technique
sum of skills, methods, and processes used to accomplish objectives, such as scientific investigation or the production of goods or services
tattooing
modification of the skin consisting of images created by ink placed in human skin, permanently or semi-permanently
completing the square
method for solving quadratic equations
Zink
full-color inkless printing technology
positron emission tomography
medicine imaging technique
abstraction
technique for arranging complexity of computer systems
embalming
method of preserving human remains by treating them to forestall decomposition
clinker boat building
ancient technique in the Nordic shipbuilding tradition
field recording
term used for an audio recording produced outside a recording studio for the purpose of capturing the audible illustration of an environment
atmospheric sounding
measurement of vertical distribution of physical properties of the atmospheric column
Interactive Connectivity Establishment
technique used in computer networking to find ways for two computers to talk to each other as directly as possible in peer-to-peer networking
Dielectric heating
heating using radio waves
data scraping
data extraction technique
instrument approach
aircraft landing procedure
hot swapping
replacing computer system components without shutting down the system
trenchless technology
type of underground construction
inter-process communication
mechanisms an operating system provides to allow the processes to manage shared data
pin
in chess, a situation brought on by an attacking piece in which a defending piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable defending piece on its other side to capture by the attacking piece
anti-aliasing
proces used before a signal sampler to prevent aliasing
immobilized enzyme
Enzyme attached to an inert material
balanced audio
method of interconnecting audio equipment
Joint application design
process of collection of business requirements to develop a new information system
close reading
careful, sustained interpretation of a brief passage of a text
carve turn
turning method in skiing
Chaptalization
process in wine production
variable valve timing
process of altering the timing of a valve lift event
redundancy
use of a number of critical components for securing one or more functions of a system with the intention of increasing its reliability, usually in the form of a backup or fail-safe design
data striping
technique of segmenting data so that consecutive segments are stored on different physical storage devices
convertible husbandry
method of farming whereby strips of arable farmland is temporarily converted into grass pasture, known as leys
logical volume management
flexible method of allocating computer storage space to logical volumes
functional calculus
theory allowing one to apply mathematical functions to mathematical operators
fused deposition modeling
manufacturing processes for plastics
ironwork
any weapon, artwork, utensil or architectural feature made of iron especially used for decoration
Sender Policy Framework
simple email-validation system designed to detect email spoofing
interpolation
music term; using a melody, or portions of a melody, from a previously recorded song but re-recording the melody instead of sampling it
S-Lay
method of pipelining
Digital Selective Calling
marine radio standard
impedance matching
adjusting input/output impedances of an electrical circuit for some purpose
Feedback
practice used by the pork industry where dead and diseased pigs are fed to breeding pigs
sensitivity analysis
study of uncertainty in the output of a mathematical model or system
identification technic
methods to check the identity of a person
hard coding
software development practice of embedding data into the source code
chip
association football technique
painterliness
concept in art history
Sender Rewriting Scheme
Rewriting an email message sender address
lining of paintings
process to strengthen, flatten or consolidate paintings on canvas during restoration
Functional endoscopic sinus surgery
Surgery to enlarge the paranasal sinus drainage pathways
Top kill
oil well control technique