While the North American and European regions are technically independent of each other, today many issues within EFnet are handled at a global level.

While it was technically possible to retrofit more advanced floppy drives such as the high-density drive ( released in 1984 ) into the original IBM PC, this was not an option offered by IBM for the 5150 model, and the move to high-density 5. 25-inch floppies in particular was notoriously fraught with disk compatibility problems.

While OS / 2 was arguably technically superior to Microsoft Windows 95, OS / 2 sales were largely concentrated in networked computing used by corporate professionals.

While QSOs could be accomplished, it was quickly realized that FSK was technically superior to make and break keying.

While the sharp objects along a rose stem are commonly called " thorns ", they are technically prickles — outgrowths of the epidermis ( the outer layer of tissue of the stem ).

While those who were born in these towns could technically enjoy all the rights of native French citizens, substantial legal and social barriers prevented the full exercise of these rights, especially by those seen by authorities as ' full blooded ' Africans.

While Legislative power is technically vested in both the government and the parliament, the parliament rarely introduces legislation or votes down legislation proposed by the government.

While not technically a squat until 14 December 2006, it was a social center used by squatters and people involved in alternative culture more generally.

While the term " plebeian magistrate " ( magistratus plebeii ) has been used as an approximation, it is technically a contradiction.

While technically a UFO refers to any unidentified flying object, in modern popular culture the term UFO has generally become synonymous with alien spacecraft ; however, the term ETV ( ExtraTerrestrial Vehicle ) is sometimes used to separate this explanation of UFOs from totally earthbound explanations.

While these development teams are now technically " in-house " they often continue to operate in an autonomous manner, each with its own culture and work practices.

While IBM's attempt at producing a successor to ISA with the Micro Channel Architecture was a technically viable option, it failed in the market due to its proprietary nature and imposed licensing fees.

While technically ' bong ' does not mean a device used for smoking mainly marijuana, drug-related connotations have been formed with the word itself ( partly due to punning with Sanskrit bhangah " hemp ").

While it is not technically part of the ATSC or DVB broadcast standards as of yet, reports suggest that higher progressive frame rates will feature in the next-generation high-definition television broadcast standards.

While it is technically possible for a bishop to fork, practical opportunities are rare.

While technically still in operation until Japan's surrender, the defeat of Germany brought an end to any effective meaning of the treaty.

While technically DVCPRO HD is a direct descendant of DV, it is used almost exclusively by professionals.

While collateral attacks on criminal convictions, such as state level habeas corpus petitions, are usually considered to be technically civil cases, because they are not brought by a prosecutor and do not seek to convict someone of a crime, these suits are, in both states, appealed to the criminal court of last resort, rather than the civil court of last resort.

While custard may refer to a wide variety of thickened dishes, technically ( and in French cookery ) the word custard ( crème or more precisely crème moulée, ) refers only to an egg-thickened custard.

While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus ' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until they were conquered or significantly influenced by Europeans, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus ' initial landing.

While woodlots often technically have closed canopies, they are so small that light penetration from the edge makes them ecologically closer to woodland than forest.

While they technically can refer to any team that does not finish first in its grouping, the term is most often used when the teams that qualify without finishing first in their group is quite low, such as in the NFL and MLB where only four teams out of 32 in the former and 30 in the latter qualify in this manner.

While technically referring to the era before Christopher Columbus ' voyages of 1492 to 1504, in practice the term usually includes the history of American indigenous cultures until they were conquered or significantly influenced by Europeans, even if this happened decades or even centuries after Columbus ' initial landing.

While only adequate technically, the video captured the energy and playfulness of Springsteen and the E Street Band in concert, and was the first such introduction many casual fans had.

While technically Jackson-Evers International Airport is located in Flowood, it is city of Jackson property and Jackson is responsible for everything within the airport's defined grounds.

While any combination and number of string instruments is possible in a section, a traditional string section sound is achieved with a violin-heavy balance of instruments.

While side-scrolling games in the vein of Super Mario Bros. are possible on the system ( 1990's Scrapyard Dog is the best example ), it is significantly harder to develop such a title than on a tile-based system such as the Nintendo Entertainment System.

While he told staff that he had bumped into a suitcase, the media briefly reported it as a sign of cutaneous anthrax and a possible link to the 2001 anthrax attacks, although FBI later addressed the rumors stating that " Exhaustive testing did not support that anthrax was present anywhere the hijackers had been.

While this is certainly possible, the 448 bits limit is here to ensure that every bit of every subkey depends on every bit of the key, as the last four values of the P-array don't affect every bit of the ciphertext.

While a throwing stick can also be shaped overall like a returning boomerang, it is designed to travel as straight as possible so that it can be aimed and thrown with great force to bring down game.

While it is possible through skillful play to minimize the house advantage, it is extremely rare that a player has sufficient skill to completely eliminate his inherent long-term disadvantage ( the house edge ( HE ) or house vigorish ) in a casino game.

While plenty is known about the healthy heart, the bulk of the study in cardiology is in the disorders of the heart and restoration, where possible, of function.

While it is always possible to directly apply the definition of the derivative to compute the derivative of a composite function, this is usually very difficult.

While Smith was always an artist who worked in several very different media, it is possible to identify three distinct periods in which one form of art had precedence over the others.

While it is almost impossible to prevent anode / cathode formation, if a non-conducting material covers the metal, contact with the electrolyte is not possible and corrosion will not occur.

While it is possible to create a controlled sporting event such as X Games, there are environmental variables that cannot be held constant for all athletes.

While it is possible to identify earlier legal structures that would today fall into the " environmental " law metric-for example the common law recognition of private and public rights to protect interests in land, such as nuisance, or post-industrial revolution human health protections-the concept of " environmental law " as a separate and distinct body of law is a 20th Century development.

While risking possible loss of power like her sister, who played into the hands of King Phillip II of Spain, marriage offered the chance of an heir.

While it may be mathematically possible to construct such a system, it is not clear what additional explanatory power or physical insight such a system would provide, assuming that it does indeed accord with existing empirical data.

While the traditional view that Paul's companion Luke authored the gospel is still often put forward, a number of possible contradictions between Acts and Paul's letters lead many scholars to dispute this account.

While the progressive elongation of the neck and limbs can be found throughout the giraffid lineage, it became more pronounced in genera such as Giraffokeryx, Palaeotragus ( possible ancestor of the okapi ), Samotherium and Bohlinia.

While surgery is possible, it is often very difficult due to the invasiveness of the mass in surrounding tissue including the arteries, the esophagus, and windpipe.

While it is theoretically possible to implement a full computer entirely mechanically ( as Babbage's design showed ), electronics made possible the speed and later the miniaturization that characterize modern computers.

While it is possible that the name " Dresden " derived from Dresden in Germany, it is more likely derived directly from the old Sorbian word drezg (" forest ") or Drezd ' ane, for an inhabitant of a forest.

While horses in the wild mate and foal in mid to late spring, in the case of horses domestically bred for competitive purposes, especially horse racing and various futurities, it is desirable that they be born as close to January 1 in the northern hemisphere or August 1 in the southern hemisphere as possible, so as to be at an advantage in size and maturity when competing against other horses in the same age group.

* Error-correcting codes ( channel coding ): While data compression removes as much redundancy as possible, an error correcting code adds just the right kind of redundancy ( i. e., error correction ) needed to transmit the data efficiently and faithfully across a noisy channel.

While a business continuity plan ( BCP ) takes a broad approach to dealing with organizational-wide effects of a disaster, a disaster recovery plan ( DRP ), which is a subset of the business continuity plan, is instead focused on taking the necessary steps to resume normal business operations as quickly as possible.

While he did not originate the term, Charles Darwin identified the argument as a possible way to falsify a prediction of the theory of evolution at the outset.