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To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org>
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From: Warner Losh <imp@rover.village.org>
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In message <199708161005.MAA02831@desk.jhs.no_domain> "Julian H. Stacey" writes:
: What does "3-sigma" mean in English ?
: (I'm English not American, perhaps others were puzzled too ?)

Three standard deviations away from the average.  Generally used to
connote being on the cutting edge.  << 1% of the sample space is 3
sigma away from the average.

Warner