General science

General science

A variety of science subjects concerning the fundamental knowledge about different aspects of our world and their underlying principles.

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multiaccess computer

Science; General science

A computer system in which computational and data resources are made available simultaneously to a number of users. Users access the system through terminal devices, normally on an interactive or ...

computer virus

Science; General science

A computer virus is a computer program that is designed to replicate itself from file to file or from disk to disk. Viruses comprise the same basic instructions and program logic that constitute ...

A computer which, among existing general-purpose computers at any given time, is superlative, often in several senses: highest computation rate, largest memory, or highest cost. Predominantly, the ...

object-oriented programming

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A computer-programming methodology that focuses on data items rather than processes. Traditional software development models assume a top-down approach. A functional description of a system is ...

Pareto's law

Science; General science

A concept developed by the Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto (sometimes called the 20-80 rule) describing the frequency distribution of an empirical relationship fitting the skewed concentration of a ...

product usability

Science; General science

A concept in product design, sometimes referred to as ease of use or user-friendliness, that is related directly to the quality of the product and indirectly to the productivity of the work force. ...

temperature

Science; General science

A concept related to the flow of heat from one object or region of space to another. The term refers not only to the senses of hot and cold but to numerical scales and thermometers as well. ...