data measurement
111× — 1. or x or X the usual symbol for power as a unit of magnification. More generally, × or x is used with its mathematical meaning, times, to indicate that a measurement is a multiple of some standard or reference measurement. For example, an …
112baud — (Bd) a unit used in engineering for measuring the rate of data transmissionover telegraph or telephone lines. The baud rate is the number of distinctsymbols transmitted per second, that is, the number of times per second thesignal carrying the …
113bit — (b) 1. the basic unit of the amount of data. Each bit records one of the two possible answers to a single question: 0 or 1, yes or no, on or off. When data is represented as binary (base 2) numbers, each binary digit is a single bit. In fact,… …
114degree — 1. (° or deg) the standard unit of angle measure, equal to 1/360 circle, 60 minutes, 3600 seconds, or about 0.017 453 293 radian. So far as we know, this unit was introduced by the Greek geometer Hipparchus of Nicaea (ca. 180 ca. 125 BC),… …
115mg/dl — symbol for milligram per deciliter, a unit used in U.S. medicine to measure the concentration of cholesterol and other substances in the blood. 1 mg/dl equals 0.01 grams per liter (g/L). Internationally, the SI unit for data of this type is… …
116milligram per deciliter — (mg/dl or mg/dL) a conventional unit in medicine for measuring concentrations of cholesterol and many other substances in the blood. Internationally, the SI unit for data of this type is millimoles per liter (mmol/L); see the table of SI Units …
117symbol per second — (sym/s) a unit of transmission rate for radio signals, especially for the transmissions between satellites and ground stations. In the simplest form of transmission, data can be sent in bits, which have only two states (on or off). To increase …
118uld — , ulp units of data precision used in computer science. The symbol ulp stands for unit in the last place, the smallest increment in a variable that can be recorded internally by the machine. Similarly, uld stands for unit in the last digit …
119Barcol hardness — (BH) a measure of hardness, primarily for plastics and soft metals, made with a Barcol Impressor. Measurements on the Barcol scale are typically between 30 and 90. There is no precise conversion between these readings and other hardness scales …
120bit per second — (b/s or bps) a common unit of data transmission rate in computer science. The symbol bps is often pronounced bips. Modem transmission rates are often stated in kilobits per second (Kbps or kb/s) or megabits per second (Mbps of Mb/s). See… …
