log onto the Prestel network (which was usually a local call) and th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HomeRF
HomeRF was a wireless networking specification for home devices. It was developed in 1998 by the Home Radio Frequency Working Group, a consortium of mobile wireless companies that included Proxim Wireless, Intel, Siemens AG, Motorola, Philips and more than 100 other companies. The group was disbanded in January 2003,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKC%20Networks
MKC Networks was a privately owned supplier of VoIP (Voice over IP) equipment and software components headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It designed and sold a family of SIP-based products including advanced SIP Enterprise Application Servers and scalable communication platforms. MKC Networks bought certain SIP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TDK
is a Japanese multinational electronics corporation that manufactures electronic components and recording and data-storage media. Its motto is "Contribute to culture and industry through creativity". "TDK" is an initialism of the original Japanese name of the company: Tokyo Denki Kagaku Kōgyō K.K. (Tokyo Electric Chem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20hotel%20reservations
Online hotel reservations are a popular method for booking hotel rooms. Travellers can book rooms on a computer by using online security to protect their privacy and financial information and by using several online travel agents to compare prices and facilities at different hotels. Prior to the Internet, travellers c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%201
Channel One or channel 1 may refer to: Television networks and channels Channel One (Albania) - Albania 10 Bold, an Australian television channel formerly known as One - Australia Channel 1 (Bangladeshi TV channel) - Bangladeshi BNT 1 - Bulgaria One (Canadian TV channel) - Canada Canal 1 - Colombia Dubai One, Mi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20North%20Korea
Education in North Korea is universal and state-funded schooling by the government. As of 2021, UNESCO Institute for Statistics does not report any data for North Korea's literacy rates. Some children go through one year of kindergarten, four years of primary education, six years of secondary education, and then on to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Kingdom%20Hydrographic%20Office
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is the UK's agency for providing hydrographic and marine geospatial data to mariners and maritime organisations across the world. The UKHO is a trading fund of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and is located in Taunton, Somerset, with a workforce of approximately 900 staff. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TDS%20Metrocom
TDS Metrocom is TDS Telecom's local phone business, providing customers with phone, data, and Internet services in a five-state area in the midwestern United States. Its central office is located at 3416 University Ave in Madison, Wisconsin. Unlike Telecom, Metrocom used a deal brokered by Tommy Thompson to allow for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications%20forecasting
All telecommunications service providers perform forecasting calculations to assist them in planning their networks. Accurate forecasting helps operators to make key investment decisions relating to product development and introduction, advertising, pricing etc., well in advance of product launch, which helps to ensure...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited%20availability
When customers of a public switched telephone network make telephone calls, they utilize a telecommunications network called a switched-circuit network. In a switched-circuit network, devices known as switches are used to connect the calling party to the called party. Each switch has a number of inlets and outlets, and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20performance
Network performance refers to measures of service quality of a network as seen by the customer. There are many different ways to measure the performance of a network, as each network is different in nature and design. Performance can also be modeled and simulated instead of measured; one example of this is using state...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Livonia
Air Livonia was a small airline based at Pärnu Airport in Estonia providing scheduled and charter flights. Code data ICAO Code: LIV Callsign: LIVONIA Services Air Livonia operated the following scheduled services (at February 2005): Pärnu to Kihnu, Ruhnu and Kuressaare. Fleet The Air Livonia fleet includes the f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakpoint%20%28disambiguation%29
A breakpoint is an execution stop point in the code of a computer program. Breakpoint or break point may also refer to: BCR (gene), the gene that encodes the breakpoint cluster region protein Break point, in tennis Break Point, a 2002 novel by Rosie Rushton Break Point (film), a 2015 U.S. comedy film Breakpoint (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole%20nationale%20sup%C3%A9rieure%20d%27informatique%20pour%20l%27industrie%20et%20l%27entreprise
The École nationale supérieure d'informatique pour l'industrie et l'entreprise (ENSIIE) (National School of Computer Science for Industry and Business), formerly known as Institut d'informatique d'entreprise, is a French public specialising in computer science and applied mathematics. Students can be admitted to ENS...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix%20representation
Matrix representation is a method used by a computer language to store matrices of more than one dimension in memory. Fortran and C use different schemes for their native arrays. Fortran uses "Column Major", in which all the elements for a given column are stored contiguously in memory. C uses "Row Major", which stores...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%20Peters
Rebecca Peters is a political advocate for gun control who served as Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) from 2002 to 2010. , Peters was listed on the IANSA board of directors. Background Rebecca Peters studied law. As chair of the Australian National Coalition for Gun Control at the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatgani
The Qatgani or Qataghani is a horse breed from the former Qataghan province of Afghanistan. It is one of twelve Afghan horse breeds reported to the DAD-IS database of livestock breeds. The Uzbek mounted raiders of the warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, who in early 2001 harried the Taliban forces in the Darya Suf valley of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chgrp
The (from change group) command may be used by unprivileged users on various operating systems to change the group associated with a file system object (such as a computer file, directory, or link) to one of which they are a member. A file system object has 3 sets of access permissions, one set for the owner, one set ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20GameDay%20%28football%20TV%20program%29
College GameDay (branded as ESPN College GameDay built by The Home Depot for sponsorship reasons) is a pre-game show broadcast by ESPN as part of the network's coverage of college football, broadcast on Saturday mornings during the college football season. In its current form, the program is typically broadcast from th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-Frequency%20Array%20%28LOFAR%29
The Low-Frequency Array, or LOFAR, is a large radio telescope, with an antenna network located mainly in the Netherlands, and spreading across 7 other European countries as of 2019. Originally designed and built by ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, it was first opened by Queen Beatrix of The Nether...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20variable
In computer programming, a static variable is a variable that has been allocated "statically", meaning that its lifetime (or "extent") is the entire run of the program. This is in contrast to shorter-lived automatic variables, whose storage is stack allocated and deallocated on the call stack; and in contrast to object...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20Gustav%20Hotho
Heinrich Gustav Hotho (Berlin, May 22, 1802 – Berlin, December 25, 1873) was a German historian of art and Right Hegelian. He is famous for being the compiler and editor of Hegel's posthumous work Vorlesungen über die Ästhetik ("Lectures on Aesthetics"). Biography During boyhood he was affected for two years with blin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klumpke%20paralysis
Klumpke's paralysis is a variety of partial palsy of the lower roots of the brachial plexus. The brachial plexus is a network of spinal nerves that originates in the back of the neck, extends through the axilla (armpit), and gives rise to nerves to the upper limb. The paralytic condition is named after Augusta Déjerine...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/280%20Philia
Philia (minor planet designation: 280 Philia) is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 29 October 1888 at the Vienna Observatory. Sparse data collected during a 1987 study indicated this asteroid has a rotation period of approximately 64 hours, which is much longer than can be contin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THE%20multiprogramming%20system
The THE multiprogramming system or THE OS was a computer operating system designed by a team led by Edsger W. Dijkstra, described in monographs in 1965-66 and published in 1968. Dijkstra never named the system; "THE" is simply the abbreviation of "Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven", then the name (in Dutch) of the Eindh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Calce
Michael Calce (born 1984, also known as MafiaBoy) is a security expert and former computer hacker from Île Bizard, Quebec, who launched a series of highly publicized denial-of-service attacks in February 2000 against large commercial websites, including Yahoo!, Fifa.com, Amazon.com, Dell, Inc., E*TRADE, eBay, and CNN. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigues%27%20rotation%20formula
In the theory of three-dimensional rotation, Rodrigues' rotation formula, named after Olinde Rodrigues, is an efficient algorithm for rotating a vector in space, given an axis and angle of rotation. By extension, this can be used to transform all three basis vectors to compute a rotation matrix in , the group of all ro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima%3A%20Escape%20from%20Mt.%20Drash
Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash is a role-playing video game published for the VIC-20 home computer by Sierra On-Line in 1983. Gameplay and plot In the game, creatures called "garrintrots" have imprisoned the player in Mt. Drash, and the player's task is to escape the dungeons. The game itself is a very simple series o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admin
Admin may refer to: An abbreviated form of the words Administration or administrator, particularly in computing contexts Admin, son of Arni, a minor biblical figure See also