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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullator
In electronics, a nullator is a theoretical linear, time-invariant one-port defined as having zero current and voltage across its terminals. Nullators are strange in the sense that they simultaneously have properties of both a short (zero voltage) and an open circuit (zero current). They are neither current nor voltag...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal%20Efficient%20Coordinate%20System
The Hexagonal Efficient Coordinate System (HECS), formerly known as Array Set Addressing (ASA), is a coordinate system for hexagonal grids that allows hexagonally sampled images to be efficiently stored and processed on digital systems. HECS represents the hexagonal grid as a set of two interleaved rectangular sub-arra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine%20in%20biology
Iodine is an essential trace element in biological systems. It has the distinction of being the heaviest element commonly needed by living organisms as well as the second-heaviest known to be used by any form of life (only tungsten, a component of a few bacterial enzymes, has a higher atomic number and atomic weight). ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-slit%20spectroscopy
In astronomy, long-slit spectroscopy involves observing a celestial object using a spectrograph in which the entrance aperture is an elongated, narrow slit. Light entering the slit is then refracted using a prism, diffraction grating, or grism. The dispersed light is typically recorded on a charge-coupled device detect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%E2%80%93Boltzmann%20statistics
In statistical mechanics, Maxwell–Boltzmann statistics describes the distribution of classical material particles over various energy states in thermal equilibrium. It is applicable when the temperature is high enough or the particle density is low enough to render quantum effects negligible. The expected number of pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20species%20identification
Automated species identification is a method of making the expertise of taxonomists available to ecologists, parataxonomists and others via digital technology and artificial intelligence. Today, most automated identification systems rely on images depicting the species for the identification. Based on precisely identif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathology
Pathology is the study of disease and injury. The word pathology also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatment, the term is often used in a narrower fashion to refer to processes ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20backdoor
Hardware backdoors are backdoors in hardware, such as code inside hardware or firmware of computer chips. The backdoors may be directly implemented as hardware Trojans in the integrated circuit. Hardware backdoors are intended to undermine security in smartcards and other cryptoprocessors unless investment is made in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20margin
In electrical engineering, noise margin is the maximum voltage amplitude of extraneous signal that can be algebraically added to the noise-free worst-case input level without causing the output voltage to deviate from the allowable logic voltage level. It is commonly used in at least two contexts as follows: In commun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site%20reliability%20engineering
Site reliability engineering (SRE) is a set of principles and practices that applies aspects of software engineering to IT infrastructure and operations. SRE claims to create highly reliable and scalable software systems. Although they are closely related, SRE is slightly different from DevOps. History The field of s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified%20software%20development%20professional
Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP) is a vendor-neutral professional certification in software engineering developed by the IEEE Computer Society for experienced software engineering professionals. This certification was offered globally since 2001 through Dec. 2014. The certification program constitute...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triviality%20%28mathematics%29
In mathematics, the adjective trivial is often used to refer to a claim or a case which can be readily obtained from context, or an object which possesses a simple structure (e.g., groups, topological spaces). The noun triviality usually refers to a simple technical aspect of some proof or definition. The origin of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20verified%20shortest%20people
This list includes the shortest ever verified people in their lifetime or profession. The entries below are broken down into different categories which range from sex, to age group and occupations. Most of the sourcing is done by Guinness World Records which in the last decade has added new categories for "mobile" and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psammon
Psammon (from Greek "psammos", "sand") is a group of organisms inhabiting coastal sand moist — biota buried in sediments. Psammon is a part of water fauna, along with periphyton, plankton, nekton, and benthos. Psammon is also sometimes considered a part of benthos due to its near-bottom distribution. Psammon term is co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autocorrelation%20technique
The autocorrelation technique is a method for estimating the dominating frequency in a complex signal, as well as its variance. Specifically, it calculates the first two moments of the power spectrum, namely the mean and variance. It is also known as the pulse-pair algorithm in radar theory. The algorithm is both comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrator%E2%80%93capacitor%20model
The gyrator–capacitor model - sometimes also the capacitor-permeance model - is a lumped-element model for magnetic circuits, that can be used in place of the more common resistance–reluctance model. The model makes permeance elements analogous to electrical capacitance (see magnetic capacitance section) rather than el...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20discrete%20mathematics
Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that are fundamentally discrete rather than continuous. In contrast to real numbers that have the property of varying "smoothly", the objects studied in discrete mathematics – such as integers, graphs, and statements in logic – do not vary smoothly in this ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous%20virtual%20pipe
When realizing pipeline forwarding a predefined schedule for forwarding a pre-allocated amount of bytes during one or more time frames along a path of subsequent switches establishes a synchronous virtual pipe (SVP). The SVP capacity is determined by the total number of bits allocated in every time cycle for the SVP. F...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20chaotic%20maps
In mathematics, a chaotic map is a map (namely, an evolution function) that exhibits some sort of chaotic behavior. Maps may be parameterized by a discrete-time or a continuous-time parameter. Discrete maps usually take the form of iterated functions. Chaotic maps often occur in the study of dynamical systems. Chaot...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von%20Neumann%20architecture
The von Neumann architecture—also known as the von Neumann model or Princeton architecture—is a computer architecture based on a 1945 description by John von Neumann, and by others, in the First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC. The document describes a design architecture for an electronic digital computer with these co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirp
A chirp is a signal in which the frequency increases (up-chirp) or decreases (down-chirp) with time. In some sources, the term chirp is used interchangeably with sweep signal. It is commonly applied to sonar, radar, and laser systems, and to other applications, such as in spread-spectrum communications (see chirp sprea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process
A process is a series or set of activities that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic. Things called a process include: Business and management Business process, activities that produce a specific service or product for customers Business process modeling, activity of repres...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk%20biology
Folk biology (or folkbiology) is the cognitive study of how people classify and reason about the organic world. Humans everywhere classify animals and plants into obvious species-like groups. The relationship between a folk taxonomy and a scientific classification can assist in understanding how evolutionary theory dea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%27s%20theorem
In mathematics, Vincent's theorem—named after Alexandre Joseph Hidulphe Vincent—is a theorem that isolates the real roots of polynomials with rational coefficients. Even though Vincent's theorem is the basis of the fastest method for the isolation of the real roots of polynomials, it was almost totally forgotten, havi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterogeneous%20network
In computer networking, a heterogeneous network is a network connecting computers and other devices where the operating systems and protocols have significant differences. For example, local area networks (LANs) that connect Microsoft Windows and Linux based personal computers with Apple Macintosh computers are heterog...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohlraum
In radiation thermodynamics, a hohlraum (a non-specific German word for a "hollow space" or "cavity") is a cavity whose walls are in radiative equilibrium with the radiant energy within the cavity. This idealized cavity can be approximated in practice by making a small perforation in the wall of a hollow container of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRB%20constant
The MRB constant is a mathematical constant, with decimal expansion . The constant is named after its discoverer, Marvin Ray Burns, who published his discovery of the constant in 1999. Burns had initially called the constant "rc" for root constant but, at Simon Plouffe's suggestion, the constant was renamed the 'Marvi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20root%20of%205
The square root of 5 is the positive real number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the prime number 5. It is more precisely called the principal square root of 5, to distinguish it from the negative number with the same property. This number appears in the fractional expression for the golden ratio. It can be deno...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal%20signal%20correction
Orthogonal Signal Correction (OSC) is a spectral preprocessing technique that removes variation from a data matrix X that is orthogonal to the response matrix Y. OSC was introduced by researchers at the University of Umea in 1998 and has since found applications in domains including metabolomics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transdifferentiation
Transdifferentiation, also known as lineage reprogramming, is the process in which one mature somatic cell is transformed into another mature somatic cell without undergoing an intermediate pluripotent state or progenitor cell type. It is a type of metaplasia, which includes all cell fate switches, including the interc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluctuation%20loss
Fluctuation loss is an effect seen in radar systems as the target object moves or changes its orientation relative to the radar system. It was extensively studied during the 1950s by Peter Swerling, who introduced the Swerling models to allow the effect to be simulated. For this reason, it is sometimes known as Swerlin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20state%20space
In physics, a quantum state space is an abstract space in which different "positions" represent, not literal locations, but rather quantum states of some physical system. It is the quantum analog of the phase space of classical mechanics. Relative to Hilbert space In quantum mechanics a state space is a complex Hilbe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX232
The MAX232 is an integrated circuit by Maxim Integrated Products, now a subsidiary of Analog Devices, that converts signals from a TIA-232 (RS-232) serial port to signals suitable for use in TTL-compatible digital logic circuits. The MAX232 is a dual transmitter / dual receiver that typically is used to convert the RX,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous%20absolute%20asymmetric%20synthesis
Spontaneous absolute asymmetric synthesis is a chemical phenomenon that stochastically generates chirality based on autocatalysis and small fluctuations in the ratio of enantiomers present in a racemic mixture. In certain reactions which initially do not contain chiral information, stochastically distributed enantiomer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic%20scale
The microscopic scale () is the scale of objects and events smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye, requiring a lens or microscope to see them clearly. In physics, the microscopic scale is sometimes regarded as the scale between the macroscopic scale and the quantum scale. Microscopic units and mea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrophoretic%20color%20marker
An electrophoretic color marker is a chemical used to monitor the progress of agarose gel electrophoresis and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) since DNA, RNA, and most proteins are colourless. The color markers are made up of a mixture of dyes that migrate through the gel matrix alongside the sample of interes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20particle
In physics, a free particle is a particle that, in some sense, is not bound by an external force, or equivalently not in a region where its potential energy varies. In classical physics, this means the particle is present in a "field-free" space. In quantum mechanics, it means the particle is in a region of uniform pot...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babel%20function
The Babel function (also known as cumulative coherence) measures the maximum total coherence between a fixed atom and a collection of other atoms in a dictionary. The Babel function was conceived of in the context of signals for which there exists a sparse representation consisting of atoms or columns of a redundant di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematical%20logic%20topics
This is a list of mathematical logic topics. For traditional syllogistic logic, see the list of topics in logic. See also the list of computability and complexity topics for more theory of algorithms. Working foundations Peano axioms Giuseppe Peano Mathematical induction Structural induction Recursive definition Nai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointwise
In mathematics, the qualifier pointwise is used to indicate that a certain property is defined by considering each value of some function An important class of pointwise concepts are the pointwise operations, that is, operations defined on functions by applying the operations to function values separately for each po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth%20dimension%20in%20art
New possibilities opened up by the concept of four-dimensional space (and difficulties involved in trying to visualize it) helped inspire many modern artists in the first half of the twentieth century. Early Cubists, Surrealists, Futurists, and abstract artists took ideas from higher-dimensional mathematics and used th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time%20path%20planning
Real-Time Path Planning is a term used in robotics that consists of motion planning methods that can adapt to real time changes in the environment. This includes everything from primitive algorithms that stop a robot when it approaches an obstacle to more complex algorithms that continuously takes in information from t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time%20clock
A real-time clock (RTC) is an electronic device (most often in the form of an integrated circuit) that measures the passage of time. Although the term often refers to the devices in personal computers, servers and embedded systems, RTCs are present in almost any electronic device which needs to keep accurate time of d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20processing
Food processing is the transformation of agricultural products into food, or of one form of food into other forms. Food processing takes many forms, from grinding grain into raw flour, home cooking, and complex industrial methods used in the making of convenience foods. Some food processing methods play important role...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%20%28biology%29
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the defining features of that particular taxon. In older usage (pre-1900 in b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceived%20performance
Perceived performance, in computer engineering, refers to how quickly a software feature appears to perform its task. The concept applies mainly to user acceptance aspects. The amount of time an application takes to start up, or a file to download, is not made faster by showing a startup screen (see Splash screen) or ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20science
Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development of food technology. Food science brings together multiple scientific disci...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conserved%20name
A conserved name or nomen conservandum (plural nomina conservanda, abbreviated as nom. cons.) is a scientific name that has specific nomenclatural protection. That is, the name is retained, even though it violates one or more rules which would otherwise prevent it from being legitimate. Nomen conservandum is a Latin te...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20algebraic%20number%20theory%20topics
This is a list of algebraic number theory topics. Basic topics These topics are basic to the field, either as prototypical examples, or as basic objects of study. Algebraic number field Gaussian integer, Gaussian rational Quadratic field Cyclotomic field Cubic field Biquadratic field Quadratic reciprocity Ideal class ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus%20graph
In graph theory, a cactus (sometimes called a cactus tree) is a connected graph in which any two simple cycles have at most one vertex in common. Equivalently, it is a connected graph in which every edge belongs to at most one simple cycle, or (for nontrivial cacti) in which every block (maximal subgraph without a cut-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware-based%20encryption
Hardware-based encryption is the use of computer hardware to assist software, or sometimes replace software, in the process of data encryption. Typically, this is implemented as part of the processor's instruction set. For example, the AES encryption algorithm (a modern cipher) can be implemented using the AES instruct...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20accounting%20articles
This page is an index of accounting topics. A Accounting ethics - Accounting information system - Accounting research - Activity-Based Costing - Assets B Balance sheet - Big Four auditors - Bond - Bookkeeping - Book value C Cash-basis accounting - Cash-basis versus accrual-basis accounting - Cash flow statement - Ce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaffolding%20%28bioinformatics%29
Scaffolding is a technique used in bioinformatics. It is defined as follows: Link together a non-contiguous series of genomic sequences into a scaffold, consisting of sequences separated by gaps of known length. The sequences that are linked are typically contiguous sequences corresponding to read overlaps.When creati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20of%20Newtonian%20series
In mathematics, a Newtonian series, named after Isaac Newton, is a sum over a sequence written in the form where is the binomial coefficient and is the falling factorial. Newtonian series often appear in relations of the form seen in umbral calculus. List The generalized binomial theorem gives A proof for this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuple
In mathematics, a tuple is a finite sequence or ordered list of numbers or, more generally, mathematical objects, which are called the elements of the tuple. An -tuple is a tuple of elements, where is a non-negative integer. There is only one 0-tuple, called the empty tuple. A 1-tuple and a 2-tuple are commonly call...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20wireless%20sensor%20nodes
A sensor node, also known as a mote (chiefly in North America), is a node in a sensor network that is capable of performing some processing, gathering sensory information and communicating with other connected nodes in the network. A mote is a node but a node is not always a mote. List of Wireless Sensor Nodes See al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20biology
Quantum biology is the study of applications of quantum mechanics and theoretical chemistry to aspects of biology that cannot be accurately described by the classical laws of physics. An understanding of fundamental quantum interactions is important because they determine the properties of the next level of organizatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shared%20memory
In computer science, shared memory is memory that may be simultaneously accessed by multiple programs with an intent to provide communication among them or avoid redundant copies. Shared memory is an efficient means of passing data between programs. Depending on context, programs may run on a single processor or on mul...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermotolerance
Thermotolerance is the ability of an organism to survive high temperatures. An organism's natural tolerance of heat is their basal thermotolerance. Meanwhile, acquired thermotolerance is defined as an enhanced level of thermotolerance after exposure to a heat stress. In plants Multiple factors contribute to thermotol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyeball%20network
Eyeball network is a slang term used by network engineers and architects that refers to an access network whose primary users use the network to “look at things” (browse the Internet, read email, etc.) and consume content, as opposed to a network that may be used primarily to generate its own data, or “content networks...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20signal%20averaging
Within signal processing, in many cases only one image with noise is available, and averaging is then realized in a local neighbourhood. Results are acceptable if the noise is smaller in size than the smallest objects of interest in the image, but blurring of edges is a serious disadvantage. In the case of smoothing wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molluscivore
A molluscivore is a carnivorous animal that specialises in feeding on molluscs such as gastropods, bivalves, brachiopods and cephalopods. Known molluscivores include numerous predatory (and often cannibalistic) molluscs, (e.g.octopuses, murexes, decollate snails and oyster drills), arthropods such as crabs and firefly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20room%20correction
Digital room correction (or DRC) is a process in the field of acoustics where digital filters designed to ameliorate unfavorable effects of a room's acoustics are applied to the input of a sound reproduction system. Modern room correction systems produce substantial improvements in the time domain and frequency domai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code
In communications and information processing, code is a system of rules to convert information—such as a letter, word, sound, image, or gesture—into another form, sometimes shortened or secret, for communication through a communication channel or storage in a storage medium. An early example is an invention of language...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeWitt%20notation
Physics often deals with classical models where the dynamical variables are a collection of functions {φα}α over a d-dimensional space/spacetime manifold M where α is the "flavor" index. This involves functionals over the φs, functional derivatives, functional integrals, etc. From a functional point of view this is eq...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20Valley
Food Valley is a region in the Netherlands where international food companies, research institutes, and Wageningen University and Research Centre are concentrated. The Food Valley area is the home of a large number of food multinationals and within the Food Valley about 15,000 professionals are active in food related s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemniscate
In algebraic geometry, a lemniscate is any of several figure-eight or -shaped curves. The word comes from the Latin meaning "decorated with ribbons", from the Greek meaning "ribbon", or which alternatively may refer to the wool from which the ribbons were made. Curves that have been called a lemniscate include three...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facultative
Facultative means "optional" or "discretionary" (antonym obligate), used mainly in biology in phrases such as: Facultative (FAC), facultative wetland (FACW), or facultative upland (FACU): wetland indicator statuses for plants Facultative anaerobe, an organism that can use oxygen but also has anaerobic methods of ener...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust%20on%20first%20use
Trust on first use (TOFU), or trust upon first use (TUFU), is an authentication scheme used by client software which needs to establish a trust relationship with an unknown or not-yet-trusted endpoint. In a TOFU model, the client will try to look up the endpoint's identifier, usually either the public identity key of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20root%20of%202
The square root of 2 (approximately 1.4142) is a positive real number that, when multiplied by itself, equals the number 2. It may be written in mathematics as or . It is an algebraic number, and therefore not a transcendental number. Technically, it should be called the principal square root of 2, to distinguish it f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal%20counterexample
In mathematics, a minimal counterexample is the smallest example which falsifies a claim, and a proof by minimal counterexample is a method of proof which combines the use of a minimal counterexample with the ideas of proof by induction and proof by contradiction. More specifically, in trying to prove a proposition P, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set-builder%20notation
In set theory and its applications to logic, mathematics, and computer science, set-builder notation is a mathematical notation for describing a set by enumerating its elements, or stating the properties that its members must satisfy. Defining sets by properties is also known as set comprehension, set abstraction or a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20HEX
Intel hexadecimal object file format, Intel hex format or Intellec Hex is a file format that conveys binary information in ASCII text form, making it possible to store on non-binary media such as paper tape, punch cards, etc., to display on text terminals or be printed on line-oriented printers. The format is commonly ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substrate%20coupling
In an integrated circuit, a signal can couple from one node to another via the substrate. This phenomenon is referred to as substrate coupling or substrate noise coupling. The push for reduced cost, more compact circuit boards, and added customer features has provided incentives for the inclusion of analog functions o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background%20debug%20mode%20interface
Background debug mode (BDM) interface is an electronic interface that allows debugging of embedded systems. Specifically, it provides in-circuit debugging functionality in microcontrollers. It requires a single wire and specialized electronics in the system being debugged. It appears in many Freescale Semiconductor pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20vector%20spaces%20in%20mathematics
This is a list of vector spaces in abstract mathematics, by Wikipedia page. Banach space Besov space Bochner space Dual space Euclidean space Fock space Fréchet space Hardy space Hilbert space Hölder space LF-space Lp space Minkowski space Montel space Morrey–Campanato space Orlicz space Riesz space Schwartz space Sob...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QED%20vacuum
The QED vacuum or quantum electrodynamic vacuum is the field-theoretic vacuum of quantum electrodynamics. It is the lowest energy state (the ground state) of the electromagnetic field when the fields are quantized. When Planck's constant is hypothetically allowed to approach zero, QED vacuum is converted to classical v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESD%20simulator
An ESD simulator, also known as an ESD gun, is a handheld unit used to test the immunity of devices to electrostatic discharge (ESD). These simulators are used in special electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) laboratories. ESD pulses are fast, high-voltage pulses created when two objects with different electrical charges...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond%20CMOS
Beyond CMOS refers to the possible future digital logic technologies beyond the CMOS scaling limits which limits device density and speeds due to heating effects. Beyond CMOS is the name of one of the 7 focus groups in ITRS 2.0 (2013) and in its successor, the International Roadmap for Devices and Systems. CPUs using...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biologist
A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. They usually specialize in a particular branch (e.g., molecular biology, zoology, and evolutionary biol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVNet
The OpenVNet adds a Network Virtualization layer on top of the existing physical network and enables data center network administrators to tremendously simplify the creation and operation of multi-tenant networks. It is based on edge overlay network architecture and provides all the necessary components for network vir...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle%20%28ASIC%29
The Beetle ASIC is an analog readout chip. It is developed for the LHCb experiment at CERN. Overview The chip integrates 128 channels with low-noise charge-sensitive pre-amplifiers and shapers. The pulse shape can be chosen such that it complies with LHCb specifications: a peaking time of 25 ns with a remainder of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger-BASIC
Tiger-BASIC is a high speed multitasking BASIC dialect (List of BASIC dialects) to program microcontrollers of the BASIC-Tiger family. Tiger-BASIC and the integrated development environment which goes with it, were developed by Wilke-Technology (Aachen, Germany). External links Wilke-Technology BASIC programming lan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20console
One meaning of system console, computer console, root console, operator's console, or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger. It is a physical device consisting o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntrophy
In biology, syntrophy, synthrophy, or cross-feeding (from Greek syn meaning together, trophe meaning nourishment) is the phenomenon of one species feeding on the metabolic products of another species to cope up with the energy limitations by electron transfer. In this type of biological interaction, metabolite transfer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emery%27s%20rule
In 1909, the entomologist Carlo Emery noted that social parasites among insects (e.g., kleptoparasites) tend to be parasites of species or genera to which they are closely related. Over time, this pattern has been recognized in many additional cases, and generalized to what is now known as Emery's rule. The pattern is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living%20systems
Living systems are open self-organizing life forms that interact with their environment. These systems are maintained by flows of information, energy and matter. Multiple theories of living systems have been proposed. Such theories attempt to map general principles for how all living systems work. Context Some scien...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20pencil-of-function%20method
Generalized pencil-of-function method (GPOF), also known as matrix pencil method, is a signal processing technique for estimating a signal or extracting information with complex exponentials. Being similar to Prony and original pencil-of-function methods, it is generally preferred to those for its robustness and comput...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal%20notation
In mathematical logic and set theory, an ordinal notation is a partial function mapping the set of all finite sequences of symbols, themselves members of a finite alphabet, to a countable set of ordinals. A Gödel numbering is a function mapping the set of well-formed formulae (a finite sequence of symbols on which the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20refractive%20indices
Many materials have a well-characterized refractive index, but these indices often depend strongly upon the frequency of light, causing optical dispersion. Standard refractive index measurements are taken at the "yellow doublet" sodium D line, with a wavelength (λ) of 589 nanometers. There are also weaker dependencies...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20architecture
Cellular architecture is a type of computer architecture prominent in parallel computing. Cellular architectures are relatively new, with IBM's Cell microprocessor being the first one to reach the market. Cellular architecture takes multi-core architecture design to its logical conclusion, by giving the programmer the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20reset
A hardware reset or hard reset of a computer system is a hardware operation that re-initializes the core hardware components of the system, thus ending all current software operations in the system. This is typically, but not always, followed by booting of the system into firmware that re-initializes the rest of the sy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng%27s%20classification
Tse-yun Feng suggested the use of degree of parallelism to classify various computer architecture. It is based on sequential and parallel operations at a bit and word level. About degree of parallelism Maximum degree of parallelism The maximum number of binary digits that can be processed within a unit time by a co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral%20DMA%20controller
A peripheral DMA controller (PDC) is a feature found in modern microcontrollers. This is typically a FIFO with automated control features for driving implicitly included modules in a microcontroller such as UARTs. This takes a large burden from the operating system and reduces the number of interrupts required to serv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible%20electronics
Flexible electronics, also known as flex circuits, is a technology for assembling electronic circuits by mounting electronic devices on flexible plastic substrates, such as polyimide, PEEK or transparent conductive polyester film. Additionally, flex circuits can be screen printed silver circuits on polyester. Flexible ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative%20biology
Quantitative biology is an umbrella term encompassing the use of mathematical, statistical or computational techniques to study life and living organisms. The central theme and goal of quantitative biology is the creation of predictive models based on fundamental principles governing living systems. The subfields of b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiller%20%28botany%29
A tiller is a shoot that arises from the base of a grass plant. The term refers to all shoots that grow after the initial parent shoot grows from a seed. Tillers are segmented, each segment possessing its own two-part leaf. They are involved in vegetative propagation and, in some cases, also seed production. "Tillerin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackman%27s%20theorem
Blackman's theorem is a general procedure for calculating the change in an impedance due to feedback in a circuit. It was published by Ralph Beebe Blackman in 1943, was connected to signal-flow analysis by John Choma, and was made popular in the extra element theorem by R. D. Middlebrook and the asymptotic gain model o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergolden%20ratio
In mathematics, two quantities are in the supergolden ratio if their quotient equals the unique real solution to the equation This solution is commonly denoted The name supergolden ratio results of a analogy with the golden ratio , which is the positive root of the equation Using formulas for the cubic equation, on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9vy%27s%20constant
In mathematics Lévy's constant (sometimes known as the Khinchin–Lévy constant) occurs in an expression for the asymptotic behaviour of the denominators of the convergents of continued fractions. In 1935, the Soviet mathematician Aleksandr Khinchin showed that the denominators qn of the convergents of the continued frac...