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From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
epsilon
n : the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
epsilon [see {delta}] 1. n. A small quantity of anything
"The cost is epsilon." 2. adj Very small negligible; less than
{marginal}. "We can get this feature for epsilon cost." 3. `within
epsilon of': close enough to be indistinguishable for all practical
purposes, even closer than being `within delta of'. "That's not what I
asked for but it's within epsilon of what I wanted." Alternatively, it
may mean not close enough, but very little is required to get it there:
"My program is within epsilon of working."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
EPSILON
A {macro} language with high level features
including strings and lists, developed by A.P. Ershov at
Novosibirsk in 1967. EPSILON was used to implement {ALGOL 68}
on the {M-220}.
["Application of the Machine-Oriented Language Epsilon to
Software Development", I.V. Pottosin et al in Machine
Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974,
pp 417-434].
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-05-10)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
epsilon
1. A small quantity of anything "The cost is epsilon."
2. Very small negligible; less than {marginal}. "We can get
this feature for epsilon cost."
3. "within epsilon of": close enough to be indistinguishable
for all practical purposes, even closer than being "within
delta of". "That's not what I asked for but it's within
epsilon of what I wanted." Alternatively, it may mean not
close enough, but very little is required to get it there: "My
program is within epsilon of working."
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