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| x ISO 9000 | Software development process |
ISO 9000 is a family of standards for quality management systems. ISO 9000 is maintained by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization and is administered by accreditation and certification bodies. The rules are updated, as the...
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| x Six Sigma |
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Software development process |
Six Sigma is a business management strategy originally developed by Motorola, USA in 1981. As of 2009, it enjoys widespread application in many sectors of industry, although its application is not without controversy.
Six Sigma seeks to improve the...
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| x ISO 15504 |
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Software development process |
ISO/IEC 15504, also known as SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination), is a "framework for the assessment of processes" developed by the Joint Technical Subcommittee between ISO (International Organization for...
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| x Nitrogenase |
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Biological Nitrogen Fixation | Diazotroph |
Nitrogenase (EC 1.18.6.1) is the enzyme used by some organisms to fix atmospheric nitrogen gas (N2). It is the only known family of enzymes which accomplishes this process. Dinitrogen is quite inert because of the strength of its N-N triple bond. To...
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| x Chemical reactor |
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Ethoxylation |
In chemical engineering, chemical reactors are vessels designed to contain chemical reactions. The design of a chemical reactor deals with multiple aspects of chemical engineering. Chemical engineers design reactors to maximize net present value for...
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| x Wrench |
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A wrench or spanner is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque to turn objects—usually rotary fasteners, such as nuts and bolts—or keep them from turning.
In American English, wrench is the standard term, while...
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| x Hammer |
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A hammer is a tool meant to deliver an impact to an object. The most common uses are for driving nails, fitting parts, forging metal and breaking up objects. Hammers are often designed for a specific purpose, and vary widely in their shape and...
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| x Adjustable spanner |
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An adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is a spanner (wrench) with a "jaw" of adjustable width, allowing it to used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, etc.). Compare to an ordinary spanner, which is of fixed size, and requires a...
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| x Drill |
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A drill (from Dutch: drillen) or drill motor is a tool fitted with a rotating cutting tool, usually a drill bit, used for drilling holes in various materials. The cutting tool is gripped by a chuck at one end of the drill and rotated while pressed...
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| x Jackhammer |
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A pneumatic drill or jackhammer is a portable percussive drill powered by compressed air (though the same type of equipment mounted to construction machinery can also be hydraulically powered). It is used to drill rock and break up pavement, among...
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| x Mallet |
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A mallet is a kind of hammer, usually of wood, smaller than a maul or beetle and usually with a relatively large head.
Tool mallets come in different types, the most common of which are:
Less common mallets include:
Beedles are also used in jobs...
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| x Crowbar |
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A crowbar, pry bar, or prybar, or sometimes (in British usage) a prise bar or prisebar more informally a jimmy, jimmy bar, jemmy or gooseneck is a tool consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, often with a small...
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| x Spade |
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A spade is a tool designed primarily for the purpose of digging or removing earth. Early spades were made of riven wood. After the art of metalworking was discovered, spades were made with sharper tips of metal. Before the advent of metal spades...
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| x Shovel |
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A shovel is a tool for lifting and moving loose material such as coal, gravel, snow, soil, or sand and is an extremely common tool which is used extensively in agriculture, construction and gardening. It is usually a hand tool consisting of a broad...
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| x Hoe |
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A hoe is an agricultural tool used to
There are many types of blade of quite different appearance and purpose. Some can perform multiple functions. Others are intended for a specific use (e.g. the collinear hoe has a narrow, razor-sharp blade which...
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| x Scythe |
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A scythe (pronounced /ˈsaɪð/) is an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or reaping crops. It was largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia.
"Scythe" derives from Old English...
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| x Sander |
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A sander is a power tool used to smooth wood and automotive or wood finishes by abrasion with sandpaper. Sanders have a means to attach the sandpaper and a mechanism to move it rapidly contained within a housing with means to hand-hold it or fix it...
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| x Chainsaw |
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Logging |
A chainsaw (or chain saw) is a portable mechanical, motorized saw. It is used in activities such as limbing, and bucking, by tree surgeons to fell trees and remove branches and foliage, to fell snags and assist in cutting firebreaks in wildland fire...
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| x Plane |
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A plane is a tool for shaping wood. Planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber or timber. Planing is used to produce horizontal, vertical, or inclined flat surfaces on workpieces...
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| x Chisel |
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A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chisels have lent part of their name to a particular grind) of blade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. The handle and...
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| x Winch |
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A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the "tension" of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). In its simplest form it consists of a spool and attached hand...
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| x Bucket |
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A bucket, also called a pail, is a watertight, vertical cylinder or truncated cone, with an open top and a flat bottom, usually attached to a semicircular carrying handle called the bail. Their main purpose is the carrying of water, but they may...
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| x Blender |
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A blender (or liquidiser in British English and occasionally vitamiser in Australian English) is a kitchen appliance used to mix ingredients or puree food. Blenders are also used to prepare emulsions, such as mayonnaise, and cream soups. Blenders...
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| x Electronic oscillator |
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Additive synthesis |
An electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a repetitive electronic signal, often a sine wave or a square wave.
A low-frequency oscillator (LFO) is an electronic oscillator that generates an AC waveform at a frequency below ≈20...
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