A Quick reference
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The number 10 in hexadecimal notation.
A Quick reference
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Metric As a lower-case prefix a-, see atto-.
length. Metric Correctly Å, see angstrom.
area. As a, see are; see ...
A* algorithm
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A Dictionary of Computer Science (7 ed.)
A member of the class of *best-first *heuristic search techniques that attempt to find a ‘best’ path from
a- Quick reference
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Prefix meaning ‘not’. For example, an asymmetric figure is one which possesses no symmetry, which is not symmetrical.
a.u. Quick reference
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sub-atomic physics. See atomic unit.
Aalen model
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A Dictionary of Statistics (3 ed.)
A *linear regression model describing the manner in which the *expected value of a response variable, Z(...
aanom Quick reference
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[annum]
time. Anomalistic year; see anomalistic and year.
abacus Quick reference
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abampere Quick reference
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Abandonment
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Abandonware Quick reference
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Software that is no longer being sold by the company that developed and marketed it.
Abbe, Ernst Carl (1840) Quick reference
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Abbe’s father was a book printer and factory worker and his childhood was one of privation. Nevertheless, he studied at U Jena and U Göttingen, receiving his PhD in ...
abbreviation Quick reference
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The Web and the Internet float on a flood of abbreviations. They are often used to save time when, for example, writing an ...
