Statistical Terms Glossary

The combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system.

Is a technology used in telecommunications networks to transport large quantities of data over digital transport equipment such as fibre optic and microwave radio systems. The term plesiochronous is derived from Greek plesio, meaning near, and chronos, time, and refers to the fact that PDH networks run in a state where different parts of the network are nearly, but not quite perfectly, synchronised.

Part or whole of a field on which a specific crop or crop mixture is cultivated.

In which a wide range of services are provided by different actors and funding sources.

include pneumonia, meningitis and febrile bacteraemia, as well as otitis media, sinusitis and bronchitis.

The illegal shooting, trapping, or taking of game or fish from private or public property.

The geographical location where two networks interconnect and exchange traffic.

A point representing one or several distributed service networking (DSN) nodes, which support DSN users to access services directly without having intermediate DSN nodes.

This term refers to the use of payment cards at a retail location (point of sale). The payment information is captured either by paper vouchers or by electronic terminals, which in some cases are designed also to transmit the information. Where this is so, the arrangement may be referred to as “electronic funds transfer at the point of sale” (EFTPOS).

The point source of pollution is the anthropogenic source of emissions that is located at an identifiable point in space. The term covers stationary sources such as sewage treatment plants, power plants, other industrial establishments, and similar buildings and premises of small spatial extension

A pointer is a variable used to mark an item or other variable for later reference. For example, pointers are used to note the line numbers of the “head” and the “spouse” to use later to make sure that the spouses are of the opposite sex and that both are married.

Transaction prices prevailing on a particular day of the month.

Electronic data communication by direct connection, not using the Internet.

Is a network protocol for encapsulating Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) frames inside Ethernet frames. It is used mainly with DSL services where individual users connect to the DSL modem over Ethernet and in plain Metro Ethernet networks.

A poison is a substance that can cause disturbances of structure or function, leading to injury or death when absorbed in relatively small amounts by human beings, plants or animals