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• lost in the noise adj. Syn. lost in the underflow.
  This term is from signal processing, where signals of very small amplitude cannot be separated from low-intensity noise in the system....
• ignal-to-noise ratio: [from analog electronics] n.
  Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical meaning....
• lost in the underflow: adj. Too small to be worth considering
  more specifically, small beyond the limits of accuracy or measurement....
• S/N ratio: // n. (also `s/n ratio', `s:n ratio'). Syn.
  {signal-to-noise ratio}. Often abbreviated `SNR'. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• epsilon squared: n. A quantity even smaller than {epsilon}, as small in comparison to epsilon as epsilon is to something normal
  completely negligible. If you buy a supercomputer for a million dollars, the cost of the thousand-dollar terminal to go with it is {epsilon}, and the cost of the ten-dollar cable to connect them is epsilon squared....
• ignal-to-noise ratio [from analog electronics] n. Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical meaning.
  `Signal' refers to useful information conveyed by some communications medium, and `noise' to anything else on that medium....
• one-liner wars: n. A game popular among hackers who code in the language APL (see {write-only language} and {line noise}).
  The objective is to see who can code the most interesting and/or useful routine in one line of operators chosen from APL's exceedingly {hairy} primitive set....
• fragile: adj. Syn {brittle}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• ot ready for prime time: adj. Usable, but only just so
  ot very robust; for internal use only. Said of a program or device....