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Ability (including recent related patents.)
AbilityAn ability is any attributes possessed by a roleplaying game character, which serve to define the player character's basic statistics. Abilities are the values from which other of the PC's characteristics are derived. Different systems use different sets of abilities. Dungeons and Dragons and the D20 System:
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constraints 6718541: Register economy heuristic for a cycle driven multiple issue instruction scheduler 6718539: Interrupt handling mechanism in translator from one instruction set to another 6718535: System, method and article of manufacture for an activity framework design in an e-commerce based environment 6718533: Method for building a real-time control system with mode and logical rate 6718531: Method of designing integrated circuit using hierarchical design technique 6718526: Spatial signature analysis 6718524: Method and apparatus for estimating state-dependent gate leakage in an integrated circuit 6718523: Reduced pessimism clock gating tests for a timing analysis tool 6718522: Electrical rules checker system and method using tri-state logic for electrical rule checks 6718519: System and method for outputting character sets in best available fonts 6718518: Non-disruptive search facility 6718516: Method for verifying context between multiple related XML tags in document object model (DOM) 6718515: Method of populating a dynamic HTML table from a set of data objects through a common interface 6718511: Method and apparatus to detect a signal received from a channel signal 6718501: Copy protected digital audio compact disc and method and system for producing same 6718499: Mace code 6718498: Method and apparatus for the real time manipulation of a test vector to access the microprocessor state machine information using the integrated debug trigger 6718497: Method and apparatus for generating jitter test patterns on a high performance serial bus 6718491: Coding method and coder for coding packetized serial data with low overhead 6718486: Fault monitor for restarting failed instances of the fault monitor 6718481: Multiple hierarichal/peer domain file server with domain based, cross domain cooperative fault handling mechanisms 6718474: Methods and apparatus for clock management based on environmental conditions 6718472: System for suspending power to a field replaceable unit upon receiving fault signal and automatically reapplying power thereto after the replacement unit is secured in position 6718469: System and method for executing computer virus definitions containing general purpose programming language extensions 6718464: Method and system for customizing a client computer system configuration for a current user using BIOS settings downloaded from a server 6718460: Mechanism for error handling in a computer system 6718446: Storage media with benchmark representative of data originally stored thereon 6718445: System and method for performing dynamic buffer management in an HFS (hierarchical file system DF/SMS) 6718438: Using feedback to determine the size of an object cache 6718436: Method for managing logical volume in order to support dynamic online resizing and software raid and to minimize metadata and computer readable medium storing the same 6718432: Method and apparatus for transparent cascading of multiple content addressable memory devices 6718431: Apparatus and method for pipelined memory operations 6718428: Storage array interconnection fabric using a torus topology 6718425: Handheld computer based system for collection, display and analysis of engine/vehicle data 6718414: Function modification in a write-protected operating system 6718411: Asic system architecture including data aggregation technique 6718407: Multiplexer selecting one of input/output data from a low pin count interface and a program information to update a firmware device from a communication interface 6718404: Data migration using parallel, distributed table driven I/O mapping 6718403: Hierarchical selection of direct and indirect counting events in a performance monitor unit 6718402: Method and system for persistent unit attention in a fibre channel storage router 6718401: System and method for device support 6718396: Network structure method and route determination equipment 6718392: Queue pair partitioning in distributed computer system 6718387: Reallocating address spaces of a plurality of servers using a load balancing policy and a multicast channel |