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  Oilfield Glossary: Term 'core'
A core bit is used to accomplish this, in conjunction with a core barrel and core catcher.
The core catcher serves to grip the bottom of the core and, as tension is applied to the drillstring, the rock under the core breaks away from the undrilled formation below it.
Cores can be full-diameter cores (that is, they are nearly as large in diameter as the drill bit) taken at the time of drilling the zone, or sidewall cores (generally less than 1 in.
www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com /Display.cfm?Term=core   (374 words)

  
 Glossary
Advocates of round core wire argue that the wrap is tighter and vibration is more even and true.
Shaped core wire can be ordered from the wire mill, but some stringmakers choose to shape it on their own equipment.
A steel core is often used for all strings on student instruments - requiring strings adjusters for all four strings.
www.juststrings.com /glossary.html   (2698 words)

  
 WA Earthquake Hazards - Glossary
This glossary includes words commonly used to describe the nature of earthquakes, how they occur, and their effects, as well as a discussion of the instruments used to record earthquake motion.
The core has a radius of 3,477 kilometers and is surrounded by the Earth's mantle.
At the center of the molten outer core is a solid inner core with a radius of 1,213 kilometers.
www.geophys.washington.edu /SEIS/PNSN/INFO_GENERAL/NQT/glossary.html   (2109 words)

  
 World Nuclear Association | Information and Issue Briefs | Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Control rods: Devices to absorb neutrons so that the chain reaction in a reactor core may be slowed or stopped by inserting them further, or accelerated by withdrawing them.
Coolant: The liquid or gas used to transfer heat from the reactor core to the steam generators or directly to the turbines.
Core: The central part of a nuclear reactor containing the fuel elements and any moderator.
www.world-nuclear.org /info/inf51.htm   (2718 words)

  
 Dublin Core User's Guide Glossary
The Dublin Core Metadata Glossary is a collaborative effort of the User Guide Committee with special thanks to Gail Clement and Pete Winn, whose original glossary was a basis for this version.
The Dublin Core is a 15-element metadata element set intended to facilitate discovery of electronic resources.
In the case of Dublin Core, the form and structure of how metadata elements and their components are combined to form a metadata record.
library.csun.edu /mwoodley/dublincoreglossary.html   (4184 words)

  
 Glossary for Planetary Science Research Discoveries | PSRD
Core: The central region of a planet or moon frequently made of denser materials than the surrounding regions (mantle and crust).
Earth and the Moon are thought to have cores of iron and nickel.
It is the most abundant element in the metallic cores of the inner planets.
www.psrd.hawaii.edu /PSRDglossary.html   (8036 words)

  
 Air expanding shaft and core chuck Industry glossary
Core Burst - An unwinding defect near a core caused by nonuniform nip induced slippage between a core and a heavy roll.
The core burst tear starts on the edge of a roll in the CD as a tensile tear and will often bend toward the MD as a shear tear.
Core Chuck - A winder component which is inserted into a core to guide the edge position of a winding or unwind roll.
www.convertech.com /expanding-shaft-terminology.php   (3997 words)

  
 CMS Wiki : DublinCore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Dublin Core has been in development since 1995 through a series of focused invitational workshops that gather experts from the library world, the networking and digital library research communities, and a variety of content specialties.
Simple Dublin Core comprises fifteen elements; Qualified Dublin Core includes an additional element, Audience, as well as a group of element refinements (also called qualifiers) that refine the semantics of the elements in ways that may be useful in resource discovery.
The semantics of Dublin Core have been established by an international, cross-disciplinary group of professionals from librarianship, computer science, text encoding, the museum community, and other related fields of scholarship and practice.
www.cmswiki.com /tiki-index.php?page=DublinCore   (236 words)

  
 LogicVision Glossary
Legacy cores normally consist of a completed transistor- level layout database but are sometimes provided as an RTL description or a gate-level netlist.
All internal tests of the core are reusable, and periphery scan chains are integrated with other scan chains used to implement logic test of the parent module.
Logic gates of an ELT core module located between the inputs/outputs and the first layer of scannable flip-flops of that ELT core module.
www.logicvision.com /Glossary.shtml   (2757 words)

  
 The Core's Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Needless to say, most members of the core are broken.
Burning Fury, the~This term is used to describe the aspect of the fury that is violent and raging.
Fury, the~This term is used to describe and personify the deep seated feeling of inner rage that those members of the core who aren't too smoked up feel nearly every waking moment.
www.angelfire.com /mn2/hoowa1/glossary.html   (231 words)

  
 Definition Core funds
Core funds mutual fund that take a middle of the road approach to generate returns for shareholders of the core fund.
Either way, a core fund is focused to producing long term results.
Core funds are also often referred to as a "small/medium/large cap core fund".
www.chartfilter.com /glossary/c19.htm   (330 words)

  
 Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat
Core is a numbered release of a subset of Fedora software, and is usually called "Fedora Core." Core packages are maintained mainly by employees of Red Hat, and are made up of free and open source software produced by the Linux community.
For this reason, when users discuss the state of their Fedora system software, they might refer to "Fedora Core plus updates." When you request help from the community, this terminology is the most accurate.
A kernel is the core of an operating system, responsible for managing memory and conducting hardware operations.
fedora.redhat.com /docs/jargon-buster/fedora-glossary.html   (3446 words)

  
 IT & Networks Dictionary, Glossary and Terms directory.
Glossary of IT related terms with links to further information.
There are actually two separate glossaries available here: one for terms, and one for acronyms.
The glossary of terms is selected by default when you open the glossary.
www.glossarist.com /glossaries/computers-internet/networks.asp   (125 words)

  
 DCMI Glossary
The DCMI Glossary is a collaborative effort of the User Guide Committee with special thanks to Gail Clement and Pete Winn, whose original glossary was a basis for this version.
Dublin Core element to record a class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
Dublin Core element used for making statements of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation.
dublincore.org /documents/usageguide/glossary.shtml   (6096 words)

  
 Glossary
The Functioning Core at present consists of North America, Europe both "old" and "new," Russia, Japan and South Korea, China (although the interior far less so), India (in a pockmarked sense), Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, and the ABCs of South America (Argentina, Brazil, and Chile).
The Functioning Core can be subdivided into the Old Core, anchored by America, Europe, and Japan; and the New Core, whose leading pillars are China, India, Brazil, and Russia.
While the core security and logistical capabilities are derived from uniformed military components, the SysAdmin force is fundamentally envisioned as a standing capacity for interagency (i.e., among various U.S. federal agencies) and international collaboration in nation building.
www.thomaspmbarnett.com /glossary.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Thomas P.M. Barnett: Glossary
The Functioning Core at present consists of North America, Europe both "old" and "new," Russia, Japan, China (although the interior is less so), India (in a pockmarked sense), Australia and New Zealand, South Africa, and the ABCs of South America--Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.
The Functioning Core can be subdivided into the Old Core, anchored by America, Europe, and Japan; and the New Core, whose biggest states are Russia, India, and China.
The U.S. security strategy regarding these states is simple: get them to increase their security practices as much as possible and to close whatever loopholes exist.
www.thomaspmbarnett.com /pnm/glossary.htm   (1136 words)

  
 Glossary
Pete Winn, whose original glossary was a basis for this version.
For example, a given application might choose a subset of the Dublin Core that meets its needs, or may include elements from the Dublin Core, another element set, and several locally defined elements, all combined in a single schema.
The fifteen Dublin Core elements used without qualifiers, that is without element refinement or encoding schemes.
dublincore.org /documents/2001/04/12/usageguide/glossary.shtml   (4290 words)

  
 EUROPA - Glossary - Hard core
This concept found practical expression in the implementation of the Schengen area, which enabled a group of Member States to progressively curtail border checks and to establish freedom of movement for persons.
This hard core was initially set up outside the EU's institutional framework, but was eventually integrated into the treaties through its incorporation into the Amsterdam Treaty.
The Amsterdam Treaty formally adopted the use of the hard core concept through its introduction of the 'closer cooperation' mechanism.
europa.eu /scadplus/glossary/hard_core_en.htm   (151 words)

  
 core competency - a Whatis.com definition
A core competency is fundamental knowledge, ability, or expertise in a specific subject area or skill set.
Companies with specific strengths in the marketplace, such as data storage or the development of accounting applications, can be said to have a core competency in that area.
The core part of the term indicates that the individual has a strong basis from which to gain the additional competence to do a specific job or that a company has a strong basis from which to develop additional products.
searchsmb.techtarget.com /gDefinition/0,,sid44_gci214621,00.html   (170 words)

  
 Core ontology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Each natural language tends to rely on its own conceptual metaphor structure, and so tends to have its own core ontology (according to W.
the Longmans defining dictionary of the simplest meanings of 2,000 English words is used to define the 4,000 most basic English idioms -- this is a core glossary of the English language, which permits access to the core ontology (the idioms).
Core ontologies is a concept that is used in information science as well.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Core_ontology   (302 words)

  
 Glossary of terms/acronyms
A core service of DLESE, funded in 2003, to increase the user and contributor base of DLESE to include greater numbers of K-12, informal, and college educators and students, and develop additional community services as needed
A core service of DLESE, funded in 2003, to actively promote and facilitate the availability and use of data and datatools by educators and students in Earth science classrooms, at all levels.
DLESE Program Center, a core service of DLESE, charged with building and maintaining the core library infrastructure and with supporting community development and integration of core library services.
www.dlese.org /documents/glossary.html   (1634 words)

  
 DfES, Adult ESOL Core Curriculum - Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It is often used for assessment purposes (Adult ESOL Core Curriculum).
A practice technique used for developing accuracy in spoken English, where learners are asked either to repeat a given sentence exactly or make minimal changes to it.
Types of drill include repetition, substitution (in which learners are asked to change one word of a given sentence) or incremental, in which learners add a word or phrase to a given sentence (Adult ESOL Core Curriculum).
www.dfes.gov.uk /curriculum_esol/access/appendices/glossary   (1396 words)

  
 core - OneLook Dictionary Search
CORE, core : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
Phrases that include core: hard core, core dump, core memory, dublin core, core inflation, more...
Words similar to core: heart, center, gist, pith, burden, cored, corer, coring, effect, essence, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, nucleus, substance, sum, core group, more...
www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=core   (601 words)

  
 Metadata Glossary
The core of these measures is the management of the definition, ownership, sensitivity, quality and accessibility of information.
These measures are addressed at appropriate stages in the strategic planning lifecycle and applied at appropriate stages in the operational lifecycle of the information itself.
Metadata can be based on the Dublin Core metadata set or alternative forms such as MARC library records.
www.utah.edu /cpbmetadata/PBCore/Glossary.html   (2670 words)

  
 Core
Core : The uranium-containing heart of a nuclear reactor, where energy is released.
Crosswalk from Dublin Core elements to MARC 21 and GILS data fields.
Ice Cores, The Ice Core Gateway is the source for Ice Core Data from WDC Paleo
www.mongabay.com /reference/environment/Core.html   (259 words)

  
 SPEC Glossary
Deep down at their very core, most computers really only understand '0' and '1' (or in other words some little bit of information is either "off" or "on"); thus, the term binary is frequently used to describe anything already translated to the form that is closest to what the system understands natively.
The term "chip" identifies the actual microprocessor, the physical package containing one or more "cores".
The term "core" is used to identify the core set of architectural, computational processing elements that provide the functionality of a CPU.
www.spec.org /spec/glossary   (3014 words)

  
 CORE | Welcome
Core is offering seven £1000 research bursaries for students and two £1000 prizes for GI Nurses in association with Dr Falk Pharma.
Disclaimer: CORE has made all reasonable efforts to ensure the accuracy of the information on this site, but can take no responsibility for your use of it.
The purpose of the site is informational and educational, and it is not a substitute for medical advice.
www.corecharity.org.uk   (189 words)

  
 Congregational Resource Guide Article: Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
These represent the core values the congregation is truly trying to live into.
They become an emerging part of the life, ministry, and spiritual culture of the congregation.
Then they are written down to challenge the congregation to stay with the journey they are currently experiencing.
www.congregationalresources.org /BullardT10.26.asp   (46 words)

  
 HR Core Guide - Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Annual base pay change The process by which the base pay of each employee is evaluated and adjusted, as appropriate, on an annual basis.
The Core Compensation Plan proposes no changes to the benefits of FAA employees.
Superior contribution increase An increase in base pay to a percentage of highest-performing FAA employees covered by the Core Compensation Plan.
www.faa.gov /AHR/policy/guide/guides/HR_Core/Chp16.cfm   (1532 words)

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