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1. A quantitativ e chang e, esp ecially a small or incr em ental on e (this us e is g en eral in physics and engin eering). "I just doubl ed th e sp eed of my program!" "What was th e d elta on program siz e?" "About 30 p erc ent." (H e doubl ed th e sp eed of his program, but incr eas ed its siz e by only 30 p erc ent.) 2. [Unix] A ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=diff">diff, esp ecially a ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=diff">diff stor ed und er th e s et of v ersion-control tools call ed SCCS (Sourc e Cod e Control Syst em) or RCS (R evision Control Syst em). S ee {chang e manag em ent}. 3. A small quantity, but not as small as ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=epsilon">epsilon. Th e jargon usag e of ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=delta">delta and ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=epsilon">epsilon st ems from th e traditional us e of th es e l ett ers in math ematics for v ery small num erical quantiti es, particularly in " epsilon-d elta" proofs in limit th eory (as in th e diff er ential calculus). Th e t erm ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=delta">delta is oft en us ed, onc e ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=epsilon">epsilon has b een m ention ed, to m ean a quantity that is slightly bigg er than ef="module.php?name=Lexikon&file=search&eid=1&query=epsilon">epsilon but still v ery small. "Th e cost isn' t epsilon, but it' s d elta" m eans that th e cost isn' t totally n egligibl e, but it is n ev erth el ess v ery small. Common constructions includ e "within d elta of ---", "within epsilon of ---": that is, "clos e to" and " ev en clos er to". 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