Interesting Facts about Work. 1  Work is a scalar quantity, not a vector quantity. 2  Another unit of work is the foot-pound. 3  The joule is also used as the standard unit of measure for energy. 4  Negative work is when force acting on an object hinders the object's displacement.
(Ä«-pÄ spoofÂ´ing) (n.) A technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, whereby the intruder sends messages to a computer with an IP address indicating that the message is coming from a trusted host.
Not to be confused with backward masking. For the film, see Backmask (film). Backmasking is a recording technique in which a sound or message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. Backmasking is a deliberate process, whereas a message found through phonetic reversal may be unintentional.