* Modular Function Deployment, a method in systems engineering and product development

** Function overloading, a software engineering process whereby multiple functions of different types are defined with the same name

Function analysis, an important technique in value engineering, is usually done in this initial stage.

* Function Point Counting, cost estimation technique in software engineering

IDEF0 ( Integration Definition for Function Modeling ) is a function modeling methodology for describing manufacturing functions, which offers a functional modeling language for the analysis, development, reengineering, and integration of information systems ; business processes ; or software engineering analysis.

* Function ( biology ), explaining why a feature survived selection

* Function ( computer science ), or subroutine, a portion of code within a larger program, performs a specific task

* Function ( language ), in linguistics, a way of achieving an aim using language

* Function ( mathematics ), an abstract entity that associates an input to a corresponding output according to some rule

* Function ( E-40 song ), a 2012 song by American rapper E-40 featuring YG, iAmSu & Problem

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Tests and measures include, but are not limited to, those that assess: a. Aerobic Capacity / Endurance, b. Anthropometric Characteristics, c. Arousal, Attention, and Cognition, d. Assistive and Adaptive Devices, e. Circulation ( Arterial, Venous, Lymphatic ), f. Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Integrity, g. Environmental, Home, and Work ( Job / School / Play ) Barriers, h. Ergonomics and Body Mechanics, i. Gait, Locomotion, and Balance, j. Integumentary Integrity, k. Joint Integrity and Mobility, l. Motor Function ( Motor Control and Motor Learning ), m. Muscle Performance ( including Strength, Power, and Endurance ), n. Neuromotor Development and Sensory Integration, o. Orthotic, Protective, and Supportive Devices, p. Pain, q. Posture, r. Prosthetic Requirements, s. Range of Motion ( including Muscle Length ), t. Reflex Integrity, u. Self-Care and Home Management ( including activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living ), v. Sensory Integrity, w. Ventilation and Respiration / Gas Exchange, x.

* Kuhn, T. " A Function for Thought Experiments ", in The Essential Tension ( Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979 ), pp. 240 –

A standardized control programming language, IEC 61131-3 ( a suite of 5 programming languages including Function Block, Ladder, Structured Text, Sequence Function Charts and Instruction List ), is frequently used to create programs which run on these RTUs and PLCs.

The other nine units in ENIAC were the Initiating Unit ( which started and stopped the machine ), the Cycling Unit ( used for synchronizing the other units ), the Master Programmer ( which controlled " loop " sequencing ), the Reader ( which controlled an IBM punched card reader ), the Printer ( which controlled an IBM punched card punch ), the Constant Transmitter, and three Function Tables.

* A Private Function ( screenplay ), 1986

** Function composition ( computer science ), an act or mechanism to combine simple functions to build more complicated ones

An MFP ( Multi Function Product / Printer / Peripheral ), multifunctional, all-in-one ( AIO ), or Multifunction Device ( MFD ), is an office machine which incorporates the functionality of multiple devices in one, so as to have a smaller footprint in a home or small business setting ( the SOHO market segment ), or to provide centralized document management / distribution / production in a large-office setting.

* Specialized Resource Function ( SRF ) or Intelligent Peripheral ( IP ) This is a node which can connect to both the SSP and the SCP and delivers additional special resources into the call, mostly related to voice data, for example play voice announcements or collect DTMF tones from the user.

# ( How ) Process Function Specification – expressed in a technology specific language, hierarchical process elements are related by process calls

The Media Resource Function ( MRF ) provides media related functions such as media manipulation ( e. g. voice stream mixing ) and playing of tones and announcements.

Function names are usually selected so as to be descriptive of the function's purpose.

The first stage involves employing regression techniques to estimate the Hedonic Price Function of the property.

# External Crime & Violent Crime Teams: The External Crimes Function of USPIS is a function that investigates any theft of US mail by non employees, assaults of postal employees and / or theft and robberies of postal property.

*( 1992 ) 1946 " The Function of Set Structure in the 12-tone system.

When first launched, it struggled under the overhead of the software and operating system, which consumed almost 60 MB on disk, a vast sum at the time, leading some wags to suggest that the pre-announce code name for the series, PACIFIC, was actually an acronym meaning " Performance Ain't Critical If Function Is Complete ".

* Function point, a unit of measurement to express the amount of business functionality an information system provides to a user.

Specific experiments included: Environmental Radiation Measurements to ascertain ionizing radiation levels aboard Mir ; Greenhouse-Integrated Plant Experiments, to study effect of microgravity on plants, specifically dwarf wheat ; and Assessment of Humoral Immune Function During Long-Duration Space Flight, to gather data on effect of long-term spaceflight on the human immune system and involving collection of blood serum and saliva samples.

The Function Step adds to this simulation the further executable operations and processes needed to produce output of the system.

# " Success " or " Function " in any system may be failure in the larger or smaller systems to which the system is connected.

The entire in-car entertainment system ( Radio Function, Navigation System, Television and Telecommunications systems ) are shared with other BMWs and L322.

* SFL ( programming language ), or System Function Language, of the ICL VME operating system

The entire in car entertainment system ( Radio Function, Navigation System, Television and Telecommunications systems, and a very flexible automotive computer system ) are identical.

* Function Point Analysis, a method to determine the functional size of a software project / information system

Although there is a correlation between OV-5 or business-process hierarchies and the system functional hierarchy of SV-4a, it need not be a one-to-one mapping, hence, the need for the Operational Activity to Systems Function Traceability Matrix ( SV-5a ), which provides that mapping.

Usually any system can be represented by its Transform Function ( Laplace in continuous time domain ), after getting the model of a system.

Function block diagram is one of five languages for logic or control configuration supported by standard IEC 61131-3 for a control system such as a Programmable Logic Controller ( PLC ) or a Distributed Control System ( DCS ).

First, the Discriminant Index Function ( DIF ) system did not provide examiners with specific problematic variables or reasons for the high score.

The new Race start Function is a launch control system which enables the driver to call on maximum acceleration, while ensuring optimum traction of the driven wheels.

in engineering, math, psychology ), ( See also Prometheus Rising.

Through his father, Alfred Nobel was a descendant of the Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck ( 1630 – 1702 ), and in his turn the boy was interested in engineering, particularly explosives, learning the basic principles from his father at a young age.

The term Building design professional ( or Design professional ), by contrast, is a much broader term including professionals who practice independently under an alternate profession, such as engineering professionals, or those who assist in the practice architecture under the supervision of a licensed architect, such as architectural technologists and intern architects.

* Adrian Bejan ( born 1948 ), Romanian-born professor of mechanical engineering at Duke University

AIX was the first operating system to utilize journaling file systems, and IBM has continuously enhanced the software with features like processor, disk and network virtualization, dynamic hardware resource allocation ( including fractional processor units ), and reliability engineering ported from its mainframe designs.

The term shmoo has also entered the lexicon, defining highly technical concepts in no less than four separate fields of science, including the variations shmooing ( a microbiological term for the " budding " process in yeast reproduction ), and shmoo plot ( a technical term in the field of electrical engineering ).

In simpler term, Biotechnology is the research and development in the laboratory that involves bioinformatics for exploration, extraction, exploitation and production from any living organisms and any source of biomass by means of biochemical engineering where high value-added products could be planned ( reproduced by Biosynthesis, for example ), fore-casted, formulated, developed, manufactured and marketed for the purpose of sustainable operations ( for the return from bottomless initial investment on R & D ) and gaining durable patents rights ( for exclusives rights for sales, and prior to this to receive national and international approval from the results on animal experiment and human experiment, especially on the pharmaceutical branch of biotechnology to prevent any undetected side-effects on safety concerns by using the products ), for more about the biotechnology industry, see.

The notation aspect of the Booch method has now been superseded by the Unified Modeling Language ( UML ), which features graphical elements from the Booch method along with elements from the object-modeling technique ( OMT ) and object-oriented software engineering ( OOSE ).

Biologics / Biopharmaceuticals ( e. g., vaccines, stored blood product ), genetic engineering, and various agricultural applications are some major classes of biotechnology.

They may also feature extensive collaborative efforts with programs in other fields ( such as the University's Medical School or other engineering divisions ), owing again to the interdisciplinary nature of BME.

and Ph. D. programs will typically require applicants to have an undergraduate degree in BME, or another engineering discipline ( plus certain life science coursework ), or life science ( plus certain engineering coursework ).

Some classic examples of these types of tasks are multimedia applications ( images, video, and sound ), as well as many types of scientific and engineering tasks.

* Cone penetration test ( CPT ), an in situ testing method used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of soils

They favor a more holistic approach based on the 4 ' E's ; education ( of everyone involved ), encouragement ( to apply the education ), enforcement ( to protect the rights of others ), and engineering ( to facilitate travel while respecting every person's equal right to do so ).

Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science ( e. g., chemistry and physics ), and life sciences ( e. g., biology, microbiology and biochemistry ) with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers ( AIChE ), established in 1908, played a key role in making chemical engineering considered an independent science, and unit operations central to chemical engineering.

Along with other novel concepts, such process systems engineering ( PSE ), a " second paradigm " was defined.

* Campaign for Science and Engineering ( CaSE ), a non-profit organization which promotes science and engineering research in the UK

* Computer-aided software engineering ( CASE ), use of computers to assist in the software development life cycle