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  2. Temporal database - Wikipedia

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    The valid time and transaction time do not have to be the same for a single fact. For example, consider a temporal database storing data about the 18th century. The valid time of these facts is somewhere between 1701 and 1800. The transaction time would show when the facts were inserted into the database (for example 1998-01-21).

  3. Cash register - Wikipedia

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    Since the registration is done with the process of returning change, according to Bill Bryson odd pricing came about because by charging odd amounts like 49 and 99 cents (or 45 and 95 cents when nickels are more used than pennies), the cashier very probably had to open the till for the penny change and thus announce the sale. [8]

  4. Valid time - Wikipedia

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    The valid-time period is an interval based on event times, which are referred to as event datetime in data vault. [1] [2] Other names are application-time period [1] or real-world timeline. [1] SQL:2011 supports valid time through so-called application time-period tables.

  5. Ephemeral port - Wikipedia

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    An ephemeral port is a communications endpoint of a transport layer protocol of the Internet protocol suite that is used for only a short period of time for the duration of a communication session. Such short-lived ports are allocated automatically within a predefined range of port numbers by the IP stack software of a computer operating system.

  6. Time formatting and storage bugs - Wikipedia

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    On 5 January 1975, the 12-bit field that had been used for dates in the TOPS-10 operating system for DEC PDP-10 computers overflowed, in a bug known as "DATE75". The field value was calculated by taking the number of years since 1964, multiplying by 12, adding the number of months since January, multiplying by 31, and adding the number of days since the start of the month; putting 2 12 − 1 ...

  7. Data validation - Wikipedia

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    Checks that data is present, e.g., customers may be required to have an email address. Range check Checks that the data is within a specified range of values, e.g., a probability must be between 0 and 1. Referential integrity Values in two relational database tables can be linked through foreign key and primary key.

  8. Uniform-machines scheduling - Wikipedia

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    The goal is to minimize the makespan - the total time required to execute the schedule. The time that machine i needs in order to process job j is denoted by p i,j . In the general case, the times p i,j are unrelated, and any matrix of positive processing times is possible.

  9. Airport check-in - Wikipedia

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    At the time of check-in, one of the agent's primary duties is to check for valid documents. This includes tickets, passports, visas, letters of consent, and in some cases, passengers' address and contact details to comply with immigration requirements. Some airlines may ask passengers to present the original credit card used for payment.