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Hybla
Hybla may refer to any of three different sites in ancient Sicily: Hybla Major, perhaps identical with Megara HyblaeaHybla MinorHybla Heraea This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to..
Hyblaeoidea
Hyblaeoidea is the superfamily of teak moths. Sources Firefly Encyclopedia of Insects and Spiders, edited by Christopher O'Toole, ISBN 1-55297-612-2, 2002 ..
Hybla Valley, Virginia
Hybla Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 16,721 at the 2000 census. Geography Hybla Valley is located at [38°44′49″N, 77°4′37″W] (38.746864, -77.076964)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to th..
Hybo
Hybo, is a village in Ljusdal Municipality, Hälsingland, Gävleborgs län, Sweden with about 351 inhabitants. (2004, Statistics Sweden). ..
Hybodus
Hybodus was one of the most common, widespread and long lived shark to have existed, first appearing towards the end of the Permian period, and disappearing at the beginning of the Cretaceous. This species grew to about 2 m in length, and is believed to have been an opportunist predator. It had s..
Hyborian Age
The Hyborian Age was devised by author Robert E. Howard as the post-Atlantean setting of his Conan the Barbarian stories, designed to fit in with the previous and less-well-known tales of Kull. The latter were also written by Howard and were set at the time of Atlantis. The name "Hyborian" is a cont..
Hybosoridae
Hybosoridae, sometimes known as the scavenger scarab beetles, is a family of scarabaeiform beetles. The 210 species in 33 genera occur widely in the tropics, but little is known of their biology. Hybosorids are small, 5-7 mm in length and oval in shape. Color ranges from a glossy light brown to b..
Hybrid
} In biology, hybrid has three meanings. The first meaning is of crosses between two animals or plants of different taxa. Hybrids between different species within the same genus are sometimes known as interspecific hybrids or crosses. Hybrids between different sub-species within a species are kno..
Hybrid-electric bicycle
A hybrid-electric bicycle is a bicycle that allows the rider to build up charge in battery or supercapacitor when going downhill or waiting at a red light and add the stored power to his or her immediate power at start or for hill-climbing. Generally, a hybrid-electric bicycle will have a generator..
Hybrid-origin
The Hybrid-origin hypothesis of human origins argues that all of the genetic variation between the contemporary human races is attributable to genetic inheritance from at least two widely divergent hominid species, or subspecies, that were geographically dispersed throughout Africa, Southeast Asia a..
Hybridisation
Hybridisation has several different meanings in the sciences: In genetics, hybridisation is the process of mixing different species or varieties of organisms to create a hybrid.In molecular biology hybridisation is the process of joining two complementary strands of DNA.In chemistry, orbital hybridi..
Hybridisation (molecular biology)
Hybridization is the process of combining complementary, single-stranded nucleic acids into a single molecule. Nucleotides will bind to their complement under normal conditions, so two perfectly complementary strands will bind to each other readily. Conversely, due to the different geometries of t..
Hybridisation in gulls
Hybridisation in gulls occurs quite frequently, although to varying degrees depending on the species involved. Contents 1 Hybrid large white-headed gulls2 Hybrids among the small hooded gulls3 References4 Bird Hybrids Database Hybrid large white-headed gulls Herring Gull and ..
Hybridisation in shorebirds
Hybridisation in shorbirds has been proven on only a small number of occasions; however, many individual shorebirds have been recorded by birdwatchers worldwide which do not fit the characters of known species. Many of these have been suspected of being hybrids. Contents 1 Cox's Sandpiper2&n..
Hybridism
Hybridism. The Latin word hybrida, hibrida or ibrida has been assumed to be derived from the Greek u(3pis, an insult or outrage, and a hybrid or mongrel has been supposed to be an outrage on nature, an unnatural product. As a general rule animals and plants belonging to distinct species do not prod..
Hybridity
Hybridity refers in its most basic sense to mix. Hybridity is thus the possession or occurrence of mixture. Hybridisation is understood as the process by which hybridity occurs and a hybrid is formed. The term originates from agriculture and has for a long time been strongly related to concepts of..
Hybridization probe
A hybridization probe is a short piece of DNA (on the order of 100-500 bases) that is denatured (by heating) into single strands and then radioactively labeled, usually with phosphorus (32P or 33P). The radioactive phosphorus is incorporated into the phosphate group of the individual nucleotides o..
Hybridoma
Hybridoma cells are cells that have been engineered to produce a desired antibody in large amounts. To produce monoclonal antibodies, B-cells are removed from the spleen of an animal that has been challenged with the relevant antigen. These B-cells are then fused with myeloma tumor cells that can gr..
Hybrid (DC Comics)
The Hybrid is the name of a DC Comics supervillain group. Contents 1 History1.1 Freedom1.2 Roulette massacre2 Membership and Bio2.0.1 Behemoth2.0.2 Pteradon2.0.3 Scirocco2.0.4 Prometheus2.0.5 Touch-N-Go3 External links History Created by the de..
Hybrid (disambiguation)
Hybrid may mean: Hybrid - in biology refers to the offspring resulting from cross-breeding of different species.Hybrid vehicle, uses a mixture of technologies such as internal combustion engines and electric motors.Hybrid bicycle, a cross between a road and mountain bicycle.Hybrid circuit, consist..
Hybrid (Marvel Comics)
Hybrid is the name of two Marvel Comics characters. This article is about the mutant villain; for the Venom-related character, see Hybrid (Venom Spawn). For the DC Comics supervillain team of the same name, see Hybrid (DC Comics). The Hybrid (real name James "Jimmy" Marks) is a fictional character,..
Hybrid (producers)
Hybrid are a British electronic music group based in Swansea, formed around the duo of Mike Truman and Chris Healings. They are primarily known as a progressive breaks act, although they overlap considerably with progressive house and trance. History Their first album Wide Angle (released in 19..
Hybrid (StarCraft)
''This article is concerned with a species in the StarCraft universe; for other uses of the term see [[StarCraft: Hybrid]] and Infested Terran. The Protoss/Zerg Hybrid is a species in the fictional StarCraft universe. It is usually referred to as Hybrid, although the term has been used to describe ..
Hybrid (Venom Spawn)
Hybrid is a fictional antihero of the Marvel Universe. He first appeared in a back-up story in the Venom: Along Came A Spider miniseries. Contents 1 Character history2 Powers and abilities3 Trivia4 See also5 External links Character history Scott Washington made a few ..
Hybrid airship
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Hybrid algorithm (constraint satisfaction)
In constraint satisfaction, a hybrid algorithm solves a constraint satisfaction problem by the combination of two different methods, for example variable conditioning (backtracking, backjumping, etc.) and constraint inference (arc consistency, variable elimination, etc.) Hybrid algorithms exploit ..
Hybrid Animals
A variety of hybrid animals are known to exist within the world. Although most are created under human authority some, like the wolphin are found in the wild. Contents 1 Hinny/Mule2 Hybrid Dogs3 Wolphin4 Leopon5 Caraval/Servical6 Manchurian/Siberian Tiger7 Husky..
Hybrid ARQ
Hybrid ARQ (HARQ) is a variation of the ARQ error control method, which gives better performance than ordinary ARQ, particularly over wireless channels, at the cost of increased implementation complexity. The simplest version of HARQ, Type I HARQ, simply combines FEC and ARQ by encoding the data bl..
Hybrid automaton
A hybrid automaton is a (possibly infinite) state machine augmented with differential equations. It is a standard model for describing a hybrid system. Hybrid automata come in several flavors: The Alur-Henzinger hybrid automaton is a popular model; it was developed primarily for algorithmic analysi..
Hybrid balance
In telecommunications, a hybrid balance is an expression of the degree of electrical symmetry between two impedances connected to two conjugate sides of a hybrid set or resistance hybrid. Note 1: Hybrid balance is usually expressed in dB. Note 2: If the respective impedances of the branches of..
Hybrid bicycle
The 2005 Giant Innova is a 700C hybrid bicycle. It has 27 speeds, front fork and seat suspension, an adjustable stem and disc brakes for all-weather stopping power. A hybrid bicycle is bicycle designed for use on roads and bike paths, with influence from both the road bicycle and the mountain ..
Hybrid bill
A hybrid bill is a public bill which affects the private interests of a particular person or organization. It is initiated by non-Parliamentary petitioners such as local authorities and is treated like a private bill for part of its passage through Parliament. This gives individuals and bodies an op..
Hybrid bond graph
A hybrid bond graph is a graphical description of a physical dynamic system with discontinuities. Similar to a regular bond graph, it is an energy-based technique. However, it allows instantaneous switching of the junction structure, which may violate the principle of continuity of power (Mosterman..
Hybrid bypass
Hybrid coronary bypass is a relatively new procedure and alternative to traditional bypass surgery that is defined by the performance of coronary bypass surgery and coronary stenting during the same operation. It is not to be confused with a MIDCAB procedure, which uses the smaller thoracotomy incis..
Hybrid CD
This term relates to The PC/Computer industry. Different companies produce different operating systems know as an "OS". For example: Microsoft produces "Windows XP", Apple produces "Mac OS X". Due to differences between operating systems, software designed for one operating system cannot run on anot..
Hybrid CD-ROM
A hybrid CD-ROM is a compact disc which contains software which may be used by either an IBM PC (or compatible) computer or an Apple Macintosh without needing to purchase separate discs. ..
Hybrid circuit
An electronic circuit consisting of several different levels of components; printed circuits, semiconductors, resistors, capacitors etc., often in miniature size. A hybrid circuit is often encapsulated in epoxy. In the early days of transistors, the term was also used to describe a circuit where ..
Hybrid coil
A hybrid coil (or bridge transformer, or sometimes hybrid) is a single transformer that has three windings, and which is designed to be configured as a circuit having four branches, (i.e. ports) that are conjugate in pairs. The primary use of a hybrid coil is to convert between 2-wire and 4-wire op..
Hybrid computer
Polish Hybrid computer WAT 1001 Hybrid computers are made by combining features of analog computers and digital computers. In general, analog computers are extraordinarily fast, since they can solve most complex equations at the rate at which a signal traverses the circuit, which is general..
Hybrid coupler
A hybrid coupler is a passive device used in radio and telecommunications. It is a type of directional coupler where the input power is equally divided between two output ports. For further information see Power dividers and directional couplers. ..
Hybrid Course
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Hybrid disc
A hybrid disc is a disc that is simultaneously both an ISO 9660 disc and an Apple disc. This allow the disc to function on a variety of computer operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS. A hybrid disc has an ISO 9660 primary volume descriptor, which makes it a valid ISO 9660 di..
Hybrid drive
A hybrid drive is a new type of large-buffer computer hard drive, currently in joint development by Samsung and Microsoft. It is different from standard hard drives in that it employs a large buffer (up to 1 GB) of nonvolatile flash memory to cache data during normal use. By using this large buffe..
Hybrid fibre-coaxial
Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) is a telecommunications industry term for a network which incorporates both optical fiber along with coaxial cable to create a broadband network. It has been commonly employed by cable TV operators since the 1990s. The coaxial portion of the network connects 100-2000 home..
Hybrid grapes
Hybrid grapes refer commonly to those grape varieties which are the product of a crossing between two different vitis species. This is in contrast to crossings between grape varieties of the same species, typically vitis vinifera. Hybrid grapes are also referred to as inter-specific crossings. The..
Hybrid Graphics
Hybrid Graphics Ltd [link] was acquired by Nvidia on March 22, 2006. They develop graphics technology for consumer devices. Hybrid was founded in 1994, and is based in Helsinki, Finland. Until the year 2000, Hybrid was best known for its middleware solutions for computer games. Its most i..
Hybrid Heaven
Hybrid Heaven is a RPG developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Osaka for the Nintendo 64. Players assume the role of Mr. Diaz, a synthetic human hybrid created by aliens. In the game's introduction, he turns on his masters when he kills a synthetic human intended to replace the President's bo..
Hybrid III
This is a break-out article; for the main article, see Crash test dummy The Hybrid III is the standard crash test dummy as of the beginning of the twenty-first century. It was initially only a 50th percentile male (equal in height and weight to the average North American male). The original 50t..
Hybrid intelligent system
"Intelligent systems" redirects here. You may want the Nintendo first-party software developer Intelligent Systems. Hybrid intelligent system denotes a software system which employs, in parallel, a combination of AI models, methods and techniques from such artificial intelligence subfields as: Neur..
Hybrid Interactive Fan Entertainment
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } HIFE (acronym for Hybrid Interactive Fan (or Family..
Hybrid kernel
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Hybrid library
Hybrid library is a term invented by librarians to describe a library which contained a mixture of traditional print resources and electronic resources. Initially these electronic resources were typically access to material distributed on media such as CD-Rom or searches of specialised databases of..
Hybrid logic
Hybrid logic refers to a number of extensions to propositional modal logic with more expressive power, though still less than first-order logic. In formal logic, there is a trade-off between expressiveness and computational tractability (how easy it is to compute/reason with logical languages). U..
Hybrid martial arts
For the combat sport, see Mixed martial arts (MMA). Hybrid martial arts (also known as hybrid fighting systems) refer to martial arts or fighting systems that incorporate techniques and theories from several particular martial arts. While numerous martial arts borrow or adapt from other arts and to..
Hybrid moments
Hybrid Moments is a song written by the punk rock band The Misfits. The song was recorded in 1978 for the shelved Static Age album. The song can be found both on the Static Age album and the earlier album Legacy of Brutality. ..
Hybrid name
In botanical nomenclature, a hybrid may be given a hybrid name, which is a special kind of botanical name. The ICBN provides the following options in dealing with a hybrid: A hybrid may get a normal botanical name; this will usually be the option of choice for naturally occurring hybrids.A hybrid m..
Hybrid neural network
The term hybrid neural network can have two meanings: biological neural networks interacting with artificial neuronal models, andArtificial neural networks with a symbolic part (or, conversely, symbolic computations with a connectionist part). As for the first meaning, the artificial neurons and sy..
Hybrid offence
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Hybrid picking
Hybrid picking (a.k.a. "chicken pickin") is a guitar-playing technique that involves picking with a pick and fingers at the same time. It therefore allows guitar players who use a pick (plectrum) to perform music which would normally require fingerstyle playing. It also facilitates wide string leaps..
Hybrid pylon
A hybrid pylon is a pylon, which carries electric circuits for different types of current. Here are in principle the parallel guide of a three-phase alternating current line and a traction current line, a HVDC line and a three-phase alternating current line and a HVDC line and a traction current lin..
Hybrid Rainbow
Hybrid Rainbow is a song by the pillows, a Japanese guitar rock band. The song was featured on the 1998 album Little Busters, the 2001 greatest hits album Fool on the planet, Furi Kuri: Addict (2000 in Japan and 2004 in America), the 2005 FLCL Soundtrack FLCL No. 3, and finally covered on the 2004 ..
Hybrid rocket
A hybrid rocket propulsion system is a rocket engine composed of a solid propellant lining a combustion chamber into which a liquid or gaseous propellant is injected so as to undergo a strong exothermic reaction to produce hot gas that is emitted through a De Laval nozzle for propulsive purposes. T..
Hybrid routing
Hybrid routing: Routing of telephone calls in which numbering plans and routing tables are used to permit the collocation, in the same area code, of switches using a deterministic routing scheme with switches using a non-deterministic routing scheme, such as flood search routing. Note: Routing t..
Hybrid Rudiments
Hybrid rudiments are "unofficial" rudiments (i.e. not one of the 40 international rudiments defined by the National Association of Rudimental Drummers and later the Percussive Arts Society), and are usually created by combining one or more of the standard rudiments new ways to create new sticking ..
Hybrid search engine
A hybrid search engine (HSE)[link] [link] is a computer program designed to help one find and sort information stored on a network by using three or more separate bodies of metadata in terms of an algorithimic process. The term, HSE, itself is still being defined, and some would ..
Hybrid security
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Hybrid seed
In agriculture and gardening, hybrid seed is seed produced by artificially cross-pollinated plants. Hybrids are bred to improve the characteristics of the resulting plants, such as better yield, greater uniformity, improved color, disease resistance, and so forth. Today, hybrid seed is predominant ..
Hybrid solar cell
Hybrid photovoltaic cells are a mix of two solar cell technologies. They comprise dye-sensitized titanium dioxide coated and sintered on a transparent semi-conducting oxide, and a p-type, polymeric conductor, which carries electrons from the counter electrode to the oxidized dye. Since the one polym..
Hybrid Synergy Drive
Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) is a set of hybrid car technologies developed by Toyota and used in that company's Prius, Highlander Hybrid, Camry Hybrid, Lexus RX 400h, and Lexus GS 450h automobiles. It combines the characteristics of an electric drive and a continuously variable transmission, using e..
Hybrid system
A hybrid system consists of both discrete signals and continuous signals. Often, the term hybrid dynamic system is used, to distinguish over hybrid systems such as those that combine neural nets and fuzzy logic, electrical and mechanical drivelines. The term hybrid system refers to a mathematical r..
Hybrid System Net Power
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Hybrid Tango
Hybrid Tango: CD cover Hybrid Tango is a side project by the members of Buenos Aires based electronic neo-tango band Tanghetto. Released in December 2004, Hybrid Tango contains twelve instrumental tracks in which, apart from the blend of electronic music and tango that is the distinctive soun..
Hybrid Tea
Hybrid Tea is a Cultivar Group of roses, created by cross-breeding two different types of roses. Grown one flower to a long stem, they are supported by long, straight and upright stems. Most can be as tall as 1.8 metres and are repeat flowering. They have 60 or more petals to each flower. Each flowe..
Hybrid Theory
Hybrid Theory is Linkin Park's debut album, released on October 24, 2000 (see 2000 in music). The album was the best-seller of the year 2001 in the United States (5th best selling in 2002), and was the most popular of the early-2000s nu metal/rapcore acts like Limp Bizkit, P.O.D, Korn and Kid Roc..
Hybrid Theory EP
Some time during 1999, when Linkin Park were still known as Hybrid Theory, the band recorded a six-track, self-titled EP. Only one thousand copies were pressed, and the EP was sent to various record labels, including Warner Brothers Records. The remaining copies of the EP were sent to the first mem..
Hybrid vector
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Hybrid vehicle
--> 300px 300px 300px A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using an on-board rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) and a fueled propulsion power source for vehicle propulsion. They are low-polluting and low-petroleum consuming cars. The different propulsion power systems may have co..
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Hybrid word
A word that has one part derived from one language and another part derived from a different language is etymologically a hybrid word. The most common form of hybrid word in English is one which etymologically has both Latin and Greek parts. Since many prefixes and suffixes in English have Latin or ..
Hybrid zone
Hybrid zones are locations where the hybrid offspring of two divergent populations (sometimes defined as subspecies or races) are prevalent and form a cline (Barton, 1985). Precise definitions of hybrid zones vary, some insist on increased variability of fitness within the zone, others that hybrids..
Hybrilog
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. HYBRILOGS AND THE HYBRIDOSPHERE Posted Monday 24 April 2006 The hybrilog is an hybrid blog constitute..
Hybristophilia
Hybristophilia is a paraphilia involving being sexually aroused by people who have committed crimes; in particular cruel or outrageous crimes. People with this condition are sometimes viewed with dismay. The sexologist John Money defines hybristophilia as: "a paraphilia of the marauding/predatory t..
Hybris (band)
This article is about the gothic rock band. For the computer virus, see Hybris. Hybris is a gothic rock band formed during a cold winter in the city of Kiel, in Northern Germany in 1998. The local musician scene was mostly represented by heavy- and trash-metal bands, but gothic and other dark mu..
Hybris (computer worm)
This article is about the computer virus. For the gothic rock band, see Hybris (band). Hybris is also an alternative name for the Greek Goddess Hubris. W95/Hybris ..
Hybris (disambiguation)
Hybris refers to various things: Hybris (computer worm)Hybris(band) redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Hy Bender
Hy Bender is an author who has written or cowritten 14 books. These include: Five Dummies books about the Internet. The Sandman Companion, a bestselling interview-based guidebook about the popular comics fantasy series by Neil Gaiman. Essential Software for Writers, a guide to electronic writing ..

 


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