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Dictionary - Byte: Oceanography Dictionary - Byte
  Definition and meaning of byte:   byte - a memory and data storage unit composed of contiguous bits, usually eight. For...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Numbering Formats: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Numbering Formats - Bits, Bytes, Nibbles, And Unsigned Integers
Almost all computer users understand the concept of a bit (that is, a 1 or 0 value encoded by the setting of a switch of some kind). A si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Byte: Encyclopedia - Byte
A byte is commonly used as a unit of storage measurement in computers, regardless of the type of data being stored. It is also one of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Md5: Encyclopedia Ii - Md5 - Md5 Hashes
The 128-bit (16-byte) MD5 hashes (also termed message digests) are typically represented as 32-digit hexadecimal numbers. The following d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Endianness: Encyclopedia Ii - Endianness - Logical And Arithmetical Description
When some computers store a 32-bit integer value in memory, for example 4A3B2C1D at address 100, they store the bytes within the address ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ellipsis: Encyclopedia - Ellipsis
apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( { } ) ( 〈 〉 ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Utf-8: Encyclopedia Ii - Utf-8 - Rationale Behind Utf-8's Mechanics
The encoding of UTF-8 is based loosely on Huffman coding, a way of representing frequency-sorted binary trees. As a consequence of the ex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Memory Computers: Encyclopedia Ii - Memory Computers - A List Of Storage Devices
Internal storage areas in the computer. The term memory identifies data storage that comes in the form of chips, and the word storage is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quicktime: Encyclopedia Ii - Quicktime - Quicktime File Format
A QuickTime file (*.mov) functions as a multimedia container file that contains one or more tracks, each of which store a particular type...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 64-bit: Encyclopedia Ii - 64-bit - 32 Vs 64 Bit
A change from a 32-bit to a 64-bit architecture is a fundamental alteration, as most operating systems must be extensively modified to ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emoticon: Encyclopedia Ii - Emoticon - History
Emoticon - Background. In 1963 the smiley face, a yellow button with a smile and two dots representing eyes, was invented by freelance ...   » Read the article

Article - Oceanography Sitemap I - B
This is a sitemap for Oceanography - B . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Dc Comics Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Dc Comics Characters - List Of Characters
List of DC Comics characters - 0-9. 711 List of DC Comics characters - A. Abattoir Abel Abin Sur Able Crown Abra Kadabra Access (A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Compuserve: Encyclopedia Ii - Compuserve - History
CompuServe was founded in 1969 in Columbus, Ohio as a subsidiary of Golden United Investment Company. Its first president, Jeffrey Wilkin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Common Lisp: Encyclopedia Ii - Common Lisp - Comparison With Other Lisps
Common Lisp is most frequently compared with, and contrasted to, Scheme—if only because they are the two most popular Lisp dialects. Sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - .net Framework: Encyclopedia Ii - .net Framework - History
Though some believe that technologies used in .NET were originally developed by Microsoft as their version of the Java platform, the trut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Microsoft .net: Encyclopedia Ii - Microsoft .net - History
Though some believe that technologies used in .NET were originally developed by Microsoft as their version of the Java platform, the trut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Action Programming Language: Encyclopedia - Action Programming Language
Action! was a programming language, editor and in-memory 6502 compiler created by Clinton Parker working for Optimized Systems Software a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Web Colors: Encyclopedia - Web Colors
Cascading Style Sheets Character encodings Layout engine comparison Dynamic HTML Font family HTML editor HTML element HTML scripting Unic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cd-rom: Encyclopedia - Cd-rom
The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for "Compact Disc Read-Only Memory") is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Random Access Memory: Encyclopedia - Random Access Memory
Random-access memory (commonly known by its acronym RAM) refers to data storage formats and equipment that allow the stored data to be ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - B: Encyclopedia - B
The letter B is the second letter of the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English is bee. B - History. The letter B probably started a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Serial Bus: Encyclopedia - Universal Serial Bus
Universal Serial Bus (USB) provides a serial bus standard for connecting devices, usually to computers such as PCs and the Apple Macintos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 8 Number: Encyclopedia - 8 Number
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >> List of numbers -- Integers 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 >> octo-/oct- (from Latin) 8 (eight) is the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peta: Encyclopedia - Peta
In physics and mathematics, peta (symbol: P) is a prefix in the SI (system of units) denoting 1015, or 1 000 000 000 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bit: Encyclopedia - Bit
A bit refers to a digit in the binary numeral system (base 2). For example, the number 1001011 is 7 bits long. The unit is sometimes abbr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - String Computer Science: Encyclopedia - String Computer Science
In computer programming and some branches of mathematics, strings are sequences of various simple objects. These simple objects are selec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Numbering Formats: Encyclopedia - Computer Numbering Formats
The term computer numbering formats refers to the schemes implemented in digital computer and calculator hardware and software to represe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pointer: Encyclopedia - Pointer
In computer science, a pointer is a programming language datatype whose value refers directly to ("points to") another value stored elsew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 64-bit: Encyclopedia - 64-bit
In computer architecture, 64-bit is an adjective used to describe integers, memory addresses or other data units that are at most 64 bits...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Word Computer Science: Encyclopedia - Word Computer Science
In computing, "word" is a term for the natural unit of data used by a particular computer design. A word is simply a fixed-sized group of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iso/iec 8859: Encyclopedia Ii - Iso/iec 8859 - Characters
The ISO 8859 standard is designed for reliable information exchange, not typography; the standard omits symbols needed for high-quality t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyclic Redundancy Check: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyclic Redundancy Check - Introduction
CRCs are based on division in a commutative ring, namely the ring of polynomials over the integers modulo 2. In simpler terms, this is th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ia-32: Encyclopedia Ii - Ia-32 - Registers
The 386 has eight 32-bit general purpose registers for application use. There are 8 floating point stack registers. Later processors adde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Brown University People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Brown University People - Notable Alumni
List of Brown University people - Academia. Aaron T. Beck (1942) - "The Father of Cognitive Behavior Therapy"; founder, Beck Institute...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iso/iec 646: Encyclopedia Ii - Iso/iec 646 - History
ISO/IEC 646 and its predecessor ASCII, ANS X3.4, largely endorses existing practice regarding character encodings in the telecommunicatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iso/iec 2022: Encyclopedia Ii - Iso/iec 2022 - Introduction
Many languages or language families not based on the Latin alphabet such as Greek, Russian, Arabic, or Hebrew have historically been repr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Instrument Digital Interface: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Instrument Digital Interface - The Midi Specification
Musical Instrument Digital Interface - Electrical connections. The MIDI standard consists of a communications messaging protocol design...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intel 4004: Encyclopedia Ii - Intel 4004 - History And Description
The 4004 was released in 16-pin CERDIP packaging on November 15th, 1971. The 4004 is the first computer processor designed and manufactur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese Language And Computers: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese Language And Computers - Character Encodings
There are several standard methods to encode characters for use on a computer, including JIS, SJIS, EUC, and Unicode. While mapping the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Secret Sharing: Encyclopedia Ii - Secret Sharing - Limitations Of Secret Sharing Schemes
Several secret sharing schemes are said to be information theoretically secure and can be proved to be so, while others give up this unco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Octet: Encyclopedia Ii - Octet - Music
In music, an octet is a musical ensemble consisting of eight instruments or a musical composition written for it. The two best known octe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - File Format: Encyclopedia Ii - File Format - Identifying The Type Of A File
Since files are seen by programs as streams of data, a method is required to determine the format of a particular file within the filesys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Number Programming: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Number Programming - Magic Numbers In Files
An early convention in the Unix operating system was that (binary) files started with two bytes containing a "magic number" identifying t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nvfs File System: Encyclopedia Ii - Nvfs File System - Background
NVFS File System - Overview of NVFS. The NVFS File System, as claimed by palmOne, is a file system designed to keep all information saf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Numbering Formats: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Numbering Formats - Representing Fractions In Binary
Computer numbering formats - Fixed-point numbers. Fixed-point formats are often used in business calculations (such as with spreadsheet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Musical Instrument Digital Interface: Encyclopedia Ii - Musical Instrument Digital Interface - The Midi Specification
Musical Instrument Digital Interface - Electrical connections. The MIDI standard consists of a communications messaging protocol design...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ternary: Encyclopedia Ii - Ternary - Balanced Ternary Notation
A number system called balanced ternary uses digits with the values −1, 0, and 1. This combination is especially valuable for ordinal r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System/360: Encyclopedia Ii - System/360 - System/360 History
System/360 - A family of computers. Unlike past practice, IBM created an entire line of computers (or CPUs) from small to large, low to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hash Function: Encyclopedia Ii - Hash Function - Hash Tables
Hash tables, a major application for hash functions, enable fast lookup of a data record given its key. (Note: Keys are not usually secre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Comparison Of Latency And Throughput: Encyclopedia Ii - Comparison Of Latency And Throughput - How Latency And Throughput Interplay
Latency and throughput together determine the perceived speed of a connection, and the perceived speed of a connection can vary widely de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Power Of Two: Encyclopedia Ii - Power Of Two - Powers Of Two Whose Exponents Are Powers Of Two
Because modern memory cells and registers often hold a number of bits which is a power of two, the most frequent powers of two to appear ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - String Computer Science: Encyclopedia Ii - String Computer Science - String Datatypes
A string datatype is a datatype modeled on the idea of a formal string. Strings are such an important and useful datatype that they are i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Files-11: Encyclopedia Ii - Files-11 - Physical Layout: The On-disk Structure
At the disk level, ODS represents the filesystem as an array of blocks, a block being 512 contiguous bytes on one physical disk (volume)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Grass Programming Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Grass Programming Language - Description
Zgrass was based on a standard set of BASIC commands and used most of its syntax. Where Zgrass differed from BASIC was that all commands ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Plan 9 Operating System: Encyclopedia Ii - Plan 9 Operating System - Design Concepts
Plan 9's designers were interested in similar goals as the microkernel world, but made rather different architecture and design choices t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pointer: Encyclopedia Ii - Pointer - Wild Pointers
Wild pointers are pointers that have not been initialized (set to point to a valid address) and can make a program crash or behave oddly....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crc-based Framing: Encyclopedia Ii - Crc-based Framing - Invention Of Crc-based Framing
The story behind the invention of CRC-Based Framing is as follows: StrataCom produced the first (pre-standard) ATM commercial product, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Word Computer Science: Encyclopedia Ii - Word Computer Science - Word Size Choice
When a computer architecture is designed, the choice of a word size is of substantial importance. There are design considerations which e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Enterprise 128: Encyclopedia Ii - Enterprise 128 - Commercial Failure
Despite being particularly powerful for the time, the machine was not a commercial success. The Amstrad CPC 464 was released before the E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Globally Unique Identifier: Encyclopedia Ii - Globally Unique Identifier - Basic Structure
The GUID is a 16-byte (128-bit) number, written in hexadecimal form, such as: 3F2504E0 4F89 11D3 9A 0C 03 05 E8 2C 33 01 GUIDs are writ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Serial Bus: Encyclopedia Ii - Universal Serial Bus - Technical Details
USB connects several devices to a host controller through a chain of hubs. In USB terminology devices are referred to as functions, becau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Numeric Character Reference: Encyclopedia Ii - Numeric Character Reference - Discussion
Markup languages are typically defined in terms of UCS or Unicode characters. That is, a document consists, at its most fundamental level...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Master Boot Record: Encyclopedia Ii - Master Boot Record - The Mbr In The Boot Process
The bootstrapping firmware contained within the ROM BIOS loads and executes the master boot record. The MBR of a drive usually includes t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ibm 1401: Encyclopedia Ii - Ibm 1401 - Character And Op Codes
The table below is listed in Character Collating Sequence. ... See also:IBM 1401, IBM 1401 - Character and Op codes, IBM 1401 - Hardwa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Computing Hardware 1960s-present: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Computing Hardware 1960s-present - Fourth Generation
The basis of the fourth generation was Marcian Hoff's invention of the microprocessor. Unlike Third generation minicomputers, which were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ogg Page: Encyclopedia Ii - Ogg Page - Page Structure
Every Ogg Page begins with the four-byte magic, "OggS". If sync is lost a decoder can look for the next occurrence of this sequence to be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dynamic Recompilation: Encyclopedia Ii - Dynamic Recompilation - Example
A program is being run in an emulator and needs to copy a string. The program is compiled originally for a very simple processor. This pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hash Function: Encyclopedia Ii - Hash Function - Hash Tables
Hash tables, a major application for hash functions, enable fast lookup of a data record given its key. (Note: Keys are not usually secre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Png: Encyclopedia Ii - Png - Technical Details
PNG - File header. A PNG file starts with an 8-byte signature The hexadecimal byte values are 89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A. The first byte h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Id3: Encyclopedia Ii - Id3 - Versions
ID3 comes in several versions: ID3 - ID3v1. ID3v1 was invented by Eric Kemp in 1996 and was the original de facto standard. Eric (who b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brainfuck: Encyclopedia Ii - Brainfuck - Examples
Brainfuck - Hello World!. The following program prints "Hello World!" and a newline to the screen: ++++++++++ [ >+++++++>++++...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boolean Datatype: Encyclopedia Ii - Boolean Datatype - C
In the C programming language, there is no boolean type provided in the C89 (but there is one in C99), but instead true/false values are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Web Colors: Encyclopedia Ii - Web Colors - Web-safe Colors
Another set of 216 color values are commonly considered to be the "web-safe" color palette; developed at a time when many computer displa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Redundant Array Of Independent Disks: Encyclopedia Ii - Redundant Array Of Independent Disks - Standard Raid Levels
Redundant array of independent disks - RAID 0. A RAID 0 (also known as a striped set) splits data evenly across two or more disks with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rot13: Encyclopedia Ii - Rot13 - Description
To apply ROT13 to a piece of text, take every letter in the Latin alphabet and replace it by the letter 13 places further along in the al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cd-rom: Encyclopedia Ii - Cd-rom - Cd-rom Drives
CD-ROMs are read using CD-ROM drives and written with CD recorders (often referred to as "burners"). CD-ROM drives—now almost-universal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Png: Encyclopedia Ii - Png - Technical Details
PNG - File header. A PNG file starts with an 8-byte signature. The hexadecimal byte values are 89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A. Each of the hea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - String Computer Science: Encyclopedia Ii - String Computer Science - String Datatypes
A string datatype is a datatype modeled on the idea of a formal string. Strings are such an important and useful datatype that they are i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rgb Color Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Rgb Color Model - Representations
RGB color model - 24-bit representation. 8-bit color 15/16 bit: Highcolor 24/32 bit: Truecolor Web-safe color RGB color model Palette ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Oceanographic Data Center: Encyclopedia Ii - National Oceanographic Data Center - Infrastructure
National Oceanographic Data Center - Storage. The NODC archive holdings include all the data acquired in its original form, as well as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Risc: Encyclopedia Ii - Risc - Meanwhile...
While the RISC philosophy was coming into its own, new ideas about how to dramatically increase performance of the CPUs were starting to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Action Programming Language: Encyclopedia Ii - Action Programming Language - Programming
Programming in Action! required working with the editor and compiling/debugging in the monitor. The ATASCII-style editor was a full-scree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si Prefix: Encyclopedia Ii - Si Prefix - Overview
SI defines a number of SI prefixes to be used with the units: these combine with any unit name to give subdivisions and multiples. As an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Si Prefix: Encyclopedia Ii - Si Prefix - Overview
SI defines a number of SI prefixes to be used with the units: these combine with any unit name to give subdivisions and multiples. As an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ellipsis: Encyclopedia Ii - Ellipsis - Typographical Rules
There are differences in typographical rules and conventions of using ellipses between languages. Ellipsis - Ellipsis in English. The C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apple Desktop Bus: Encyclopedia Ii - Apple Desktop Bus - Description
Like most of Wozniak's designs, ADB is a very clever system. The entire system is based around the devices having the ability to decode a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Random Access Memory: Encyclopedia Ii - Random Access Memory - Overview
Computers use RAM to hold the program code and data during computation. A defining characteristic of RAM is that all memory locations can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Universal Serial Bus: Encyclopedia Ii - Universal Serial Bus - Technical Details
USB connects several devices to a host controller through a chain of hubs. In USB terminology devices are referred to as functions, becau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Specific Area Message Encoding: Encyclopedia Ii - Specific Area Message Encoding - Full Message Breakdown
An EAS message contains these elements, in this transmitted sequence: Header: (Preamble) ZCZC-org-eee-pssccc-pssccc+tttt-jjjhhmm-lllllll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Software Bloat: Encyclopedia Ii - Software Bloat - Possible Causes
Some of the observed bloat is caused simply by the addition of new features and content, such as templates, or by the use of higher-level...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 8 Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 8 Number - In Mathematics
It is a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2, and 4. Eight is a power of two, being 23, or two cubed. 8 is the base of the oc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reboot: Encyclopedia Ii - Reboot - Characters
ReBoot - Main characters. Bob  Guardian 452 and defender of Mainframe from both internal and external threats. He is equipped wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Png: Encyclopedia Ii - Png - Technical Details
PNG - File header. A PNG file starts with an 8-byte signature. The hexadecimal byte values are 89 50 4E 47 0D 0A 1A 0A. The first byte ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emergency Alert System: Encyclopedia Ii - Emergency Alert System - Technical Concept
In the EAS system, messages are originated in four parts. The first part is the SAME header code, the most critical part of the EAS desig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - B: Encyclopedia Ii - B - History
The letter B probably started as a pictogram of the floorplan of a house in Egyptian hieroglyphs or the Proto-semitic alphabet. By 1500 B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rgb Color Model: Encyclopedia Ii - Rgb Color Model - Representations
RGB color model - 24-bit representation. 8-bit color 15/16 bit: Highcolor 24/32 bit: Truecolor Web-safe color RGB color model Palette W...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cd-rom: Encyclopedia Ii - Cd-rom - Cd-rom Drives
CD-ROMs are read using CD-ROM drives and written with CD recorders (often referred to as "burners"). CD-ROM drives—now almost-universal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Numbering Formats: Encyclopedia Ii - Computer Numbering Formats - Representing Fractions In Binary
Computer numbering formats - Fixed-point numbers. Fixed-point formats are often used in business calculations (such as with spreadsheet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pdp-10: Encyclopedia Ii - Pdp-10 - Models And Technical Evolution
The original PDP-10 processor was the KA10, introduced in 1968. It used discrete transistors packaged in DEC's Flip Chip® technology, wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bit: Encyclopedia Ii - Bit - History And Explanation
Claude E. Shannon first used the word bit in a 1948 paper. Shannon's bit is a portmanteau word for binary digit (or possibly binary unit)...   » Read the article