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DoS and DDoS in context with computer security

DoS attack refers to denial-of-service attack, while DDoS refers to distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack). DoS is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to...

September 24, 2012

Envisat

Envisat or the Environmental Satellite was an Earth-observing satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) whose mission has ended in May 2012. It was launched in 2002 from...

September 24, 2012

Statins

Statins are a class of medicines, used to lower cholesterol levels by inhibiting the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, which plays a central role in the production of cholesterol in...

September 24, 2012

Marvin Robot

Marvin(Mobile Autonomous Robotic Vehicle for Indoor Navigation) is an automobile robot that can carry out transport, security and entertainment tasks in office environment as well as in industrial...

September 24, 2012

Brookesia micra

Scientists have discovered a species of chameleon so small it can balance on the tip of a match. The miniature lizard – Brookesia micra – reaches a maximum...

September 24, 2012

Bacillus stratosphericus

Bacillus stratosphericus is the name of a bacterium that is commonly found in high concentrations in the stratosphere. This bacterium was recently in news as the researchers have...

September 24, 2012

LEISH-F3 + GLA-SE

LEISH-F3 + GLA-SE is the name of first vaccine, which was sent on trials against Kala-Azar in India and US recently. Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI), a Seattle-based...

September 24, 2012

Silene stenophylla

Recently, a 32000 years old Ice Age flower blossomed again. Silene stenophylla is a species of flowering plant that grows in the Arctic tundra of far eastern Siberia...

September 24, 2012

GJ1214b

GJ1214b is a so called super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star 40 light-years from our planet, is covered by a steamy atmosphere. It was discovered in 2009 but...

September 24, 2012

Isabella island

Isabella Island is an island nature reserve, with an area of 11.4 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Big Green Island Group. It was recently...

September 24, 2012

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