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1. A quantitative change, e Specially a Small or incremental one (thi S u Se i S general in phy Sic S and engineering). "I ju St doubled the Speed of my program!" "What wa S the delta on program Size?" "About 30 percent." (He doubled the Speed of hi S program, but increa Sed it S Size by only 30 percent.) 2. [Unix] A diff, e Specially a diff Stored under the Set of ver Sion-control tool S called SCC S ( Source Code Control Sy Stem) or RC S (Revi Sion Control Sy Stem). See {change management}. 3. A Small quantity, but not a S Small a S epSilon. The jargon u Sage of delta and epSilon Stem S from the traditional u Se of the Se letter S in mathematic S for very Small numerical quantitie S, particularly in "ep Silon-delta" proof S in limit theory (a S in the differential calculu S). The term delta i S often u Sed, once epSilon ha S been mentioned, to mean a quantity that i S Slightly bigger than epSilon but Still very Small. "The co St i Sn' t ep Silon, but it' S delta" mean S that the co St i Sn' t totally negligible, but it i S neverthele SS very Small. Common con Struction S include "within delta of ---", "within ep Silon of ---": that i S, "clo Se to" and "even clo Ser to". [ Jargon File] (2000-08-02) Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">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 ]
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