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11United States Navy Designations (Temporary) — United States Navy Designations (Temporary), are a form of U.S. Navy ship designation, intended for temporary identification use.Such designations usually occur during periods of sudden mobilization, such as that which occurred prior to, and… …
12Railway semaphore signal — One of the earliest forms of fixed railway signal is the semaphore. These signals display their different indications to train drivers by changing the angle of inclination of a pivoted arm . Semaphore signals were patented in the early 1840s by… …
13Bengali language — Bangla redirects here. For Bangla speaking people, see Bengali people. Bengali বাংলা Bangla The word Bangla in Bangla Assamese alphabet …
14Flyweight pattern — Flyweight is a software design pattern. A flyweight is an object that minimizes memory use by sharing as much data as possible with other similar objects; it is a way to use objects in large numbers when a simple repeated representation would use …
15CAPTCHA — Early CAPTCHAs such as these, generated by the EZ Gimpy program, were used on Yahoo!. However, technology was developed to read this type of CAPTCHA[1] …
16Process calculus — In computer science, the process calculi (or process algebras) are a diverse family of related approaches to formally modelling concurrent systems. Process calculi provide a tool for the high level description of interactions, communications, and …
17Trap (printing) — Trapping is a prepress technique, also known as spreading and choking. It consists of creating small overlaps between abutting colors in order to mask registration problems on the printing press later on in the graphical production. Why trap?… …
18Superinsulation — is an approach to building design, construction, and retrofitting. A superinsulated house is intended to be heated predominantly by intrinsic heat sources (waste heat generated by appliances and the body heat of the occupants), without using… …
19Brake-by-wire — Drive by wire technology in automotive industry replaces the traditional mechanical and hydraulic control systems with electronic control systems using electromechanical actuators and human machine interfaces such as pedal and steering feel… …
20musica ficta — /myooh zi keuh fik teuh/; Lat. /mooh si kah fik tah/ the use of chromatically altered tones in the contrapuntal music of the 10th to the 16th centuries. Also, musica falsa /myooh zi keuh fawl seuh/; Lat. /mooh si kah fahl sah/. [1795 1805; < ML… …
