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  2. cron - Wikipedia

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    In that case, the cron expression is a string comprising 6 or 7 fields. [18] Asterisk ( *) Asterisks (also known as wildcard) represents "all". For example, using "* * * * *" will run every minute. Using "* * * * 1" will run every minute only on Monday. Using six asterisks means every second when seconds are supported. Comma ( ,)

  3. Five-minute rule - Wikipedia

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    The 1-minute rule: cache sequentially accessed disk pages that are re-used every 1 minute or less. Although the 5-minute rule was invented in the realm of databases, it has also been applied elsewhere, for example, in Network File System cache capacity planning. [6] The original 5-minute rule was derived from the following cost-benefit ...

  4. List of idioms of improbability - Wikipedia

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    The expression aux calendes grecques ("to the Greek Calends") was also used for indefinite postponement, derived from the ancient Latin expression (see below). To express logical impossibility: si ma tante en avait, on l'appellerait mon oncle ("if my aunt had any she would be called my uncle").

  5. Temporal expressions - Wikipedia

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    The show lasted <TIMEX>7 minutes</TIMEX>. A frequency: The pump circulates the water <TIMEX>every 2 hours</TIMEX>. Initially, temporal expressions were considered a type of named entities and their identification was part of the named entity recognition task. Since the Automatic Content Extraction program in 2004 there has been a separate task ...

  6. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition. The difference is that a proverb is a fixed expression, while a proverbial phrase permits alterations to fit the grammar of the context. [1] [2] In 1768, John Ray defined a proverbial phrase as:

  7. Clock - Wikipedia

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    Bells rang every hour, the number of strokes indicating the time. [37] Dondi's clock was a seven-sided construction, 1 metre high, with dials showing the time of day, including minutes, the motions of all the known planets, an automatic calendar of fixed and movable feasts, and an eclipse prediction hand rotating once every 18 years. [38]

  8. Discrete time and continuous time - Wikipedia

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    A variable measured in discrete time can be plotted as a step function, in which each time period is given a region on the horizontal axis of the same length as every other time period, and the measured variable is plotted as a height that stays constant throughout the region of the time period. In this graphical technique, the graph appears as ...

  9. Webcron - Wikipedia

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    webcron is the term for a time-based job scheduler hosted on a web server.The name derives its roots from the phrase web server and the Unix daemon cron.A webcron solution [buzzword] enables users to schedule jobs to run within the web server environment on a web host that does not offer a shell account or other means of scheduling jobs.