Abstract: When processing join queries over big data, a DBMS can become unresponsive, i.e., it takes very long until any output tuples appear. Ranked enumeration addresses this problem by attempting ...

Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado. Within the shooter game genre, Space Invaders was the first fixed shooter and set the template for the shoot 'em up ...

Learn how to create a nebula in Photoshop with this detailed step-by-step tutorial. Whether you're an artist, designer, or sci-fi enthusiast, this guide will show you how to make realistic deep-space ...

Solar eclipses thrill skywatchers every year. You just have to be in the right place at the right time. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon is positioned between Earth and the sun and casts a shadow ...

Khronos OpenVX is an open, royalty-free standard API for cross platform acceleration of computer vision applications. OpenVX enables performance and power-optimized computer vision functionality, ...

Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC).25 Simplified instruction sets enabled faster microprocessors. Today, 99% of all ...

Abstract: Information Theory and Statistics: A Tutorial is concerned with applications of information theory concepts in statistics, in the finite alphabet setting. The topics covered include large ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...