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51Generating trigonometric tables — In mathematics, tables of trigonometric functions are useful in a number of areas. Before the existence of pocket calculators, trigonometric tables were essential for navigation, science and engineering. The calculation of mathematical tables was …
52Actuarial science — are professionals who are qualified in this field through examinations and experience. Actuarial science includes a number of interrelating subjects, including probability and statistics, finance, and economics. Historically, actuarial science… …
53Route summarization — refers to the process of aggregating multiple routes of Internet connected routers, thus saving space in the routing table and speeding up packet routing. An analogy would be on a U.S. interstate highway, where a single sign points in the… …
54IBM 1620 Model II — The IBM 1620 Model II (commonly called simply the Model II) was a vastly improved implementation, compared to the original Model I, of the IBM 1620 scientific computer architecture.It had basic ALU hardware for addition and subtraction, but… …
55Baby-step giant-step — In group theory, a branch of mathematics, the baby step giant step algorithm is a series of well defined steps to compute the discrete logarithm. The discrete log problem is of fundamental importance to the area of public key cryptography. Many… …
56Hash list — In computer science, a hash list is typically a list of hashes of the data blocks in a file or set of files. Lists of hashes are used for many different purposes, such as fast table lookup (hash tables) and distributed databases (distributed hash …
57Cisco Express Forwarding — (CEF) is an advanced layer 3 switching technology used mainly in large core networks or the Internet to enhance the overall network performance. Function CEF is mainly used to increase packet switching speed by reducing the overhead and delays… …
58Nomad software — is a relational database and fourth generation language (4GL), originally developed in the 70s by time sharing vendor National CSS, Inc. While it is still in use today, its widest use was in the 70s and 80s. Nomad provides both interactive and… …
59Methods of computing square roots — There are several methods for calculating the principal square root of a nonnegative real number. For the square roots of a negative or complex number, see below. Contents 1 Rough estimation 2 Babylonian method 2.1 Example …
60Automatic differentiation — In mathematics and computer algebra, automatic differentiation, or AD, sometimes alternatively called algorithmic differentiation, is a method to numerically evaluate the derivative of a function specified by a computer program. Two classical… …
