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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRIV%20%28TV%29
KRIV (channel 26) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station KTXH (channel 20). Both stations share studios on Southwest Freeway (I-69/US 59) in Houston, wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muller%27s%20method
Muller's method is a root-finding algorithm, a numerical method for solving equations of the form f(x) = 0. It was first presented by David E. Muller in 1956. Muller's method is based on the secant method, which constructs at every iteration a line through two points on the graph of f. Instead, Muller's method uses th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PXE
PXE may refer to: Preboot Execution Environment, booting computers via a network Proof and Experimental Establishment, an Indian defense laboratory Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, a genetic disease Pentium Extreme Edition, a variant of the Pentium D microprocessor PXE (EP), an EP by Ecco2K See also Pex (disambiguatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low%20poly
Low poly is a polygon mesh in 3D computer graphics that has a relatively small number of polygons. Low poly meshes occur in real-time applications (e.g. games) as contrast with high-poly meshes in animated movies and special effects of the same era. The term low poly is used in both a technical and a descriptive sense;...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterogeneous%20database%20system
A heterogeneous database system is an automated (or semi-automated) system for the integration of heterogeneous, disparate database management systems to present a user with a single, unified query interface. Heterogeneous database systems (HDBs) are computational models and software implementations that provide heter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu%20key
In computing, the menu key or application key () is a key found on Microsoft Windows-oriented computer keyboards, introduced at the same time as the Windows logo key. Its symbol is usually a small icon depicting a pointer hovering above a menu, and it is typically found on the right side of the keyboard between the rig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20System%201
The Acorn System 1, initially called the Acorn Microcomputer (Micro-Computer), was an early 8-bit microcomputer for hobbyists, based on the MOS 6502 CPU, and produced by British company Acorn Computers from 1979. The main parts of the system were designed by then-Cambridge-undergraduate student Sophie Wilson, with a c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield%20Town%20railway%20station
Enfield Town is one of three northern termini of the Lea Valley lines on the London Overground network in England. It is the most central of several stations in the London Borough of Enfield, north London. It is down the line from London Liverpool Street, the southern terminus. Its three-letter station code is ENF an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux%20Desktop%20Testing%20Project
The Linux Desktop Testing Project (LDTP) is a testing tool that uses computer assistive technology to automate graphical user interface (GUI) testing. The GUI functionality of an application can be tested in Linux, macOS, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, and embedded system environments. The macOS version is named PyATOM, an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNM
TNM may refer to: TNM staging system, a cancer staging system Teniente R. Marsh Airport, the main airport in Antarctica Telekom Networks Malawi, a Malawian mobile telecommunications company Tetranitromethane, an organic oxidizer The Nameless Mod, a total conversion mod released in 2009 for the game Deus Ex Thoma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20network
In the context of network theory, a complex network is a graph (network) with non-trivial topological features—features that do not occur in simple networks such as lattices or random graphs but often occur in networks representing real systems. The study of complex networks is a young and active area of scientific res...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20One
Albert One is an AI chatterbot bot created by Robby Garner and designed to mimic the way humans make conversations using a multi-faceted approach in natural language programming. History In both 1998 and 1999, Albert One won the Loebner Prize Contest, a competition between chatterbots. Some parts of Albert were depl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20validation
In computer science, data validation is the process of ensuring data has undergone data cleansing to confirm they have data quality, that is, that they are both correct and useful. It uses routines, often called "validation rules", "validation constraints", or "check routines", that check for correctness, meaningfulnes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20Eurocard%20systems
The Acorn Eurocard systems were a series of modular microcomputer systems based on rack-mounted Eurocards developed by Acorn Computers from 1979 to 1982, aimed primarily at industrial and laboratory use, but also home enthusiasts. The experience gained in developing this modular system strongly influenced the design o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy%3A%20The%20Mansion
Playboy: The Mansion is a simulation video game for the PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows and Xbox consoles, developed by Cyberlore Studios, published by Groove Games and Arush Entertainment and licensed by Playboy Enterprises. Gameplay Playboy: The Mansion puts players in the role of Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20Communicator
The Acorn Communicator is a discontinued business computer developed by Acorn Computers. Mentioned in the computing press in late 1984 as the C30, previewed in early 1985 with estimated pricing between £500 and £800, in late 1985 with a built-in LCD display, and subsequently unveiled in a slightly different form, the s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rather
Rather may refer to: Ratherius, bishop of Verona Surname Dan Rather, news presenter Elizabeth Rather, expert in the computer programming language Forth Susan Rather, character in 555 (1988 film) See also would rather "Rather Be (disambiguation)" (song title)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QCP
The QCP file format is used by many cellular telephone manufacturers to provide ring tones and record voice. It is based on RIFF, a generic format for storing chunks of data identified by tags. The QCP format does not specify how voice data in the file is encoded. Rather, it is a container format. QCP files are typi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery%20room
A battery room is a room that houses batteries for backup or uninterruptible power systems. The rooms are found in telecommunication central offices, and provide standby power for computing equipment in datacenters. Batteries provide direct current (DC) electricity, which may be used directly by some types of equipment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIAH
KIAH (channel 39) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, serving as the local CW outlet. Owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios adjacent to the Westpark Tollway on the southwest side of Houston, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decwar
DECWAR is a multiplayer computer game first written in 1978 at the University of Texas at Austin for the PDP-10. It was developed from a lesser-known two-player version, WAR, adding multi-terminal support for between one and ten players. WAR and DECWAR are essentially multiplayer versions of the classic Star Trek game,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent%20neural%20network
A recurrent neural network (RNN) is one of the two broad types of artificial neural network, characterized by direction of the flow of information between its layers. In contrast to the uni-directional feedforward neural network, it is a bi-directional artificial neural network, meaning that it allows the output from s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feedforward%20neural%20network
A feedforward neural network (FNN) is one of the two broad types of artificial neural network, characterized by direction of the flow of information between its layers. Its flow is uni-directional, meaning that the information in the model flows in only one direction—forward—from the input nodes, through the hidden nod...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC%20III
The UNIVAC III, designed as an improved transistorized replacement for the vacuum tube UNIVAC I and UNIVAC II computers, was introduced in June 1962, with Westinghouse agreeing to furnish system programing and marketing on June 1, 1962. It was designed to be compatible for all data formats. However the word size and in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag%20%28metadata%29
In information systems, a tag is a keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an Internet bookmark, multimedia, database record, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are generally chosen informally and personally ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Server
Eric Server (born December 4, 1944 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television actor, best known for providing the voice of computer brain Dr. Theopolis in the 1979 TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. From 1979 to 1981 he appeared as Lt. Jim Steiger in 17 episodes of B.J. and the Bear. He guest-starr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Debevec
Paul Ernest Debevec is a researcher in computer graphics at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies. He is best known for his work in finding, capturing and synthesizing the bidirectional scattering distribution function utilizing the light stages his research team constructed to fin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal%20railway%20station
Kendal railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Kendal in Cumbria, England. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services. History The station opened on 28 September 1846 as the temporary terminus of the Lancaster and Carlisle R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staveley%20railway%20station
Staveley railway station is a railway station in Staveley in Cumbria, England. The station is on the Windermere Branch Line connecting Oxenholme and Windermere. The station is owned by Network Rail and is operated by Northern Trains who provide all passenger train services, Staveley was a request stop until December 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Software%20Developer%20Network
The "Chinese Software Developer Network" or "China Software Developer Network", (CSDN), operated by Bailian Midami Digital Technology Co., Ltd., is one of the biggest networks of software developers in China. CSDN provides Web forums, blog hosting, IT news, and other services. CSDN has about 10 million registered users...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Forsberg
Charles Alton "Chuck" Forsberg (May 6, 1944 – September 24, 2015) developed two data transmission protocols popular in the 1990s, for uploading and downloading files from dial-up bulletin board systems. He received a Dvorak Award for Excellence in Telecommunications in 1992 for developing ZMODEM. He was also the projec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Selker
Edwin Joseph Selker, better known as Ted Selker, is an American computer scientist known for his user interface inventions. Biography Selker graduated from Brown University in 1979 with a BS in Applied Mathematics, and from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with an MS in Computer and Information Sciences in 1981...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datasaab%20D2
D2 was a concept and prototype computer designed by Datasaab in Linköping, Sweden. It was built with discrete transistors and completed in 1960. Its purpose was to investigate the feasibility of building a computer for use in an aircraft to assist with navigation, ultimately leading to the design of the CK37 computer u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch%20detection%20algorithm
A pitch detection algorithm (PDA) is an algorithm designed to estimate the pitch or fundamental frequency of a quasiperiodic or oscillating signal, usually a digital recording of speech or a musical note or tone. This can be done in the time domain, the frequency domain, or both. PDAs are used in various contexts (e.g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitaire%20%28cipher%29
The Solitaire cryptographic algorithm was designed by Bruce Schneier at the request of Neal Stephenson for use in his novel Cryptonomicon, in which field agents use it to communicate securely without having to rely on electronics or having to carry incriminating tools. It was designed to be a manual cryptosystem calcu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza%20Tycoon
Pizza Tycoon (also known as Pizza Connection in Europe) is a business simulation video game. The game was designed by the German company Cybernetic Corporation and Software 2000 in 1994, and was published by Assemble Entertainment after its re-release in 2017. It was published and adapted for the American market by Mic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial%20network
A spatial network (sometimes also geometric graph) is a graph in which the vertices or edges are spatial elements associated with geometric objects, i.e., the nodes are located in a space equipped with a certain metric. The simplest mathematical realization of spatial network is a lattice or a random geometric graph (s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDIS
NDIS may refer to: National Disability Insurance Scheme, Australia's disability support service scheme Network Driver Interface Specification, in computing, an application programming interface for network interface cards National DNA Index System, an American interstate DNA database
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20roads%20in%20Metro%20Manila
This list of roads in Metro Manila summarizes the major thoroughfares and the numbering system currently being implemented in Metro Manila, Philippines. Metro Manila's major road network comprises six circumferential roads and ten radial roads connecting the cities of Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Nagle
Matthew Nagle (October 16, 1979 – July 24, 2007) was the first person to use a brain–computer interface to restore functionality lost due to paralysis. He was a C3 tetraplegic, paralyzed from the neck down after being stabbed. Biography Nagle attended Weymouth High School (Class of 1998). He was an exceptional athlete...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Live
Radio Live (stylised as Radio LIVE) was a nationwide Auckland-based New Zealand talkback, news and sport radio network owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. It was formed by the 2005 split of talk and racing network Radio Pacific into a dedicated talk network which prioritised breaking news coverage (Radio Liv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAST%20tool
CAST tools are software applications used in the process of software testing. The acronym stands for "Computer Aided Software Testing". Such tools are available from various vendors and there are different tools for different types of testing, as well as for test management. They are known to be cost-effective and time...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture%20tradeoff%20analysis%20method
In software engineering, architecture tradeoff analysis method (ATAM) is a risk-mitigation process used early in the software development life cycle. ATAM was developed by the Software Engineering Institute at the Carnegie Mellon University. Its purpose is to help choose a suitable architecture for a software system b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EAccelerator
eAccelerator is a PHP accelerator derived from the MMCache extension for the PHP programming language. eAccelerator provides a bytecode cache. eAccelerator is open source and thereby free to use and distribute. Old and unmaintained versions also provided an encoder. Every time a PHP script is accessed, PHP usually par...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20van%20de%20Geijn
Robert A. van de Geijn is a Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science (1981) from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (1987) from the University of Maryland, College Park. His areas of interest inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URI%20fragment
In computer hypertext, a URI fragment is a string of characters that refers to a resource that is subordinate to another, primary resource. The primary resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), and the fragment identifier points to the subordinate resource. The fragment identifier introduced by a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Fielding
Roy Thomas Fielding (born 1965) is an American computer scientist, one of the principal authors of the HTTP specification and the originator of the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style. He is an authority on computer network architecture and co-founded the Apache HTTP Server project. Fielding wor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Garey
Michael Randolph Garey (born November 19, 1945) is a computer science researcher, and co-author (with David S. Johnson) of Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-completeness. He and Johnson received the 1979 Frederick W. Lanchester Prize from the Operations Research Society of America for the book. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-3%20algorithm
In constraint satisfaction, the AC-3 algorithm (short for Arc Consistency Algorithm #3) is one of a series of algorithms used for the solution of constraint satisfaction problems (or CSP's). It was developed by Alan Mackworth in 1977. The earlier AC algorithms are often considered too inefficient, and many of the later...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV3%20%28Malaysian%20TV%20network%29
Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad, operating as TV3 (pronounced as Tivi Tiga), is a Malaysian free-to-air television channel owned by Malaysian media conglomerate, Media Prima. TV3 is the third and third oldest TV station in Malaysia. It was launched on 1 June 1984 as the country's first and oldest private television c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTV7
NTV7 is a Malaysian free-to-air channel owned by Media Prima Berhad. The network focused on the Urban area with various types of programmes, dramas and news. As of October 2021, NTV7 is now become the second most-watched television station in Malaysia with about 15% of its viewing share, together with TV9, despite the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir%20Ibrahim%20Rahman
Mir Ibrahim Rahman (born 11 March 1977) is a Pakistani media proprietor who serves as the chief executive of the Geo Television Network. Early life and education Mir Ibrahim Rahman was born on 11 March 1977 in Karachi, to media mogul Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and Shahina Shakil. Kashmiri family. His father, a media mogul, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalence%20partitioning
Equivalence partitioning or equivalence class partitioning (ECP) is a software testing technique that divides the input data of a software unit into partitions of equivalent data from which test cases can be derived. In principle, test cases are designed to cover each partition at least once. This technique tries to de...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded%20Books
The Expanded Books Project was a project by The Voyager Company during 1991, that investigated how a book could be presented on a computer screen in a way that would be both familiar and useful to regular book readers. The project focused on perfecting font choice, font size, line spacing, margin notes, book marks, and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Aruban%20Airlines
Royal Aruban Airlines was an airline based in Aruba. It filed for bankruptcy in September 2002. Code data IATA code: V5 (originally R8) ICAO code: RYL Callsign: Royal Aruban References Defunct airlines of Aruba Defunct airlines of the Netherlands Antilles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSL%20Mobile
CSL Mobile Limited () is a Hong Kong telecommunications company, which operates mobile network brands of "csl", "1O1O" and "Club SIM". CSL is a subsidiary of Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) and was Hong Kong's first mobile communications operator established in 1983, and also the first network to launch the world’s first dual ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia%20Air
Avia Air was an airline based in Aruba. Code data IATA Code: 3R ICAO Code: ARB Callsign: Aviair History Avia Air suspended service in November 2003 and was working to restructure its operations under bankruptcy protection. Fleet Short 360-200 Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante References External links Aircraft pictur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzing
In programming and software development, fuzzing or fuzz testing is an automated software testing technique that involves providing invalid, unexpected, or random data as inputs to a computer program. The program is then monitored for exceptions such as crashes, failing built-in code assertions, or potential memory lea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query%20plan
A query plan (or query execution plan) is a sequence of steps used to access data in a SQL relational database management system. This is a specific case of the relational model concept of access plans. Since SQL is declarative, there are typically many alternative ways to execute a given query, with widely varying pe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20index
A database index is a data structure that improves the speed of data retrieval operations on a database table at the cost of additional writes and storage space to maintain the index data structure. Indexes are used to quickly locate data without having to search every row in a database table every time said table is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simbad
Simbad may refer to: Simbad missile, a version of the Mistral Simbad robot simulator, a software simulator SIMBAD, a database of astronomical information 4692 SIMBAD, an asteroid named in honour of the astronomical database. See also Sinbad (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlink%20Computer%20Sciences
Interlink Computer Sciences, of Fremont, California, was a developer of hardware and software that allowed IBM mainframe computers running the MVS operating system to be connected to non-IBM networks. Interlink was founded in 1983 by Lambert Onuma, Fred Wright, Karl Johnson and Greg Thompson, formerly of Digital Equip...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCPaccess
TCPaccess is a software product which implements the TCP/IP protocol suite on IBM mainframe computers using the MVS operating system. It was developed in 1986 by Advanced Computer Communications under the name ACCES/MVS, and was the first commercial TCP/IP implementation for MVS mainframes. It is usually associated w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comecon%20%28band%29
Comecon was a Swedish death metal project founded in 1990. The band consisted of two guitarists, a drum computer and a session singer; a different one on each album. The debut album featured the Swede Lars-Göran Petrov, who was then dismissed from Entombed. Their second album was sung by Dutchman Martin van Drunen (Asp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20Networks
Bay Networks, Inc., was a network hardware vendor formed through the merger of Santa Clara, California, based SynOptics Communications and Billerica, Massachusetts based Wellfleet Communications on July 6, 1994. SynOptics was an important early innovator of Ethernet products, having developed a pre-standard twisted pai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphon%20Filter
Syphon Filter is a third-person shooter video game series developed by Bend Studio (formerly Eidetic) and published by Sony Computer Entertainment (previously 989 Studios), for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. In the series, Syphon Filter is the name given to a mysterious biological weapon. Gam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall%20Law%20%28TV%20series%29
Marshall Law is an Australian television series, which aired on the Seven Network in 2002, starring Lisa McCune and Alison Whyte as lawyers and sisters. History The show was originally conceived as a legal drama mixed with Ally McBeal-style romantic comedy, and was one of four new prime-time series in 2002, as the be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SynOptics
SynOptics Communications was a Santa Clara, California-based early computer network equipment vendor from 1985 until 1994. SynOptics popularized the concept of the modular Ethernet hub and high-speed Ethernet networking over copper twisted-pair and fiber optic cables. History SynOptics Communications was founded in 19...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%20Racing%202003%20Season
NASCAR Racing 2003 Season, or NR2003 for short, is a computer racing simulator released in February 2003 by Papyrus Design Group for Windows and Mac OS X. The game was the last to be released by the company before EA Sports bought the NASCAR license exclusively from 2004 to 2009 (parent company Sierra's successor compa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl%20Compatible%20Regular%20Expressions
Perl Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) is a library written in C, which implements a regular expression engine, inspired by the capabilities of the Perl programming language. Philip Hazel started writing PCRE in summer 1997. PCRE's syntax is much more powerful and flexible than either of the POSIX regular expressio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed%20%28Anderson%20novel%29
Feed (2002) is a cyberpunk, satirical, dystopian, young-adult novel by M. T. Anderson, focusing on issues such as corporate power, consumerism, information technology, data mining, and environmental decay, with a sometimes sardonic, sometimes somber tone. From the first-person perspective of a teenaged boy, the book ta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Henry%20Holland
John Henry Holland (February 2, 1929 – August 9, 2015) was an American scientist and professor of psychology and electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms. Biography John Henry Holland was born on 2 February 1929 in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayan%20World%20Airlines
Mayan World Airlines was an airline based in Guatemala. Code data ICAO Code: MYN Call-sign: Mayan World 2-letter code: EY Fleet As of August 2006, the Mayan World Airlines fleet included: 1 Yakovlev Yak-40 1 ATR 42-300 Destinations As of November 1999 Mayan World Airlines flew to: Cancun Guatemala City Flo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2Day%20FM
2Day FM (call sign 2DAY) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and is part of Southern Cross Austereo's Hit Network. History 1980s 2Day FM was one of three radio stations (along with Triple M and Triple J) to be granted new FM broadcasting li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe%20Flash%20Player
Adobe Flash Player (known in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome as Shockwave Flash) is computer software for viewing multimedia contents, executing rich Internet applications, and streaming audio and video content created on the Adobe Flash platform. It can run from a web browser as a browser plug-in or ind...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20Business%20%28American%20TV%20series%29
Family Business (referred to as Porn: A Family Business in the UK) was an American reality TV series produced for the cable network Showtime. Based in Los Angeles, the series focused on the pornography industry and the life of Adam Glasser, a reality porn star and video director who uses the stage name Seymore Butts. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20TV%20%28Croatia%29
Nova TV is a Croatian free-to-air television network launched on 28 May 2000. It was the first commercial television network with national concession in the country and from 2004 until 2018 it was fully owned by the Central European Media Enterprises. In 2018, Direct Media purchased Nova TV and Doma TV. Overview As ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controller%20%28computing%29
In computer hardware, a controller may refer to: Memory controller, a unit that manages access to memory Game controller, a device by which the user controls the operation of the computer Host controller Network controller Graphics controller or video display controller SCSI host bus adapter Network interface c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid%27s%20base%20line
Reid's base line is used for an unambiguous definition of the orientation of the human skull in conventional radiography, computer tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies. It is defined as a line drawn from the inferior margin of the orbit (Orbitale point) to the auricular point (center of the ori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allocation%20group
An AG or allocation group is a subvolume in a file system which maintains its own track of free blocks and file data. This makes simultaneous file operations possible; only one write can happen to an AG at any time, but multiple operations can be performed on the file system, each happening in a different AG. In SMP s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Densities%20of%20the%20elements%20%28data%20page%29
Density, solid phase In the following table, the use row is the value recommended for use in other Wikipedia pages in order to maintain consistency across content. Density, liquid phase Density, gas phase Notes The suggested values for solid densities refer to "near room temperature (r.t.)" by default. The sug...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wandering%20Juvie
"The Wandering Juvie" is the sixteenth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 28, 2004. It guest-starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as Gina Vendetti. It also guest-starred Charles Napier and Jane Kaczmarek....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Transformers%20comics%20characters
This is a list of characters in the Transformers Generation 1 comics series. Non-Transformer characters A Aunty - The Autobots computer on board the Ark. B Walter Barnett - US government official and friend of the Autobots. Originally suspicious of the Autobots, Barnett became convinced they were friendly after se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ziff%20Who%20Came%20to%20Dinner
"The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" is the fourteenth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 14, 2004. The episode focuses on Artie Ziff, who takes residence in the Simpson family's attic after declaring ban...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDFW
KDFW (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States, serving as the Fox network outlet for the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside MyNetworkTV station KDFI (channel 27, also licensed to Dallas). The stations sha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20Business%20Computer
The Acorn Business Computer (ABC) was a series of microcomputers announced at the end of 1983 by the British company Acorn Computers. The series of eight computers was aimed at the business, research and further education markets. Demonstrated at the Personal Computer World Show in September 1984, having been under dev...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Coveney
Coveney is a Professor of Physical Chemistry, Honorary Professor of Computer Science, and the Director of the Centre for Computational Science (CCS) and Associate Director of the Advanced Research Computing Centre at University College London (UCL). He is also a Professor of Applied High Performance Computing at Unive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milestones%20Museum
Milestones Museum of Living History is a museum located on the Leisure Park in Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK. Milestones is made up of a network of streets that have been recreated according to those found in Victorian and 1930s Hampshire. It was opened on 1 December 2000 by Duke of Edinburgh as a joint project between H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20piano
A virtual piano is an application (software) designed to simulate playing a piano on a computer. The virtual piano is played using a keyboard and/or mouse and typically comes with many features found on a digital piano. Virtual player piano software can simultaneously play MIDI / score music files, highlight the piano...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%20Remote%20Desktop
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) is a Macintosh application produced by Apple Inc., first released on March 14, 2002, that replaced a similar product called Apple Network Assistant. Aimed at computer administrators responsible for large numbers of computers and teachers who need to assist individuals or perform group demonst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Mother%20the%20Carjacker
"My Mother the Carjacker" is the second episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 9, 2003. In the episode, Homer receives a cryptic message in the newspaper informing him to come to a certain place at midni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAA
AAAA may refer to: Internet and computing AAAA protocol, within computer security, "authentication, authorization, accounting and auditing" – the AAA protocol combined with auditing AAAA record, also known as "IPv6 address record", maps a hostname to a 128-bit IPv6 address in the Domain Name System (DNS) Internet ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20carbon%20dioxide%20emissions
This is a list of sovereign states and territories by carbon dioxide emissions due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by European Commission and Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency released in 2018. The following table lists the 1990, 2005 and 2017 annual emissions estimate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20the%20Skeptic
"Lisa the Skeptic" is the eighth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 23, 1997. On an archaeological dig with her class, Lisa discovers a skeleton that resembles an angel. All of the townspeople believe th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%20verb
In human–computer interaction, a command verb is a verb that appears in a user interface and is used for the user to tell the computer to do something (rather than vice versa). For instance, the words "edit" and "view" and "help" that appear in the Web browser menu are all clearly verbs. Other items such as "file" or ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20ChallengE
Windows ChallengE was a programming competition run by Microsoft Corporation. The contest is composed of teams of 3 or 4 students at colleges/universities from around the world, along with a faculty mentor. The only requirement of the contest is that the teams utilize the hardware provided to them (an eBoxII from ICOPT...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Boothroyd
Allen Boothroyd M Des RCA, FSCD, FRSA (1943–2020) was a British industrial designer of consumer electronics, best known for the Lecson amplifiers, BBC Microcomputer and co-founder of Meridian Audio. Career Inspired by his Meccano set, Allen knew from an early age that he wanted to design mechanical objects. He went to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat%20Goldhaber
A. Nathaniel ("Nat") Goldhaber is an American venture capitalist, computer entrepreneur and politician. Goldhaber helped found Maharishi International University and was special assistant to lieutenant governor William Scranton III and founder and chief executive of TOPS, a computer networking company. He served as pre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20Online%20Media%20Set%20Top%20Box
The Acorn Online Media Set Top Box was produced by the Online Media division of Acorn Computers Ltd for the Cambridge Cable and Online Media Video on Demand trial and launched early 1996. Part of this trial involved a home-shopping system in partnership with Parcelforce. The hardware was trialled by NatWest bank, as e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20Network%20Computer
The Acorn Network Computer was a network computer (a type of thin client) designed and manufactured by Acorn Computers Ltd. It was the implementation of the Network Computer Reference Profile that Oracle Corporation commissioned Acorn to specify for network computers (for more detail on the history, see Acorn's Network...