Most dictionaries and glossaries of terms today are not structured. They contain many different terms, arranged in alphabetical sequence, with little or no attempt to show how the terms are related. A new IFIP "Glossary of Terms used in Production Control" has now been produced, which is structured. It is based on a classification of Production Management, of which Production Control is a part,...

Allan Variance: Also known as short‐term stability, this is the measure of oscillator stability in the time domain. Commonly referred to as the Allan variance, it measures the RMS change in successive frequency measurements for short gate times (milliseconds to seconds) and is important in timing applications. It typically improves as the gate time increases until it becomes a measure of the me...

active implantable medical device (AIMD) active medical device which is intended to be totally or partially introduced, surgically or medically, into the human body or by medical intervention into a natural orifice, and which is intended to remain after the procedure. AIMD covers implantable products such as cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators, infusion pumps, diaphragm stimulators, bladder stim...

ii List of Figures viii List of Tables xiv Glossary of Abbreviations xv Glossary of Symbol xviii Dedication xxiv Acknowledgements xxv Declaration xxvi Chapter One Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Research Motivation and Justification 5 1.3 Research Objectives 11 1.4 Thesis Organisation 13 1.5 Original Contributions 15 1.6 List of Publications and Awards 18 Chapter Two Fundamentals of FSO 21 2.

This paper describes a pattern-based method to automatically enrich a core ontology with the definitions of a domain glossary. We show an application of our methodology to the cultural heritage domain, using the CIDOC CRM core ontology. To enrich the CIDOC, we use available resources such as the AAT art and architecture glossary, WordNet, the Dmoz taxonomy for named entities, and others.

This is a sample document illustrating the use of the glossaries package. In this example, a new glossary type called notation is defined, so that the document can have a separate glossary of terms, list of acronyms and index of notation.

From: TM Synchronization and Channel Coding is used to protect the transfer frames against telemetry channel noise‐induced errors. Reference [3] describes the CCSDS Recommended Standard for TM Synchronization and Channel Coding, including specification of a convolutional code, a Reed‐ Solomon block‐oriented code, a concatenated coding system consisting of a convolutional inner code and a Reed‐S...

Altera® StratixTM devices have enhanced phase-locked loops (PLLs) that provide designers with flexible system-level clock management that was previously only available in discrete PLL devices. Stratix embedded PLLs meet and exceed the features offered by these high-end discrete devices, reducing the need for other timing devices in the system. This document provides a glossary of PLL and timing...

FEWS NET is a USAID-funded activity. The authors' views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the view of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. Anomaly – is a deviation from the norm or average. Arbitrage – is taking advantage of a price differential. The two most common types of arbitrage related to food security are spatial ...