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CBR
(redirected from cosmic microwave background)

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CBR

(1) (Computer-Based Reference) Reference materials accessible by computer in order to help people do their jobs quicker. For example, this database on disk!

(2) (Constant Bit Rate) A uniform transmission rate. For example, real-time voice and video traffic requires a CBR. In ATM, CBR guarantees bandwidth for the peak cell rate of the application.

(3) See case-based reasoning.

CBR - case based reasoning


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His team used the first 3 years of data gathered by NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, which is examining the cosmic microwave background, the latent glow left over from the first moments of the universe.
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