Look up: Consensus


  1. Consensus
    [computer science] A fundamental problem in distributed computing is to achieve overall system reliability in the presence of a number of faulty processes. This often requires processes to agree on some data value that is needed during computation. Examples of applications of consensus inclu...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_(computer_science)

  2. consensus
    [Noun] Consensus is a general and widespread agreement about something.
    Example: There is a national consensus that the railways are terrible.

    Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/

  3. consensus
    the word means a generally shared agreement. The term is used in particular by Marxist critics of the media, who argue that the media operate to create a consensus in society (or at least an illusion of consensus) that the norms, laws and rules in our society are the only 'right' ones, which any rig...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20164

  4. consensus
    [n] - agreement of the majority in sentiment or belief
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=consensus

  5. Consensus
    Con·sen'sus noun [ Latin See Consent .] Agreement; accord; consent. « That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion. Tylor. »
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/140

  6. consensus
    noun agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; `the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions`; `those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus`...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=consensus

  7. Consensus
    • (n.) Agreement; accord; consent.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/consensus/

  8. consensus
    (from the article `Northeast Indian`) Persuasion was an important skill for leaders because most communities used a consensus model for decision making; issues were discussed until there ... ...sufferings of others and a mandate laid upon the conscience to take action to alleviate that suffering. Su...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/130

  9. consensus
    consensus An agreement or a general opinion. Consensus is an agreement or opinion which should be sound, but not all sound or a general agreement where all men have a perfect right to their opinions, provided they agree with ours; and it`s the result of a group discussion in which, singly, a person...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2806/

  10. Consensus
    [medical] Medical consensus is a public statement on a particular aspect of medical knowledge available at the time it was written, and that is generally agreed upon as the evidence-based, state-of-the-art (or state-of-science) knowledge by a representative group of experts in that area. Its...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_(medical)

  11. CONSENSUS
    Proper name: Guidelines for Officially Supported Export Credits. An agreement between ECAs governing the terms of their support of export credit guarantees and interest rate subsidies.
    Found op http://www.londontrade.co.uk/?p=glossary:C

  12. consensus
    1) A committee may reach it 2) Accord 3) Agreement 4) General agreement 5) Meeting of the minds
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/consensus/1

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