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Base transceiver station
A base transceiver station (BTS) is the fixed radio equipment in a cellular network that handles the radio link to mobile devices, serving one or more cells.
Base-catalyzed depolymerization of lignin
Base-catalyzed depolymerization of lignin is a chemical process that cleaves lignin's ether bonds in hot alkaline water to yield phenolic compounds, though repolymerization typically limits monomer yields to below 10%.
Base-frame calibration
Base-frame calibration is the process of determining a robot's base coordinate frame relative to a world or measuring frame, enabling offline programming, multi-robot coordination, and accurate computed positions.
Base-plus-offset addressing
Base-plus-offset addressing is a processor addressing mode that computes an operand's effective address by adding an instruction's constant offset to a base register, letting compilers access structure fields, stack variables, and array elements.
Base10 (venture capital firm)
Base10 Partners, usually shortened to Base10, is a San Francisco venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Adeyemi Ajao and TJ Nahigian that backs startups automating the real economy.
Base10 Advancement Initiative
The Base10 Advancement Initiative is a late-stage venture fund of San Francisco firm Base10 Partners, launched in 2021 to donate half its carried interest to historically Black colleges and universities.
Base10 Partners
Base10 Partners is a San Francisco venture capital firm founded by Adeyemi Ajao and TJ Nahigian that invests from seed through Series B in companies automating the real economy.
Base32
Base32 is a binary-to-text encoding that represents arbitrary binary data with 32 printable symbols, each carrying 5 bits; RFC 4648's alphabet uses A–Z and 2–7 with equals-sign padding.
Base64
Base64 is a group of binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data as ASCII text; each character carries 6 bits, and the encoding is defined by RFC 4648.
Baseball
Baseball: bat-and-ball sport, two teams of nine, nine innings, MLB's 162-game season. Origins via debunked 1839 Doubleday myth and 1905 Mills Commission; Hall of Fame in Cooperstown since 1939.
Baseball (ball)
Baseball (ball): the regulated sphere of cork-and-rubber core, yarn windings, and stitched leather cover used in baseball; 5 to 5.25 oz, 9 to 9.25 inches, 108 stitches; MLB and NPB versions differ in seam height.
Baseball (TV series)
Baseball, also known as Ken Burns Baseball, is a 1994 PBS documentary series by Ken Burns telling baseball's history in nine two-hour episodes called "innings," drawing 43 million viewers.
Baseball America
Baseball America, also called BA, is an American baseball media company founded by Allan Simpson in February 1981, bought by Miles Wolff in 1982 and moved to Durham, NC, known for draft, prospect, minor league, and college baseball coverage.
Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic baseball tournament at Tokyo 2020, held 28 July–7 August 2021; six teams competed, with Japan winning gold over the United States and the Dominican Republic taking bronze.
Baseball at the 2026 Asian Games
Baseball at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya), held 21-27 September 2026 in Okazaki and Toyohashi, Japan: eight teams, won by South Korea, which beat Japan 3-1 in the final for a fifth straight title; Chinese Taipei took bronze.
Baseball at the 2028 Summer Olympics
Baseball at the 2028 Summer Olympics: men's six-team tournament, 15–20 July 2028 at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles; seventh Olympic medal tournament, qualified via 2026 World Baseball Classic, 2027 Premier12, and a final qualifier; MLB participation unresolved.
Baseball at the Summer Olympics
Baseball at the Summer Olympics: men's Olympic tournament, demonstration sport 1900-1988, official medal sport 1992-2008 and at Tokyo 2020 and LA 2028, paired with softball, Cuba leads medals.
Baseball bat
Baseball bat: the batter's club, solid wood in MLB (max 2.61 in diameter, 42 in long), aluminum/composite elsewhere; BBCOR and USABat/USSSA standards, sweet spot physics, and 2025 torpedo bats.
Baseball Canada
Baseball Canada, legally the Canadian Federation of Amateur Baseball, is the national governing body for amateur baseball in Canada, incorporated in Ottawa in 1964 and running nine national championships each summer.
Baseball cap
Baseball cap: soft-crowned hat with a stiff forward visor, originating with the 1860 Brooklyn Excelsiors. Fitted, snapback, and trucker variants; on-field MLB standard since New Era's 1993 supply deal; also a global fashion item and limited sun protection.
Baseball cards
Baseball cards are trading cards showing baseball players, originally given away in cigarette and candy packs from the 1860s and now a collectibles market with individual sales in the millions.
Baseball color line
The Baseball color line, or Baseball color barrier, was a period of segregation that lasted roughly six decades, ending when Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
Baseball field
Baseball field, or diamond: the playing area for baseball, with a fixed 90-foot square infield, 60 ft 6 in pitching distance, and variable outfield dimensions set by each ballpark.
Baseball glove
Baseball glove (mitt): padded leather or synthetic hand covering worn by fielders, first seen in the 1860s, patented from 1877, given its web pocket by Bill Doak in 1919, and modernized by Wilson's 1957 A2000.
Baseball in Japan
Baseball in Japan (yakyū, 野球): introduced 1872 by Horace Wilson; NPB two-league pro circuit since 1950; Koshien high school tournaments; about 70 Japanese players in MLB since Murakami 1964; WBC champions 2006, 2009, 2023.
Baseball metaphors for sex
Baseball metaphors for sex, or the bases, are American slang mapping intimacy stages to baseball: first base kissing, third base genital contact, home run intercourse; post-WWII origin, now used ironically by Gen Z.
Baseball positions
Baseball positions: the nine defensive spots (pitcher, catcher, infielders, outfielders) with scorebook numbers 1-9, positional difficulty order, 2023 shift restrictions, and the designated hitter role.
Baseball statistics
Baseball statistics: measurements of player and team performance, from Henry Chadwick's 1859 box score to batting average, OPS, ERA, sabermetrics, WAR (fWAR vs bWAR), and Statcast expected stats like xwOBA.
Baseball Tonight
Baseball Tonight is ESPN's Major League Baseball studio show, debuting March 19, 1990 as a nightly highlights program; since 2017 it airs as Baseball Tonight: Sunday Night Countdown, a one-hour Sunday Night Baseball pregame.
Baseball World Cup
The Baseball World Cup, also known as the World Cup of Baseball, was an international baseball tournament organized by the International Baseball Federation and held 39 times from 1938 to 2011.