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| Domain | Definition |
Math | An optimization for which given any instance of the problem and integer >0, there is an easily computed second instance that is the same except that the objective function for the second instance is (element-wise) times the objective function of the first instance. For such problems, the best one can hope for is a relative performance guarantee, not an absolute performance guarantee. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-l-l-r-s" | |
-1 letter: clearable, resalable. | |
-2 letters: berascal, erasable, labelers, leasable, relabels, saleable, scalable, sealable. | |
-3 letters: arables, ballers, callers, cellars, cereals, labeler, recalls, relabel, relaces, rescale, salable, scalare, sclerae, scleral. | |
-4 letters: abaser, abeles, allees, arable, arecas, balers, baller, belles, blares, blears, braces, cabals, cabers, cables, caesar, calesa, callas, caller, carles, celebs, cellae, cellar, cereal, clears, craals, crease, creels. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-e-e-l-l-r-s" | |
+5 letters: recallabilities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 45 53 43 41 4C 41 42 4C 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... -.-. .- .-.. .- -... .-.. . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01000101 01010011 01000011 01000001 01001100 01000001 01000010 01001100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R E S C A L A B L E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0045 0053 0043 0041 004C 0041 0042 004C 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)52395337354635364639 |
| 1. Anagrams 2. Orthography 3. Bibliography |
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