Look up: sampling

1. sampling
   (DSP) The process of taking a sample of a signal at evenly spaced intervals of time. This is the first step in Digital Signal Processing. (2001-06-06)
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2. sampling
   A marketing program used to prompt impulse buying. Particularly useful in the Deli and Bakery Departments. The customer is encouraged to sample products from a prepared sample tray.
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3. Sampling
   The use of a statistically representative subset as a proxy for an entire population, for example in order to facilitate quantitative market research.
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4. Sampling
   The process of converting analogue data into digital data by taking a series of samples or readings at equal time intervals.
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5. Sampling
   Studying a proportion of individuals or cases from a larger population as representative of that population as a whole.
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6. sampling
   [n] - (telecommunications) measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) 2. [n] - (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
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7. Sampling
   The process of drawing a sample of subjects from a population.
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8. Sampling
   The technique of recording a sound digitally (translating the analogue audio waveform into a series of electrical ons and offs that can be manipulated by a computer) for subsequent processing, editing and playback.
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9. Sampling
   (a) a form of product-based sales promotion involving the distribution of samples of products in a variety of ways, so that consumers can try them and judge them for themselves; and (b) in market research, the process of setting criteria and then selecting the required number of respondents for a research study.
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10. Sampling
    Sampling is actually emulating the sound of an acoustical instrument by digitizing (converting to digital sound) the waveforms produced by the instrument. There are hardware samplers and software samplers, such as Tascam`s Gigastudio
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11. Sampling
    digitizing a waveform by measuring its amplitude fluctuations at some precisely timed intervals. The accuracy of the measurements is a function of the bit resolution. Sampling is actually emulating the sound of an acoustical instrument by digitizing (converting to digital sound) the waveforms produc...
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12. Sampling
    Encoding a piece of analogue audio digitally then using the result as a musical sound source in a synthesizer or sampler.
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13. Sampling
    the selection of units of analysis (for example, people or institutions) for study. Sampling can involve attempts to statistically represent a population, in which case a variety of random or probability methods are available. Alternatively, sampling can be opportunistic, or formed by emerging theoretical concerns of a researcher.
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14. sampling
    obtaining a value of a variable at regular or intermittent intervals; 2.a procedure of systems analysis in which traffic volumes, file activity, and other transfers are estimated on the basis of representative samples taken Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) &bul...
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15. sampling
    The policy of inferring the behaviour of a whole batch by studying a fraction of it. ... Origin: MF essample, from L. Exemplum, taking out ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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16. sampling
    noun (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
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17. Sampling
    Market research data is based on a sample of the total target market population. The responses collected from this group reflect the attitudes of the entire target market. :: Cadbury (9th Edition)
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18. sampling
    (sam´pling) the selection or making of a sample. percutaneous umbilical blood sampling , percutaneous umbilical cord sampling a procedure used to obtain fetal blood for examination; a sterile needle is inserted through the mother's abdomen and uterus, and guided ...
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19. sampling
    (from the article `telemetry`) A telemetry system ordinarily must handle more than one channel of information (e.g., routine measurements from an orbiting satellite, or flow rate ... Analog-to-digital conversion begins with sampling, or measuring the amplitude of the analog waveform at equally spaced discrete instants of time. The ... ...
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20. sampling
    (from the article `analysis`) During this initial step of analysis, a portion of a bulk material is removed in order to be assayed. The portion should be chosen so that it is ... Sampling is the removal from a given lot of material a portion that is representative of the whole yet of convenient size for analysis. It is done ... Testi...
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21. sampling
    (from the article `compact disc`) ...discs, videodiscs, and CD-ROMs, instead involves taking multiple discrete measurements of the voltage levels of the continuous source audio waves, ... Digital recording uses sampling of the sound wave at a series of points at equal time intervals along the wave to approximate the full wave. In order ...
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22. sampling
    (from the article `hip-hop`) A canny blend of entrepreneurship and aesthetics, hip-hop was the wellspring of several staple techniques of modern pop music, including digital ... ...own self-constructed `family` of alternative rappers (ranging from A Tribe Called Quest to Queen Latifah) but also groups as disparate as Public .....
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23. sampling
    in statistics, a process or method of drawing a representative group of individuals or cases from a particular population. Sampling and statistical ... [6 related articles]
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24. Sampling
    [signal processing] In signal processing, sampling is the reduction of a continuous signal to a discrete signal. A common example is the conversion of a sound wave (a continuous signal) to a sequence of samples (a discrete-time signal). A sample refers to a value or set of values at a point ...
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25. Sampling
    [statistics] In statistics and survey methodology, sampling is concerned with the selection of a subset of individuals from within a population to estimate characteristics of the whole population. Researchers rarely survey the entire population because the cost of a census is too high. The t...
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