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URL (2,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

URL could have the form http://www.example.com/index.html, which indicates a protocol (http), a hostname (www.example.com), and a file name (index.html)
English language (21,294 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stress on the focal constituent. For example, the girl was stung by a bee (emphasising it was a bee and not, for example, a wasp that stung her), or The girl
ISBN (6,693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a publication, but not to a simple reprinting of an existing item. For example, an e-book, a paperback and a hardcover edition of the same book must each
Wiki (5,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Some permit control over different functions (levels of access); for example, editing rights may permit changing, adding, or removing material. Others
Foobar (919 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
guide for Google developer documentation recommends against using them as example project names because they are unclear and can cause confusion. It is possible
Regular expression (8,871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
IBM 7094 code on the Compatible Time-Sharing System, an important early example of JIT compilation. He later added this capability to the Unix editor ed
C (programming language) (10,894 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
features found in other languages, it is flexible enough to support them. For example, object orientation and garbage collection are provided by external libraries
International Phonetic Alphabet (16,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
one or more IPA symbols of two basic types: letters and diacritics. For example, the sound of the English digraph ⟨ch⟩ may be transcribed in IPA with a
Language (16,424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
into secondary media using auditory, visual, or tactile stimuli – for example, writing, whistling, signing, or braille. In other words, human language
HTTP cookie (10,944 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an example, the browser sends its first HTTP request for the homepage of the www.example.org website: GET /index.html HTTP/1.1 Host: www.example.org
"Hello, World!" program (1,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was influenced by an example program in the 1978 book The C Programming Language, with likely earlier use in BCPL. The example program from the book
Email address (4,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-deliverable. Of note for email are example, invalid, example.com, example.net, and example.org. simple@example.com very.common@example.com FirstName.LastName@EasierReading
HTML (9,596 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reference to the image resource in the format like this: <img src="example.com/example.jpg"> Some elements, such as the line break <br> do not permit any
Japanese language (10,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the previous example comment would make the most sense within a topic where not all of the relevant subjects were animals. For example, in Kono ganbutsu
Python (programming language) (14,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
an example of a function that prints its inputs: def printer(input1, input2="already there"): print(input1) print(input2) printer("hello") # Example output:
Mathematics (15,943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
require sophisticated methods, often from across mathematics. A prominent example is Fermat's Last Theorem. This conjecture was stated in 1637 by Pierre
Patronymic (8,956 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
their use has been replaced by or transformed into patronymic surnames. Examples of such transformations include common English surnames such as Johnson
Given name (5,190 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
commonly known as Eastern name order, is primarily used in East Asia (for example in China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Vietnam, among others, and
Anatomical terms of location (5,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-bilaterian. A non-bilaterian has no anterior or posterior surface for example but can still have a descriptor used such as proximal or distal in relation
Language family (4,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
changes and thus becoming distinct languages over time. One well-known example of a language family is the Romance languages, including Spanish, French
Chemical formula (3,209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
each type of atom in a molecule, with no information on structure. For example, the empirical formula for glucose is CH2O (twice as many hydrogen atoms
Function (mathematics) (11,411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity. For example, the position of a planet is a function of time. Historically, the concept
Java (programming language) (6,633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
following is a simple example of a "Hello, World!" program that writes a message to the standard output: public class Example { public static void main(String[]
Information (4,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
into information to be interpreted and processed at the next step. For example, in written text each symbol or letter conveys information relevant to
JavaScript (7,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
examples above, all of which were preceded with two forward slashes. More examples can be found at the Wikibooks page on JavaScript syntax examples.
Head of state (17,537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
state is not the head of government, but still has significant powers, for example Morocco. In contrast, a semi-presidential system, such as France, has both
Algebraic notation (chess) (2,665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
given. For example, c5 (pawn moves to c5). When a piece makes a capture, an "x" is inserted immediately before the destination square. For example, Bxe5 (bishop
Domain Name System (9,812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
example. *.x.example. MX 10 a.x.example. a.x.example. MX 10 a.x.example. *.a.x.example. MX 10 a.x.example. a.x.example. AAAA 2001:db8::1 The role of wildcard
Logic (16,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
arguments, which consist of a set of premises that leads to a conclusion. An example is the argument from the premises "it's Sunday" and "if it's Sunday then
Entertainment (16,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
various forms of ceremony, celebration, religious festival, or satire, for example. Hence, there is the possibility that what appears to be entertainment
Accent (music) (1,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
stressed beats of the prevailing meter are said to be syncopated. For example, in common time, also called 4 4, the most common metre in popular music
Demonym (2,078 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cultural differences that may exist within the population of that place. Examples of demonyms include Cochabambino, for someone from the city of Cochabamba;
Case sensitivity (1,191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
search an online encyclopedia for information about the United Nations, for example, or something with no ambiguity regarding capitalization and ambiguity
World (6,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
by the mind. Theology conceptualizes the world in relation to God, for example, as God's creation, as identical to God, or as the two being interdependent
Binomial nomenclature (6,732 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or specific epithet – distinguishes the species within the genus. For example, modern humans belong to the genus Homo and within this genus to the species
Sic (1,430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1889, E. Belfort Bax's work in The Ethics of Socialism being an early example. On occasion, sic has been misidentified as an acronym (and therefore sometimes
ISO 8601 (6,901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
years or time offset. This allows dates to be naturally sorted by, for example, file systems. Each date and time value has a fixed number of digits that
Hiragana (4,202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is used to write okurigana (kana suffixes following a kanji root, for example to inflect verbs and adjectives), various grammatical and function words
Hacker (4,311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hacking can also be utilized by legitimate figures in legal situations. For example, law enforcement agencies sometimes use hacking techniques to collect evidence
Kanji (9,193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
meanings or pronunciations that are unique to one language or the other. For example, 誠 means 'honest' in both languages but is pronounced makoto or sei in
Leet (3,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
free speech. One prominent example is using the term "unalive" as opposed to the verb "kill" or even "suicide". Other examples include using "restarted"
Surname (11,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
use of names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th century by the barons in England
Semantic Scholar (1,396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
techniques in natural language processing to support the research process, for example by providing automatically generated summaries of scholarly papers. The
Display resolution (2,567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with the units in pixels: for example, 1024 × 768 means the width is 1024 pixels and the height is 768 pixels. This example would normally be spoken as
Acronym (13,489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
examples of acronymy (before the term "acronym" was invented) include the following: Acronyms were used in Rome before the Christian era. For example
Chemical substance (3,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that do not possess this ability are said to be inert. Pure water is an example of a chemical substance, with a constant composition of two hydrogen atoms
Enclave and exclave (2,580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Enclaves that are not part of a larger territory are not exclaves, for example Lesotho (enclaved by South Africa) and San Marino and Vatican City (both
Brand (14,982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
may have been necessary to support the extensive trade in such pots. For example, 3rd-century Gaulish pots bearing the names of well-known potters and the
Aṅgulimāla (7,583 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
completely transforms after a conversion to Buddhism, he is seen as the example par excellence of the redemptive power of the Buddha's teaching and the
ISSN (2,310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
than one media type, a different ISSN is assigned to each media type. For example, many serials are published both in print and electronic media. The ISSN
Microsoft Excel (9,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
allowing the user to employ a wide variety of numerical methods, for example, for solving differential equations of mathematical physics, and then reporting
Synonym (taxonomy) (2,979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
that applies to a taxon that now goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnaeus was the first to give a scientific name (under the currently
Holotype (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described. It is either
Navy Enlisted Classification (1,122 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
member is known by the enlisted rating, for example a Machinist's Mate (MM), or by the enlisted rate, for example Petty Officer First Class (PO1). Often Navy
At sign (5,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
protocols; for example, the Unix shell command ssh jdoe@example.net tries to establish an ssh connection to the computer with the hostname example.net using
Ethics (19,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
domain-independent principles that determine whether an act is right or wrong. For example, given the particular impression that it is wrong to set a child on fire
Public domain (6,059 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission. As examples, the works of William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Miguel de Cervantes
Algorithm (7,016 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
solving problems without well-defined correct or optimal results. For example, although social media recommender systems are commonly called "algorithms"
Enzyme (10,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reaction’s activation energy, often by factors of millions. A striking example is orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase, which accelerates a reaction that
Noun (2,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adjectives cannot. In the following, an asterisk (*) in front of an example means that this example is ungrammatical. the name (name is a noun: can co-occur with
Letter case (7,281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
regular text. In some contexts, it is conventional to use one case only. For example, engineering design drawings are typically labelled entirely in uppercase
Killed in action (438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
at the moment of action. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA did not need to have fired their weapons
Volcano (10,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plate boundaries are underwater, most volcanoes are found underwater. For example, a mid-ocean ridge, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, has volcanoes caused
XML (7,255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
recommends that XML-based languages be given media types ending in +xml, for example, image/svg+xml for SVG. Further guidelines for the use of XML in a networked
RSS (3,820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
<description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description> <link>http://www.example.com/main.html</link> <copyright>2020 Example.com All rights reserved</copyright>
Periodic table (27,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. For example, carbon has three naturally occurring isotopes: all of its atoms have six
Glossary of mathematical symbols (9,952 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as minus; for example, 3 − 2. 2.  Denotes the additive inverse and is read as minus, the negative of, or the opposite of; for example, −2. 3.  Also used
Hungarian language (10,681 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
regular sound correspondences between Hungarian and the Ugric languages. For example, Hungarian /aː/ corresponds to Khanty /o/ in certain positions, and Hungarian
R (programming language) (5,990 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
are collections of functions, documentation, and data that expand R. For example, packages can add reporting features (using packages such as RMarkdown
Timestamp (954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
date-timestamp: Datestamp or DS: A date, for example 2025-08-1 according to ISO 8601 Timestamp or TS: A time of day, for example 04:08:53 using 24-hour clock Date-timestamp
Newton's laws of motion (16,060 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
number, indicating where it is relative to some chosen reference point. For example, a body might be free to slide along a track that runs left to right, and
Group (mathematics) (13,241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
identity element, and every element of the set has an inverse element. For example, the integers with the addition operation form a group. The concept of
Type system (7,205 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
system comprising a set of rules that assigns a property called a type (for example, integer, floating point, string) to every term (a word, phrase, or other
Archipelago (640 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or a smaller body of water. Example archipelagos include the Aegean Islands (the origin of the term), the Canadian
Markov chain (12,900 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
representing time), but the precise definition of a Markov chain varies. For example, it is common to define a Markov chain as a Markov process in either discrete
CSS (7,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
font-size: 20px; src: url('first.example.com'), url('second.example.com'), url('third.example.com'), url('fourth.example.com'); } CSS 2.1 defines three
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors (13,663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
For example, λ may be negative, in which case the eigenvector reverses direction as part of the scaling, or it may be zero or complex. The example here
Map (4,352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
indicating constant values of elevation, temperature, rainfall, etc.[example needed] The orientation of a map is the geographical direction toward the
QR code (9,992 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
artwork, or branding is desired to be part of the code. Frame QR example Frame QR code example with a circular frame and the Wikipedia logo composed into its
Domain name (6,451 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
right. For example: the label example specifies a node example.com as a subdomain of the com domain, and www is a label to create www.example.com, a subdomain
De facto (3,681 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
declared official form as well as an unofficial functioning form. For example, a de facto government holds power without legal recognition, while a de
Communication (17,449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Non-verbal communication happens without the use of a linguistic system, for example, using body language, touch, and facial expressions. Another distinction
Old Style and New Style dates (2,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the civil or legal year in England began on 25 March (Lady Day); so for example, the execution of Charles I was recorded at the time in Parliament as happening
Disease (7,113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
by external factors such as pathogens or by internal dysfunctions. For example, internal dysfunctions of the immune system can produce a variety of different
Privately held company (1,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 largest private companies in the United States accounted
Genus (3,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
portion of the scientific name, for example, Canis lupus lupus for the Eurasian wolf subspecies, or as a botanical example, Hibiscus arnottianus ssp. immaculatus
Ajax (programming) (1,764 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
jQuery, include abstractions to assist in executing Ajax requests. An example of a simple Ajax request using the GET method, written in JavaScript. get-ajax-data
Mineral (13,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
structures, each structure is considered a different mineral species. Thus, for example, quartz and stishovite are two different minerals consisting of the same
Diacritic (8,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
apex); for example ó ◌̀ – grave; for example ò ◌̂ – circumflex; for example ô ◌̌ – caron, wedge; for example ǒ ◌̋ – double acute; for example ő ◌̏ – double
Teleology (4,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cannot be the sufficient condition for its moving or acting as it does. For example, if Socrates is sitting in an Athenian prison, the elasticity of his tendons
Programming language (7,328 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
express algorithms that could be understood more easily by humans. For example, arithmetic expressions could now be written in symbolic notation and later
Proposition (2,558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fields. Propositions are the objects denoted by declarative sentences; for example, "The sky is blue" expresses the proposition that the sky is blue. Unlike
Scientific theory (6,868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
empirical description of a relationship between facts and/or other laws. For example, Newton's Law of Gravity is a mathematical equation that can be used to
ZIP Code (5,776 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mail without having to learn the delivery area of each city carrier. For example: Mr. John Smith 3256 Epiphenomenal Avenue Minneapolis 16, Minnesota The
Linux distribution (5,482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
personal computers (for example, Linux Mint) to servers (for example, Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and from embedded devices (for example, OpenWrt) to supercomputers
JSON (4,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
software usually imply no restrictions on the purpose of use. The following example shows a possible JSON representation describing a person. { "first_name":
Endonym and exonym (5,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for example hydronyms for bodies of water. In the case of endonyms and exonyms of language names (glossonyms), Chinese, German, and Dutch, for example, are
Polynomial (8,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and has a finite number of terms. An example of a polynomial of a single indeterminate x is x2 − 4x + 7. An example with three indeterminates is x3 + 2xyz2
Fraction (9,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight-fifths, three-quarters. A common, vulgar, or simple fraction (examples: ⁠1/2⁠ and ⁠17/3⁠) consists
Polynomial (8,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and has a finite number of terms. An example of a polynomial of a single indeterminate x is x2 − 4x + 7. An example with three indeterminates is x3 + 2xyz2
Fraction (9,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight-fifths, three-quarters. A common, vulgar, or simple fraction (examples: ⁠1/2⁠ and ⁠17/3⁠) consists
Trademark (11,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sounds, scents, or specific colours used to create a unique identity. For example, Pepsi® is a registered trademark associated with soft drinks, and the
C++ (5,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
generic algorithms (e.g., STL sort) that perform even better than, for example, the C standard library qsort, thanks to C++ features like using inlining
Time signature (4,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the subdivision. On occasion a bar may seem like one singular beat. For example, a fast waltz, notated in 3 4 time, may be described as being one in a
HTTP (7,794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
include hyperlinks to other resources that the user can easily access, for example by a mouse click or by tapping the screen in a web browser. Development
Time zone (5,705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(except for Lord Howe Island, where it is increased by 30 minutes). For example, during the DST period California observes UTC−07:00 and the United Kingdom
0 (8,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
corresponding to the place containing a 0 does not contribute to the total. For example, "205" in decimal means two hundreds, no tens, and five ones. The same
Public company (2,019 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation, though a corporation
Metonymy (3,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
effect, container and contents, or a symbol and what it represents. For example, using “the crown” to refer to a monarch or “Hollywood” to signify the
Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry System (3,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
number of equally valid SMILES strings can be written for a molecule. For example, CCO, OCC and C(O)C all specify the structure of ethanol. Algorithms have
Computer program (13,091 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
learn. For example, variables are not declared before being used. Also, variables are automatically initialized to zero. Here is an example computer program
Literal translation (1,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
translation). It is to be distinguished from an interpretation (done, for example, by an interpreter). Literal translation leads to mistranslation of idioms
Machine learning (15,517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
even smaller combined form. Examples of AI-powered audio/video compression software include NVIDIA Maxine, AIVC. Examples of software that can perform
Katakana (4,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and h→b; for example, カ (ka) becomes ガ (ga). Secondary alteration, where possible, is shown by a circular handakuten: h→p; For example; ハ (ha) becomes
Lua (5,491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
lua_close(L); // close Lua state return 0; } Running this example gives: $ cc -o example example.c -llua $ ./example Result: 8 The C API also provides some special
Subfamily (331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an example of a botanical subfamily. Detarioideae is a subdivision of the family Fabaceae (legumes), containing 84 genera. Stevardiinae is an example of
Matrix (mathematics) (15,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
usually satisfying certain properties of addition and multiplication. For example, [ 1 9 − 13 20 5 − 6 ] {\displaystyle {\begin{bmatrix}1&9&-13\\20&5&-6\end{bmatrix}}}
Taylor series (8,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
similar method a few centuries later. In the 14th century, the earliest examples of specific Taylor series (but not the general method) were given by Indian
Tilde (8,234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
were given in full. The text of the Domesday Book of 1086, relating for example, to the manor of Molland in Devon (see adjacent picture), is highly abbreviated
Functional programming (8,682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
other functions as arguments or return them as results. In calculus, an example of a higher-order function is the differential operator d / d x {\displaystyle
Synonym (1,403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate
International System of Units (6,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
intensity). The base units are defined in terms of the defining constants. For example, the kilogram is defined by taking the Planck constant h to be 6.62607015×10−34 J⋅s
Racketeering (847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
actual existing problem. The traditional and historically most common example of a racket is the "protection racket", in which racketeers offer to protect
Net income (1,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\text{Net Profit}}={\text{Sales Revenue}}-{\text{Total Costs}}} A detailed example of a net income calculation: Net Income = Gross Profit − Operating Expenses
Family (biology) (1,452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
names are Latin in origin; however, popular names are often used: for example, walnut trees and hickory trees belong to the family Juglandaceae, but
Computer network (11,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
computers had very limited connections to other devices, but perhaps the first example of computer networking occurred in 1940 when George Stibitz connected a
Peninsula (1,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
peninsula, for example in the New Barbadoes Neck in New Jersey, United States. A peninsula may be connected to the mainland via an isthmus; for example, the Isthmus
Minimax (3,815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
order to make sure that this smallest value is the highest possible. For example, consider the following game for two players, where the first player ("row
Squamata (3,837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Anguimorpha (monitor lizards, Gila monster, glass lizards, etc.). One example of a modern classification of the squamates is shown below. The over 10
Phoneme (6,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
glyph (a character) enclosed within two forward-sloping slashes /. So, for example, /k/ represents the phoneme or sound used in the beginning of the English
Regression analysis (5,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
closely fits the data according to a specific mathematical criterion. For example, the method of ordinary least squares computes the unique line (or hyperplane)
API (5,380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
software product. The process of joining is called integration. As an example, consider a weather sensor that offers an API. When a certain message is
Home page (427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
website's domain or subdomain. For example, if the domain is example.com, the home page is likely located at the URL www.example.com/. The term may also refer
Finnish language (9,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
language. The remainder speak Swedish (5.42%), one of the Sámi languages (for example Northern, Inari, or Skolt), or another language as their first language
Decimal degrees (933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
locations in texts being identified as a tuple within square brackets, for example [54.5798, −3.5820]. The appropriate decimal places are used, negative values
French language (15,794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
liaisons are mandatory, for example the s in les amants or vous avez; some are optional, depending on dialect and register, for example, the first s in deux
Hanja (5,808 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the stroke orders for certain characters are slightly different. Such examples are the characters 教 and 敎, as well as 研 and 硏. Only a small number of
Signs and symptoms (4,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
observable; symptoms are a person's reported subjective experiences. A sign for example may be a higher or lower temperature than normal, raised or lowered blood
Source code (2,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Simple C-language source code example, a procedural programming language. The resulting program prints "hello, world" on the computer screen. This first
Recursion (3,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
set of rules that reduces all successive cases toward the base case. For example, the following is a recursive definition of a person's ancestor. One's
Bracket (5,706 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
extensively in informal writing and stream of consciousness literature. Examples include the southern American author William Faulkner (see Absalom, Absalom
Apostrophe (16,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
quotation mark. It is also substituted informally for other marks – for example instead of the prime symbol to indicate the units of foot or minutes of
Chess (18,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
games, colors may be decided either by mutual agreement, or randomly, for example by a coin toss, or by one player concealing a white pawn in one hand and
Pronoun (3,497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
view of the variety of functions they perform cross-linguistically. An example of a pronoun is "you", which can be either singular or plural. Sub-types
Semantic Web (6,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used. These technologies are used to formally represent metadata. For example, ontology can describe concepts, relationships between entities, and categories
Gambling (5,266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
public and may be regulated by one of many gaming control boards, for example, the Nevada Gaming Control Board. However, this distinction is not universally
Rust (programming language) (10,354 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
"macro by example") is a macro, defined using the macro_rules! keyword, that uses pattern matching to determine its expansion. Below is an example that sums
Cosmopolitan distribution (1,525 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cosmopolitan distribution, or exhibit cosmopolitanism, as a species; another example, the rock dove (commonly referred to as a 'pigeon'), in addition to having
Acid (5,960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in car batteries), and citric acid (found in citrus fruits). As these examples show, acids (in the colloquial sense) can be solutions or pure substances
Endemism (4,313 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, the Cape sugarbird is found exclusively in southwestern South Africa and
Net income (1,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\text{Net Profit}}={\text{Sales Revenue}}-{\text{Total Costs}}} A detailed example of a net income calculation: Net Income = Gross Profit − Operating Expenses
Spanish naming customs (10,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the example above, for a person to be referred to formally using both family names, or casually by their second surname only. For example, José Luis
Slash (punctuation) (7,009 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
slashes may be used to avoid taking a position in naming disputes. One example is the Assyrian naming dispute, which prompted the US and Swedish censuses
Squamata (3,837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Anguimorpha (monitor lizards, Gila monster, glass lizards, etc.). One example of a modern classification of the squamates is shown below. The over 10
Minimax (3,815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
order to make sure that this smallest value is the highest possible. For example, consider the following game for two players, where the first player ("row
Dunning–Kruger effect (5,166 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
measured by comparing self-assessment with objective performance. For example, participants may take a quiz and estimate their performance afterward
Latin (11,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prepositions, and word order that is closer to modern Romance languages, for example, while grammatically retaining more or less the same formal rules as Classical
Apostrophe (16,601 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
quotation mark. It is also substituted informally for other marks – for example instead of the prime symbol to indicate the units of foot or minutes of
Software testing (10,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
testing employs principles and mechanisms that might recognize a problem. Examples of oracles include specifications, contracts, comparable products, past
Sustainable Development Goals (12,399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
are cross-cutting issues and synergies between the different goals; for example, for SDG 13 on climate action, the IPCC sees robust synergies with SDGs
Abbreviation (4,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a shortened form of a word, usually ended with a trailing period. For example, the term etc. is the usual abbreviation for the Latin phrase et cetera
Colon (punctuation) (4,713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
in this example: Dinner: chips and juice. What a well-rounded diet I have. The Bedford Handbook describes several uses of a colon. For example, one can
Tamil language (8,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cavvarici "sago" from Malay sāgu), Chinese (for example, campān "skiff" from Chinese san-pan) and Greek (for example, ora from Greek ὥρα). In more modern times
World Wide Web (10,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
navigation. The following example demonstrates the functioning of a web browser when accessing a page at the URL http://example.org/home.html. The browser
Isomorphism (2,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
isomorphism. A common example where isomorphic structures cannot be identified is when the structures are substructures of a larger one. For example, all subspaces
Rational number (3,391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-zero denominator q. For example, ⁠ 3 7 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {3}{7}}} ⁠ is a rational number, as is every integer (for example, − 5 = − 5 1 {\displaystyle
Hyperlink (3,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The document containing a hyperlink is known as its source document. For example, in content from Wikipedia or Google Search, many words and terms in the
Name (2,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"general names". A name can be given to a person, place, or thing; for example, parents can give their child a name or a scientist can give an element
East Slavic name (3,705 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
lexicons Almost all first names are single. Doubled first names (as in, for example, French, like Jean-Luc) are very rare and are from foreign influence. Most
Semantic Web (6,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used. These technologies are used to formally represent metadata. For example, ontology can describe concepts, relationships between entities, and categories
Revised Romanization of Korean (1,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the Hangul string to reflect standard pronunciation spellings. For example, swap out "종로" (jongro) with "종노" (jongno); the latter spelling is how
Computer (14,116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sealed in hollow unbaked clay containers. The use of counting rods is one example. The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks. The Roman abacus was
Drug nomenclature (2,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
commonly used in referring to a drug in speech or in prose documents. For example, "1-(isopropylamino)-3-(1-naphthyloxy) propan-2-ol" is a chemical name
Epoch (astronomy) (3,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
with time. These time-varying astronomical quantities might include, for example, the mean longitude or mean anomaly of a body, the node of its orbit relative
Single-elimination tournament (2,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tournament champion(s). Some match-ups may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in North American
Database (9,882 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contents, for example: bibliographic, document-text, statistical, or multimedia objects. Another way is by their application area, for example: accounting
Forward (association football) (6,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
play. Modern team formations normally include one to three forwards. For example, the common 4–2–3–1 includes one forward. Less conventional formations
Syllable (5,827 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Speech can usually be divided up into a whole number of syllables: for example, the word ignite is made of two syllables: ig and nite. Most languages
Number (8,533 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mathematical object used to count, measure, and label. The most basic examples are the natural numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and so forth. Numbers can be represented
Tempo (4,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
so on), it is typically measured in beats per minute (bpm or BPM). For example, a tempo of 60 beats per minute signifies one beat per second, while a
Watt (3,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
femtowatts are typically found in references to radio and radar receivers. For example, meaningful FM tuner performance figures for sensitivity, quieting and
Crystal (3,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
both "ice" and "rock crystal", from κρύος (kruos), "icy cold, frost". Examples of large crystals include snowflakes, diamonds, and table salt. Most inorganic
Algebra (13,738 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
multiplication, division, exponentiation, extraction of roots, and logarithm. For example, the operation of addition combines two numbers, called the addends, into
Paradox (2,724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and have caused axioms of mathematics and logic to be re-examined. One example is Russell's paradox, which questions whether a "list of all lists that
Floating-point arithmetic (14,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Numbers of this form are called floating-point numbers.: 3 : 10  For example, the number 2469/200 is a floating-point number in base ten with five digits:
Internet meme (5,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
involves the blending of different cultural references or contexts. An example of this is the combination of U.S. politician Mitt Romney's phrase "binders
Proportional representation (17,745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
many seats – for example, if the whole country is one district. In practice, party-list PR is also more complicated than in the example, as list PR used
Species (11,039 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
botanical nomenclature, also sometimes in zoological nomenclature). For example, Boa constrictor is one of the species of the genus Boa, with constrictor
Significant figures (5,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
uncertain yet meaningful are also included in the significant figures. In this example, the last digit (8, contributing 0.8 mm) is likewise considered significant
Lambda calculus (12,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
function definition, while example 2 is a function application. The lambda variable x is a placeholder in both examples. Here, example 1 defines a function
Chinese language (8,913 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
have repeatedly sought to promulgate a unified standard. The earliest examples of Old Chinese are divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones dated to c. 1250 BCE
Specials (Unicode block) (752 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
CHARACTER, placeholder in the text for another unspecified object, for example in a compound document. U+FFFD � REPLACEMENT CHARACTER used to replace
Abstraction (4,777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rules and concepts are derived from the use and classifying of specific examples, literal (real or concrete) signifiers, first principles, or other methods
Grammatical gender (11,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gender distinction generally have fewer cases of ambiguity concerning, for example, pronominal reference. In the English phrase "a flowerbed in the garden
Amino acid (10,037 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
terms of the fictitious "neutral" structure shown in the illustration. For example, the systematic name of alanine is 2-aminopropanoic acid, based on the
Gregorian calendar (8,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
divisible by 100, except in turn for years also divisible by 400. For example 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, but 2000 was. There were two reasons
Gene Ontology (2,280 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
enable functional interpretation of experimental data using the GO, for example via enrichment analysis. GO is part of a larger classification effort,
Eponym (2,535 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or places, for example 10 Downing Street, a building named after its street address. Adjectives and verbs may be eponyms, for example bowdlerize. Adjectives
Gregorian calendar (8,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
divisible by 100, except in turn for years also divisible by 400. For example 1800 and 1900 were not leap years, but 2000 was. There were two reasons
Vector space (11,491 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
first example above reduces to this example if an arrow is represented by a pair of Cartesian coordinates of its endpoint. The simplest example of a vector
Eponym (2,535 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or places, for example 10 Downing Street, a building named after its street address. Adjectives and verbs may be eponyms, for example bowdlerize. Adjectives
Control flow (6,594 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
each following line, but may not require that they be consecutive. For example, in BASIC: 10 LET X = 3 20 PRINT X In other languages such as C and Ada
Standard deviation (8,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
standard deviation divided by the square root of the sample size. For example, a poll's standard error (what is reported as the margin of error of the
Application software (2,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
software is not exact and is occasionally the object of controversy. For example, one of the key questions in the United States v. Microsoft Corp. antitrust
Jacobian matrix and determinant (3,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"transforming" that the function imposes locally near that point. For example, if (x′, y′) = f(x, y) is used to smoothly transform an image, the Jacobian
Go (programming language) (8,129 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
for example banning cyclic dependencies, unused variables or imports, and implicit type conversions. The omission of certain features (for example,
Speed of light (14,766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
material is called the refractive index n of the material (n = ⁠c/v⁠). For example, for visible light, the refractive index of glass is typically around 1
Weasel word (1,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
irrelevant claim has been communicated. The terms may be considered informal. Examples include the phrases "some people say", "it is thought", and "researchers
ASCII (8,017 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
influenced the design of character sets used by modern computers; for example, the first 128 code points of Unicode are the same as ASCII. ASCII encodes
Boldness (347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
To be bold implies a willingness to get things done despite risks. For example, in the context of sociability, a bold person may be willing to risk shame
Polymer (7,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Polyisoprene of latex rubber is an example of a natural polymer, and the polystyrene of styrofoam is an example of a synthetic polymer. In biological
Playoff format (12,845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
this competitor wins the series increases when more games are played. For example, if team A has a 70% chance of defeating team B in a single game, its probability
Big O notation (9,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
arithmetical function and a better understood approximation; one well-known example is the remainder term in the prime number theorem. Big O notation is also
Gross domestic product (9,906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Changing any of these factors can increase the size of the economy. For example, population growth through mass immigration can raise consumption and demand
Correlation (5,359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
example, an electrical utility may produce less power on a mild day based on the correlation between electricity demand and weather. In this example,
Differential diagnosis (6,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
conditions. This example continues for the same patient as in the example for the epidemiology-based method. As with the previous example of epidemiology-based
H (2,612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
choice of indefinite article before initialisms beginning with H: for example "an H-bomb" or "a H-bomb". The pronunciation /heɪtʃ/ may be a hypercorrection
Writer (9,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
another medium. For example, a writer's work may be read privately or recited or performed in a play or film. Satire for example, may be written as a
Polish language (8,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for example: może ("maybe") and morze ("sea"). In occasional words, letters that normally form a digraph are pronounced separately. For example, rz represents
Cross-platform software (4,373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
packages are common or standard components of all supported platforms. For example, a cross-platform application may run on Linux, macOS and Microsoft Windows
EPPO Code (434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
four letters of the genus and the first two letters of the species. For example, corn, or maize (Zea mays), was assigned the code "ZEAMA"; the code for
Full-time equivalent (960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
number of compensable hours in a full-time schedule as defined by law. For example, if the normal schedule for a quarter is defined as 411.25 hours ([35 hours
Cover version (4,164 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tune recorded to compete with the recently released (original) version. Examples of records covered include Paul Williams' 1949 hit tune "The Hucklebuck"
IP address (4,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
designate how much of the address should be treated as a routing prefix. For example, 192.0.2.1/24 indicates that 24 significant bits of the address are the
Probability (5,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
often expressed as a percentage (%), ranging from 0% to 100%. A simple example is the tossing of a fair (unbiased) coin. Since the coin is fair, the two
Learning (9,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fields has led to the identification of various sorts of learning. For example, learning may occur as a result of habituation, or classical conditioning
Isomer (3,420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
classic example is bromochlorofluoromethane ( CHFClBr {\displaystyle {\ce {CHFClBr}}} ). The two enantiomers can be distinguished, for example, by whether
Quantum mechanics (12,154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
been verified experimentally to an extremely high degree of accuracy. For example, the refinement of quantum mechanics for the interaction of light and matter
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (4,964 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
systems, networks, services, and applications throughout the network. As examples, directory services may provide any organized set of records, often with
Summit (550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation. For example, a big, massive rock next to the main summit of a mountain is not considered
Perennial (2,715 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
every year, from seed, from cuttings, or from divisions. Tomato vines, for example, live several years in their natural tropical/ subtropical habitat but
United States Numbered Highway System (5,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Three-digit numbered highways are generally spur routes of parent highways; for example, U.S. Route 421 (US 421) is a spur off US 21. Some divided routes, such
Telephone numbering plan (3,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plans, it is not always necessary to dial all digits of a number. For example, an area code may often be omitted when the destination is in the same
Nihilism (10,276 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
existence. Different forms of nihilism deny different features of reality. For example, existential nihilism denies that life has a higher meaning and moral nihilism
Anatomical terminology (4,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
language, its meanings are less likely to evolve or be misinterpreted. For example, everyday language can lead to confusion in descriptions: the phrase "a
Bachelor of Science (3,358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
degrees are awarded in particular subjects varies between universities. For example, an economics student may graduate as a Bachelor of Arts in one university
Genitive case (4,427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A genitive can also serve purposes indicating other relationships. For example, some verbs may feature arguments in the genitive case; and the genitive
Hyphen (5,855 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the column (called the "line length" in typography) is very narrow. For example: Rules (or guidelines) for correct hyphenation vary between languages,
Internet slang (4,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used by people on the Internet to communicate to one another. A popular example of Internet slang is lol, meaning "laugh out loud". Since Internet slang
System (2,438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
obvious example is the calculus developed simultaneously by Leibniz and Isaac Newton. Another example is George Boole's Boolean operators. Other examples relate
Graphic design (5,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
different areas of knowledge focused on any visual communication system. For example, it can be applied in advertising strategies, or it can also be applied
Topographic prominence (3,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sufficient degree of prominence are regarded as independent mountains. For example, the world's second-highest mountain is K2 (height 8,611 m, prominence
Contract bridge (9,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In auction bridge, bidding beyond winning the auction is pointless; for example, if taking all 13 tricks, there is no difference in score between a 1♠
Assembly language (9,904 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
excluding data (e.g. the 61h in this example), depending on the operands that follow the mnemonic. For example, for the x86/IA-32 CPUs, the Intel assembly
Dash (7,047 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sentence, and a pair can be used to set off a parenthetical phrase. For example: Glitter, felt, yarn, and buttons—his kitchen looked as if a clown had
Philosophy (17,452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fields, including disciplines like physics, chemistry, and biology. An example of this usage is the 1687 book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
GIF (8,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
downloadable conversion utilities for many computers. By December 1987, for example, an Apple IIGS user could view pictures created on an Atari ST or Commodore
Korean name (6,651 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the founder of the clan (with descendency determined patrilineally). For example, the Jeonju Yi clan comes from Jeonju and descends from Yi Han [ko]. In
Hiberno-English (8,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Speech example An example of a man with a non-local Dublin accent (Dara Ó Briain) Problems playing this file? See media help. Speech example An example of
Plus and minus signs (3,394 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
not of great antiquity. The Egyptian hieroglyphic sign for addition, for example, resembles a pair of legs walking in the direction in which the text was
Encryption (3,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
letters in the encrypted message to determine the appropriate shift: for example, the most common letter in English text is E and is therefore likely to
Larva (1,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Larvae are frequently adapted to different environments than adults. For example, some larvae such as tadpoles live almost exclusively in aquatic environments
First-order logic (12,955 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
themselves are viewed as the individuals of study, and might be denoted, for example, by variables such as p and q. They are not viewed as an application of
Isotope (6,062 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and each isotope of a given element has a different mass number. For example, carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are three isotopes of the element
Turkish language (9,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
specialized meanings; for example betik (originally meaning "book") is now used to mean "script" in computer science. Some examples of modern Turkish words
Roman numerals (7,508 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Saint Louis Art Museum. There are numerous historical examples of IIX being used for 8; for example, XIIX was used by officers of the XVIII Roman Legion
Chinese surname (6,699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ancestral tribe or clan, while shi denoted a branch of the tribe or clan. For example, the ancestors of the Shang had Zi (子) as xing, but the descendants were
Contract bridge (9,761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In auction bridge, bidding beyond winning the auction is pointless; for example, if taking all 13 tricks, there is no difference in score between a 1♠
Hierarchy (5,921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pertaining to their subject, but the idea behind them is the same. For example, with data structures, objects are known as nodes, superiors are called
Functional group (1,230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
well-interacting functional groups which give rise to solubility. For example, sugar dissolves in water because both share the hydroxyl functional group
MATLAB (3,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mathematical shell or executing text files containing MATLAB code. An example of a "Hello, world!" program exists in MATLAB. disp('Hello, world!') It
Probability density function (4,975 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
between 5 hours and 5.0001 hours should be about 0.0002, and so on. In this example, the ratio (probability of living during an interval) / (duration of the
Uniform Resource Identifier (4,555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
anything described using the Resource Description Framework (RDF), for example, concepts that are part of an ontology defined using the Web Ontology Language
Bayer designation (1,619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
constellation name is frequently abbreviated to a standard three-letter form. For example, Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus (the Bull) is designated α Tauri
Newline (4,492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
be properly formatted or interpreted by another operating system (for example a UNIX shell script written in a Windows text editor like Notepad). The
Verb (2,589 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
action will be done, expressed with the auxiliary verb will or shall. For example: Lucy will go to school. (action, future) Barack Obama became the President
Percentage point (505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage
Romeo and Juliet (15,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
characters, sometimes changing the form as the character develops. Romeo, for example, grows more adept at the sonnet over the course of the play. Romeo and
Wavelength (4,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wavelength depends on the medium (for example, vacuum, air, or water) that a wave travels through. Examples of waves are sound waves, light, water waves
Prime number (14,179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
number greater than 1 that is not prime is called a composite number. For example, 5 is prime because the only ways of writing it as a product, 1 × 5 or
SQL (4,039 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
compliance, though PostgreSQL does not adhere to the standard in all cases. For example, the folding of unquoted names to lower case in PostgreSQL is incompatible
HTML element (12,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the element is not present; it is implied, but it is still there. For example, an HTML document always has a root <html> element, even if the string
C Sharp (programming language) (8,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
on all C# versions. try { // something here } catch (Exception ex) { // example return 0; } finally { return 1; } Depending on your plans, the "finally"
Comma-separated values (4,004 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
operate on incompatible (often proprietary or undocumented) formats. For example, a user may need to transfer information from a database program that stores
Primary sector of the economy (401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
economy in developing countries than it does in developed countries. For example, in 2018, agriculture, forestry, and fishing comprised more than 15% of
Adposition (5,574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
complement. Examples of this, from English, have been given above; similar examples can be found in many European and other languages, for example: German:
Creative director (1,619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
design, interactive design, and concept forward in any work assigned. For example, this responsibility is often seen in industries related to advertisement
HCard (741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Doe</li> <li>Joe</li> <li>The Example Company</li> <li>604-555-1234</li> <li><a href="http://example.com/">http://example.com/</a></li> </ul> With microformat
Chemical element (10,679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The number of protons is called the atomic number of that element. For example, oxygen has an atomic number of 8: each oxygen atom has 8 protons in its
Object-oriented programming (5,890 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
objects represent real-world things and processes in digital form. For example, a graphics program may have objects such as "circle", "square", and "menu"
Currency (4,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins. A more general definition is that a currency is a
Chinese name (6,441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
consist of many different lineages gathered under a single name. As an example, the surname Ma (馬; 马) includes descendants of the Warring States–era bureaucrat
String (computer science) (5,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
store data expressed as characters yet not intended for human reading. Example strings and their purposes: A message like "file upload complete" is a
Award (551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ecclesiastical authorities, such as in the case of ecclesiastical awards. For example, the Nobel Prize recognizes contributions to society, while the Pulitzer
Lorem ipsum (1,364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain
Fibonacci sequence (12,946 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
variation] ... For example, for [a meter of length] four, variations of meters of two [and] three being mixed, five happens. [works out examples 8, 13, 21] 
Bash (Unix shell) (9,221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
./example.sh -rw-r--r--.1 liveuser liveuser 32 Aug 3 22:33 example.sh $ ./example.sh bash: ./example.sh: Permission denied $ chmod 0744 ./example.sh
Word (3,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
convey its different meanings at different levels of description, for example based on phonological, grammatical or orthographic basis. Others suggest
Emotion (16,308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
similar multi-componential description of emotion is found in sociology. For example, Peggy Thoits described emotions as involving physiological components
Complex number (12,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or complex coefficients has a solution which is a complex number. For example, the equation ( x + 1 ) 2 = − 9 {\displaystyle (x+1)^{2}=-9} has no real
Czech language (8,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
for example Čech (Czech man) has the feminine form Češka (Czech woman). Nouns of different genders follow different declension patterns. Examples of declension
Set theory (6,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
paradox, and introduced one-to-one correspondence of infinite sets, for example between the intervals [ 0 , 5 ] {\displaystyle [0,5]} and [ 0 , 12 ] {\displaystyle
Jurisdiction (4,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
harmonization between their national legislative and judicial functions, for example, the European Union and African Union both have the potential to become
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (5,629 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
'frac'): the sequence of numerators and the sequence of denominators. For example, the fifth-order Farey sequence, 1 5 , 1 4 , 1 3 , 2 5 , 1 2 , 3 5 , 2
Ester (4,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contain oxygen (e.g. esters of thiocyanic acid and trithiocarbonic acid). An example of an ester formation is the substitution reaction between a carboxylic
Infection (12,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
relationship with the host. An example of the former is the anaerobic bacteria species, which colonizes the mammalian colon, and an example of the latter are the
Adjective (3,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the, this, my, etc., typically are classed separately, as determiners. Examples: That's a funny idea. (Prepositive attributive) That idea is funny. (Predicative)
Hexadecimal (5,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
represents four bits (binary digits), also known as a nibble (or nybble). For example, an 8-bit byte is two hexadecimal digits and its value can be written as
Jurisdiction (4,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
harmonization between their national legislative and judicial functions, for example, the European Union and African Union both have the potential to become
Infection (12,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
relationship with the host. An example of the former is the anaerobic bacteria species, which colonizes the mammalian colon, and an example of the latter are the
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (5,629 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
'frac'): the sequence of numerators and the sequence of denominators. For example, the fifth-order Farey sequence, 1 5 , 1 4 , 1 3 , 2 5 , 1 2 , 3 5 , 2
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (7,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
220 smtp.example.com ESMTP Postfix C: HELO relay.example.org S: 250 Hello relay.example.org, I am glad to meet you C: MAIL FROM:<bob@example.org> S: 250
Botanical name (1,431 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accepted and used worldwide for a particular plant or plant group. For example, the botanical name Bellis perennis denotes a plant species which is native
International Designator (621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
format the first two digits of the year and the dash are dropped. For example, 1990-037A is the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-31, which carried
Conspiracy theory (17,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a 1909 article in The American Historical Review as the earliest usage example, although it also appeared in print for several decades before. The earliest
Correlation does not imply causation (3,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
correlation between them. The idea that "correlation implies causation" is an example of a questionable-cause logical fallacy, in which two events occurring
Catalysis (5,324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
on her novel work in oxidation-reduction experiments. An illustrative example is the effect of catalysts to speed the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
River source (1,295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the headwaters of the stream commonly known as the source stream". As an example of the second definition above, the USGS at times considers the Missouri
Security (2,608 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
protection from hostile forces, but it has a wide range of other senses: for example, as the absence of harm (e.g., freedom from want); as the presence of an
Paraphrase (2,019 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the text in meaning, but which is different from the original. For example, when someone tells a story they heard, in their own words, they paraphrase
24-hour clock (2,679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
written in the 24-hour notation in the form hh:mm (for example 01:23) or hh:mm:ss (for example, 01:23:45), where hh (00 to 23) is the number of full hours
Resource Description Framework (5,075 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following is an example of a SPARQL query to show country capitals in Africa, using a fictional ontology: PREFIX ex: <http://example.com/exampleOntology#> SELECT
Counterpoint (4,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contrapuntal convention: the fugue. All of these are examples of imitative counterpoint. There are many examples of song melodies that are harmonically interdependent
Japanese name (9,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
names. Very few names are in use both as surnames and as given names (for example Mayumi (真弓), Izumi (泉), Masuko (益子), or Arata (新)). Therefore, to those
Odds (4,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particular outcome. Odds are commonly used in gambling and statistics. For example for an event that is 40% probable, one could say that the odds are "2 in
Pun (4,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particular language or its culture. Puns have a long history in writing. For example, the Roman playwright Plautus was famous for his puns and word games. A
Caliber (2,422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the United Kingdom in thousandths; and elsewhere in millimeters. For example, a US "45 caliber" firearm has a barrel diameter of roughly 0.45 inches
Time complexity (4,997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
according to the type of function appearing in the big O notation. For example, an algorithm with time complexity O ( n ) {\displaystyle O(n)} is a linear
Robots.txt (3,150 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
file. If example.com had a robots.txt file but foo.example.com did not, the rules that would apply for example.com would not apply to foo.example.com. In
Emir (1,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
historically used to denote a "commander", "general", or "leader" (for example, Amir al-Mu'min). In contemporary usage, "emir" is also sometimes used
Newton's method (9,136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
converge, it is because the assumptions made in this proof are not met. For example, in some cases, if the first derivative is not well behaved in the neighborhood
Metadata (11,341 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
containers of data and indicates how compound objects are put together, for example, how pages are ordered to form chapters. It describes the types, versions
Poetry (13,111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
termed the speaker, distinct from the poet (the author). Thus if, for example, a poem asserts, "I killed my enemy in Reno", it is the speaker, not the
Sexual dimorphism (13,325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
conspicuous in general. Similar examples are manifold, such as in birds of paradise and argus pheasants.[citation needed] Another example of sexual dichromatism
Gini coefficient (10,898 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
values u and f will always have a higher Gini coefficient than f − u. For example, if the wealthiest u = 20% of the population has f = 80% of all income
Derivative (7,403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prime marks. The higher order derivatives can be applied in physics; for example, while the first derivative of the position of a moving object with respect
Sister ship (554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to a ship of the same class but with some significant differences. One example of half-sisters are the First World War-era British Courageous-class battlecruisers
Italian language (12,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
country introduced many more words and idioms from their home languages. For example, ciao is derived from the Venetian word s-cia[v]o ('slave', that is 'your
Scientific method (23,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
algorithmic scientific method; in that case, "science is best understood through examples". But algorithmic methods, such as disproof of existing theory by experiment
Metric space (11,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
most familiar example of a metric space is 3-dimensional Euclidean space with its usual notion of distance. Other well-known examples are a sphere equipped
Camel case (4,662 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
case, then the following words having an initial uppercase letter. Common examples include YouTube, PowerPoint, HarperCollins, FedEx, iPhone, eBay, and LaGuardia
Metaphor (6,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Figurative language examples include similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, allusions, and idioms." One of the most commonly cited examples of a metaphor
Weather (4,809 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. On
Video game genre (2,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fiction that are expressed through other media, such as films or books. For example, a shooter game is still a shooter game, regardless of where or when it
Mandarin Chinese (8,811 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
standard typically refer to the variety they speak by a geographic name—for example the Sichuan dialect and the Hebei dialect or Northeastern dialect, all
Energy (10,430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particular combinations of potential and kinetic energy as its own form. For example, the sum of translational and rotational kinetic and potential energy within
African-American Vernacular English (9,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Speech example An example of a man from northern Ohio with an AAVE accent (Bobby Womack). Problems playing this file? See media help. Speech example An example
Public key certificate (5,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
example.net is OK and matches baz1.example.net *baz.example.net is OK and matches foobaz.example.net b*z.example.net is OK and matches buzz.example.net
Aqueous solution (723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
chemical equations by appending (aq) to the relevant chemical formula. For example, a solution of table salt, also known as sodium chloride (NaCl), in water
Morse code (9,883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
his eyes in Morse. Two examples of communication in intensive care units were also published in QST magazine. Another example occurred in 1966 when prisoner
Brummie dialect (2,610 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Speech example An example of a male speaker from Moseley, Birmingham (Carl Chinn). Problems playing this file? See media help. Speech example An example of
Homophone (4,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in meaning or in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, for example rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or spelled differently,
Top-level domain (3,066 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-empty label of a fully qualified domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.com, the top-level domain is .com. Responsibility for management
Prime minister (5,764 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
holding other roles or posts—the prime minister of the United Kingdom, for example, is also First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
Away goals rule (4,766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
this example, the aggregate score is 1–1, but as neither team scored an away goal, the match will progress to the next tie-breaker, extra time. Example 2:
Hebrew alphabet (5,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Canaanite dialects were largely indistinguishable before around 1000 BCE. An example of related early Semitic inscriptions from the area include the tenth-century
Thought (13,707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used synonymously with the term "mind". This usage is encountered, for example, in the Cartesian tradition, where minds are understood as thinking things
Fast bowling (1,971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a seam bowler, a swing bowler, or a fast bowler who can swing it, for example, if this is the predominant characteristic of their deliveries. Strictly
Function (computer programming) (6,607 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
at multiple levels of abstraction in the programming environment. For example, a programmer may write a function in source code that is compiled to machine
Taxonomy (6,859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
structures. Taxonomies may then include a single child with multi-parents, for example, "Car" might appear with both parents "Vehicle" and "Steel Mechanisms";
Dimension (4,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(1D) because only one coordinate is needed to specify a point on it – for example, the point at 5 on a number line. A surface, such as the boundary of a
Manifold (9,531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
such as a figure 8. Two-dimensional manifolds are also called surfaces. Examples include the plane, the sphere, and the torus, and also the Klein bottle
Orbital period (2,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
location — for example, when any planet returns between its consecutive observed conjunctions with or oppositions to the Sun. For example, Jupiter has a
Code (1,935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
through a communication channel or storage in a storage medium. An early example is an invention of language, which enabled a person, through speech, to
Percentage (2,562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is nonetheless a unit of measurement in its orthography and usage. For example, 45% (read as "forty-five percent") is equal to the fraction ⁠45/100⁠,
Class (computer programming) (4,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
produce objects of the same (abstract) type (depending on type system). For example, the type (interface) Stack might be implemented by SmallStack that is
SVG (6,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
incorporates new features from HTML5 and Web Open Font Format (WOFF): For example, SVG 2 removes several font elements such as glyph and altGlyph (replaced
Cognate (1,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
term cognate derives from Latin cognatus, meaning "blood relative". An example of cognates from the same Indo-European root are: night (English), Nacht
Random variable (6,634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
\Omega } , which allows the different random variables to covary). For example: A random word may be represented as a random integer that serves as an
Modular arithmetic (3,646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in his book Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, published in 1801. A familiar example of modular arithmetic is the hour hand on a 12-hour clock. If the hour
Theory (4,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
πρᾶξις) a Greek term for doing, which is opposed to theory. A "classical example" of the distinction between "theoretical" and "practical" uses the discipline
Code-division multiple access (4,745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
access method used by various radio communication technologies. CDMA is an example of multiple access, where several transmitters can send information simultaneously
Risk factor (1,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of practice: medicine (clinical practice) versus public health. As an example from clinical practice, low ingestion of dietary sources of vitamin C is
EBird (1,809 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
described as an ambitious example of enlisting amateurs to gather data on biodiversity for use in science. eBird is an example of crowdsourcing, and has
Short and long titles (3,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
legislation's purpose and effects, is generally too unwieldy for most uses. For example, the short title House of Lords Act 1999 contrasts with the long title
Misanthropy (8,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of humankind and is linked to efforts to increase human well-being, for example, through good will, charitable aid, and donations. Both terms have a range
Arabic (14,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
classes throughout the Islamic world, both for Muslims and non-Muslims. For example, Maimonides, the Andalusi Jewish philosopher, authored works in Judeo-Arabic—Arabic
Arabic name (3,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ordinary adjectives and nouns, and are often aspirational of character. For example, Muhammad means 'Praiseworthy' and Ali means 'Exalted' or 'High'. The syntactic
Taxonomic rank (5,895 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
species name is also called a binomial, that is, a two-term name. For example, the zoological name for the human species is Homo sapiens. This is usually
Tradition (4,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or impractical but socially meaningful clothes (like lawyers'
Hypernymy and hyponymy (1,965 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
semantic field of the hyponym is included within that of the hypernym. For example, "pigeon", "crow", and "hen" are all hyponyms of "bird" and "animal"; "bird"
Falsifiability (13,604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
allowed falsifiability to escape some criticisms aimed at methodology. For example, Popper's rejection of Marxism as unscientific because of its resistance
Finite-state machine (4,529 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
depending on a sequence of events with which they are presented. Simple examples are: vending machines, which dispense products when the proper combination
Field (mathematics) (10,330 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
required field axioms reduce to standard properties of rational numbers. For example, the law of distributivity can be proven as follows: a b ⋅ ( c d + e f
Calculus (8,805 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
methods of computation or theories that imply some sort of computation. Examples of this usage include propositional calculus, Ricci calculus, calculus
Man-in-the-middle attack (2,560 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the attacker has inserted themselves between the two user parties. One example of a MITM attack is active eavesdropping, in which the attacker makes independent
Dance music (2,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Soft and Furious - Lucidity An example of dance music Problems playing this file? See media help. Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate
Specific name (zoology) (702 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
new species name are explained in the article species description. For example, the scientific name for humans is Homo sapiens, which is the species name
Ontology (18,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
theories and principles to study entities within specific domains. For example, social ontology examines basic concepts used in the social sciences. Applied
Herpetology (1,303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
research on the role of amphibians and reptiles in global ecology. For example, by monitoring amphibians that are very sensitive to environmental changes
Visual Basic (.NET) (4,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
actions or changes in the environment, providing a dynamic application. For example, code can be inserted into the form resize event handler to reposition
Boolean algebra (9,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
set {0,1}. A sequence of bits is a commonly used example of such a function. Another common example is the totality of subsets of a set E: to a subset
Numeral system (3,710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
symbols may represent different numbers in different numeral systems. For example, "11" represents the number eleven in the decimal or base-10 numeral system
Constitution (10,993 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
codified constitution. The Constitution of the United Kingdom is a notable example of an uncodified constitution; it is instead written in numerous fundamental
Resource Description Framework (5,075 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following is an example of a SPARQL query to show country capitals in Africa, using a fictional ontology: PREFIX ex: <http://example.com/exampleOntology#> SELECT
Upper house (2,553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an elected regional chamber was established in 1977. Following Spain's example, free-thinking Vintistas were able to govern Portugal and adopt the constitution
Anatomical terms of motion (2,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
according to the anatomical plane it occurs in. Flexion and extension are examples of angular motions, in which two axes of a joint are brought closer together
Romanization of Japanese (2,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
system included representation of some sounds that have since changed. For example, Lafcadio Hearn's book Kwaidan shows the older kw- pronunciation; in modern
Syntax highlighting (1,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
presents potential problems. For example, a user may want to edit a document containing: more than one language (for example when editing an HTML file that
Top-level domain (3,066 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-empty label of a fully qualified domain name. For example, in the domain name www.example.com, the top-level domain is .com. Responsibility for management
Symbiosis (5,636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
often driven the evolution of species; mutualism has enabled species for example to colonise new environments. Symbiogenesis is thought to have helped to
Male (2,679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
evolved independently at different times and in different lineages, an example of convergent evolution. The repeated pattern is sexual reproduction in
Smoothness (3,921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
strictly contained in C ∞ . {\displaystyle C^{\infty }.} Bump functions are examples of functions with this property. To put it differently, the class C 0 {\displaystyle
Sister ship (554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to a ship of the same class but with some significant differences. One example of half-sisters are the First World War-era British Courageous-class battlecruisers
Half-life (2,175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
characterize any type of exponential (or, rarely, non-exponential) decay. For example, the medical sciences refer to the biological half-life of drugs and other
Chemical reaction (8,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
chemical substances already was a central goal for medieval alchemists. Examples include the synthesis of ammonium chloride from organic substances as described
Motivation (14,604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
internal factors motivate people and which goals they commonly follow. Examples are the hierarchy of needs, the two-factor theory, and the learned needs
Nebula (2,845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Omega Nebula, an example of an emission nebula The Horsehead Nebula, an example of a dark nebula. The Cat's Eye Nebula, an example of a planetary nebula
Lie group (9,490 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
concept of continuous symmetry, a celebrated example of which is the circle group. Rotating a circle is an example of a continuous symmetry. For any rotation
Externality (10,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
consumer or producer consumption. Air pollution from motor vehicles is one example. The cost of air pollution to society is not paid by either the producers
Central processing unit (11,434 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
require the same operation (for example, a sum or a dot product) to be performed on a large set of data. Some classic examples of these types of tasks include
Smoothness (3,921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
strictly contained in C ∞ . {\displaystyle C^{\infty }.} Bump functions are examples of functions with this property. To put it differently, the class C 0 {\displaystyle
Music (15,985 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
by Early European modern humans, from all three caves there are eight examples, four made from the wing bones of birds and four from mammoth ivory; three
Gigabyte (1,610 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(GiB) to denote 230 bytes. These differences are still readily seen, for example, when a 400 GB drive's capacity is displayed by Microsoft Windows as 372 GB
Logistic regression (19,414 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
§ Background and § Definition for formal mathematics, and § Example for a worked example. Binary variables are widely used in statistics to model the
Conditional (computer programming) (3,947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(alternative) End If For example: If stock = 0 Then message = order new stock Else message = there is stock End If In the example code above, the part represented
Syntax highlighting (1,552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
presents potential problems. For example, a user may want to edit a document containing: more than one language (for example when editing an HTML file that
Sequence (6,176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
indexed family, defined as a function from an arbitrary index set. For example, (M, A, R, Y) is a sequence of letters with the letter "M" first and "Y"
Arithmetic (16,397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and economics. Arithmetic is present in many aspects of daily life, for example, to calculate change while shopping or to manage personal finances. It
Motivation (14,604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
internal factors motivate people and which goals they commonly follow. Examples are the hierarchy of needs, the two-factor theory, and the learned needs
Peptide (2,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
functions to directly modulate the peptide systems in the body or brain. An example is opioidergics, which are neuropeptidergics. A cell-penetrating peptide
Handle System (3,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
names", within their assigned prefixes. Two example of handles are: 20.1000/100 2381/12345 In the first example, which is the handle for the HANDLE.NET software
Bayes' theorem (6,809 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
allowing one to find the probability of a cause given its effect. For example, if the risk of developing health problems is known to increase with age
Web colors (3,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Byte 3: blue value (color type blue) Byte 4 (optional): alpha value For example, consider the color where the red/green/blue values are decimal numbers:
Italianate architecture (3,228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
varying forms abroad long after its decline in popularity in Britain. For example, from the late 1840s to 1890, it achieved huge popularity in the United
Metabolism (12,628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reactions may be categorized as catabolic—the breaking down of compounds (for example, of glucose to pyruvate by cellular respiration); or anabolic—the building
Latin alphabet (1,759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
foreign letters: The Latin names of some of these letters are disputed; for example, ⟨H⟩ may have been called [ˈaha] or [ˈaka]. In general the Romans did not
Pulitzer Prize (5,422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
distinguished example of investigative reporting, using any available journalistic tool. Explanatory Reporting – for a distinguished example of explanatory
Ticker symbol (2,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In the US, for example, stock tickers are typically between 1 and 4 letters and represent the company name where possible. For example, US-based computer
Estonian language (3,335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
example 'baggage' becomes 'pagas', 'lob' (to throw) becomes 'loopima'. The initial letter 's' before another consonant is often dropped, for example 'skool'
Wade–Giles (2,386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nouns in Taiwan is based on the Wade–Giles derived romanized form, for example Kaohsiung, the Matsu Islands and Chiang Ching-kuo. Wade–Giles was developed
Extinction (11,109 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of that species taken from other locations; wolf reintroduction is an example of this. Species that are not globally extinct are termed extant. Those
Confirmation bias (13,451 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
can maintain or strengthen beliefs in the face of contrary evidence. For example, confirmation bias produces systematic errors in scientific research based
Vehicle registration plate (16,865 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
registration plate frames are illegal or have design restrictions. For example, many states, like Texas, allow plate frames but prohibit plate frames
Optical character recognition (4,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
scene photo (for example the text on signs and billboards in a landscape photo) or from subtitle text superimposed on an image (for example: from a television
Formal fallacy (1,145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
conversation, and refers to a formal fallacy. Propositional logic, for example, is concerned with the meanings of sentences and the relationships between
Pointer (computer programming) (9,654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
microcontrollers. Below is a simple example declaring a pointer of type int and initialising it to a hexadecimal address in this example the constant 0x7FFF: int
Tensor (9,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in which a different tensor can occur at each point of an object; for example the stress within an object may vary from one location to another. This
Circumscription (taxonomy) (513 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the delimitation of which subordinate taxa are parts of that taxon. For example, if we determine that species X, Y, and Z belong in genus A, and species
Hepburn romanization (3,536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
its use of English orthography to phonetically transcribe sounds: for example, the syllable [ɕi] (し) is written as shi and [tɕa] (ちゃ) is written as cha
Game theory (15,389 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
by the row player (Player 1 in our example); the second is the payoff for the column player (Player 2 in our example). Suppose that Player 1 plays Up and
Harbor (1,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
include one or more ports. Alexandria Port in Egypt, meanwhile, is an example of a port with two harbors. Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial
Industry (economics) (834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
produces a closely related set of raw materials, goods, or services. For example, one might refer to the wood industry or to the insurance industry. When
Dynasty (2,799 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is sometimes used informally for people who are not rulers but are, for example, members of a family with influence and power in other areas, such as a
False dilemma (2,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
true. Various inferential schemes are associated with false dilemmas, for example, the constructive dilemma, the destructive dilemma or the disjunctive syllogism
Old Norse (8,933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Swedish plural land and numerous other examples. That also applies to almost all feminine nouns, for example the largest feminine noun group, the o-stem
Etymology (3,097 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
its vocabulary. In this way, word roots in many European languages, for example, can be traced back to the origin of the Indo-European language family
Theme (narrative) (1,180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
in a single abstract noun (for example, love, death, betrayal, nostalgia, or parenthood) or noun phrase (for example, coming of age, humans in conflict
Set (mathematics) (7,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(1845–1918). This provided some counterintuitive facts and paradoxes. For example, the number line has an infinite number of elements that is strictly larger
Microbiology (2,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
molecular biology tools such as DNA sequence-based identification, for example, the 16S rRNA gene sequence used for bacterial identification. Viruses
Resonance (7,943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Some systems have multiple and distinct resonant frequencies. A familiar example is a playground swing, which acts as a pendulum. Pushing a person in a
Value theory (16,603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
function of the value. Values are expressed through evaluative terms. For example, the words good, best, great, and excellent convey positive values, whereas
Periodical literature (1,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
numbers, often numerically divided into annual volumes). The most familiar example of periodical literature is the newspaper, but the magazine and the academic
Data type (3,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
use different data types or similar types with different semantics. For example, in the Python programming language, int represents an arbitrary-precision
Commanding officer (1,574 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
this respect, commanding officers have significant responsibilities (for example, the use of force, finances, equipment, the Geneva Conventions), duties
Chemical nomenclature (3,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
name should also represent the structure or chemistry of a compound. For example, the main constituent of white vinegar is CH 3COOH, which is commonly called
Myth (8,663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
entered the English language before "myth". Johnson's Dictionary, for example, has an entry for mythology, but not for myth. Indeed, the Greek loanword
Recurring character (1,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
such a character is sometimes called a breakout character. Some notable examples of main characters who were originally recurring characters are: Eli Gold
Neontology (1,020 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
families) with members still alive, as opposed to (all) being extinct. For example: The Indian elephant (Elephas maximus) is an extant species, and the woolly
Value theory (16,603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
function of the value. Values are expressed through evaluative terms. For example, the words good, best, great, and excellent convey positive values, whereas
Harbor (1,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
include one or more ports. Alexandria Port in Egypt, meanwhile, is an example of a port with two harbors. Harbors may be natural or artificial. An artificial
Steganography (6,092 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
else: images, articles, shopping lists, or some other cover text. For example, the hidden message may be in invisible ink between the visible lines of
Stanza (461 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
In poetry, a stanza (/ˈstænzə/; from Italian stanza, Italian: [ˈstantsa]; lit. 'room') is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by
Mammal (23,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
avoiding Carrier's constraint. But this process was slow and erratic: for example, all herbivorous nonmammaliaform therapsids retained sprawling limbs (some
Necessity and sufficiency (2,397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
conditional or implicational relationship between two statements. For example, in the conditional statement: "If P then Q", Q is necessary for P, because
History (16,470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hybrid discipline. Similar debates surround the purpose of history—for example, whether its main aim is theoretical, to uncover the truth, or practical
Remake (1,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reimagining or reboot, which indicates a greater discrepancy between, for example, a movie and the movie it is based on. A film remake uses an earlier movie
Solution (chemistry) (1,288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
liquids, and solids. An example of a dissolved gas is oxygen in water, which allows fish to breathe under water. An examples of a dissolved liquid is
Tagalog language (8,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sound merged with /u/ and [o]. In Tagalog, it has merged with /i/. For example, Proto-Philippine *dəkət (adhere, stick) is Tagalog dikít and Visayan and
Stotra (785 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
be a simple poem expressing praise and personal devotion to a deity for example, or poems with embedded spiritual and philosophical doctrines. A common
Old French (7,331 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pronunciation based on a fairly literal interpretation of Latin spelling. For example, in a radical break from the traditional system, a word such as ⟨viridiarium⟩
Sequel (4,995 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or introducing a new conflict to drive the events of the second story. Examples include The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Aliens (1986), Terminator 2: Judgment
Periodical literature (1,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
numbers, often numerically divided into annual volumes). The most familiar example of periodical literature is the newspaper, but the magazine and the academic
Odyssey (11,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tradition of performance, for example as a creation of rhapsodes. Both epics assume some knowledge of their audiences—for example, concerning the Trojan War
Military aircraft (2,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
being detected by enemy radar. An example of a conventional modern bomber would be the B-52 Stratofortress. An example of a World War II bomber would be
Epistemology (20,062 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particular interest to epistemologists, the term also has other meanings. For example, the epistemology of groups examines knowledge as a characteristic of a
Microbiology (2,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
molecular biology tools such as DNA sequence-based identification, for example, the 16S rRNA gene sequence used for bacterial identification. Viruses
Mascot (2,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the team may opt to have an unrelated character serve as the mascot. For example, the athletic teams of the University of Alabama are nicknamed the Crimson
Ellipsis (4,982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
usage; containing three examples in his 1588 translation of Andria, by the 1627 translation of the same play there were 29 examples of its usage. They appear
Chemical nomenclature (3,077 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
name should also represent the structure or chemistry of a compound. For example, the main constituent of white vinegar is CH 3COOH, which is commonly called
Tax (14,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
considered taxes by economists. For example, some transfers to the public sector are comparable to prices. Examples include tuition at public universities
Metaphysics (16,107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tables, and organisms, are complex entities composed of various parts. For example, a table consists of a tabletop and legs, each of which is itself made
Reason (11,585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and formal reason are seen as complementary rather than adversarial. For example, in mathematics, intuition is often necessary for the creative processes
Chinese characters (14,155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pictographs became distinct from simple pictures in use and appearance—for example, the pictograph 大, meaning 'large', was originally a picture of a large
Misogyny (9,320 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
historical events, mythology, philosophy, and religion worldwide. An example of misogyny is violence against women, which includes domestic violence
Asterisk (6,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as star (as, for example, in the A* search algorithm or C*-algebra). An asterisk is usually five-
Hypothesis (2,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In formal logic, a hypothesis is the antecedent in a proposition. For example, in the proposition "If P, then Q", statement P denotes the hypothesis
Call sign (3,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
controller. For example, Skyhawk eight-Charlie-Papa, left base. In commercial aviation, the callsign is usually the ICAO Flight number. For example, Delta Airlines
Addition (10,266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
whole numbers results in the total or sum of those values combined. For example, the adjacent image shows two columns of apples, one with three apples
Supergroup (music) (1,068 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
music, but it has occasionally been applied to other musical genres. For example, opera stars the Three Tenors (José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano
Open-source software (9,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in a collaborative, public manner. Open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration, meaning any capable user is able to participate
Taboo (3,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Taboos may be prohibited explicitly, for example within a legal system or religion, or implicitly, for example by social norms or conventions followed
Negation (2,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
{\displaystyle P} is false, and false when P {\displaystyle P} is true. For example, if P {\displaystyle P} is "Spot runs", then "not P {\displaystyle P} "
Incest (11,954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Incest (/ˈɪnsɛst/ IN-sest) is sex between close relatives, for example a brother, sister, or parent. This typically includes sexual activity between people
Chord progression (2,804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
progressions are expressed using the name and "quality" of the chords. For example, the previously mentioned chord progression, in the key of E♭ major, would
Geographic information system (13,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
development of photozincography, which allowed maps to be split into layers, for example one layer for vegetation and another for water. This was particularly used
Ethology (3,944 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
invariant within the species and that almost inevitably run to completion. One example of a releaser is the beak movements of many bird species performed by newly
Torii (3,701 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
torii exist, based for example on the presence or absence of the shimaki. See for example the site Jinja Chishiki. This example is the main torii of Kashii
Resource (1,617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
biology and ecology, computer science, management, and human resources for example - linked to the concepts of competition, sustainability, conservation,
Accusative case (2,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accusative case are pronouns: "me", "him", "her", "us", "whom", and "them". For example, the pronoun she, as the subject of a clause, is in the nominative case
Games behind (2,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
formulas, in which Team A is a leading team, and Team B is a trailing team. Example math in this section uses the above standings, with Montreal as Team A
SQL injection (4,983 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
must exploit a security vulnerability in an application's software, for example, when user input is either incorrectly filtered for string literal escape
Nickname (2,367 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
like diminutives, or shortened names, may be chosen by their bearers; for example, a woman named "Elizabeth" may choose to go by "Liz" because she finds
Base64 (3,740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
information systems, such as email, that were traditionally not 8-bit clean. For example, MIME's Base64 implementation uses A–Z, a–z, and 0–9 for the first 62 values
Prototype (3,399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
formalization and the evaluation of an idea. A prototype can also mean a typical example of something such as in the use of the derivation 'prototypical'. This
McCune–Reischauer (4,231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transliterate Korean hangul but rather represents the phonetic pronunciation. Example: 독립 (pronounced [동닙]) tongnip (not *tokrip) The voiceless and voiced allophones
State of matter (4,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
known to exist. Some of these lie between the traditional categories; for example, liquid crystals exhibit properties of both solids and liquids. Others
Ligase (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
typically resulting in the formation of new C-O, C-S, or C-N bonds. For example, DNA ligase can join two complementary fragments of nucleic acid by forming
Ligase (430 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
typically resulting in the formation of new C-O, C-S, or C-N bonds. For example, DNA ligase can join two complementary fragments of nucleic acid by forming
Call sign (3,195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
controller. For example, Skyhawk eight-Charlie-Papa, left base. In commercial aviation, the callsign is usually the ICAO Flight number. For example, Delta Airlines
Military aircraft (2,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
being detected by enemy radar. An example of a conventional modern bomber would be the B-52 Stratofortress. An example of a World War II bomber would be
Pressure (5,760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
divided by a unit of area; the SI unit of pressure, the pascal (Pa), for example, is one newton per square metre (N/m2); similarly, the pound-force per
Pseudonym (6,134 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adopted because they are part of a cultural or organisational tradition; for example, devotional names are used by members of some religious institutes, and
State of matter (4,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
known to exist. Some of these lie between the traditional categories; for example, liquid crystals exhibit properties of both solids and liquids. Others
SHA-2 (4,982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
use to Special Publications 800-107 and 800-57. Detailed test data and example message digests were also removed from the standard, and provided as separate
Biochemistry (6,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
molecules and ions. These can be inorganic (for example, water and metal ions) or organic (for example, the amino acids, which are used to synthesize proteins)
Win–loss record (pitching) (1,902 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
wins (denoted "W") and losses (denoted "L") credited to a pitcher. For example, a 20–10 win–loss record would represent 20 wins and 10 losses. In each
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System (1,480 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
indication (or use). This means that one drug can have more than one code, for example acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) has A01AD05 (WHO) as a drug for local oral
Pixel (3,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
concept of a "picture element" dates to the earliest days of television, for example as "Bildpunkt" (the German word for pixel, literally 'picture point') in
Polyphyly (1,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
polyphyly /ˈpɒlɪˌfaɪli/. It is contrasted with monophyly and paraphyly. For example, the biological characteristic of warm-bloodedness evolved separately in
Binary number (7,236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Leibniz's system uses 0 and 1, like the modern binary numeral system. An example of Leibniz's binary numeral system is as follows: 0 0 0 1   numerical value
Torii (3,701 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
torii exist, based for example on the presence or absence of the shimaki. See for example the site Jinja Chishiki. This example is the main torii of Kashii
G-force (5,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used for sustained accelerations that cause a perception of weight. For example, an object at rest on Earth's surface is subject to 1 g, equaling the conventional
Ring (mathematics) (13,642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
problems and ideas of algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry. Examples of commutative rings include every field, the integers, the polynomials
Reflective programming (2,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Reflection makes a language more suited to network-oriented code. For example, it assists languages such as Java to operate well in networks by enabling
Spider (13,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
contain hundreds of eggs. Females of many species care for their young, for example by carrying them around or by sharing food with them. A minority of species
Parasitism (12,630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
include, for example, vibration, exhaled carbon dioxide, skin odours, visual and heat signatures, and moisture. Parasitic plants can use, for example, light
Group theory (5,086 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
considered has gradually expanded from finite permutation groups and special examples of matrix groups to abstract groups that may be specified through a presentation
Copyright (11,179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
frameworks are seen to account for why copyright emerged in Europe and not, for example, in Asia. In the Middle Ages in Europe, there was generally a lack of any
Alliteration (3,169 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
start with a consonant. It is often used as a literary device. A common example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers". The word alliteration
Poisson distribution (11,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
receiving 0 or at least 5 calls has a probability of about 0.23. A classic example used to motivate the Poisson distribution is the number of radioactive
Phonetic transcription (3,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
irregular and makes it difficult to predict pronunciation from spelling. For example, the words bough, tough, cough, though and through do not rhyme in English
Radical (chemistry) (4,607 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
notable example of a radical is the hydroxyl radical (HO·), a molecule that has one unpaired electron on the oxygen atom. Two other examples are triplet
Gene nomenclature (4,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
For example, a particular protein called "example" (symbol "EXAMP") may have 2 chains (subunits), which are encoded by 2 genes named "example alpha
Taxon (1,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(binomial) nomenclature, few propose taxa they know to be paraphyletic. An example of a long-established taxon that is not also a clade is the class Reptilia
Disaster (3,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
those countries lose a lot more money compared to richer countries. For example, the damage from natural disasters is 20 times greater in developing countries
Mathematical model (4,768 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Mathematical models are also used in music, linguistics, and philosophy (for example, intensively in analytic philosophy). A model may help to explain a system
Middle name (2,477 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
two-word given name: for example, Mary Anne and Jo Anne. When part of a two-word surname, that is, a compound surname: for example, David Lloyd George or
Marathi language (9,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Nalopakhyana, Rukminiswayamvara and Shripati's Jyotisharatnamala (1039) are a few examples. The oldest book in prose form in Marathi, Vivēkasindhu (विवेकसिंधु), was
Anthropomorphism (8,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
behavioral modernity in the Upper Paleolithic, about 40,000 years ago, examples of zoomorphic (animal-shaped) works of art occur that may represent the
Question (3,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
varieties. For instance; Polar questions are those such as the English example "Is this a polar question?", which can be answered with "yes" or "no".
Three-dimensional space (4,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
model the world as it is experienced, it is only one example of a 3-manifold. In this classical example, when the three values refer to measurements in different
Anagram (4,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. For example, the word anagram itself can be rearranged into the phrase "nag a ram";
Daylight saving time (12,818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
begin and end work or school, and the coordination of mass transit, for example, usually remain constant year-round. In contrast, an agrarian society's
Redox (3,663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Atom transfer – An atom transfers from one substrate to another. For example, in the rusting of iron, the oxidation state of iron atoms increases as
Personal name (5,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(also known as a last name or family name). In the name "James Smith", for example, James is the first name and Smith is the surname. Surnames in the West
Bitwise operation (3,832 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is counted from the right (least significant) side, advancing left. For example, the binary value 0001 (decimal 1) has zeroes at every position but the
Flood (8,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the environment often increase the intensity and frequency of flooding. Examples for human changes are land use changes such as deforestation and removal
Postal code (4,394 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mail, such as government agencies and large commercial companies. One example is the French CEDEX system. There are a number of synonyms for postal code;
Sedimentary rock (7,876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
information about the subsurface that is useful for civil engineering, for example in the construction of roads, houses, tunnels, canals or other structures
Convection (7,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
categorised or described by the main effect causing the convective flow; for example, thermal convection. Convection cannot take place in most solids because
Median (7,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
therefore provides a better representation of the center. Median income, for example, may be a better way to describe the center of the income distribution
Vulnerable species (746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
threatened. Some species listed as "vulnerable" may be common in captivity, an example being the military macaw. In 2012 there were 5,196 animals and 6,789 plants
Business (5,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
All assets of the business belong to a sole proprietor, including, for example, a computer infrastructure, any inventory, manufacturing equipment, or
Hydrolase (556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
results in dividing a larger molecule into smaller molecules. Some common examples of hydrolase enzymes are esterases including lipases, phosphatases, glycosidases
Polymorphism (biology) (3,947 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
is when there are two or more possibilities of a trait on a gene. For example, there is more than one possible trait in terms of a jaguar's skin colouring;
Monopoly (12,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as examples of government-granted monopolies. The government may also reserve the venture for itself, thus forming a government monopoly, for example with
Apparent magnitude (4,848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ratio of 100 5 {\displaystyle {\sqrt[{5}]{100}}} , or about 2.512. For example, a magnitude 2.0 star is 2.512 times as bright as a magnitude 3.0 star