When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Archimedes's cattle problem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes's_cattle_problem

    Archimedes's cattle problem. Archimedes's cattle problem (or the problema bovinum or problema Archimedis) is a problem in Diophantine analysis, the study of polynomial equations with integer solutions. Attributed to Archimedes, the problem involves computing the number of cattle in a herd of the sun god from a given set of restrictions.

  3. Glossary of cryptographic keys - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_cryptographic_keys

    data encryption key (DEK) used to encrypt the underlying data. derived key - keys computed by applying a predetermined hash algorithm or key derivation function to a password or, better, a passphrase. DRM key - A key used in digital rights management to protect media. electronic key - (NSA) key that is distributed in electronic (as opposed to ...

  4. Bulls and cows - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulls_and_Cows

    This software uses "A" to denote "bulls" (digit in the correct position) and "B" to denote "cows" (digit in the wrong position). Bulls and cows (also known as cows and bulls or pigs and bulls) is a code -breaking mind or paper and pencil game for two or more players. The game is played in turns by two opponents who aim to decipher the other's ...

  5. List of cattle terminology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cattle_terminology

    A fresh cow is a dairy term for a cow or first-calf heifer who has recently given birth, or "freshened." The adjective applying to cattle in general is usually bovine. The terms bull, cow and calf are also used by extension to denote the sex or age of other large animals, including whales, hippopotamuses, camels, elk and elephants.

  6. Rinderpest - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderpest

    Rinderpest virus (RPV), a member of the genus Morbillivirus, is closely related to the measles and canine distemper viruses. [ 8 ] Like other members of the Paramyxoviridae family, it produces enveloped virions, and is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus. The virus is particularly fragile and is quickly inactivated by heat, desiccation ...

  7. Wolf, goat and cabbage problem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf,_goat_and_cabbage_problem

    The dilemma is solved by taking the wolf (or the cabbage) over and bringing the goat back. Now he can take the cabbage (or the wolf) over, and finally return to fetch the goat. An animation of the solution. His actions in the solution are summarized in the following steps: Take the goat over. Return empty-handed.

  8. Sherwood v. Walker - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood_v._Walker

    Sherwood v. Walker, 66 Mich. 568, 33 N.W. 919 (Mich. 1887), [ 1] was a case that has played an important role in the evolution of American contract law involving the doctrine of mutual mistake. One of the main issues in the case was whether the remedy of rescission is available if both parties to a contract share a misunderstanding about an ...

  9. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Álvar_Núñez_Cabeza_de_Vaca

    Signature. Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnuɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] ⓘ; c. 1488/90/92 [1] – after 19 May 1559 [2]) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is now the US Southwest, he became a ...