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41Wubi method — The Wubizixing input method (zh stpl|s=五笔字型输入法|t=五筆字型輸入法|p=wǔbǐ zìxíng shūrùfǎ|l=five stroke character model input method), often abbreviated to simply Wubi or Wubi Xing [This is the name used in Mac OS X] , is a Chinese character input method… …
42Threading (manufacturing) — Threading is the process of creating a screw thread. More screw threads are produced each year than any other machine element.[1] There are many methods of generating threads, including subtractive methods (many kinds of thread cutting and… …
43Coalesced hashing — example. For purposes of this example, collision buckets are allocated in increasing order, starting with bucket 0. Coalesced hashing, also called coalesced chaining, is a strategy of collision resolution in a hash table that forms a hybrid of… …
44Maven (Scrabble) — Maven is the current best known artificial intelligence Scrabble player, created by Brian Sheppard. It has been used in official licensed Hasbro Scrabble games, and the downloadable Funkitron Scrabble. Contents 1 Algorithms 1.1 Game Phases 1.2… …
45Uniform binary search — is an optimization of the classic binary search algorithm invented by Donald Knuth and given in Knuth s The Art of Computer Programming . It uses a lookup table to update a single array index, rather than taking the midpoint of an upper and a… …
46X86-64 — is a superset of the x86 instruction set architecture. x86 64 processors can run existing 32 bit or 16 bit x86 programs at full speed, but also support new programs written with a 64 bit address space and other additional capabilities.The x86 64… …
47Ziggurat algorithm — The ziggurat algorithm is an algorithm to generate random numbers from a non uniform distribution. It belongs to the class of rejection sampling algorithms and can be used for choosing values from a monotone decreasing probability distribution.… …
48Instruction path length — is a term frequently used to simply describe the number of machine code instructions required to execute a section of a computer program. The total path length for the entire program could be deemed a measure of the algorithms performance on a… …
49Actuary — Damage from Hurricane Katrina. Actuaries need to estimate long term averages of such damage in order to accurately price property insurance and set appropriate reserves. Occupation Names Actuary …
50Map database management — stems from navigation units becoming more common in automotive vehicles (see Automotive navigation system). They serve to perform usual navigation functions, such as finding a route to a desired destination and guiding the driver to it or… …
