1. Carl Friedrich Gauss. 2. Gaussian distribution. See normal distribution. 3. IT> 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)