A call center is a centralized office or facility that is designed to manage a large volume of telephone calls, typically for the purpose of providing customer service, support, telemarketing, or sales. Call centers employ agents who handle incoming and outgoing calls to assist customers with inquiries, complaints, orders, or other requests. There are two main types of call centers: 1. **Inbound Call Centers**: These handle incoming calls from customers. The main focus is on customer service, support, and assistance.
Natural predictive dialing is a sophisticated technology used in call centers that optimizes the process of making outbound calls. It combines elements of predictive dialing with advanced algorithms that adapt to real-time conditions in order to enhance efficiency and improve the customer experience. Here’s how natural predictive dialing works and its key features: 1. **Predictive Dialing**: Traditional predictive dialing systems automatically dial multiple phone numbers at once, predicting when a call center agent will be available to take the next call.
TeleZapper is a device designed to combat unwanted telemarketing calls by using a specific audio frequency. It works by sending a signal that pretends to indicate to the calling system that the number has been disconnected or is no longer in service. The idea is that telemarketers will then remove that number from their call lists, effectively reducing the number of unsolicited calls that the user receives.
"Telemarketers" is a documentary series that premiered on HBO in 2023. The series is directed by Samir Reddy and revolves around the world of telemarketing, exploring the often unsettling and exploitative practices within the industry. It specifically follows the experiences of two telemarketers, highlighting their interactions and the morally ambiguous nature of their work.
Third-party verification refers to the process of having an independent party review, confirm, or validate the accuracy and authenticity of information or claims made by one party. This process is often employed in various contexts, including business, finance, compliance, and security, to ensure transparency, accuracy, and trustworthiness.
A noise dosimeter is a specialized device used to measure an individual's exposure to noise over a period of time. It is commonly used in occupational health and safety to ensure that workers are not exposed to harmful levels of noise, which can lead to hearing loss and other health issues. Key features of a noise dosimeter include: 1. **Personal Monitoring**: Noise dosimeters are typically worn by individuals to assess their personal noise exposure, often during a full work shift.
The Piola-Kirchhoff stress tensors are mathematical constructs used in the field of continuum mechanics to describe the state of stress in a deformable body. They provide a way to relate the stresses in a material to its deformation, capturing both the current configuration and the reference (or undeformed) configuration of the material.
Direct insolation refers to the amount of solar radiation received on a surface from the sun, without any scattering or reflection by the atmosphere or surrounding objects. It is an important parameter in fields such as solar energy, meteorology, and climate studies, as it directly impacts the amount of energy available for solar panels and influences local temperature and weather patterns.
Viscosity is a measure of a fluid's resistance to flow. It quantifies how thick or sticky a liquid is and is an important property in various fields, including physics, engineering, and fluid dynamics. There are two main types of viscosity: 1. **Dynamic Viscosity (Absolute Viscosity)**: This measures the internal resistance of a fluid to gradual deformation by shear stress or tensile stress.
"Pyeong" (평) is a traditional Korean unit of area measurement commonly used in South Korea. One pyeong is approximately equal to 3.3 square meters or about 35.6 square feet. It is frequently used to describe the size of living spaces, such as apartments or rooms. For example, when discussing real estate, the size of a property may be listed in pyeong. The term can also come up in discussions about land use and construction.
"Lux" can refer to several different concepts depending on the context. Here are a few: 1. **Illumination/Light Measurement**: In scientific terms, "lux" is a unit of measurement for illuminance, which quantifies the amount of light that is received on a surface area. One lux is equal to one lumen per square meter. It is commonly used in fields related to lighting design and architecture.
A Rack Unit, often abbreviated as "U" (or sometimes just "RU"), is a standardized unit of measurement used to describe the height of equipment designed to be mounted in a standard 19-inch server rack or equipment rack. One Rack Unit is equivalent to 1.75 inches (44.45 mm) in height. Equipment that is mounted in racks, such as servers, networking gear, and storage devices, is typically specified in terms of Rack Units.
A "seconds pendulum" is a type of pendulum that has a period of exactly two seconds—one second to swing in one direction and one second to return to its starting point. This means it completes a full oscillation (back and forth) in two seconds. The period of a simple pendulum is influenced by its length and the acceleration due to gravity.
Time measurement systems are structured methods and frameworks utilized to quantify and assess the passage of time. These systems can be classified into various categories based on their historical, cultural, scientific, and practical applications. Here are some key components and types of time measurement systems: ### 1. **Historical and Cultural Calendars** - **Solar Calendars:** Based on the Earth's revolutions around the Sun (e.g., the Gregorian calendar).
The Foot–Pound–Second (FPS) system is a system of measurement that uses the foot as the unit of length, the pound as the unit of force or weight, and the second as the unit of time. It is one of the systems of units used in physics and engineering, primarily in the United States. In this system: - **Foot (ft)**: This is the unit of length. One foot is equal to 12 inches.
Traditional French units of measurement refer to the system of measurement that was commonly used in France before the adoption of the metric system, which was introduced during the French Revolution in the late 18th century. The metric system was designed to standardize measurements and make them universally applicable. Here are some of the traditional French units of measurement: 1. **Length:** - **Pied**: A foot, approximately 0.33 meters.
United States customary units (USCS) refer to the system of measurement commonly used in the United States. This system is based on the Imperial system and includes various units for measuring length, area, volume, weight, and temperature. Below is an overview of some key units within the US customary system: ### Length - **Inch (in)**: 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters - **Foot (ft)**: 1 foot = 12 inches = 0.
Tatami is a traditional Japanese flooring material made from woven rice straw and covered with a thin layer of soft rush grass (igusa). These mats are typically rectangular and come in standard sizes, although they can vary. Tatami mats are often used in traditional Japanese homes, especially in rooms known as "washitsu," where they serve as both flooring and an aesthetic element contributing to the overall ambiance of the space. In addition to their physical properties, tatami mats hold cultural significance in Japan.
Becquerel (symbol: Bq) is the SI unit of radioactivity. It measures the activity of a quantity of radioactive material, specifically the number of disintegrations (or decay events) that occur in a sample per second. One becquerel is defined as one disintegration per second. The unit is named after Henri Becquerel, a French physicist who discovered radioactivity in 1896.
A **Device-Independent Pixel (DIP)** is a unit of measurement used in digital graphics and user interface design that provides a way to measure sizes and positions in a way that is independent of the actual display resolution of a device. This concept is particularly important when creating applications and interfaces that need to render consistently across a wide range of devices with varying screen sizes and pixel densities.

Pinned article: Introduction to the OurBigBook Project

Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
Everyone is welcome to create an account and play with the site: ourbigbook.com/go/register. We belive that students themselves can write amazing tutorials, but teachers are welcome too. You can write about anything you want, it doesn't have to be STEM or even educational. Silly test content is very welcome and you won't be penalized in any way. Just keep it legal!
We have two killer features:
  1. topics: topics group articles by different users with the same title, e.g. here is the topic for the "Fundamental Theorem of Calculus" ourbigbook.com/go/topic/fundamental-theorem-of-calculus
    Articles of different users are sorted by upvote within each article page. This feature is a bit like:
    • a Wikipedia where each user can have their own version of each article
    • a Q&A website like Stack Overflow, where multiple people can give their views on a given topic, and the best ones are sorted by upvote. Except you don't need to wait for someone to ask first, and any topic goes, no matter how narrow or broad
    This feature makes it possible for readers to find better explanations of any topic created by other writers. And it allows writers to create an explanation in a place that readers might actually find it.
    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
    . View it live at: ourbigbook.com/go/topic/derivative
  2. local editing: you can store all your personal knowledge base content locally in a plaintext markup format that can be edited locally and published either:
    This way you can be sure that even if OurBigBook.com were to go down one day (which we have no plans to do as it is quite cheap to host!), your content will still be perfectly readable as a static site.
    Figure 2.
    You can publish local OurBigBook lightweight markup files to either https://OurBigBook.com or as a static website
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    Figure 3.
    Visual Studio Code extension installation
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    Figure 4.
    Visual Studio Code extension tree navigation
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    Figure 5.
    Web editor
    . You can also edit articles on the Web editor without installing anything locally.
    Video 3.
    Edit locally and publish demo
    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
    Video 4.
    OurBigBook Visual Studio Code extension editing and navigation demo
    . Source.
  3. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook-media/master/feature/x/hilbert-space-arrow.png
  4. Infinitely deep tables of contents:
    Figure 6.
    Dynamic article tree with infinitely deep table of contents
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    Descendant pages can also show up as toplevel e.g.: ourbigbook.com/cirosantilli/chordate-subclade
All our software is open source and hosted at: github.com/ourbigbook/ourbigbook
Further documentation can be found at: docs.ourbigbook.com
Feel free to reach our to us for any help or suggestions: docs.ourbigbook.com/#contact