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  2. Units of information - Wikipedia

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    Units are defined as multiples of a smaller unit except for the smallest unit which is based on convention and hardware design. Multiplier prefixes are used to describe relatively large sizes. For binary hardware , by far the most common hardware today, the smallest unit is the bit , a portmanteau of binary digit, [ 1 ] which represents a value ...

  3. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    MTBF—Mean Time Between Failures; MTU—Maximum Transmission Unit; MT—Machine Translation; MUA—Mail User Agent; MUD—Multi-User Dungeon; MU—Memory Unit; MVC—Model-View-Controller; MVP—Most Valuable Professional; MVS—Multiple Virtual Storage; MWC—Mobile World Congress; MXF—Material Exchange Format; MX—Mail exchange

  4. Percentage - Wikipedia

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    To calculate a percentage of a percentage, convert both percentages to fractions of 100, or to decimals, and multiply them. For example, 50% of 40% is: ⁠ 50 / 100 ⁠ × ⁠ 40 / 100 ⁠ = 0.50 × 0.40 = 0.20 = ⁠ 20 / 100 ⁠ = 20%. It is not correct to divide by 100 and use the percent sign at the same time; it would literally imply ...

  5. Computation - Wikipedia

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    Today, any formal statement or calculation that exhibits this quality of well-definedness is termed computable, while the statement or calculation itself is referred to as a computation. Turing's definition apportioned "well-definedness" to a very large class of mathematical statements, including all well-formed algebraic statements , and all ...

  6. Floating point operations per second - Wikipedia

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    Thus the unit MIPS was useful to measure integer performance of any computer, including those without such a capability, and to account for architecture differences, similar MOPS (million operations per second) was used as early as 1970 [4] as well. Note that besides integer (or fixed-point) arithmetics, examples of integer operation include ...

  7. Parts-per notation - Wikipedia

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    Parts-per notation is often used describing dilute solutions in chemistry, for instance, the relative abundance of dissolved minerals or pollutants in water.The quantity "1 ppm" can be used for a mass fraction if a water-borne pollutant is present at one-millionth of a gram per gram of sample solution.

  8. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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    Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property.

  9. Penalty unit - Wikipedia

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    A penalty unit (PU) is a standard amount of money used to compute penalties for many breaches of law in Australia at both the federal, and state and territory level. Fines are calculated by multiplying the value of a penalty unit by the number of units prescribed for the offence.