NBS Special Publication, Issues 406-407U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 |
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AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL American Petroleum Institute ANMC application areas Bureau of Standards COM-215 SPECIAL FOURTH-CLASS COMMERCE COM-215 SPECIAL committee Computer Performance Evaluation computer science computer system performance computer-hardware Conference on Weights consumer cost CPU activity cubic inches DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE discussed end-user equipment example Federal FEES PAID U.S. Figure formance FOURTH-CLASS RATE U.S.MAIL Gary Carlson gasoline grams hardware monitors industry installation measurement and evaluation measures officials ment metric conversion metric system Metrology models National Bureau National Conference Office OIML operating system organization overhead package Packaging and Labeling PAID U.S. DEPARTMENT percent performance analysis performance measurement POSTAGE AND FEES problems puter recommendations retail scale Section software monitors SPECIAL FOURTH-CLASS RATE specific subsystem technical techniques temperature throughput tion Toledo Scale units variability Veeder-Root Weights and Measures WOLLIN workload Workshop
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Page 87 - Papers of interest primarily to scientists working in these fields. This section covers a broad range of physical and chemical research, with major emphasis on standards of physical measurement, fundamental constants, and properties of matter. Issued six times a year. Annual subscription: Domestic, $9.50; foreign, $11.75*.