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Convection scheme
A convection scheme is the numerical discretization used to approximate the advection term of a transport equation on a discrete grid, balancing accuracy, stability, and boundedness.
Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data
The Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, known as Convention 108, is the first binding international data protection treaty, opened for signature in 1981.
Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic
The Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, or FAL Convention, is a 1965 IMO treaty standardizing port formalities for ships; electronic exchange has been mandatory since 2019.
Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims
The Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC) is a 1976 treaty, adopted in London, that caps shipowners' and salvors' liability for maritime incidents by ship tonnage.
Convention on Nuclear Safety
The Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) is a legally binding 1994 treaty obliging states with civilian nuclear power plants to submit to periodic safety peer review.
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
The Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, known as COLREG 1972, is an IMO treaty setting the rules of the road at sea.
Convention respecting the free navigation of international rivers and canals
The Convention respecting the free navigation of international rivers and canals is a 1921 League of Nations treaty guaranteeing free navigation on designated international waterways.
Conventional Commits
Conventional Commits is a 2017 specification structuring Git commit messages as type: description, mapping fix and feat commits onto Semantic Versioning so tools can automate versioning, changelogs, and releases.
Convento de San Francisco, Lima
The Convento de San Francisco de Jesús El Grande is a Franciscan church and convent complex in Lima, Peru, begun in 1546 and known for its catacombs.
CONVERGE CFD
CONVERGE CFD is a commercial computational fluid dynamics software package developed by Convergent Science of Madison, Wisconsin, known for generating its computational mesh automatically at run time.
Conversion coating
A conversion coating is a protective oxide, phosphate, or chromate layer grown on a metal by chemical or electrochemical reaction, serving as an intermediate layer under paint.
Conversion-type cathode
A conversion-type cathode is a battery positive electrode that stores charge by breaking down and reforming its host compound, storing 2 to 3 lithium per metal instead of less than one.
Conversion–alloy mechanism
The conversion–alloy mechanism is a sodium-storage reaction in certain sodium-ion battery anodes, where a metal compound first converts to metal and a sodium compound, then alloys with more sodium.
Converter transformer
A converter transformer is a power transformer that connects an AC network to power-electronic converter valves, chiefly in HVDC transmission stations and industrial rectifier plants.
Convertible
A convertible, also called a cabriolet or drophead coupe, is a car with a folding or removable roof, standardized by the SAE as a body style in 1928.
Convertiplane
A convertiplane is an aircraft that takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter and flies forward efficiently like an airplane, converting its lift system in flight.
Convex MPC for legged locomotion
Convex MPC for legged locomotion plans a legged robot's ground reaction forces over a short horizon by solving a convex quadratic program on a simplified single-rigid-body model.
Convex optimization
Convex optimization, also called convex programming, is the branch of mathematical optimization that minimizes convex functions over convex sets, so every local minimum is global.
Conveyor belt
A conveyor belt is an endless moving belt, looped over pulleys and supported by idlers, that carries coal, ore, grain, and packages continuously between two points.
Conveyor system
A conveyor system is a mechanical arrangement, typically a moving belt, chain, roller line, or screw, that transports material or products from pickup points to drop points within a facility.
ConvNeXt
ConvNeXt is a family of pure convolutional neural networks for image recognition, introduced in 2022 by Facebook AI Research and UC Berkeley in the paper A ConvNet for the 2020s.
Convolutional code
A convolutional code is an error-correcting code that encodes a continuous bit stream, each output depending on current and earlier input bits, used by NASA and ESA.
Convolutional neural network
A convolutional neural network (CNN), also called ConvNet, is a neural network that uses convolution to process grid-like data such as images, dominating computer vision in the 2010s.
Convolutional neural network fault diagnosis
Convolutional neural network fault diagnosis applies CNNs, deep learning models, to detect, classify, and predict faults in machinery such as bearings and gearboxes, mostly from vibration signals.
Convoy (1978 film)
Convoy (1978), Sam Peckinpah's trucker action drama based on C.W. McCall's 1975 chart-topping song, starring Kris Kristofferson as Rubber Duck leading a convoy against Sheriff Ernest Borgnine; EMI Films, released 28 June 1978, grossed $46.5 million per TCM.
Conway (NGL hub)
Conway is a natural gas liquids market hub in central Kansas, the second-largest in the United States after Mont Belvieu, Texas, built around salt-cavern storage and fractionation.
Conway's law
Conway's law, also called the mirroring hypothesis, is the software engineering observation, stated by Melvin Conway in 1968, that a system's design mirrors the communication structure of the organization that produced it.
Conwy Castle
Conwy Castle (Castell Conwy) is a medieval fortress in north Wales, built by Edward I between 1283 and 1287 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Cook Strait tunnel proposal
The Cook Strait tunnel proposal is a recurring suggestion for a rail or road crossing under Cook Strait between New Zealand's two islands, never formally studied.
Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph
The Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph was a British needle telegraph patented in 1837 by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone, the first electric telegraph to enter commercial service.