calculating speed
1Speed of sound — Sound is a vibration that travels through an elastic medium as a wave. The speed of sound describes how much distance such a wave travels in a certain amount of time. In SI Units with dry air at 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is 343 m/s. This… …
2Film speed — is the measure of a photographic film s sensitivity to light, determined by sensitometry and measured on various numerical scales, the most recent being the ISO system. A closely related ISO system is used to measure the sensitivity of digital… …
3Electronic speed control — An electronic speed control or ESC is a device mounted onboard an electrically powered radio control model in order to vary its drive motor s speed, its direction and even to act as a dynamic brake in certain controllers.An ESC can be a stand… …
4Competitive trail riding — (CTR) is an equestrian sport where riders cover a marked trail for a distance that is usually between 15 and 40 miles per day. Some rides are only one day long, others may run as long as three days. The goal of the competition is to demonstrate… …
5Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
6HP-42S — The HP 42S is a programmable RPN Scientific hand held calculator introduced by Hewlett Packard in 1988. It has advanced functions suitable for those involved in mathematics, linear algebra, statistical analysis, computer science and other… …
7Mary Rose — For later ships with the same name, see HMS Mary Rose. For the play by J.M. Barrie, see Mary Rose (play). The remnants of the Mary Rose undergoing conservation in Portsmouth …
8gigaflop — noun Etymology: floating point operation Date: 1976 a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second …
9CERT Group of Companies — Type Commercial Arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology Joint stock company Founded Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1996) Location Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (1996) Key personnel …
10Deep Blue — the name of a computer program that plays chess. In one second, it can analyse 100 million possible positions on the board. It was invented in 1985 by two students at Carnegie Mellon University in the US and developed at IBM. In 1989 Garry… …
