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Engineering
The discipline, art, skill and profession of applying scientific knowledge and principles to the design and manufacturing of machines, structures, devices, systems, materials and processes.
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payload
Software; Anti virus
Actions taken by a virus beyond infecting files, anything from displaying harmless messages to deleting files to making systems unbootable.
split-fee option
Financial services; General Finance
An option on an option. The buyer generally executes the split fee with first an initial fee, with a window period at the end of which (upon payment of a second fee) the original ...
backscattering
Astronomy; Mars
The deflection of particles or radiation by scattering processes through angles greater than 90 degrees with respect to the original direction of motion.
anthropomorphism
Astronomy; General astronomy
The projection of human attributes onto nonhuman entities such as animals, the planets, or the universe as a whole.
