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40-track modeis asteganographictechnique that allows for hidden data on a 3.5 inchfloppy diskette. A 3.5 inch 1.44MB mini-floppy diskette contains 80 tracks, 18 sectors per track, and 512 bytes per sector. A 3.5 inch 720k diskette contains 80 tracks, 9 sectors per track, and 512 bytes per sector. This technique refers...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40-track_mode
Coordinate descentis anoptimization algorithmthat successively minimizes along coordinate directions to find the minimum of afunction. At each iteration, the algorithm determines acoordinateor coordinate block via a coordinate selection rule, then exactly or inexactly minimizes over the corresponding coordinate hyperpl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinate_descent
Inmathematicsandcomputer science, analgorithm(/ˈælɡərɪðəm/ⓘ) is a finite sequence ofmathematically rigorousinstructions, typically used to solve a class of specificproblemsor to perform acomputation.[1]Algorithms are used as specifications for performingcalculationsanddata processing. More advanced algorithms can useco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm
Intopological data analysis,persistent homologyis a method for computing topological features of a space at different spatial resolutions. More persistent features are detected over a wide range of spatial scales and are deemed more likely to represent true features of the underlying space rather than artifacts of sam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_homology
Thezero-forcing equalizeris a form of linearequalizationalgorithmused incommunication systemswhich applies the inverse of thefrequency responseof the channel. This form of equalizer was first proposed byRobert Lucky. The zero-forcing equalizer applies the inverse of the channel frequency response to the received signa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-forcing_equalizer
This is a list ofgenetic algorithm(GA) applications.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_genetic_algorithm_applications
Thedashis apunctuationmark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to thehyphenbut is longer and sometimes higher from thebaseline. The most common versions are theendash–, generally longer than the hyphen but shorter than theminus sign; theemdash—, longer than either the en dash or the minus ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_dash
Atouch switchis a type ofswitchthat only has to be touched by an object to operate. It is used in manylampsand wall switches that have a metal exterior as well as on public computer terminals. Atouchscreenincludes an array of touch switches on a display. A touch switch is the simplest kind oftactile sensor. There are ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_sensor
Inmathematicsandmathematical logic,Boolean algebrais a branch ofalgebra. It differs fromelementary algebrain two ways. First, the values of thevariablesare thetruth valuestrueandfalse, usually denoted by 1 and 0, whereas in elementary algebra the values of the variables are numbers. Second, Boolean algebra useslogical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_algebra
When a quantity grows towards asingularityunder a finite variation (a "finite-time singularity") it is said to undergohyperbolic growth.[1]More precisely, thereciprocal function1/x{\displaystyle 1/x}has ahyperbolaas a graph, and has a singularity at 0, meaning that thelimitasx→0{\displaystyle x\to 0}is infinite: any si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_growth
Automata theoryis the study ofabstract machinesandautomata, as well as thecomputational problemsthat can be solved using them. It is a theory intheoretical computer sciencewith close connections tocognitive scienceandmathematical logic. The wordautomatacomes from theGreekword αὐτόματος, which means "self-acting, self-w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automata_theory
Inmathematics, particularly infunctional analysisandtopology,closed graphis a property offunctions.[1][2]A functionf:X→Ybetweentopological spaceshas aclosed graphif itsgraphis aclosed subsetof theproduct spaceX×Y. A related property isopen graph.[3] This property is studied because there are many theorems, known ascl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_graph
Cluster(s)may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_(disambiguation)
Insoftware development, the programming languageJavawas historically considered slower than the fastestthird-generationtypedlanguages such asCandC++.[1]In contrast to those languages, Java compiles by default to aJava Virtual Machine(JVM) with operations distinct from those of the actual computer hardware. Early JVM im...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_performance
Moving least squaresis a method of reconstructingcontinuous functionsfrom asetof unorganized point samples via the calculation of aweighted least squaresmeasurebiased towards the region around the point at which the reconstructed value is requested. Incomputer graphics, the moving least squares method is useful for re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_least_squares
Thenothing to hide argumentis alogical fallacywhich states that individuals have no reason to fear or opposesurveillanceprograms unless they are afraid it will uncover their own illicit activities. An individual using this argument may claim that an average person should not worry about government surveillance, as they...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_hide_argument
TheSchmidt-Samoa cryptosystemis an asymmetriccryptographictechnique, whose security, likeRabindepends on the difficulty of integerfactorization. Unlike Rabin this algorithm does not produce an ambiguity in the decryption at a cost of encryption speed. NowNis the public key anddis the private key. To encrypt a messag...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt%E2%80%93Samoa_cryptosystem
Role and reference grammar(RRG) is a model ofgrammardeveloped byWilliam A. FoleyandRobert Van Valin, Jr.in the 1980s, which incorporates many of the points of view of currentfunctional grammartheories. In RRG, the description of a sentence in a particular language is formulated in terms of (a) its logical (semantic) s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_and_reference_grammar
Inapplied mathematics,discretizationis the process of transferringcontinuousfunctions, models, variables, and equations intodiscretecounterparts. This process is usually carried out as a first step toward making them suitable for numerical evaluation and implementation on digital computers.Dichotomizationis the specia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discretization
Transparency of media ownershiprefers to the public availability of accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information about media ownership structures to make possible for media authority and the wider public to ascertain who effectively owns and controls the media. Between 2011 and 2012, following some concerns on op...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_of_media_ownership_in_Croatia
Incombinatoricsandorder theory, amultitreemay describe either of two equivalent structures: adirected acyclic graph(DAG) in which there is at most one directed path between any twovertices, or equivalently in which thesubgraphreachable from any vertex induces anundirected tree, or apartially ordered set(poset) that doe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitree
Customer engagementis an interaction between an external consumer/customer (eitherB2CorB2B) and an organization (company orbrand) through various online or offline channels.[citation needed]According to Hollebeek, Srivastava and Chen, customer engagement is "a customer’s motivationally driven, volitional investment of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_engagement
Super Wi-Firefers toIEEE 802.11g/n/ac/axWi-Fi implementations over unlicensed 2.4 and 5GHzWi-Fibands but with performance enhancements for antenna control, multiple path beam selection, advance control for best path, and applied intelligence for load balancing giving it bi-directional connectivity range for standard wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Wi-Fi
Single sign-on(SSO) is an authentication scheme that allows a user to log in with a single ID to any of several related, yet independent, software systems. True single sign-on allows the user to log in once and access services without re-entering authentication factors. It should not be confused with same-sign on (Di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on
Inengineeringandsystems theory,redundancyis the intentional duplication of critical components or functions of a system with the goal of increasing reliability of thesystem, usually in the form of a backup orfail-safe, or to improve actual system performance, such as in the case ofGNSSreceivers, ormulti-threadedcompute...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundancy_(engineering)
Interval arithmetic(also known asinterval mathematics;interval analysisorinterval computation) is a mathematical technique used to mitigateroundingandmeasurement errorsinmathematical computationby computing functionbounds.Numerical methodsinvolving intervalarithmeticcan guarantee relatively reliable and mathematically ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_arithmetic
Constrained Application Protocol(CoAP) is a specializedUDP-basedInternet application protocol for constrained devices, as defined inRFC 7252(published in 2014). It enables those constrained devices called "nodes" to communicate with the wider Internet using similar protocols. CoAP is designed for use between devices o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrained_Application_Protocol
Incomputing,text-based user interfaces(TUI) (alternatelyterminal user interfaces, to reflect a dependence upon the properties ofcomputer terminalsand not just text), is aretronymdescribing a type ofuser interface(UI) common as an early form ofhuman–computer interaction, before the advent of bitmapped displays and moder...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text-based_user_interface
Zigbeeis anIEEE 802.15.4-basedspecificationfor a suite of high-levelcommunication protocolsused to createpersonal area networkswith small, low-powerdigital radios, such as forhome automation, medical device data collection, and other low-power low-bandwidth needs, designed for small scale projects which need wireless c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zigbee
Incomputing,floating-point arithmetic(FP) isarithmeticon subsets ofreal numbersformed by asignificand(asignedsequence of a fixed number of digits in somebase) multiplied by aninteger powerof that base. Numbers of this form are calledfloating-point numbers.[1]: 3[2]: 10 For example, the number 2469/200 is a floating-po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating-point_arithmetic
Incomputational complexity theory,asymptotic computational complexityis the usage ofasymptotic analysisfor the estimation of computational complexity ofalgorithmsandcomputational problems, commonly associated with the usage of thebig O notation. With respect tocomputational resources,asymptotictime complexityandasympt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptotic_computational_complexity
Attention spanis the amount oftimespentconcentratingon a task before becomingdistracted.[1]Distractibility occurs when attention is uncontrollably diverted to another activity or sensation.[2]Attention trainingis said to be part ofeducation, particularly in the way students are trained to remain focused on a topic of d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_span
Instatisticsandsignal processing, aminimum mean square error(MMSE) estimator is an estimation method which minimizes themean square error(MSE), which is a common measure of estimator quality, of the fitted values of adependent variable. In theBayesiansetting, the term MMSE more specifically refers to estimation with qu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_mean_square_error
Factor analysisis astatisticalmethod used to describevariabilityamong observed, correlatedvariablesin terms of a potentially lower number of unobserved variables calledfactors. For example, it is possible that variations in six observed variables mainly reflect the variations in two unobserved (underlying) variables. F...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_analysis
Digital image processingis the use of adigital computerto processdigital imagesthrough analgorithm.[1][2]As a subcategory or field ofdigital signal processing, digital image processing has many advantages overanalog image processing. It allows a much wider range of algorithms to be applied to the input data and can avo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_processing
SECU,Stora Enso Cargo Unit, is a type ofintermodal container(shipping container) built to transport bulk cargo like paper on railway and ship. They were invented and used byStora Enso(forest and paper company). The ports used are mainly in production countries like Finland (Kotka,Oulu) and Sweden (Gothenburg) and in co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SECU_(container)
Thenull coalescing operatoris abinary operatorthat is part of the syntax for a basicconditional expressionin severalprogramming languages, such as (in alphabetical order):C#[1]since version 2.0,[2]Dart[3]since version 1.12.0,[4]PHPsince version 7.0.0,[5]Perlsince version 5.10 aslogical defined-or,[6]PowerShellsince 7.0...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_coalescing_operator
Inprobabilityandstatistics, acompound probability distribution(also known as amixture distributionorcontagious distribution) is theprobability distributionthat results from assuming that arandom variableis distributed according to some parametrized distribution, with (some of) the parameters of that distribution themse...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_distribution
Inmathematics,Stirling's approximation(orStirling's formula) is anasymptoticapproximation forfactorials. It is a good approximation, leading to accurate results even for small values ofn{\displaystyle n}. It is named afterJames Stirling, though a related but less precise result was first stated byAbraham de Moivre.[1][...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling%27s_approximation
μ∈(−∞,∞){\displaystyle \mu \in (-\infty ,\infty )\,}location(real)σ∈(0,∞){\displaystyle \sigma \in (0,\infty )\,}scale(real) x⩾μ(ξ⩾0){\displaystyle x\geqslant \mu \,\;(\xi \geqslant 0)} 1σ(1+ξz)−(1/ξ+1){\displaystyle {\frac {1}{\sigma }}(1+\xi z)^{-(1/\xi +1)}} Instatistics, thegeneralized Pareto distribution(GPD) i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_Pareto_distribution
Theglobal brainis a neuroscience-inspired and futurological vision of the planetaryinformation and communications technologynetworkthat interconnects allhumansand their technological artifacts.[1]As this network stores ever moreinformation, takes over ever more functions of coordination and communication from tradition...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_brain
Anasymmetric multiprocessing(AMPorASMP) system is amultiprocessorcomputer system where not all of the multiple interconnected central processing units (CPUs) are treated equally. For example, a system might allow (either at the hardware oroperating systemlevel) only one CPU to execute operating system code or might all...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric_multiprocessing
Inalgebraic geometry, aderived schemeis ahomotopy-theoretic generalization of aschemein which classicalcommutative ringsare replaced with derived versions such asdifferential graded algebras, commutativesimplicial rings, orcommutative ring spectra. From the functor of points point-of-view, a derived scheme is a sheafX...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derived_scheme
TheChinese room argumentholds that a computer executing aprogramcannot have amind,understanding, orconsciousness,[a]regardless of how intelligently or human-like the program may make the computer behave. The argument was presented in a 1980 paper by the philosopherJohn Searleentitled "Minds, Brains, and Programs" and p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
Online participationis used to describe the interaction between users and online communities on the web.Online communitiesoften involve members to provide content to the website or contribute in some way. Examples of such includewikis,blogs,online multiplayer games, and other types of social platforms. Online participa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_participation
Inmathematics, acyclic orderis a way to arrange a set of objects in acircle.[nb]Unlike most structures inorder theory, a cyclic order is not modeled as abinary relation, such as "a<b". One does not say that east is "more clockwise" than west. Instead, a cyclic order is defined as aternary relation[a,b,c], meaning "afte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_order
XGBoost[2](eXtreme Gradient Boosting) is anopen-sourcesoftware librarywhich provides aregularizinggradient boostingframework forC++,Java,Python,[3]R,[4]Julia,[5]Perl,[6]andScala. It works onLinux,Microsoft Windows,[7]andmacOS.[8]From the project description, it aims to provide a "Scalable, Portable and Distributed Grad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XGBoost
Thedead Internet theoryis aconspiracy theorythat asserts, due to a coordinated and intentional effort, theInternetnow consists mainly ofbot activityandautomatically generated contentmanipulated byalgorithmic curationto control the population and minimize organic human activity.[1][2][3][4][5]Proponents of the theory be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_internet_theory
Radiation hardeningis the process of makingelectronic componentsand circuits resistant to damage or malfunction caused by high levels ofionizing radiation(particle radiationand high-energyelectromagnetic radiation),[1]especially for environments inouter space(especially beyondlow Earth orbit), aroundnuclear reactorsand...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening
Virtual collective consciousness(VCC) is a term rebooted and promoted by two behavioral scientists, Yousri Marzouki and Olivier Oullier in their 2012Huffington Postarticle titled: "Revolutionizing Revolutions: Virtual Collective Consciousness and theArab Spring",[1]after its first appearance in 1999-2000.[2]VCC is now ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_collective_consciousness
Incomputing,linked datais structured data which is interlinked with other data so it becomes more useful throughsemantic queries. It builds upon standardWebtechnologies such asHTTP,RDFandURIs, but rather than using them to serve web pages only for human readers, it extends them to share information in a way that can be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_data
Inmathematics,Midy's theorem, named afterFrenchmathematicianE. Midy,[1]is a statement about thedecimal expansionoffractionsa/pwherepis aprimeanda/phas arepeating decimalexpansion with anevenperiod (sequenceA028416in theOEIS). If the period of the decimal representation ofa/pis 2n, so that ap=0.a1a2a3…anan+1…a2n¯{\disp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midy%27s_theorem
TheRSA(Rivest–Shamir–Adleman)cryptosystemis apublic-key cryptosystem, one of the oldest widely used for secure data transmission. Theinitialism"RSA" comes from the surnames ofRon Rivest,Adi ShamirandLeonard Adleman, who publicly described the algorithm in 1977. An equivalent system was developed secretly in 1973 atGove...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_(cryptosystem)
DHS media monitoring servicesis a proposedUnited States Department of Homeland Securitydatabase to keep track of 290,000 global news sources and media influencers to monitor sentiment. Privacy and free speech advocates have criticized the project's far-reaching scope, likening it to apanopticon.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHS_media_monitoring_services
American Fuzzy Lop(AFL), stylized inall lowercaseasamerican fuzzy lop, is afree softwarefuzzerthat employsgenetic algorithmsin order to efficiently increasecode coverageof thetest cases. So far it has detected hundreds of significantsoftware bugsin major free software projects, includingX.Org Server,[2]PHP,[3]OpenSSL,[...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_fuzzy_lop_(fuzzer)
Incomputer science,static program analysis(also known asstatic analysisorstatic simulation) is theanalysisof computer programs performed without executing them, in contrast withdynamic program analysis, which is performed on programs during their execution in the integrated environment.[1][2] The term is usually appli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_code_analysis
Incryptography, acipher(orcypher) is analgorithmfor performingencryptionordecryption—a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term isencipherment. To encipher or encode is to convert information into cipher or code. In common parlance, "cipher" is synonymous with "...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher#Perfect_secrecy
Isaac Asimov(/ˈæzɪmɒv/AZ-im-ov;[b][c]c.January 2, 1920[a]– April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor ofbiochemistryatBoston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three"science fictionwriters, along withRobert A. HeinleinandArthur C. Clarke.[2]A prolific writer, he wrote or edi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov
Intrait theory, theBig Five personality traits(sometimes known as thefive-factor model of personalityorOCEANorCANOEmodels) are a group of five characteristics used to studypersonality:[1] The Big Five traits did not arise from studying an existingtheoryof personality, but rather, they were anempiricalfinding in earlyl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Factor_Model
Theconventional wisdomorreceived opinionis the body of ideas or explanations generally accepted by the public and/or by experts in a field.[1] The term "conventional wisdom" dates back to at least 1838, as a synonym for "commonplace knowledge".[2][n 1]It was used in a number of works, occasionally in a benign[3]or neu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_wisdom
Application security(shortAppSec) includes all tasks that introduce a securesoftware development life cycleto development teams. Its final goal is to improve security practices and, through that, to find, fix and preferably prevent security issues within applications. It encompasses the whole application life cycle fro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_security
printkis aprintf-like function of theLinux kernel interfacefor formatting and writing kernel log entries.[1]Since theC standard library(which contains the ubiquitous printf-like functions) is not available inkernel mode,printkprovides for general-purpose output in the kernel.[2]Due to limitations of the kernel design, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printk
Hit-and-run DDoSis a type ofdenial-of-service (DDoS) attackthat uses short bursts of high volume attacks in random intervals, spanning a time frame of days or weeks. The purpose of a hit-and-run DDoS is to prevent a user of a service from using that service by bringing down the hostserver.[1]This type of attack is to b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit-and-run_DDoS
Inarithmetic dynamics, anarboreal Galois representationis acontinuousgroup homomorphismbetween theabsolute Galois groupof a field and theautomorphism groupof an infinite, regular, rootedtree. The study of arboreal Galois representations of goes back to the works of Odoni in 1980s. LetK{\displaystyle K}be afieldandKse...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arboreal_Galois_representation
Ingrammar, apart of speechorpart-of-speech(abbreviatedasPOSorPoS, also known asword class[1]orgrammatical category[2][a]) is a category of words (or, more generally, oflexical items) that have similargrammaticalproperties. Words that are assigned to the same part of speech generally display similarsyntacticbehavior (th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_of_speech
ChaCha20-Poly1305is anauthenticated encryption with associated data (AEAD)algorithm, that combines theChaCha20stream cipher with thePoly1305message authentication code.[1]It has fast software performance, and without hardware acceleration, is usually faster thanAES-GCM.[1]: §B The two building blocks of the constructi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChaCha20-Poly1305
This is alist ofcomplexity classesincomputational complexity theory. For other computational and complexity subjects, seelist of computability and complexity topics. Many of these classes have a 'co' partner which consists of thecomplementsof all languages in the original class. For example, if a language L is in NP ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_complexity_classes
Recurrent neural networks(RNNs) are a class of artificial neural networks designed for processing sequential data, such as text, speech, andtime series,[1]where the order of elements is important. Unlikefeedforward neural networks, which process inputs independently, RNNs utilize recurrent connections, where the output...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_neural_network
TheSimple English Wikipediais a modifiedEnglish-languageedition ofWikipediawritten primarily inBasic EnglishandLearning English.[3]It is one of sevenWikipediaswritten in anAnglic languageor English-basedpidginorcreole. The site has the stated aim of providing an encyclopedia for "people with different needs, such as st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_English_Wikipedia
Incomputing,firmwareissoftwarethat provideslow-levelcontrol ofcomputing devicehardware. For a relatively simple device, firmware may perform all control, monitoring and data manipulation functionality. For a more complex device, firmware may provide relatively low-level control as well ashardware abstractionservicesto...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firmware
Indifferential calculus,related ratesproblems involve finding a rate at which a quantity changes byrelatingthat quantity to other quantities whose rates of change are known. The rate of change is usually with respect totime. Because science and engineering often relate quantities to each other, the methods of related...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Related_rates
Pell's equation, also called thePell–Fermat equation, is anyDiophantine equationof the formx2−ny2=1,{\displaystyle x^{2}-ny^{2}=1,}wherenis a given positivenonsquareinteger, and integer solutions are sought forxandy. InCartesian coordinates, the equation is represented by ahyperbola; solutions occur wherever the curve ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%27s_equation
Themathematicaldisciplines ofcombinatoricsanddynamical systemsinteract in a number of ways. Theergodic theoryof dynamical systems has recently been used to prove combinatorial theorems about number theory which has given rise to the field ofarithmetic combinatorics. Alsodynamical systems theoryis heavily involved in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorics_and_dynamical_systems
Adisplay deviceis anoutput devicefor presentation ofinformationinvisual[1]ortactileform (the latter used for example intactile electronic displaysfor blind people).[2]When the input information that is supplied has an electrical signal the display is called anelectronic display. Common applications forelectronic visua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_device
Glitch removalis the elimination ofglitches—unnecessary signal transitions without functionality—from electronic circuits.Power dissipationof a gate occurs in two ways: static power dissipation and dynamic power dissipation. Glitch power comes under dynamic dissipation in the circuit and is directly proportional to swi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_removal
Telehealthis the distribution ofhealth-related servicesand information via electronic information andtelecommunication technologies.[1]It allows long-distance patient and clinician contact, care, advice, reminders, education, intervention, monitoring, and remote admissions.[2][3] Telemedicineis sometimes used as asyno...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemedicine
Coding best practicesorprogramming best practicesare a set of informal, sometimes personal, rules (best practices) that manysoftware developers, incomputer programmingfollow to improvesoftware quality.[1]Many computer programs require being robust and reliable for long periods of time,[2]so any rules need to facilitate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_coding_practices
Inprobability theoryandstatistics, theWeibull distribution/ˈwaɪbʊl/is a continuousprobability distribution. It models a broad range of random variables, largely in the nature of a time to failure or time between events. Examples are maximum one-day rainfalls and the time a user spends on a web page. The distribution...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibull_distribution
Web3(also known asWeb 3.0)[1][2][3]is an idea for a new iteration of theWorld Wide Webwhich incorporates concepts such asdecentralization,blockchain technologies, and token-based economics.[4]This is distinct fromTim Berners-Lee's concept of theSemantic Web. Some technologists and journalists have contrasted it withWeb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3
Acausal mapcan be defined as a network consisting of links or arcs between nodes or factors, such that a link between C and E means, in some sense, that someone believes or claims C has or had some causal influence on E. This definition could cover diagrams representing causal connections between variables which are m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause%E2%80%93effect_graph
Personalized marketing,also known asone-to-one marketingorindividual marketing,[1]is amarketingstrategy by which companies usedata analysisand digital technology to show adverts to individuals based on their perceived characteristics and interests. Marketers use methods fromdata collection,analytics,digital electronics...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalized_marketing
Integrated injection logic(IIL,I2L, orI2L) is a class ofdigital circuitsbuilt with multiple collectorbipolar junction transistors(BJT).[1]When introduced it had speed comparable toTTLyet was almost as low power asCMOS, making it ideal for use inVLSI(and larger)integrated circuits. The gates can be made smaller with thi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_injection_logic
Hexadecimal(also known asbase-16or simplyhex) is apositional numeral systemthat represents numbers using aradix(base) of sixteen. Unlike thedecimalsystem representing numbers using ten symbols, hexadecimal uses sixteen distinct symbols, most often the symbols "0"–"9" to represent values 0 to 9 and "A"–"F" to represent ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexadecimal
Computer security compromised by hardware failureis a branch ofcomputer securityapplied to hardware. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, ornatural disaster, while allowing the information and property to remain accessible and productive to its inten...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security_compromised_by_hardware_failure
Inpopulation genetics, theWatterson estimatoris a method for describing thegenetic diversityin a population. It was developed byMargaret Wuand G. A. Watterson in the 1970s.[1][2]It is estimated by counting the number of polymorphic sites. It is a measure of the "population mutation rate" (the product of the effective p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watterson_estimator
Asemantic decision tableuses modernontology engineeringtechnologies to enhance traditional adecision table. The term "semantic decision table" was coined by Yan Tang and Prof. Robert Meersman from VUB STARLab (Free University of Brussels) in 2006.[1]A semantic decision table is a set of decision tables properly annotat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_decision_table
1800s:Martineau·Tocqueville·Marx·Spencer·Le Bon·Ward·Pareto·Tönnies·Veblen·Simmel·Durkheim·Addams·Mead·Weber·Du Bois·Mannheim·Elias Environmental sociologyis the study of interactions between societies and theirnatural environment. The field emphasizes the social factors that influenceenvironmental resource management...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_sociology
Ingraph theory, thehypercube graphQnis the graph formed from the vertices and edges of ann-dimensionalhypercube. For instance, thecube graphQ3is the graph formed by the 8 vertices and 12 edges of a three-dimensional cube.Qnhas2nvertices,2n− 1nedges, and is aregular graphwithnedges touching each vertex. The hypercube g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercube_graph
Curve fitting[1][2]is the process of constructing acurve, ormathematical function, that has the best fit to a series ofdata points,[3]possibly subject to constraints.[4][5]Curve fitting can involve eitherinterpolation,[6][7]where an exact fit to the data is required, orsmoothing,[8][9]in which a "smooth" function is co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curve_fitting
Instatistics, theGauss–Markov theorem(or simplyGauss theoremfor some authors)[1]states that theordinary least squares(OLS) estimator has the lowestsampling variancewithin theclassoflinearunbiasedestimators, if theerrorsin thelinear regression modelareuncorrelated, haveequal variancesand expectation value of zero.[2]The...
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Zipf's law(/zɪf/;German pronunciation:[tsɪpf]) is anempirical lawstating that when a list of measured values is sorted in decreasing order, the value of then-th entry is often approximatelyinversely proportionalton. The best known instance of Zipf's law applies to thefrequency tableof words in a text orcorpusofnatural...
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Thebase station subsystem(BSS) is the section of a traditionalcellular telephone networkwhich is responsible for handling traffic and signaling between amobile phoneand the network switching subsystem. The BSS carries outtranscodingof speech channels, allocation of radio channels to mobile phones,paging,transmissionand...
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NFC-WIisNFCwiredinterfacehaving 2 wires SIGIN (signal-in) and SIGOUT (signal-out).[1]It is also called S2C (SignalIn/SignalOut Connection) interface.[2]In 2006,ECMAstandardized the NFC wired interface with specificationECMA-373(ECMA, 2006).[3] It has three modes of operation: off, wired and virtual mode. In off mode, ...
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Television encryption, often referred to asscrambling, isencryptionused to control access topay televisionservices, usuallycable,satellite, orInternet Protocol television(IPTV) services. Pay televisionexists to make revenue fromsubscribers, and sometimes those subscribers do not pay. The prevention ofpiracyon cable an...
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Incomputer science,garbage collection(GC) is a form of automaticmemory management.[2]Thegarbage collectorattempts to reclaim memory that was allocated by the program, but is no longer referenced; such memory is calledgarbage. Garbage collection was invented by American computer scientistJohn McCarthyaround 1959 to simp...
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Thecalculus of variations(orvariational calculus) is a field ofmathematical analysisthat uses variations, which are small changes infunctionsandfunctionals, to find maxima and minima of functionals:mappingsfrom a set offunctionsto thereal numbers.[a]Functionals are often expressed asdefinite integralsinvolving function...
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Strategic planningis the activity undertaken by anorganizationthrough which it seeks to define its future direction and makesdecisionssuch as resource allocation aimed at achieving its intended goals. "Strategy" has many definitions, but it generally involves setting major goals, determining actions to achieve these go...
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The followingoutlineis provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, machine learning: Machine learning(ML) is a subfield ofartificial intelligencewithincomputer sciencethat evolved from the study ofpattern recognitionandcomputational learning theory.[1]In 1959,Arthur Samueldefined machine learning as a "field of ...
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Incomputational complexity theory, agadgetis a subunit of a problem instance that simulates the behavior of one of the fundamental units of a different computational problem. Gadgets are typically used to constructreductionsfrom one computational problem to another, as part of proofs ofNP-completenessor other types of ...
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Exploratory testingis an approach tosoftware testingthat is concisely described as simultaneous learning,test designand test execution.Cem Kaner, who coined the term in 1984,[1]defines exploratory testing as "a style of software testing that emphasizes the personal freedom and responsibility of the individual tester to...
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