Water-pipe
problem Consider a network of water pipes to be
inspected. Is it possible to pass a hand over each pipe
exactly once without lifting it from a pipe, and without
going over the same pipe more than once?
Webster's
apportionment plan An apportionment plan in which
the representation of a geographical area is determined
by finding the quotient of the number of people in that
area divided by the total number of people and then the
result is rounded as follows: Any quotient with a decimal
portion must be rounded to the nearest whole number.
Weight In everyday
usage, the heaviness of an object. In scientific usage,
the gravitational pull on a body.
Weighted Graph
A graph for which all its edges have weight.
Weighted mean
Well-defined
set A set for which there is no doubt about whether
a particular element is included in the given set.
Whole numbers
The positive integers and zero: W = {0, 1, 2, 3, ... }
Windows A graphical environment
for IBM format computers.
With replacement
If there is more than one step for an experiment, to perform
the experiment with replacement means that the object chosen
on the first step is replaced before the next steps are
completed.
Without replacement
If there is more than one step for an experiment, to perform
the experiment without replacement means that the object
chosen on the first step is not replaced before the next
steps are completed.
Word processing
The process of creating, modifying, deleting, and formatting
textual materials.
World Wide Web
A network that connects together computers from all over
the world. It is abbreviated by www.
WYSIWYG An acronym
for What You See Is What You Get.
