Charles Eliot Norton brought the first architecture classes to Harvard University in 1874. By 1893, courses dedicated exclusively to architecture were offered and by 1895, an architecture degree was e ...
Historically, the term originated in the mainframe field, where it had a well-defined meaning, very close to contemporary computer file.Properties Several characteristics define a data set's structure ...
Modern mainframe design is generally less defined by single-task computational speed (typically defined as MIPS rate or FLOPS in the case of floating point calculations), and more by:Redundant interna ...
Topology began with the investigation of certain questions in geometry. Leonhard Euler's 1736 paper on the Seven Bridges of K?nigsberg is regarded as one of the first academic treatises in modern top ...
An arc e = (x, y) is considered to be directed from x to y; y is called the head and x is called the tail of the arc; y is said to be a direct successor of x, and x is said to be a direct predecessor ...
The term digitization is often used when diverse forms of information, such as text, sound, image or voice, are converted into a single binary code. Digital information exists as one of two digits, ei ...
In the 5th century, monks in the then Byzantine Romagna on the Adriatic coast, established a plantation of stone pine to provide fuelwood and food. This was the beginning of the massive forest mention ...
Land degradation refers to a human-induced or natural process which impairs the capacity of land to function. Soils are the critical component in land degradation when it involves acidification, conta ...
Water affects soil formation, structure, stability and erosion but is of primary concern with respect to plant growth. Water is essential to plants for four reasons:It constitutes 80%-95% of the plant ...
Soil is a major component of the Earth's ecosystem. From ozone depletion and global warming to rain forest destruction and water pollution, the world's ecosystems are impacted in far-reaching ways by ...
They are strong swimmers with medium to large bodies with webbed feet and a broad, flat and somewhat rounded-tip bill. Some species dive deep for fish or mollusks, others feed near the surface or filt ...
The Canada Land Inventory (CLI) is a multi-disciplinary land inventory of rural Canada.Conceptualized in the early 1960s by the Department of Forestry and Rural Development (later the Department of En ...
In 1960, Roger Tomlinson was working at an aerial survey company in Ottawa, Spartan Air Services. The company was focused on producing large-scale photogrammetric and geophysical maps. In the early 19 ...
Ottawa is known as one of the most educated cities in Canada, with over half the population having graduated from college and/or university. Ottawa has the highest per capita concentration of engineer ...
Ottawa above the Ottawa River in May, left to right— Alexandra Bridge · National Gallery of Canada · Byward Market · Fairmont Ch?teau Laurier · Rideau Canal Locks · Parliament Hill with Library ...
