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Metric As a lower-case prefix a-, see atto-.
length. Metric Correctly Å, see angstrom.
area
A Quick reference
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The number 10 in hexadecimal notation.
A* algorithm Quick reference
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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.
Aalen model Quick reference
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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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[absolute ampere]
(biot) electric current. Symbol abA. Metric-c.g.s.-e.m.u 1 abA = the constant current that produces, when
Abandonment Quick reference
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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 ...
ABC Quick reference
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1. Abbrev. for Atanasoff-Berry computer.
2. An interactive programming language designed as a replacement for Basic by CWI (Centrum
abcoulomb Quick reference
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electric charge. Symbol abC. Metric-c.g.s. The absolute coulomb of the e.m.u. system, for a steady current identically s⋅abA.
abdaraf Quick reference
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electric elastance. Symbol abD. Metric-c.g.s. The absolute daraf of the e.m.u. system, for a steady current identically abV/abC,
abduction Quick reference
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An *inference process widely used in *artificial intelligence, particularly in *expert systems and *production rule
Abel’s Limit Theorem Quick reference
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For a *convergent series {ak }, the limit assigned by the Abel summation method exists and is equal to the sum of the series....
Abel’s partial summation formula Quick reference
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For two arbitrary sequences and with , the result that . This has some similarities with the formula for *integration by parts....
