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)