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Notational bias is a form of cultural bias that is incurred when the available notation to describe something introduces a bias in our ability to approach it. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Cultural bias is the phenomenon of interpreting and judging phenomena by standards inherent to ones own culture. ... The term notation can be used in several contexts. ...
An example of this is the standard notation in Western sheet music, which offers limited ability to describe the melodies of the musical systems of various other cultures. A similar example are questionnaires with precoded responses, omitting potentially more appropriate responses. Sheet music is written representation of music. ...
Computer programming languages provide another example. Each programming language provides a notation which can introduce a bias in how problem solving is approached. For example, if a programming language makes it easy to notate a hash table then hash tables will likely feature in the programmer's mental articulation of the problem. A programming language is an artificial language that can be used to control the behavior of a machine, particularly a computer. ... The term notation can be used in several contexts. ... In computer science, a hash table is a data structure that speeds up searching for information by a particular aspect of that information, called a key. ...
Cultural bias is the phenomenon of interpreting and judging phenomena by standards inherent to ones own culture. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In linguistics, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (SWH) states that there is a systematic relationship between the grammatical categories of the language a person speaks and how that person both understands the world and behaves in it. ...
A bias is a prejudice in a general or specific sense, usually in the sense for having a predilection to one particular point of view or ideology.
For example, a bias voltage is applied to a transistor in an electronic amplifier to allow the transistor to operate in a particular region of its transconductance curve.
Bias is used in direct broadcast satellites such as DirecTV and Dish Network, the IRD box actually powers the feedhorn or LNB receiver mounted on the dish arm.
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