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11handle — verb 1》 feel or manipulate with the hands. 2》 manage or cope with (a situation, person, or problem). ↘control or manage commercially. ↘deal with. ↘receive or deal in (stolen goods). 3》 drive or control a vehicle. ↘(of a vehicle)… …
12handle — 1. n. a person’s name or nickname. (Western jargon and then citizens band radio.) □ Well, what’s your handle so I’ll know what to call you? □ My handle is Goober. You can call me Goob. 2. n. a way of dealing with something; a grasp of a problem.… …
13handle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. shaft, hilt, grip, knob; slang, name (see nomenclature). v. manipulate, use, wield; direct, control, manage; feel, paw, touch; operate, direct, conduct; deal in, trade. See direction, sale, conduct.… …
14problem child — noun a) A child who is particularly difficult to raise or educate, especially due to a lack of self control and disruptive and antisocial behavior. Of recent times very much has been said regarding the problem child, but as Lady Stradbroke… …
15Casson handle — In 4 dimensional topology, a branch of mathematics, a Casson handle is a 4 dimensional topological 2 handle constructed by an infinite procedure. They are named for Andrew Casson, who introduced them in about 1973. They were originally called… …
16Boolean satisfiability problem — For the concept in mathematical logic, see Satisfiability. 3SAT redirects here. For the Central European television network, see 3sat. In computer science, satisfiability (often written in all capitals or abbreviated SAT) is the problem of… …
17Clique problem — The brute force algorithm finds a 4 clique in this 7 vertex graph (the complement of the 7 vertex path graph) by systematically checking all C(7,4)=35 4 vertex subgraphs for completeness. In computer science, the clique problem refers to any of… …
18Year 2000 problem — Y2K redirects here. For other uses, see Y2K (disambiguation). The (French) sign reads 3 January 1900 instead of 3 January 2000 The Year 2000 problem (also known as the Y2K problem, the Millennium bug, the Y2K bug, or simply Y2K) was a problem for …
19Principal-agent problem — In political science and economics, the principal agent problem or agency dilemma treats the difficulties that arise under conditions of incomplete and asymmetric information when a principal hires an agent. Various mechanisms may be used to try… …
20Cutting stock problem — The cutting stock problem is an optimization problem, or more specifically, an integer linear programming problem. It arises from many applications in industry. Imagine that you work in a paper mill and you have a number of rolls of paper of… …
