Strictness

  • 31Rigorism — Rig or*ism, n. [Cf. F. rigorisme.] 1. Rigidity in principle or practice; strictness; opposed to {laxity}. [1913 Webster] 2. Severity, as of style, or the like. Jefferson. [1913 Webster] 3. (Ethics) Strictness in ethical principles; usually… …

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  • 32rigour — Rigor Rig or, n. [OE. rigour, OF. rigour, F. rigueur, from L. rigor, fr. rigere to be stiff. See {Rigid}.] [Written also {rigour}.] 1. The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness. [1913 Webster] The rest… …

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  • 33Severities — Severity Se*ver i*ty, n.; pl. {Severities}. [L. severitas: cf. F. s[ e]v[ e]rit[ e].] The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a… …

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  • 34Severity — Se*ver i*ty, n.; pl. {Severities}. [L. severitas: cf. F. s[ e]v[ e]rit[ e].] The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a… …

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  • 35rigor — noun Etymology: Middle English rigour, from Anglo French, from Latin rigor, literally, stiffness, from rigēre to be stiff Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment ; severity (2) the quality of being… …

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  • 36stringent — adjective Etymology: Latin stringent , stringens, present participle of stringere Date: 1736 1. tight, constricted 2. marked by rigor, strictness, or severity especially with regard to rule or standard < stringent decontamination procedures > 3.&#8230; …

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  • 37Cato the Elder — Marcus Porcius Cato Maior, Cato the Elder Marcus Porcius Cato[1] (234 BC, Tusculum – 149 BC) was a Roman statesman, commonly referred to as Censorius (the Censor), Sapiens (the Wise), Priscus (the Ancient), or Major, Cato the El …

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  • 38Two phase locking — In databases and transaction processing, two phase locking, (2PL) is a concurrency control locking protocol, mechanism, that guarantees serializability. It is also the name of the resulting class (set) of transaction schedules. Using locks that&#8230; …

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  • 39Strict programming language — A strict programming language is one in which only strict functions (functions whose parameters must be evaluated completely before they may be called) may be defined by the user. A non strict programming language allows the user to define non&#8230; …

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  • 40Schedule (computer science) — In the fields of databases and transaction processing (transaction management), a schedule (also called history) of a system is an abstract model to describe execution of transactions running in the system. Often it is a list of operations&#8230; …

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