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Workstations

Of or pertaining to any computer intended for personal use, but with a much faster processor and more memory than an ordinary personal computer.

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Workstations

ulp(x)

Computer; Workstations

Stands for ulp of x truncated in working format.

quiet NaN

Computer; Workstations

A NaN (not a number) that propagates through almost every arithmetic operation without raising new exceptions.

denormalized number

Computer; Workstations

Older nomenclature for subnormal number.

Availability

Computer; Workstations

A measure of when an application, system, database or service is available for use.

OTS

Computer; Workstations

Object Transaction Service. A definition of the interfaces that permit CORBA objects to participate in transactions.

accuracy

Computer; Workstations

A measure of how well one number approximates another. For example, the accuracy of a computed result often reflects the extent to which errors in the computation cause it to differ from the ...

ORB

Computer; Workstations

Object request broker. A library that enables CORBA objects to locate and communicate with one another.

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