Definitions
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- noun That which
correlates or causescorrelation - noun statistics, quantum mechanics A correlation function
- noun optics, signal processing A type of device used to compare two signals
Etymologies
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Of course, there's no way to tell which sites’ readers are well-groomed or if they’re hip, but media planners can add in terms like "clubs," "nightlife", “sample sale” and "fashion" into Ad Planner’s search term correlator to find sites whose users are more likely to search for those terms, as measured across large quantities of data.
New frontiers in display advertising planning and measurement 2010
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This correlator, however, is written in a high level programming language, like C++, and runs on a relatively off-the-shelf multi-core computer for a much, much lower cost than "traditional" correlators.
URSI Update #2 Nicole 2009
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At the end of the session, Adam Deller, now of the NRAO and also affiliated with PAPER (soon anyway!) talked about his software correlator for the VLBA and other VLBI instruments.
URSI Update #2 Nicole 2009
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I've been in the same room as the stack of servers that compose the Chinese correlator in Shangai.
URSI Update #2 Nicole 2009
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This correlator, however, is written in a high level programming language, like C++, and runs on a relatively off-the-shelf multi-core computer for a much, much lower cost than "traditional" correlators.
Archive 2009-01-08 Nicole 2009
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At the end of the session, Adam Deller, now of the NRAO and also affiliated with PAPER (soon anyway!) talked about his software correlator for the VLBA and other VLBI instruments.
Archive 2009-01-08 Nicole 2009
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It houses the receivers, power supplies, computers, and a special computer for interferometry, called a correlator.
Archive 2008-11-07 Nicole 2008
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A telling tit bit was that, if you have moved into at better area, it is not a good correlator with the educational success for your child.
Archive 2007-02-25 Newmania 2007
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A telling tit bit was that, if you have moved into at better area, it is not a good correlator with the educational success for your child.
Ironic Ducks Newmania 2007
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A telling tit bit was that, if you have moved into at better area, it is not a good correlator with the educational success for your child.
Archive 2007-03-01 Newmania 2007
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