hardening — / hɑ:dnɪŋ/ noun ♦ a hardening of prices prices which are becoming settled at a higher level … Marketing dictionary in english
hardening — / hɑ:d(ə)nɪŋ/ adjective 1. (of a market) slowly moving upwards 2. (of prices) becoming settled at a higher level … Dictionary of banking and finance
Radiation hardening — is a method of designing and testing electronic components and systems to make them resistant to damage or malfunctions caused by ionizing radiation (particle radiation and high energy electromagnetic radiation),[1] such as would be encountered… … Wikipedia
IP hardening — Scope and Goals = It is also called SIP hardening (Silicon intellectual property hardening). The word hardening means a process of securing something. However, IP hardening has other meanings, where IP points to the intellectual property in the… … Wikipedia
Target hardening — is a term chiefly used by police offices and those working in security, referring to the strengthening of the security of building in order to reduce or minimising the risk of attack or theft. [cite… … Wikipedia
steel — steellike, adj. /steel/, n. 1. any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying … Universalium
Soft error — In electronics and computing, an error is a signal or datum which is wrong. Errors may be caused by a defect, usually understood either to be a mistake in design or construction, or a broken component. A soft error is also a signal or datum which … Wikipedia
education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… … Universalium
metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… … Universalium
Hardness — This article is about mechanical properties of materials. For other uses, see Hard. Hardness is the measure of how resistant solid matter is to various kinds of permanent shape change when a force is applied. Macroscopic hardness is generally… … Wikipedia
Security and safety features new to Windows Vista — There are a number of security and safety features new to Windows Vista, most of which are not available in any prior Microsoft Windows operating system release.Beginning in early 2002 with Microsoft s announcement of their Trustworthy Computing… … Wikipedia