Electronic music was once associated almost exclusively with Western art music but from the late 1960s on the availability of affordable music technology meant that music produced using electronic means became increasingly common in the popular domain.

Other versions may be available where the ROM is accessed as an external device rather than as internal memory, however these are becoming increasingly rare due to the widespread availability of cheap microcontroller programmers.

The specific topics that form the main foci of research change over time, driven by an ever-expanding base of knowledge and the availability of increasingly sophisticated technical methods.

Starting in the early 1950s, the access to basic, secondary and technical education was expanded and its availability was being increasingly opened to both the African indigenes and the European Portuguese of the African territories.

* Poor availability: many large-format products have been discontinued, and others are increasingly expensive as demand declines.

The growth in the area is extremely aggressive and property values, as well as the cost of homes, are rapidly rising as the availability of land and / or homes so near the waterfront of Fernandina Beach become increasingly appealing to newcomers.

The use of Chinese characters in Korea is becoming increasingly rare altogether, although idiosyncratic use of Chinese characters in proper names requires knowledge ( and therefore availability ) of many more characters.

Without efforts to improve soil management practices, the availability of arable soil will become increasingly problematic.

Finally, limiting a product's availability to Internet channels forces the producer to compete with the rest of the Internet for customers ' attention, a space that is becoming increasingly crowded over time.

Another increasingly popular date rape drug is Zolpidem ( brand name Ambien ), owing to its sedative / amnesiac properties, lack of taste and odor, and comparatively widespread availability.

With the wider availability of Unicode fonts, it is also increasingly used for electronic texts.

This avenue of vehicle availability was increasingly successful, especially in cases where the US model of a vehicle was less powerful and / or less well equipped than versions available in other markets.

Despite the increasingly availability of effectual depression treatment, the level of unmet need for treatment remains high.

Among citizens ' concerns are issues regarding appropriate allocation of limited water supplies, sustainable and responsible land use, escalating cost of living, steadily diminishing availability of affordable housing, impending tax increases in order to sponsor growth infrastructure costs, scarce good employment opportunities, and the soaring local cost of meeting the demands and special needs of an increasingly unbalanced age and economic demographic.

Combined with the free Linux operating system, the availability of relatively powerful low-cost PC hardware, and the development of world wide web standards and technologies, mSQL was an important factor in the early development of interactive, dynamic web applications, particularly in the period 1994-1997, after which it was increasingly supplanted by the more highly featured MySQL.

Many artists and most live venues prohibit this form of recording, but from the 1970s onwards the increased availability of portable technology made such bootlegging increasingly easy, and as this technology has improved so too has the general quality of these recordings.

Today, MG Midgets are increasingly being restored to a high standard, helped by the excellent availability of re-manufactured parts.

This is due to both the low price and overwhelming availability of DVDs, as opposed to the increasingly rare video cassettes.

The availability of lifelong employment in a single company has become increasingly untenable for both corporations and individuals.

The Farangi Mahalli ‘ ulema, however, even though demand for their skills declined and the availability of princely patronage was increasingly scarce, did not consciously seek a more independent position for themselves by addressing a more widely based audience.

As cable availability rose, the stations ' programming was increasingly differentiated by Greater Dayton Public Television, and the stations eventually achieved separate programming and scheduling.

These companies and increasingly other artists and companies are expanding the availability of this genre.

The rise of cheap yet powerful commodity workstations running Linux, Windows and Mac OS X, and the availability of diverse professional software for them, effectively pushed SGI out of the visual effects industry in all but the most niche markets, as studios adopted newer, cheaper technology.

Water and steam are used as heat transfer fluids in diverse heat exchange systems, due to its availability and high heat capacity, both as a coolant and for heating.

Decreases in biodiversity can also result if higher nitrogen availability increases nitrogen-demanding grasses, causing a degradation of nitrogen-poor, species diverse heathlands.

* overall university atmosphere, sense of personal safety / security, tolerance for diverse opinions / ideas, availability of quiet study space, overall library, library services, online library resources, availability of journals / articles / periodicals, total number of library holdings, computer accessibility on campus, availability of up-to-date computer equipment, on-campus network for Internet / email, overall quality / availability of technology on campus, access to course / teaching materials online

Resolution may benefit from spatial diversity, due to the availability of multiple spatially diverse down-range profiles.

Some lithotrophic bacteria can utilize diverse sources of electrons, depending on availability of possible donors.

The wide availability over the internet of freeware add-on files for the simulation package has encouraged the development of a large and diverse virtual community, linked up by design group and enthusiast message boards, online multiplayer flying, and ' virtual airlines '.

It also depends on the availability of diverse habitats for growth and maturation.

The acquisition helped BMC create an " all-in-one service management solution " that " integrates diverse multi-vendor technologies " while enhancing " service availability " yet minimizing interruptions.

The increasing agricultural surplus exhibited by the early settlers and the availability of fertile land near a river brought in a diverse and malleable group of migrants seeking fertile land to farm, and the groups were initially dominated by the Gungawas.

Low cost, availability, and portability are cited by practitioners as qualities which make this common writing tool a convenient, alternative art supply.

In the most basic terms, the edict was ignorant of the law of supply and demand: it ignored the fact that prices might vary from region to region according to product availability, and it ignored the impact of transportation costs in the retail price of goods.

The supply and demand model describes how prices vary as a result of a balance between product availability at each price ( supply ) and the desires of those with purchasing power at each price ( demand ).

After McKinley's inauguration, increases in gold availability from new discoveries and improved refining methods led to a considerable increase in the money supply.

The carrying capacity of an environment may vary for different species and may change over time due to a variety of factors, including: food availability, water supply, environmental conditions and living space.

The availability of this technology allows companies to keep a supply of blank PROMs in stock, and program them at the last minute to avoid large volume commitment.

Brown rats in cities tend not to wander extensively, often staying within of their nest if a suitable concentrated food supply is available, but they will range more widely where food availability is lower.

Besides, political and social problems also greatly obstruct the growth of small village development: political turmoil, post-civil war predicament and burgeoning fiscal deficit have strangled most investment incentives ; corruption and manipulation of water supply by foreign companies have greatly undermined the availability and efficiency of local market, leaving little profits for village farmers and producers.

These software tools help engineers and technicians in increasing the system availability and reducing costs and repair times as well as reducing material supply time and increasing material availability by improving supply chain communication.

A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced, typically of limited availability.

The new route reflected the availability of water to supply the canal.

Requirements for the new site included the availability of water transport and an all-weather airport, proximity to a major telecommunications network, availability of established industrial workers and contractor support, an available supply of water, a mild climate permitting year-round outdoor work, and a culturally attractive community. Flight controllers celebrate the Apollo 13 splashdown April 17, 1970 ; Gerry Griffin ( l ) became JSC director in 1982.

In general, the solution for supply chains is to create flow of inventory so as to ensure greater availability and to eliminate surpluses.

While the allocation of horses was reckoned at one for each 350-500 pounds of ordnance and its carriage, this was only true for availability of good horses and good roads, both in short supply due to unscrupulous civilian contractors and lack of road building technology.

In the 1930s the availability of the reliable fresh water supply from the Great Spring led to the choice of an adjacent site for the Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent.

Monetary policy is the process by which the government, central bank, or monetary authority of a country controls ( i ) the supply of money, ( ii ) availability of money, and ( iii ) cost of money or rate of interest to attain a set of objectives oriented towards the growth and stability of the economy.

Because of its origins in the immediate post-war period, when electricity demand grew rapidly but plant and fuel availability was often unreliable, most of the industry saw its mission as to provide an adequate and secure electricity supply, or " to keep the lights on " as they put it, rather than necessarily pursuing the cheapest generation route.

Increases in the demand for products leads to increased supply ( production ) and an increased availability of jobs, and thus further increases in demand and in production.

In the early nineteenth century the blast furnaces of Marbella were constructed after the discovery of an iron ore deposit in nearby Ojen, due to the availability of charcoal made from the trees of the Sierra Blanca and water from the Verde River, as a ready supply of both these was needed for the manufacture of steel.