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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector%20Sands
"Inspector Sands" is a code phrase used by public transport authorities in the United Kingdom, including Network Rail and London Underground, to alert staff to a fire alarm without needing to evacuate the station. The exact wording depends on the station and the nature of the incident. For example: "Would Inspector San...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Expander
The VIC-1211 Super Expander is a cartridge for the VIC-20 home computer. It was designed to provide several extensions to the BASIC interpreter on the computer, mostly to help with programming graphics and sound. It also provided of extra RAM (of which 136 bytes were used by the cartridge itself). The cartridge was cr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFN
XFN may refer to: Cross-functional team, a group of people with different functional expertise XHTML Friends Network, an HTML microformat X/Open Federated Naming, most commonly implemented as the Federated Naming Service Xinhua Financial Network, the blanket term for the companies and services under Xinhua Holdings IA...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value%20network
A value network is a graphical illustration of social and technical resources within/between organizations and how they are utilized. The nodes in a value network represent people or, more abstractly, roles. The nodes are connected by interactions that represent deliverables. These deliverables can be objects, knowledg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaujolais%20effect
Beaujolais effect is the name given to a class of potential semantic errors in Jean Ichbiah's draft specifications for the programming language Ada. The name arose from Ichbiah's promise to give a bottle of Beaujolais nouveau red wine to anyone who could find such a situation in the draft language standard. At least on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectivity%20%28graph%20theory%29
In mathematics and computer science, connectivity is one of the basic concepts of graph theory: it asks for the minimum number of elements (nodes or edges) that need to be removed to separate the remaining nodes into two or more isolated subgraphs. It is closely related to the theory of network flow problems. The conne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20A.%20Marks
Ronald Anthony Marks FRSA is a former senior Central Intelligence Agency official and Capitol Hill Staffer. He is currently Chairman and CEO of ZPN Cyber and National Security Strategies and an academic focused on Cyber and Intelligence policy issues. His book "Spying in America in the Post 9/11 World: Domestic Threat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guine%20Bissau%20Airlines
Safari Guiné Bissau Airlines was an airline in Guinea-Bissau. It was founded in 2010 . Code data Safari Airlines operated under: IATA Code: G6 ICAO Code: BSR Callsign: BISSAU AIRLINES Defunct airlines of Guinea-Bissau Airlines established in 2010 Government-owned airlines 2010 establishments in Guinea-Bissau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalahari%20Express%20Airlines
Kalahari Express Airlines (KEA) was an airline based in Windhoek, Namibia. It was formed in 1998, operating from Eros Airport. KEA merged with Air Namibia in 2001. Code data ICAO Code: KEA (not current) Callsign: KALAHARI (not current) History The airline was set to start service in 1997, though as of 1998, service ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHarbour
xHarbour is a free multi-platform extended Clipper compiler, offering multiple graphic terminals (GTs), including console drivers, GUIs, and hybrid console/GUIs. xHarbour is backward-compatible with Clipper and supports many language syntax extensions, greatly extended run-time libraries, and extensive third party supp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wzonka-Lad
Wzonka-Lad is a Nintendo Game Boy emulator for the Amiga series of home computers. History Wzonka-Lad was written by Ville Helin in 68020 assembler. The reason why Wzonka-Lad came to be was Virtual Game Boy (VGB), a Game Boy emulator written in C ported to Amiga. It ran so slowly on Amiga hardware that Helin decided ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Amazon%20Trail
The Amazon Trail is an educational computer game created by MECC. It was inspired by the popularity of The Oregon Trail, featuring the areas surrounding the Amazon River and some of its tributaries. In this 2D adventure, the player is asked to set out on a journey up the Amazon, hoping to make it to the lost Inca villa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBC%20Game
MBC Game (Korean: MBC 게임, 엠비씨 게임) was a South Korean specialty television channel owned by MBC Plus Media. The channel primarily broadcast's programming related to video games, but it, along with its competitor Ongamenet, was well known for its extensive coverage of competitive video gaming. The channel was discontinu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20lab%20notebook
An electronic lab notebook (also known as electronic laboratory notebook, or ELN) is a computer program designed to replace paper laboratory notebooks. Lab notebooks in general are used by scientists, engineers, and technicians to document research, experiments, and procedures performed in a laboratory. A lab noteboo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Load%20Balancing%20Services
Network Load Balancing Services (NLBS) is a Microsoft implementation of clustering and load balancing that is intended to provide high availability and high reliability, as well as high scalability. NLBS is intended for applications with relatively small data sets that rarely change (one example would be web pages), a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic%20cell%20rate%20algorithm
The generic cell rate algorithm (GCRA) is a leaky bucket-type scheduling algorithm for the network scheduler that is used in Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) networks. It is used to measure the timing of cells on virtual channels (VCs) and or Virtual Paths (VPs) against bandwidth and jitter limits contained in a traffi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Simulation%20and%20Computing%20Program
The Advanced Simulation and Computing Program (or ASC) is a super-computing program run by the National Nuclear Security Administration, in order to simulate, test, and maintain the United States nuclear stockpile. The program was created in 1995 in order to support the Stockpile Stewardship Program (or SSP). The goal ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class%20implementation%20file
In object-oriented programming, a class implementation file is often used to contain the implementation code for the method(s) of a class. Programming languages like C and C++ make use of these implementation files so as to separate the interface and implementation of these methods. Motivation Using this structure, a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSN%20%28disambiguation%29
MSN is a web portal provided by Microsoft. MSN may also refer to: Microsoft MSN Dial-up, the Internet service provider (originally The Microsoft Network) Windows Live Messenger, once synonymous with 'MSN' in Internet slang List of services by MSN, a list that includes several services Microsoft has rebranded Othe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensibility
Extensibility is a software engineering and systems design principle that provides for future growth. Extensibility is a measure of the ability to extend a system and the level of effort required to implement the extension. Extensions can be through the addition of new functionality or through modification of existing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booth%27s%20multiplication%20algorithm
Booth's multiplication algorithm is a multiplication algorithm that multiplies two signed binary numbers in two's complement notation. The algorithm was invented by Andrew Donald Booth in 1950 while doing research on crystallography at Birkbeck College in Bloomsbury, London. Booth's algorithm is of interest in the stud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase%20%28video%20game%29
Chase is a turn-based computer game in which players are tasked with escaping from robots programmed to pursue and kill them. The player attempts to destroy the robots by moving in such a way that the robots collide with each other or other obstacles. The basic concept has been part of games stretching into the 1970s, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbrian%20Coast%20line
The Cumbrian Coast line is a rail route in North West England, running from Carlisle to Barrow-in-Furness via Workington and Whitehaven. The line forms part of Network Rail route NW 4033, which continues (as the Furness line) via Ulverston and Grange-over-Sands to Carnforth, where it connects with the West Coast Main L...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20traffic
This article discusses the mobile cellular network aspect of teletraffic measurements. Mobile radio networks have traffic issues that do not arise in connection with the fixed line PSTN. Important aspects of cellular traffic include: quality of service targets, traffic capacity and cell size, spectral efficiency and se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midland%20line%2C%20Perth
The Midland line is a suburban rail service on the Transperth network in Perth, Western Australia. It runs on the Eastern Railway through Perth's eastern suburbs and connects Midland with Perth. Travelling from Midland, the trains terminate at Fremantle on the Fremantle line. History The section of the Eastern Railway...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature%20%28geometry%29
In mathematics, particularly in geometry, quadrature (also called squaring) is a historical process of drawing a square with the same area as a given plane figure or computing the numerical value of that area. A classical example is the quadrature of the circle (or squaring the circle). Quadrature problems served as on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting%20points%20of%20the%20elements%20%28data%20page%29
Melting point In the following table, the use row is the value recommended for use in other Wikipedia pages in order to maintain consistency across content. Notes All values at standard pressure (101.325 kPa) unless noted. Triple point temperature values (marked "tp") are not valid at standard pressure. Referen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling%20points%20of%20the%20elements%20%28data%20page%29
Boiling point In the following table, the use row is the value recommended for use in other Wikipedia pages in order to maintain consistency across content. Table Notes Unless noted, all values refer to the normal boiling point at standard pressure (101.325 kPa). References Zhang et al. WebEl As quoted at h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabletron%20Systems
Cabletron Systems, Inc., was a manufacturer of networking computer equipment throughout the 1980s and 1990s primarily based in Rochester, New Hampshire, in the United States. They also had manufacturing facilities in Ironton, Ohio, and in Ireland. History Cabletron was founded in 1983 in a Massachusetts garage by Cra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocode
Autocode is the name of a family of "simplified coding systems", later called programming languages, devised in the 1950s and 1960s for a series of digital computers at the Universities of Manchester, Cambridge and London. Autocode was a generic term; the autocodes for different machines were not necessarily closely r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow%20control%20%28data%29
In data communications, flow control is the process of managing the rate of data transmission between two nodes to prevent a fast sender from overwhelming a slow receiver. Flow control should be distinguished from congestion control, which is used for controlling the flow of data when congestion has actually occurred. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Matrix
A Data Matrix is a two-dimensional code consisting of black and white "cells" or dots arranged in either a square or rectangular pattern, also known as a matrix. The information to be encoded can be text or numeric data. Usual data size is from a few bytes up to 1556 bytes. The length of the encoded data depends on the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACW
ACW may refer to: Military American Civil War Air Control Wing, e.g.: 116th Air Control Wing 461st Air Control Wing 552d Air Control Wing Other Acorn Cambridge Workstation, a microcomputer Ancient Christian Writers, a book series Anticlockwise Arts Council of Wales Ashfield–Colborne–Wawanosh, a municipali...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Morton
Andrew Morton may refer to: Andrew Morton (computer programmer) (born 1959), Linux kernel programmer/coordinator Andrew Morton (painter) (1802–1845), English portrait artist Andrew Morton (writer) (born 1953), biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales, Angelina Jolie, Madonna, amongst others Andy Morton, Australian rugby...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20radio%20stations%20in%20Maryland
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Maryland which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct WBIS WGBG WHCP-LP WHFS (historic) WHRF WKIK WRYR-LP See also Maryland media List of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20graph%20theory
Algebraic graph theory is a branch of mathematics in which algebraic methods are applied to problems about graphs. This is in contrast to geometric, combinatoric, or algorithmic approaches. There are three main branches of algebraic graph theory, involving the use of linear algebra, the use of group theory, and the st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whacking%20Day
"Whacking Day" is the twentieth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 29, 1993. The episode revolves around the fictional holiday "Whacking Day", celebrated annually, in which the citizens of Springfield...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%20of%20War%20%282005%20video%20game%29
God of War is an action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). First released on March 22, 2005, for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) console, it is the first installment in the God of War series and the third chronologically. Loosely based on Gre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario%20Vazquez
Mario Adrián Vázquez (born June 15, 1977) is an American singer from The Bronx, New York City. He competed on American Idol's fourth season, which aired on the FOX network in early 2005. Biography Early life Raised by his single mother, Ada, in the Bronx, Vazquez is an alumnus of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw%20Tymi%C5%84ski
Stanisław "Stan" Tymiński (; born January 27, 1948) is a Canadian businessman of Polish origin, dealing in electronics and computers, and a sometime-politician in both Poland and Canada. Although Tymiński was born in Pruszków, he was a completely unknown person in his native Poland until shortly before the 1990 preside...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row-%20and%20column-major%20order
In computing, row-major order and column-major order are methods for storing multidimensional arrays in linear storage such as random access memory. The difference between the orders lies in which elements of an array are contiguous in memory. In row-major order, the consecutive elements of a row reside next to each ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeinOnline
HeinOnline (HOL) is a commercial internet database service launched in 2000 by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. (WSH Co), a Buffalo, New York publisher specializing in legal materials. The company began in Buffalo, New York, in 1961, and is currently based in nearby Getzville, NY. In 2013, WSH Co. was the 33rd largest priva...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odigo%20Messenger
Odigo Messenger was an early social networking service based on instant messaging. Odigo believed in connecting and forming friendships: members would "meet" if two or more visited the same web site simultaneously. Odigo Messenger allowed members to connect to other IM networks, such as ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldbus
A fieldbus is a member of a family of industrial digital communication networks used for real-time distributed control. Fieldbus profiles are standardized by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as IEC 61784/61158. A complex automated industrial system is typically structured in hierarchical levels as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacek%20Karpi%C5%84ski
Jacek Karpiński (9 April 1927 21 February 2010) was a Polish pioneer in computer engineering and computer science. During World War II, he was a soldier in the Batalion Zośka of the Polish Home Army, and was awarded multiple times with a Cross of Valour. He took part in Operation Kutschera (intelligence) and the Warsa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Kowalski
Robert Anthony Kowalski (born 15 May 1941) is an American-British logician and computer scientist, whose research is concerned with developing both human-oriented models of computing and computational models of human thinking. He has spent most of his career in the United Kingdom. Education He was educated at the Uni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Hustvedt
Richard "Dick" Irvin Hustvedt (February 18, 1946 – April 15, 2008) was a renowned software engineer, designer and developer of several operating systems including Digital Equipment Corporation's RSX-11, and VMS. Personal history Hustvedt was born in Aberdeen, South Dakota and grew up in Radcliff, Kentucky, home of For...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWA
PWA may refer to: Aviation Wiley Post Airport (IATA airport code), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Pacific Western Airlines Computing Pirates with Attitudes, a warez release group Picasa Web Albums Progressive web app Project Web Access, later renamed Project Web App, a component of Microsoft Project Server Orga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications%20and%20networking%20riser
Communications and networking riser (CNR) is a slot found on certain PC motherboards and used for specialized networking, audio, and telephony equipment. A motherboard manufacturer can choose to provide audio, networking, or modem functionality in any combination on a CNR card. CNR slots were once commonly found on Pen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington%20Internet%20Exchange
The Wellington Internet Exchange (WIX) is an Ethernet-based neutral peering point running over the CityLink metropolitan network in Wellington, New Zealand. It is part of CityLink's ExchangeNET group of peering exchanges. The Wellington Internet Exchange (WIX) was established to allow entities connected to the CityLin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Bangladesh
Air Bangladesh was an airline based in Bangladesh. It was founded in 2000 and dissolved in 2005. Code data IATA Code: B9 ICAO Code: BGD Callsign: AIR BANGLA Fleet Air Bangladesh (no relation to Biman Bangladesh Airlines) operated only one older jet aircraft, a Boeing 747-269B(SF) (registration S2-ADT). The aircraft...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior-point%20method
Interior-point methods (also referred to as barrier methods or IPMs) are a certain class of algorithms that solve linear and nonlinear convex optimization problems. An interior point method was discovered by Soviet mathematician I. I. Dikin in 1967 and reinvented in the U.S. in the mid-1980s. In 1984, Narendra Karmark...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Prix%203
Grand Prix 3 is a computer racing simulator by MicroProse, released in 2000 by Hasbro Interactive. Gameplay The game is known for featuring the 1998 Formula One season (with all drivers except Jacques Villeneuve, who is instead replaced by a fictional character, John Newhouse). In August 2001 an expansion pack, Grand ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth%20railway%20station
Perth railway station is the largest station on the Transperth network, serving the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. It serves as an interchange between the Airport, Armadale, Fremantle, Midland, and Thornlie lines as well as Transwa's Australind service. It is also directly connected to Perth Und...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netpbm
Netpbm (formerly Pbmplus) is an open-source package of graphics programs and a programming library. It is used mainly in the Unix world, where one can find it included in all major open-source operating system distributions, but also works on Microsoft Windows, macOS, and other operating systems. File formats Several...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McIver%20railway%20station
McIver railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network in Perth, Western Australia. It is located on the Armadale, Thornlie, Midland and Airport lines, 0.9 kilometres from Perth station, providing access to Royal Perth Hospital. History The station was opened on 1 September 1989 and named after Ken McIv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claisebrook%20railway%20station
Claisebrook railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network. It is located on the Armadale line, Thornlie line, Midland line, and Airport line, 1.3 kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of East Perth. History Opened in 1883 under the name East Perth, Claisebrook station is a busy junction alo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jochen%20Liedtke
Jochen Liedtke (26 May 1953 – 10 June 2001) was a German computer scientist, noted for his work on microkernel operating systems, especially in creating the L4 microkernel family. Career Education In the mid-1970s Liedtke studied for a diploma degree in mathematics at the Bielefeld University. His thesis project was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20administration
Remote administration refers to any method of controlling a computer from a remote location. Software that allows remote administration is becoming increasingly common and is often used when it is difficult or impractical to be physically near a system in order to use it. A remote location may refer to a computer in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce%20payment%20system
An e-commerce payment system (or an electronic payment system) facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for offline transfer, also known as a subcomponent of electronic data interchange (EDI), e-commerce payment systems have become increasingly popular due to the widespread use of the internet-based shopping an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive%20computing
In computer science, interactive computing refers to software which accepts input from the user as it runs. Interactive software includes commonly used programs, such as word processors or spreadsheet applications. By comparison, non-interactive programs operate without user intervention; examples of these include com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier%20Leroy
Xavier Leroy (born 15 March 1968) is a French computer scientist and programmer. He is best known for his role as a primary developer of the OCaml system. He is Professor of software science at Collège de France. Before his appointment at Collège de France in 2018, he was senior scientist (directeur de recherche) a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandong%20Airlines
Shandong Airlines Co,.Ltd. (; nicknamed SDA or ) is an airline based in the Shandong Airlines Center () in Jinan, Shandong. The Chinese carrier operates a sizable domestic network from Jinan, Qingdao and Yantai to major cities across China, together with an international network to regional Asian destinations. The airl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniffing
Sniffing can refer to: Inhalation Sniffing (behavior), sampling odor by inhalation of the nose Sniffing attack, a networking security concern See also Sniff (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBN%20Butterfly
The BBN Butterfly was a massively parallel computer built by Bolt, Beranek and Newman in the 1980s. It was named for the "butterfly" multi-stage switching network around which it was built. Each machine had up to 512 CPUs, each with local memory, which could be connected to allow every CPU access to every other CPU's...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPWR-TV
WPWR-TV (channel 50) is a television station licensed to Gary, Indiana, United States, broadcasting the MyNetworkTV programming service to the Chicago area. It is one of two commercial television stations in the Chicago market to be licensed in Indiana (alongside independent station WJYS [channel 62] in Hammond). WPWR-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20Forest%20%28Do%20As%20Infinity%20album%29
Deep Forest is an album by Do As Infinity which was released in 2001. Track listing Chart positions External links Deep Forest at Avex Network Deep Forest at Oricon 2001 albums Do As Infinity albums Avex Group albums Albums produced by Seiji Kameda
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAI%20Aerosonde
The AAI Aerosonde is a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to collect weather data, including temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, and wind measurements over oceans and remote areas. The Aerosonde was developed by Insitu, and is now manufactured by Aerosonde Ltd, which is a strategic business of AAI C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RasMol
RasMol is a computer program written for molecular graphics visualization intended and used mainly to depict and explore biological macromolecule structures, such as those found in the Protein Data Bank. It was originally developed by Roger Sayle in the early 1990s. Historically, it was an important tool for molecular...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kexi
Kexi is a visual database applications creator tool by KDE, designed to fill the gap between spreadsheets and database solutions requiring more sophisticated development. Kexi can be used for designing and implementing databases, data inserting and processing, and performing queries. It is developed within the Calligra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGP-30
The LGP-30, standing for Librascope General Purpose and then Librascope General Precision, is an early off-the-shelf computer. It was manufactured by the Librascope company of Glendale, California (a division of General Precision Inc.), and sold and serviced by the Royal Precision Electronic Computer Company, a joint v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20on%20Ice
"Lisa on Ice" is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was the first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on November 13, 1994. In the episode, Lisa discovers that she possesses a skill for ice hockey. A rivalry between her and Bart ensues. The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally%20Feurzeig
Wallace "Wally" Feurzeig (June 10, 1927 – January 4, 2013) was an American computer scientist who was co-inventor, with Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon, of the programming language Logo, and a well-known researcher in artificial intelligence (AI). Early life and education Wallace Feurzeig was born in Chicago to pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluribus
The Pluribus multiprocessor was an early multi-processor computer designed by BBN for use as a packet switch in the ARPANET. Its design later influenced the BBN Butterfly computer. The Pluribus had its beginnings in 1972 when the need for a second-generation interface message processor (IMP) became apparent. At that t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Tonight
Internet Tonight (1998 – October 1, 2001) was a television program on the cable network ZDTV (later known as TechTV and G4). The show combined the "effervescent moxie" of Michaela Pereira with the "dry wit" of Scott Herriott, to bring the viewers the latest in Internet trends, humor, and news. Due to the production val...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIIS
MIIS is an acronym that could refer to a number of things. Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, a graduate school in California MIIS (programming language), a computer programming language Microsoft Identity Integration Server, Microsoft server software for identity and access management solution...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary%20Sun
The Calgary Sun is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is currently owned by Postmedia Network. First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily newspaper replaced the long-running tabloid-size The Albertan soon after it was acquired by the publishers of the Toronto Sun. The newspaper, like mos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commit%20charge
In computing, commit charge is a term used in Microsoft Windows operating systems to describe the total amount of virtual memory of all processes that must be backed by either physical memory or the page file. Through the process of paging, the contents of this virtual memory may move between physical memory and the p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%20Lab
Reality Lab was a 3D computer graphics API created by RenderMorphics to provide a standardized interface for writing games. It was one of the main contenders in the realtime 3D middleware marketplace at the time, alongside Criterion Software's RenderWare and Argonaut Software's BRender. Reality Lab was a scene graph A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSAV
Microsoft Anti-Virus (MSAV) is an antivirus program introduced by Microsoft for its MS-DOS operating system. The program first appeared in MS-DOS version 6.0 (1993) and last appeared in MS-DOS 6.22. The first version of the antivirus program was basic, had no inbuilt update facility (updates had to be obtained from a B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAP%20computer
The Cambridge CAP computer was the first successful experimental computer that demonstrated the use of security capabilities, both in hardware and software. It was developed at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in the 1970s. Unlike most research machines of the time, it was also a useful service machine. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial%20econometrics
Financial econometrics is the application of statistical methods to financial market data. Financial econometrics is a branch of financial economics, in the field of economics. Areas of study include capital markets, financial institutions, corporate finance and corporate governance. Topics often revolve around asset ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zircon%20Airways%20Benin
Zircon Airways Benin was an airline based in Benin. It was founded in 2001 and ceased operations in 2002. Code data IATA Code: Z4 ICAO Code: BZW (not current) Callsign: ZIRCON (not current) See also List of defunct airlines of Benin References External links Zircon Airways Benin (archive link, was dead) Defunct...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter%20Islands%20Airlines
Inter Islands Airlines was an airline based in Cape Verde. Code data IATA Code: H4 ICAO Code: IIN (not current) Fleet Operated a leased Embraer Brasilia References Defunct airlines of Cape Verde Airlines established in 2002 Airlines disestablished in 2009
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinee%20Airlines
Guinee Airlines was an airline based in Guinea. It was founded in 1999 and ceased operations again in 2004. Code data Guinee Airlines operated its flight under IATA Code: J9 ICAO Code: GIF Callsign: GUINEE AIRLINES Fleet Guinee Airlines operated the following aircraft types: Boeing 737-100 Boeing 737-200 External li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commit%20%28data%20management%29
In computer science and data management, a commit is the making of a set of tentative changes permanent, marking the end of a transaction and providing Durability to ACID transactions. A commit is an act of committing. The record of commits is called the commit log. In terms of transactions, the opposite of commit is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covad
Covad Communications Company, also known as Covad Communications Group, was an American provider of broadband voice and data communications. By 2006, the company had 530,000 subscribers, and ranked as the 16th largest ISP in the United States. Covad was acquired by U.S. Venture Partners, who in 2010 announced a three-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%20the%20Daredevil
"Bart the Daredevil" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 6, 1990. In the episode, Bart decides he wants to become a daredevil after watching famous stunt performer Lance Murdock at a m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Mathematics%2C%20Physics%2C%20and%20Mechanics
Institute of Mathematics, Physics, and Mechanics (; IMFM) is the leading research institution in the areas of mathematics and theoretical computer science in Slovenia. It includes researchers from University of Ljubljana, University of Maribor and University of Primorska. It was founded in 1960. The IMFM is composed o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWM
Twm or TWM may refer to: twm, the default window manager for the X Window System Tanu Weds Manu, a 2011 Hindi romantic comedy film Tawang language (ISO-639: twm), spoken in India Teradata Warehouse Miner, data mining software Third World Media, an American pornographic film studio Tiling window manager, a class o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux%20for%20PlayStation%202
Linux for PlayStation 2 (or PS2 Linux) is a kit released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2002 that allows the PlayStation 2 console to be used as a personal computer. It included a Linux-based operating system, a USB keyboard and mouse, a VGA adapter, a PS2 network adapter (Ethernet only), and a 40 GB hard disk drive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artworx
Artworx was a Naples, Florida software company that produced and supported a line of computer games (primarily specializing in poker and other card games) from 1981 to 2020. It is named after the founder's given name. At first the company published a variety of games, including titles in adventure and arcade-action gen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crackpot%20index
The Crackpot Index is a number that rates scientific claims or the individuals that make them, in conjunction with a method for computing that number. It was proposed by John C. Baez in 1992, and updated in 1998. While the index was created for its humorous value, the general concepts can be applied in other fields li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low%20Bandwidth%20X
In computing, LBX, or Low Bandwidth X, is a protocol to use the X Window System over network links with low bandwidth and high latency. It was introduced in X11R6.3 ("Broadway") in 1996, but never achieved wide use. It was disabled by default as of X.Org Server 7.1, and was removed for version 7.2. X was originally im...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki%20University%20Central%20Hospital
Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH; ; ) is a hospital network in Finland. It is one of the largest hospitals in Europe. It encompasses 17 hospitals in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa, and has all major medical specialties represented. The HUCH Hospital Area is one of the five hospital areas making up the Hospital Di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Herring%20%28businessman%29
Robert Shelby Herring Sr. (born 1941) is an American businessman who founded Herring Networks, a media company that launched and currently owns AWE and One America News Network. Early life and education Herring was born Alson Shelby Herring in a single-room house in northeastern Louisiana in 1941. The family moved to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive%20NTFS
Captive NTFS is a discontinued open-source project in the Linux programming community, started by Jan Kratochvíl. It is a driver wrapper around the original Microsoft Windows NTFS file system driver using parts of ReactOS code. By taking this approach, it aimed to provide safe write support to NTFS partitions. Until t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb%20%28icon%29
The bomb icon (💣) has several different applications in computing, and typically indicates a fatal system error. In computing Mac OS The bomb icon in Mac OS is a symbol designed by Susan Kare that was displayed inside the System Error alert box when the "classic" Macintosh operating system had a crash which the syst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citadel%20%28software%29
Citadel is the name of a bulletin board system (BBS) computer program, and of the genre of programs it inspired. Citadels were notable for their room-based structure (see below) and relatively heavy emphasis on messages and conversation as opposed to gaming and files. The first Citadel came online in 1980 with a sing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry%20%28arithmetic%29
In elementary arithmetic, a carry is a digit that is transferred from one column of digits to another column of more significant digits. It is part of the standard algorithm to add numbers together by starting with the rightmost digits and working to the left. For example, when 6 and 7 are added to make 13, the "3" is ...