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Such seasonal hours, also known as temporal hours or unequal hours, varied by season and latitude. Equal hours or equinoctial hours were taken as 1 ⁄ 24 of the day as measured from noon to noon; the minor seasonal variations of this unit were eventually smoothed by making it 1 ⁄ 24 of the mean solar day .
For successfully completed studies, ECTS credits are awarded. One academic year corresponds to 60 ECTS credits that are normally equivalent to 1500–1800 hours of total workload, irrespective of standard or qualification type. [citation needed] ECTS credits are used to facilitate transfer and progression throughout the Union.
Power-on hours (POH) is the length of time, usually in hours, [1] that electrical power is applied to a device.. A part of the S.M.A.R.T. attributes (originally known as IntelliSafe, before its introduction to the public domain on 12 May 1995, by the computer hardware and software company Compaq), [2]
Many minicomputer performance claims were based on the Fortran version of the Whetstone benchmark, giving Millions of Whetstone Instructions Per Second (MWIPS). The VAX 11/780 with FPA (1977) runs at 1.02 MWIPS.
2.5, 2½ or two and a half may refer to: . Technology. Version 2.5 or v2.5, a designation used in software versioning; 2.5D, or 3/4 perspective and pseudo-3D, an attempt to render 3-dimensional images in 2-dimensions
The Student Hour is approximately 12 hours of class or contact time, approximately 1/10 of the Carnegie Unit (as explained below). As it is used today, a Student Hour is the equivalent of one hour (50 minutes) of lecture time for a single student per week over the course of a semester, usually 14 to 16 weeks.
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When total time spent on food acquisition, processing, and cooking was added together, the estimate per week was 44.5 hours for men and 40.1 hours for women, but Lee added that this is still less than the total hours spent on work and housework in many modern Western households.