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NORMAL FORM

Crosswords: NORMAL FORM

English words defined with "NORMAL FORM": decompressionHeterology, Heterotaxy. (references)
Specialty definitions using "NORMAL FORM": 1 NFBackus Normal Form, Backus-Naur Form, BNFcall-by-name, Church-Rosser Theorem, Codd's First Normal Form, Computational Adequacy Theorem, Conjunctive Normal Formdatabase normalisation, Disjunctive Normal Form, DNFfifth normal form, first normal form, fourth normal formgraph reductionhead normal form, head normalisation theoremname capture, NRZ/MRNF, Root Normal Formsecond normal formthird normal formWeak Head Normal Form, WHNF. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Normal form

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The term normal form is used in a variety of contexts:

In Boolean algebra:

In relational database theory see Database normalization for all four.

In linear algebra:

To transform something into a normal form is often called normalization.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Normal form."

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Specialty Definition: NORMAL FORM

DomainDefinition

Computing

Normal form 1. In reduction systems, the state of a term which contains no reducible expressions. Variants include head normal form, weak head normal form. 2. See database normalisation. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

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Non-Fiction Usage: NORMAL FORM

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The function of the normal form of huntingtin is not yet known. (references)

Prion proteins occur in both a normal form, which is a harmless protein found in the body's cells, and in an infectious form, which causes disease. (references)

It is the presence of this abnormal form, and not the absence of the normal form, that causes harm in HD. This explains why the disease is dominant and why two copies of the defective geneone from both the mother and the fatherdo not cause a more serious case than inheritance from only one parent. (references)

Travel

Romania

Shaking hands is the normal form of greeting, and normal courtesies are observed when visiting people's homes. (references)

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Expressions: NORMAL FORM

Expressions using "NORMAL FORM": backus Normal Form Codd's First Normal Form conjunctive normal form disjunctive Normal Form fifth normal form first normal form fourth normal form head normal form root Normal Form second normal form third normal form weak Head Normal Form. Additional references.

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Modern Translation: NORMAL FORM

Language Translations for "NORMAL FORM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

klausulform (clause form, conjunctive normal form), første normalform (first normal form), Backus-Naur form (backus normal form, backus-naur form). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

eerste normaalvorm (first normal form), conjunctieve normaalvorm (clause form, conjunctive normal form), clause-vorm (clause form, conjunctive normal form), Backus-naur formule (backus normal form, backus-naur form). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lausemuoto (clause form, conjunctive normal form), ensimmäinen normaalimuoto (first normal form), Backus-Naurin normaalimuoto (backus normal form, backus-naur form), Backus-Naur form (backus normal form, backus-naur form). (various references)

   

French

  

première forme normale (first normal form), grammaire libre de contexte (Backus normal form), grammaire hors contexte (Backus normal form), forme normale conjonctive (conjunctive normal form), forme de clauses (conjunctive normal form), forme conjonctive normalisée (conjunctive normal form), forme clausale (conjunctive normal form), BNF (backus normal form), 1 FN,1 NF (first normal form). (various references)

   

German

  

kontextunabhängige Grammatik (Backus normal form, CF grammar, context-free grammar, immediate constituent grammar), Kontextfreie Grammatik (Backus normal form, CF grammar, context-free grammar, immediate constituent grammar), konjunktive Normalform (clause form, conjunctive normal form), Klauselform (clause form, conjunctive normal form), erste Normalform (first normal form), BNF (backus normal form, backus-naur form), Backus-Naur-Form (backus normal form, backus-naur form). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συζευκτική κανονική μορφή (clause form, conjunctive normal form), μορφή (carping, figure, form, look, obloquy, rap, shape), πρώτη κανονική μορφή (first normal form), 1 NF (first normal form). (various references)

   

Italian

  

notazione di Backus (backus normal form, backus-naur form), rappresentazione normale di Backus (backus normal form, backus-naur form), prima forma normale (first normal form), forma normale di Backus (backus normal form, backus-naur form), forma normale congiuntiva (clause form, conjunctive normal form), forma a clausole (clause form, conjunctive normal form), 1NF (first normal form). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ormalnay ormfay

   

Portuguese

  

primeira forma normal (first normal form), forma de cláusula (clause form, conjunctive normal form), forma conjuntiva normalizada (clause form, conjunctive normal form), BNF (backus normal form, backus-naur form). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

notación normal de Backus (backus normal form, backus-naur form), notación de Backus-Naur (backus normal form, backus-naur form), primera forma normal (first normal form), forma normal conjuntiva (clause form, conjunctive normal form), forma de cláusulas (clause form, conjunctive normal form), forma clausular (clause form, conjunctive normal form), BNF (backus normal form, backus-naur form). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kontextfri frasstrukturgrammatik (Backus normal form, CF grammar, context-free grammar, immediate constituent grammar), konjunktiv normalform (clause form, conjunctive normal form), första normalform (first normal form), Backus-Naur formel (backus normal form, backus-naur form), 1NF (first normal form). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: NORMAL FORM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-l-m-m-n-o-o-r-r"

-3 letters: forlorn.

-4 letters: ammono, formal, formol, maroon, marron, normal, romano.

-5 letters: aloof, armor, floor, flora, foram, loofa, loran, manor, molar, moola, moral, moron, morro, roman.

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Alternative Orthography: NORMAL FORM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 4F 52 4D 41 4C      46 4F 52 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01001111 01010010 01001101 01000001 01001100 00100000 01000110 01001111 01010010 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#79 &#82 &#77 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#70 &#79 &#82 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 004F 0052 004D 0041 004C      0046 004F 0052 004D

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

484952473546240495247

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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