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In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are...

Usenet (/ˈjuːznɛt/), USENET, or, "in full", User's Network, is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from...

Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a method used to digitally represent analog signals. It is the standard form of digital audio in computers, compact discs...

Hydraulics (from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) 'water', and αὐλός (aulós) 'pipe') is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other...

Version control (also known as revision control, source control, and source code management) is the software engineering practice of controlling computer...

A free-software license is a notice that grants the recipient of a piece of software extensive rights to modify and redistribute that software. These actions...

Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is an American firearms manufacturer, founded in 1855 by...

Fossil fuel phase-out is the gradual reduction of the use and production of fossil fuels to zero, to reduce deaths and illness from air pollution, limit...

Free-space optical communication (FSO) is an optical communication technology that uses light propagating in free space to wirelessly transmit data for...

A crystal oscillator is an electronic oscillator circuit that uses a piezoelectric crystal as a frequency-selective element. The oscillator frequency is...

The Pippin (stylized as PiPP!N) is a defunct open multimedia technology platform, designed by Apple Computer. According to Apple, Pippin was directed at...

Collaborative software or groupware is application software designed to help people working on a common task to attain their goals. One of the earliest...

According to data from the US Energy Information Administration, renewable energy accounted for 8.4% of total primary energy production and 21% of total...

Broadcom Corporation was an American fabless semiconductor company that made products for the wireless and broadband communication industry. It was acquired...

webOS, also known as LG webOS and previously known as Open webOS, HP webOS and Palm webOS, is a Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart...

A Rich Internet Application (also known as a rich web application, RIA or installable Internet application) is a web application that has many of the characteristics...

Powder metallurgy (PM) is a term covering a wide range of ways in which materials or components are made from metal powders. PM processes are sometimes...

Evernote is a note-taking and task-management application developed by the Evernote Corporation. It is intended for archiving and creating notes with embedded...

ALT Linux is a set of Russian operating systems based on RPM Package Manager (RPM) and built on a Linux kernel and Sisyphus package repository. ALT Linux...

Vehicle emissions control is the study of reducing the emissions produced by motor vehicles, especially internal combustion engines. The primary emissions...