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  2. Wi-Fi hotspot - Wikipedia

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    The public can use a laptop or other suitable portable device to access the wireless connection (usually Wi-Fi) provided.The iPass 2014 interactive map, that shows data provided by the analysts Maravedis Rethink, shows that in December 2014 there are 46,000,000 hotspots worldwide and more than 22,000,000 roamable hotspots.

  3. Crime hotspots - Wikipedia

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    These two numbers then create a ratio that compares the observed incidents to the random incidents that is called the nearest neighbor index. Eck et al. (2005) further explain that if the results generated are less than 1.0 the crime incident data are considered clustered. If the results are equal to 1.0, the crime incident data are randomly ...

  4. Mobile phone signal - Wikipedia

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    A dropped call is a common term used and expressed by wireless mobile phone call subscribers when a call is abruptly cut-off (disconnected) during midconversation. This happens less often today than it would have in the early 1990s.

  5. Data dredging - Wikipedia

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    A hypothesis, biased by data dredging, could then be "people born on August 7 have a much higher chance of switching minors more than twice in college." The data itself taken out of context might be seen as strongly supporting that correlation, since no one with a different birthday had switched minors three times in college.

  6. Bandwidth throttling - Wikipedia

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    Limiting the speed of data sent by a data originator (a client computer or a server computer) is much more efficient than limiting the speed in an intermediate network device between client and server because while in the first case usually no network packets are lost, in the second case network packets can be lost / discarded whenever ingoing data speed overcomes the bandwidth limit or the ...

  7. Mass surveillance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Created in 2001 following the anthrax attacks that killed five people, it is a sweeping expansion of a 100-year-old program called "mail cover" which targets people suspected of crimes. Together, the two programs show that postal mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny that the National Security Agency gives to telephone calls, e-mail, and ...

  8. Psychological effects of Internet use - Wikipedia

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    From 53,573 page views taken from various users, 17% of the views lasted less than 4 seconds while 4% lasted more than 10 minutes. In regards to page content, users will only read 49% of a site that contains 111 words or fewer while users will opt to read 28% of an average website (approximately 593 words).

  9. Data collection - Wikipedia

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    Data collection and validation consist of four steps when it involves taking a census and seven steps when it involves sampling. [3] A formal data collection process is necessary, as it ensures that the data gathered are both defined and accurate. This way, subsequent decisions based on arguments embodied in the findings are made using valid ...