e
(mathematics)
The base of the natural logarithms; the number defined by the equation approximately equal to 2.71828.
E
(electricity)
(science and technology)
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class A, B, C, D, E, F
A classification applied to fire doors, fire windows, roof coverings, interior finishes, places of assembly, etc., to indicate gradations of fire safety. See fire-endurance, fire-door rating.
E
Symbol for “90° elbow.”
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E
(1)An extension of C++ with database types and
persistent objects. E is a powerful and flexible
procedural programming language. It is used in the Exodus
database system.
See also GNU E.
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/exodus/E/.
["Persistence in the E Language: Issues and Implementation", J.E. Richardson et al, Soft Prac & Exp 19(12):1115-1150 (Dec 1989)].
See also GNU E.
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/exodus/E/.
["Persistence in the E Language: Issues and Implementation", J.E. Richardson et al, Soft Prac & Exp 19(12):1115-1150 (Dec 1989)].
E
(language)A procedural language by Wouter van
Oortmerssen with semantics similar to C. E features
lists, low-level polymorphism, exception handling, quoted
expressions, pattern matching and object inheritance.
Amiga E is a version for the Amiga.
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E
(1) See exponent.(2) (Electronic) "E" with or without the hyphen (e or e-) is used as a word prefix in order to connote the electronic or Internet version of a physical object or activity. For example, mail becomes email or e-mail; a book becomes an ebook or e-book, etc.
(3) A set of object-oriented extensions for Java and Common Lisp introduced in 1997 by Electric Communities. Inspired by the Joule and Original-E languages, E was designed to create secure distributed computing applications. Messages are sent to remote objects in "vats," which processes the messages in the order they are received.
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E
(in Russian, Napier number), the limit of the expression [1 + (1/n)]n as n increases without bound:
It is the base of the natural system of logarithms. The number e is a transcendental number; this fact was first proved in 1873 by C. Hermite. Naming the number e after J. Napier is not entirely valid. (See.)
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