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SOAP (formerly an acronym for Simple Object Access Protocol) is a messaging protocol specification for exchanging structured information in the implementation...

In the context of telecommunications, a terminal is a device which ends a telecommunications link and is the point at which a signal enters or leaves a...

A space rendezvous (/ˈrɒndeɪvuː/) is a set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft, one of which is often a space station, arrive at the same...

A combustion chamber is part of an internal combustion engine in which the fuel/air mix is burned. For steam engines, the term has also been used for an...

Envisat ("Environmental Satellite") is a large Earth-observing satellite which has been inactive since 2012. It is still in orbit and considered space...

An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals, or a series of binary numbers...

A Joe job is a spamming technique that sends out unsolicited e-mails using spoofed sender data. Early Joe jobs aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the...

Green Border Technologies, Inc., doing business as GreenBorder, was a security software company that specialized in using virtualization to create safe...

A conference call (sometimes called an audio teleconference or ATC) is a telephone call in which someone talks to several people at the same time. The...

The Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant is located on the Tennessee River near Decatur and Athens, Alabama, on the north side (right bank) of Wheeler Lake...

Communications in the United States Virgin Islands The following statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Telephones - main...

Terminal ballistics is a sub-field of ballistics concerned with the behavior and effects of a projectile when it hits and transfers its energy to a target...

Maxon ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting. It uses a proprietary "pixol" technology which stores...

Dry firing is the act of activating the firing mechanism (or otherwise simulating the firing of) a bow, crossbow, firearm or other projectile discharging...

An ECMAScript engine is a program that executes source code written in a version of the ECMAScript language standard, for example, JavaScript. These are...

Loopback (also written loop-back) is the routing of electronic signals or digital data streams back to their source without intentional processing or modification...

The Energiewende (German for 'energy turnaround') (pronounced [ʔenɐˈɡiːˌvɛndə] ) is the ongoing energy transition by Germany to a low carbon, environmentally...

In signal processing, noise is a general term for unwanted (and, in general, unknown) modifications that a signal may suffer during capture, storage, transmission...

Santee Cooper, also known officially from the 1930s as the South Carolina Public Service Authority, is South Carolina's state-owned electric and water...

OpenEdge Advanced Business Language, or OpenEdge ABL for short, is a business application development language created and maintained by Progress Software...