1. Carl Friedrich Gauss.2. Gaussian distribution.See normal distribution.3. The unit of magnetic field strength. 1 gauss = 1 Maxwell / cm^2.A good loudspeaker coil magnet flux density is of the order of 10000 gauss.4. A powerful matrix programming language by Aptech Systems.Gauss is very popular with econometricians..(2003-10-25)