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$ASCII (SAS word)
Format. ASCII text.
Informat. ASCII text.
$BIDI (SAS word)
[bidirectional]
Format. Visual orientation for a...
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A (SAS word)
Color. Alias for GRAY.
Line command.
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AATRANS (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Linear least squares optimized for sparse data.
abend
(ab end', ab' end) v.i.
(of a program) to end at a point other than the designed end of the program because of an error, insufficient resources, etc.; to end abnormally.
abort
(u bort') v.t.&i.
to interrupt and stop an executing program or process.
ABORT (SAS word)
Data step statement.
ABS (SAS word)
Function. Absolute value.
access
(ak' ses) v.t.
1. to retrieve, store, or change (the data of a file, volume, device, object, etc.).
n.
2. the ability to access data.
3. the process of accessing data.
4. permission to...
ACECLUS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Cluster shapes.
across variable
REPORT procedure. n.
a variable whose values form groups of observations for analysis, with each group appearing in a separate column in the report.
action
(ak' shun) n.
1. something done or performed; a movement or change that follows an intention or decision.
2. a change in the value or state of an object in a computer program, as indicated...
activate
(ak' tiv At') v.t.
to make active.
active
(ak' tiv) adj.
(of a window, menu, etc.) currently interacting with the user. The active window is displayed in front of other windows and responds to user actions such as typing, function...
AF (SAS word)
Command.
AF application
(A' ef' ap' li kA' shun) n.
a program constructed as a set of AF entries. AF applications are created with SAS/AF and executed with the AF command in base SAS....
AFR (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Afrikaans.
AGE (SAS word)
Statement in DATASETS procedure.
agile
(a' jul, a' jIl) adj.
able to change directions quickly; responding easily to unexpected events.
agility (u jil' i tE), n.
AI
artificial intelligence.
AIRY (SAS word)
Function.
AIX
(A' I' eks') n.
a Unix operating system published by IBM.
alert
(u lurt') n.
a dialog box that a program displays to inform the user of an unusual or potentially destructive condition.
algorithm
(al' gu ri thm) n.
a sequence of actions for completing a specifically defined task.
alias
(A' li us) n.
1. an alternate name for an object.
v.
2. to make an image appear jagged and render distorted shapes, especially along diagonal parts of curves, by assigning the color of each...
_ALL_ (SAS word)
Abbreviated list.
ALLCOMB (SAS word)
CALL routine. Function. Combinations.
ALLCOMBI (SAS word)
CALL routine. Index combinations.
ALLELE (SAS word)
SAS/Genetics. Procedure.
ALLPERM (SAS word)
CALL routine. Function. Permutations.
alphabet
(al' fu bet) n.
1. a complete set of letters arranged in a standard sequence.
2. the set of letters used to form the words of a language or writing system.
The uppercase Roman alphabet...
alphabetic
(al fu bet' ik) adj.
forming a value using only letters, or only letters and spaces.
alphabetical
(al fu bet' ik ul) adj.
in order according to the sequence of letters in the alphabet. For example, the entries of a dictionary are arranged in alphabetical order.
alphabetically, adv.
alphabetize
(al' fu bu tIz) v.t.
to arrange in alphabetical order; sort alphabetically.
alter
(a^l' tur) v.t.
1. to change some details of; revise.
2. to access (an existing file) in a way that changes its structure, identifying information, or metadata.
Compare modify.
ALTER (SAS...
ALTLOG (SAS word)
System option. Copy of log.
ALTPRINT (SAS word)
System option. Copy of standard print file.
ampersand
(am' pur sand) n.
the character &, used as the prefix of a macro variable reference.
analysis variable
Proc steps. n.
one of the primary set of input variables. Analysis variables are listed in the VAR statement of a proc step and are often used to calculate statistics.
anchor
(angk' u^r) HTML. n.
a marked point or section of a web page that can be used as the target of a link.
AND (SAS word)
Operator.
Also see BETWEEN, SAME AND.
angle
(ang' gul) n.
1. the relative difference in direction between two intersecting lines.
2. a measure of the direction of a line when compared to a horizontal axis or other reference line.
ANGLE...
annotate
adj.
using SAS/GRAPH drawing actions to define a graphic, especially as a way to enhance a graphic created in a SAS/GRAPH procedure.
annotate dataset
n.
a SAS dataset containing a sequence...
ANOM (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Analysis of means charts.
anova
(u nO' vu, a-) Statistics. n.
analysis of variance: a statistical technique used in cause-and-effect models to identify significant causes among a set of possible causes. Also, ANOVA.
ANOVA...
anti-alias
v. (ant' I A' li us)
to make an image smoother and render shapes more accurately by including pixels of intermediate colors at edges, especially along diagonal parts of curves. Compare...
ANYALNUM (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYALPHA (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYCNTRL (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYDIGIT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYDTDTE (SAS word)
Informat. Variously formatted time data interpreted as SAS date.
ANYDTDTM (SAS word)
Informat. Variously formatted time data interpreted as SAS datetime.
ANYDTTME (SAS word)
Informat. Variously formatted time data interpreted as SAS time.
ANYFIRST (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYGRAPH (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYLOWER (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYNAME (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYPRINT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYPUNCT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYSPACE (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYUPPER (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
ANYXDIGIT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
API
[application programming interface] n.
a documented set of function calls for use in application programming to accomplish tasks related to a certain kind of object, device, process, etc.
Also,...
apostrophe
(u pos' tru fE') n.
the character ', used in SAS as a single quote and in natural language to form contractions and possessives.
append
(u pend') v.t.&i.
1. to add objects or data to the end of a composite object.
2. to add characters to the end of a character variable or value.
3. to add records, fields, or characters...
Apple
(ap' l) n.
a computer manufacturer based in Cupertino, California, makers of Macintosh computers and the Mac operating system.
AppleScript
(ap' l skript') n.
a scripting language designed by Apple to communicate with applications in the Mac operating system.
APPLETLOC (SAS word)
System option.
application
(ap' li kA' shun) n.
1. a specific area of use for a technology.
2. a program that provides its own primary sequence of execution, as distinguished from a program that derives its...
applications program
(ap' li kA' shunz prO' gram) n.
1. a program that a user executes to accomplish a task. Also, application program. Compare systems program.
2. application (def....
ARCOS (SAS word)
Function. Arc cosine.
ARCOSH (SAS word)
Function. Hyperbolic arc cosine.
argument
(a:r' gU ment') n.
1. a value provided to a routine, such as function, format, etc., by the program that calls the routine. Arguments to functions and CALL routines are listed, separated...
ARIMA (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Autoregressive moving average.
arithmetic
(u rith' mu tik) n.
1. the use of simple mathematical operators such as addition and division with real numbers.
(a^r' ith met' ik) adj.
2. used in or resulting from arithmetic.
array
(u rA') n.
1. a named list of variables in a data step or SCL program. An array is defined in the ARRAY statement.
2. in most programming languages, a list of like objects from which...
arrow key
n.
cursor key.
ARSIN (SAS word)
Function. Arc sine.
ARSINH (SAS word)
Function. Hyperbolic arc sine.
ARTANH (SAS word)
Function. Hyperbolic arc tangent.
artificial intelligence
n.
intelligence as a quality of or used in the operation of a program.
Abbr. AI
While large companies have been tinkering with artificial intelligence to predict shopping...
AS (SAS word)
SQL keyword. Name or alias.
ASCII
(as' ki) [American Standard Code for Information Interchange] n.
1. the standard character encoding used on most computers and in most communication between computers. The ASCII character set...
ASP
(A' es' pE') n.
application service provider.
assemble
(u sem' bl) v.t.
1. to combine or connect the parts of.
2. to convert a program written in assembly language to machine language.
assembly, n.
assembler
(u sem' blur) n.
1. a program that converts assembly language to machine language.
2. assembly language.
assembly
See assemble.
assembly language
(u sem' bli lang' gwij) n.
a programming language that uses words and arguments to represent the individual instructions of a machine language.
assign
(u sIn') v.t.
1. to change the value of a variable to (a particular value).
2. to associate a specific object or person with a specific place, node, role, task, etc. in a model, system, or...
assignment
(u sIn' mint) n.
the action or process of assigning.
assignment statement
(u sIn' mint stAt' mint) n.
A statement that assigns a value to a variable. An assignment statement is written...
assume
(u sOOm') v.t.
to treat facts, not known with certainty or not completely accurate, as true in order to create an abstract model or for the purposes of an analysis or plan.
assumption (u...
asterisk
(as' tur isk) n.
the character *, used to indicate multiplication, crossing, repetition, wild card characters, all possible values, etc.
asymmetric
(A' si me' trik) n.
lacking symmetry.
(A' sim' e trE') n.
1. an absence of symmetry.
2. a specific feature that makes an object or shape lack symmetry.
ASYNCHIO (SAS word)
System option.
asynchronous
(A' sing' kru nus) adj.
not synchronous; proceeding without reference to other events occurring at the same time.
at-sign
(at' sIn) n.
the character @ , used in column pointer controls.
ATAN (SAS word)
Function. Arc tangent.
ATAN2 (SAS word)
Function. Relative arc tangent.
ATM
1. asynchronous transfer mode.
2. Adobe Type Manager.
3. automatic teller machine; automated teller machine.
ATTRC
Function. Variable attribute.
ATTRIB (SAS word)
Data/proc step statement. Attributes of a variable.
attribute
(a' tri bUt') n.
1. a property of an object that indicates a quality of the data that the object contains.
2. a fixed quality of a variable, as its name, type, length, informat, format,...
ATTRN (SAS word)
Function. Variable attribute.
audit file
(a^' dit fIl') n.
a special SAS data file that records changes to observations of a SAS data file.
audit trail
(a^' dit trAl') n.
1. a sequential record of actions on data that are...
AUTHID (SAS word)
Dataset option. SAS/ACCESS. SQL table qualifier.
AUTOADD (SAS word)
Command.
AUTOCOMMIT (SAS word)
Dataset option. SAS/ACCESS. Commit changes immediately.
autoexec
(a^ tO eg zek') adj.
executing automatically as part of an initialization process.
AUTOEXEC (SAS word)
System option. The autoexec file.
autoexec file
n.
a SAS program file that executes...
AUTOFLOW (SAS word)
Command.
automate
(a^' tu mAt') v.t.&i.
to set up to execute automatically, so that a process can occur without the effort or attention of a person.
automation, n.
automatic
(a^ tu mat' ik) adj.
1. happening without any specific action by a person, as an action or effect of an automated process.
2. happening by default in the execution of a program, without...
AUTOREG (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Autoregression error model.
AUTOSIGNON (SAS word)
SAS/CONNECT. System option.
AUTOSPLIT (SAS word)
Command.
AUTOWRAP (SAS word)
Command.
AVG (SAS word)
[average]
SQL. Statistic. Alias for MEAN.
AWS
application workspace.
axis
(aks' is) n., pl. axes (aks' Ez)
a reference line along a dimension of a graph, usually marked with measurements of the dimension.
AXIS (SAS word)
SAS/Graph. Global statement.
B (SAS word)
Color. Alias for BLUE.
Line command.
Suffix for bit mask constant.
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background
(bak' ground) adj.
1. without any direct, simultaneous interaction with the user.
2. displayed in the parts of a window, screen, etc., not occupied by other objects.
n.
3. the color or...
backslash
(bak' slash) n.
the character \, used to separate directory
levels in the MS-DOS file system.
backward
(bak' wurd) adj.
1. toward or in reference to something earlier.
2. backward compatible. compatible with something earlier or older.
also, backwards.
BACKWARD (SAS word)
Command. Scroll...
bad
(bad') adj.
failing to meet a specific requirement; rejected by a sampling criterion or a data cleaning process.
Compare good.
BAND (SAS word)
Function. Bitwise AND.
bang
(bang') Slang. n.
exclamation point.
bar
(ba:r) n.
a rectangle used to indicate extent in one dimension, as part of a graph.
BAR (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
base
(bAs') n.
1. a number used as a point of reference in measuring or determining the magnitude of numbers, as in logarithms, exponentiation, number systems, floating point values, etc.
2. the...
batch
(bach') adj.
1. executing without user interaction.
2. of a SAS program, running as a separate SAS session, separate from the SAS interactive environment.
n.
3. a set of objects collected...
BEST (SAS word)
Format.
Informat. Alias for F.
BETA (SAS word)
Function. Distribution function of the beta distribution.
BETAINV (SAS word)
Function. Inverse distribution function of the beta distribution.
BETWEEN (SAS word)
WHERE operator.
BFIND (SAS word)
Command.
_BLANKPAGE_ (SAS word)
Pointer control. Start new page.
BMDP (SAS word)
Procedure. z/OS.
BNOT (SAS word)
Function. Bitwise NOT.
body
(bod' E) n.
the main part of a markup file, containing the content of the document.
BOM
byte order mark.
BOM (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Bill of materials, tree analysis.
Boolean
(bOO' li en) adj.
treating problems of logic mathematically, using 1 to represent true and 0 to represent false.
boot
(bOOt') v.
1. to initialize a computer or other device with the program that runs automatically when power is supplied.
adj.
2. having to do with the sequence of actions that a computer takes...
BOR (SAS word)
Function. Bitwise OR.
BOTTOM (SAS word)
Command. Scroll to the bottom.
BOTTOMMARGIN (SAS word)
System option. ODS Printing.
BOUNDS (SAS word)
Command. Show text boundaries.
box
(boks') n.
1. a rigid oblong container.
2. a rectangle used to contain or mark off a figure, table, legend, or other text or graphics in a page or display.
3. Informal. a. a computer,...
BOXPLOT (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Box plots.
brace
(brAs') n.
either of the characters { (left brace) or } (right brace), used to enclose array subscripts and dimensions.
bracket
(brak' it) n.
either of the ASCII characters [ (left bracket) or ] (right bracket), used to enclose format and informat references in the FORMAT procedure.
branch
(branch') v.i.
1. to cause execution to continue at another place in a program, or conditionally at one of several places.
2. Networks. to choose a path at a node.
n.
3. an instance of...
BROWN (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, N.
BRSHIFT (SAS word)
Function. Shift bits right.
BSD
[Berkeley Software Distribution] n.
a portable operating system developed at the University of California at Berkeley between 1979 and 1994, eventually with published source code, and various...
BTO
build to order; built to order.
BTRIM (SAS word)
SQL function.
bubble sort
(bub' l so^rt') n.
a simple sort algorithm in which consecutive pairs of objects are compared and exchanged if they are found to be out of sequence.
buffer
(buf' ur) n.
1. a block of memory used to hold the active part of the data of a file,
communications link, etc. The use of a buffer may allow smoother or more
efficient transfer of...
BUFNO (SAS word)
System option.
Dataset option.
BUFSIZE (SAS word)
System option.
Dataset option.
bug
(bug') n.
a behavior of a program that differs from the program's intended or documented behavior.
buggy, adj.
build
(bild') v.t.
1. to create from parts; assemble.
2. to create a complete executable file from source code through a process that includes compiling, linking, and often other actions.
n.
3. a...
BULKLOAD (SAS word)
Dataset option. SAS/ACCESS. Bulk load, the fastest way to add multiple rows to a database table.
bullet
(bu^l' it) n.
a character shown as a small solid centered circle, often written before items in a list.
bulleted list, n.
button
(but' n) n.
1. a simple mechanical control device that is operated by pressing.
2. a simple graphical control that is operated by clicking. A button may represent an action or an option.
BXOR (SAS word)
Function. Bitwise exclusive OR.
BY (SAS word)
Data/proc step statement.
Keyword in DO statement.
BY group
(bI' grOOp) n.
consecutive observations from an input SAS dataset having the same values for BY variables.
BY variable
(bI'...
BYE (SAS word)
Command. Ends the SAS session.
BYERR (SAS word)
System option.
BYLINE (SAS word)
System option.
BYSORTED (SAS word)
System option. Checks for sort order of BY groups.
byte
(bIt') n.
1. a quantity of information equal to 8 bits.
2. a unit of information consisting of or containing 8 bits.
3. an 8-bit value considered as a whole number between 0 and 255.
Abbr....
BZ (SAS word)
[blank zero]
Informat.
C
(sE') n.
a programming language, characterized by concise syntax, portability, efficiency, and the capacity for both low-level and high-level programming. C has been the predominant...
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calendar
(kal' en dur) n.
1. a document that shows days and events.
2. a system by which days are named and numbered and longer units of time are defined, such as the Gregorian calendar.
CALENDAR...
CALIS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Structural models.
call
(ka:l') v.t.
1. to cause (a function, routine, macro, or other program unit) to execute.
n.
2. an instance of calling.
CALL (SAS word)
Data step statement. Executes a CALL routine.
CALL...
CAN (SAS word)
Command. Alias for CANCEL.
CANCEL (SAS word)
Command. Close a window without applying changes.
Alias, CAN.
CANCORR (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Canonical correlation.
CANDISC (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Canonical discriminant analysis.
CAPABILITY (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Process control.
CAPS (SAS word)
System option.
Command.
CAPSOUT (SAS word)
System option. Z/OS.
CARDIMAGE (SAS word)
System option.
CARDS (SAS word)
Data step statement. Alias for DATALINES.
Fileref. Alias for DATALINES.
cascade
(kas kAd') v.t.&i.
to arrange windows so that part of each window's title bar is visible.
CASCADE (SAS word)
Command. Cascades open windows.
CASE
[computer assisted software engineering] (kAs') n.
a software development approach that uses specialized programs to generate program code in a general programming language, such as C, often...
CASECONTROL (SAS word)
SAS/Genetics. Procedure.
CAT (SAS word)
Function. String concatenation.
Language prefix for format or informat. Catalan.
Statement option. Command. Command option. Alias for CATALOG.
catalog
(kat' u log) n.
1. a SAS file that can contain various kinds of data objects (called entries).
2. a table managed by a file system that lists files and their locations on a storage...
cataloged procedure
n.
JCL. a JCL program that contains text parameters. Values are substituted for the parameters when the cataloged procedure is called.
CATAMS (SAS word)
Entry type. Text.
CATCACHE (SAS word)
System option.
categorical
(kat u go^r' ik ul) adj.
forming categories, or assigning an item to a category.
categorize
(kat' u gu^r Iz) v.t.
1. to form into categories.
2. to assign to a category.
category
(kat' u go^r' E) n.
a subset defined according to specified qualities of items; especially, one of a set of mutually exclusive subsets.
cathode ray tube
n.
a device that displays a moving picture by directing electrons through a vacuum tube to specific points on a luminescent screen. Also, cathode-ray tube. Abbr. CRT.
CATMOD (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Categorical modeling.
CATNAME (SAS word)
Global statement. Defines catrefs.
catref
(kat' ref) n.
a logical name for concatenated catalogs. Catrefs are defined in the CATNAME statement.
CATS (SAS word)
Function, CALL routine. String concatenation.
CATT (SAS word)
Function, CALL routine. String concatenation.
CATX (SAS word)
Function, CALL routine. String concatenation.
CD
(sE' dE') n.
an optical disk, usually 12 cm in diameter but sometimes smaller, that stores digital data in a format introduced by Sony and Phillips for recorded music c. 1980.
CD-R
(sE dE...
CDF (SAS word)
Function. Distribution function.
CEDA
Cross-Environment Data Access.
CEIL (SAS word)
Function. Round up.
CEILZ (SAS word)
Function.
cell
(sel') n.
the intersection of a row and a column in a table or grid.
CENTER (SAS word)
System option.
Alias: CENTRE.
centile
(sen' tIl) n.
1. percentile.
2. one of a set of approximate percentiles of the key of an index, stored with the index to optimize some kinds of index processing.
central tendency
Statistics. n.
the approximate or typical value found in a population.
century
(sen' chur i) n.
1. a period of 100 years.
2. the part of a year number that indicates the century.
CEXIST (SAS word)
Function.
CGM
[Computer Graphics Metafile]
a binary or text file format that describes text, geometric, and raster image objects that make up a two-dimensional graphic.
CHANGE (SAS word)
Command. Text replace.
Alias, C.
Suggestions
Recent changes
List all pages
How to edit pages?
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Site members
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_CHAR_ (SAS word)
Abbreviated list. Alias for _CHARACTER_.
character
(ka^r' uk tur) n.
1. a symbol that can be displayed or that has some special meaning in the structure of a file or data stream, usually represented as one byte.
2. a byte considered as a...
_CHARACTER_ (SAS word)
Abbreviated list. All available character variables.
CHARCODE (SAS word)
System option.
chart
(cha:rt') n.
1. a visual representation of data in which there is meaning in the relative positions or sizes of objects.
v.t.
2. to depict in a chart.
CHART (SAS word)
Procedure.
check
(chek') v.t.
1. to examine for the presence or absence of a particular quality; test.
2. to mark a check box; to turn on an option associated with a check box. Compare uncheck.
n.
3. a mark...
child
(chIld') n.
1. in a hierarchy, an object that is indirectly connected to the starting point of the hierarchy by means of its association with another object.
2. Object-oriented programming. a...
choice group
(chois' grOOp') n.
one or several fields in a program entry from which a value is derived to represent a user selection.
CHOOSEC (SAS word)
Function. Chooses a value from a list.
CHOOSEN (SAS word)
Function. Chooses a numeric value from a list.
CL (SAS word)
Line command. Lowercase.
class
(klas') n.
1. Object-oriented programming. a definition of a kind of object, including definitions of the data elements of the object and routines (called methods) that act on the object.
2....
CLEANUP (SAS word)
System option.
CLEAR (SAS word)
Command. Remove text.
Alias, CLE.
click
(klik') v.t.&i.
1. to select an object or indicate a location on the screen in a graphical user interface by momentarily pressing the button on the pointing device while the mouse pointer...
clickstream
(klik' strEm) n.
a sequential record of user actions, especially of links selected by the users of a web site, or a summary of this data.
Businesses are collecting reams of clickstream...
client
(klI' ent) n.
1. a program that makes use of the specialized capabilitiies of a server, especially such a program that interacts directly with a user.
2. a computer on which a client program...
CLIST
(sE' list) Z/OS. n.
a program written in the TSO command language.
close
(klOz') v.t.
to make (a file) closed.
Compare open.
CLOSE (SAS word)
Function.
closed
(klOzd') adj.
(of a file) not open; in a state that does not allow the specific contents of the file to be accessed.
Compare open.
CLP (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure.
cluster
(klus' tur) Statistics. n.
1. a subset of observations that have similar or nearby
values when compared to other observations.
v.i.
2. to form a cluster.
v.t.
3. to divide into clusters; to...
_CMD_ (SAS word)
Automatic variable. Command line text.
CNONCT (SAS word)
Function.
CNTL2TXT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
CNTLLEV (SAS word)
Dataset option. Control level.
COALESCE (SAS word)
Function. Selects the first nonmissing value from a list.
COALESCEC (SAS word)
Function. Selects the first nonblank value from a list.
code
(kOd') n.
1. a particular standard for representing information in symbols.
2. a set of symbols representing information in a particular code.
3. source code.
v.t.&i.
4. to write source...
collate
(ko^l' At) v.t.
sort.
COLLATE (SAS word)
System option.
Function.
collating sequence
n.
the sequence of characters by which character values are sorted or compared.
colon
(ko^l' un) n.
the character :, used to separate a statement label from the statement that follows it, to separate hours, minutes, and seconds in time values, and to indicate abbreviated...
color
(ku' lur) n.
1. a distinctive mix of light frequencies as perceived by human eyesight.
2. an indication of the proportions of colored light (usually of red, green, and blue) or pigments...
COLORPRINTING (SAS word)
System option.
column
n.
1. a vertical arrangements of objects.
2. a set of table cells that are aligned vertically in a table.
3. a character position counted from the beginning of a record.
4. the set of array...
COMAMID (SAS word)
System option. Communications access method.
COMAUX1 (SAS word)
System option. Auxiliary communications access method 1.
COMAUX2 (SAS word)
System option. Auxiliary communications access method 2.
COMB (SAS word)
Function. Combinations.
comma
(kom' u) n.
the character ,, used in SAS programs to separate expressions in lists.
COMMA (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
command
(ku mand') n.
text that tells a computer program to take a specific, immediate action, especially when typed by a user.
COMMAND (SAS word)
Command. Command line.
command language
(ku mand'...
comment
(kom' ent) n.
1. text written in a computer program that is marked not to be executed or otherwise condidered as part of the program. Comments usually contain descriptions of the program....
commercial software
n.
software sold or licensed by a software publisher for use by the general public.
commit
(ku mit') Database management. v.t.
1. to permanently store a change in the data of a database.
n.
2. the action by which a user or client directs a database to store a change permanently.
common
(kom' un) n.
1. usual; frequent.
2. shared; not different or separate; being a property or quality of multiple objects or people.
compact disk
(kom' pakt disk') n.
See CD.
Also, compact disc.
compare
(kum pa:r') v.t.
1. to check for equality or identity of two values.
2. to check for the degree or extent of similarity between two objects.
COMPARE (SAS word)
Procedure. Compare...
COMPBL (SAS word)
Function.
COMPCOST (SAS word)
CALL Routine.
COMPGED (SAS word)
Function.
compile
(kum pIl') v.t.
1. to convert a program written in a programming language to a form that can be executed.
v.i.
2. to convert successfully from source code to an executable form.
compiler,...
COMPLEV (SAS word)
Function.
COMPOUND (SAS word)
Function. Compound interest.
compress
(kum pres') v.t.
to apply a data transformation to reduce the stored size of (a file, etc.).
COMPRESS (SAS word)
Function. Character removal.
Dataset option. Observation-level compression...
compression
(kum pre' shun) v.t.
1. the process or result of compressing.
2. the amount of storage space saved by compressing.
COMPUTAB (SAS word)
//SAS/ETS. Procedure. //
compute
(kum pUt') v.t.
to determine as the result of a sequence of mathematical operations.
computation, n. computational, adj.
computed variable
n.
a variable whose values are created by programming statements.
computer
(kum pUt' ur) n.
an electronic device that works with digital data and executes programs, especially such a device that can interact with a user by means of a keyboard, display,...
concatenate
(kun kat' in At) v.t.
to combine that data of two or more like objects in sequence to form a new object of the same type.
concatenation, n.
condition
(kon di' shun) n.
1. a state; mode of being; circumstance.
2. an expression that represents a logical true or false value, especially when used in a control flow statement to determine...
conditional
(kon di' shun ul) n.
depending on a condition or conditions.
CONFIG (SAS word)
System option. Configuration file.
configuration file
n.
1. a file that indicates properties or options to use when a program starts up or creates an environment.
2. a file of system options to set at the beginning of a SAS session...
CONNECTREMOTE (SAS word)
System option.
CONNECTSTATUS (SAS word)
System option.
CONNECTWAIT (SAS word)
System option.
CONSOLELOG (SAS word)
System option.
constant
(kon' stunt) n.
1. a value written in a program, used by the program, and not changing in the course of executing the program.
2. a fixed value based on a definition of mathematics or...
constraint
(kun strAnt') n.
integrity constraint.
CONTAINS (SAS word)
WHERE operator.
CONTENTS (SAS word)
Procedure. Metadata of SAS dataset.
contextual menu
(kun teks' chOO ul men' U, kon-) n.
a popup menu associated with a specific displayed object, accessible when the mouse pointer is located on the object.
CONTINUE (SAS word)
Data step statement. Skip to next iteration of DO loop.
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control character
(kun tro^l' ka^r' uk tur) n.
a character in text data that is not displayed, but indicates something about the structure of the data.
control flow
(kun tro^l' flO') n.
the order...
CONVERT (SAS word)
Procedure.
CONVX (SAS word)
Function. Convexity.
CONVXP (SAS word)
Function. Convexity.
COPIES (SAS word)
System option.
COPY (SAS word)
Procedure. Copies libraries and SAS files.
Command. Opens and copies catalog entries.
CORR (SAS word)
Procedure.
CORRESP (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Correspondence analysis.
COS (SAS word)
Function. Cosine.
COSH (SAS word)
Function. Hyperbolic cosine.
COUNT (SAS word)
Function.
COUNTC (SAS word)
Function.
counter
(kount' ur) n.
a variable that counts the number of occurrences of something. A counter typically gets its value in a sum statement, such as:
COUNT + 1;
counting number
(kount' ing num' bur) n.
a number used in counting; positive integer; one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, etc.
COUNTREG (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Count data.
CPM (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Project management.
CPORT (SAS word)
Procedure.
CPU
n.
1. a computer, as distinct from its peripherals.
2. central processor.
CPUCOUNT (SAS word)
System option. The number of available central processors.
CPUID (SAS word)
System option.
crash
(krash') v.i.
1. to abruptly stop functioning as the result of an error or failure (applied especially to a computer component or program).
v.t.
2. to cause (a computer program) to...
CRM
[customer relationship management] n.
software to automate and manage interaction with customers that makes use of the known individual qualities of each customer.
CRO (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Croatian.
cross
(kros') v.t.
1. to combine every item in one set with every item in another set; for example, to combine every observation in one SAS dataset with every observation in another SAS...
crosstabulate
(kros' tab' U lAt) v.t.
to create a table that shows the results of crossing; especially, to create a table that shows a statistic for all combinations of two class variables.
Also,...
CRT
n.
1. cathode ray tube.
adj.
2. using a cathode ray tube.
CSS (SAS word)
Statistic. Corrected sum of squares.
Function. Corrected sum of squares.
CSY (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Czech.
CU (SAS word)
Line command. Uppercase.
CUMIPMT (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
CUMPRINC (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
cumulative distribution function
n.
distribution function.
CUROBS (SAS word)
Function.
cursor
(kur' sur) n.
an indication of the active character position on the screen in a line-mode or full-screen user interface, typically displayed as a box or underline, often blinking or in a...
CUSUM (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Cumulative sum control charts.
CV
Statistic. Percent coefficient of variation.
Function. Percent coefficient of variation.
CV2VIEW (SAS word)
SAS/ACCESS. Procedure.
CYAN (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, C.
D (SAS word)
Constant suffix. SAS date constant.
Line command.
Format.
Informat. Alias for F.
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DACCDB (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, declining balance method.
DACCDBSL (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, declining balance switching to straight line method.
DACCSL (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, straight line method.
DACCSYD (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, sum of years digits method.
DACCTAB (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, from table.
DAIRY (SAS word)
Function. The derivative of the airy function.
DAN (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Danish.
data
(dA' tu, da' tu) n.
factual information on a subject that has been converted to a symbolic or abstract form so that it can be considered separately from the objects that it measures or...
_DATA_ (SAS word)
Special SAS dataset name. Generated SAS dataset name in WORK library.
database
(dA' tu bAs, da'-) n.
a collection of data organized so that it can be used systematically, especially on a computer.
database management system
n.
a computer program for creating and...
DATALINES (SAS word)
Data step statement. Data lines.
dataset data vector
n.
a block of memory that contains the values of variables of the current observation of an open SAS dataset.
Abbr. DDV.
dataset ID
n.
an integer value that identifies an open...
DATASETS (SAS word)
Procedure. Manages SAS files.
DATASOURCE (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure.
DATASTMTCHK (SAS word)
System option. Restricts words used as names in DATA statement.
DATDIF (SAS word)
Function.
DATE (SAS word)
Function. The current date.
Format.
Informat.
System option.
DATEAMPM (SAS word)
Format.
DATEPART (SAS word)
Function.
DATETIME (SAS word)
Function. The current date and time of day.
Format.
Informat.
DAY (SAS word)
Function.
Format.
DB2
n.
a relational database management system published by IBM.
DB2EXT (SAS word)
SAS/ACCESS. Procedure.
DB2UTIL (SAS word)
SAS/ACCESS. Procedure.
dBASE
(de' bAs) n.
a database management system for desktop computers, the first to use the Xbase data format, published by InterBase Software Corporation.
DBCOMMIT (SAS word)
Dataset option. SAS/ACCESS. Commit frequency.
DBCS
n., adj.
double byte character set.
DBCSLANG (SAS word)
System option. DBCS language.
DBCSTAB (SAS word)
Procedure. Creates DBCS conversion tables.
Entry type. DBCS conversion table.
DBCSTYPE (SAS word)
System option. DBCS encoding.
DBF (SAS word)
Procedure. SAS/ACCESS.
DBLOAD (SAS word)
SAS/ACCESS. Procedure.
DBMS
n., adj.
database management system.
deactivate
(dE ak' tiv At') v.t.
to make inactive.
debug
(dE' bug') v.t.
to identify and remove bugs from.
debugging, n.
DEBUG (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
debugger
(dE' bug' ur) n.
an interactive program that allows a programmer to examine the values in a program while the program is executing.
decile
(des' Il) n.
Statistics. a quantile that divides a distribution into 10 parts.
decimal
(de' si mul) adj.
1. using a number system with a base of ten; writing numerals using the digits 0 through 9.
2. decimal place. a decimal digit that indicates a fractional part of a number,...
declaration
(dek lu rA' shun) n.
1. a statement that creates or defines objects in a program.
adj.
2. declarative.
declarative
(di kla^r' u tiv') adj.
serving to define or modify objects, but not corresponding to any action that takes place in the execution of a program.
DECLARE (SAS word)
Data step statement. Creates and initializes an object.
default
(dE' fa^lt, di fa^lt') n.
1. a setting, action, or decision that holds in the absence of an explicit decision, such as the value that an option has when it is not set in a program.
2. an...
degree
(du grE') n.
1. a small but observable amount of variation.
2. any of various small units of measurement.
3. a unit of arc equal to 1/360 of a complete circle.
delete
(dE lEt') v.t.
to remove from a file or storage device.
DELETE (SAS word)
Data step statement.
SQL statement.
Command. Deletes a catalog entry.
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aa
ab
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A
B
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delimited comment
n.
a comment enclosed between /* and */.
delimiter
(di lim' it ur) n.
a special character or control character that marks the boundary between two fields, words, tokens, etc.
delimit, v.t. delimited, adj.
DEPDB (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, declining balance method.
DEPDBSL (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, declining balance switching to straight line method.
DEPSL (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, straight line method.
DEPSYD (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, sum of years digits method.
DEPTAB (SAS word)
Function. Depreciation, from table.
DEQUOTE (SAS word)
Function.
DES (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Swiss_German.
DESCRIBE (SAS word)
Data step statement.
SQL statement.
deselect
(dE' su lekt') v.t.
to mark a previously selected object as inactive so that subsequent actions are not applied to it.
Antonym, select.
desktop
(desk' top) n.
1. in a GUI environment, an area in which the user can place and arrange icons that represent programs, files, or other objects.
2. a color, pattern, or picture used to mark...
DETAILS (SAS word)
System option.
DEU (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. German.
DEVIANCE (SAS word)
Function.
device
(di vIs') n.
1. something designed for a specific purpose or use.
2. a piece of equipment connected to a computer and controlled by software running on the computer.
DEVICE (SAS word)
System...
DHMS (SAS word)
Function.
diagram
(dI' u gram) n.
an abstract visual representation that shows the connections between objects.
v.t.
2. to depict in a diagram.
dialog
(dI' u log) n.
1. dialog box.
2. a user interface object that uses a dynamic resembling a conversation between the program and the user.
dialog box
(dI' u log boks') n.
a window that a...
dictionary
(dik' shun a^r i) n.
1. an ordered list of words and their meanings.
2. a lookup table in which it is possible to look up a name and retrieve one or several descriptive or categorical...
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DIF (SAS word)
Function.
DIGAMMA (SAS word)
Function. The derivative of the gamma function.
digit
(di' jit) n.
one of the characters or symbols that indicate magnitude in a numeral, especially these characters, used to write decimal numerals:
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
digit string
n.
a...
DIM (SAS word)
Function.
dimension
(di men' shun) n.
1. a position for a subscript in the definition of an array.
2. an independent direction within an object, such as the horizontal and vertical dimensions of a page.
3....
DINFO (SAS word)
Function.
DIR (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Library members.
direct access
n.
1. access of a stored object by the object's address.
adj.
2. allowing access by address.
directory
(di rek' tu ri) n.
a collection of computer files stored together, or the list of these files.
directory ID
n.
an integer value that identifies a directory. The DOPEN function opens a...
DISCRIM (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Discriminant criteria.
disk
(disk') n.
a storage device, flat and circular in shape, that contains data arranged in the shape of circles or a helix on one or both surfaces.
Also, disc.
DISK (SAS word)
Device.
dispersion
(di spur' zhun) Statistics. n.
the tendency of values in a population to be different from each other.
DISPLAY (SAS word)
Data step statement. Displays window.
Macro statement. Displays window.
Procedure.
Display Manager
n.
a part of the interactive environment of base SAS developed mainly in the...
DISTANCE (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Scores differences between observations.
distributed computing
n.
an application design approach that divides processing among many computers that are loosely coordinated, especially as a way to solve a computationally intensive problem.
distribution function
n.
the function that defines a probability distribution. For each value of a distribution, the value of the distribution function is the probability that a random variable...
distro
(dis' trO) n.
distribution.
DM (SAS word)
Global statement. Executes command.
DMOPTLOAD (SAS word)
Command. Loads system options.
DMOPTSAVE (SAS word)
Command. Stores system options.
DMR (SAS word)
System option.
DMS (SAS word)
System option.
DMSEXP (SAS word)
System option.
DO (SAS word)
Data step statement. Defines loops and blocks.
Macro statement. Defines loops and blocks in a macro.
DO block
n.
a block of statements starting with a DO statement and ending with an...
dock
(dok') v.t.
to attach (a window, pallette, etc.) to an edge of a window or screen.
DOCLOC (SAS word)
System option.
document
(dok' U ment) n.
1. a collection of information to be viewed or otherwise used by people, especially when stored as a computer file. also, document file.
v.t.
2. to write documentation...
documentation
(dok' U men tA' shun) n.
written information about the structure and use of a computer program, data file, etc. Documentation can be contained in comments in program files, in a...
DOLLAR (SAS word)
Format.
Informat. Alias for COMMA.
dollar sign
n.
the character $, used in SAS to indicate the character data type.
DOLLARX (SAS word)
Format.
Informat. Alias for COMMAX.
domain
n.
1. the range of values that can be accepted as an argument to a particular function.
2. Internet. a separate file address space, identified by an IP address or by a domain name, a...
DOPEN (SAS word)
Function.
DOPTNAME (SAS word)
Function.
DOPTNUM (SAS word)
Function.
dot
(dot') n.
1. a period used as a separator in a name.
2. pixel.
3. one of the small areas of color or ink that make up an image, as on a video screen or in a printed photograph.
double byte character set
n.
1. a character set in which some or all characters are encoded in two bytes.
adj.
2. using or allowing the use of such a character set.
Abbr. DBCS
double...
down
(doun') adj.
1. in the direction of gravity; toward the ground.
2. diminishing in magnitude.
3. moving toward the bottom of a page, document, screen, etc.
4. not operating effectively; not...
DOWNAME (SAS word)
Format. Name of the day of the week.
download
(doun' lOd) v.t.
1. to copy a file from one computer to another, especially from a server to a client or from a remote session to a local session.
n.
2. a file or data that is...
downtime
(doun' tIm') n.
1. a period of time when a device is down.
2. the fraction of time during which a device is down.
DQUOTE (SAS word)
SQL option. Treats quoted values as character values or variable names.
System option. Allows use of double quotes (mainly in SAS version 5).
DSGI
Data Step Graphics Interface.
DSINFO (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Z/OS. Dataset information.
DSN
[dataset name] Mainframe. n.
1. file name.
2. file.
DSNAME (SAS word)
Function.
DSNFERR (SAS word)
System option.
DT (SAS word)
Constant marker. Suffix for SAS datetime constants.
DTDATE (SAS word)
Format.
DTMONYY (SAS word)
Format.
DTREE (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Decision tree.
DTRESET (SAS word)
System option. Updates time in title lines.
DTWKDATX (SAS word)
Format.
DTYEAR (SAS word)
Format.
DTYYQC (SAS word)
Format.
DUMMY (SAS word)
Device.
dump
(dump') n.
1. a relatively unformatted report showing data values or the contents of a file or memory.
v.t.
2. to create a dump of.
DUPLEX (SAS word)
System option.
DUR (SAS word)
Function.
DURP (SAS word)
Function.
DVD
n.
a standard red-laser optical disk format, 12 centimeters in diameter, holding approximately 5 to 20 gigabytes of digital data, widely used for video and audio programs and computer data.
dynamic
(dI nam' ik) adj.
1. changing in response to events; not fixed.
2. forming an object in response to a request; incorporating elements of the request in the object provided.
Compare...
e
(E') n.
a mathematical number defined as a definite integral from 0 to 1 of 1 / t, approximately 2.718281828459045. e is the base of the exponential function and common logarithms.
e-
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edit
(ed' it) v.t.
1. to make changes in a file or document, especially refers to a person making changes directly.
2. to clean data; revise data to make it meet quality standards.
n.
3. a change...
editor
(ed' it ur) n.
1. a person who edits.
2. a program that allows a person to edit files.
EFFRATE (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
EIS
(E' I' es') [executive information system] n.
a custom software system for presenting information with a minimum of detail, providing successively higher levels of detail in specific areas when...
element
(el' u mint) n.
1. an object that belongs to a set.
2. a variable in an array.
3. a distinct data object.
4. a value in an SCL list.
ELSE (SAS word)
Data step statement. Alternative action.
Macro statement. Alternative action.
SQL operator. Keyword in SQL CASE operator.
em
(em') Typography. n.
a unit of width equal to the height of a font; in many traditional fonts, this is the width of a capital M.
em dash
(em' dash') n.
a long dash, approximately an em in...
email
See e-mail.
EMAIL (SAS word)
Device. SMTP.
EMAILDLG (SAS word)
System option.
EMAILHOST (SAS word)
System option.
EMAILID (SAS word)
System option.
EMAILPORT (SAS word)
System option.
EMAILPW (SAS word)
System option.
EMAILSYS (SAS word)
System option.
en
(en') Typography. n.
a unit of width equal to half the height of a font; half an em. In many traditional fonts, this is the width of a lowercase n.
en dash
(en' dash') n.
a dash approximately an...
ENCRYPT (SAS word)
Dataset option.
end
(end') v.i.
(of a program) to complete processing, release resources, and return control to the calling program: the normal conclusion of the execution of a program.
END (SAS word)
Data step...
ENDRSUBMIT (SAS word)
SAS/CONNECT. Global statement. End of remote submit.
ENDSAS (SAS word)
Global statement. Ends the SAS session.
Command. Ends the SAS session.
ENDSUBMIT (SAS word)
SCL statement. Marks the end of SAS or SQL statements.
engine
(en' jin) n.
1. a program that provides a set of basic services related to a particular kind of data structure or file type.
2. a routine that provides access to SAS files or SAS data...
enter
(en' tur) v.t.
1. to type a command, data value, etc., and then request that the computer program respond to it, by pressing the enter key or by some other means.
2. enter key. a key on a...
ENTROPY (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Generalized Maximum Entropy.
entry
(en' trE) n.
1. one of the objects stored in a catalog.
2. the listing of an object in any list of objects.
3. the recording of an event in a log, financial record, etc.
4. one of the...
environment variable
(en vI' run ment va^r' i u bul) n.
a variable with a text value maintained by the operating system for use by applications programs or scripts.
EQ (SAS word)
Operator. Alias for =.
equal
(E' kwul) adj.
1. having the same value.
2. being the same in size, quantity, or another quality.
equality (E kwa:l' i ti), n.
ERF (SAS word)
Function. The error function.
ERFC (SAS word)
Function. The complement of the error function.
error
n.
1. an instance in which a program fails to run or runs incorrectly because the program or its input data is incorrect.
2. the difference between a digital representation of a value and its...
_ERROR_ (SAS word)
Automatic variable. Error condition.
ERRORABEND (SAS word)
System option.
ERRORCHECK (SAS word)
System option.
ERRORS (SAS word)
System option.
escape key
n.
a key on a computer keyboard typically used to cancel an action or leave a mode.
ESP (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Spanish.
estimate
n. (e' sti mit)
1. a computed result that represents a possible or likely value of something unknown.
v.t. (e' sti mAt)
2. to compute an estimate of.
estimation, n.
ETL
n.
extract, transform, and load.
EUR (SAS word)
Format. Prefix for European currency formats, which convert between euros and national currencies. The other segments of the name are:
FR
from
TO
to
BEF
Belgian...
EURO (SAS word)
Format. Currency.
Informat. Currency.
EUROCURR (SAS word)
Function. Currency conversion.
EUROX (SAS word)
Format. Currency.
Informat. Currency.
Excel
(ek' sel') n.
Microsoft Excel.
exclamation point
(eks klu mA' shun point') n.
the character !, used as a substitute for the vertical bar character.
Also, exclamation mark.
EXCLNPWGT (SAS word)
PROC statement option. Exclude nonpositive weights.
executable
(eks' e kUt' u bul) adj.
1. (of a program) in a form that is ready to execute, as distinguished from other forms that have to be converted before they can be executed.
2. (of a...
execute
(eks' e kUt) v.t.
1. to carry out (a plan of action, computer program, etc.).
v.i.
2. (of a program or part of a program) to take actions according to the way they were written.
execution,...
executive information system
see EIS.
exhaustive
(eg za:' stiv) adj.
considering or encompassing all possibilities.
EXIST (SAS word)
Function.
exit
(ek' sit) n.
1. a user request of a program for it to end.
v.t.
2. to request, as the user of a program, for the program to end; quit.
EXP (SAS word)
Function. Exponential.
expand
(ek spand') v.t.
to restore (data) from a compressed form.
EXPAND (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Converts sampling frequencies.
explicit
(ek spli' sit) adj.
specifically set forth in a program.
EXPLODE (SAS word)
Procedure.
EXPLORER (SAS word)
System option.
exponent
(eks' pa nent) Math. n.
a number that indicates the number of times another number (the base) is used as a factor to generate a resulting number; indicated as the right operand of the **...
exponentiate
(eks pa nen' chi At) Math. n.
to raise a number to a power.
exponentiation, n. See **.
exponential, adj.
export
(eks' po^rt) v.t.
to convert data to a format that can be used by a different program.
EXPORT (SAS word)
Procedure.
extended table
n. SAS/AF.
a scrollable display of a table in a frame or program entry.
Extensible Markup Language
n.
XML.
extension
(eks ten' shun) n.
1. a separately installed program that adds functionality to or changes the behavior of another program, usually an operating system.
2. the last level of a physical...
extent
(eks tent') Z/OS. n.
a separately identified, contiguous segment of a file.
extranet
(eks' tru net') n.
the extension of an intranet across the Internet. An extranet typically handles communications between a company and its suppliers or customers, but not the general...
extrapolate
n. (ek strap' u lAt) v.i.
to estimate by extending a pattern or formula beyond the observed range of the pattern or formula.
extrapolation, n.
extreme
adj. (ek strEm') v.i.
1. being or having the highest or lowest value of a variable; having no other values beyond it.
2. outside the usual range and unlike the usual.
n.
3. an extreme...
F (SAS word)
Format. Standard numeric format.
Informat. Standard numeric informat.
Command. Alias for FIND.
*-+ $ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _
FACT (SAS word)
Function. Factorial.
FACTEX (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Orthogonal factorial experimental designs.
FACTOR (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Common factor and component analysis.
FAMILY (SAS word)
SAS/Genetics. Procedure.
FAPPEND (SAS word)
Function.
FASTCLUS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Disjoint clustering.
FAT
file allocation table.
fat
(fat') adj.
1. having at least the usual degree of configurability and functionality; not thin.
2. installed with multiple components, each designed to work in a...
FCLOSE (SAS word)
Function.
FCMP (SAS word)
Procedure.
FCOL (SAS word)
Function.
FDB
n.
file data buffer.
FDELETE (SAS word)
Function.
FETCH (SAS word)
Function.
FETCHOBS (SAS word)
Function.
FEXIST (SAS word)
Function.
FGET (SAS word)
Function.
field
(fEld') n.
a division of a record or line, containing one data value.
file
(fIl') n.
related data stored together under a common name. I/O routines treat each file as a separate location in storage.
FILE (SAS word)
Data step statement. Output text file.
Command....
FILECLOSE (SAS word)
Dataset option.
FILEEXIST (SAS word)
Function.
FILENAME (SAS word)
Global statement.
Function.
fileref
(fIl' ref) n.
a SAS name that identifies a file or directory in the SAS environment.
Also, file shortcut.
FILEREF (SAS word)
Function.
FILL (SAS word)
Command.
filter
(fil' tur) v.t.
1. to apply a rule or condition to select a subset of objects from; for example, to select files from a directory based on character patterns in their names.
n.
2. a rule or...
FIN (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Finnish.
FIND (SAS word)
Command. Text search. Alias, F.
Function.
FINDC (SAS word)
Function.
FINFO (SAS word)
Function.
FIPNAME (SAS word)
Function.
FIPNAMEL (SAS word)
Function.
FIPSTATE (SAS word)
Function.
FIRST (SAS word)
First level of two-level automatic variable names in the data step.
FIRSTOBS (SAS word)
Dataset option.
System option.
fixed disk
(fixt' disk') n.
a hard disk that is permanently connected to a disk drive.
flat file
n.
1. a text file that contains data records, with every record containing the same fields in the same character positions.
2. any text data file.
3. any text file.
4. any data file in...
FLOAT (SAS word)
Format. Floating point.
Informat. Floating point.
floating point
(flOt' ing point) n.
any digital form of a numeric value that allocates specific bits for a mantissa and exponent. The magnitude of a floating-point number is computed as the product...
FLOOR (SAS word)
Function. Round down.
FLOORZ (SAS word)
Function.
floppy disk
(flop' i disk') n.
a disk consisting of magnetic material on a flexible plastic substrate, contained in a square shell or envelope.
Also, informal, floppy.
flops
(flops') n.
a unit of computational power equal to one floating point operation per second.
FMTERR (SAS word)
System option.
FMTSEARCH (SAS word)
System option.
FNAME (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Z/OS. Filerefs and librefs.
FNONCT (SAS word)
Function.
FNOTE (SAS word)
Function.
folder
(fo^l' dur) n.
a directory represented visually in a graphical environment as a container for files.
font
(font') n.
a source for the letterforms of a typeface; usually, a set of mathematical definitions of the shapes of letters and symbols, stored as a file and selected by name from a list.
FONTREG (SAS word)
Procedure. Adds system fonts to SAS Registry.
footnote
(foot' nOt') n.
a note at the bottom of a page, table, etc.
FOOTNOTE (SAS word)
Global statement. Defines footnote lines.
Display Manager window. Alias for FOOTNOTES.
footnote line
n.
a...
FOOTNOTES (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Footnote lines.
Alias, FOOTNOTE.
FOPEN (SAS word)
Function.
FOPTNAME (SAS word)
Function.
FOPTNUM (SAS word)
Function.
FORECAST (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure.
foreground
(fo:r' ground) adj.
1. having a screen display or other direct interaction with the user.
2. the color used to display the primary objects, especially text, in a window, screen,...
format
(fo:r' mat) n.
1. a specific way to structure or arrange data in a field, file, etc.
2. a routine that converts data values to text values that can be written in a text file or displayed.
3....
FORMATC (SAS word)
Entry type. Character format.
formatted
(fo:r' mat id) adj.
1. having a format.
2. converted to text using a format.
FORMCHAR (SAS word)
[formatting characters]
System option. Text characters used to create table rules.
FORMDLIM (SAS word)
System option.
FORMS (SAS word)
Procedure.
formula
(fo^rm' U lu) n.
a mathematical expression or other precisely defined process that produces an answer or a specific result.
FORMULA (SAS word)
Entry type. SAS/FSP. SCL programs to define...
forward
(fo:r' wurd) adj.
1. toward or in reference to something later.
2. in the same, usual, or intended direction.
3. forward compatible. designed to be compatible with something to be developed...
FPOINT (SAS word)
Function.
FPOS (SAS word)
Function.
FPUT (SAS word)
Function.
FRA (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. French.
FRACT (SAS word)
Format. Fractions.
frame
(frAm') n.
a rectangular area in a web page, window, page layout, etc., in which separate content is displayed.
FRAME (SAS word)
Entry type. Frame entry.
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
frame...
FREAD (SAS word)
Function.
free
(frE') adj.
1. (of a file or other resource) available for use; not reserved by another program or process.
v.t.
2. to make a previously reserved file or other resource available for use by...
FREQ (SAS word)
Procedure. Produces frequency tables.
Proc step statement. Frequency variable.
_FREQ_ (SAS word)
SUMMARY procedure output variable. Observation count.
frequency
n.
a measure of the number of times something occurs in a particular set or the number of times something repeats in a period of time.
frequency variable
Proc steps. n.
a numeric variable...
FREWIND (SAS word)
Function.
FRLEN (SAS word)
Function.
FRS (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Swiss_French.
FSBROWSE (SAS word)
Window. Command. Procedure. SAS/FSP.
FSEDIT (SAS word)
Window. Command. Procedure. SAS/FSP.
FSEP (SAS word)
Function.
FSLETTER (SAS word)
Window. Command. Procedure. SAS/FSP.
FSLIST (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Procedure. Displays text file.
FSVIEW (SAS word)
Window. Command. Procedure. SAS/FSP.
FTP
[File Transfer Protocol] n.
1. an Internet standard for copying files between computers.
2. the exchange of files between computers using FTP.
v.t.
3. to exchange files between computers using...
full-screen
(fu^l' skrEn') adj.
in a user interface style that uses the video display as an array of text characters, with different lines on the display dedicated to different aspects of the user...
FULLSTIMER (SAS word)
System option.
function
(fungk' shun) n.
1. Mathematics. an object that maps each element of a set to a specific element of another set.
2. a routine that executes as part of a program, especially one that...
FUZZ (SAS word)
Function.
FWRITE (SAS word)
Function.
G (SAS word)
Color. Alias for GREEN.
*-+ $ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _
G3D (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Plots.
G3GRID (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Plots.
G4GRID (SAS word)
SAS/SPECTRAVIEW. Procedure.
GA (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure.
GAM (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Generalized Additive Models.
GAMINV (SAS word)
Function. Inverse distribution function of the gamma distribution.
GAMMA (SAS word)
Function. The gamma function.
GANNO (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure.
GANTT (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Graphical project scheduling.
GAREABAR (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Charts.
Gb
gigabit.
GB
gigabyte.
GBARLINE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Charts.
GCHART (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Charts.
GCONTOUR (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Plots.
GDEVICE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure.
GE (SAS word)
Operator. Alias for >=.
generation
(jen' ur A' shun) n.
1. one of the successive versions of a file, program, etc., that is created repeatedly by a program or automatic process.
2. one of the successive versions of a...
GENMAX (SAS word)
Dataset option.
GENMOD (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Generalized linear models.
GENNUM (SAS word)
Dataset option.
GEOMEAN (SAS word)
Function. Geometric mean.
GEOMEANZ (SAS word)
Function. Geometric mean.
GETOPTION (SAS word)
Function. System options.
GETVARC (SAS word)
Function.
GETVARN (SAS word)
Function.
GFONT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Font definition and management.
GHz
gigahertz.
giga-
a prefix meaning "billion."
Abbr. G.
gigabit
(gi' gu bit') n.
an amount of information equal to 1,000 or 1,024 megabits.
Abbr. Gb.
gigabyte
(gi' gu bIt') n.
an amount of information equal to 1,000 or 1,024 megabytes.
Abbr. GB.
gigaflops
(gi' gu flops) n.
a unit of computational power equal to one billion floating point operation per second.
gigahertz
(gi' gu hurts) n.
a unit of frequency equal to one billion hertz.
Abbr. GHz.
GIMPORT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Converts CGM to SAS/GRAPH.
GIS
(jE' I' es') n.
geographical information system: a network model based on a set of objects whose locations are measured numerically using a coordinate system.
GIS (SAS word)
SAS/GIS. Procedure....
GKEYMAP (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Character encoding.
GKS
Graphics Kernel System.
GL
general ledger.
GLIMMIX (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. General linear mixed models.
GLM (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. General linear models.
GLMMOD (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. General linear models.
GLMPOWER (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure.
global
(glO' bul) adj.
1. everywhere; being the same everywhere.
2. (of a macro variable) existing independent of any macro. Available anywhere, except where its name conflicts with the name of a...
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glue
(glOO') n.
a software component that allows other software components to work together, such as a routine that translates the arguments provided by one routine to the arguments required by...
glyph
(glif') n.
a shape written to represent a character. Glyphs are the general shapes that a reader recognizes in the stylized shapes of letterforms.
GMAP (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Maps.
GO (SAS word)
Data step statement. See GOTO.
good
(good') adj.
meeting a specific requirement; accepted for inclusion in a sample or for another specific use.
Compare bad.
GOPTIONS (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Global statement.
GOTO (SAS word)
Data step statement. Also, GO TO.
Macro statement.
GPLOT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Plots.
GPRINT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Graphic text.
GPROJECT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Maps.
GRADAR (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure.
graph
(graf') n.
1. an abstract visual representation that uses a coordinate system to represent data values.
v.t.
2. to depict in a graph.
graphical
(graf' ik ul) adj.
1. using graphics in addition to text.
2. based on bitmaps rather than text characters.
graphics
(graf' iks) n.
visual images, as distinguished from text.
Graphics Kernel System
a standard way of identifying the objects that form graphics, often used in connection with
the CGM file...
GRAY (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, A, GREY.
GRAYCODE (SAS word)
CALL routine. Subsets.
GREDUCE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Maps.
GREEN (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, G.
GREMOVE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Maps.
GREPLAY (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Combines and modifies graphics.
GREY (SAS word)
Color. Alias for GRAY.
GROUP (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
group variable
REPORT procedure. n.
a variable whose values form groups of observations for analysis and also determine the order of rows.
GRSEG (SAS word)
Entry type. Graphics.
GSLIDE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure. Graphic text.
GSUBMIT (SAS word)
Command. Executes SAS statements.
Alias, GSUB.
GT (SAS word)
Operator. Alias for >.
GTESTIT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure.
GUI
(gOO' i) [graphical user interface] n.
a visual user interface style that forms a display out of pixels rather than characters, capable of displaying text, pictures, menus, icons, controls,...
GWINDOW (SAS word)
System option.
*-+ $ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _
handle
(han' dl) n.
1. a pointer to a pointer.
2. a name or identifier used to identify a person or object within a specific context or domain; a screen name, temporary name, user ID, dataset ID,...
hang
(hang') v.i.
(of a program) to fail to complete processing in a proportionate amount of time, as the result of an error or failure, especially when this causes an application or operating...
HAPLOTYPE (SAS word)
SAS/Genetics. Procedure.
hard-code
(ha:rd' kOd') n.
to write data values in a program.
hard-coded, adj.
hard disk
(ha:rd disk') n.
a disk consisting of magnetic material on a rigid base, read and written by magnetic heads...
hardware
(ha:rd' wa^r) n.
1. computers and any connected devices; the electronic equipment used in computing.
adj.
2. of or having to do with hardware.
HARMEAN (SAS word)
Function. Harmonic mean.
HARMEANZ (SAS word)
Function. Harmonic mean.
HBOUND (SAS word)
Function. Upper bound of array index.
header
(hed' ur) n.
1. one or several records at the beginning of a file, containing general or identifying information about the data in the file. Also, header record.
2. heading.
3. the beginning...
heading
(hed' ing) n.
identifying text at the top of a table, column, page, etc.
HELP (SAS word)
Entry type. AF entry that displays text.
HELPLOC (SAS word)
System option.
hertz
(hurts') n.
a unit of frequency equal to one repetition or cycle per second.
Abbr. Hz.
Hewlett-Packard
n.
an electronics and computer equipment manufacturer based in Palo Alto, California.
Abbr. HP.
hex
(heks') adj. Informal.
hexadecimal.
HEX (SAS word)
Format. Hexadecimal.
Informat. Hexadecimal.
hexadecimal
(heks' u de' si mul) adj.
1. using a base sixteen number system; using sixteen digits, usually written as 0-9 and A-F, to represent numbers.
2. using two hexadecimal digits to represent...
HFS (SAS word)
Device. Z/OS.
HHMM (SAS word)
Format.
hierarchy
(hI' ur ark' i) n.
an arrangement of objects in levels with each object in each level associated with an object in the next higher level.
hierarchical, adj.
high-level
(hI' lev' l) adj.
written in a way that corresponds more closely to the programmer's understanding of events in a program.
Compare low-level.
hit
(hit') n.
1. a specific request of a server, especially a request for a file.
v.t.
2. to make a request of (a server).
HLS
n.
a system for measuring colors according to their hue, lightness, and saturation.
HMS (SAS word)
Function. Time.
HOME (SAS word)
Command.
home page
n.
1. a web page that contains links to other pages and is intended as a starting point, such as the primary page of a web site or the page that a user selects to...
host
(hOst') n.
1. the computer where a program or file is located.
2. the operating system in which a program executes.
v.t.
3. to be the host of.
adj.
4. belonging to or characteristic of the...
hot
(hot') adj.
enabling a user action that changes immediately from one mode to another.
hot key
n.
a function key that switches between modes.
HOUR (SAS word)
Function.
Format.
If you are allowed to edit pages in this Site, simply click on edit button at the bottom of the page. This will open an editor with a toolbar pallette with options.
To create a link to a new page,...
HP-UX
n.
a Unix operating environment published by Hewlett-Packard.
HR
n., adj.
human resources; personnel; a company's management of its relations with its employees, variously including such things as payroll, employee relations, training, benefit programs,...
HS (SAS word)
Command. Alias for HSCROLL.
HSB
HSV.
HSCROLL (SAS word)
Command. Horizontal scroll distance.
Alias, HS.
HSV
n., adj.
a system of measuring color according to its hue, saturation, and value (brightness).
Also, HSB.
HSYS (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable. Units of measurement for size and position values.
HTML
[Hypertext Markup Language] n.
a standard markup language used to format text and place pictures in web pages.
HTML (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
HTMLDECODE (SAS word)
Function.
HTMLENCODE (SAS word)
Function.
HTSNP (SAS word)
SAS/Genetics. Procedure.
human interface
n.
user interface.
hyphen
(hIf' en) n.
the character -, used in SAS programs to indicate a range and as a minus sign, also commonly used to separate words in file names.
Hz
hertz.
I (SAS word)
Line command.
I-beam
(I' bEm') n.
a mouse pointer in the shape of a vertical bar with horizontal extensions on each end, used to place the insertion point in areas of editable...
_I_ (SAS word)
Automatic variable. Array index.
*-+ $ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _
IA (SAS word)
Line command. Alias for I.
IB (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
Line command.
IBESSEL (SAS word)
Function. The modified bessel function.
IBR (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
IC (SAS word)
Statement in DATASETS procedure. For integrity constraints.
icon
(I' kon') n.
a small pictorial symbol that represents a file, application, command, or other object that can be acted by on a user.
ICON (SAS word)
Command.
System option. Microsoft Windows.
ID
[identification] (I dE') n.
1. a unique identifying code, often used as a key.
adj.
2. containing ID values.
ID (SAS word)
Proc step statement.
IDXNAME (SAS word)
Dataset option.
IDXWHERE (SAS word)
Dataset option.
IEEE (SAS word)
Format. Floating point.
Informat. Floating point.
IF (SAS word)
Data step statement.
Macro statement.
IFC (SAS word)
Function. Selects a value based on a condition.
IFFC
n.
informat, format, function, or CALL routine: any of the small self-contained routines used in data step programming.
IFN (SAS word)
Function. Selects a value based on a condition.
image
(im' ij) n.
1. a representation, depiction, reproduction, or imitation of the form or appearance of something.
2. the result of a transformation of an object or set in mathematics or...
IMGPATH (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
IML (SAS word)
SAS/IML. Procedure. Matrix programming.
implicit
(im pli' sit) adj.
indicated in a program without being specifically or directly mentioned.
Compare explicit.
implied decimal point
n.
a decimal point that is not indicated by a period or other symbol, but is determined by a location in a field.
IMPLMAC (SAS word)
System option.
import
(im' po^rt) v.t.
to read data from a format other than the usual data format used by a program.
IMPORT (SAS word)
Procedure.
IN (SAS word)
Dataset option.
Operator.
inactive
(in' ak' tiv) adj.
(of a window, menu, etc.) not currently interacting with the user; not active.
INBREED (SAS word)
SAS/STAT, SAS/Genetics. Procedure. Pedigree.
INC (SAS word)
See INCLUDE.
INCLUDE (SAS word)
Command. Opens text file.
Global statement/macro statement.
Alias, INC.
index
(in' deks) n.
1. a number assigned sequentially to one of a set of objects.
2. a structure stored with a SAS data file that lists the locations of observations having each different value of...
INDEXC (SAS word)
Function.
INDEXW (SAS word)
Function.
INFILE (SAS word)
Data step statement. Input text file.
_INFILE_ (SAS word)
Automatic variable. Input record.
infinite loop
n.
a loop whose structure has no provision for ending, such as the observation loop.
INFMT (SAS word)
Entry type. Numeric informat.
INFMTC (SAS word)
Entry type. Character informat.
INFOMAPS (SAS word)
Procedure. Metadata.
informat
(in fo^r' mat) n.
1. a routine that interprets input text values to create data values.
2. a reference to an informat, which may include width and decimal arguments.
3. such a reference...
INIT (SAS word)
SCL reserved label.
INITCMD (SAS word)
System option.
initial
(i ni' shul) adj.
1. at the beginning.
2. in the first character or first few characters of a text value.
3. at the beginning of the execution of a program.
Use the RETAIN statement to set...
initialization
see initialize.
initialization option
n.
a system option that can be set only at the beginning of the SAS session.
initialize
(i ni' shul Iz) v.t.&i.
to take any necessary preliminary actions at the beginning of the execution of a program, such as creating files, setting preferences, and providing initial...
INITSTMT (SAS word)
System option.
input
(in' pu^t) n.
1. data from any source used by a program. A program's input may include data read from files, text entered by the user in text fields, other user actions, and data received...
INPUTC (SAS word)
Function. Applies a character informat to a text value.
INPUTN (SAS word)
Function. Applies a numeric informat to a text value.
insertion point
(in sur' shun point') n.
a symbol, usually a blinking vertical bar, located between two characters to indicate the active location in text editing.
install
(in sta^l') v.t.
1. to prepare a piece of equipment for operation in a particular location.
2. to place the files of a software system on a computer in preparation for use.
installation...
installer
(in sta^l' ur) n.
a program that installs software.
instance
(in' stins) n.
1. a specific occurrence or example of something; a member of a class or set.
2. Object-oriented programming. an object considered as the result of a class definition.
instantiate
(in stan' chE At) v.t.
Object-oriented programming. to create an object from (a class definition).
instruction
(in struk' shun) n.
a unit of machine language, executed by a processor as a single action, usually in a single clock cycle.
INT (SAS word)
Function. Integer part.
INTCK (SAS word)
Function. Time interval computation.
integer
(in' tu jur') n.
1. a number with no fractional part; a whole number or the negative of a whole number.
adj.
2. using only integers.
3. representing integers in binary form, using each bit...
integrity constraint
(in te' gri ti' kun strAnt') n.
a rule that restricts the data values that can be entered in a SAS data file, stored as a data structure associated with the SAS data file.
Intel
(in tel') n.
a semiconductor manufacturer, maker of the central processors used in most computers since the 1980s.
intellectual property
n.
rights to control the use of specific pieces of information, created by law with respect to designs, expressions, symbols, etc.: includes copyrights, patents, trademarks,...
intelligence
(in tel' i jens) n.
an ability to perceive patterns, objects, or situations and to use that information to make decisions and take actions.
We're in a good position either way [the...
interactive
(in' tur ak' tiv) adj.
(of a program) responding to user actions or input.
interactivity (in' tur ak tiv' i ti), n.
interactive line mode
n.
a user interface style based on the display...
interface
(in' tur fAs) n.
a point of contact; a point of interaction or communication, as between a program and a user, between two programs, or between a computer and a hardware device.
interleave
(in tur' lEv) v.t.&i.
1. to combine (sorted SAS datasets) in a way that uses all the observations of the SAS datasets and maintains the same sorted order. Interleaving is done with...
Internet
n.
1. the large computer network that connects computer networks around the world.
adj.
2. located or happening on the Internet.
3. operating according to the standards of the...
interoperable
(in' tur op' ur u bul) adj.
able to be used with various other components by means of an agreed or standard interface.
interoperability, n.
interpret
(in tur' prit) v.t.
1. to determine the meaning of; to convert data to a more usable form.
2. to read a program and carry out the actions it indicates.
interpreter
(in tur' prit ur) n.
a program that executes a program written in a particular programming language by a process of reading the program and carrying out the actions it indicates.
INTNX (SAS word)
Function.
INTPOINT (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Interior Point.
intranet
(in' tru net') n.
a private network whose operation is based on Internet standards. Intranets often contain web pages for use within a company.
INTRR (SAS word)
Function. Internal rate of return.
INTZ (SAS word)
Function.
INVALIDDATA (SAS word)
System option.
inverse distribution function
n.
the inverse of a distribution function. The inverse distribution function relates a probability value to a value of the distribution.
Also, probability function.
invoke
(in vOk') n.
to call by name.
invocation, n.
_IORC_ (SAS word)
Automatic variable. I/O return code.
IORCMSG (SAS word)
Function. Error message text.
IP
(I' pE') n.
1. [Internetworking Protocol] an Internet networking protocol for transporting packets
between computers. The standard includes an addressing scheme that uses 32-bit numbers to...
IPMT (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
IQR (SAS word)
Function. Interquartile range.
IRP (SAS word)
SAS Inventory Optimization. Procedure.
IRR (SAS word)
Function. Internal rate of return.
IS
(I' es') n.
information systems.
IS NOT NULL (SAS word)
WHERE operator.
Also, IS NOT MISSING, NOT IS NULL, NOT IS MISSING.
IS NULL (SAS word)
WHERE operator.
Also, IS MISSING.
ISHIKAWA (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Ishikawa diagrams.
ISP
(I' es' pE') n.
Internet service provider.
IT
(I' tE') n.
information technology.
IT Service Vision
(I' tE' sur' vis vi' zhun) n.
an interactive SAS application for computer system capacity planning, published by SAS Institute.
ITA (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Italian.
item store
(It' um sto^r') n.
a kind of SAS file that contains objects (called items) arranged hierarchically; member type ITEMSTOR.
also, itemstore.
ITEMS (SAS word)
Procedure. Z/OS.
ITEMSTOR (SAS word)
Member type. Item store.
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Java
(ja:' vu) n.
a programming language designed by Sun Microsystems, with syntax mostly taken from C++, but with a reduced set of features to allow for maximum portability.
JavaBeans
(ja:' vu bEnz') n.
a standard set of APIs for component software in the Java environment.
JavaScript
(ja:' vu skript) n.
a scripting language designed by Netscape, used primarily to respond to user actions in web pages.
Also, Javascript.
JBESSEL (SAS word)
Function. The bessel function.
JC(SAS word)
Line command.
JCL
Z/OS. [Job Control Language] n.
a command language for background jobs in z/OS. The JCL statements for a job identify its user, programs, and data files.
JDATEYMD (SAS word)
Informat.
JL (SAS word)
Line command.
JNENGO (SAS word)
Informat.
job
(job') n.
a logically separate sequence of processing, especially one treated as a separate task or process by the operating system of a computer.
Job Control Language
See JCL.
join
(join') SQL. v.t.
1. to combine multiple tables in a way that forms new rows by combining a row of one table with any corresponding rows of the other table(s).
n.
2. the process or action of...
JR (SAS word)
Line command.
JULDAY (SAS word)
Format.
JULIAN (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
justify
(just' i fI) Typography. v.t.
1. to place a line of text at a horizontal location by reference to either or both of
the left and right margins that contain the text. Justified text is left...
K
kilobyte.
K (SAS word)
Color. Alias for BLACK.
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kb
kilobit.
kB
kilobyte.
KCOMPARE (SAS word)
Function.
KCOMPRESS (SAS word)
Function.
KCOUNT(SAS word)
Function.
KDE (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Kernel density estimation.
KEEP (SAS word)
Dataset option.
Data step statement.
kernel
(kurn' ul) n.
1. the central, most essential part of something.
2. the most essential part of an operating system, always kept in memory, including routines that are essential to the...
key
(kE') n.
1. a variable or several variables together whose values identify observations or determine sort order in a SAS dataset or other table.
2. one of the movable switches that make up a...
keyboard
(kE' bo:rd) n.
an arrangement of switches (called keys) that are operated by pressing them momentarily or pressing and holding them for a period of time, especially such a device used as a...
keypad
(kE' pad) n.
See numeric keypad.
KEYS (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Function keys.
keyword
(kE' wurd) n.
a word with a specific meaning in the syntax of a statement.
kilo-
a prefix meaning "thousand."
Abbr. k.
kilobit
(kil' u bit', -o^-) n.
an amount of information equal to 1,000 or 1,024 bits.
Abbr. kb.
kilobyte
(kil' u bIt', -o^-) n.
an amount of information equal to 1,000 or 1,024 bytes.
Abbr. K, kB.
KINDEX (SAS word)
Function.
KINDEXC (SAS word)
Function.
KLEFT (SAS word)
Function.
KLENGTH (SAS word)
Function.
KLOWCASE (SAS word)
Function.
KREVERSE (SAS word)
Function.
KRIGE2D (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Spatial prediction model.
KRIGHT (SAS word)
Function.
KSCAN (SAS word)
Function.
KSTRCAT (SAS word)
Function.
KSUBSTR (SAS word)
Function.
KSUBSTRB (SAS word)
Function.
KTRANSLATE (SAS word)
Function.
KTRIM (SAS word)
Function.
KUPCASE (SAS word)
Function.
KUPDATE (SAS word)
Function.
KUPDATEB (SAS word)
Function.
kurtosis
(kur tO' sis) n. Statistics.
a measure of the importance of extreme values in a probability distribution.
KURTOSIS (SAS word)
Statistic. Kurtosis.
Function. Kurtosis.
KVERIFY (SAS word)
Function.
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label
(lA' bul) n.
1. a short description associated with an object, such as a variable or SAS dataset.
2. statement label.
3. the text associated with a range in a value format.
4. the value...
LAG (SAS word)
Function.
LARGEST (SAS word)
Function.
laser
(lA' zur) n.
an electrical device that generates light or other electromagnetic energy that has a single frequency and is oriented in a single direction. Lasers are used for reading and...
LAST (SAS word)
First level of two-level automatic variable names in the data step.
_LAST_ (SAS word)
System option. Most recently created SAS dataset.
Special SAS dataset name. Most recently created SAS dataset.
LATTICE (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Analysis of lattice experiments.
LBOUND (SAS word)
Function. Lower bound of array index.
LC (SAS word)
Line command. Alias for CL.
LCD
n.
1. liquid crystal diode.
adj.
2. using liquid crystal diodes.
LE (SAS word)
Operator. Alias for <=.
leading (1)
(lEd' ing) adj.
at the beginning of a text value.
leading (2)
(led' ing) Typography. n.
space added between lines of text.
leading space
n.
a space or one of several spaces at the...
leaf
(lEf') n.
in a tree, a node that does not provide a path to any further node.
LEAVE (SAS word)
Data step statement. Exit a DO loop.
LED
n.
1. light emitting diode.
adj.
2. using light emitting diodes.
LEFT (SAS word)
Function.
Command. Scroll left.
LEFTMARGIN (SAS word)
System option. ODS Printing.
legend
(le' jend) n.
a line or block of descriptive or explanatory text indicating the meanings of symbols used in a graph, map, table, etc.
LEGEND (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Global statement.
length
(length') n.
1. the extent of an object that extends primarily in one dimension.
2. the extent of any object in its largest dimension; the distance from one end of an object to the other...
LENGTHC (SAS word)
Function.
LENGTHM (SAS word)
Function.
LENGTHN (SAS word)
Function.
letter
(let' ur) n.
one of the characters used to form the words of a language; see alphabet.
letterform
(let' ur fo^rm) n.
the specific shape that a typeface provides for a character.
level
(lev' ul) n.
1. a vertical location, rank, position in a hierarchy, etc.
2. one of several separate words that make up the name of a file, variable, etc. (connected by periods), or the...
LGAMMA (SAS word)
Function. Log gamma function.
LIBNAME (SAS word)
Global statement.
Function.
library
(lI' bra^r i) n.
1. a set of files stored together and accessed as a group.
2. a set of SAS files stored together and accessed using a collective name (a libref).
Also, SAS data library.
3....
libref
(lIb' ref, lib-) n.
a SAS name used to identify a SAS data library within a specific SAS program or session. Librefs can be defined with the LIBNAME statement. Some librefs, such as WORK and...
LIFEREG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Failure data, parametric estimation.
LIFETEST (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Failure data, nonparametric estimation.
ligature
(lig' u chu^r) n.
a letterform for two or more consecutive characters, to provide alternate shapes for these characters when they appear in sequence. Traditional typefaces may provide...
light emitting diode
n.
a semiconductor diode that emits light when an electric current is applied.
also, light-emitting diode.
Abbr. LED.
LIKE (SAS word)
WHERE operator.
line
(lIn') n.
1. a sequence of characters arranged horizontally.
2. a record in a program file or other text file.
3. a long, narrow mark, or a geometric shape formed as a continuous set of points...
linear
(lin' E ur) n.
1. arranged in one dimension; sequential.
2. extending along a straight line; without curvature.
3. (of an equation) formed by adding terms which are only constants and...
LINESIZE (SAS word)
System option.
Alias, LS.
link
(lingk'), v.t.
1. to combine compiled routines to create an executable program.
n.
2. in hypertext, a connection from one document to another, or from one point to another within the same...
Linux
(lin' uks, lIn'-) n.
an operating system developed as an open source project in the late 1990s, based on a kernel by Linus Torvalds, designed to be mostly compatible with Unix. Linux is the...
liquid crystal diode
n.
a segment of liquid crystal used as a diode that absorbs light in varying degrees depending on the electric current that is applied.
Abbr. LCD.
LIST (SAS word)
Data step statement.
Display Manager window. Alias for LISTING.
list ID
SCL. n.
an integer value that identifies an SCL list.
list input
n.
input of a variable from a text file,...
listing
(list' ing) n.
print file.
LISTING (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Standard print file.
LISTTASK (SAS word)
Global statement.
load
(lOd') v.t.
1. to copy (a file, object, etc.) to a location where it can be used.
2. to make a disk or other storage volume available for use.
3. Mainframe. a. load module, an executable...
LOAN (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Loans.
local
(lO' kul) adj.
1. in the same place; in the same session or on the same computer; connected directly rather than indirectly.
2. (of a macro variable) existing only inside the macro in which...
LOCK (SAS word)
Global statement. Command.
LOESS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Regression surfaces, nonparametric estimation.
log
(log') n.
a print file that the SAS supervisor writes with program lines and messages about the execution of the program. The fileref LOG identifies the log.
LOG (SAS word)
Function. Natural...
LOG10 (SAS word)
Function. Base 10 (common) logarithm.
LOG2 (SAS word)
Function. Base 2 logarithm.
logarithm
(log' u ri thm) n.
a mathematical measure of the magnitude of a positive number. A logarithm is defined with reference to a specific base, such that the base raised to the power of the...
LOGBETA (SAS word)
Function. Natural logarithm of the beta function.
LOGCDF (SAS word)
Function.
logic
(lo' jik) n.
1. the systematic use of reasoning to arrive at true conclusions.
2. the components of a program that allow it to take different actions in different situations or for different...
logical
(lo' jik ul) adj.
1. applying logic or used in the application of logic.
2. according to the meaning of an object as it is used or applied.
3. containing a value that indicates true or...
LOGISTIC (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Logistic regression analysis.
CALL routine. Logistic values.
LOGPDF (SAS word)
Function.
LOGPMF (SAS word)
Function.
LOGSDF (SAS word)
Function.
lookup
(look' up) n.
table lookup.
loop
(lOOp') n.
1. a control flow structure that executes a set of actions repeatedly.
v.i.
2. to execute actions repeatedly in a loop.
LOSTCARD (SAS word)
Data step statement.
low-level
(lO' lev' l) adj.
written in a way that corresponds more closely to the computer instructions that carry out a program.
Compare high-level.
LOWCASE (SAS word)
Function.
LP (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Linear programming
LS (SAS word)
System option. Alias for LINESIZE.
LSB
least significant byte; among the bytes of a multi-byte representation of a number, the byte that represents the smallest magnitude.
Compare MSB.
LT (SAS word)
Operator. Alias for <.
M (SAS word)
Color. Alias for MAGENTA.
Line command.
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MAC (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Macedonian.
Mach
(ma:k') n.
an operating system developed by Carnegie Mellon University and subsequently by the Open Software Foundation, noted for its kernel-level support for interprocess communication. Mach...
machine language
n.
a binary code for a computer program that a particular kind of computer can execute directly, without having to convert it to any other form.
MACONTROL (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Moving average control charts.
macro
(mak' rO) n.
1. Macro language. a stored object that contains macro language code.
2. a program that records a sequence of actions a user might take in interacting with an application.
3. a...
MAD (SAS word)
Function. Median absolute deviation.
MAGENTA (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, M.
MAIN (SAS word)
SCL reserved label.
mainframe
(mAn' frAm) n.
1. a large, sturdy rack in which various combinations of electronic equipment can be arranged.
2. a mainframe computer.
adj.
3. of or having to do with a mainframe...
MANAGER (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Contents of standard print file.
Alias, MAN, MGR, OUTPUT.
mantissa
(man tis' u) n.
a number that indicates the detail of the magnitude of a value, but not its order of magnitude. In scientific notation, the mantissa is multiplied by a power of 10 to...
MAPIMPORT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Procedure.
MAPS (SAS word)
System option.
margin
(ma:r' jin) n.
an area left blank at the edge of a page.
MARKUP (SAS word)
ODS destination.
mask
(mask') n.
1. Text editing. A control line that marks off specific character positions in every line in a file, protecting them from changes during the editing process.
2. Graphics. a shape...
match
(mach') v.t.&i.
1. to be equal or the same (as).
2. to have equal key values.
3. to associate two or more matching objects.
n.
4. the condition of matching.
5. two or more values,...
mathematics
(math u mat' iks) n.
1. a branch of science that deals with numbers, shapes, sets, and definitions.
2. the application of ideas or processes of mathematics.
also, math (math'), British...
matrix
(mA' triks) n.
1. Mathematics. a table of numbers or numeric expressions used as a single object in mathematical operations.
2. any rectangular arrangement of objects in rows and columns.
MAUTOSOURCE (SAS word)
System option.
MAX (SAS word)
Statistic. Maximum.
Function. Maximum.
Operator. Maximum.
maximize
v.t.
1. to arrive at the best outcome by determining how the greatest value of a variable can be produced.
2. Microsoft Windows, OS/2. to display (a window) using the entire screen, or in...
Mb
megabit.
MB
megabyte.
MCL (SAS word)
Line command. Change selected (marked) text to lowercase.
MCU (SAS word)
Line command. Change selected (marked) text to uppercase.
MDC (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Discrete choice modeling.
MDDB (SAS word)
[multidimensional database] SAS/MDDB Server. Procedure. Member type.
MDS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Multidimensional scaling models.
MDY (SAS word)
Function. Date.
mean
(mEn') Statistics. n.
1. a measure of central tendency computed by dividing the sum by the frequency; the arithmetic average.
adj.
2. equal to the mean of a distribution.
MEAN (SAS...
MEANS (SAS word)
Procedure. See SUMMARY.
median
(mE' dE un) Statistics. n.
1. a measure of central tendency selected so that equal numbers of values are higher and lower; the middle quantile.
adj.
2. equal to the median of a...
mega-
a prefix meaning "million."
Abbr. M.
megabit
(me' gu bit') n.
an amount of information equal to 1,000 or 1,024 kilobits.
Abbr. Mb.
megabyte
(me' gu bIt') n.
an amount of information equal to 1,000 or 1,024 kilobytes.
Abbr. MB.
megaflops
(me' gu flops) n.
a unit of computational power equal to one million floating point operation per second.
Abbr. Mflops.
megahertz
(me' gu hurts) n.
a unit of frequency equal to one million hertz.
Abbr. MHz.
member
(mem' bur) n.
1. one of the files in a library.
2. one of the SAS files contained in a SAS data library.
3. Z/OS. one of the text files contained in a partitioned dataset.
member type
n.
a...
memory
(mem' u ri) n.
the use of electrical devices to maintain digital values, usually serving as the data space for the objects of a program while the program is running. Memory is traditionally...
MEND (SAS word)
Macro statement. The end of a macro definition.
menu
(men' U) n.
a display of a list of items, such as options or commands, from which the user can select one.
Compare selection list.
MENU (SAS word)
Entry type. AF entry that displays text and...
merge
(mu^rj) v.t.&i.
1. to combine business operations or other like objects to form a single object.
2. to combine (SAS datasets) in a way that combines their observations. The MERGE...
MERGENOBY (SAS word)
System option.
MERROR (SAS word)
System option. Messages for unresolved macro references.
message
(mes' ij) n.
1. a single communication sent at one time from a source to one or more destinations.
2. descriptive information about the execution of a program that the program provides to...
metadata
(met' u dA' tu, -da' tu)
n.
data that describes the structure, organization, or context of a body of data.
METADATA (SAS word)
SAS Open Metadata Interface. Procedure. Metadata.
METALIB (SAS word)
SAS Open Metadata Interface. Procedure. Metadata.
METAOPERATE (SAS word)
SAS Open Metadata Interface. Procedure. Metadata.
METAOUT (SAS word)
Dataset option. Metadata.
method
(meth' ud) n.
1. a systematic way of doing things.
2. Object-oriented programming. a routine that acts on objects of a specific class and is written as part of the class definition.
MFILE (SAS word)
System option. Redirects output from the MPRINT option.
MGR (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Alias for MANAGER.
MHz
megahertz.
MI (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Multiple Imputation.
MIANALYZE (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Multiple Imputation.
micro-
a prefix meaning "small" or "one millionth."
microsecond
(mik' rO sek' und) n.
a unit of time equal to a millionth of a second. A microsecond is 1,000 nanoseconds or 1/1,000 of a millisecond.
Microsoft
n.
a software publisher based in Redmond, WA, a developer primarily of operating systems and business applications.
Microsoft Excel
n.
a spreadsheet program published by...
midpoint
(mid' point) n.
1. a point at or a mark indicating the middle of a geometric shape, probability distribution, plan, itinerary, etc.
2. the classifying or grouping value depicted by a bar...
migrate
(mI' grAt) v.t.&i.
1. to replace one SAS release with another; especially, to replace an older SAS release with the latest SAS release.
2. to move data from one SAS release to another;...
milli-
a prefix meaning "one thousandth."
Abbr. m.
millisecond
(mil' i sek' und) n.
a unit of time equal to a thousandth of a second. It may take a hard disk several milliseconds to retrieve a block of data.
Abbr. ms.
MIN (SAS word)
Statistic. Minimum.
Function. Minimum.
Operator. Minimum.
System option value. The minimum integer value accepted for the system option.
minimize
v.t.
1. to arrive at the best outcome by determining how the least value of a variable can be produced.
2. Microsoft Windows, OS/2. to remove (a window) from the display and display only...
minute
(min' it) n.
1. a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60 of a minute. There are 1,440 minutes in a day.
2. a unit of arc equal to 1/60 of a degree.
MINUTE (SAS word)
Function.
mips
(mips') n.
a unit of computer performance equal to one million instructions per second.
MIRP (SAS word)
SAS Inventory Optimization. Procedure.
missing
adj.
1. not existing, not an element of a set, or not present in a set of data.
2. having a missing value.
MISSING (SAS word)
Global statement.
System option.
Function. Test for missing...
MIXED (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Mixed linear models.
MLOGIC (SAS word)
System option. Notes on macro logic.
MMDDYY (SAS word)
Format. Date.
Informat. Date.
Related formats: MMDDYYB, MMDDYYC, MMDDYYD, MMDDYYN, MMDDYYP, MMDDYYS.
MMSS
Format. Time duration.
MMYY (SAS word)
Format. Month.
Related formats: MMYYC, MMYYD, MMYYN, MMYYP, MMYYS.
MOD (SAS word)
Function. Remainder.
modal
(mOd' ul) adj.
1. having modes.
2. (of a dialog box) requiring a response before other actions can be taken.
mode
(mOd') n.
1. one of several possible states of a process or object, allowing a certain set of actions to be taken.
2. Statistics. the most frequent value in a set.
3. Probability. the most...
MODECLUS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Clustering from nonparametric density estimates.
MODEL (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Nonlinear simultaneous equation models.
modeless
(mOd' les) adj.
not restricting actions: refers especially to a dialog box that can remain open while other actions are taken.
modification
(mod' i fi kA' shun) v.t.
a change in a program or design.
modify
(mod' i fI) v.t.
1. to change; to cause a change in.
2. to access (an existing file) in a way that changes the data values in the file. Compare alter.
MODIFY (SAS word)
Data step statement.
modular
(mo' ju lur) adj.
built from functionally separate components that have documented interfaces.
MODULE (SAS word)
Microsoft Windows, OS/2. CALL routine. DLL.
MODULEC (SAS word)
Microsoft Windows, OS/2. Function. DLL.
MODULEN (SAS word)
Microsoft Windows, OS/2. Function. DLL.
MODZ (SAS word)
Function. Remainder.
monitor
(mo' ni tur) n.
1. the video display of a computer; screen.
v.t.
2. to observe continuously for activity.
MONNAME (SAS word)
Format. Month name.
monochrome
(mon' u krOm') adj.
displaying a single color against a contrasting background.
MONTH (SAS word)
Function. Month number.
Format. Month number.
MONYY (SAS word)
Format. Month.
Informat. Month.
MOPEN (SAS word)
Function.
MORT (SAS word)
Function. Loan.
mouse
(mous') n.
1. a pointing device that is operated by sliding it across a flat surface.
v.i.
2. to operate a mouse or other pointing device.
mouse button
(mous' but' n) n.
1. a button on a...
move
(mOOv') v.t.
1. to change the location or position of.
2. to make a digital copy of, then delete the original.
n.
3. the action or effect of moving.
MOVE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate...
MP Connect
n.
a capability of SAS/CONNECT that enables the processing of a SAS program to be divided among asynchronous remote sessions, which may be on the same computer or on other computers.
MPRINT (SAS word)
System option. Writes source lines generated by macros.
MRB (SAS word)
Format. Floating point.
Informat. Floating point.
MRECALL (SAS word)
System option.
ms
millisecond.
MS-DOS
(em' es' dos') [Microsoft Disk Operating System] n.
an operating system published by Microsoft, the predominant desktop computer operating system of the late 1980s, which...
MSB
most significant byte; among the bytes of a multi-byte representation of a number, the byte that represents the largest magnitude.
Compare LSB.
_MSG_ (SAS word)
Automatic variable. Message line text.
MSGLEVEL (SAS word)
System option. Level of detail in some log messages.
MSTORED (SAS word)
System option.
MSYMTABMAX (SAS word)
System option.
MTBF
n.
mean time between failure; the average length of time it takes before a certain kind of equipment failure occurs.
MULTENVAPPL (SAS word)
System option.
multilevel name
n.
See level (def. 2).
multiplatform
(mu^l' ti plat' fo^rm) n.
cross-platform.
multiprocessor
(mu:l' ti pro' ses ur) n.
a set of two or more central processors that operate simultaneously in a computer.
multiprocessing, adj.
multitask
(mu:l' ti task') v.i.
to run multiple programs simultaneously; to take unrelated actions at the same time.
multitasking, adj.
multithread
(mu:l' ti thred') v.i.
to execute multiple threads simultaneously.
multithreading, adj.
multiuser
(mu:l' ti U' zur) adj.
designed for use by several users at the same time.
multivariate
(mu^l' ti va^r' i it) Statistics. adj.
considering two or more variables together; analyzing the interactions between variables.
MultiVendor Architecture
(mu^l' ti ven' dur ar' ki tek' shur) n.
the aspect of the SAS System's design that allows most of its routines to run unchanged on different platforms. This creates a high...
MULTTEST (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Multiple hypothesis tests.
MVA
MultiVendor Architecture.
MVARSIZE (SAS word)
System option. Maximum size of a macro variable in memory.
MVS
n.
an IBM mainframe operating system, an early version of OS/390.
MZ (SAS word)
Command. Alias for MZOOM.
MZOOM (SAS word)
Command. Displays message line in dialog box.
Alias, MZ.
N (SAS word)
Color. Alias for BROWN.
Statistic. Number of nonmissing values.
Function. Number of nonmissing values.
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name
(nAm') n.
1. a word or sequence of words by which an object is identified.
v.t.
2. to give a name to.
3. to identify or select by name.
name server
n.
Internet. a server that converts domain...
named
(nAmd') adj.
having a name; using a name.
named input
n.
input from a text file in which each variable's value is preceded by the variable name and an equals sign: indicated by the modifier =...
nan
(nan') [not a number] n.
a special floating point value that represents a mathematical error or missing value rather than a real number.
nano-
a prefix meaning "one billionth."
Abbr. n.
nanosecond
(nan' o sek' und) n.
a unit of time equal to a billionth of a second. A central processor takes approximately a nanosecond to execute an instruction.
Abbr. ns.
native
(nAt' iv) adj.
having data values or files organized in a manner specificed by or most naturally used by a computer, operating system, or applications software.
natural language
n.
language used for communication among people, as distinguished from computer languages.
NE (SAS word)
Operator.
negative
(neg' u tiv) adj.
less than zero; having a value such that using the value in a sum has the effect of reducing the sum. In numerals, negative values are indicated by a negative...
NEGPAREN (SAS word)
Format.
Informat. Alias for COMMA.
NENGO (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
NESTED (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Hierarchical experiments.
NETDRAW (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Network diagrams.
NETENCRYPT (SAS word)
System option.
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM (SAS word)
System option.
Alias, NETENCRALG.
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN (SAS word)
System option.
Alias, NETENCRKEY.
NETFLOW (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Network flow.
NETMAC (SAS word)
System option.
NETPV (SAS word)
Function. Net present value.
network
(net' wurk) n.
1. a set of connected computers, locations, objects, etc., and the connections between them.
2. the servers and other resources on a computer network, considered...
_NEW_ (SAS word)
Operator. Creates an object.
NEWS (SAS word)
System option.
Next
(nekst') n.
1. a computer of the early 1990s that ran the Nextstep operating system.
2. the manufacturer of this computer and operating system.
Also, NeXT.
NEXT (SAS word)
Command.
Nextstep
(nekst' step') n.
an operating system published by Next, mostly compatible with Unix, using a graphical user interface based on Display PostScript. Later versions of this operating system...
NLD (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Dutch.
NLIN (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Nonlinear models, least squares estimation.
NLITERAL (SAS word)
Function. Name literal text.
NLMIXED (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Nonlinear mixed models.
NLP (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Nonlinear programming.
NLS
National language support.
NMISS (SAS word)
Statistic. Number of missing values.
Function. Number of missing values.
node
(nOd') n.
1. a stationary point in a wave.
2. an identified location in a network.
3. a connecting point, as in a plant or a network.
4. a computer on a computer network.
NOMRATE (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
nonblank
(non' blank') adj.
not blank; being a character other than a space or containing at least one character that is not a space.
nonmissing
(non' mis' ing) adj.
not missing; having a value that is not a missing value.
nonprint file
n.
a text file that does not contain print control characters.
Also, non-print file.
nonzero
(non' zE rO) adj.
having a value other than zero.
NOR (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Norwegian.
NORMAL (SAS word)
Function.
NOT (SAS word)
Operator. Operator modifier.
NOTALNUM (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTALPHA (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
notation
(nO tA' shun) n.
1. something written or represented visually.
2. a particular way of representing a particular kind of data value: scientific notation; hexadecimal notation.
notate, v.
NOTCNTRL (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTDIGIT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
note
(nOt') n.
1. a log message that indicates routine information about a program and its execution.
2. any short written message.
3. an indication of a previously visited record in an open file,...
NOTEPAD (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Text editor.
Alias, NOTE.
NOTES (SAS word)
System option.
NOTFIRST (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTGRAPH (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTIN (SAS word)
Operator. Also, NOT IN.
NOTLOWER (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTNAME (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTPRINT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTPUNCT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTSPACE (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTUPPER (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NOTXDIGIT (SAS word)
Function. Text search.
NPAR1WAY (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Nonparametric tests of one-way classification.
NPV (SAS word)
Function. Net present value.
ns
nanosecond.
null
(nu:l', nul) adj.
1. having no effect.
2. containing no information or data.
3. missing.
4. (of a character value) containing no characters.
5. (of a C function) not returning a value.
n.
6. a...
_NULL_ (SAS word)
Special SAS dataset name. None.
NULLS (SAS word)
Command. Z/OS.
NUMBER (SAS word)
System option.
NUMBERS (SAS word)
Command.
Alias, NUM, NUMS, NUMBER.
numeral
n.
a representation of a number in text characters.
numeric
adj.
1. containing, representing, or using numbers.
2. using a double precision format to represent numbers: one of the two SAS data types.
numeric keypad
n.
a section of a computer...
_NUMERIC_ (SAS word)
Abbreviated list. All available numeric variables.
NUMKEYS (SAS word)
System option. Number of available function keys.
NUMMOUSEKEYS (SAS word)
System option.
NUMX (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
NVALID (SAS word)
Function. Name validation.
O (SAS word)
Color. Alias for ORANGE.
Line command.
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object
(ob' jekt) n.
1. something that is acted on; the target of an action.
2. a data value or collection of data that is created or used by a program; something occupying or associated with a...
OBJECTSERVER (SAS word)
System option. DCOM/CORBA server.
OBS (SAS word)
Dataset option.
System option.
OBSBUF (SAS word)
Dataset option. Buffer size for data step view.
observation
(ob zur vA' shun) n.
1. an instance of values of the variables in a SAS dataset.
2. the actions or data of one iteration of an observation loop.
3. one item in a sample.
observation...
octal
(okt' ul) adj.
using a base eight number system; using the eight digits 0-7 to represent numbers.
OCTAL (SAS word)
Format. Octal.
Informat. Octal.
octet
(ok tet') n.
eight bits considered as a single value or as a unit of data in communication or encoding; byte.
ODBC
[Open Database Connectivity] n.
an API for access to databases and other data files, originally proposed by Microsoft in the early 1990s.
ODS
(O' dE' es') [Output Delivery System] n.
the part of the SAS System that converts output objects to text or to other document formats, such as HTML and PDF.
ODS (SAS word)
Global statement.
_ODS_ (SAS word)
PUT statement keyword. ODS table row.
OF (SAS word)
Argument keyword. Allows a variable list to be used as arguments to a function.
OLAP
[online analytical processing] (o^ lap') n.
interactive software that presents data summarized in ways selected by the user.
Because OLAP offers high-performance access to large amounts of...
one-to-one
(wun' tOO wun') adj.
1. Database theory. matching a single instance of a key value in one table with a single instance of the same key value in another table.
2. Marketing. using a...
OO
object-oriented.
open
(O' pen) adj.
1. (of a file) in a state that allows the contents of the file to be accessed.
2. based on information that is readily available or publicly disseminated, sometimes for the...
Openstep
(O' pen step', o^-) n.
See Nextstep.
Also, OPENSTEP.
OpenType
(O' pen tIp') n.
a font format created by Adobe and Microsoft as an extension of TrueType, adding support for Unicode characters and alternate glyphs.
OpenVMS
n.
an operating system originally published by Digital Equipment Corp., an updated version of VMS, with two distinct versions for VAX and Alpha computers.
operand
(op' ur and) n.
1. a value used with an operator.
2. the expression that supplies this value.
OPERATE (SAS word)
SAS/SHARE. Procedure. Manages a SAS/SHARE server.
operating system
(op' ur At ing sis' tem) n.
a program that controls the hardware of a computer and allows other programs to execute.
operator
(op' ur A' tur) n.
1. a token that indicates a mathematical or other action to be taken on one or more adjoining values. Most operators are written as symbols.
These are examples of SAS...
OPLIST (SAS word)
System option.
OPTEX (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Optimized experimental designs.
optical
(op' i kul) adj.
1. based on or using light.
2. reflecting or refracting light or other radiation.
3. using patterns of reflection or refraction to store data.
option
(op' shun) n.
a value set in a statement or command that controls details of the resulting action. An option is not a required part of the syntax of a statement or command.
optional
(op' shun ul) adj.
not required as an action or component.
OPTIONS (SAS word)
Global statement. Sets system options. Alias, OPTION.
Procedure.
Display Manager window. Alias, OPTION.
OPTLOAD (SAS word)
Procedure. Retrieves system option settings.
OPTLP (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure.
OPTMILP (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure.
OPTMODEL (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure.
OPTQP (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure.
OPTSAVE (SAS word)
Procedure. Stores system option settings.
OPTSET (SAS word)
Dataset option. Metadata.
OR (SAS word)
Operator.
Oracle
(o^r u kul) n.
1. also, Oracle Database. a database management system, built around SQL, designed for access of data between different kinds of computers.
2. also, Oracle Corporation. the...
ORANGE (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, O.
order variable
REPORT procedure. n.
a variable whose values determine the order of rows.
ORDINAL (SAS word)
Function.
ORIENTATION (SAS word)
System option. ODS Printing.
Paper orientation.
ORTHOREG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. General linear models, least squares estimation.
OS
(O' es') n.
1. operating system.
2. any of various IBM mainframe operating systems, early versions of OS/390.
3. open source.
OS/2
(O' es' tOO') n.
an operating system published by IBM,...
OTHERWISE (SAS word)
Data step statement. Alternative action in SELECT block.
output
(out' pu^t) n.
1. data generated by a program for use elsewhere. A program's output may include data written to files, text and images displayed to the user, and data delivered to another...
outsource
(out' so^rs') v.t.
to acquire services that are part of the operation of a company from an outside supplier.
overprint
(O' vur print') v.t.&i.
to write an additional character in the same character position on a page: a capability of some impact printers.
OVP (SAS word)
System option. Overprinting.
++P (SAS word)
Color. Alias for PINK.
Statistic. Prefix for percentiles P1, P5, P10, etc.
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pack
(pak') v.t.
to convert to packed decimal.
packed, adj.
packed decimal
n.
any of various means of representing numeric data in which four bits are used for each decimal digit.
pad
(pad') v.t.
to extend text to a certain length by adding spaces, zeroes, etc., to the beginning or end. Character values are padded with trailing spaces when they are assigned to variables...
page
(pAj') n.
1. an area of a printed sheet of paper or a segment of a print file or other document intended to be seen at one time.
2. web page.
PAGE (SAS word)
Global statement.
_PAGE_ (SAS word)
Pointer control. Start page.
PAGEBREAKINITIAL (SAS word)
System option. Page break at beginning of print file.
PAGENO (SAS word)
System option. Page number.
Alias, PAGNO.
PAGESIZE (SAS word)
System option.
Alias, PS.
paginate
(paj' i nAt) v.t.&i.
1. to divide into pages.
2. to number the pages of.
pagination, n.
panel
(pan' ul) n.
one of several divisions of a page, window, etc., used separately to display information.
PAPERDEST (SAS word)
System option. ODS printing.
PAPERSIZE (SAS word)
System option. ODS printing.
PAPERSOURCE (SAS word)
System option. ODS printing.
PAPERTYPE (SAS word)
System option. ODS printing.
parameter
(pu ram' u tur) n.
1. a value that controls some of the actions of a program.
2. a numeric attribute of a probability distribution or a mathematical model.
3. Macro language. an argument...
parent
(pa^r' ent) n.
1. in a hierarchy, an object by which other objects are indirectly connected to the starting point of the hierarchy.
2. Object-oriented programming. a class from which another...
parenthesis
(pu ren' the sis') n. pl. parentheses (-sEz')
either of the characters ( (left parenthesis) and ) (right parenthesis), used together for grouping and to enclose arguments of functions.
PARETO (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Pareto (relative frequency) charts.
parm
(pa:rm') Informal. n.
parameter.
PARM (SAS word)
System option.
PARMCARDS (SAS word)
Proc step statement.
System option.
Fileref.
parse
(pa:rs') v.t.
to divide (the text of a computer program, data file, natural language, etc.) into the meaningful units that make it up according to a set of rules.
parser, n.
partitioned dataset
(pa:r ti' shund dA' tu set', -da'-) Z/OS. n.
a set of text files stored in a single physical file. The separate files are accessed as members of the partitioned dataset. To...
password
(pas' wurd) n.
a secret word or text value that a user provides to a computer to verify the user's identity.
patch
(pach') n.
1. an isolated change in a program or its related resources to correct a specific flaw.
v.t.
2. to create a patch for.
3. to revise by applying a patch to.
path
(path') n.
1. a connection from one point in a network to another, described as a sequence of connections from node to node.
2. the sequence of names with punctuation that uniquely identify a...
PATHNAME (SAS word)
Function.
PATTERN (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Global statement.
PC
(pE' sE') n.
personal computer; a computer designed for use by one person, such as a desktop computer or portable computer.
PC DOS
(pE' sE' dos') [Personal Computer Disk Operating System] n.
a...
PCL
[Printer Command Language] n.
the page description and command language of Hewlett-Packard printers.
PCTL (SAS word)
Function. Percentile.
PD (SAS word)
Informat. Format. Packed decimal.
PDA
n.
personal digital assistant.
PDF
[Portable Document Format] n., adj.
a document file format developed by Adobe to maintain the integrity of typography and page layout when exchanging electronic documents between computers.
PDF...
PDFSECURITY (SAS word)
System option. Password protection for ODS-generated PDF files.
PDLREG (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Multiple time series regression with delayed effects.
PDS
(pE' dE' es') Z/OS. n.
partitioned dataset.
PDS (SAS word)
Procedure. Z/OS.
PDSCOPY (SAS word)
Procedure. Z/OS.
PDTIME (SAS word)
Informat.
PDV
program data vector.
PEEK (SAS word)
Function.
PEEKC (SAS word)
Function.
PEEKCLONG (SAS word)
Function.
PEEKLONG (SAS word)
Function.
percent
(pur sent') n.
the expression of a number as hundredths of a base or reference value. For example, a 15 percent share is 15/100 of the total.
Symbol %.
PERCENT (SAS...
percentile
(pur sen' tIl) n.
a quantile that divides a distribution into 100 equal parts.
Perl
(pu^rl'> n.
a programming language invented in 1987, widely used for Internet text processing applications.
PERM (SAS word)
Function. Permutations.
personal digital assistant
n.
a computer designed to be carried around by a person and used for notes, databases, communications, time management, and similar applications, usually using a...
PGM (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Alias for PROGRAM.
phase
(fAz') n.
one of several separately executed parts of a program. A data step defines variables and creates SAS datasets in one phase and processes data values in a separate phase. The SCL...
PHREG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Failure data, proportional hazards model.
pi
(pI') n.
a mathematical constant that relates the measurements of a circle. Pi is the ratio of the circumference to the diameter and is approximately 3.14159265.
PIB (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
PIBR (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
picture
(pik' shur) n.
1. a visual representation of something; image.
2. the code string that sets forth the formatting for a range in the definition of a picture format.
picture format
n.
a...
PIE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
pie chart
(pI' cha^rt') n.
a chart that shows the relative magnitude of values by radial divisions (called slices) of the area of a circle.
PIECNTR (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
PIEXY (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
PINK (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, P.
pipe
(pIp') n.
1. an object, used like a file, that transfers data between two programs running at the same time.
2. Slang. vertical bar.
pixel
(piks' ul) [picture element] n.
one of the indivisible units of a digital picture, having a fixed shape, usually square, and capable of containing only one color at a time.
PK (SAS word)
Informat. Format. Packed decimal.
PLAN (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Design for factorial experiments.
platform
(plat' fo^rm) n.
1. a combination of a computer and operating system, and sometimes other hardware and software, for which other technology, especially computer programs and peripherals,...
PLOT (SAS word)
Procedure.
plotter
(plot' ur) n.
a device that draws lines on paper with pens under the control of a computer. Plotters were commonly used for statistical graphs and business graphics in the mid 1980s, and...
PLS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Linear predictive methods.
PM (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Project management.
pmenu
(pE' men' U) n.
a menu bar defined as a PMENU entry.
PMENU (SAS word)
Procedure.
Entry type. Menu bar, including pull-down menus and dialog boxes.
Command. Displays menu bars.
PMF (SAS word)
Function. Probability density function.
PMT (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
point
(point') n.
1. a specific location.
2. an indication of an object or location.
3. decimal point.
v.t.&i.
4. to indicate a specific object or location.
POINT (SAS...
pointer
(point' ur) n.
1. an indication of the active location in a file, display, etc.
2. a variable whose value is the address of an object.
pointer control
n.
a term that moves the pointer to a...
pointing device
n.
a mouse, trackball, or other device that measures user movements in order to move the mouse pointer.
POINTOBS (SAS word)
Dataset option.
POISSON (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the Poisson distribution.
POKE (SAS word)
Function.
POKELONG (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine.
POLY (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
POLYCONT (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
POP
(pop') n.
Post Office Protocol: the most widely used standard for receiving e-mail on the Internet.
POP (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
population
(pop' U lA shun) n.
1. the complete set that a statistical study attempts to measure or predict.
adj.
2. calculated from the complete set.
popup menu
(pop' up men' U) n.
a menu that appears only after the user takes a specific action and disappears as soon as the user makes a selection.
Also, pop-up menu.
port
(po^rt') n.
1. a hardware connection point on a computer or on any device designed to be connected to a computer or network.
v.t.
2. to move (programs, data, etc.) from one computer to another...
portable
(po^rt' u bul) adj.
1. (of a software feature) working on more than one kind of computer.
2. (of programs, data, etc.) able to be ported easily.
portability, (po^rt u bil' i ti) n.
POSITION (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
positive sign
n.
a specific indication of a positive number, as a plus sign or a sign bit.
POSTSCRIPT (SAS word)
ODS destination. Alias for PS.
power
(pou' ur) n.
1. Math. a. a number that results from multiplying one number (the base) a number of times (indicated by the exponent). b. the number of times to multiply a base, as indicated by...
PPMT (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
PREVCMD (SAS word)
Command.
Alias, ?.
PREVWIND (SAS word)
Command.
PRINCOMP (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Principal component analysis.
PRINQUAL (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Transformations.
print
(print') v.t.&i.
1. to write print output.
2. to apply text, graphics, etc., to paper using a printer.
PRINT (SAS word)
Procedure.
Fileref.
System option.
print control character
n.
a...
PRINTERPATH (SAS word)
System option. ODS printing.
PRINTINIT (SAS word)
System option.
PRINTMSGLIST (SAS word)
System option.
PRINTTO (SAS word)
Procedure. Redirect standard print file and log.
priority
(prI o^r' i tE) n.
the state or condition of coming first or being earlier.
probability density function
n.
the function that indicates relative probabilities of different values in a continuous probability distribution. The probability density function is the derivative...
PROBBETA (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the beta distribution.
PROBBNML (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the binomial distribution.
PROBBNRM (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the bivariate normal distribution.
PROBCHI (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the chi-squared distribution.
PROBDF (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function. Dickey-Fuller test.
PROBF (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the F distribution.
PROBGAM (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the gamma distribution.
PROBHYPR (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the hypergeometric distribution.
PROBIT (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Discrete event estimation.
Function. The inverse distribution function of the normal distribution.
PROBMC (SAS word)
Function.
PROBNEGB (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the negative binomial distribution.
PROBNORM (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the normal distribution.
PROBSIG (SAS word)
System option.
PROBT (SAS word)
Function. The distribution function of the t distribution.
Statistic. Two-tailed probability value for t. Also, PRT.
proc
(prok') n.
procedure.
Also, PROC.
PROC (SAS word)
Proc step statement.
System option.
proc step
n.
a step in a SAS program, indicated by a PROC statement, that executes a procedure. The proc...
procedure
(pru sE' jur) n.
1. a sequence of actions, especially one indicated by a routine in structured programming.
2. one of the primary routines of SAS software designed for use in SAS...
PROCLEAVE (SAS word)
System option.
PROFILE (SAS word)
Entry type.
program
(prO' gram, esp. Brit. prO' grum) n.
1. a document that sets forth a sequence of actions to be taken, especially by a computer.
v.t.&i.
2. to write a program.
PROGRAM (SAS word)
Member...
prompt
(prompt') n.
1. Interactive line mode. a character string that indicates that the program is ready to accept user input.
2. any program action that requests user input.
v.t.&i.
3. to...
PROPCASE (SAS word)
Function. Title case.
PROTO (SAS word)
Procedure.
PRT (SAS word)
Statistic. See PROBT.
PRTDEF (SAS word)
Procedure. Printer definitions.
PRTEXP (SAS word)
Procedure. Printer definitions.
PRXCHANGE (SAS word)
CALL routine.
PRXDEBUG (SAS word)
CALL routine.
PRXFREE (SAS word)
CALL routine.
PRXMATCH (SAS word)
Function.
PRXNEXT (SAS word)
CALL routine.
PRXPAREN (SAS word)
Function.
PRXPARSE (SAS word)
Function. Perl regular expression.
PRXPOSN (SAS word)
CALL routine.
PRXSUBSTR (SAS word)
CALL routine.
PS (SAS word)
ODS destination. PostScript.
System option. Alias for PAGESIZE.
pseudo-variable
(sOO' dO va^r' i u bul) n.
a named object that is used like a variable in a program, but that may refer to different memory locations at different times. Pseudo-variables in data...
PSMOOTH (SAS word)
SAS/Genetics. Procedure.
PTG (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Portuguese.
PTRLONGADD (SAS word)
Function.
pull-down menu
(pu:l' doun men' U) n.
a menu listed in a menu bar. The menu displays its menu items only after the user selects the menu from the menu bar.
PUSH (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
PUT (SAS word)
Data step statement. Text output.
Function. Applies a format to a value to generate text.
Macro statement. Writes text lines in the log.
PUTC (SAS word)
Function. Applies a character format to a value.
PUTLOG (SAS word)
Data step statement. Log message.
PUTN (SAS word)
Function. Applies a numeric format to a value.
PVP (SAS word)
Function. Present value.
PW (SAS word)
Password option.
PWENCODE (SAS word)
Procedure. Encrypts passwords.
PWREQ (SAS word)
Dataset option.
Q (SAS word)
Statistic. Prefix for quartiles
Q1, Q2, Q3.
Command. Alias for QUERY.
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QLIM (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Limited dependent variables.
QTR (SAS word)
Function.
Format.
QTRR (SAS word)
Format.
quantile
(kwa:n' tIl) n. Statistics.
1. one of a set of values that divide a distribution into equal parts, as a median, quartile, percentile, etc.
2. Also, quantile rank. one of the equal parts of...
quartile
(ko^r' tIl) n.
a quantile that divides a distribution into four equal parts.
query
(kwer' i, kwEr' i) v.t.
1. to specify data to obtain or retrieve from.
n.
2. a request directed to a database management system for specific data from a database.
3. an SQL expression that...
QUEST (SAS word)
SAS/ACCESS. Procedure.
question mark
(kwes' chun ma:rk') n.
the character ?, used in error controls and in substitute character codes.
queue
(kU') n.
1. a structure in which items are added and removed, with the first item added being the first item removed.
v.t.
2. to form a queue or to be added to a queue.
quintile
(kwin' tIl) n.
Statistics. a quantile that divides a distribution into five parts.
QUIT (SAS word)
Proc step statement.
quotation mark
(kwO tA' shun ma:rk) n.
the character " (double quote) or ' (single quote), used in matched pairs to enclose quoted strings.
quote
(kwOt') n.
1. quotation mark.
v.t.
2. to form a quoted string of.
3. to mark as a literal value by enclosing in quotation marks, a macro quoting function, etc.
quoted, adj.
QUOTE (SAS...
quoted string
n.
a sequence of characters enclosed in quotation marks and treated as a data value.
QUOTELENMAX (SAS word)
System option. Maximum length of quoted string.
Qwerty
(kwur' ti) n.
a standard keyboard layout designed to maximize the mechanical stability of early manual typewriters.
R (SAS word)
Color. Alias for RED.
Line command.
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radian
(rA' dE un) n.
a unit of arc for which the arc length is equal to the radius of the circle. A radian is approximately equal to 57.296 degrees. SAS trigonometric functions use angles measured...
radio box
(rA' di O boks) n.
a set of buttons, each representing a different option identified in an associated label, allowing a user to select one option from a set of option by selecting the...
RAM
(ram') [random access memory] n.
ordinary memory that can be used by a program to contain the objects it creates and uses while it runs.
RANBIN (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the binomial distribution.
RANCAU (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the Cauchy distribution.
RAND (SAS word)
Function.
random access
direct access.
random access memory
See RAM.
random number
n.
1. a number selected randomly.
2. also, pseudo-random number. a number generated by a mathematical process (a random...
RANEXP (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the exponential distribution.
RANGAM (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the gamma distribution.
range
(rAnj') n.
1. a set of values considered together, as in the definition of a format.
2. the set of values that may correctly be used for an array subscript.
3. the difference between the...
rank
(rangk') v.t.
1. to arrange in order of magnitude, priority, etc.
n.
2. the relative position that results from ranking, especially when expressed as a sequential number.
RANK (SAS...
RANNOR (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the normal distribution.
RANPERK (SAS word)
CALL routine. Permutations.
RANPERM (SAS word)
CALL routine. Permutations.
RANPOI (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the Poisson distribution.
RANTBL (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of a distribution table.
RANTRI (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the triangle distribution.
RANUNI (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine. The random number function of the uniform distribution.
RB (SAS word)
Informat. Format. Floating point.
read
(rEd') v.t.
1. to transfer data from a file, window, or other external source to a program.
2. to determine the meaning of; interpret.
READ (SAS word)
Password option.
reblock
(rE' blok') v.t.
to form into blocks of a different size.
reboot
(rE bOOt') v.
to reinitialize a computer by running the boot program. This can be accomplished by turning the power off and back on, by an operating system command (often called Restart), or...
recode
(rE' kOd') v.t.
to substitute one code for another.
record
(rek' urd) n.
a sequence of characters or bytes in a file, treated as a unit in I/O processing. In a text file, a record may be a line or a paragraph. In a SAS data file, an observation is a...
RED (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, R.
REDIRECT (SAS word)
Data step statement.
REG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Regression.
REGISTRY (SAS word)
Procedure.
regular expression
n.
a computer language that describes text search and replacement actions, or a text definition written in this language.
release
(ri lEs') v.t.
1. to make (a product) available for the first time.
n.
2. one of the iterations of a product, especially a commercial software product, comprising a certain set of features...
RELIABILITY (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Reliability and failure analysis.
remerge
(rE' murj') v.t.
in an SQL query expression, to combine summary statistics with the detail data from which they were computed.
remote
(ri mOt') adj.
1. happening elsewhere; happening simultaneously on another computer.
2. belonging to a remote session.
3. connected indirectly.
remote session
SAS/CONNECT. n.
a SAS session...
REMOVE (SAS word)
Data step statement.
RENAME (SAS word)
Dataset option.
Data step statement.
REPEAT (SAS word)
Function.
REPEMPTY (SAS word)
Dataset option.
REPLACE (SAS word)
Dataset option.
System option.
Data step statement.
replacement string
(rE plAs' mint string') SCL. n.
a string that is substituted for an SCL variable reference in a SUBMIT block if the SCL variable has a nonblank value.
REP_MGRLOC (SAS word)
System option.
report
(rE po:rt') n.
output from a computer program for a person to read, usually indicating the results of an analysis or process.
REPORT (SAS word)
Procedure. Produces table reports.
requester window
n.
a simple dialog box that a program displays to request user input necessary to complete or continue a task.
reserve
(rE zurv') v.t.
1. to keep unused so that it can be used at a later time or for a different purpose.
2. to prevent the use of a word as a name in a programming language because the word may...
reset
(rE' set, rE set') v.t.
to set to the initial or default value or state.
RESET (SAS word)
Command. Cancels line commands.
reset to missing
n.
an automatic action that assigns missing values...
RESHOW (SAS word)
Command.
RESIZE (SAS word)
Command.
RESOLVE (SAS word)
Function. Resolve macro expression.
restore
(rE sto^r') v.t.
1. to return to a prior state or condition.
2. Microsoft Windows, OS/2. to return (a window) to its previous size and position after maximizing or minimizing it.
retain
(rE tAn') Data step. v.t.
to prevent the value of (a data step variable) from being automatically reset to missing. This is the effect of the RETAIN statement.
RETAIN (SAS word)
Data step...
return
(rE turn') v.i.
1. (of a routine or program) to complete processing and allow the calling program to resume.
v.t.
2. (of a function) to provide (a returnvalue">return value) to the...
REUSE (SAS word)
Dataset option.
System option.
reverse
(ri vurs') n.
1. the opposite direction.
adj.
2. in the opposite direction.
v.t.&i.
3. to orient or arrange in the opposite direction.
REVERSE (SAS word)
Function. Reverses...
REWIND (SAS word)
Function.
REXX
(reks') n.
a computer language developed by IBM as a command language for CMS, now used as a programming language in various environments.
RGB
n.
a system for measuring colors according to their relative amounts of red, green, and blue. RGB is the color system that video displays use.
Rich Text
see RTF.
RIGHT (SAS word)
Function.
Command.
RIGHTMARGIN (SAS word)
System option. ODS Printing.
RMS (SAS word)
Function. Root mean square.
robust
(rO bust') adj.
1. working effectively in a range of circumstances; not adversely affected by small changes in related objects.
2. Statistics. producing a useful estimate or result for a...
ROBUSTREG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Regression.
ROMAN (SAS word)
Format. Roman numerals.
ROTATE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
round
(round') v.t.
to convert a numeric value to a nearby value that belongs to a specific set, such as the set of integers or the set of double precision values.
For example, 14.8 rounded to the...
ROUNDE (SAS word)
Function. Round to nearest multiple.
rounding error
(round' ing a^r' ur) n.
the difference between an exact quantity and the approximation of it in a digital representation of the quantity.
ROUNDZ (SAS word)
Function. Round to nearest multiple.
routine
(rOO tEn') n.
a program that is used as part of another program; subprogram; program unit. The most familiar kind of routine is the function. In the structured programming model, a program...
row
(rO') n.
1. a horizontal arrangements of objects.
2. a set of table cells that are aligned horizontally in a table.
3. a set of array elements that have the same first subscript value in a...
RSASUSER (SAS word)
System option.
RSPT
Remote SQL Pass-Through.
RSREG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Quadratic response surface regression.
RSUBMIT (SAS word)
SAS/CONNECT. Global statement. Remote submit.
SAS/CONNECT. Command. Remote submit. Alias, RSUB.
RTF
[Rich Text Format] n.
a document file format used for the exchange of formatted text documents with Microsoft Word and other programs.
RTF (SAS word)
ODS driver. RTF for exporting to Microsoft...
RTM
reset to missing.
RTRACE (SAS word)
System option.
RTRACELOC (SAS word)
System option.
run
(run') v.t.&i.
1. to execute a computer program.
n.
2. an instance of executing a computer program.
RUN (SAS word)
Global statement. Data/proc step statement.
run time
n.
the period or...
RUS (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Russian.
S (SAS word)
System option.
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S2 (SAS word)
System option.
S370FF (SAS word)
Format. EBCDIC numeric.
Informat. EBCDIC numeric.
S370FHEX (SAS word)
Format. EBCDIC hexadecimal.
Informat. EBCDIC hexadecimal.
S370FIB (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
S370FIBU (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
S370FPD (SAS word)
Format. Packed decimal.
Informat. Packed decimal.
S370FPDU (SAS word)
Format. Packed decimal.
Informat. Packed decimal.
S370FPIB (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
S370FRB (SAS word)
Format. Floating point.
Informat. Floating point.
S370FZD (SAS word)
Informat. Format. Zoned decimal.
Related informats and formats: S370FZDL, S370FZDS, S370FZDT, S370FZDU.
SAME AND (SAS word)
WHERE operator.
sample
(sam' pl) n.
1. a subset of a population, especially one used to study the population.
v.t.
2. to form a sample by selecting elements of.
SAS
(sas') n.
1. SAS Institute Inc., a Cary, NC-based software developer.
2. also SAS System, SAS Applications System, SAS Information Delivery System, SAS System for Information Delivery. a system...
SASAUTOS (SAS word)
System option. Autocall libraries.
SASCMD (SAS word)
SAS/CONNECT. System option. Operating system command to invoke a remote session.
SASFILE (SAS word)
Global statement.
SASFRSCR (SAS word)
SAS/CONNECT. System option-like object.
SASHELP (SAS word)
Libref. Online help and interactive applications.
System option. The SASHELP library.
SASMSTORE (SAS word)
System option. Libref for storing macros.
SASSCRIPT (SAS word)
SAS/CONNECT. System option. Scripts.
SASUSER (SAS word)
Libref. User preferences.
System option. The SASUSER library.
SAVE (SAS word)
Command. Stores a catalog entry.
Alias, SAV.
SAVING (SAS word)
Function.
SAVINGS (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
scan
(skan') v.t.
1. to examine by specifically considering each part or element.
2. to create a digital image of using a scanner.
n.
3. the act of scanning.
4. a digital image created by a...
schema
(skE' mu) n.
1. a structured framework for understanding or planning something.
2. in XML, a defined set of tags and rules for a specific kind of data.
scientific notation
n.
any of various ways of writing a number as a number multiplied by a power of 10.
Also, exponential notation, E-notation.
SCL
(es' sE' el') [SAS Component Language; Screen Control Language in version 6] n.
a programming language of the SAS System used principally for interactive applications.
SCL (SAS word)
Entry...
scope
(skOp') n.
the area in which a name is recognized.
score
(sko^r') n.
1. a single numeric measure indicating a quality of a person or object, computed from a set of measurements and indicators.
v.t.
2. to compute a score for.
SCORE (SAS...
scorecard
(sko^r' ka:rd) n.
a set of scores intended to reflect the performance of a person or group.
screen
(skrEn') n.
1. a surface on which images are displayed.
2. the video display of a computer.
3. an object that defines the division of the screen into fields in a full-screen user...
script
(skript') n.
1. a program written in a scripting language.
v.
2. to program in a scripting language.
scripting language
(skript' ing lang' gwij) n.
a programming language designed for actions that resemble actions that might be taken by a user interacting with a computer or operating system. Many...
scroll
(skro^l') v.t.&i.
to move to a different part of a displayed document or object. Scrolling makes it possible to display a document or object that is larger than the window or frame that...
SCROLLBAR (SAS word)
Command.
Alias, SBAR.
SDF (SAS word)
Function. Survival function.
second
(sek' und) n.
1. the basic standard unit of time used by clocks. There are 86,400 seconds in a day. At a fast walking pace it takes a person approximately one second to take two steps. Abbr....
seed
(sEd') n.
the starting value that a random number generator uses in generating a stream of random numbers. SAS routines use positive integer values as seed values.
select
(su lekt') v.t.
1. to mark an object as active so that subsequent actions are applied to it. Antonym, deselect. selected (su lekt' id), adj. selection (su lek' shun), n.
2. to extract a...
selection list
n.
a scrollable list of objects, allowing the user to select one or several of the objects listed.
semantic
(su man' tik) adj.
having to do with the meanings of words.
semantic error
n.
an incorrect reference to an object that makes a statement incorrect even though its syntax is correct....
semicolon
(sem' i ko^l' un, sem' I-) n.
the character ;, used to mark the end of statements.
SEQ (SAS word)
System option.
SEQENGINE (SAS word)
System option. Sequential library engine.
sequential
(su kwen' chul) adj.
1. in sequence; proceeding forward from beginning to end.
2. accessing the data of a file in the order in which it is stored.
SERROR (SAS word)
System option. Messages for unresolved macro variable references.
server
(sur' vur) n.
1. a program whose purpose is to provide specialized capabilities to other programs running at the same time, often on other computers.
2. a computer on which a server program...
service level agreement
n.
a contract that sets forth, in specific, measurable terms, the scope of actions required for satisfactory performance by a service provider.
Also, service-level...
session
(se' shun) n.
1. a continuous period of activity of a particular kind.
2. SAS session.
session option
(se' shun op' shun) n.
a system option that can be changed during the course of a SAS...
set
(set') n.
several items (called elements) considered together as a mathematical object.
SET (SAS word)
Data step statement.
CALL routine.
System option. Defines a SAS environment variable.
setinit
(set' i nit') n.
a SAS program that is run with the SETINIT system option to change SAS licensing information.
Also, setinit file.
SETINIT (SAS word)
System option.
SGIO (SAS word)
System option. Microsoft Windows. Scatter/gather I/O.
share
(sha^r') v.t.
1. to make available for use by other users or by multiple simultaneous users.
2. to use simultaneously or to have simultanous access to.
shared
(sha^rd') adj.
available for use by multiple simultaneous users.
shell script
(shel' skript') n.
a script written in the scripting language of a Unix shell.
SHEWHART (SAS word)
SAS/QC. Procedure. Shewhart control charts.
SHORTFILEEXT (SAS word)
System option. Follows 8.3 file naming conventions for SAS files.
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"SAS words" are words that actually appear in a SAS program. The entries tell how these words are used in SAS. Other entries define words commonly used in discussions of SAS...
sign
(sIn') n.
1. an indication that a number is positive or negative, as the symbol - or + in a numeral, or a bit used as a sign in a binary field.
2. the state of being positive or...
signed
(sInd') adj.
having a sign.
SIM2D
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Spatial simulation.
SIMLIN (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Linear structured equations.
simulation
(sIm' U lA' shun) n.
a mathematical model of a real-world, hypothesized, or imaginary phenomenon as a system of discrete objects.
SIN (SAS word)
Function. Sine.
single quote
n.
the apostrophe character (') used in matched pairs to enclose quoted strings.
Also, single quotation mark.
single-user
(sing' gul U' zur) adj.
for use by only one user at a time.
SINH (SAS word)
Function. Hyperbolic sine.
sink
(singk') n. Operations research.
in a network flow model, a node to which something is delivered from other nodes.
Compare source.
site
(sIt) n.
a work location. A SAS site number is an identifying code for a SAS licensee.
Members:
Moderators
Admins
SIZE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
skewness
(skU' nes) n. Statistics.
a measure of the sidedness of a probability distribution.
SKEWNESS (SAS word)
Statistic. Skewness.
Function. Skewness.
SKIP (SAS word)
Global statement.
System option.
SLA
service level agreement.
slash
(slash') n.
the character /, used to indicate division, as a line pointer control, and to separate lists of objects from lists of options.
SLEEP (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine.
SLO (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Slovenian.
slope
(slOp') n.
a measure of steepness computed as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change.
SMALLEST (SAS word)
Function.
SMTP
n.
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol: the most widely used standard for sending e-mail on the Internet.
snapshot
(snap' shot) n.
a view, summary, or complete copy of a system, database, project, etc., at a specific moment.
The conflict between the detailed transaction view and the monthly snapshot...
SOAP
[Simple Object Access Protocol] (sOp') n.
an Internet standard based on XML that defines the format of object-style messages.
socket
(sok' it) n.
a software process that serves as an endpoint for network communications.
SOCKET (SAS word)
Device. TCP/IP.
SOFTMAX (SAS word)
CALL routine. Statistics.
Softmax function (relative magnitude).
software
(soft' wa^r) n.
1. information stored in computer files and used with computer hardware: programs, data, fonts, images, etc.
adj.
2. of or having to do with software.
Solaris
(so^ la^r' is) n.
a Unix operating system published by Sun Microsystems.
SOLUTIONS (SAS word)
System option.
sort
(so^rt') v.t.
1. to put in a specifically defined order.
n.
2. the process or effect of sorting.
3. an algorithm for sorting.
SORT (SAS word)
Procedure. Sorts SAS datasets.
sort order...
SORTCUT (SAS word)
System option.
SORTCUTP (SAS word)
System option.
SORTDUP (SAS word)
System option.
SORTEDBY (SAS word)
Dataset option.
SORTPARM (SAS word)
System option. Parameters for the sort program.
SORTPGM (SAS word)
System option. Sort program.
SORTSEQ (SAS word)
System option. Collating sequence for sorting.
SORTSIZE (SAS word)
System option. Memory for sorting.
SOUND (SAS word)
OS/2. CALL routine.
SOUNDEX (SAS word)
Function. Soundex encoding.
source
(so^rs') n.
1. the place, supplier, activity, etc., that generates something or from which something is acquired.
2. source code.
3. Operations research. in a network flow model, a node from...
SOURCE2 (SAS word)
System option. Writing secondary source lines in the log.
space
(spAs') n.
1. empty or available areas or extents in a document, display, text value, storage volume, etc.
2. an invisible character displayed as a horizontal displacement between other...
special character
n.
a character that is displayed as a visible character form other than a letter, digit, or underscore.
Special characters used in SAS statements include these:
" # $ % & ' (...
SPECTRA (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure.
SPEDIS (SAS word)
Function. Spelling distance.
SPILL (SAS word)
Dataset option. Spill file.
SPLASH (SAS word)
System option. Splash window.
splash window
(splash' win' dO) n.
a highly visible window that a program displays to let the user know that the program is running or is starting...
SPLASHLOC (SAS word)
System option. Splash window image file.
SPOOL (SAS word)
System option.
spreadsheet
(spred' shEt) n.
1. a visual arrangement of related data elements, usually with some data elements being calculated from others.
2. a computer program for editing spreadsheets.
SQL
(es' kU' el', sE' kwul, sEk' wel) [Structured Query Language] n.
a standardized language for retrieving data from databases, developed by IBM in the 1970s. Use the SQL procedure to execute SQL...
SQLOBS (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Number of rows processed by an SQL statement.
SQLOOPS (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Number of loop iterations in the execution of an SQL statement.
SQLRC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Error code resulting from the execution of an SQL statement.
SQLXMSG (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. SAS/ACCESS. Error message text from the SQL pass-through facility.
SQLXRC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. SAS/ACCESS. Error code from the SQL pass-through facility.
SQRT (SAS word)
Function. Square root.
square
(skwa^r') n.
1. a simple closed geometric figure consisting of four sides of equal lengths and four equal angles.
2. the result of multiplying a number by itself; the second power of a...
stack
(stak') n.
1. a data structure in memory, in which a program adds and removes items, with the last item added being the first to be removed.
2. a command line containing two or more...
STANDARD (SAS word)
Procedure.
standard deviation
n.
Statistics.
a measure of the dispersion of a probability distribution, the square root of the variance.
standard missing value
n.
the missing...
star
(sta:r') n.
1. asterisk.
2. a network topology in which many devices are connected directly to a central device.
STARTLIB (SAS word)
System option.
STARTSAS (SAS word)
Global statement.
Command.
startup option
(sta:rt' up op' shun) n.
a system option that can be set only at the beginning of a SAS session or SAS process.
statement
(stAt' mint) n.
1. something specifically expressed, especially in words.
2. the sequence of words used to express something.
3. a syntactically complete unit of a computer program,...
STATESPACE (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. State space model.
static
(stat' ik) adj.
1. not changing; fixed.
2. providing a fixed object in response to a request; not incorporating any quality of the request into the object provided.
Compare dynamic.
statistic
(stu tis' tik) n.
a value that is computed from the values of a sample.
statistics
(stu tis' tiks) n.
the use of mathematics to consider the significance of measurements of similarities and differences between groups. Statistical tests attempt to distinguish...
status bar
(sta' tus ba:r') n.
a narrow area of a window or a line on a screen that displays coded information about the current state of a terminal connection, program, task, etc.
STD (SAS word)
Statistic. Standard deviation.
Function. Standard deviation.
STDERR (SAS word)
Statistic. Standard error of the mean.
Function. Standard error of the mean.
STDIZE (SAS word)
CALL routine. Standardize.
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Standardize.
step
(step') n.
1. one action of a set of consecutive actions that accomplish a specific result.
2. a separately executed section of a SAS program, beginning with a DATA or PROC statement and...
STEPDISC (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Stepwise selection of discriminant variables.
STFIPS (SAS word)
Function.
STIMER (SAS word)
System option.
Informat.
STNAME (SAS word)
Function.
STNAMEL (SAS word)
Function.
stochastic
(stu kas' tik) adj.
1. random.
2. using random numbers.
STOP (SAS word)
Data step statement.
storage
(sto:r' ij) n.
1. the process of fixing digital data in a durable physical medium, such as magnetic disk, optical disk, or magnetic tape, so that it can be used later.
2. the devices and...
store
(sto:r') v.t.
to write in a file or a storage device for the purpose of reading the same information later.
Strategic Vision
n.
a web-based application suite for business performance measurement, implementing a balanced scorecard strategy, published by SAS Institute.
stratify
(strat' i fI) v.t.
to divide into layers or categorize according to ranges of magnitude.
STREAMINIT (SAS word)
CALL routine.
string
(string') n.
a sequence of characters or other like objects, treated as a unit.
STRIP (SAS word)
Function.
structured programming
n.
a model of programming in which a program is built as a set of routines, with each routine carrying out a narrowly defined action.
Structured Query Language
see SQL.
stub
(stub') n.
a program unit or similar object that has complete interfaces, but no other content. In structured programming, a stub holds the place of a routine that has not yet been written. It...
STYLE (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
SUBGROUP (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
sublanguage
(sub' lang' gwij) n.
a computer language that is designed to be used as part of programs written in another language.
submit
(sub mit') v.t.
1. to deliver (a text file containing a program or job) to the operating system, the SAS supervisor, or other software for execution.
2. to deliver (data entered in a form)...
SUBPAD (SAS word)
Function. Substring.
subscript
n.
a value that identifies a specific element of an array in an array reference. Write a subscript as an expression enclosed in braces after the array name.
subset
(sub' set) n.
1. a set, all of whose elements belong to another set; a part of a set.
v.t.
2. to create a subset from.
subsetting IF statement
(sub' set ing if' stAt' ment) Data step. n.
an IF statement without a THEN clause, which has the effect of stopping processing of observations that do not meet a condition.
SUBSTR (SAS word)
Function. Substring.
substring
(sub' string) n.
a part of a string; a sequence of characters extracted from a string.
SUBSTRING (SAS word)
SQL function.
SUBSTRN (SAS word)
Function. Substring.
SUBTOP (SAS word)
Command.
Requests and Suggestions
Suggest changes or request new terms and definitions here. If you are not ready to add an entry to the dictionary yourself, but think you would like to see it added, write...
SUGI
(sOO' ji) n.
SAS Users Group International; the leading annual conference of SAS users between 1976 and 2006.
SUM (SAS word)
Statistic. Sum.
Function. Sum.
sum statement
n.
a data step statement that adds a value to a numeric variable. The first term of the statement is the numeric variable. The second...
summarize
(sum' u rIz) v.t.
1. to create a summary of.
2. to serve as a summary of.
summary
(sum' u rE) n.
1. a brief statement or presentation of the main points of a story, study, book, report, etc.
2. a set of statistical measures that serve to characterize a set of...
SUMSIZE (SAS word)
System option.
SUMWGT
Statistic. Sum of weights.
SURVEYFREQ (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure.
SURVEYLOGISTIC (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure.
SURVEYMEANS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Means estimates from survey data.
SURVEYREG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Regression analysis for survey data.
SURVEYSELECT (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Random sampling.
survival function
n.
the complement of a distribution function.
SVE (SAS word)
Language prefix for format or informat. Swedish.
SWAP (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
SYLK
[Symbolic Link]
a spreadsheet file format.
SYLK (SAS word)
Procedure. Imports and modifies SYLK spreadsheet files.
symbol
(sim' bul) n.
1. a special character or sequence of special characters that is a meaningful unit of a program.
2. macro variable.
3. token.
4. any written shape or abstract device that,...
SYMBOLGEN (SAS word)
System option. Log notes that interpret macro variables.
SYMDEL (SAS word)
CALL routine. Macro statement. Deletes a global macro variable.
SYMEXIST (SAS word)
Function. Macro function.
Checks for the existence of a macro variable.
SYMGET (SAS word)
Function. Value of macro variable.
SYMGLOBL (SAS word)
Function, macro function. Checks the scope of a macro variable.
SYMLOCAL (SAS word)
Function, macro function. Checks the scope of a macro variable.
symmetry
(sim' e trE') n.
sameness of shape or form among parts of an object or shape.
SYMPUT (SAS word)
CALL routine. Change value of macro variable.
SYMPUTX
CALL routine. Change value of macro variable.
SYNCHIO (SAS word)
System option.
syntax
(sin' taks) n.
the set of rules that determines the correct construction of statements or sentences in a language.
syntactical, adj.
syntactically, adv.
syntax error
n.
an error in the...
SYNTAXCHECK (SAS word)
System option.
SYSCALL (SAS word)
Macro statement. Executes a CALL routine.
SYSCC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Error code of the current SAS process.
SYSCHARWIDTH (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Character width (1 or 2).
SYSCMD (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Unrecognized command from a macro window.
SYSDATE (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The date when the SAS session started, written in DATE7. format.
SYSDATE9 (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The date when the SAS session started, written in DATE9. format.
SYSDAY (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The name of the day of the week when the SAS session started.
SYSDEVIC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Equivalent to the system option DEVICE.
SYSDSN (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Libref (characters 1-8) and member name (characters 9-40) of the _LAST_ SAS dataset.
SYSENV (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. FORE in foreground modes if the TERMINAL system option is in effect, BACK otherwise.
SYSERR (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The error code of a step.
SYSEXEC (SAS word)
Macro statement.
SYSFILRC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The error code from a FILENAME statement.
SYSGET (SAS word)
Function. Value of environment variable.
SYSIN (SAS word)
System option. Program file.
SYSINDEX (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. How many macros have started executing in the SAS session.
SYSINFO (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Diagnostic information from some procedures.
SYSINP (SAS word)
System option. Z/OS.
SYSJOBID (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The user ID or job number of the SAS session.
SYSLAST (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The _LAST_ SAS dataset.
SYSLCKRC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The error code from a LOCK statement.
SYSLEAVE (SAS word)
System option.
SYSLIBRC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The error code from a LIBNAME statement.
SYSLIN (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Estimation for independent linear equations.
SYSLPUT (SAS word)
Macro statement. SAS/CONNECT.
SYSMACRONAME (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The name of the current macro.
SYSMAXLONG (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The maximum value of a long integer.
SYSMENV (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. S if a macro was invoked in a program; D if a macro was invoked in a command.
SYSMSG (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. A message to be displayed in the message line of a macro window.
Function. File system error message.
SYSNCPU (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The number of available central processors.
SYSPARM (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The parameter string from the SYSPARM system option.
Function. The parameter string from the SYSPARM system option.
System option. Parameter string.
SYSPBUFF (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Text of macro parameters (in a macro compiled with the PARMBUFF option).
SYSPRINT (SAS word)
System option. Z/OS.
SYSPRINTFONT (SAS word)
System option. Printer font.
SYSPROCESSID (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The process ID of the current SAS process.
Function. Process ID.
SYSPROCESSNAME (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The process name of the current SAS process.
Function. Process name.
SYSPROCNAME (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The name of the current step.
SYSPROD (SAS word)
Function. SAS product licensing.
SYSRC (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The return code from an operating system command.
Function. File system return code.
SYSRPUT (SAS word)
Macro statement. SAS/CONNECT.
SYSSCP (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The operating system, abbreviated.
SYSSCPL (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The hardware environment of the operating system, abbreviated.
SYSSITE (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The SAS site number.
SYSSTARTID (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The process ID of the most recent SAS process.
SYSSTARTNAME (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The process name of the most recent SAS process.
SYSTASK (SAS word)
Global statement.
system
(sis' tum) n.
1. a group of interrelated objects.
2. operating system.
SYSTEM (SAS word)
Function. CALL routine.
Operating system command.
system option
(sis' tum op' shun) n.
an option that...
systems program
(sis' tumz prO' gram) n.
a program created to manage a computer.
Compare applications program.
systems programming, n.
SYSTIME (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The time of day when the SAS session started.
SYSUID (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. Z/OS. The associated user ID.
SYSUSERID (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The user ID.
SYSVER (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The SAS release number.
SYSVLONG (SAS word)
Automatic macro variable. The extended SAS release number, including the maintenance (technical support) level.
T (SAS word)
Statistic. Student's t.
Function. Student's t.
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tab
(tab') n.
1. an invisible character, used to indicate horizontal displacement or as a separator between fields.
2. the corresponding key on the computer keyboard, used to type a tab character...
tabbed
using tabs (definition 3) to provide access to multiple parts of a dialog or other object in a single window.
table
(tA' bul) n.
a two-dimensional arrangement of data, in rows and columns, expecially as a way of storing or displaying data.
TABLE (SAS word)
Statement, TABULATE procedure.
table lookup
(tA'...
TABLES (SAS word)
Statement, FREQ procedure.
tabulate
(tab' U lAt') v.t.
to create a table for the display of data or summary statistics.
tabulation, n.
TABULATE (SAS word)
Procedure.
TAN (SAS word)
Function. Tangent.
TANH (SAS word)
Function. Hyperbolic tangent.
CALL routine. Hyperbolic tangent.
tape
(tAp') n.
1. plastic film or a similar material of a fixed width and substantial length on which information is stored, usually by arrangements of magnetic particles.
2. an extent of tape...
TAPECOPY (SAS word)
Procedure. z/OS.
TAPELABEL (SAS word)
Procedure. z/OS.
target
(ta:r' get) n.
1. the object or destination at which the results of an action are placed.
The target variable must be long enough to contain the value returned by the function.
2. the...
task list
n.
a list of currently executing programs or tasks.
TB
terabyte.
TBUFSIZE (SAS word)
System option.
TC (SAS word)
Line command.
TCP
[Transmission Control Protocol] n.
An Internet networking protocol that allows a transmission over an IP network to be treated as a stream.
TCP/IP
n.
The combination of TCP, IP, and related...
TCPPORTFIRST (SAS word)
System option. TCP/IP port.
TCPPORTLAST (SAS word)
System option. TCP/IP port.
template
(tem' plit, tem' plAt) n.
1. a document that contains formatting, but no real content: used as a starting point for creating a formatted document.
2. a set of formatting instructions used...
tera-
a prefix meaning "trillion."
Abbr. T.
terabyte
(ta^r' u bIt') n.
an amount of information equal to 1,000 or 1,024 gigabytes.
Abbr. TB.
term
(turm') n.
a meaningful part or structural component of a statement, consisting of one or several tokens.
terminal
(tur' mi nul) n.
a device connected to the end of a communications link, especially a device with a keyboard and video display used by a person to interact with a multiuser...
TERMSTMT (SAS word)
System option.
ternary
(turn' u rE) adj.
(of an operator) having three operands. One operand appears outside each of two operator keywords or symbols, with the other operator located between them.
test
(test') n.
1. actions that determine a particular quality of something.
2. a process that is intended to determine whether a computer program operates correctly.
3. an expression that...
text
(tekst') n.
1. words and associated symbols arranged to convey a message.
2. character data that contains words, sentences, etc.
3. Macro language. a. the program characters that are processed...
TEXTURELOC (SAS word)
System option. ODS image files.
TF (SAS word)
Line command.
TFA (SAS word)
Line command.
thin
(thin') adj.
smaller or simpler than usual, with limited functionality.
thin client
n.
1. a small computer that has little or no ability to be configured or expanded and derives most of its...
thread
(thred') n.
a set of actions executed one after another according to the logic of a program. A program may be designed with multiple threads, which run independently of each other, in order...
THREADS (SAS word)
System option.
thumb
(thum') n.
a marker whose relative position within a scroll bar indicates the current displayed location within a document and which can be dragged to move to another location in the...
tick
(tik') n.
1. the smallest unit of time measurement provided by a clock.
2. Slang. single quotation mark; apostrophe.
tile
(tIl') v.t.&i.
to arrange a set of windows so that all windows are approximately the same size and no part of any window is hidden.
TILE (SAS word)
Command.
TIME (SAS word)
Function. The current time of day.
Format.
Informat.
time out
(tIm' out') v.i.
to disconnect a terminal, cancel a user session, or proceed with other action after a set duration of...
TIMEAMPM (SAS word)
Format.
timeout
(tIm' out) n.
a set duration of inactivity allowed by a terminal controller, Internet server, applications program, etc., after which it takes other actions assuming that there will be no...
TIMEPART (SAS word)
Function. Time of day.
TIMEPLOT (SAS word)
Procedure.
TIMESERIES (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Time series/event list conversion.
TIMEVALUE (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Function.
TINV (SAS word)
Function. Inverse distribution function of the t distribution.
TITLE (SAS word)
Global statement. Defines tile lines.
Display Manager window. Alias for TITLES.
title bar
(tI' tul ba:r) n.
a horizontal rectangular area at the top of a window that indicates the...
TITLES (SAS word)
Display Manager window. Title lines.
Alias, TITLE.
TNONCT (SAS word)
Function.
TOBSNO (SAS word)
Dataset option.
TOD (SAS word)
Format.
TODAY (SAS word)
Function.
token
(tOk' en) n.
one of the smallest meaningful components of a program, consisting of one or more characters that form a word, constant, symbol, etc.
tokenize
(tOk' en Iz) v.t.
to divide into tokens.
toolbar
(tOOl' ba:r) n.
a horizontal arrangement of icons, each of which is associated with a command.
Compare toolbox.
toolbox
(tOOl' boks) n.
a separate window, usually a floating window, that contains a tabular arrangement of icons, each of which is associated with a command.
Compare toolbar.
TOOLSMENU (SAS word)
System option.
TOP (SAS word)
Command. Scroll to the top.
Search
A-Z
TOPMARGIN (SAS word)
System option. ODS Printing.
TPSPLINE (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Nonparametric regression, penalized least squares method.
trackball
(trak' ba^l') n.
a pointing device that is operated by rotating a ball.
trackpad
(trak' pad') n.
a pointing device that is operated by moving a fingertip across a flat surface.
trailing
(trAl' ing) adj.
at the end of a text value.
trailing space
n.
a space or one of several spaces at the end of a text value. SAS disregards trailing spaces when it makes character...
TRAINLOC (SAS word)
System option.
TRANS (SAS word)
SAS/OR. Procedure. Transportation model.
TRANSLATE (SAS word)
Function.
TRANSPOSE (SAS word)
Procedure.
TRANSREG (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Transformation regression.
TRANTAB (SAS word)
Procedure.
Entry type. Translation table.
Dataset option.
System option. Translation tables.
TRANWRD (SAS word)
Function.
tree
(trE') n.
a network shape that has a single source or origin and provides for each node a single path from the source to the node by branching at other intermediate nodes.
TREE (SAS...
trial
(trI' ul) n.
one of a sequence of repeated actions for which the results are recorded for statistical analysis.
TRIGAMMA (SAS word)
Function. The second derivative of the gamma function.
TRIM (SAS word)
Function. Removes trailing spaces.
TRIMN (SAS word)
Function. Removes trailing spaces.
TrueType
(trOO' tIp') n.
an outline font format developed by Apple in 1990, designed to efficiently generate bitmap fonts in any required size.
TRUNC (SAS word)
Function. Floating point truncation.
truncate
(trung kAt') n.
1. to shorten an object by removing part of it.
2. to remove characters from the end of a character string. The SAS supervisor does this automatically when it assigns a...
truth table
n.
a diagram that shows the results of a logical expression for each combination of logical values in the expression.
try
(trI') v.t.&i.
1. to take an action for the purpose of determining its results.
n.
2. an action for which the results are unknown or for which success is uncertain.
3. an action taken for...
TS (SAS word)
Line command.
TSCSREG (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure.
Time series cross section regression.
TSO
(tE' es O') Z/OS. [Time Sharing Option] n.
an interactive line mode environment of z/OS.
TSO (SAS word)
Z/OS. Global statement. Function.
TTEST (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. t test.
TXT2CNTL (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate function.
type
(tIp') n.
1. a formally defined category within a system of such categories.
2. a particular way of organizing digital data, such as a data type, file type, member type, entry type, or dataset...
_TYPE_ (SAS word)
SUMMARY procedure output variable.
typeface
(tIp' fAs) n.
a visual design for a set of characters that applies elements of style to the general shapes of characters to provide specific exact shapes for each character.
typography
(tI pog' ru fE) n.
the application of visual design to text; the use of type in visual design.
typographic, adj.
U+
prefix indicating a Unicode hexadecimal code point. For example, U+0041 is the hexadecimal numeral 0041 as a Unicode code point, or the letter A.
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! (exclamation point) (SAS symbol)
Substitute character. See U-7C (|)
" (double quote) (SAS symbol)
Quote.
# (number sign) (SAS symbol)
Pointer control.
% (percent sign) (SAS symbol)
Prefix for macros, macro functions, and macro statements. Prefix for picture directives in the FORMAT procedure.
& (ampersand) (SAS symbol)
Prefix for macro variables.
Scanning control. See INPUT statement.
Operator. See AND.
' (single quote) (SAS symbol)
Quote.
( ) (parentheses) (SAS symbol)
Enclose arguments, subexpressions, expressions in pointer controls, values of some options, subscripts, lists, etc.
* (asterisk) (SAS symbol)
Operator. Multiplication.
Global statement. Comment statement.
Indicates crossing in procedures: SUMMARY, TABULATE, FREQ, etc.
Indicates repetition in: INPUT statement,...
+ (plus sign) (SAS symbol)
Operator. Addition.
Sum statement.
Pointer control.
, (comma) (SAS Symbol)
Separates items in lists of expressions, constants, etc.
Indicates crossing in procedures: TABULATE, REPORT, etc.
- (hyphen) (SAS symbol)
Operator. Subtraction. Negation.
Indicates ranges.
-- (SAS symbol)
Indicates sequential ranges in abbreviated variable lists.
. (period) (SAS symbol)
Missing value.
Joins levels of multi-level names.
Separates integer part from fractional part in numeric constant.
Follows width argument of informat or format.
/ (slash) (SAS symbol)
Operator. Division.
Separates lists of objects from lists of options. Prefix for options in some lists of objects.
Pointer control. Next line.
/* (SAS symbol)
Beginning of...
: (colon) (SAS symbol)
Operator modifier. Follows comparison operators to indicate character comparison
with truncation.
Follows statement labels.
Scanning control. See INPUT statement.
Format...
; (semicolon) (SAS symbol)
Marks the end of a statement, macro statement, or data lines.
< (less than) (SAS symbol)
Operator. Less than.
Indicates exclusion of an interval endpoint in the FORMAT procedure.
<= (SAS symbol)
Operator. Less than or equal to.
<> (SAS...
= (equals) (SAS symbol)
Assignment statement.
Operator. Equals.
Connects option name to option value.
=* (SAS symbol)
WHERE operator. Sounds like.
> (greater than) (SAS symbol)
Operator. Greater than.
>< (SAS symbol)
Operator. Minimum.
>= (SAS symbol)
Operator. Greater than or equal to.
? (question mark) (SAS symbol)
WHERE operator. Contains.
Error control. See PUT statement, PUT function.
First character of a substitute character combination. See the CHARCODE system option.
??...
@ (at-sign) (SAS symbol)
Pointer control. Character position. Line hold.
@@ (SAS symbol)
Pointer control. Persistent line hold.
[ ] (brackets) (SAS symbol)
Enclose subscripts and informat and format references used as values in the FORMAT procedure. (Not in the EBCDIC character set.)
^ (caret) (SAS symbol)
Operator, operator modifier. See NOT. (Not in the EBCDIC character set.)
{ } (braces) (SAS symbol)
Enclose subscripts.
| (vertical bar) (SAS symbol)
Operator. See OR.
|| (SAS symbol)
Operator. Concatenation.
~ (tilde) (SAS symbol)
Substitute character. See U-5E: ^.
UC (SAS word)
Line command. Alias for CU.
UCM (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Unobserved Components Models.
UCS
[Universal Character Set]
a standard numeric character encoding, defined by by International Standard ISO/IEC 10646, commonly considered to be equivalent to and interchangeable with...
unary
(U' na^r E, U' nu rE) adj.
(of an operator) having one operand. Usually, the operator is written before the operand.
unbuffered
(un' buf' urd) adj.
accessed directly, not using a buffer.
uncheck
(un' chek) v.t.
to remove the mark from a check box; to turn off an option associated with a check box.
Compare check.
unchecked, adj..
underscore
(un' dur skor') n.
the character _, displayed as a horizontal bar at or just below the baseline, used along with letters to form words in SAS and most programming languages; a character...
Unicode
(U' ni cOd) n.
a comprehensive standard character encoding intended to contain every character in common use.
UNIFORM (SAS word)
Function.
unique
(U nEk') adj.
1. one of a kind; not the same as anything else.
2. (of a key value) not equal to any other key value in the same set.
3. (of an key) containing no equal key values; having all...
univariate
(U' ni va^r' i it) Statistics. adj.
considering only one variable at a time.
UNIVARIATE (SAS word)
Procedure.
UNIVERSALPRINT (SAS word)
System option.
Unix
(U' niks) n.
1. an operating system developed by AT&T in 1969. Unix has been the major influence on operating systems since that time.
2. standards of software compatibility published by...
unsigned
(un sInd') adj.
not having a sign; indicating a nonnegative value.
up
(up') adj.
1. opposite from the direction of gravity; away from the ground.
2. increasing in magnitude.
3. moving toward the top of a page, document, screen, etc.
4. operating effectively.
UP...
UPCASE (SAS word)
Function.
UPDATE (SAS word)
Data step statement.
upload
(up' lOd') v.t.
1. to copy a file from one computer to another, especially from a client to a server or from a local session to a remote session.
n.
2. a file or data that is...
uptime
(up' tIm') n.
1. a period of time when a device is up.
2. the fraction of time during which a device is up.
URI
(u^r' i, U' a:r' I') [uniform resource identifier] n.
a single character string used to identify a file or other resource on the Internet.
Also, uri.
URL
(u^rl, U' a:r' el') [uniform resource locator] n.
a character string that uses a standardized syntax to identify a file or other resource and the protocol used to access it.
Also, url.
URLDECODE (SAS word)
Function.
URLENCODE (SAS word)
Function.
user
(U zur) n.
1. a person who interacts with a computer to achieve a specific result.
2. a person or company that receives the results of a process; customer; end user.
3. the identified access...
USS (SAS word)
Statistic. Uncorrected sum of squares.
Function. Uncorrected sum of squares.
UTF
[Unicode transformation format]
any sequential data representation of Unicode text.
UTF-8
a standard representation of Unicode text as a byte stream, using 8-bit code units. In UTF-8, ASCII...
utility program
(U til' i tE prO' gram) n.
a program run by a user to manage a computer.
Also, utility.
UTILLOC (SAS word)
System option.
UUID
[universally unique identifier]
an identifying code that combines an IP address with a timestamp, intended to be a unique value within a particular network context.
Also, uuid.
UUIDCOUNT (SAS word)
System option. Number of UUIDs to generate at one time.
UUIDGEN (SAS word)
Function. Obtains a UUID.
UUIDGENDHOST (SAS word)
System option. Location of UUID generator.
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V6CREATEUPDATE (SAS word)
System option.
valid
(val' id) adj.
1. having a value that is acceptable for a variable, field, data type, object class, name, etc.
2. functioning as intended.
validate
(val' i dAt) v.t.
1. to test (a value) to determine whether it is acceptable for the context in which it is used.
2. to test (a software unit) to determine whether it functions as...
VALIDFMTNAME (SAS word)
System option. Backward-compatible format names.
validity
(vu lid' i tE) n.
the state or condition of being valid.
VALIDVARNAME (SAS word)
System option.
value
(val' U) n.
1. any of the various states that are possible for a variable, option, etc., or within a particular data type.
2. the data contained in a variable, constant, etc.
3. the setting...
VAR (SAS word)
Proc step statement. Analysis variables.
//Statistic. // Variance.
Function. Variance.
Display Manager window. Variables.
VARCLUS (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Clustering, maximum variance.
VARCOMP (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. General linear models with random effects.
VARDEF (SAS word)
PROC statement option. Variance divisor.
VARFMT (SAS word)
Function.
variable
(va^r' i u bul) n.
1. Mathematics. a named, unspecified value in an equation or other expression.
2. Statistics. one of the measured or estimated qualities of a statistical model.
3. a...
variance
(va^r' E uns) n.
1. a difference from the usual or expected.
2. Statistics. a measure of the dispersion of a probability distribution, the mean of the square of the difference from the...
VARINFMT (SAS word)
Function.
VARIOGRAM (SAS word)
SAS/STAT. Procedure. Spatial continuity.
VARLABEL (SAS word)
Function.
VARLEN (SAS word)
Function.
VARMAX (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Vector autoregressive model for time series.
VARNAME (SAS word)
Function.
VARNUM (SAS word)
Function.
VARRAY (SAS word)
Function.
VARRAYX (SAS word)
Function.
VARTRANSCODE (SAS word)
Function.
VARTYPE (SAS word)
Function.
VAX
n.
a family of small multiuser computers manufactured by Digital Equipment Corp., widely used for scientific applications in the 1980s.
vector
(vek' tur) n.
1. Mathematics. a matrix of only one row or only one column.
adj.
2. performing the same computation simultaneously on multiple sets of values.
VERBOSE (SAS word)
System option. Log message of system options at initialization.
VERIFY (SAS word)
Function.
version
(vur' zhun) n.
1. one of several alternate or successive forms of a design.
2. a major change in SAS software, identified by a whole number, encompassing several releases.
vertical bar
(vur' ti kul ba:r') n.
the character |, two of which form the concatenation operator.
VFORMAT (SAS word)
Function. Format attribute.
VFORMATD (SAS word)
Function. Decimal argument of format attribute.
VFORMATDX (SAS word)
Function. Decimal argument of format attribute.
VFORMATN (SAS word)
Function. Name of format attribute.
VFORMATNX (SAS word)
Function. Name of format attribute.
VFORMATW (SAS word)
Function. Width argument of format attribute.
VFORMATWX (SAS word)
Function. Width argument of format attribute.
VFORMATX (SAS word)
Function. Format attribute.
video
(vi' dE O) n.
1. a system for forming a moving picture out of dots that have a fixed size and position but that vary in color or brightness.
2. a moving picture created or presented as video.
view
(vU') n.
1. a SAS dataset that stores a program for accessing its data rather than storing the data itself.
2. Databases. data presented as a single table, but stored in several separate...
viewer
(vU' ur) n.
an interactive application that displays a particular kind of data or document.
VIEWMENU (SAS word)
System option. Shows or hides the View menu.
VIEWTABLE (SAS word)
Command. Window.
VINARRAY (SAS word)
Function.
VINARRAYX (SAS word)
Function.
VINFORMAT (SAS word)
Function. Informat attribute.
VINFORMATD (SAS word)
Function. Decimal argument of informat attribute.
VINFORMATDX (SAS word)
Function. Decimal argument of informat attribute.
VINFORMATN (SAS word)
Function. Name of informat attribute.
VINFORMATNX (SAS word)
Function. Name of informat attribute.
VINFORMATW (SAS word)
Function. Width argument of informat attribute.
VINFORMATWX (SAS word)
Function. Width argument of informat attribute.
VINFORMATX (SAS word)
Function. Informat attribute.
virtual memory
(vur' chu: ul mem' u rE) n.
the use of storage as a part of or an extension of memory.
virtual private network
n.
a private network that includes connections across a public or...
virus
(vI' rus) n.
a computer program that replicates itself on its own initiative, without the user's permission.
visible
(viz' i bul) n.
able to be seen, or easy to see.
VLABEL (SAS word)
Function. Label attribute.
VLABELX (SAS word)
Function. Label attribute.
VLENGTH (SAS word)
Function. Length attribute.
VLENGTHX (SAS word)
Function. Length attribute.
VM
[Virtual Machine] n.
an IBM operating system that creates partitions of an IBM mainframe computer, usually for running CMS.
VMS
the name of early versions of OpenVMS.
VNAME (SAS word)
Function. Name attribute.
CALL routine.
VNAMEX (SAS word)
Function. Name attribute.
VNEXT (SAS word)
CALL routine. Data step variables.
VNFERR (SAS word)
System option.
volume
(vo^l' yum, -Um) n.
1. a primary unit of storage accessed by a computer, usually having a name and occupying an entire disk or tape.
2. the amount of data used, created, or managed by a...
VPN
n.
virtual private network.
VS
Command. Alias for VSCROLL.
VSCROLL (SAS word)
Command. Vertical scroll distance.
Alias, VS.
VTRANSCODE (SAS word)
Function.
VTRANSCODEX (SAS word)
Function.
VTYPE (SAS word)
Function. Type attribute.
VTYPEX (SAS word)
Function. Type attribute.
VVALUE (SAS word)
Function.
VVALUEX (SAS word)
Function.
W (SAS word)
Color. Alias for WHITE.
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WAITFOR (SAS word)
Global statement.
WAITSAS (SAS word)
Global statement.
WAKEUP (SAS word)
Function.
warning
(wo^rn' ing) n.
a log message that indicates that the interpretation or execution of a program may differ from what the programmer intended.
Also, warning message.
WDEF (SAS word)
Command.
web
(web') n.
1. network.
2. the Web. the World Wide Web.
adj.
3. using or based on Internet standards.
web page
n.
a display of formatted text, usually including graphics, from a standardized...
WEEKDATE (SAS word)
Format. Date.
WEEKDATX (SAS word)
Format. Date.
WEEKDAY (SAS word)
Function. Day of the week as a number.
Format. Day of the week as a number.
If this is your first site
Then there are some things you need to know:
You can configure all security and other settings online, using the Site Manager. When you invite other people to help build...
According to Wikipedia, the world largest wiki site:
A Wiki ([ˈwiː.kiː] <wee-kee> or [ˈwɪ.kiː] <wick-ey>) is a type of website that allows users to add, remove, or otherwise edit...
WHEN (SAS word)
Data step statement. Selected action in SELECT block.
Keyword in SQL CASE operator.
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable. Positions objects in front of or behind the graph they are added...
WHERE (SAS word)
Dataset option.
Data/proc step statement.
WHERE clause
n.
1. an SQL clause that selects rows from a table, written as the keyword WHERE and a WHERE expression.
2. the use of a...
WHEREUP (SAS word)
Dataset option.
WHITE (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, W.
whitespace
(hwIt' spAs') n.
characters such as the space character, tab character, and control characters for line breaks, that are not themselves visible, but affect the positioning of other...
whole number
(ho^l' num' bur) n.
a number that can be the result of counting, as 0, 1, 2, 3, …; a positive integer or zero.
width
(width') n.
1. the horizontal extent of an object.
2. the number of characters in a field or text box.
3. length (definitions 3, 4).
window
(win' dO) n.
a rectangular area of a computer screen in which a program displays related information.
WINDOW (SAS word)
Data step statement.
Macro statement.
windowing
(win' dO ing) adj.
having or using windows as part of a user interface.
Windows
n.
see Microsoft Windows.
wireless
(wIr' les) adj.
using radio technology for communication.
wizard
(wiz' urd) n.
a user interface object that uses the sequential question-and-answer approach of older user interface styles, adapted to work in a windowing user interface.
word
(wurd') n.
1. something spoken or written that communicates a meaning but cannot be divided into parts that could be used separately.
2. a sequence of letters, sometimes including other...
WORDDATE (SAS word)
Format. Date.
WORDDATX (SAS word)
Format. Date.
WORDF (SAS word)
Format.
WORDS (SAS word)
Format.
WORK (SAS word)
System option.
Libref. The library designated for temporary files used during a SAS session. The WORK library is automatically deleted at the end of the SAS session.
WORKINIT (SAS word)
System option.
workstation
(wurk' stA' shun) n.
1. an arrangement of furniture and equipment at which a person works.
2. a class of computer similar to a desktop computer, but having any of various distinguishing...
WORKTERM (SAS word)
System option.
World Wide Web
n.
the network of web pages published on the Internet.
WPOPUP (SAS word)
Command.
wrap
(rap') v.t.
to apply word wrap to.
write
v.t.
1. to transfer data or text from a program to a file or other external location.
2. to convert to text; to determine or compose the text of.
WRITE (SAS word)
Password option.
WSAVE (SAS word)
Command.
Entry type.
WWW
n.
World Wide Web.
X (SAS word)
Global statement. Command. Operating system command.
Constant marker. Suffix for hexadecimal and character hexadecimal constants.
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable. Horizontal position.
X...
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X11
n.
a GUI standard that allows a user to interact with an application on the same computer or across a network. X11 is the most common GUI on Linux.
The X11 software provides a standard...
X12 (SAS word)
SAS/ETS. Procedure. Seasonal adjustments.
Xbase
(eks' bAs) n.
a standard data format for database management systems, based on the dBASE database format.
XC (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
XCMD (SAS word)
System option.
XCOPY (SAS word)
Procedure. Z/OS.
XHTML
n.
a simplified version of HTML implemented as an XML application.
XML
n.
a computer language for marking text items as data elements in a document, developed in 1993, used for display of data on web pages and for exchange of data between applications and between...
XP
n.
extreme programming: a software development approach that emphasizes speed and collaboration and de-emphasizes rules and design schemes.
XP changes the conventional rules of software...
XPORT (SAS word)
Library engine. Transport.
XSYNC (SAS word)
System option.
XSYS (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable. Reference system for horizontal measurements.
XWAIT (SAS word)
System option.
Y (SAS word)
Color. Alias for YELLOW.
Line command.
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable. Vertical position.
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YC (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
YEAR (SAS word)
Function.
Format.
YEARCUTOFF (SAS word)
System option. Meaning of two-digit year numbers.
YELLOW (SAS word)
Color.
Alias, Y.
YEN (SAS word)
Format.
Informat.
YIELDP (SAS word)
Function.
YRDIF (SAS word)
Function.
YSYS (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable. Reference system for vertical measurements.
YYMM (SAS word)
Format. Month.
Related formats: YYMMC, YYMMD, YYMMN, YYMMP, YYMMS.
YYMMDD (SAS word)
Format. Date.
Informat. Date.
Related formats: YYMMDDB, YYMMDDC, YYMMDDD, YYMMDDN, YYMMDDP, YYMMDDS.
YYMMN (SAS word)
Format. Month.
Informat. Month.
YYMON (SAS word)
Format. Month.
YYQ (SAS word)
Function. Quarter.
Format. Quarter.
Informat. Quarter.
Related formats: YYQC, YYQD, YYQN, YYQP, YYQS.
YYQR (SAS word)
Format. Quarter.
Related formats: YYQRC, YYQRD, YYQRN, YYQRP, YYQRS.
Z (SAS word)
Format. Leading zeroes.
Command. Alias for ZOOM.
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
z/OS
(zE' O es') n.
an IBM mainframe operating system with server features, the successor to OS/390.
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ZD (SAS word)
Informat. Format. Zoned decimal.
Related informats: ZDB, ZDV.
zero
(zE' rO) n.
1. the number 0, indicating a lack of magnitude or the absence of items that would be counted.
2. the digit or a numeral that represents this number.
adj.
3. having a value of...
ZIPCITY (SAS word)
Function. The postal city and state of a U.S. ZIP code.
ZIPFIPS (SAS word)
Function.
ZIPNAME (SAS word)
Function.
ZIPNAMEL (SAS word)
Function. The state name of a U.S. ZIP code.
ZIPSTATE (SAS word)
Function. The state abbreviation of a U.S. ZIP code.
zone
(zOn') n.
1. an area that is controlled or managed separately or that has a distinct purpose or quality.
v.i.
2. to divide an object or area into zones.
zoned decimal
n.
any of various means of representing numeric data in which each byte indicates a decimal digit, but one byte also contains an indication of the sign.
zoom
(zOOm') v.t.
to change the size of a window to the largest size it can take on.
zoomed, adj.
ZOOM (SAS word)
Command.
Alias, Z.
ZSYS (SAS word)
SAS/GRAPH. Annotate variable.
