Scheduling (production processes) — Scheduling is an important tool for manufacturing and engineering, where it can have a major impact on the productivity of a process. In manufacturing, the purpose of scheduling is to minimize the production time and costs, by telling a… … Wikipedia
Manual fare collection — is the practice of collecting fares manually (without the aid of an automated machine). Fare collection generally refers to the collection of fares in the transport industry in return for a ticket or passes to travel. Commonly used on buses and… … Wikipedia
Music scheduling system — Music scheduling systems are employed to sequence music at radio stations. Although these systems were originally implemented by manual index card methods, since the late 1970s they have exploited the efficiency and speed of digital computers.… … Wikipedia
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Clock-face scheduling — A clock face schedule is a timetable, where public means of transport run in consistent intervals. The number of departures per time is the frequency of the service. Its name comes from the fact that departures are usually the same number of… … Wikipedia
Video recorder scheduling code — For the CNC programming language, see G code. VCR Plus+, G Code, VideoPlus+ and ShowView are different names for essentially the same system for programming video recorders. These names are all registered trademarks of Macrovision, whose… … Wikipedia
Protected mode — This article is about an x86 processor mode. For Internet Explorer Protected Mode, see Mandatory Integrity Control. x86 processor modes Mode First supported Real mode Intel 8086 8080 emulation mode NEC … Wikipedia
automation — /aw teuh may sheuhn/, n. 1. the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human intervention to a minimum. 2. a mechanical device, operated electronically,… … Universalium
Booting — This article is about bootstrapping operating systems. For the general concept, see Bootstrapping. For other uses, see Booting (disambiguation). In computing, booting (also known as booting up) is a process that begins when a user turns on a… … Wikipedia
PID controller — A block diagram of a PID controller A proportional–integral–derivative controller (PID controller) is a generic control loop feedback mechanism (controller) widely used in industrial control systems – a PID is the most commonly used feedback… … Wikipedia
OS-9 — For the Macintosh operating system, see Mac OS 9. OS 9 Company / developer Microware (now owned by RadiSys Corporation) Programmed in C, Assembly language OS family Unix like Working state Current … Wikipedia