WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Bootstrapping (statistics) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping_(statistics)

    The bootstrap [a] was first described by Bradley Efron in "Bootstrap methods: another look at the jackknife" (1979), [4] inspired by earlier work on the jackknife. [6] [7] [8] Improved estimates of the variance were developed later.

  3. List of free and open-source software packages - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_and_open...

    This is a list of free and open-source software packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses.Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software; the GNU project in particular objects to their works being referred to as open-source. [1]

  4. Software categories - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_categories

    Application software is the general designation of computer programs for performing tasks. Application software may be general-purpose (word processing, web browsers, etc.) or have a specific purpose (accounting, truck scheduling, etc.). Application software contrasts with system software.

  5. BIOS interrupt call - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS_interrupt_call

    BIOS interrupt calls perform hardware control or I/O functions requested by a program, return system information to the program, or do both. A key element of the purpose of BIOS calls is abstraction - the BIOS calls perform generally defined functions, and the specific details of how those functions are executed on the particular hardware of the system are encapsulated in the BIOS and hidden ...

  6. concrete CMS - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_CMS

    It enables users to edit site content directly from the page. [5] [6] It provides version management for every page, [7] similar to wiki software, another type of web site development software. Concrete CMS allows users to edit images through an embedded editor on the page. [8] As of 2021, there are over 62,000 live websites that are built with ...

  7. Social login - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_login

    Social login is a form of single sign-on using existing information from a social networking service such as Facebook, Twitter or Google, to login to a third party website instead of creating a new login account specifically for that website. It is designed to simplify logins for end users as well as provide more reliable demographic ...

  8. SketchUp - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SketchUp

    SketchUp was developed by startup company @Last Software of Boulder, Colorado, co-founded in 1999 by Brad Schell and Joe Esch. [5] [6] SketchUp was created in August 2000 as a 3D content creation tool and was envisioned as a software program for design professionals. [3] The program won a Community Choice Award at its first tradeshow in 2000. [7]

  9. Preboot Execution Environment - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment

    Additionally, the Network Bootstrap Program (NBP) which is initially downloaded and run must be built using a client firmware layer (at the device to be bootstrapped via PXE) providing a hardware independent standardized way to interact with the surrounding network booting environment. In this case the availability and subjection to standards ...