* By the aspect of performance it aims to improve: high bandwidth-delay product networks ; lossy links ; fairness ; advantage to short flows ; variable-rate links

One advantage to the latter approach is that way a high resolution recording can be released, as well as a CD and / or lossy compressed file such as mp3 — all from the same master recording.

Some lossy audio formats, such as MP3, are structured in a way that they encode the volume of each compressed frame in a stream, and tools such as MP3Gain take advantage of this for directly applying the gain adjustment to MP3 files, adding undo information so that the process is reversible.

The second advantage is that it is easily adaptable to lossy encoding, since all significant bits ( except the implied " one " MSB ) are transmitted directly.

The transition to other methods began as manufacturers took advantage of the opportunities that the aforementioned machining developments presented.

His keen analytical abilities, which were so evident in his detective stories, allowed him to see that the general public was largely ignorant of the methods by which a simple substitution cryptogram can be solved, and he used this to his advantage.

Group 3 and 4 faxes are digital formats, and take advantage of digital compression methods to greatly reduce transmission times.

This means that even if the coating is scratched or abraded, the exposed steel will still be protected from corrosion by the remaining zinc-an advantage absent from paint, enamel, powder coating and other methods.

Natural family planning methods ( abstaining from intercourse during certain parts of the menstrual cycle ) are allowed, since they take advantage of " a faculty provided by nature.

For example, a certain culture may develop unique designs and methods of tool-making that give it a competitive advantage over another culture.

Illegal pinning methods include using the ropes for leverage and hooking the opponent's clothing, which are therefore popular cheating methods for heels, unless certain stipulations make such an advantage legal.

However, newer compression methods such as DEFLATE often use LZ77-based algorithms, a generalization of run-length encoding that can take advantage of runs of strings of characters ( such as ).

Another advantage is that the loss of power is less than other storage methods because electric currents encounter almost no resistance.

Since UML has evolved, some of these methods have been recast to take advantage of the new notations ( for example OMT ), and new methods have been created based on UML, such as IBM Rational Unified Process ( RUP ).

* Nonlinear methods ( e. g., ) that vary the diffraction pattern in a medium by taking advantage of the material nonlinear properties to deflect light to the desired receiver ;

Along with these, already traditional, methods recent expansion of corporate use of Second Life and other virtual worlds led to development of a newer generation of software that takes advantage of a 3D data presentation.

Solution-phase synthesis has the advantage that it can produce very large quantities, compared to other methods.

Most of the non-invasive methods under development are continuous glucose monitoring methods and offer the advantage of providing additional information to the subject between the conventional finger stick, blood glucose measurements and over time periods where no finger stick measurements are available ( i. e. while the subject is sleeping ).

They assess this information using advanced methods in statistical analysis, mathematics, computer programming they make recommendations about ways to improve the efficiency of a system or take advantage of trends as they begin.

In early years, methods to duplicate items were discovered and many took advantage of this loophole to mass produce gold and items, causing great harm in the game's economy and power structure.

The last two methods have the advantage that they express the twist rate as a ratio and give an easy understanding if a twist rate is relatively slow or fast even when comparing bores of differing diameters.

There are many other search methods, or metaheuristics, which are designed to take advantage of various kinds of partial knowledge one may have about the solution.

The first serious and sustained roll master replication exercise was probably that of Wayne Stahnke, who described his by-then completed methods in the Mechanical Music Digest in March 1996, and used them to practical advantage in his Rachmaninoff-Bösendorfer CDs.

The advantage of using EWSA over traditional methods, such as rainbow tables, are numerous.

As a stanch party man and a rabid Democrat, he had little tolerance for Whigs like Pike, and Pike lost any immediate personal advantage his victory over Woodruff might have gained him.

The statutory policy of fostering free competition is obviously furthered when no supplier has an advantage over his competitors from an acquisition of his customer's stock likely to have the effects condemned by the statute.

Moreover, prudence alone would indicate that, unless the local customs are already ready to fall when pushed, the results of direct economic action everywhere upon national chain stores will likely be simply to give undue advantage to local and state stores which conform to these customs, leading to greater decentralization and local autonomy within the company, or even ( as the final self-defeat of an unjust application of economic pressure to correct injustice ) to its going out of business in certain sections of the country ( as, for that matter, the Quakers, who once had many meetings in the pre-Civil War South, largely went out of business in that part of the country over the slavery issue, never to recover a large number of southern adherents ).

Other reasons mentioned by one-third or more of the builders were `` resistance to high interest rates, cost advantage of buying over renting has narrowed, shelter market nearing saturation and prospects unable to qualify ''.

Surely, they all have one breath ; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

Further, a character with a bid-for rank is considered to have a slight advantage over character with a bought-up rank.

An advantage of a deadweight anchor over a mushroom is that if it does become dragged, then it continues to provide its original holding force.

Therefore, arachnophobes may possess a slight advantage over non-arachnophobes in terms of survival.

Despite these troubles Andronikos III secured the extension of Byzantine control over Thessaly in 1333 and Epirus in 1337, by taking advantage of succession crises in these principalities.

He believed the poor possessed an advantage over the wealthy due to their receiving more attention from their parents, and were taught better work ethics.

The key advantage of self-propelled over towed artillery is that it can be brought into action much faster.

The primary advantage of AGP over PCI is that it provides a dedicated pathway between the slot and the processor rather than sharing the PCI bus.

Tubes may be heated transversely or longitudinally, where the former ones have the advantage of a more homogeneous temperature distribution over their length.

This instrument had the advantage of a larger field of view and he was able to obtain precise positions of a large number of stars that transited close to the zenith over the course of about two years.

Beowulf bears no weapon because this would be an " unfair advantage " over the unarmed beast.

Biological weapons may be employed in various ways to gain a strategic or tactical advantage over an adversary, either by threats or by actual deployments.

If the resistant pest is feeding in the non-Bt corn nearby, the resistance is neutral and offers no advantage to the pest over any nonresistant pest.

This proved critical in early tank battles where German tank commanders exploited the organizational advantage over the Allies that radio communication gave them.

Most games played have mathematically-determined odds that ensure the house has at all times an advantage over the players.

Many hunt in packs and are social animals, giving them an advantage over larger prey.

The advantage of dot-matrix over other impact printers is that they can produce graphical images in addition to text ; however the text is generally of poorer quality than impact printers that use letterforms ( type ).

The device allowed the coach to direct his quarterback on the fly, giving him an advantage over franchises who had to use messenger players to relay instructions.

Firing the same ammunition as rifles gives carbines the advantage of standardization over those personal defense weapons ( PDWs ) that require proprietary cartridges.

The Cardinals have enjoyed an overwhelming advantage over their Chicago rivals in the regular season standings since the Cubs last participated in a World Series ( 1945 ): in the 66 seasons from 1946 through 2011 the Cardinals have finished ahead of the Cubs 49 times.

Within the Yangban class, the Scholars ( Munban ) enjoyed a significant social advantage over the warrior ( Muban ) class, until the Muban Rebellion in 1170.