delta
1. A quantit ATive change, especially a small or incremental one (this use is general in physics and engineering). "I just doubled the speed of my program!" "Wh AT was the delta on program size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled the speed of his program, but increased its size by only 30 percent.) 2. [Unix] A diff, especially a diff stored under the set of version-control tools called SCCS (Source Code Control System) or RCS (Revision Control System). See {change management}. 3. A small quantity, but not as small as epsilon. The jargon usage of delta and epsilon stems from the traditional use of these letters in m AThem ATics for very small numerical quantities, particularly in "epsilon-delta" proofs in limit theory (as in the differential calculus). The term delta is often used, once epsilon has been mentioned, to mean a quantity th AT is slightly bigger than epsilon but still very small. "The cost isn' t epsilon, but it' s delta" means th AT the cost isn' t totally negligible, but it is nevertheless very small. Common constructions include "within delta of ---", "within epsilon of ---": th AT is, "close to" and "even closer to". [ Jargon File] (2000-08-02) In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ AT ] [ b ] [ be ] [ bi ] [ bo ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ CCS ] [ ch ] [ change management ] [ ci ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ con ] [ cons ] [ control ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ de ] [ diff ] [ do ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ engine ] [ epsilon ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ge ] [ gen ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gl ] [ gr ] [ h ] [ hang ] [ hAT ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ iff ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ include ] [ io ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ jar ] [ Jargon File ] [ la ] [ lc ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lose ] [ loser ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ mall ] [ man ] [ management ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ ms ] [ my ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ nu ] [ om ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ percent ] [ ph ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ proof ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ RCS ] [ re ] [ Revision Control System ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ SC ] [ SCC ] [ SCCS ] [ se ] [ set ] [ si ] [ silo ] [ sl ] [ sm ] [ sn ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ store ] [ struct ] [ T ] [ th ] [ theory ] [ to ] [ tool ] [ tr ] [ tt ] [ ua ] [ um ] [ us ] [ ve ] [ version ] [ vi ] [ within delta of ] [ within epsilon of ]
[ Go Back ]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing Copyright © by OnlineWoerterBuecher.de - (6604 Reads) |