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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenServer
Xinuos OpenServer, previously SCO UNIX and SCO Open Desktop (SCO ODT), is a closed source computer operating system developed by Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), later acquired by SCO Group, and now owned by Xinuos. Early versions of OpenServer were based on UNIX System V, while the later OpenServer 10 is based on FreeBSD 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmother%20hypothesis
The grandmother hypothesis is a hypothesis to explain the existence of menopause in human life history by identifying the adaptive value of extended kin networking. It builds on the previously postulated "mother hypothesis" which states that as mothers age, the costs of reproducing become greater, and energy devoted to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompStat
CompStat—or COMPSTAT, short for Computer Statistics—is a computerization and quantification program used by police departments. It was originally set up by the New York City Police Department in the 1990s. Variations of the program have since been used in police departments across the world. According to a 2022 podcast...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reentrant%20mutex
In computer science, the reentrant mutex (recursive mutex, recursive lock) is a particular type of mutual exclusion (mutex) device that may be locked multiple times by the same process/thread, without causing a deadlock. While any attempt to perform the "lock" operation on an ordinary mutex (lock) would either fail or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South%20Expressway%20%28Malaysia%29
The North–South Expressway is a network of tolled controlled-access highways running through the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The expressway network consists of the northern route and southern route, having a total length of . Running through seven states and connecting the Thailand and Singapore borders, the Nor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20control%20%28disambiguation%29
Source control may refer to: Version control in computing Source control (respiratory disease), techniques to reduce spread of respiratory diseases such as COVID-19 A treatment for sepsis involving physical intervention at the source of an infection Source control action, a procedure used for Superfund sites
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unics
Unics or UnICS may refer to: Unix, originally Unics, computer operating system software BC UNICS, a Russian basketball club
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Medical%20College%20Vellore
Christian Medical College, Vellore, widely known as CMC, Vellore, is a private, Christian community-run medical school, hospital and research institute. This Institute includes a network of primary, secondary and tertiary care hospitals in and around Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. The institute, constituent college is af...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILOVEYOU
ILOVEYOU, sometimes referred to as Love Bug or Love Letter for you, was a computer worm that infected over ten million Windows personal computers on and after 5 May 2000. It started spreading as an email message with the subject line "ILOVEYOU" and the attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs." At the time, Windows comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue%20Thomas%3A%20F.B.Eye
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is a Canadian/American television series that premiered in 2002 on the PAX Network. The show ended in May 2005 due to PAX's decision to halt the production of original programming. It was one of the two highest rated shows on the network, along with Doc. Premise Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye is loosely based...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%20synchronization
File synchronization (or syncing) in computing is the process of ensuring that computer files in two or more locations are updated via certain rules. In one-way file synchronization, also called mirroring, updated files are copied from a source location to one or more target locations, but no files are copied back to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin%20Stafford-Fraser
James Quentin Stafford-Fraser is a computer scientist and entrepreneur based in Cambridge, England. He was one of the team that created the first webcam, the Trojan room coffee pot. Quentin pointed a camera at the coffee pot and wrote the XCoffee client program which allowed the image of the pot to be displayed on a w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopets%3A%20The%20Darkest%20Faerie
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie is an action-adventure game developed by Idol Minds and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 in 2005. Plot Neopets: The Darkest Faerie is set in "Neopia", the land of the Neopets universe, which is inhabited by anthropomorphic versions of various Neopets species. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubuntu
Kubuntu ( ) is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu project, Kubuntu uses the same underlying systems. Kubuntu shares the same repositories as Ubuntu and is released regularly on the same schedule as Ubuntu. K...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEAP
PEAP might be an acronym or abbreviation for: Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol, a security protocol in computer security Personal Egress Air Packs Proactive Employee Assistance Program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20access
Data access is a generic term referring to a process which has both an IT-specific meaning and other connotations involving access rights in a broader legal and/or political sense. In the former it typically refers to software and activities related to storing, retrieving, or acting on data housed in a database or othe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFC%20Films
IFC Films is an American film production and distribution company based in New York. It is an offshoot of IFC owned by AMC Networks. It distributes mainly independent films under its own name, select foreign films and documentaries under its Sundance Selects label and genre films under its IFC Midnight label. It operat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20platform%20virtualization%20software
Platform virtualization software, specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages that emulate the whole physical computer machine, often providing multiple virtual machines on one physical platform. The table below compares basic information about platform virtualization hypervisors. General Features ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimpleXML
SimpleXML is a PHP extension that allows users to easily manipulate/use XML data. It was introduced in PHP 5 as an object oriented approach to the XML DOM providing an object that can be processed with normal property selectors and array iterators. It represents an easy way of getting an element's attributes and textua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich%20algorithm
In computer science, the ostrich algorithm is a strategy of ignoring potential problems on the basis that they may be exceedingly rare. It is named after the ostrich effect which is defined as "to stick one's head in the sand and pretend there is no problem". It is used when it is more cost-effective to allow the probl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%3A%20Heroes%20of%20the%20Lance
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance is a video game released in 1988 for various home computer systems and consoles. The game is based on the first Dragonlance campaign module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Dragons of Despair, and the first Dragonlance novel Dragons of Autumn Twiligh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket%20Tanks
Pocket Tanks, often abbreviated as PTanks or simply as PT, is a 1-2 player computer game and mobile game developed by Michael P. Welch from Blitwise Productions. It was originally released for Windows and Mac OS X in 2001 and was later released for iOS in 2009 and Android in 2012. It is available as shareware as well a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible%20Authentication%20Protocol
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) is an authentication framework frequently used in network and internet connections. It is defined in , which made obsolete, and is updated by . EAP is an authentication framework for providing the transport and usage of material and parameters generated by EAP methods. There ar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycos%20Europe
Lycos Europe was a pan-European network of websites, offering services including communication tools, online communities, web search, e-commerce, web hosting, homepage building and Internet access. It was an independent corporation, sharing no corporate structure with Lycos, Inc. (USA) other than the licensed use of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20Battery%20System
Smart Battery System (SBS) is a specification for managing a smart battery, usually for a portable computer. It allows operating systems to perform power management operations via a smart battery charger based on remaining estimated run times by determining accurate state of charge readings. Through this communication,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20S.%20Wagstaff%20Jr.
Samuel Standfield Wagstaff Jr. (born 21 February 1945) is an American mathematician and computer scientist, whose research interests are in the areas of cryptography, parallel computation, and analysis of algorithms, especially number theoretic algorithms. He is currently a professor of computer science and mathematics...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20hashing
Double hashing is a computer programming technique used in conjunction with open addressing in hash tables to resolve hash collisions, by using a secondary hash of the key as an offset when a collision occurs. Double hashing with open addressing is a classical data structure on a table . The double hashing technique u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20Common%20Input%20Method
The Smart Common Input Method (SCIM) is a platform for inputting more than thirty languages on computers, including Chinese-Japanese-Korean style character languages (CJK), and many European languages. It is used for POSIX-style operating systems including Linux and BSD. Its purposes are to provide a simple and powerfu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PNY%20Technologies
PNY Technologies, Inc., doing business as PNY, is an American manufacturer of flash memory cards, USB flash drives, solid state drives, memory upgrade modules, portable battery chargers, computer locks, cables, chargers, adapters, and consumer and professional graphics cards. The company is headquartered in Parsippany-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Steve%20Earle%20Show
The Steve Earle Show (formerly known as The Revolution Starts Now) was a weekly radio show on the Air America Radio network hosted by singer/songwriter Steve Earle. It highlighted some of Earle's favorite artists, blending in-studio performances with liberal political talk and commentary. The show aired Sundays on som...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCIV
WCIV (channel 36) is a television station in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV and ABC. The station is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and maintains studios on Allbritton Boulevard along US 17/701 (Johnnie Dodds Boulevard) in Mount Pleasant and a transmitter in Awendaw, South Car...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodaxe
Bloodaxe can refer to: Eric Bloodaxe (c. 885 – 954), a Viking king Erik Bloodaxe (hacker), an alias of American computer hacker Chris Goggans Bloodaxe Books, a British publishing house specializing in poetry Bloodaxe (comics), a Marvel Comics anti-hero Brian Bloodaxe, a British platform game B'hrian Bloodaxe, a Disc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Craig%20%28broadcaster%29
William (Bill) Craig is a Canadian broadcaster. Craig began his career as a researcher for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's This Hour Has Seven Days. He subsequently joined the programming departments at the CBC, TVOntario and Rogers Cable. He was also a policy analyst for the Canadian Radio-television and Tele...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikoden%20III
is a role-playing video game developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 video game console, and the third installment in the Suikoden video game series. It was released in 2002 in Japan and North America, with a manga adaption published in 2004. Mechanics Like other ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EphPod
ephPod (pronounced eef-Pod) was a freeware program for Microsoft Windows that managed the interaction between Apple Computer's iPod digital audio player and the computer. It is no longer actively developed. The EphPod Web site does not recommend EphPod software for iPhone, iPod and iPad models released after 2006. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBQT-FM
CBQT-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Thunder Bay, Ontario, broadcasting at 88.3 FM, and serves all of Northwestern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters. History The station was launched in 1973 as CBQ on 800 AM. The 800 frequency had been vacated earlier that year by the d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBO-FM
CBO-FM is a Canadian radio station. It is the CBC Radio One station in Ottawa, Ontario, airing at 91.5 FM, and serves much of Eastern Ontario through a network of relay transmitters. CBO's Ottawa-area transmitter is located in Camp Fortune, Quebec, while its studios are located in the CBC Ottawa Broadcast Centre on Que...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuhiko%20Nishi
is a Japanese businessman and personal computer pioneer. Nishi's father ran a private school. Nishi attended Waseda University but dropped out to help found the first Japanese computer magazine, I/O. Shortly thereafter he launched ASCII magazine (a Japanese equivalent of Byte or Creative Computing) and, in 1978, ASCII...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBL-FM
CBL-FM (94.1 MHz) is the flagship station of the CBC Music network. It is a non-commercial station, licensed to Toronto, Ontario, and is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. CBL-FM's studios and offices are located at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre, on Front Street West, while its transmitter is located a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Siberian%20Highway
The Trans-Siberian Highway is the unofficial name for a network of federal highways that span the width of Russia from the Baltic Sea of the Atlantic Ocean to the Sea of Japan. In the Asian Highway Network, the route is known as AH6. It stretches over from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok. The road disputes the title of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RL%20circuit
A resistor–inductor circuit (RL circuit), or RL filter or RL network, is an electric circuit composed of resistors and inductors driven by a voltage or current source. A first-order RL circuit is composed of one resistor and one inductor, either in series driven by a voltage source or in parallel driven by a current so...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20contract
If a network service (or application) wishes to use a broadband network (an ATM network in particular) to transport a particular kind of traffic, it must first inform the network about what kind of traffic is to be transported, and the performance requirements of that traffic. The application presents this information ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20policing%20%28communications%29
In communications, traffic policing is the process of monitoring network traffic for compliance with a traffic contract and taking steps to enforce that contract. Traffic sources which are aware of a traffic contract may apply traffic shaping to ensure their output stays within the contract and is thus not discarded. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic%20engineering
Metabolic engineering is the practice of optimizing genetic and regulatory processes within cells to increase the cell's production of a certain substance. These processes are chemical networks that use a series of biochemical reactions and enzymes that allow cells to convert raw materials into molecules necessary for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Vasgersian
Matt Vasgersian ( ; born 1967) is an American sportscaster and television host. Vasgersian is a play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels, as well as a studio host for MLB Network and FOX Sports. In the past, he has served as an announcer for Fox Sports' National Football League and Major League Baseball covera...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPC%20Attack%21
CPC Attack! was a short-lived magazine dedicated to Amstrad CPC gaming. The magazine was a successor to Amstrad Computer User magazine. It was characterised by a strong comic-like graphical style featuring a recurring mascot - a Tank Girl-like character called Amy Strad. Funnily enough this same character featured in C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Phat
2Phat was an Irish television programme that was shown twice weekly on Network 2 from 1998 to 2000. It reunited Ray D'Arcy and Zig and Zag, who had previously appeared together on The Den. Following the demise of this show, all three would not appear together again until 14 November 2008, when D'Arcy hosted a Den Reuni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai%20Ben-Ari
Mordechai (Moti) Ben-Ari () is a professor emeritus of computer science education at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Ben-Ari has published numerous textbooks in computer science, developed software tools for teaching computer science, and written influential papers in computer science education. His primary focus h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance%20Institute%20for%20Highway%20Safety
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and Highway Loss Data Institute (IIHS-HLDI) is an American nonprofit organization. It was established in 1959, and it is noted for its safety reviews of vehicles in various simulated traffic situations, including the effectiveness of a vehicle's structural integrity and safety...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20One%20%28India%29
94.3 Radio One is a commercial radio network in India owned by HT Media. It has stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune. History The newspaper Mid-Day founded the station as Radio Midday in Mumbai, which was re-launched in 2002 as Go 92.5, an English-language (later also Hindi) radio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20FM%20%28India%29
Red FM (Often stylized as Superhits 93.5 RED FM) is an Indian FM radio network headquartered in Chennai and owned by Chennai-based Sun Group. The network broadcasts content in various Indian languages including Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. On 14 August 2009, Suryan FM 93.5 was rebranded to RED F...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20City%20%28Indian%20radio%20station%29
Radio City is India's first private FM radio station and was started on 3 July 2001 by Rupert Murdoch's Star TV Network. It broadcasts on 91.1 (earlier 91.0 in most cities) megahertz from Bengaluru (started first in 2001), Mumbai (where it was started in 2003), Lucknow and New Delhi (since 2003). It plays Hindi, Englis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20private%20database
A virtual private database or VPD masks data in a larger database so that only a subset of the data appears to exist, without actually segregating data into different tables, schemas or databases. A typical application is constraining sites, departments, individuals, etc. to operate only on their own records and at the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z1%20%28computer%29
The Z1 was a motor-driven mechanical computer designed by Konrad Zuse from 1936 to 1937, which he built in his parents' home from 1936 to 1938. It was a binary electrically driven mechanical calculator with limited programmability, reading instructions from punched celluloid film. The “Z1” was the first freely progra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Inaba
Ian Inaba (born 1971) is an American film and music video director, producer, and journalist for the Guerrilla News Network. Music videos Inaba directed the music videos for "Mosh" by Eminem and "Time and Time Again" by Chronic Future. He also directed the original music video for the Nine Inch Nails song "The Hand...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Fasoldt
Al Fasoldt is an American columnist for the Syracuse Post-Standard. He wrote the "Technofile" column, reviewing and commenting on computer technology. His column has a question/answer format where his alter ego, "Doctor Gizmo", addresses computers, digital technology, and photography. For several years Fasoldt, along w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Kwan%20Figure%20Skating
Michelle Kwan Figure Skating is a computer game released in 1999, starring American figure skater Michelle Kwan. The player can create the skater, dress her, choose music and create a routine to it, and then compete in different skating competitions. While it does not follow the strict rules of international skating,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Didkovsky
Nick Didkovsky (born 22 November 1958) is a composer, guitarist, computer music programmer, and leader of the band Doctor Nerve. He is a former student of Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros and Gerald Shapiro. Career Didkovsky formed Doctor Nerve in 1984. He received a Masters in Computer Music from New York University...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNDCP
SNDCP, Sub Network Dependent Convergence Protocol, is part of layer 3 of a GPRS protocol specification. SNDCP interfaces to the Internet Protocol at the top, and to the GPRS-specific Logical Link Control (LLC) protocol at the bottom. In the spirit of the GPRS specifications, there can be many implementations of SNDCP,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applesoft
Applesoft is a name used by Apple Inc. for: Applesoft BASIC, a programming language interpreter built into the Apple II computers the division responsible for developing the classic Mac OS from 1993 until about 1997
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion%20of%20control
In software engineering, inversion of control (IoC) is a design pattern in which custom-written portions of a computer program receive the flow of control from a generic framework. The term "inversion" is historical: a software architecture with this design "inverts" control as compared to procedural programming. In pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canale%205
Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a simulcast of Canale 5 in high-definition. The channel is aimed at a primaril...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rete%204
Rete 4 (in English Network 4) is an Italian free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset Italia and owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. Presently the director is Sebastiano Lombardi. Programs TV Programmes (currently) Rete 4's strength is information: a lot of programs are of this genre. Quarta Repubblica (Poli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstar%20Chef%20Challenge
The Superstar Chef Challenge is a reality/competition special produced for the Food Network Canada. Filmed at the Compass Group Canada Culinary Arts Demonstration Theatre and Kitchen Laboratory in Humber College's North Campus, it served as a pilot for a potential series. Description Hosted by Kevin Brauch (The Thirs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith%20Uncapher
Keith Uncapher (1922–2002) was an American computer engineer and manager. At the RAND Corporation Uncapher worked on several pioneering computer projects. He founded the Information Sciences Institute (ISI) at the University of Southern California, Viterbi School of Engineering. There, he assembled teams of engineers...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20immune%20system
In artificial intelligence, artificial immune systems (AIS) are a class of computationally intelligent, rule-based machine learning systems inspired by the principles and processes of the vertebrate immune system. The algorithms are typically modeled after the immune system's characteristics of learning and memory for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20TRS-80%20clones
The following is a list of clones of Tandy's TRS-80 model I and III home computers: Aster CT-80 by Aster b.v. DGT-100 and DGT-1000 by Digitus D8000, D8001 and D8002 by Dismac Komtek I by Komtek Technologies Le Guépard by HBN Electronic Sa LNW-80 by LNW Research Max-80 by Lobo Systems Meritum by Mera-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20II%20clones
The Apple II home computer series was frequently cloned, both in the United States and abroad, in a similar way to the IBM PC. According to some sources (see below), more than 190 different models of Apple II clones were manufactured. Most could not be legally imported into the United States. Apple sued and sought crim...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modelling%20of%20General%20Systems
MGS (a General Model of Simulation) is a domain-specific language used for specification and simulation of dynamical systems with dynamical structure, developed at IBISC (Computer Science, Integrative Biology and Complex Systems) at Université d'Évry Val-d'Essonne (University of Évry). MGS is particularly aimed at mode...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergalactic%20Computer%20Network
Intergalactic Computer Network or Galactic Network (IGCN) was a computer networking concept similar to today's Internet. J.C.R. Licklider, the first director of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) at The Pentagon's ARPA, used the term in the early 1960s to refer to a networking system he "imagined as a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syslog
In computing, syslog is a standard for message logging. It allows separation of the software that generates messages, the system that stores them, and the software that reports and analyzes them. Each message is labeled with a facility code, indicating the type of system generating the message, and is assigned a sever...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20genetics
Statistical genetics is a scientific field concerned with the development and application of statistical methods for drawing inferences from genetic data. The term is most commonly used in the context of human genetics. Research in statistical genetics generally involves developing theory or methodology to support rese...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Scott
Michael Scott, Michael Scot, or Mike Scott may refer to: Academics Michael Scot (1175–c. 1232), mathematician and astrologer Michael L. Scott (born 1959), American academic and computer scientist Mike Scott, British linguist and designer of WordSmith Tools Michael Scott (academic) (fl. c. 2000), British academic a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh%20Air%20%28airline%29
Fresh Air was a cargo airline based in Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. It operated cargo charter services mainly within West Africa. Its main base was Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Code data ICAO Code: FRR Callsign: FRESH AIR geel History Fleet As of March 2007 the Fresh Air fleet included: 1 Antonov An-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hey%20Dad..%21
Hey Dad..! is an Australian sitcom produced by Gary Reilly Productions, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on the Seven Network. Synopsis Architect Martin Kelly singlehandedly raises his children: Simon, Debbie, and Jenny. His wife, Margaret, had died three years before the series' start. Martin runs his own archite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20Cryptography%20Architecture
In computing, the Java Cryptography Architecture (JCA) is a framework for working with cryptography using the Java programming language. It forms part of the Java security API, and was first introduced in JDK 1.1 in the package. The JCA uses a "provider"-based architecture and contains a set of APIs for various purp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KGO-TV
KGO-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to San Francisco, California, United States, serving as the San Francisco Bay Area's ABC network outlet. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, KGO-TV maintains studios at the ABC Broadcast Center immediately west of The Embarcader...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XView
XView is a widget toolkit from Sun Microsystems introduced in 1988. It provides an OPEN LOOK user interface for X Window System applications, with an object-oriented application programming interface (API) for the C programming language. Its interface, controls, and layouts are very close to that of the earlier SunVie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Gallant
Matthew James Gallant (born June 25, 1964) is an American television host. He was the host of The Planet's Funniest Animals on Animal Planet, as well as shows on MTV, ESPN2, G4, NFL Network, Fine Living, ABC and DirecTV. Gallant hosted Simon Cowell's American Inventor in 2007, and currently co-hosts "The List" on the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.A.N.T.I.S.
M.A.N.T.I.S. is an American superhero television series that aired for one season on the Fox Network between August 26, 1994, and March 3, 1995, with its final two episodes airing on SyFy on September 7 and 14, 1997. The original two-hour TV movie pilot was produced by Sam Raimi and developed by Sam Hamm. Plot Wealth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treemapping
In information visualization and computing, treemapping is a method for displaying hierarchical data using nested figures, usually rectangles. Treemaps display hierarchical (tree-structured) data as a set of nested rectangles. Each branch of the tree is given a rectangle, which is then tiled with smaller rectangles re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millipede%20memory
Millipede memory is a form of non-volatile computer memory. It promised a data density of more than 1 terabit per square inch (1 gigabit per square millimeter), which is about the limit of the perpendicular recording hard drives. Millipede storage technology was pursued as a potential replacement for magnetic recording...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp%20NEC%20Display%20Solutions
Sharp NEC Display Solutions (Sharp/NEC; formerly NEC Display Solutions or NDS and NEC-Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems or NEC-Mitsubishi or NM Visual) is a manufacturer of computer monitors and large-screen public-information displays, and has sold and marketed products under the NEC brand globally for more than twen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Usenet%20newsreaders
Usenet is a worldwide, distributed discussion system that uses the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). Programs called newsreaders are used to read and post messages (called articles or posts, and collectively termed news) to one or more newsgroups. Users must have access to a news server to use a newsreader. This i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity%20%28disambiguation%29
Velocity is a quantity in physics that is related to speed. Velocity may also refer to: Computing and technology Apache Velocity, a Java template engine Velocity (JavaScript library) Velocity (memory cache), from Microsoft Velocity (software development), a measure of productivity Arts, entertainment, and media...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20object%E2%80%93relational%20database%20management%20systems
This is a comparison of object–relational database management systems (ORDBMSs). Each system has at least some features of an object–relational database; they vary widely in their completeness and the approaches taken. The following tables compare general and technical information; please see the individual products'...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THEOS
THEOS, which translates from Greek as "God", is an operating system which started out as OASIS, a microcomputer operating system for small computers that use the Z80 processor. When the operating system was launched for the IBM Personal Computer/AT in 1982, the decision was taken to change the name from OASIS to THEOS,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20radii%20of%20the%20elements%20%28data%20page%29
The atomic radius of a chemical element is the distance from the center of the nucleus to the outermost shell of an electron. Since the boundary is not a well-defined physical entity, there are various non-equivalent definitions of atomic radius. Depending on the definition, the term may apply only to isolated atoms,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win32%20Thread%20Information%20Block
In computing, the Win32 Thread Information Block (TIB) is a data structure in Win32 on x86 that stores information about the currently running thread. It is also known as the Thread Environment Block (TEB) for Win32. It descended from, and is backward-compatible on 32-bit systems with, a similar structure in OS/2. Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%20keys
Arrow keys or cursor movement keys are keys on a computer keyboard that are either programmed or designated to move the cursor in a specified direction. The term "cursor movement key" is distinct from "arrow key" in that the former term may refer to any of various keys on a computer keyboard designated for cursor move...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbinger%20Corporation
Harbinger Corporation was a leader in e-commerce software and network services. Founded in December 1983 by C. Tycho Howle and David Leach as Computer Technologies for the Home in Atlanta, Georgia, it went public in August 1995. It was purchased by Peregrine Systems on 16 June 2000. Originally located at 1800 Century P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Ierusalimschy
Roberto Ierusalimschy (; born 21 May 1960) is a Brazilian computer scientist, known for creating the Lua programming language. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro where he has an appointment as a full professor of informatics. He did a post-doc at University of W...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation%20Airlines
Constellation International Airlines was a Belgian airline that operated during the 1990s. Code data IATA Code: CQ ICAO Code: CIN Callsign: CONSTELLATION History Constellation International Airlines S.A., was established on 27 May 1978 as Unijet, rebranded as BFS International on 28 October 1981 and renamed to the la...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiser
Reiser may refer to: People Charles Reiser, safecracker also known as "The Ox" Glenda Reiser, Canadian middle distance runner Hans Reiser, computer programmer and convicted murderer Hans Reiser (actor), German actor (The Great Escape) Jean-Marc Reiser, French comics artist John Reiser, race car driver and busin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20administrator
A network administrator is a person designated in an organization whose responsibility includes maintaining computer infrastructures with emphasis on local area networks (LANs) up to wide area networks (WANs). Responsibilities may vary between organizations, but installing new hardware, on-site servers, enforcing licen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLM
VLM can refer to: Veículo Lançador de Microssatélites, a Brazilian launcher of satellites Very large memory computers Vic Lee Motorsport, a British motor racing team Virgin London Marathon Virginia Lee Montgomery, American artist Virtual Light Machine Virtual Loadable Module, modular drivers of Novell's 16-bit NetWar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Supernaturalist
The Supernaturalist is a science fiction cyberpunk novel by Irish author Eoin Colfer. The book was influenced by film noir and other predecessors of the cyberpunk science fiction movement. Colfer has outlined plans for a sequel, The Supernaturalist 2. Plot The Supernaturalist takes place in Satellite City, a large cit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS%20extender
A DOS extender is a computer software program running under DOS that enables software to run in a protected mode environment even though the host operating system is only capable of operating in real mode. DOS extenders were initially developed in the 1980s following the introduction of the Intel 80286 processor (and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apricot%20Computers
Apricot Computers was a British electronic company that produced desktop personal computers in the mid-1980s. Overview Apricot Computers was a British manufacturer of business personal computers, founded in 1965 as "Applied Computer Techniques" (ACT), later changing its name to Apricot Computers, Ltd. It was a wholly ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phar%20Lap%20Software
Phar Lap Software, Inc., was a software company specializing in software development tools for DOS operating systems. The company was named after the champion New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap. They were most noted for their software allowing developers to access memory beyond the 640 KiB limit of DOS (DOS extenders) and ...