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(Encyclopedia)CAM: see computer-aided manufacturing. ...Brin, Sergey Mikhaylovich
(Encyclopedia)Brin, Sergey Mikhaylovich, 1973–, American business executive and computer scientist, b. Moscow, grad. Univ. of Maryland (B.S., 1993) and Stanford (M.S., 1995). His family immigrated to the United S...Roseville
(Encyclopedia)Roseville. 1 City (1990 pop. 44,685), Placer co., N central Calif., a suburb of Sacramento in the foothills of the Sierra; inc. 1909. Marked by rapid growth in the late 20th cent., Roseville is in an ...numerical control
(Encyclopedia)numerical control: see computer-aided manufacturing. ...digital art
(Encyclopedia)digital art, contemporary art in which computer technology is used in a wide variety of ways to make distinctive works. Digital art was pioneered in the 1970s but only came into its own as a viable ar...information storage and retrieval
(Encyclopedia)information storage and retrieval, the systematic process of collecting and cataloging data so that they can be located and displayed on request. Computers and data processing techniques have made pos...grid computing
(Encyclopedia)grid computing, the concurrent application of the processing and data storage resources of many computers in a network to a single problem. It also can be used for load balancing as well as high avail...Turing, Alan Mathison
(Encyclopedia)Turing, Alan Mathison, 1912–54, British mathematician and computer theorist. While studying at Cambridge he began work in predicate logic that led to a proof (1937) that some mathematical problems a...smart weapon
(Encyclopedia)smart weapon, missile or steerable bomb equipped with a laser, television, or satellite guidance system. Smart weapons, which use guidance systems that rely on external assistance, are distinguished f...Holliston
(Encyclopedia)Holliston, town (2020 pop. 14,996), Middlesex co., E Mass.; settled c.1659, inc. 1724. Its manufactures include plastics, glass, wood, paper goods, and ...Browse by Subject
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