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3 unusual facts about Module


Gelfand–Kirillov dimension

This leads to the definition of holonomic D-Modules as those with the minimal dimension n, and these modules play a great role in the geometric Langlands program.

Hilbert C*-module

Hilbert C*-modules were first introduced in the work of Irving Kaplansky in 1953, which developed the theory for commutative, unital algebras (though Kaplansky observed that the assumption of a unit element was not "vital").

Lie-* algebra

In mathematics, a Lie-* algebra is a D-module with a Lie* bracket.


AC module

An AC module is a photovoltaic module which has a small AC inverter mounted onto its back side which produces AC power with no external DC connector.

Apollo Lunar Module

The Ron Howard film Apollo 13, a dramatization of that mission starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton, was filmed using realistic spacecraft interior reconstructions of the Aquarius and the Command Module Odyssey.

AS-204

Apollo 5, the first test of the Apollo Lunar Module, which used the AS-204 rocket that was originally intended for Apollo 1

Aviation in Washington, D.C.

It features some of aviation's most influential aircraft including the Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11 command module.

Azalin Rex

From the Shadows (1992), by Bruce Nesmith, (ISBN 1-56076-356-6): Adventure module focusing on Azalin and Castle Avernus, near the start of the Grand Conjunction.

Binary blob

In the Linux kernel development community, Linus Torvalds has made strong statements on the issue of binary-only modules, asserting: "I refuse to even consider tying my hands over some binary-only module", and continuing: "I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules, it's THEIR problem".

California State Capitol Museum

The Apollo 14 Moon Tree, planted as a sapling in 1976 that was grown from a seed (among hundreds) carried by command module pilot Stuart Roosa during the 1971 mission.

CE marking

Most CE-marked products can be placed on the market subject only to an internal production control by the manufacturer (Module A; see Self-certification, below), with no independent check of the conformity of the product with EU legislation; ANEC has cautioned that, amongst other things, CE marking cannot be considered a "safety mark" for consumers.

Cerizay

The firm currently construct the roof module for the Peugeot 206CC and till 2009 built the Vauxhall/Opel Tigra Twin Top.

ColorSync

The system Color Management Module (CMM) was "LinoColorCMM", which was developed by Linotype-Hell AG (now part of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG).

Command module

The Apollo Command Module, the crew cabin of the Apollo Command/Service Module, used in the Apollo program to send men to the Moon and low Earth orbit, designed specifically to return through the atmosphere to a water landing

Do It

The original track, titled "Acidjazzed Evening", is a chiptune-style 4-channel Amiga module composed by Finnish demoscener Janne Suni.

Donna Barr

Barr also produced illustrations for the Traveller role-playing books, including Alien Module 8: Darrians, the MegaTraveller Player's Manual and several issues of both the Journal of the Travellers Aid Society and Challenge magazine.

Dräxlmaier Group

Interior: Complete interior (for example for the Mercedes-Benz SL and for the Maybach luxury limousine), side/roof/door trim panel (for example the FIS door module for the BMW 7 Series), center console, gearshift/transmission selector lever.

FastCGI

This module used to be third-party, but was granted to the ASF as an Apache HTTP Server subproject in 2009, shepherded by Chris Darroch.

FIT Issue Management

It features a proprietary flat file database, but can also connect to any JDBC compliant database such as Oracle, MySQL and MS-SQL with the optional database module.

Fragarach

Fragarach appears in the Dungeons and Dragons module The Temple of Elemental Evil as a sword that never misses and "answers" any strike to the wielder with a strike of its own.

G34

Socket G34, a CPU socket designed by AMD to support AMD's multi-chip module Opteron 6000-series server processors

GPULib

GPULib is provided in the form of a Dynamically Loadable Module (DLM) along with IDL code.

Graph Modelling Language

Graph-tool, a free and efficient Python module for manipulation and statistical analysis of graphs.

GuitarBot

Each GuitarBot module uses a PIC microcontroller to handle motor control, feedback, and damping.

Gumstix

Verdex motherboards have up to 128 MB RAM, up to 32 MB of on-board StrataFlash, an on-board 60-pin Hirose I/O header, a 120-pin Molex connector for connecting expansion cards and an optional Bluetooth module.

GURPS Prime Directive

Originally GURPS Prime Directive, the GURPS Klingons imperial source book and GURPS Module Prime Alpha module were released under the third edition of GURPS.

Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd

Every module and character from the first game returns, as well as a host of brand new modules including a Resonance of Fate module for Rin and a Virtua Fighter module for Luka.

Hugs

The Hugs prompt (a Haskell REPL) accepts expressions for evaluation, but not module, type or function definitions.

HyperCloud Memory

:At Interop Las Vegas Netlist introduced the low voltage HyperCloud product line and demonstrated 4GB low voltage HyperCloud module in an IBM x3550 M3 server running at 1067 MT/s.

Korabl-Sputnik 5

The re-entry module of the spacecraft Vostok 3KA-2 was auctioned at Sotheby's on 12 April 2011, the 50th anniversary of Gagarin's spaceflight, Vostok 1.

Loomia

For example, on The Wall Street Journal, the module suggests other WSJ content based on what the user has read previously on the site and compared to what other users have read.

Maidenhead Locator System

Perl supports conversion between geographical coordinates and Maidenhead locators in module Ham::Locator by Andy Smith, available on CPAN.

ModPlug

ModPlug Player, a module player developed in conjunction with the original ModPlug Tracker project and the original ModPlug browser plugin

N! conjecture

It was Adriano Garsia's idea to construct an appropriate module in order to prove positivity (as was done in his previous joint work with Procesi on Schur positivity of Kostka–Foulkes polynomials).

Outpost Firewall Pro

Agnitum calls this technology "Component Control" and "Anti-Leak Control" (included into HIPS-based "Host Protection" module).

Plug door

Currently, plug doors are used only on the outer hatch doors on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station as well as on the hatch between the Orbital Module and Descent Module on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft.

Renegade Legion

Renegade Legions Leviathan module was used as the base for FASA's Battletech new aerospace rules known at the time as BattleSpace.

Rolls-Royce Trent 900

Rolls-Royce has seven risk and revenue sharing partners on the Trent 900: Industria de Turbo Propulsores (low pressure turbine), Hamilton Sundstrand (electronic engine controls), Avio S.p.A. (gearbox module), Marubeni Corporation (engine components), Volvo Aero (intermediate compressor case), Goodrich Corporation (fan casings and sensors) and Honeywell (pneumatic systems).

Saetta Web Server

Saetta Web Server can deploy dynamic HTTP content on a network using SAAPIs, server-side applications written in the C or C++ programming language, or in PHP with the embedded PHP module for PHP web pages, or the CGI handler for scripts.

ScriptBasic

Slides in HTML format with English narration in RealAudio format are also available to get a jump start learning the architecture and module, preprocessor and embedding developments.

Skylab B

Some uses considered for the second Skylab module included putting it into a mode where it could generate artificial gravity and a plan to celebrate the 1976 United States Bicentennial with the launch of two Soviet Soyuz missions to the back-up Skylab.

Spacelab

In addition to the laboratory module, the complete set also included five external pallets for experiments in vacuum, built by British Aerospace (BAe) and a pressurized igloo containing the subsystems needed for the pallet-only flight configuration operation.

Star Wars Miniatures

Among several other supported tabletop games the VASSAL Engine provides a module that allows playing the Star Wars Miniatures game online with gamers around the world.

Stroop effect

The Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! software program, produced by Ryūta Kawashima for the Nintendo DS portable video game system, contains an automated Stroop Test administrator module, translated into game form.

Telit

Its m2m module portfolio include products in GSM/GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, EV-DO, HSPA, LTE and CDMA products as well as short-range modules in Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Short Range RF (proprietary mesh and point-to-point networks for unlicensed frequency bands), Wireless MBus and GPS/GLONASS (Machine-to-Machine) modules.

Tomb of Horrors

Jason Bulmahn used the module, as well as Indiana Jones, as inspiration for some of the traps in the 2007 D&D supplement Dungeonscape.

Trusted Computing

The Microsoft products Windows Vista and Windows 7 make use of a Trusted Platform Module to facilitate BitLocker Drive Encryption.

University of Nottingham Medical School

3) features Medicine, Surgery, Musculoskeletal Disorders and Disability (Rheumatology and Orthopaedics), General Practice and a Critical Illness Module.

Xplico

This allows to focus the decoding, that is, if you want to decode only VoIP calls but not the Web traffic then you configure Xplico to load only the RTP and SIP modules excluding the HTTP module.


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