Probe
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Science and technology
- Medical equipmentMedical equipmentMedical equipment is designed to aid in the diagnosis, monitoring or treatment of medical conditions.-Types:There are several basic types:* Diagnostic equipment includes medical imaging machines, used to aid in diagnosis...
- Anal probeAnal probingAnal probing is the insertion of an instrument into the anal cavity of a human or animal to assess the condition of the lower bowel. Instruments used include pliers, tongs, fiber-optic cables, syringes, eye droppers, thermometers, and specialized balloons...
- Endoscope
- Proctoscope
- Anal probe
- Atom probeAtom probeThe atom probe is a microscope used in material science that was invented in 1967 by Erwin Wilhelm Müller, J. A. Panitz, and S. Brooks McLane. The atom probe is closely related to the method of Field Ion Microscopy, which is the first microscopic method to achieve atomic resolution, occurring in...
, an atomic-resolution microscope - Hybridization probeHybridization probeIn molecular biology, a hybridization probe is a fragment of DNA or RNA of variable length , which is used in DNA or RNA samples to detect the presence of nucleotide sequences that are complementary to the sequence in the probe...
or chemical probe, used in molecular biology - Langmuir probeLangmuir probeA Langmuir probe is a device named after Nobel Prize winning physicist Irving Langmuir, used to determine the electron temperature, electron density, and electric potential of a plasma. It works by inserting one or more electrodes into a plasma, with a constant or time-varying electric potential...
, an electrode inserted into a plasma to determine temperature and density - Periodontal probePeriodontal probeA periodontal probe is an instrument in dentistry commonly used in the dental armamentarium. It is usually long, thin, and blunted at the end. The primary purpose of a periodontal probe is to measure pocket depths around a tooth in order to establish the state of health of the periodontium...
, an instrument used in dentistry - Space probeSpace probeA robotic spacecraft is a spacecraft with no humans on board, that is usually under telerobotic control. A robotic spacecraft designed to make scientific research measurements is often called a space probe. Many space missions are more suited to telerobotic rather than crewed operation, due to...
, a scientific space exploration mission - Test probeTest probeA test probe is a physical device used to connect electronic test equipment to the device under test . They range from very simple, rugged devices to complex probes that are sophisticated, expensive, and fragile.- Voltage probes :Voltage probes are intended to measure voltages on the DUT...
, a physical device used to connect electronic test equipment to the device under test - A particleElementary particleIn particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a particle not known to have substructure; that is, it is not known to be made up of smaller particles. If an elementary particle truly has no substructure, then it is one of the basic building blocks of the universe from which...
or object in theoretical physics whose backreaction is neglected - Proxy-based estimatingProxy-based estimatingPROxy-Based Estimating is an estimating process used in the Personal Software Process to estimate size and effort.Proxy Based Estimating , is the estimation method introduced by Watts Humphrey...
(PROBE), an software estimating process used in the Personal Software ProcessPersonal Software ProcessThe Personal Software Process is a structured software development process that is intended to help software engineers understand and improve their performance, by using a "disciplined, data-driven procedure"...
(PSP) to estimate size and effort.
Entertainment
- Probe (1972 TV pilot)Probe (1972 TV pilot)Not to be confused with Probe Probe was a 2 hour TV pilot movie created by Leslie Stevens that first aired on February 21, 1972 on NBC. Probe was the pilot for the science fiction detective series Search starring Hugh O'Brian as Hugh Lockwood, a high-tech private eye designated “Probe One”...
, American TV film written by Leslie Stevens and later made as a TV series called Search - Probe (1988 TV series), a television pilot and subsequent TV series created by William Link and Isaac Asimov
- Probe (parlor game)Probe (parlor game)The parlor game Probe was introduced in the 1960s by Parker Brothers. It is reminiscent of the simple two-person game Hangman, whose object is to guess a word chosen by another player by revealing specific letters. Probe extends the number of players to a maximum of four and introduces additional...
, a discontinued parlor game - Probe (StarCraft) or Protoss, a robotic worker in the real-time strategy computer game StarCraft
- Probe Entertainment Limited, a video game developer
- Probe RecordsProbe RecordsProbe Records was a sub-label of ABC-Paramount Records. It was started in 1968 as their label for psychedelic rock and progressive rock.-Releases:Number - Title - Artist [Release Date]...
, sub-label of ABC-Paramount Records - "Probing Day", holiday celebrated by the Irkens in Invader ZimInvader ZimInvader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy Earth...
- P.R.O.B.E.P.R.O.B.E.P.R.O.B.E. is a series of four videos written by Mark Gatiss and produced by BBV Productions. It predates Torchwood as the first ongoing spin-off of the Doctor Who universe....
, a series of direct to video Doctor Who spinoffs featuring Liz Shaw - P.R.O.B.E. Post-occupancy Review Of Building Engineering later revised to Post-occupancy review of Buildings and their Engineering. A series of reviews of the performance of buildings carried out in the UK from 1995 to 1998
Other
- Ford ProbeFord ProbeThe Ford Probe was a coupé based on the Mazda GD platform, and powered by a 2.2 L SOHC 4 cylinder Mazda F2 engine.The first generation Probe appeared in 1988 and lasted until 1992 in the United States. In some markets the model years were from 1987 to 1991...
, coupe produced by Ford, introduced in 1989 - Probe, also known as a criminal investigation
- PROBEProbe (Philippine TV series)Probe Profiles was a Philippine public affairs program being aired on ABS-CBN and on its sister cable channel, the ANC...
, a defunct Philippine public-affairs show