cycle — [1] A vehicle with one or more wheels (usually spoked) where the rider/driver straddles the vehicle as a bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc. It also includes other vehicles adapted from a traditional cycle where the rider/driver no longer… … Dictionary of automotive terms
List of build automation software — Build automation involves scripting or automating the process of compiling computer source code into binary code. Below is a list of notable tools associated with the build automation process. Contents 1 Make based tools 2 Non Make based tools 3… … Wikipedia
Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment — The Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) is a research program of the World Climate Research Programme intended to observe, comprehend and models the Earth s water cycle. The experiment also observes how much energy the Earth receives … Wikipedia
Tidewater glacier cycle — The tidewater glacier cycle is the typically centuries long behavior of tidewater glaciers that consists of recurring periods of advance alternating with rapid retreat and punctuated by periods of stability. During portions of its cycle, a… … Wikipedia
business cycle — a recurrent fluctuation in the total business activity of a country. [1920 25] * * * Periodic fluctuation in the rate of economic activity, as measured by levels of employment, prices, and production. Economists have long debated why periods of… … Universalium
The Gap Cycle — (published 1991 – 1996 by Bantam Books and reprinted by Gollancz in 2008 [1]) is a science fiction story, told in a series of 5 books, written by Stephen R. Donaldson. It is an epic set in a future where humans have pushed far out into space in… … Wikipedia
Real Business Cycle Theory — (or RBC Theory) is a class of macroeconomic models in which business cycle fluctuations to a large extent can be accounted for by real (in contrast to nominal) shocks. (The four primary economic fluctuations are secular (trend), business cycle,… … Wikipedia
The Death Gate Cycle — is a seven part series (heptalogy) of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The main conflict is between two powerful races, the Sartan and the Patryns, which branched off from humans following a nuclear/anti matter holocaust … Wikipedia
Baal cycle — The Baal cycle was an Ugaritic cycle of stories about the Canaanite god Baal, also known as Hadad the god of storm and fertility. They were written in Ugaritic, a language written in a cuneiform alphabet, on a series of clay tablets found in the… … Wikipedia
Segregated cycle facilities — A bike lane on the side of a highway. Utrecht has specially painted … Wikipedia
Systems Development Life Cycle — Systems Development Life Cycle, or Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), relates to models or methodologies that people use to develop systems, generally computer systems. Computer systems have become more complex and usually (especially with… … Wikipedia