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science › hypothesis-testing
Hypothesis testing, In statistics, a method for testing how accurately a mathematical model based on one set of data predicts the nature of other data sets generated by the same process. Hypothesis testing grew out of quality control, in which whole batches of manufactured items are accepted or
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money › Microsoft-Corporation
Microsoft Corporation is a leading developer of computer software, operating systems, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence applications. The company also produces its own line of hybrid tablet computers, offers email services, and sells electronic game systems and computer peripherals.
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technology › operating-system
Operating system, program that manages a computer’s resources, especially the allocation of those resources among other programs.
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dictionary › data
DATA meaning: 1 : facts or information used usually to calculate, analyze, or plan something; 2 : information that is produced or stored by a computer
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science › science
Science, any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation. In general, a science involves a pursuit of knowledge covering general truths or the operations of fundamental laws.
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technology › COBOL
COBOL, high-level computer programming language, one of the first widely used languages and for many years the most popular language in the business community. It developed from the 1959 Conference on Data Systems Languages, a joint initiative between the U.S. government and the private sector.
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science › algorithm
Algorithm, systematic procedure that produces—in a finite number of steps—the answer to a question or the solution of a problem. The name derives from the Latin translation, Algoritmi de numero Indorum, of a treatise by the 9th-century mathematician al-Khwarizmi.
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technology › UNIVAC
UNIVAC, one of the earliest commercial computers. After leaving the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, J. Presper Eckert, Jr., and John Mauchly, who had worked on the engineering design of the ENIAC computer for the United States during World War II, struggled
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topic › human-being
Human being, a culture-bearing primate classified in the genus Homo, especially the species H. sapiens. Human beings are anatomically similar and related to the great apes but are distinguished by a more highly developed brain and a resultant capacity for articulate speech and abstract reasoning.
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topic › proof-logic
Proof, in logic, an argument that establishes the validity of a proposition. Although proofs may be based on inductive logic, in general the term proof connotes a rigorous deduction. In formal axiomatic systems of logic and mathematics, a proof is a finite sequence of well-formed formulas