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1RUNOFF — was the first computer text formatting program to see significant use. It was written in 1964 for the CTSS operating system by Jerome H. Saltzer in MAD assembler.It actually consisted of a pair of programs, TYPSET (which was basically a document… …
2Runoff voting — can refer to: * Two round system a voting system used to elect a single winner, whereby only two candidates from the first round continue to the second round * Instant runoff voting an electoral system whereby voters rank the candidates in order… …
3First-past-the-post voting — Part of the Politics series Electoral methods Single winner …
4Runoff — Run off or runoff may refer to:* Surface runoff, the flow of water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, over land * Runoff model (reservoir), a mathematical model describing the rainfall runoff relations of a rainfall catchment area or… …
5runoff — /run awf , of /, n. 1. something that drains or flows off, as rain that flows off from the land in streams. 2. a final contest held to determine a victor after earlier contests have eliminated the weaker contestants. 3. a deciding final contest… …
6First-past-the-post — Im deutschen Sprachgebrauch wird der Begriff Mehrheitswahl in zweifachem Sinne verwendet. Er bezeichnet: ein Auswahlverfahren zur Auswahl einer bestimmten Alternative aus einer vorgegebenen Menge durch eine Gruppe von Wählern; ein Verfahren zur… …
7First past the post — Im deutschen Sprachgebrauch wird der Begriff Mehrheitswahl in zweifachem Sinne verwendet. Er bezeichnet: ein Auswahlverfahren zur Auswahl einer bestimmten Alternative aus einer vorgegebenen Menge durch eine Gruppe von Wählern; ein Verfahren zur… …
8runoff — UK [ˈrʌnɒf] / US [ˈrʌnɔf] noun Word forms runoff : singular runoff plural runoffs 1) [uncountable] science a flow of water or chemicals from one place to another, especially when this damages the environment 2) [countable] a second election or… …
9runoff primary — noun : a second primary election held in some states to decide which of the two highest candidates for an office in the first primary will be awarded the party nomination * * * (esp. in the southern U.S.) a second primary between the two leading… …
10First flush — It is well known in urban hydrology, that the constituents are normally more concentrated in the first part of runoff. This phenomenon was already described in the beginning of the 20th century (METCALF EDDY, 1916) as “first flush” or “first foul …
