Alt.* hierarchy — The alt.* hierarchy is a major class of newsgroups in Usenet, containing all newsgroups whose name begins with alt. , organized hierarchically. The alt.* hierarchy is not confined to newsgroups of any specific subject or type, although in… … Wikipedia
Dominance hierarchy — For other uses, see Dominance. A dominance hierarchy (in humans: social hierarchy) is the organization of individuals in a group that occurs when competition for resources leads to aggression. Schjelderup Ebbe, who studied the often cited example … Wikipedia
Bounding interval hierarchy — A bounding interval hierarchy (BIH) is a partitioning data structure similar to that of bounding volume hierarchies or kd trees. Bounding interval hierarchies can be used in high performance (or real time) ray tracing and may be especially useful … Wikipedia
con|sci|en|ti|za|tion — «KON shee uhn shuh ZAY shuhn», noun. 1. a movement in Latin America to make the uneducated and underprivileged aware of their political rights: »Conscientization…is spreading throughout the church in Latin America and joining hierarchy and people … Useful english dictionary
Usenet — A diagram of Usenet servers and clients. The blue, green, and red dots on the servers represent the groups they carry. Arrows between servers indicate newsgroup group exchanges (feeds). Arrows between clients and servers indicate that a user is… … Wikipedia
Cryptography newsgroups — There are several newsgroups relevant for discussions about cryptography and related issues. sci.crypt an unmoderated forum for discussions on technical aspects of cryptography. sci.crypt.research a similar, moderated group, focusing on research… … Wikipedia
Evolution — This article is about evolution in biology. For other uses, see Evolution (disambiguation). For a generally accessible and less technical introduction to the topic, see Introduction to evolution. Part of a series on … Wikipedia
Security clearance — For use by the United Nations, see Security Clearance (UN) A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information, i.e., state secrets, or to restricted areas after completion of a thorough… … Wikipedia
Life — For other uses, see Life (disambiguation). Life (Biota / Vitae / Eobionti) … Wikipedia
History of evolutionary thought — This article is about the history of evolutionary thought in biology. For the history of evolutionary thought in the social sciences, see Sociocultural evolution. For the history of religious discussions, see History of the creation evolution… … Wikipedia
