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erlangs

erlangs is the plural of erlang.

Meaning of erlang

Noun

erlang (plural erlangs)

  1. A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel.
    • One erlang (1 Erl) is defined as the amount of traffic generated by the user when he or she uses one traffic channel for one hour (this one hour is usually the busy hour of the network).2004, Ajay R. Mishra, Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 42
    Synonyms:
    E, Erl

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Questions about erlangs

What is erlangs the plural of?
Erlangs is the plural of erlang.

Words near erlangs in the dictionary

  1. Erlandsons
  2. erlang
  3. Erlanger
  4. Erlanger's gazelle
  5. Erlanger's gazelles
  6. erlangs
  7. Erlanson
  8. Erlbaum
  9. Erle
  10. Erlen
  11. Erlenbach im Simmental

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