SAE International is a professional association and standards organization for engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. SAE International’s main activities include publishing standards, hosting conferences and exhibitions, and providing education and training programs. SAE International was founded in 1905 as the Society of Automobile Engineers. The name was … Read more
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is an adjustment of the clocks to make better use of daylight and is observed in many countries around the world. The main purpose of DST is to extend the amount of daylight during the summer months by moving an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. This is … Read more
The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video interface standard designed to provide high-bandwidth digital video data to display devices such as digital monitors, projectors, and televisions. DVI is capable of carrying uncompressed digital video data as well as compressed digital video data. The interface can be configured to carry video data in either format, … Read more
A gas is a state of matter in which the molecules are free to move about independently of each other. The term “gas” is often used interchangeably with “air”, although air is only one type of gas. Other common gases include nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and methane. Why is gas so high? The answer to … Read more
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a nonprofit private organization that is responsible for managing the allocation and assignment of many of the fundamental Internet protocol identifiers. These include IP addresses, domain names, and protocol numbers. IANA also manages other key Internet resources, such as the root zone of the Domain Name System (DNS). … Read more
G-code is a numerical control (NC) programming language. It is used mainly in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) to control automated machine tools (CNC machines, 3D printers). G-code is a list of instructions that are sent to the CNC machine in order to make it perform a specific task. These instructions can be simple, like “move the … Read more
A media type (also known as a content type) is a two-part identifier for file formats and format contents. The first part, the “type”, identifies the general category of the format, while the second part, the “subtype”, specifies a specific format within that category. For example, the media type “text/plain” indicates that the file is … Read more
Heat is a metric used to measure the amount of thermal energy in a system. Thermal energy is the kinetic energy of atoms and molecules in a substance that are in motion. The faster the atoms and molecules are moving, the more thermal energy the substance has. Heat is often used to measure the amount … Read more
A square foot is a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one foot on each side. It is commonly used in the construction and real estate industries to measure the area of a room, building, or piece of land. How many feet is 1 square feet? One square foot is equivalent to … Read more
Meter cubed per kilogram is a unit of measurement typically used to measure the volume of a substance. The volume of a substance is the amount of space that it occupies. The meter is the SI unit of length, and the kilogram is the SI unit of mass. How do you write kg per Metre … Read more
