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5381912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupleridae | Eupleridae | Eupleridae is a family of carnivorans endemic to Madagascar and comprising 10 known living species in seven genera, commonly known as euplerids, Malagasy mongooses or Malagasy carnivorans. The best known species is the fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox), in the subfamily Euplerinae. All species of Euplerinae were formerly clas... | Biology and health sciences | Other carnivora | Animals |
5382118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20seabass | European seabass | The European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), also known as the branzino, European bass, sea bass, common bass, white bass, capemouth, white salmon, sea perch, white mullet, sea dace or loup de mer, is a primarily ocean-going fish native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, thoug... | Biology and health sciences | Acanthomorpha | null |
5382243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassodromeus | Thalassodromeus | Thalassodromeus is a genus of pterosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the Early Cretaceous period, about a hundred million years ago. The original skull, discovered in 1983 in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil, was collected in several pieces. In 2002, the skull was made the holotype specimen of Thalas... | Biology and health sciences | Pterosaurs | Animals |
24740532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegodontidae | Stegodontidae | Stegodontidae is an extinct family of proboscideans from Africa and Asia (with a single occurrence in Europe) from the Early Miocene (at least 17.3 million years ago) to the Late Pleistocene. It contains two genera, the earlier Stegolophodon, known from the Miocene of Asia and the later Stegodon, from the Late Miocene ... | Biology and health sciences | Proboscidea | Animals |
43116674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annelid | Annelid | The annelids (), also known as the segmented worms, comprise a large phylum called Annelida (; ). The phylum contains over 22,000 extant species, including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. The species exist in and have adapted to various ecologies – some in marine environments as distinct as tidal zones and hydrother... | Biology and health sciences | Lophotrochozoa | null |
21754264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatal%20herpes | Neonatal herpes | Neonatal herpes simplex, or simply neonatal herpes, is a herpes infection in a newborn baby, caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). It occurs mostly as a result of vertical transmission of the HSV from an affected mother to her baby. Types include skin, eye, and mouth herpes (SEM), disseminated herpes (DIS), and cen... | Biology and health sciences | Viral diseases | Health |
21754355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes%20meningitis | Herpes meningitis | Herpes meningitis is inflammation of the meninges, the protective tissues surrounding the spinal cord and brain, due to infection from viruses of the Herpesviridae family - the most common amongst adults is HSV-2. Symptoms are self-limiting over 2 weeks with severe headache, nausea, vomiting, neck-stiffness, and photop... | Biology and health sciences | Viral diseases | Health |
21754358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herpes%20simplex%20encephalitis | Herpes simplex encephalitis | Herpes simplex encephalitis (HSE), or simply herpes encephalitis, is encephalitis due to herpes simplex virus. It is estimated to affect at least 1 in 500,000 individuals per year, and some studies suggest an incidence rate of 5.9 cases per 100,000 live births.
About 90% of cases of herpes encephalitis are caused by h... | Biology and health sciences | Viral diseases | Health |
21754540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20sore | Cold sore | A cold sore is a type of herpes infection caused by the herpes simplex virus that affects primarily the lip. Symptoms typically include a burning pain followed by small blisters or sores. The first attack may also be accompanied by fever, sore throat, and enlarged lymph nodes. The rash usually heals within ten days, bu... | Biology and health sciences | Viral diseases | Health |
21756816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthlight%20%28astronomy%29 | Earthlight (astronomy) | Earthlight is the diffuse reflection of sunlight reflected from Earth's surface and clouds. Earthshine (an example of planetshine), also known as the Moon's ashen glow, is the dim illumination of the otherwise unilluminated portion of the Moon by this indirect sunlight. Earthlight on the Moon during the waxing crescent... | Physical sciences | Solar System | Astronomy |
26145195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic | Plastic | Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be molded, extruded, or pressed into solid objects of various shapes. This adaptability, combined with a wide range of other properties, such as being lightweight,... | Technology | Materials | null |
4013678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symptomatic%20treatment | Symptomatic treatment | Symptomatic treatment, supportive care, supportive therapy, or palliative treatment is any medical therapy of a disease that only affects its symptoms, not the underlying cause. It is usually aimed at reducing the signs and symptoms for the comfort and well-being of the patient, but it also may be useful in reducing or... | Biology and health sciences | Medical procedures | null |
4014603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying%20and%20gliding%20animals | Flying and gliding animals | A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. This trait has appeared by evolution many times, without any single common ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times in separate animals: insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bats. Gliding has evolved on many more occasions.... | Biology and health sciences | Ethology | Biology |
30860031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20multimedia%20broadcasting | Digital multimedia broadcasting | Digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) is a digital radio transmission technology developed in South Korea as part of the national IT project for sending multimedia such as TV, radio and datacasting to mobile devices such as mobile phones, laptops and GPS navigation systems. This technology, sometimes known as mobile TV... | Technology | Broadcasting | null |
30860428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffeemaker | Coffeemaker | A coffeemaker, coffee maker or coffee machine is a cooking appliance used to brew coffee. While there are many different types of coffeemakers, the two most common brewing principles use gravity or pressure to move hot water through coffee grounds. In the most common devices, coffee grounds are placed into a paper or m... | Technology | Household appliances | null |
44572867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interconnector | Interconnector | An interconnector (also known as a DC tie in the USA) is a structure which enables high voltage DC electricity to flow between electrical grids. An electrical interconnector allows electricity to flow between separate AC networks, or to link synchronous grids. They can be formed of submarine power cables or underground... | Technology | Electricity transmission and distribution | null |
34930586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome%20editing | Genome editing | Genome editing, or genome engineering, or gene editing, is a type of genetic engineering in which DNA is inserted, deleted, modified or replaced in the genome of a living organism. Unlike early genetic engineering techniques that randomly inserts genetic material into a host genome, genome editing targets the insertion... | Technology | Biotechnology | null |
37434964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopedic%20boot | Orthopedic boot | A variety of orthopedic boots are used for the treatment of injuries of the foot or ankle. Along with orthopedic casts, leg braces, splints and orthotics, they can immobilize and shift weight bearing to help treat injuries to the foot area.
A controlled ankle motion walking boot, also referred to as a controlled ankle... | Technology | Devices | null |
23256800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filasterea | Filasterea | Filasterea is a proposed basal Filozoan clade of single-celled ameboid eukaryotes that includes Ministeria and Capsaspora. It is a sister clade to the Choanozoa in which the Choanoflagellatea and Animals appeared, originally proposed by Shalchian-Tabrizi et al. in 2008, based on a phylogenomic analysis with 78 genes. F... | Biology and health sciences | Eukaryotes | Plants |
23257027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holozoa | Holozoa | Holozoa () is a clade of organisms that includes animals and their closest single-celled relatives, but excludes fungi and all other organisms. Together they amount to more than 1.5 million species of purely heterotrophic organisms, including around 300 unicellular species. It consists of various subgroups, namely Meta... | Biology and health sciences | Eukaryotes | Plants |
5387354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20mud | Bay mud | Bay mud consists of thick deposits of soft, unconsolidated silty clay, which is saturated with water; these soil layers are situated at the bottom of certain estuaries, which are normally in temperate regions that have experienced cyclical glacial cycles.
Example locations are Cape Cod Bay, Chongming Dongtan Reserve... | Physical sciences | Oceanic and coastal landforms | Earth science |
5389424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino | Arduino | Arduino () is an Italian open-source hardware and software company, project, and user community that designs and manufactures single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices. Its hardware products are licensed under a CC BY-SA license, while the software is licensed under the GNU Les... | Technology | Specific hardware | null |
5390350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feral%20horse | Feral horse | A feral horse is a free-roaming horse of domesticated stock. As such, a feral horse is not a wild animal in the sense of an animal without domesticated ancestors. However, some populations of feral horses are managed as wildlife, and these horses often are popularly called "wild" horses. Feral horses are descended f... | Biology and health sciences | Equidae | Animals |
5391037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant%20of%20motion | Constant of motion | In mechanics, a constant of motion is a physical quantity conserved throughout the motion, imposing in effect a constraint on the motion. However, it is a mathematical constraint, the natural consequence of the equations of motion, rather than a physical constraint (which would require extra constraint forces). Commo... | Physical sciences | Classical mechanics | Physics |
5393980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylliidae | Phylliidae | The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Earlier sources treat Phylliidae as a much... | Biology and health sciences | Insects: General | Animals |
26161590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train%20station | Train station | A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track, and a station buildin... | Technology | Trains | null |
26162030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20transport | Public transport | Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a... | Technology | Basics_11 | null |
26162462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20nitride | Silver nitride | Silver nitride is an explosive chemical compound with symbol Ag3N. It is a black, metallic-looking solid which is formed when silver oxide or silver nitrate is dissolved in concentrated solutions of ammonia, causing formation of the diammine silver complex which subsequently breaks down to Ag3N. The standard free energ... | Physical sciences | Nitride salts | Chemistry |
21768005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiptail%20stingray | Whiptail stingray | The whiptail stingrays are a family, the Dasyatidae, of rays in the order Myliobatiformes. They are found worldwide in tropical to temperate marine waters, and a number of species have also penetrated into fresh water in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Members of this family have flattened pectoral fin discs that range fr... | Biology and health sciences | Batoidea | Animals |
21771815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellanic%20spiral | Magellanic spiral | A Magellanic spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with only one spiral arm. Magellanic spiral galaxies are classified as the type Sm (with sub-categories SAm, SBm, SABm); the prototype galaxy and namesake for Magellanic spirals is the Large Magellanic Cloud, an SBm galaxy. They are usually smaller dwarf galaxies and can be... | Physical sciences | Galaxy classification | Astronomy |
5399178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%20blue | Egyptian blue | Egyptian blue, also known as calcium copper silicate (CaCuSi4O10 or CaOCuO(SiO2)4 (calcium copper tetrasilicate)) or cuprorivaite, is a pigment that was used in ancient Egypt for thousands of years. It is considered to be the first synthetic pigment. It was known to the Romans by the name . After the Roman era, Egyptia... | Physical sciences | Colors | Physics |
38889765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherence%20%28units%20of%20measurement%29 | Coherence (units of measurement) | A coherent system of units is a system of units of measurement used to express physical quantities that are defined in such a way that the equations relating the numerical values expressed in the units of the system have exactly the same form, including numerical factors, as the corresponding equations directly relatin... | Physical sciences | Measurement systems | Basics and measurement |
24758132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant%20%28mathematics%29 | Constant (mathematics) | In mathematics, the word constant conveys multiple meanings. As an adjective, it refers to non-variance (i.e. unchanging with respect to some other value); as a noun, it has two different meanings:
A fixed and well-defined number or other non-changing mathematical object, or the symbol denoting it. The terms mathemat... | Mathematics | Basics | null |
34945384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophioglossidae | Ophioglossidae | Ophioglossidae is one of the four subclasses of Polypodiopsida (ferns). This subclass consists of the ferns commonly known as whisk ferns, grape ferns, adder's-tongues and moonworts. It is equivalent to the class Psilotopsida in previous treatments, including Smith et al. (2006). The subclass contains two orders, Psilo... | Biology and health sciences | Ferns | Plants |
26173989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall%20%28computing%29 | Firewall (computing) | In computing, a firewall is a network security system that monitors and controls incoming and outgoing network traffic based on configurable security rules. A firewall typically establishes a barrier between a trusted network and an untrusted network, such as the Internet, or between several VLANs.
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30861480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic%20symptom%20disorder | Somatic symptom disorder | Somatic symptom disorder, also known as somatoform disorder or somatization disorder, is defined by one or more chronic physical symptoms that coincide with excessive and maladaptive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors connected to those symptoms. The symptoms are not deliberately produced or feigned, and they may or may... | Biology and health sciences | Mental disorders | Health |
30862624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifidobacterium | Bifidobacterium | Bifidobacterium is a genus of gram-positive, nonmotile, often branched anaerobic bacteria. They are ubiquitous inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract though strains have been isolated from the vagina and mouth (B. dentium) of mammals, including humans. Bifidobacteria are one of the major genera of bacteria that ma... | Biology and health sciences | Gram-positive bacteria | Plants |
30862748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-exponential%20factor | Pre-exponential factor | In chemical kinetics, the pre-exponential factor or A factor is the pre-exponential constant in the Arrhenius equation (equation shown below), an empirical relationship between temperature and rate coefficient. It is usually designated by A when determined from experiment, while Z is usually left for collision frequenc... | Physical sciences | Kinetics | Chemistry |
30862857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology%20and%20society | Technology and society | Technology, society and life or technology and culture refers to the inter-dependency, co-dependence, co-influence, and co-production of technology and society upon one another. Evidence for this synergy has been found since humanity first started using simple tools. The inter-relationship has continued as modern techn... | Technology | General | null |
30862962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macuahuitl | Macuahuitl | A macuahuitl () is a weapon, a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means "hand-wood". Its sides are embedded with prismatic blades traditionally made from obsidian, which is capable of producing an edge sharper than high quality steel razor blades. The m... | Technology | Swords | null |
30863191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic%20research | Basic research | Basic research, also called pure research, fundamental research, basic science, or pure science, is a type of scientific research with the aim of improving scientific theories for better understanding and prediction of natural or other phenomena. In contrast, applied research uses scientific theories to develop techno... | Physical sciences | Science basics | Basics and measurement |
30863347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo%20shoot | Bamboo shoot | Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis. They are used as vegetables in numerous Asian dishes and broths. They are sold in various processed shapes and are available in fresh, dried, a... | Biology and health sciences | Other vegetables | Plants |
30863385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boa%20constrictor | Boa constrictor | The boa constrictor (scientific name also Boa constrictor), also known as the common boa, is a species of large, non-venomous, heavy-bodied snake that is frequently kept and bred in captivity. The boa constrictor is a member of the family Boidae. The species is native to tropical South America. A staple of private coll... | Biology and health sciences | Snakes | Animals |
30863534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nypa%20fruticans | Nypa fruticans | Nypa fruticans, commonly known as the nipa palm (or simply nipa, from ) or mangrove palm, is a species of palm native to the coastlines and estuarine habitats of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the only palm considered adapted to the mangrove biome. The genus Nypa and the subfamily Nypoideae are monotypic taxa bec... | Biology and health sciences | Arecales (inc. Palms) | Plants |
28030850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication%20protocol | Communication protocol | A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any variation of a physical quantity. The protocol defines the rules, syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication and possible error recovery methods. Protocols may be implem... | Technology | Internet | null |
21780446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species | Species | A species (: species) is a population of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. Other ways of defining ... | Biology and health sciences | Biology | null |
21784348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombiculidae | Trombiculidae | Trombiculidae (), commonly referred to in North America as chiggers and in Britain as harvest mites, but also known as berry bugs, bush-mites, red bugs or scrub-itch mites, are a family of mites. Chiggers are often confused with jiggers – a type of flea. Several species of Trombiculidae in their larva stage bite their... | Biology and health sciences | Arachnids | Animals |
21787470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%20particle | Alpha particle | Alpha particles, also called alpha rays or alpha radiation, consist of two protons and two neutrons bound together into a particle identical to a helium-4 nucleus. They are generally produced in the process of alpha decay but may also be produced in other ways. Alpha particles are named after the first letter in the Gr... | Physical sciences | Nuclear physics | null |
21789178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20mouth | River mouth | A river mouth is where a river flows into a larger body of water, such as another river, a lake/reservoir, a bay/gulf, a sea, or an ocean. At the river mouth, sediments are often deposited due to the slowing of the current, reducing the carrying capacity of the water.
The water from a river can enter the receiving body... | Physical sciences | Hydrology | Earth science |
23275402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur%20radio | Amateur radio | Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorized person inter... | Technology | Media and communication | null |
23275627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African%20wild%20dog | African wild dog | The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also called painted dog and Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest wild canine in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus Lycaon, which is distinguished from Canis by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet and by... | Biology and health sciences | Canines | Animals |
23278617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliate | Ciliate | The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic flagella, but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a different undulating pattern than flagella. Cilia occur in all members of the group (a... | Biology and health sciences | SAR supergroup | Plants |
33402026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20coding%20format | Video coding format | A video coding format (or sometimes video compression format) is a content representation format of digital video content, such as in a data file or bitstream. It typically uses a standardized video compression algorithm, most commonly based on discrete cosine transform (DCT) coding and motion compensation. A computer ... | Technology | File formats | null |
38905529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20POWER%20architecture | IBM POWER architecture | IBM POWER is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by IBM. The name is an acronym for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC.
The ISA is used as base for high end microprocessors from IBM during the 1990s and were used in many of IBM's servers, minicomputers, works... | Technology | Computer architecture concepts | null |
30864598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematophagy | Hematophagy | Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy or hematophagia) is the practice by certain animals of feeding on blood (from the Greek words αἷμα "blood" and φαγεῖν "to eat"). Since blood is a fluid tissue rich in nutritious proteins and lipids that can be taken without great effort, hematophagy is a preferred form of f... | Biology and health sciences | Ethology | Biology |
30864636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late%20Heavy%20Bombardment | Late Heavy Bombardment | The Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB), or lunar cataclysm, is a hypothesized astronomical event thought to have occurred approximately 4.1 to 3.8 billion years (Ga) ago, at a time corresponding to the Neohadean and Eoarchean eras on Earth. According to the hypothesis, during this interval, a disproportionately large number ... | Physical sciences | Events | Earth science |
30865437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranch | Ranch | A ranch (from /Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of farm. These terms are most often applied to livestock-raising operations in Mexico, the Western United States and Western ... | Technology | Buildings and infrastructure | null |
30865446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapporo%20Municipal%20Subway | Sapporo Municipal Subway | The is a mostly-underground rubber-tyred rapid transit system in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Operated by the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau, it is the only subway system on the island of Hokkaido.
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The system consists of three lines: the green Namboku Line (North–south line), orange Tozai Line (East–west line)... | Technology | Japan | null |
23289836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claymore | Claymore | A claymore (; from , "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former is characterised as having a cross hilt of forward-sloping quillons with quatrefoil terminations and was in use from the 15th to 17th centuries.
The wo... | Technology | Swords | null |
23290197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS | CSS | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for specifying the presentation and styling of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML (including XML dialects such as SVG, MathML or XHTML). CSS is a cornerstone technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and JavaScript.
CSS is desi... | Technology | Stylesheet languages | null |
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33409078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20generation%20control | Automatic generation control | In an electric power system, automatic generation control (AGC) is a system for adjusting the power output of multiple generators at different power plants, in response to changes in the load. Since a power grid requires that generation and load closely balance moment by moment, frequent adjustments to the output of ge... | Technology | Concepts | null |
21808348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20hardware | Computer hardware | Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case. It includes external devices such as a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and speakers.
By contrast, software is a... | Technology | Computer hardware | null |
44904271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Edge | Microsoft Edge | Microsoft Edge (or simply nicknamed Edge), based on the Chromium open-source project, also known as The New Microsoft Edge or New Edge, is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft, superseding Edge Legacy. In Windows 11, Edge is the only browser available from Microsoft.
First made available only ... | Technology | Browsers | null |
4034788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggradation | Aggradation | Aggradation (or alluviation) is the term used in geology for the increase in land elevation, typically in a river system, due to the deposition of sediment. Aggradation occurs in areas in which the supply of sediment is greater than the amount of material that the system is able to transport. The mass balance between s... | Physical sciences | Sedimentology | Earth science |
4037035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial%20locomotion | Terrestrial locomotion | Terrestrial locomotion has evolved as animals adapted from aquatic to terrestrial environments. Locomotion on land raises different problems than that in water, with reduced friction being replaced by the increased effects of gravity.
As viewed from evolutionary taxonomy, there are three basic forms of animal locomoti... | Biology and health sciences | Ethology | Biology |
43173137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol%20%28drug%29 | Alcohol (drug) | Alcohol (), sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is the second most consumed psychoactive drug globally behind caffeine. Alcohol is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant, decreasing electrical activity of neurons in the brain. The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies alcohol as a toxic, psychoa... | Biology and health sciences | Drugs and pharmacology | null |
37487265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variational%20method%20%28quantum%20mechanics%29 | Variational method (quantum mechanics) | In quantum mechanics, the variational method is one way of finding approximations to the lowest energy eigenstate or ground state, and some excited states. This allows calculating approximate wavefunctions such as molecular orbitals. The basis for this method is the variational principle.
The method consists of choosi... | Physical sciences | Quantum mechanics | Physics |
23306251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian%20calendar | Gregorian calendar | The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years differently so as to make th... | Technology | Timekeeping | null |
26198824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20change%20feedbacks | Climate change feedbacks | Climate change feedbacks are natural processes that impact how much global temperatures will increase for a given amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Positive feedbacks amplify global warming while negative feedbacks diminish it. Feedbacks influence both the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the amount o... | Physical sciences | Climate change | Earth science |
41672549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth%20Bridge | Forth Bridge | The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, west of central Edinburgh. Completed in 1890, it is considered a symbol of Scotland (having been voted Scotland's greatest man-made wonder in 2016), and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by English enginee... | Technology | Bridges | null |
30871736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otitis%20externa | Otitis externa | Otitis externa, also called swimmer's ear, is inflammation of the ear canal. It often presents with ear pain, swelling of the ear canal, and occasionally decreased hearing. Typically there is pain with movement of the outer ear. A high fever is typically not present except in severe cases.
Otitis externa may be acute ... | Biology and health sciences | Infectious diseases by site | Health |
30871810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20magnetic%20pole | North magnetic pole | The north magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic north pole, is a point on the surface of Earth's Northern Hemisphere at which the planet's magnetic field points vertically downward (in other words, if a magnetic compass needle is allowed to rotate in three dimensions, it will point straight down). There is only one... | Physical sciences | Geophysics | Earth science |
30871821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20magnetic%20pole | South magnetic pole | The south magnetic pole, also known as the magnetic south pole, is the point on Earth's Southern Hemisphere where the geomagnetic field lines are directed perpendicular to the nominal surface. The Geomagnetic South Pole, a related point, is the south pole of an ideal dipole model of the Earth's magnetic field that most... | Physical sciences | Geophysics | Earth science |
30873277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere%20of%20Jupiter | Atmosphere of Jupiter | The atmosphere of Jupiter is the largest planetary atmosphere in the Solar System. It is mostly made of molecular hydrogen and helium in roughly solar proportions; other chemical compounds are present only in small amounts and include methane, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, and water. Although water is thought to reside de... | Physical sciences | Solar System | Astronomy |
30873721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brontotheriidae | Brontotheriidae | Brontotheriidae is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla, the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs. Superficially, they looked rather like rhinos with some developing bony nose horns, and were some of the earliest mammals to have evolved large body sizes of several tonnes. Th... | Biology and health sciences | Perissodactyla | Animals |
4043742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics%20beyond%20the%20Standard%20Model | Physics beyond the Standard Model | Physics beyond the Standard Model (BSM) refers to the theoretical developments needed to explain the deficiencies of the Standard Model, such as the inability to explain the fundamental parameters of the standard model, the strong CP problem, neutrino oscillations, matter–antimatter asymmetry, and the nature of dark ma... | Physical sciences | Particle physics: General | null |
4044867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursion%20%28computer%20science%29 | Recursion (computer science) | In computer science, recursion is a method of solving a computational problem where the solution depends on solutions to smaller instances of the same problem. Recursion solves such recursive problems by using functions that call themselves from within their own code. The approach can be applied to many types of proble... | Technology | Software development: General | null |
37506594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snapchat | Snapchat | Snapchat is an American multimedia instant messaging app and service developed by Snap Inc., originally Snapchat Inc. One of the principal features of the multimedia Snapchat is that pictures and messages are usually available for only a short time before they become inaccessible to their recipients. The app has evolve... | Technology | Social network and blogging | null |
37508073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%20fin | Fish fin | Fins are moving appendages protruding from the body of fish that interact with water to generate thrust and help the fish swim. Apart from the tail or caudal fin, fish fins have no direct connection with the back bone and are supported only by muscles.
Fish fins are distinctive anatomical features with varying structu... | Biology and health sciences | External anatomy and regions of the body | Biology |
26219128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental%20chemistry | Instrumental chemistry | Instrumental analysis is a field of analytical chemistry that investigates analytes using scientific instruments.
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy measures the interaction of the molecules with electromagnetic radiation. Spectroscopy consists of many different applications such as atomic absorption spectroscopy, atomic emis... | Physical sciences | Basics_2 | Chemistry |
41678169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionnaires%27%20disease | Legionnaires' disease | Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of Legionella bacteria, quite often Legionella pneumophila. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches. Nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may also occur. This often begins 2–10 days after exposur... | Biology and health sciences | Bacterial infections | Health |
24813575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho%20Ophiuchi%20cloud%20complex | Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex | The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a complex of interstellar clouds with different nebulae, particularly a dark nebula which is centered 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi, which it among others extends to, of the constellation Ophiuchus. At an estimated distance of about , or 460 light years, it is one of the closest sta... | Physical sciences | Notable nebulae | Astronomy |
37509820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor%20%28computing%29 | Processor (computing) | In computing and computer science, a processor or processing unit is an electrical component (digital circuit) that performs operations on an external data source, usually memory or some other data stream. It typically takes the form of a microprocessor, which can be implemented on a single or a few tightly integrated ... | Technology | Computer hardware | null |
30874055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%20Metro | Delhi Metro | The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system that serves Delhi and the adjoining satellite cities of Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Gurugram, Noida, Bahadurgarh, and Ballabhgarh in the National Capital Region of India. The system consists of 10 colour-coded lines serving 257 stations, with a total length of . It is India's largest... | Technology | India | null |
30875080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssinian%20cat | Abyssinian cat | The Abyssinian is a breed of cat with a distinctive "ticked" tabby coat, in which individual hairs are banded with different colours. They are also known simply as Abys.
The first members of the breed to be exhibited in England were brought there from Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia), hence the name. Genetic studies... | Biology and health sciences | Cats | Animals |
30876044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20breeding | Plant breeding | Plant breeding is the science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. It is used to improve the quality of plant products for use by humans and animals. The goals of plant breeding are to produce crop varieties that boast unique and superior traits for a variety of applications. Th... | Technology | Basics_2 | null |
30876071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20dipole%20moment | Electric dipole moment | The electric dipole moment is a measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a system: that is, a measure of the system's overall polarity. The SI unit for electric dipole moment is the coulomb-metre (C⋅m). The debye (D) is another unit of measurement used in atomic physics and chemistry... | Physical sciences | Electrostatics | Physics |
30876283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinguicula | Pinguicula | Pinguicula, commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environment. Of the roughly 80 currently known species, 13 are ... | Biology and health sciences | Lamiales | Plants |
30876400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart%20transplantation | Heart transplantation | A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common procedure is to take a functioning heart, with or without both lungs, from a recen... | Biology and health sciences | Surgery | Health |
30876419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20state | Quantum state | In quantum physics, a quantum state is a mathematical entity that embodies the knowledge of a quantum system. Quantum mechanics specifies the construction, evolution, and measurement of a quantum state. The result is a prediction for the system represented by the state. Knowledge of the quantum state, and the rules for... | Physical sciences | Quantum mechanics | Physics |
30876799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann%20sphere | Riemann sphere | In mathematics, the Riemann sphere, named after Bernhard Riemann,
is a model of the extended complex plane (also called the closed complex plane): the complex plane plus one point at infinity. This extended plane represents the extended complex numbers, that is, the complex numbers plus a value for infinity. With the... | Mathematics | Complex analysis | null |
30876867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20cloning | Molecular cloning | Molecular cloning is a set of experimental methods in molecular biology that are used to assemble recombinant DNA molecules and to direct their replication within host organisms. The use of the word cloning refers to the fact that the method involves the replication of one molecule to produce a population of cells with... | Technology | Biotechnology | null |
46326758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite%20system%20%28astronomy%29 | Satellite system (astronomy) | A satellite system is a set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit around a planetary mass object (incl. sub-brown dwarfs and rogue planets) or minor planet, or its barycenter. Generally speaking, it is a set of natural satellites (moons), although such systems may also consist of bodies such as circumplanetary disk... | Physical sciences | Planetary science | Astronomy |
26233012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20most%20distant%20astronomical%20objects | List of the most distant astronomical objects | This article documents the most distant astronomical objects discovered and verified so far, and the time periods in which they were so classified.
For comparisons with the light travel distance of the astronomical objects listed below, the age of the universe since the Big Bang is currently estimated as 13.787±0.020 ... | Physical sciences | Physical cosmology | Astronomy |
43201040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20coding%20format | Audio coding format | An audio coding format (or sometimes audio compression format) is a content representation format for storage or transmission of digital audio (such as in digital television, digital radio and in audio and video files). Examples of audio coding formats include MP3, AAC, Vorbis, FLAC, and Opus. A specific software or ha... | Technology | File formats | null |
44934944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rampart%20%28fortification%29 | Rampart (fortification) | In fortification architecture, a rampart is a length of embankment or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a castle, hillfort, settlement or other fortified site. It is usually broad-topped and made of excavated earth and/or masonry.
Types
The composition and design of ramparts varied from the simple moun... | Technology | Fortification | null |
30889569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20signal | Digital signal | A digital signal is a signal that represents data as a sequence of discrete values; at any given time it can only take on, at most, one of a finite number of values. This contrasts with an analog signal, which represents continuous values; at any given time it represents a real number within a continuous range of value... | Technology | Signal processing | null |
29464172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibo | Weibo | Weibo (), or Sina Weibo (), is a Chinese microblogging (weibo) website. Launched by Sina Corporation on 14 August 2009, it is one of the biggest social media platforms in China, with over 582 million monthly active users (252 million daily active users) as of Q1 2022. The platform has been highly successful but has fac... | Technology | Social network and blogging | null |
44687845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20giant | Gas giant | A gas giant is a giant planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium. Jupiter and Saturn are the gas giants of the Solar System. The term "gas giant" was originally synonymous with "giant planet". However, in the 1990s, it became known that Uranus and Neptune are really a distinct class of giant planets, being composed... | Physical sciences | Planetary science | Astronomy |
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