Spectrum

A spectrum (plural spectra or spectrums) is a condition that is not limited to a specific set of values but can vary infinitely within a continuum. The word was first used scientifically within the field of optics to describe the rainbow of colors in visible light when separated using a prism. As scientific understanding of light advanced, it came to apply to the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

Spectrum has since been applied by analogy to topics outside of optics. Thus, one might talk about the spectrum of political opinion, or the spectrum of activity of a drug, or the autism spectrum. In these uses, values within a spectrum may not be associated with precisely quantifiable numbers or definitions. Such uses imply a broad range of conditions or behaviors grouped together and studied under a single title for ease of discussion.

In most modern usages of spectrum there is a unifying theme between extremes at either end. Some older usages of the word did not have a unifying theme, but they led to modern ones through a sequence of events set out below. Modern usages in mathematics did evolve from a unifying theme, but this may be difficult to recognize.

Matthew Koma

Matthew Koma (born Matthew Bair, June 2, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter and DJ born in Brooklyn and raised on Long Island, New York. Inspired by Elvis Costello and Bruce Springsteen, Koma started his music career in punk rock, later transitioning into a mixture of genres ranging from Pop and Hip Hop to Electronic Dance Music. Koma's early collaborations include work with Hardwell, Zedd, Miriam Bryant, Sebastian Ingrosso, Alesso, Tiesto, Vicetone and Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic. His collaboration with Zedd has been his most notable accomplishment to date with their song "Spectrum" being premiered by Rolling Stone and spending two weeks at number 1 on the Billboard Dance Club chart.

Career

Koma was noticed by Jimmy Iovine who signed him to Interscope Records after watching an acoustic performance of the record "She". He later released his first EP, Parachute, in May 2012, in which he wrote, produced and co-produced all four tracks with collaborators Twice as Nice, Alex da Kid, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, and Ari Levine. Since then he has taken part in the Sorry For Party Rocking worldwide tour with LMFAO and Far East Movement, and more recently finished touring with the band Owl City. In March 2012, Bruce Springsteen released "Rocky Ground," a remix that Koma co-produced with Ron Aniello as a single from his album Wrecking Ball.

Florence and the Machine

Florence and the Machine (styled as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead singer Florence Welch, Isabella Summers, and a collaboration of other artists. The band's music received praise across the media, especially from the BBC, which played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of BBC Introducing. At the 2009 Brit Awards they received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award. The band's music is renowned for its dramatic and eccentric production and also Welch's vocal performances.

The band's debut studio album, Lungs, was released on 6 July 2009, and held the number-two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty-eight consecutive weeks. As of October 2010, the album had been in the top forty in the United Kingdom for sixty-five consecutive weeks, making it one of the best-selling albums of 2009 and 2010. The group's second studio album, Ceremonials, released in October 2011, entered the charts at number one in the UK and number six in the US. The band's third album, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, was released on 2 June 2015. It topped the UK charts, and debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, their first to do so. The album reached number one in a total of eight countries and the top ten of twenty. Also in 2015, the band was the headlining act at Glastonbury Festival, making Florence Welch the first British female headliner this century.

Machine (disambiguation)

A machine is a device that uses energy to perform some activity or task.

Machine, Machines, Machinery, The Machine, or The Machines may also refer to:

Term of art

More specific applications of the general term

Machine (mechanical) using mechanical energy

Machine (patent), one of the four statutory categories of patent-eligible subject matter under United States patent law

Computing

"machine", slang for computer or Server

Abstract machine, a theoretical model of a computer hardware or software system used in automata theory
- Turing machine, an abstract model of a computer
Internet bot, a computer program that does automated tasks
virtual machine, a computing machine implemented in software rather than directly in hardware
Machine-generated data

Abstract machine, a theoretical model of a computer hardware or software system used in automata theory

Turing machine, an abstract model of a computer

Turing machine, an abstract model of a computer

Internet bot, a computer program that does automated tasks

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'Spectrum' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Don gato y su pandilla (2011)

Actors: Melissa Disney (actress), Peter Pamela Rose (actress), Fred Tatasciore (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Fred Tatasciore (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Rob Schneider (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Jason Harris (actor), Jason Harris (miscellaneous crew), Sondra James (actress),

Plot: Top Cat and the gang face a new police chief, who is not at all happy with officer Dibble's performance in trying to prevent Top Cat's scams. Strickland, the new police chief, will test Top Cat and his gang while proving to be the greatest foe Top Cat has ever encountered.

Genres: Action, Animation, Comedy, Family,
Taglines: The Cat is back! (UK release) Aquí Hay Gato Encerrado. (Mexico release) Una aventura que está de pocajú (Mexico release)

Quotes:

Officer Dibble: Thanks a lot fellas! Now I'm never going to be chief.::Brain: Uh, Officer Dibble, I didn't know you cooked.::Officer Dibble: Chief, not chef! That is why I've been working overtime. Now I'll never get the job.

Lou Strickland: Dibble's a clown.::Top Cat: Certainly, he can be foolish.::Lou Strickland: No! I mean I, literally, turned him into a clown!

Maharajah of Pikachu: Please, Shiek Alleycat! I insist you take this Maharajah Talk 5000. You'll find it more valuable.::Top Cat: Why? Can it turn into rubies, too?

Top Cat: They call me T.C. It's short for "Top Cat".::Trixie: Oh, that's very clever. I'm Trixie, which is short for...::Top Cat: [interrupts] The future Mrs. Top Cat?::Trixie: [chuckles] You're funny, too. Too bad I have to go to work and too bad I don't take anyone from the alley.::Top Cat: Oh, I wasn't joking. I think you have stolen my heart. I'm usually the one who does the taking around here.::Trixie: [gasp] Is that why he's so upset?::Top Cat: [pulls out a bag of bird seed, throws it on Griswald, calls out for birds]::Top Cat: Now, where were we? [gasp; finds out Trixie vanishes]

Cl.One (2005)

Actors: Andy Schofield (actor), Houston King (miscellaneous crew), Stephen R. Campanella (actor), Stephen R. Campanella (producer), Michael Emanuel (miscellaneous crew), Seth Carmichael (miscellaneous crew), Christopher Pizzo (miscellaneous crew), Tegan Summer (actor), Scott Davis (actor), Mark W. Johnson (actor), James Kisicki (actor), Bill Caco (actor), Vsevolod Horodyskyj (miscellaneous crew), Vsevolod Horodyskyj (actor), Kailyne Waters (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Humanity is on the verge of extinction after nuclear fallout from the war renders every living thing on Earth infertile. Chancellor Derek Strombourg, mourning the death of his daughter, must find the one person whose genetic structure can bring life to thousands of dormant human clones. Fighting him is an underground rebellion struggling to prevent this awesome power from falling into the hands of Derek's new world order.