enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Corrective and preventive action - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrective_and_preventive...

    Correction is the action to eliminate a detected nonconformity or nonconformance. Preventive action includes the prediction of problems and attempts to avoid such occurrences (fail-safe) through self-initiated actions and analysis related to the processes or products.

  3. Typographical error - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographical_error

    When using a typewriter without correction tape, typos were commonly struck out with another character such as a strikethrough. This saved the typist the trouble of retyping the entire page to eliminate the error, but as evidence of the typo remained, it was not aesthetically pleasing.

  4. LASIK - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK

    Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis ( LASIK ), commonly referred to as laser eye surgery or laser vision correction, is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and an actual cure for astigmatism, since it is in the cornea. [1]

  5. Error detection and correction - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_detection_and_correction

    Definitions. Error detection is the detection of errors caused by noise or other impairments during transmission from the transmitter to the receiver. Error correction is the detection of errors and reconstruction of the original, error-free data.

  6. Differential GPS - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential_GPS

    Differential GPS. Transportable DGPS reference station Baseline HD by CLAAS for use in satellite-assisted steering systems in modern agriculture. Differential Global Positioning Systems ( DGPSs) supplement and enhance the positional data available from global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs). A DGPS for GPS can increase accuracy by about a ...

  7. Prisons in India - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_India

    Background. Prisons, and their administration, is a state subject covered by item 4 under the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.The management and administration of prisons falls exclusively in the domain of the State governments, and is governed by the Prisons Act, 1894 and the Prison manuals of the respective state governments.

  8. Corrective lens - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrective_lens

    Corrective lens. A pair of contact lenses, positioned with the concave side facing upward. A corrective lens is a transmissive optical device that is worn on the eye to improve visual perception. The most common use is to treat refractive errors: myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, and presbyopia.

  9. Proofreading - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofreading

    Proofreading is an iterative process of comparing galley proofs against the original manuscripts or graphic artworks to identify transcription errors in the typesetting process. [1] [2] In the past, proofreaders would place corrections or proofreading marks along the margins. [3] In modern publishing, material is generally provided in ...

  10. Root cause analysis - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_cause_analysis

    Root cause analysis. In science and engineering, root cause analysis ( RCA) is a method of problem solving used for identifying the root causes of faults or problems. [1] It is widely used in IT operations, manufacturing, telecommunications, industrial process control, accident analysis (e.g., in aviation, [2] rail transport, or nuclear plants ...

  11. Perspective distortion - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective_distortion

    In photography and cinematography, perspective distortion is a warping or transformation of an object and its surrounding area that differs significantly from what the object would look like with a normal focal length, due to the relative scale of nearby and distant features. Perspective distortion is determined by the relative distances at ...