Look up: form-factor

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   form factor
   the physical size and shape of a device; often used to describe the size of disk arrays in a rackmount enclosure.
   Found on http://www.sunrise-comp.co.uk/glossary.h
   
   
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   Form factor
   The ratio of the R.M.S. to the mean value of armature current - usually assumed to be around 1.5 for a single phase drive and 1.05 for a three phase drive. This needs to be taken into account when sizing fusing, contactors, wiring etc. in the a.c. supply to drives.
   Found on http://www.sprint-electric.com/glossary.
   
   
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   form factor
   the physical size and shape of a device; often used to describe the size of disk arrays in a rackmount enclosure.
   Found on http://www.raidstorage.uk.com/glossary.h
   
   
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   form factor
   (hardware) The type of packaging of a processor integrated circuit, e.g. PPGA, FC-PGA. More generally, a term popular among marketroids in 1998, denoting the shape of something designed. (2000-08-26)
   Found on http://foldoc.org/
   
   
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   Form factor
   `Form factor` may refer to: * Form factor (radiative transfer) or emissivity, the proportion of energy transmitted by that object which can be transferred to another object *Form factor (electronics), an alternating current waveform *Electric form factor, the Fourier transform of electric charge distribution in space *Magnetic form factor, the Fourier transform of an electric current distribution in space *Atomic form factor, or atomic scatterin...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_factor
   
   
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   form factor
   ratio of the root-mean-square value of an alternating quantity to its rectified value
   Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/
   
   
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   form factor
   ratio of the average radiant or luminous flux density received over surface S₂ (or S₁) from surface S₁ (or S₂) to the radiant or luminous exitance of surface S₁ (or S₂) unit : 1
   Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/