UW, COSC 2300: Note #1
Department of Computer Science
University of Wyoming
COSC 2300:
Fall 2007
Note #1
In the first lecture we discussed what it means to be discrete.
WWWebster Dictonary gives the following defintion.
Main Entry: dis·crete
Pronunciation: dis-'krEt, 'dis-"
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin discretus
Date: 14th century
1 : constituting a separate entity : individually distinct
2 a : consisting of distinct or unconnected elements : NONCONTINUOUS b : taking on or having a finite or countably infinite number of values <discrete probabilities> <a discrete random variable>
synonym see DISTINCT
- dis·crete·ly adverb
- dis·crete·ness noun